Add an item that allows a non-breeding male to sire a litter

First: I’m aware there are plenty of suggestions already posted about letting more males breed within the pack, however I could not find a suggestion exactly like this one, so I decided to make this post. If my suggestion is too similiar to someone elses, please delete. :)

Hi dev team, and anyone else reading!

This is my suggestion: add an item to the grove (for 10 GC? More? Less? Whatever you see fit!) that when used on a male wolf in your pack (not your breeding male) allows the wolf in question to breed (once) with a female (in heat, of course) from your pack. The item would have 1 use, and there should be a limit on how many times a wolf can be ”fed” said item, meaning there would be a limit on how many litters a non-breeding male can sire.

Why? This would allow people to include a beloved male wolf (could be for lore reasons, valuable markings, sentimental reasons, or something else) in their future pack members heritage, without having to make said wolf the breeding male.

How would this impact the breeding male system? Not much, my guess is that people will continue to use mostly outside studs. This item would only be useful when you for some reason really would like to include another of your pack males in your breeding program.

What is needed from the dev team? Some coding, and a small piece of art for the item itself.

Thanks for reading and considering. :)

I think this would be a very elegant solution to the "make males more useful" problem that wouldn't require enormous amounts of coding and recoding. Even if you could only make the non-stud male breed once with this item, I'd still be very happy with this mechanic. Support!

I absolutely support this idea! c:

I support this idea as well.

I support! It would be a great way to make males useful, and a great alternative to sex changers if, for whatever reason, you wanted to keep your male pup a male but didn’t want to lose a favorite lineage.

I feel like some might complain about an item being locked behind a paywall, but honestly, you can easily earn 10 GC in just a couple days by using quests, trading, gifts, and the raccoon to your advantage. So I'd support an item in the event that breeding all males is rejected.

I would support it at a lower rate or as an exclusive event item. IBF and elk heart are the current breeding related items and are priced at 3-5 GC so 10GC seems a little pricey. A short cooldown, only able to use one per day, or something along those lines could help reduce overuse.

I would honestly prefer something that isn't item related, but I'd prefer this over nothing.

Definitely support!

Big support here.

Support

However, I feel like the item itself should only be 2-3GC as why spend the extra 7GC to breed a male within your pack when you could just turn that male into a female then go from there or make the item itself event-related

Personally, id prefer somethin' that isn't item related but I'd prefer something over nothing