Island Sanctuary - Unable to get new animal into pasture but can't release

Hello team!

We all know how hard it is to catch the special animals that spawn in specific weather + specific time on Island Sanctuary.

Today when I finally managed to find one of these (example in case Goobbbue), and caught him, I came across a problem. All my pasture is under mammet care, and full. Because of being under care, I'm unable to release an animal to make space for the new caught animal! I'm not even allowed to put the animal catching on hold to go to the pasture and release them myself, I'm stuck on the menu. :confused:

Because of this, the only option I have is to release the Goobbue I just caught and will have to wait god knows how many days for me to be lucky again and have the specific weather and time...

I am not sure if this post should be under Technical Support, Bug or Feedback, but I honestly think this needs to be addressed and changed.
Players should have the option to be able to release an animal even if they're under care of still have leavings to retrieve. It's incredibly difficult to find these specific animals because of the weather + time combo, I can't tell you how frustrated and sad I am with this happening. :(

I hope this can be changed in future patches in order to have a better player experience on Island Sanctuary.

Greetings Adventurer and thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately, the issue you are describing is not a technical issue. I will be moving this thread to General Discussion, but we'll take note of your feedback regarding your Island Sanctuary experience.

You just have to temporarily stop having the mammets caring for the animals you've already caught. Make room for the one(s) you want and then restart the care.

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Originally Posted by SannaR

You just have to temporarily stop having the mammets caring for the animals you've already caught. Make room for the one(s) you want and then restart the care.

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You don't need to stop care for all the animals. Just stop it for the one you plan to release when the new one is captured. I've got the caretakers operating for 18 out of 20 on one of my alts, with the last 2 being the ones I plan to release when I capture the 2 rares I want. I don't need to worry about them being fed since I'm going to release them and I can collect their leavings (if any) before I go to the rare spawn point.

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Originally Posted by Eenkalzet

Greetings Adventurer and thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately, the issue you are describing is not a technical issue. I will be moving this thread to General Discussion, but we'll take note of your feedback regarding your Island Sanctuary experience.

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lmao, that isn't an issue? Explain please.

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Originally Posted by Raoabolic

lmao, that isn't an issue? Explain please.

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The Technical Support forum handles inquiries related connectivity to game servers, installation of game files, etc. They don't have issues related to game play.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

The Technical Support forum handles inquiries related connectivity to game servers, installation of game files, etc. They don't have issues related to game play.

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So who handles broken/bugged game mechanics?

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Originally Posted by Raoabolic

So who handles broken/bugged game mechanics?

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The players apparently hahaha

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Originally Posted by Raoabolic

So who handles broken/bugged game mechanics?

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There's nothing bugged/broken about it, you can't release an animal that is under care of the mammots, cancel that, and then release. Is it stupid design? Maybe, but it's not bugged, it's intentional

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Originally Posted by Boblawblah

There's nothing bugged/broken about it, you can't release an animal that is under care of the mammots, cancel that, and then release. Is it stupid design? Maybe, but it's not bugged, it's intentional

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"It's not bugged, it's just poorly thought out!"
I would say that's worse than a simple bug, lmao.

It's not a bug, it's a feature! Works as intended. And not the first time it's been brought up either. Thanks for beta testing island sanctuary. Small indie dev team, please have some patience while they work.

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Originally Posted by Raoabolic

"It's not bugged, it's just poorly thought out!"
I would say that's worse than a simple bug, lmao.

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Okay, that still doesn't explain why you think it belongs in the technical support forum

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

You don't need to stop care for all the animals. Just stop it for the one you plan to release when the new one is captured. I've got the caretakers operating for 18 out of 20 on one of my alts, with the last 2 being the ones I plan to release when I capture the 2 rares I want. I don't need to worry about them being fed since I'm going to release them and I can collect their leavings (if any) before I go to the rare spawn point.

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Ahh I think the one time I had to do a release I hadn't unlocked the ability to have the mammets take care of the animals. Either way the game informs you that you have to stop the care plan in order to do a release if one has been implemented.

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Originally Posted by Raoabolic

So who handles broken/bugged game mechanics?

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The Bug Reports subforum.

They still might reject it as "working as intended" if it's poorly designed but not outright malfunctioning.