Not that it’s required for immersion, by any means, but one of the things I find really odd about the setting is the absolute lack of animals. Sure there are some birds, sort of, but for as much forest as there is, there are no animals. No deer, no wolves, no dogs, NO CATS! Do you have any idea how odd it is not to see any cats around a dock? And with all the dead bodies, nature’s little cleaning crew: wolves, ravens, dogs, raccoons, wolverines and cats, should be having a field day. Most of the dead should be gone within days of the initial attacks, having been dragged off, dismembers, buried for later, etc, by the natural predators and scavengers.
I could see a gang war starting between Ticks and raccoons as the Ticks try to keep the raccoons from dismantling them out of curiosity. But the rest of the animals that should be present would give most machines a wide berth. There was clearly hunting going on, judging by the number of hunting rifles and shotguns. So where are the prey?
No, this is not a suggestion for things to be added to the game. This is just a discussion topic to be considered and discussed by we forumdwellers.
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I have previously assumed that the machines destroyed everything larger than a bird or that it was taken away when the island was evacuated, as far as domestic and farm animals were concerned.
I know that adding wildlife would making the load of the game bigger, But some more animal sounds Like the burling of deer, or nests, tracks, droppings would at least show they were there. And they would be fun to find.
I know, and the game has stability issues as it is, so I get why. I’m just saying that it would have made more sense to have them. Since we don’t have actual bases, just defense points, but if we did have actual bases we could build, I would love to have some dogs and/or cats to keep around the base.
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Less large groups of machines, but improved strength or damage or accuracy (more danger when fighting them) could be interesting.
More rewarding to use traps, less risk to be seen by one of the many machines when sneaking around…
Additionally more ressources to add some wildlife.
And for bases there could be more random attacks by some few roaming machines, so you would be forced to visit the bases from time to time to repair or rebuild them (popup message If base is attacked) and even to improve them to be more save against those attacks.
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