#Cat Species Spooking Animals

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noble lynx
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At this point I think it’s time to address the cat problem. Cats spooking everything regardless of their size from an unnecessarily far range is a problem, especially when any of their drink times overlaps with anything else. I’ve seen countless suggestions about adjusting cat drink times because of how significantly they interfere with other species, so I’m going to suggest that the spook mechanic for cats be alerted in some fundamental way. How they change it is up to them but something should be done. To throw some of my suggestions in the ring let’s start with lynx and bobcat. There’s no reason for a lynx to spook a moose or bear so I suggest that the mechanic be either completely removed from them or limit it to class 1 species that actually have a reason to be afraid of them. For the larger species like puma and lions I think it’s a bit more tricky. A decent compromise would be that they spook animals as they do currently when not sharing a need zone with another species however when they are they only cause the animals around them to stay attentive and make them more quick to flee when alerted. Ultimately I think something should be done to allow them to share drink times with other species without completely ruining it for them. This also extends to wolves but the cats feel like a more pressing issue.

earnest island
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Wolves make sense but Cats…make no sense

unique crescent
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Yeah I hate how black bears are afraid of them

earnest island
stone ember
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I think only class 4 animals and below should be spooked by bobcats/lynxes

unique crescent
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I say class 3

cunning lion
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I've seen a few YouTube videos of black bears sending mountain lions packing if they come around, so this really should not be an issue in the game. And of course smaller felines should not bother bigger animals at all, any more than a coyote would.

keen canopy
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If it's a pack of coyotes then I understand a bear getting spooked but the only predators that travel in packs in Cotw are wolves