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Calling butterflies

Okay, now I'll admit, I suffer from a lot of lag.  As a result, catching butterflies to massage and milk them is a bit more of a pain for me than most.  Still, I've seen a lot of people mystified at how you're supposed to actually massage and milk the flighty little buggers, and given that butterfly lotion is limited-use and animal goods vendors are a little more rare than most (or so it seems), it's important to get the most out of it.

So what I'd like to suggest is a way to call a butterfly over to you from a distance.  You click a butterfly, select "call" and the butterfly flutters over to you, and conveniently lands on top of your head, staying there for a little while so that you can comfortably massage, milk, and maybe sing to it, without it fluttering around, making clicking on the correct option more difficult, or flying away and forcing you to chase it across the map or wait until it comes back.  If you move or jump, the butterfly leaves, and a butterfly won't respond to new calls for one minute or until the last caller moves, whichever comes first.

You could tie it to a particular level of Animal Kinship, preferably a level that doesn't require an Emblem to obtain.  Maybe AK2 or AK3?  What do you all think?

Posted 20 months ago by Doc Oblongata Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • The butterflies (item-wall, 2 difficult actions) are out of balance with similar early aspects of the game, like pigs (2 easy actions). I like your idea maintaining the item-wall, but making the actions less stressful.

    +1, from me.
    Posted 20 months ago by Lyndon B Johnson Subscriber! | Permalink