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Butterfly Massaging

I got really confused because there were so many butterflies flying around, so this was difficult to spot... I don't know if this is a bug or just an oversight. Some butterflies, after I massaged them, the massage option was still there, so I couldn't tell if they were ready for milking. After I got around to remembering the name or could keep my eye on the last one I massaged, I had an easier time of this. The massage should always grey out when it has been done and you can milk the butterfly. There were several butterflies that I milked while the massage option was still  highlighted and available.

Posted 18 months ago by Purple Haze Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Yes, a smidge confusing. I know the Pet option increased too, maybe they're linked programming-wise? But petting doesn't cost items that you have to later hunt down... and this does make things particularly difficult when all of the butterflies are named Frank (or whatever they've been named this test).
    Posted 18 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Massaging isn't only done for the sake of milking, just like petting isn't only done for harvesting/nibbling. Players may want to pet multiple times, massage multiple times, or feed multiple times. So graying out the massage option wouldn't be the best solution.

    However, maybe changing the "milk" option to be automatically selected once you've massaged would be good.
    Posted 18 months ago by RobotGymnast Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, I think the massage should be greyed out until you milk, and then be lit again after you milk it, if you can have more tries. I tried the double massage double milk and couldn't get but 1 milking, but then again, there were LOTS of butterflies there, many with the same name I'm sure.. further making it difficult to tell exactly which one was massaged (since the menus all looked identical as well when right clicked)

    You do have a good idea in that, with auto-select the next option, so if this is not a bug really, but intentional.. could we move this to ideas somehow?

    P.S. I did have an idea that the last animal you dealt with should be highlighted in another post (like they are when you can select them, but not blue), but nobody took well to it.
    Posted 18 months ago by Purple Haze Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not everyone needs or wants to milk the butterflies. I have only been massaging for the last few tests to get the achievement for massaging 503 butterflies, no interest in milking.
    Posted 18 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great, Teena explains much more succinctly what I was trying to - that not everybody has the same patterns of action that SourGrapes has.
    Posted 18 months ago by RobotGymnast Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, you were polite and had a good suggestion for a fix. You were very clear.
    Posted 18 months ago by Purple Haze Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, I think the massage should be greyed out until you milk,

    When you're lower down in the skill tree, you have to massage before you milk
    Posted 18 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I meant after first massaging it, it should go grey until milking. It had seemed it should grey out.. But not really because people will massage butterflies just to massage them and can't if it Greys out on the first go... So the highlighting the option sounds good as a simple hint that you've already massaged it
    Posted 18 months ago by Purple Haze Subscriber! | Permalink