Right now it seems like my characters go into their rut every year or every other year. To cut back on the rut spam maybe make it so that on fixed dates (every leap year, once a decade, once every 25 years, ect) every elf over the age of sixteen will go into their rut until a specific time, then every ones rut ends at the same time.
#Rut should happen less often
vocal flicker
burnt sequoia
Completely agree it’s too much. Was thinking at least pushing back to once every 3 years. Others have suggested 5+
I will have an activity you can only do during it, but maybe that’s fine to be once a decade
Might make it more special
spiral mulch
Well since it's not because they are lustful that they always get laid, I suppose the White Rabbit event is here to trigger that ? 🤔
If that's the case (and it really allow you to pick your "hot date" (via the guestlist I suppose, like when you have a VIP at a feast) then I suppose once in a decade would do 🤔 it would allow you to go around, maybe try to sneak a wife or two, during some sort a "alice in wonderland" theme masked date night 👀 and maybe it wouldn't give you any adultery or any deviant secret whilst permitting some moves. Y'a know, masks and all 😂
After all, isn't the Rut all about mixing pure blood with pure blood ? 👀
burnt sequoia
The feast of the white rabbit it actually just a Easter Egg painting celebration, nothing to see here.
vocal flicker
Oh hey, thanks for the response
I kind of like the idea of having the rut happen once a decade and lasting for a couple years (enough to get two sets of kids if you try hard enough)
unkempt coral
In 'Asatru' the blot is only availble every 9 years. Since elves live so long, maybe copy-and-paste that bit of code into the rut? With the long elf lifespan, once every 10 years should be plenty.
burnt sequoia
Man Ive been also thinking when the disease mechanic comes out, what if the Rut spread across the map like a plague?!
still undecided
maybe it can happen "sometimes" if certain conditions are met
maybe its a more severe uncontrollable version
maybe it happens if the Divine Spark is not pleased with your Feast of the White Rabbit or something like that
violet arch
Man Ive been also thinking when the disease mechanic comes out, what if the Rut ...
:o
real mountain
Man Ive been also thinking when the disease mechanic comes out, what if the Rut ...
well that might conflict with your plan to have the rut play a more significant role by lowering fertility
burnt sequoia
well that might conflict with your plan to have the rut play a more significant ...
how so? it would still give the fertility boost it would just be a visual entity spreading across the map
In my head all elves in counties affected would still get the "bonuses", there just wouldnt be a "disease" for them to catch
So standard Rut is visible as like a light pink or green or something, but then if something goes wrong, a more severe color replaces it and has more extreme effects.
maybe it can even jump to human lands at that point
real mountain
how so? it would still give the fertility boost it would just be a visual entity...
OOOH
so its just a visual thing
I thought it would spread like a disease
like starts in a county and spreads
in that case yeah it will be pretty amazing
burnt sequoia
For coolness factor maybe it should still spread, but by the end of a year it completely engulfs all elf lands with the tradition guaranteed
then it lasts for like a year and fades away
with it moving to like once a decade I think it would be a cool thing
real mountain
ye, maybe that can be a major decision, like there can be a normal rut that happens more frequently but the one that spreads across the map can only happen once every 10 years, it can be ritual that takes places that starts it
ofc it will give major boosts to fertility and ofc twins and above
honest pecan
What is rut?
spiral mulch
What is rut?
A cultural tradition that makes your MC (and supposedly all from elf culture or with elf trait ? 🤔 I haven't seen it work on others) "Lustful" for awhile. It gives you the trait lustful for a few months, boosting the probability of a child.
honest pecan
ok
strong plover
Its also a biological phenomenon irl in animals
real mountain
also iirc Rut bumps up the probability of multiple births
can go up to 7 births in a single pregnancy
violet arch
I have never exceeded triplets, and rarely exceeded twins,
otherwise in French for those who are interested we call it "saison des amours" litteraly “season of love”
burnt sequoia
ill just leave this here
burnt sequoia
which you can tell I coded ages ago because I used some inefficient code to do it
should just be a "random_list"
real mountain
I have never exceeded triplets, and rarely exceeded twins,
otherwise in French ...
I think I got Quints once
I remember because back then I didn't know anything above a twin still shows up as twin
spiral mulch
ill just leave this here
does that mean (i'm not fluent in code 👀 ) that we have a 1% chance of having seven kids and, if we unlocked the cultural tradition of inbreeding and all, we get a special event ? 👀
burnt sequoia
The special event is a future planned thing. Nothing yet!
violet arch
I think I got Quints once
quints?! at the max, once in my game but I'm not sure I may have had four, but never beyond
real mountain
thing is once you reach 100 plus dynasty members its kind of hard to keep track
since SOOO many are born as a result fo rut
itss non stop assigning them guardians, arranging marriages, etc
thankfully marriages get easier since male/female ratio is more or less fine
burnt sequoia
Fertility will be taking a large hit in next patch. We'll have to evaluate if we need more changes after
unkempt coral
Fertility will be taking a large hit in next patch. We'll have to evaluate if we...
not sure if its possible, but here's an idea for balancing low-fertility & avoiding extinction.
*Could you alter the probability of male/female children during normal pregnancy, vs those that occur during the rut? If thati s possible, then it might open some more options for how Elven fertility and 'The Rut' work.