Let us use catapults to damage animals

[jordancoles]

Catapults can damage players, why not animals? If I take the time and spend the resources to make a catapult I should be able to use it on them imo

Put more sand in this box please

[bmjclark]

Do they even still damage players after the siege changes?

[loleznub]

You should be able to launch animals, too, especially disease ridden ones.

[not_a_cat]

Please consider that players can react to catapult fire while kritters can't
Using catas for hunting will provide just another way to cheese dungeon bosses and other fatties (like trolls: catapults can shoot through caves' null-tiles iirc)

[jordancoles]

Please consider that players can react to catapult fire while kritters can't
Using catas for hunting will provide just another way to cheese dungeon bosses and other fatties (like trolls: catapults can shoot through caves' null-tiles iirc)

It is highly unlikely that you'd make it to the boss room of a dungeon and be unable to kill the boss. Also, I don't think you can build catapults on dungeon tiles.

Also also, you'd have to pen it up somehow to be able to shoot at it which isn't really possible since it agros you when you enter the room. You could have one person tank it while you shoot, but then you risk hitting the person in melee with the catapult (if it were even possible to build).

As for trolls, you'd need to pen it up which would mean having cave hermit to avoid being agro'd and instantly caved in on. If you have cave hermit chances are you can also kill a troll normally and have already invested many many hours into the game and your character's development.

Again, if you're taking the time to make a catapult and wait 24h then you should be able to use it on animals imo. You get 3 shots before needing to repair again and there is an initial crafting cost to it as well which isn't super spammable because of the brimstone req.

[Prowny]

I assumed coles was talking about domesticated animals, which would totally make sense imo.

[jordancoles]

I assumed coles was talking about domesticated animals, which would totally make sense imo.

All animals

[Prowny]

I assumed coles was talking about domesticated animals, which would totally make sense imo.

All animals

Well in that case... shouldn't catapults wreck the q of animal remains? I mean if arrows damage the q, it'd follow catapult rocks would lower it to q1 (or even destroy special boss loot?), preventing whatever "cheesing" not_a_cat was talking about.

[jordancoles]

I assumed coles was talking about domesticated animals, which would totally make sense imo.

All animals

Well in that case... shouldn't catapults wreck the q of animal remains? I mean if arrows damage the q, it'd follow catapult rocks would lower it to q1 (or even destroy special boss loot?), preventing whatever "cheesing" not_a_cat was talking about.

I think it would be fine if it was just capped by the surv of the person who fired the shot

[NeoBasilisk]

I don't think we should do anything to incentivize people to keep their animals in a mine on L8. If animals can be bombarded, then there should be some kind of bonus for keeping them on the surface such as faster breeding speed.