Topic

Stealing Piggies

Piggies stolen right out of my street and chickens renamed "Bye, bye piggies."  Hmmph... could have left a real note on real paper.  How rude!  

Dear Stoot, 
Can we have PvP arenas?  Piggie stealers gain soul marks and Piggie herders can summon them into the arena if they've gained a certain number and we have combat with piggie poo.
Pretty please?
Yours, 
Enelyse.

Posted 14 months ago by Enelyse Subscriber! | Permalink

Replies

  • Anything on the ground outside of your house that is not guarded by anyone is fair game in my eyes.
    Posted 14 months ago by Macs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The giants don't imagine violence!  Much less unfriendly thoughts towards other Glitchen!
    Posted 14 months ago by Zedric Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Anything on the ground?  Phew... my butterflies are safe then. But, nooo.... not my garden gnome! Please... he's too old. Don't molest him!
    Posted 14 months ago by Enelyse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • But then what would the piggy makers do?
    Posted 14 months ago by snarkle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have noticed a lot of piggies going missing lately. It makes me kinda sad, because it used to be there were tons of them all with interesting names that added to the neatness of everything. Now I find so many new piggies around that have no names (so I give them names) and thus have respawned or been hatched by someone to replace the lost piggies.

    I say devs, please lower the favor gained from donating piggies and the amount that they sell for to vendors. Perhaps discouraging donating and the like will mean more piggies left to roam the streets.

    I know in the Groddle areas piggies are supposed to respawn, but I dread to think of what the piggy population must be like elsewhere (unless piggy thieves mainly stick to Groddle because of the respawning?)

    Hmm, piggy plop warfare, good idea Enelyse.
    Posted 14 months ago by Sunburst Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's not stealing if the pigs come willingly. 
    The pigs can decide for themselves. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Enelyse:

    Your butterflies might be safe - for now! There's a greyed-out butterfly net in the auction house that might soon be implemented.
    Posted 14 months ago by Papa Vodou Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @sunburst, I did not know piggies respawned at all.  As far as I know, a group of dedicated and kindhearted players continually introduce them to the streets of Groddle...  As for remote areas - I've recently moved from Groddle to Bortola.  Whether they respawn automatically in Groddle or not, certainly the lack of piggies in Bortola is striking.

    lol @Ebil :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Lara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Piggies really please the giants when you drop them in the altar.  If the giants liked piggies so much they would 'just say no'.
    Posted 14 months ago by wooosh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • More people need to get into making piggies!
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • After the butterfly nets come online, we will need something to catch the chickens with next methinks.
    Posted 14 months ago by Warrender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Capturing piggies is a quest, there is nothing wrong with doing it.
    Posted 14 months ago by Natalia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Save the piggies from public molestation!
    Posted 14 months ago by Mr. Touch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah!  Take the piggies home to molest them in private!
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I found one of my favorite piggies on a neighboring street.  I choose to believe he wandered off & the nice Glitchens on the next block took care of him.  He is back home now--safe and sound.
    Posted 14 months ago by Wordfrog Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I see this post as a call to action to rescue them now, thank you for bringing this to my attention.
    Posted 14 months ago by Mr. Touch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wordfrog, I wonder if that might have been one of the piggies I moved when I had the piggy-capture quest.  I didn't want to take them home or donate them, so I just moved them all by one street.  I suppose I could have just released them in the same street I caught them on, but I thought it was more fun that way.

    Edited to add:  I thought they might enjoy the scenery change!
    Posted 14 months ago by Varekai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, butterfly nets will be helpful for when someone overpopulates the streets with butterflies and they all get sad and uncomfortahbulz.
    Posted 14 months ago by Varekai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My experience has been that the butterflies 'correct' for overpopulation pretty fast on their own.  Its the waste of a good caterpillar to trigger that, though.
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just FYI for those who are confused. Piggies do not respawn. The streets are repopulated by piggy-loving players like me. If you want to take a pig to a good home, that is great.

    If you want to take a pig to a new street - go for it .

    But if you want to take a piggy solely for the purpose of selling it to a NPC vendor or donating to a shrine, you are making the piggy lovers of the world sad. I am not saying it is illegeal, just that it makes us sad. Piggies are the puppies of Ur.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm on your streetz, staling your piggiez.
    But seriously, that's part of the fun of the game. It's ever changing. Ever evolving. One second a piggie is there, the next, it's gone. People will always chop down wood trees. People will always pick up stuff that you leave on the ground. This game requires people of all kinds to make it fun. 
    If you don't like something that's happening IN GAME, try to put a stop to it IN GAME.
    Get creative! Have fun!
    That's what Glitch is all about!
    Posted 14 months ago by Hiram Chipoltepac Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was hoping to keep wearing my rose-coloured glasses for a bit longer and just happily wander the world, but I guess not, eh? :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want some rose-coloured glasses in the wardrobe!
    Posted 14 months ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think we all understand pignapping is part of the game and it's even offered as a quest.  The issue, as I see it, is pignapping in excess.  I know I spent the better part of last night redistributing piggies from high population streets to lower ones and even hatching a few, only to see the population of piggies in my home region sadly decline all the way back down this morning.  I get that it's an ever evolving world, but there needs to be some balance.  Extremes are not good.
    Posted 14 months ago by Joojoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Extremes are fun!
    Posted 14 months ago by Mr. Touch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the idea of PVP with Piggies...but that's just me...hehe...
    Posted 14 months ago by NutMeg Botwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There's a kid's game that has a water-balloon throwing arena.  Would love to see a piggie plop throwing arena.  Just some good "clean" fun.  :P

