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Jan-22-2018 10:47

Despite never missing out on feeding and grooming my pet he got sick today. And while I'm in the middle of a villain hunt.

Does it even matter that we spend $$$ on feeding and grooming? Or is it just an attempt to keep playing furores?

I rather dish out 100k than aiming for 20 rings. You loose money also and with the hassle on top of that.

Jan-31-2018 02:41

Yeah pets are cool, but they definitely need a re-think in some areas.

All pets will inevitably get sick. If you keep them happy though it'll take longer for them to get sick. Without any attention it takes something like two weeks for a pet to get sick, and with constant attention it takes over six months.

In particular I don't like the way players are forced to log in everyday to keep the pet happy, and I don't like that there's no way to get rid of the pet if you've decided its more trouble than its worth.

Feb-8-2018 00:41

Can we get a magic wand or something to transform our pets into fluffy animals or something? My alter ego (Cro Magnon) also got a sick pet a few days ago. After medicating it the stats only grew back to +13 instead of the +16 bonus it used to be.

Also the pet now doens't seem to be fully grown again as for my parrot it did become fully grown after medication. Can we put a stop to this randomness?

Feb-21-2018 02:20

My pet got sick a couple of weeks ago despite daily feeding and grooming every 3 days. I got the medicine immediately after but my pet never fully recovered. Instead of an accumulated bonus of +16 I only get a +13 bonus.

I think I have been punished enough by such a completely random thing and the reduced bonus feels like salt to the wound. I will no longer subscribe this account.

Feb-21-2018 13:47

@ BadAss & Cro: this is exactly what happened to my parrot after it got sick - although he hadn't reached the full +16 bonus beforehand. He was at +14 and after the sickness and buying dorian's medicine etc he regained a little but not the full bonus. I had to give quite a few brass rings (about 40 I think) to Dorian before he got fully better.

I was encouraged by Yeti's remarks above though. It would be nice if we could have some kind of pet creche where they could stay if we have to be away from the game for a few days/weeks. A hire charge could be taken from our personal accounts.

Feb-21-2018 17:48

My bird was almost maxed when I went out of town for almost a month. Of course he was sick when I returned. I bought a cure and his stats got to 2-9-2. I didn't get any boosters as I didn't want to spent any more rings. I was able to max his stats in about a month anyway.

Seems to me that we have to do certain number of cases each day/week to gain/keep those bonus points - as in spend the time with the pet like Yeti posted in the other pet thread.

IMO it would be great if the stats of the pets dropped to 0 and not in negative numbers in case they get sick.

Mar-13-2018 06:19

So I was reading through this again...so Eurydice has been stuck at a max 10 points right now. I have to go get boosters to get her back to her full stats? D:

Mar-13-2018 13:27

It's possible to boost your pet's stats back to max without rings. But (in my experience anyway) you have to be diligent to play every day, play all 12 cases, and make sure that you charm/interrogate every witness in your case and bend/intimidate every townie you can question.

Mar-13-2018 13:29

I think that there should be a lot more information on the page where you choose your pet than is available to a player now. Especially since there seems to be no opportunity to return your pet or trade it in for another pet if you so choose.

Mar-19-2018 12:18

I think there must be some kind of glitch with the pets. The last happiness booster I used didn't work, and I recently tried to use a smart booster as well but Eurydice is still at 10. I don't play on weekends but I do play all 12 cases and always charm/bend every suspect throughout the week.

I just figured the booster should have at least boosted her smarts skill up by one? I feel like I'm just wasting my rings at this point.