Member Questions

Again, all those instances would be fair game if it is obtained fairly and not just made up for the war situation. And again, it's a matter of metagaming and how it's against site policies but what I hear so far is How staff doesn't want to regulate that.

And again, bears and eagles are unlikely to form such a strong alliance and endanger themselves for the sake of some other creature. Resources and land and safety is all at question to form such a bond. These are apex predators who are naturally enemies. And again I would bring up the point of a bear companion or an eagle companion. It's not even remotely semi-realistic.

Plus, you'd need player played bears, how many players would be that willing to just go with it? Though the game is semi-realistic, players should still think of how unrealistic certain scenarios are. A bunch of bears siding with Ursus is unlikely since the bears would most likely chase Ursus away unless the pack offers something valuable in exchange. Same with eagles. 

this is why coming to staff about anything can be so frustrating because every argument is shot down if it doesn't fit staff's current thoughts or if they aren't affected by it personally. It feels extremely useless to even voice ourselves. The only ones against wild fauna being treated as regular members is currently staff.

Bold mine. It's not realistic for wolves to talk either! Some bend is allowed - we want to encourage character development. <3

We've had played instances of wolves and unlikely characters being friends (Ursus, Jaylen for example. Indra and Ridge, Towhee and X). So, I would ask again - is everyone okay with Ursus recruiting Jaylen and Shardik to attack other packs in the war effort?

this is why coming to staff about anything can be so frustrating because every argument is shot down if it doesn't fit staff's current thoughts or if they aren't affected by it personally. It feels extremely useless to even voice ourselves. The only ones against wild fauna being treated as regular members is currently staff.

I don't think I've voiced what my opinion is so far (as a staff member). I've asked some questions though, to try and get feedback on situations that will come up down the line. I would be all for Ursus having (played) attack bears. Looking at the big picture though, I can see how this approach would be problematic and feel unfair to other players (Easthollow, for instance).