Add safeguard for leaving puppies of 5½ at the Enclave

Add safeguard for leaving puppies of 5½ at the Enclave
Posted 2021-05-18 12:23:25 (edited) #458626 Hello! I, like many other, are very grateful of the Enclave that came with the latest update and thus far I have had a blast with the adoption system. Thank you so much for the hard work you devs have put forth! However, I soon came to realize that there was a big flaw in the design of the adoption system. Yesterday I left two albino pups into the Enclave in the hopes that they would find great new homes when the adoption center finally would open. So you can only imagine my disappointment when neither of them showed up in the Enclave or were adopted the next day. At first, I thought it was a simple bug where the mutation didn't show properly so I went to do some investigation. With the help of another user (not sure if they want to be named), I discovered that not only one, but both of the puppies had been seemingly deleted from the game. This I found alarming so I made a quick bug report. Though sadly it was marked to be not a bug, but not for the reasons I would have expected. Apparently, the two albino pups had been the age of 5½ when I left them to the mother bear. This meant that when the rollover came they also aged to 6 months of age. This is turn meant that they never even got the change to be adopted as they were instantly deleted from the game for being too old. I, and those I shared this information with, found this very absurd and something I think worthy of a change. So I have 3 different, but similar, suggestions. 1. Make leaving pups of the age 5½ not possible 5-month-olds and under would still be eligible. 2. Allow puppies of the age 5½ to be left to the Enclave with additional warnings that make it clear that the puppy will not be able to get adopted This might be the more appealing option of the three as it still allows players the freedom to get rid of unwanted puppies, but will make sure that people who wish their wolves to get adopted don't make the mistake I did. 3. Make puppies left to the enclave stop aging. This might be the most unpopular option of the tree just for the fact that it would make the ages go out of sync. But because the difference is only one rollover (so ½ a month in-game) I feel like this could be a viable solution to the problem. I really hope that a solution is made against this. I really wish that the mistake I made would never happen to someone else.	clemace #1218

Posted 2021-05-18 12:23:25 (edited)

#458626

Hello!

I, like many other, are very grateful of the Enclave that came with the latest update and thus far I have had a blast with the adoption system. Thank you so much for the hard work you devs have put forth!

However, I soon came to realize that there was a big flaw in the design of the adoption system. Yesterday I left two albino pups into the Enclave in the hopes that they would find great new homes when the adoption center finally would open. So you can only imagine my disappointment when neither of them showed up in the Enclave or were adopted the next day. At first, I thought it was a simple bug where the mutation didn't show properly so I went to do some investigation. With the help of another user (not sure if they want to be named), I discovered that not only one, but both of the puppies had been seemingly deleted from the game. This I found alarming so I made a quick bug report. Though sadly it was marked to be not a bug, but not for the reasons I would have expected. Apparently, the two albino pups had been the age of 5½ when I left them to the mother bear. This meant that when the rollover came they also aged to 6 months of age. This is turn meant that they never even got the change to be adopted as they were instantly deleted from the game for being too old. I, and those I shared this information with, found this very absurd and something I think worthy of a change.

So I have 3 different, but similar, suggestions.

1. Make leaving pups of the age 5½ not possible
5-month-olds and under would still be eligible.

2. Allow puppies of the age 5½ to be left to the Enclave with additional warnings that make it clear that the puppy will not be able to get adopted
This might be the more appealing option of the three as it still allows players the freedom to get rid of unwanted puppies, but will make sure that people who wish their wolves to get adopted don't make the mistake I did.

3. Make puppies left to the enclave stop aging.
This might be the most unpopular option of the tree just for the fact that it would make the ages go out of sync. But because the difference is only one rollover (so ½ a month in-game) I feel like this could be a viable solution to the problem.

I really hope that a solution is made against this. I really wish that the mistake I made would never happen to someone else.

clemace
#1218

Posted 2021-05-18 12:29:01

#458645

Big support for all options, anything to safe guard this would be better than not having the safe guard at all.

Goose
#21992

Posted 2021-05-18 12:31:29

#458653

Definitely support any of these options! I know some people have definitely been submitting pups to the Enclave not just to get rid of them but also so that others might adopt them - it's such a shame to think some of these pups will just have been deleted because of this, and the players who left them won't even know unless they actively check.

Weaselheart
#17081

Posted 2021-05-18 12:33:07

#458658

Support! It doesn't make sense to allow you to enclave a pup only to delete it before it can even reach the enclave page.

EasyPlesi
#1499

Posted 2021-05-18 12:38:15

#458673

You have my support as well! Sad to know they just got deleted

Rappadapa
#2168

Posted 2021-05-18 14:35:41

#458784

Support! And sorry to hear about your pups!

Crickets 🦗
#3126

Posted 2021-05-18 15:05:43

#458807

Definitely support, did not even realize that the pups aged on RO. Definitely changes my plans to enclave pups that do not fit the quests before they go into adolescence

On a side note, I'd love to be able to adopt adols too. The teens need some love! They could simply run away once they reach 1 year if they keep aging in the enclave but there definitely needs to be some clarity on how the pups in the enclave work

Mastatibbs
#10454

Posted 2021-05-18 15:13:04

#458812

I was wondering about pups aging and this answer my question.

I would prefer option 3, since like other users I planned for some unsold pups to be given to the Enclave at 5.5m to give them another chance. I can donate then at 5m, but I would lose 1 day of possible selling chance.

If not, then at least option 2, so that all players are warned of the fact that the pups are being deleted immediatly without any chance for adoption.

PiffleLovesBaseball
#740

Posted 2021-05-18 18:30:28

#458940

I definitely support. Option 1 seems most likely but 2 would also make sense if people were just dumping them for the SC and not for homes or giveaways.

I'm not sure how I feel about three. It's a great idea in theory, but then that poses the problem of puppies being stuck in limbo in the center forever because they went unadopted so something would probably have to be put in place to wipe them after a few days.

Lily (GH!) | Lights Off
#3016

Posted 2021-05-18 19:47:36

#458972

@Lily They’re wiped after one RO, so that isn’t an issue! :)

Option 3 is my personal favorite, but they’re all good suggestions.

Badger
#10939

Add safeguard for leaving puppies of 5½ at the Enclave

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