TaintdWisdm

Well obviously it would need balancing because I dont have full access to all gather rates ect but seeing smaller people occasionally out lift bigger people doesn't change the norm. Also it's more for balance sake if you've played ark you know small characters are the meta because there harder to hit this would incentivize players to diversify characters for other perks also giving the bigger characters a usefulness as bruisers.

What I propose works like this to counter small character meta. 1) character mass - (muscle/fat) affects hp and carry weight [at max + 50% hp and weight] 2) character (leg length) - will affect running and swimming [at max + 35% run speed and +12.5 swim speed] 3) character (torso height) - affects stamina and oxygen along with counting towards mass. See 1.) [At max +25% oxygen/stamina] 4) character (hand size) - affects swim speed [+ 12.5% at max ] - affects hand to hand [+ 12.5% damage -5.5% attack speed at max size] - affects hand gathering [+20% resources max size] 5) character (foot size) - affects swim speed [+15% at max] but increases stamina drain by 10% when swimming or running] affects fall damage + 20% fall damage reduction 6) small (skinny) characters will see the negatives of these with the addition of [having to fall from twice the height to take damage. ] [50% more stamina] [15% more attack speed] [ 20% faster reloading] [reduced melee] 7) character (arms length) add melee and gathering [ at max length increased melee 12.5%] [+ 10% swim speed] [+12.5 % draw speed with bows] [-10% attack speed with melee] [33% aoe on gathering] 9 ) character (arm mass) [+ 25% melee damage] [+10% melee attack speed] [+10% move speed when dragging] 10) character (leg mass) [ + 10% stam ] [ +15% movement speed when dragging] [+20% movement speed when bones are broken] [+20% weight] 11) set a certain threshold on mass for boost of 2x on fortitude So a character who is max height torso and legs. with medium torso, big legs, big arms, hands, feet and the longest arms would have stats as follows 150 hp + 1.5x per point norm (if skinny undecided on hp penanlty) 125 Stamina + 1.25x per point norm ( fat characters with max weight cap would see a 35% weight reduction bit see extra 25 hp/weight) 125 Oxygen + 1.25x per point norm 170 Weight + 1.7x per point norm Fortitude 2x per Point norm Movement speed 135% (if char was skinny 155%) Swim speed 150% [+10% stam drain] Melee +137% damage -5.5 attack speed. Bows +10% draw speed. Guns + 20% reload On second thought I dont think small characters should be penalized just buff bigger but open to opinions

This please... my computers gpu died now all I got is my ps4 pro

Also on ark we used bear traps and the same temporary bolas in conjunction with shooting 3 ft arrows coated in narcotics into the creatures face then shoved its preferred food up its butt until it ate enough to love us forever, or until the next guys with some c4 and a pachy decided it doesn't deserve to live anymore..

Bro it's a video game about piracy with hangings and murder in it.. and your take away... is animal cruelty and the lesson it teaches kids ? How about you be a parent and dont let your kids play it stop politicizing games and catering them to kids and the lowest common denominator of sensitivity, Eh?