April 3, 2010 - 6:51pm — dietywolf
One thing that's great from having my own little strip of forest from my backyard, I naturally have deer wander around. Well, I noticed from experience that deer stomp the ground with one of their front hooves when feeling uneasy/threatened, or issuing a warning to the other animal to "get lost". I think this would be an interesting thing to add to the forest actions. But please note, what I am referring to is different from pawing the ground, the stomp the deer use has no scraping motion on the ground. Also, it is already widely understood as a motion meaning "come here" or similar uses, which obviously is different from "go away". So using paw ground to show this emotion would likely cause confusion.
I have also thought of having a bucking/kicking action added, simply because I think it would comply well with the rearing action.
Of course I don't seriously expect these to be made forest actions, for they come across as violent or intimidating. This could cause problems in terms of keeping the forest in its sense of tranquility, which I understand, so no need to really point it out to me. I just found it worth a shot since I have seen it occur several times before with living deer. Also, as the forest's community expands and already, is very creative in their Role Play, I think these actions might very well come in handy.
I also know that Michael and Auriea are under pressure enough already, between budget, servers, and so forth. So I'm not trying to push this idea too hard. I just think its worth wondering about =)
Also, I would like to encourage ideas from people who have deer in their area, because I think observing them and picking up things from their behavior will let the community be able to bring great new things to the forest. <3333
We do have that action.
I believe you do lower horns+taunt.
Your deer stays lower to the ground and paws the ground looking uneasy. I've used it for a while in that manner.
I think it does both feet, but I've been able to swing it to only do one before.
oh wow, I didn't know that
that would be really useful for my one deer =)
thanks =D