Inflexion Games should contemplate allowing players to tame wildlife in Nightingale. This addition has the potential to inject vitality into the game, particularly within a player's home Realm, by offering sustainable resources and fresh animal interaction possibilities.
Considering the prominence of this feature in Palworld, it could serve as a valuable reference for Nightingale to draw from if it decides to incorporate such an aspect. While Nightingale doesn't need to replicate Palworld's animal-taming system entirely, adopting some beneficial elements could be advantageous.
The Advantages of Introducing Wildlife Taming in Nightingale
Enabling players to raise livestock in their home realm could provide a renewable resource avenue for advancing their realm. Although most resources in Nightingale are already renewable due to the roaming Realm Spirits that replenish local flora and fauna, these spirits are currently confined to Forest Biomes. Consequently, players in Desert or Swamp Biomes lack easy access to renewable resources, and animal husbandry could help alleviate this limitation.
Allowing players to tame and nurture animals could also diversify wildlife interactions. Currently, Nightingale faces a 'loot hobo' issue, where players have little incentive to refrain from indiscriminately killing animals across the Fae Realms.
Palworld effectively discourages players from being loot hobos by offering alternative animal interaction methods beyond mere slaughter for resources. While Palworld's animal-taming mechanics are intricate, requiring players to manage their pals' tasks and recreational needs, this degree of wildlife agency may not align with Nightingale's gameplay. However, allowing wildlife taming could significantly enrich the game, breathing more life into a player's home Realm.
Enhancing Early and Endgame Exploration in Nightingale
Moreover, tamed animals could introduce diverse transportation options for players. While the intricate crafting system in Nightingale allows for gear creation and the use of Realm Cards to enhance stamina efficiency and movement speed, the game lacks ample traversal methods. Opting for such gear entails sacrificing other stat enhancements.
The expansive and open Fae Realms in Nightingale can be time-consuming to explore fully. This is particularly challenging for solo players, emphasizing the need for allowing players to tame and ride animals for quicker travel.
Currently, players only have access to umbrellas and climbing picks for traversal in Nightingale. Umbrellas enable safe landing from heights and airborne gliding, while climbing picks facilitate scaling vertical obstacles and lateral dodging. Combining dodging with gliding is currently the fastest mode of transportation.
Although dodging and gliding offer a more stamina-efficient and rapid alternative to sprinting, they seem like temporary fixes to a broader issue. Therefore, permitting players to tame and ride animals could be a more fitting solution to Nightingale's limited traversal options. While Nightingale doesn't need to delve as deeply into animal mounts as Palworld, where high-speed flight is possible, having the option to ride land animals or utilize animal companions for offhand storage could significantly enhance the Nightingale experience.