    Piggie propagators unite!  We shall plop piggies in every place!  Butterflies to cheer up every quarter!  A chicken in every Stew Pot! Er... wait...  Chick'ns for Squeezn's!  
    Posted 14 months ago by Enelyse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • capturing piggies are good for favor. I think they respawn though as long as they are on theirs real habitat.
    Posted 14 months ago by violetdragon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When there are too many piggies in a location they get sad and wander off, poor things.  It might be that they have strayed all by themselves.  Near the end of Beta we had way too many piggies and butterflies.  I really needed that butterfly net then.  You couldn't select anything without first petting, nibbling, massaging, milking or squeezing.  As more people get Quests for eggs and animals, we will soon have plenty piggies even as far as Aranna.
    Posted 14 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i like nameless piggies. they are easier to harvest from
    Posted 14 months ago by r0gu3 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They do not respawn, violetdragon. Their eggs have to be made and then hatched by players.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just witnessed a piggy napping...It was horrible!  The chickens cried about their lost friend
    Posted 14 months ago by Gadzooks Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They do not respawn, violetdragon.

    They do respawn in some circumstances. I have been on a street with no other glitches and had a new pig show up after kidnapping one.
    Posted 14 months ago by juv3nal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • it seems that the Giants quite appreciate the sacrifice of innocent piggies. A swift route for gaining their favor, considering the low price of pig bait... um, so I've heard.
    Posted 14 months ago by Teres Minor Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Piggies...plural?

    You can only take a pig from a street once every (a lot of, seem to remember it being in the 40s) game days.

    Either several people took one each for their own homes and one person renamed the chickens due to lulz or sadness from missing the piggies, OR you've been witness to Organized PigNapping! You need to get into the W2PNPP right this instant, you are in grave danger!
    Posted 14 months ago by Biohazard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • W2PNPP = ?  Edumacate the ignoramuses plz.  kk Thx la~

    (Translation = what does W2PNPP stand for please?)
    Posted 14 months ago by Enelyse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hope I don't get framed for this lol. (Seriously)
    Posted 14 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My guess would be Witness to Pig-Napping Protection Program.
    Posted 14 months ago by Varekai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i'm the serial piggies kidnapper..

    lol..
    Posted 14 months ago by Harimau Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pet the Piggies! 
    Posted 14 months ago by Enelyse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • idd -you can only capture one pig from the same street every 42 days....so there are limits kinda already in place ;)
    Posted 14 months ago by Makona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I suspect there's a pignapping cartel smuggling our porky friends through their shady underground piggy market. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Joojoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It most certainly DOES stand for the Witness To Pig-Napping Protection Program.

    Have they not contacted you yet? You are in grave danger from this organized piggie napper mafia! They should have given you a new name and face by now!
    Posted 14 months ago by Biohazard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Idea for the devs - a Breaking & Entering skill, which lets you pick the lock on someone's house and go steal piggies from their yard. 'Ware the Pigsnatchers!

    ...Followed by the inclusion of home security items appearing in vendor inventories...

    ...and thus ushering in the end of Glitch's peaceful community.
    Posted 14 months ago by Rokahef Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Someone came along today and stole both of the piggies on the street where I live.

    It was a real bummer.

    Please take care of Pig Zappa!!  :-)
    Posted 14 months ago by Poppy of Detwoit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Poppy - I am sending you a piggy egg right now.  Everyone deserves a pig with a waggy tail on her street.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awwwwww...so nice of you!!  <3
    Posted 14 months ago by Poppy of Detwoit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is why I have about 15 piggy eggs in my inventory.  Now that my house is full, I'm going to start populating the blocks/streets around my house.  Hopefully the piggy farmers will start repopulating pigs for the public!
    Posted 14 months ago by Kirkpad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • pvp arena.. what about chicken fighting and betting? lol or piggy races?
    Posted 14 months ago by Khemikal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ooh. I like the ideaof Piggie races. However, prewarned is prearmed, and I'm arming up with Piggy eggs in my cupboard to repop my street for my neighbors.
    Posted 14 months ago by Enelyse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You can race Cubimal piggies.
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink