Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun

  • JamoshiSoc
    Castaway
    Founder

    I was just handing over a trophy shadow stormfish to my crewmate to have a look at before selling and then it got eaten for no reason. Then, it turns out the dog hiding underneath me out of site is able to eat it out of my hands and cost us a week of looking for one. Neither of us had any clue that this was a feature and explains the randomly disappearing bait/meat every now and again when handing to one another (found out the hard way). The pets are starting to feel more pain than fun at this point.

    Maybe it would be worth having a specific button to press on your pet to feed them as opposed to just walking near them?

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  • Schwammlgott
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    @jamoshisoc sagte in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    I was just handing over a trophy shadow stormfish to my crewmate to have a look at before selling and then it got eaten for no reason. Then, it turns out the dog hiding underneath me out of site is able to eat it out of my hands and cost us a week of looking for one. Neither of us had any clue that this was a feature and explains the randomly disappearing bait/meat every now and again when handing to one another (found out the hard way). The pets are starting to feel more pain than fun at this point.

    Maybe it would be worth having a specific button to press on your pet to feed them as opposed to just walking near them?

    Sorry man...but...🤣🤣
    Just don’t hand over when a pet is equipped...
    ACTUALLY, pets don’t eat immediatly when handing over...takes about 1-2 seconds...
    We all learned some things the hard way...maybe not as hard as losing a trophy shadow stormfish to a pet...

    So...after beeing amused (sorry, man)
    Maybe just let us feed pets when they are on the screen, when it shows the button to pick them up?

    (Offtopic) Just one funny detail...did you try to feed a pet with uncooked meat? Do it with something not that worthy and wait a bit...

  • iTz Majman
    Legend
    Insider
    Founder

    A week of looking? if you were that in a hurry to get one then fish for it. Yes they are hard to get but shouldn't take days, not even hours.

  • JamoshiSoc
    Castaway
    Founder

    @schwammlgott Yeah we learnt our lesson now haha. The worst part is we caught another trophy shadow just now and the server switched causing us to loose another one (Not our night). Yeah they eat uncooked meat too

  • Schwammlgott
    Champion

    @jamoshisoc sagte in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    Yeah they eat uncooked meat too

    That's not what I was up to...give your pet 2 bites of raw meat and wait a bit

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    @itz-majman said in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    A week of looking? if you were that in a hurry to get one then fish for it. Yes they are hard to get but shouldn't take days, not even hours.

    Took me months, no joke...

    Pets are pay-to-lose. I knew that the moment they got in the way of an interactable during combat and cost us the fight.

  • SurveyorPete
    Legend
    Insider

    Although I have bought a couple of pets, I never let them out of their box. I find them annoying in various ways:

    • You catch something moving in the corner of your eye, and think its an enemy of some sort.
    • You often find yourself picking up an animal when trying to grab the wheel, a halyard or a brace.
    • Their following you ashore can alert enemies to your presence.
    • They generally get in the way.

    Maybe it would be worth having a specific button to press on your pet to feed them as opposed to just walking near them?

    Maybe: If fishing for trophy fish, don't bring your pets out!

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    Bring your pet with you onto an enemy ship and feed it all of their food. 😈

  • PithyRumble
    Rogue
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    @jamoshisoc said in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    @schwammlgott Yeah we learnt our lesson now haha. The worst part is we caught another trophy shadow just now and the server switched causing us to loose another one (Not our night). Yeah they eat uncooked meat too

    BeWaRe ThE iDeS oF mArCh!

  • ScurvyWoof
    Captain

    This is why I only fish for food. Hunter's Call can take my Mermaid Gems, I want that over heal!

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
    Insider

    Neither of us had any clue that this was a feature

    Seems you be you didnt try out what your pets can and can't do. I mean...Food is meant to be eaten...and pets get hungry too...so it reason they eat it.

  • TheTwistedTaste
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    @galactic-geek said in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    @itz-majman said in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    A week of looking? if you were that in a hurry to get one then fish for it. Yes they are hard to get but shouldn't take days, not even hours.

    Took me months, no joke...

    7 months and counting for me! I’m the unluckiest RNG pirate on the seas… I’m sure of it! 👀

  • SweetSandMan
    Lord
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    @galactic-geek said in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    Pets are pay-to-lose. I knew that the moment they got in the way of an interactable during combat and cost us the fight.

    Everyone comes to that realization eventually. Unfortunately, by that time, it's too late and those ancient coins are gone.

    I'm sure there's plenty of players like me that regret their pet purchase and will never spend ancient coins under that tab again unless some changes are made to how pets function.

  • RealStyli
    Vanguard
    Insider

    I love the pets but they are a bit of a gimmick. I rarely take mine out because of the issues mentioned above of them getting in the way. You can somewhat mitigate it by placing your pet somewhere on the ship, but it will only stay there so long as you don't die.

    I would personally love a toggle to turn off pet interaction prompts though. I would use them a lot more if they just followed me around and didn't get in the way so much.

    Regarding the OP's post... that's painful to read! Poor pixel doggo, only doing what it was programmed to do.

  • Greengrimz
    Marauder

    @jamoshisoc

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  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    @scurvywoof said in Pets eating bait and fish is more painful than fun:

    This is why I only fish for food. Hunter's Call can take my Mermaid Gems, I want that over heal!

    It's much faster to just blunderbomb a group of chickens. 😅

  • AlienMagi
    Commander
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    I didnt know so many people had issues with pets getting in their way.

    Just letting you all know that if you place a pet on any pet-sitting-spot on your ship they will not follow you anywhere.

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