The X noticed you and ran away! (Island Sanctuary)

[RyuDragnier]

That's what I do.
I've read on the Forum that feeding the Animals isn't necessary. The give Loot anyway.
If that's true I do not have to farm Food for them. Time saved.
I'll take the Loot they are giving and slowly but surley I will get the Mount. Mission accomplished.

Not sure why you'd not want to make food for them, considering how easy it is to get excess. Assuming you have the farm maxed out, you have 4 rows of 5 crops that can be made. If you have the pen maxed out, you have 20 animals. You only need to feed them the best food once a day, with the cheapest food made with apples the other time of the same day. It takes 2 days for the seeds to grow, and you need 2 of 2 different crops to make the best food (you can use the easiest seeds to gain for this).

Assuming you use 2 rows for one seed and 2 rows for another, you have 50 of both crops every 2 days. Should you only want to use 40 of each, you'll make 20 of the food, multiplied by the 3 you get for each craft. You're getting 60 of the best food every 2 days, and you only need to feed that best food to the pets once a day. You're making 60 of the food every 2 days, and only using 40 of it. By the end of 10 days, you have 100 of the food in excess. You're working at a massive gain here, there's no point NOT to do it, you're not really going to run out of supplies for it.

[Boblawblah]

It's just RNG at play unfortunately. RNG stacked atop additional RNG.

Somehow an alligator evaded my capture attempt four times in a row and then on the fifth I caught him.

It's entirely cosmetic so I guess they just want some options to be rare even if that means locking them being artificial scarcity.

It kills me that they added this "sanctuary" and of course, they had to put in layers of rng in it. Because that's "fun" I guess? I'm trying to work through this content just for the bike, but an Island Sanctuary it's not. I'm reading online guides to maximize my profits, make sure I'm being as efficient as possible, because otherwise, I'd be spending 10 times longer on the Island.

/rant

[Midareyukki]

It's just RNG at play unfortunately. RNG stacked atop additional RNG.

Somehow an alligator evaded my capture attempt four times in a row and then on the fifth I caught him.

....so... Like a pokéball...

[Kaurhz]

The point is to artificially increase the time it takes for you to obtain what you want, and increase your participation time with the content therein. I much prefer that it isn't guaranteed, really.

[Skivvy]

The point is to artificially increase the time it takes for you to obtain what you want, and increase your participation time with the content therein. I much prefer that it isn't guaranteed, really.

I honestly don't mind the RNG being there entirely, but I do wish there were some ways to be able to upgrade your trapping skills as you progressed through leveling. Or maybe make it be something you can grind for once you're max. Or let us craft more efficient tools. Maybe make positionals come into play here (catching from the side/back = better odds, etc). Something! As it is now, it's completely out of our control, and it doesn't feel good

[DrWho2010]

If you got everything you wanted right away you would leave faster. that's not what they want. it's specifically designed to keep you around for longer as it's online service MMO since it technically will be around for a long time. unfortunately you have to realize certain things involving rng are not designed to make you "feel good" it's designed to keep you frustrated for longer so you stick around longer.

if it was a single player offline game, the design philosophy would be different.

[Darthgummibear]

it's designed to keep you frustrated for longer so you stick around longer.

Maybe if you are a glutton for punishment. When a game frustrates me, I play different game.

[Glenfiddich]

That's what I do.
I've read on the Forum that feeding the Animals isn't necessary. The give Loot anyway.
If that's true I do not have to farm Food for them. Time saved.
I'll take the Loot they are giving and slowly but surley I will get the Mount. Mission accomplished.

I saw a post awhile back about an animal that was super angry and left the pasture. I've only seen that one post, and I can't find it again, so maybe someone else can chime in here on whether or not that's how it works. Also, I'm not positive if angry/unhappy will always give at least one item...I've not read up on that, so I'll fix my first post just to account for that unknown.

I have tested it.
No food for 3 days.
They are very angry but still drop loot.
No Animal ran away. Not even the rare ones.

[Skivvy]

I have tested it.
No food for 3 days.
They are very angry but still drop loot.
No Animal ran away. Not even the rare ones.

Oh that's good to know! It would kinda suck if you took an extended break from the game and they were all gone.

[TaleraRistain]

I have tested it.
No food for 3 days.
They are very angry but still drop loot.
No Animal ran away. Not even the rare ones.

I'm sitting here giggling to myself. "I starved my poor animals for Science"

Reminds of me of ye olden days when we all neglected our Tamagotchis to see what would happen. Or the awful things I've done to my Sims.