Having just suffered simultaneous goblin and invasion attacks, I lost 6 hearthlings in one fell swoop. Bad luck. However, on my next daily update, as my community value was still too low for the next hearthling, I remained at only 2 hearthlings. I think dead hearthlings should be replaced at the …

I’d say it’s good as is. That way raids are actually devastating instead of a small setback. Makes me want to be precautious instead of ‘meh’. There could of course be made different difficulty levels, with your suggestion in the easy to medium difficulty.

[image] Shayne: I lost 6 hearthlings in one fell swoop. I’m sorry for your loss. But I think that’s the point of the game. Your Hearthlings are your most valuable resource, and one you should aim to feverishly protect. To let even one of them perish is a huge hit to your economy, as it shou…

I agree with @baneblade17 and @ZwoeleBeer , but how exactly does it work. What happens when you lose say 4 hearthlings and you don’t meet your Daily update requirements for a new hearthling to appear. In what way do you gain new hearthlings does the Daily update decrease?

I agree with @ZwoeleBeer and @baneblade17 , but I also think @Patrick_Slamp makes a good point. I do think respawning Hearthlings is way too forgiving (unless perhaps if you are playing at a very low difficulty, to be implemented later), and as a fan of roguelikes I’m happy to just lose very hard, so…

Good points on both sides. One (easy) way to handle this could be the difficulty level. Easier difficulty could lower requirements, reduce spawn and strengths of enemies. Higher difficulty the other way around. That way you could chose to go for the challange and how big it should be. Edit… and was…

I also agree with me and @ZwoeleBeer . To continue with what @Patrick_Slamp and @Phagocytosis , I thought the Hearthling daily update would adjust itself to how many Hearthlings you had (if they implemented it) This way even though you’d lose a valuable Hearthling you’ve pain stakingly trained in wh…

Perhaps a trade off for replacing hearthlings. A footman shows up and offers to join in exchange for goods if you suffer a sudden loss. Hello, I am a footman from [villagename]. My village is suffering from a plague and is in desperate need of supplies. If you can spare [items] I will stay here …

[image] baneblade17: Has Littlelings (Hearthling children) been discussed yet? The developers have expressed a number of times that they don’t like the idea of that (for the foreseeable future), just because of how difficult it would be to implement. They didn’t say it would absolutely never …

Using the post @voxel_pirate made about families and children Fambams and little monsters If families and youngins were eventually implemented, then I think there wouldn’t be a need for the daily update to decrease depending on population. I’d much prefer it if you had to manage your own populatio…

Sorry! I’d like to see children as well, eventually. I wouldn’t mind having immigration as another potential source of new Hearthians, but I would rather see this done in more of a simulationey (if less gamey) way.

Replacement of dead hearthlings

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If you are interested we have had to larger discussions where it was brought up.

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Other ways to get Hearthlings than the Daily Update Suggestions	12	2850	February 25, 2015
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Replacement of dead hearthlings

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