"Fountain of Youth" - An Alternative to Immortality

Why do I suggest this idea?:

I personally find that Wolvden's game time can go rather fast, at least considering certain factors. Wolves (I believe) usually live for a total of 168 rollovers; however, many people only obtain wolves at ~6 months/~1 year, and wolves (such as pre-trained hunters or scouts, or NBWs) are also often obtained at ~3 years or older, in which case their lifespan is majorly reduced (in that person's ownership). For players who like writing lore, it can be hard to keep up with the speed of the game time, especially if your lead or another wolf is a major part of the lore and they will die soon.

Now, I know you can make wolves immortal. But 1) You cannot make lead wolves immortal, and 2) This is very expensive and the wolf cannot hunt, breed, etc., once made immortal. So, I came up with this (potential) solution.

The "Fountain of Youth"

The idea is that you could buy a grove item, for slightly cheaper then the jellyfish (I would personally say 8 GC, maximum, although a price of about 5 GC would {in my opinion} be ideal). This can only be applied to wolves who are 7 years or older. When used, the wolf will change back to 1 year of age. All this does is change the wolf's age back to 1. It cannot prevent them from dying, remove illnesses, or stop them from getting ill. It also has no effect on lethal mutations and will not stop them from dying, as it can only be used on wolves who are 7 or older.

This item also allows the wolf it's used on to keep on hunting, breeding, or doing whatever else a normal, non-immortal wolf can do.

If this item needed to be more balanced, you could perhaps have more limitations, beside it only being used on 7+ year old wolves; such as, it can only be used once on a wolf, or you can only use the item a certain number of times each month.

SUGGESTIONS/POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS:

- The item can only be used on a wolf once. [Semi-suggested/inspired by @Zambz]
- After being "reset", a wolf's stats "lock" - they cannot gain more stats from any cause and cannot level up. [Semi-suggested/inspired by @Stabby and @Zambz]
- Possibly, studs cannot be "reset", and wolves who have been reset cannot be made into studs. Possibly, females cannot be bred to studs or breeding males either, only to pair bonded wolves? [Semi-suggested/inspired by @Zambz]

What would it require from the team?

This item would require, most notably, quite a bit of coding to implement this mechanic and its limitations. It would also require writing and art.

I hope the team can consider this suggestion! If they have already mentioned that they won't be doing this elsewhere, and I missed it, please tell me. Also, any suggestions you have to add onto this mechanic are welcome. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Other

Support/No support ratio:
Support: 3 | Semi-support: 0 | No support: 2

i support. 

i like this idea. 

some people might have a favorite wolf or wolves they want to keep around for a while longer. 

i like how you can use this item on your lead wolf. 

my lead wolf Magic is major part of my pack lore. if this idea gets added to the game. i would use this item on my lead wolf Magic. 

@magicwhitewolf -- Glad you support! Yeah, I definitely think it would be nice to have a sort of "alternative" to immortality, which doesn't make them fully immortal but lets them live a bit longer. :)

What would happen to the wolves stats when their age is reset?

@ speedy scout # 22155 

you are very welcome. 

i love my wolf Magic. since you can't make a lead wolf immortal this would help to make them live longer. 

i like how you can use this item on any wolf that is 7 years and older. 

@Stabby -- Oh good question! I'd say they stay the same, along with their proficiency, it would make the most sense. :) However if more limits were needed, maybe they could be fixed at the level they were before the item was used? Or their proficiency reset or something.

@magicwhitewolf -- Yep, that's definitely part of the idea. :) And yeah, I thought it should be only 7+ years old so you can't use it too similarly to immortality, or just keep using it on a wolf when they're like, 3 years old only ^v^

i'm fine with the wolf staying at the level the level before the item was used. 

i like how you can can use the item as many times at you want on the same wolf as long as the wolf is 7 years and older. 

@magicwhitewolf -- Well I'm not sure if it would be usable many times-- maybe it should have a limit of... 2 times? 3 times? so its not like,, cheaper immortality but with the wolf being able to do stuff still. ^^

ok. 

sorry if i misunderstood. 

then again misunderstanding can happen to anyone. 

@magicwhitewolf -- No worries, you didn't misunderstand! I didn't clearly state it would have a limit to the times it can be used, just an idea so it couldn't be "abused" I guess. :)