Improve Whale and Orca Leashing

[jordancoles]

I think that the way this was handled could definitely be made better. Leashed whales and orcas become detached from the boat due to slight turns and also somewhat randomly it feels like. There is no good way to know if you are tethered as well. Other than moving around to see if the whale/orca comes with you there is no good way of knowing when you are leashed or not.

It would be nice if these things just required a rope and showed a leashed icon like everything else. Also it would be nice if we could pull multiple orcas at once without them clipping each other and detaching. Orcas usually spawn in pods of 2-3 and each one requires its own trip unless you're able to find a nearby and suitable island to pull them onto (which is insanely specific to the point where if 1 pixel is on a water tile they cannot be butchered)

Please just make pulling these things similar/the same as other leashed creatures

[Agrik]

it would be nice if we could pull multiple orcas

I wonder why it's not the other way round, orcas and whales pulling your boat. Or a kind of tug-of-war (with the animal being stronger, or perhaps depending on Q, but pulling in somewhat random directions).

[WowGain]

it would be nice if we could pull multiple orcas

I wonder why it's not the other way round, orcas and whales pulling your boat. Or a kind of tug-of-war (with the animal being stronger, or perhaps depending on Q, but pulling in somewhat random directions).

They're dead when you have them tied to the boat, if you were unaware.

[jordancoles]

it would be nice if we could pull multiple orcas

I wonder why it's not the other way round, orcas and whales pulling your boat. Or a kind of tug-of-war (with the animal being stronger, or perhaps depending on Q, but pulling in somewhat random directions).

[Sevenless]

I'd kinda prefer whaling to work like that though. Throw harpoon, get dragged around a bit while throwing more harpoons to whittle it's health down.

Lets face it, you can't really make a system more cancerous than current whalehunting anyway. Nerf whale as a food (frankly unrelated to this change or not, whale just needs to get nerfed), make whales non-aggressive and more common (so whaling parties are a thing, as opposed to bot scouting), make a little whaling "minigame".

[MadNomad]

Nerf whale as a food

but why?

[Sevenless]

Nerf whale as a food

but why?

My bad, nvm.

[Agrik]

get dragged around a bit

Now I think it could be possible for whale to (accidentally?) pull your boat into "deeper" ocean region, so you'd have to evaluate whether it worth to continue.

[Sevenless]

get dragged around a bit

Now I think it could be possible for whale to (accidentally?) pull your boat into "deeper" ocean region, so you'd have to evaluate whether it worth to continue.

Unless we have a specific "whaling" ship, good Q knarrs could probably cross the map in one trip without repairing. Snekkja are the main whaling ship atm just because whales smash boats, half the reasony they are literally mandatory to cheese.

[Agrik]

They're dead when you have them tied to the boat

Hmm... I thought I mentioned such case in my post, but it seems I've edited it out later. The case of dragging dead ones wasn't that interesting.

Maybe I had wrong ideas from all that "leashing", "leashed" in the OP, especially

if the whale/orca comes with you

Please just make pulling these things similar/the same as other leashed creatures

I admit I've never tried to leash and drag dead animals on land.

Unless we have a specific "whaling" ship, good Q knarrs could probably cross the map in one trip without repairing.

I suppose there is a difference between crossing the High Seas and circling inside for an unknown amount of time. Good knarrs can circle longer, but... shouldn't similarly "good Q" whales be healthier and stronger?