Multiple piglets per litter

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Multiple piglets per litter

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A sow giving birth to just one piglet is practically unheard of IRL. But the more important thing is that it'd be good balance-wise. Cows and sheep both give milk and suckling maws, and sheep give wool, all in addition to giving meat. Pigs only have meat, so they feel a bit underwhelming. Multiple piglets would at least make them the best at the only thing they do. I guess you could also implement lard to buff pigs, but if I had to choose just one of the two I'd go with multiple piglets.
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Potjeh wrote:A sow giving birth to just one piglet is practically unheard of IRL. But the more important thing is that it'd be good balance-wise. Cows and sheep both give milk and suckling maws, and sheep give wool, all in addition to giving meat. Pigs only have meat, so they feel a bit underwhelming. Multiple piglets would at least make them the best at the only thing they do. I guess you could also implement lard to buff pigs, but if I had to choose just one of the two I'd go with multiple piglets.
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didn't they sometimes have multiple piglets in legacy?
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Potjeh wrote:A sow giving birth to just one piglet is practically unheard of IRL. But the more important thing is that it'd be good balance-wise. Cows and sheep both give milk and suckling maws, and sheep give wool, all in addition to giving meat. Pigs only have meat, so they feel a bit underwhelming. Multiple piglets would at least make them the best at the only thing they do. I guess you could also implement lard to buff pigs, but if I had to choose just one of the two I'd go with multiple piglets.
I think this is a topic that is within the understanding of a hermit like Potjeh! +1 good suggestion
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sabinati wrote:didn't they sometimes have multiple piglets in legacy?
They did .. but so did sheep and cows. If going RL sheep very often get twins :)
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Technically speaking, didn't pigs get a crazy possible modifier per generation on meat quantity? To the point that they used to become ridiculous meat fountains late game?
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Sevenless wrote:Technically speaking, didn't pigs get a crazy possible modifier per generation on meat quantity? To the point that they used to become ridiculous meat fountains late game?
Which hopefully has been tuned down, because it was ridiculous.
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Potjeh wrote:A sow giving birth to just one piglet is practically unheard of IRL. But the more important thing is that it'd be good balance-wise. Cows and sheep both give milk and suckling maws, and sheep give wool, all in addition to giving meat. Pigs only have meat, so they feel a bit underwhelming. Multiple piglets would at least make them the best at the only thing they do. I guess you could also implement lard to buff pigs, but if I had to choose just one of the two I'd go with multiple piglets.
In legacy pigs had better dependence on quantity levels. That means that pig with 100 meat quantity gives mutch more meat that cow or sheep.
Making multiple piglets in litter will make just fuken pig spam on your pound.
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Yes.
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