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Try to change my mind, but in current state of the game (animals working as of now etc), Gia should not be a hero at all. Her perk (adjusted to each species) should be integrated in any tamed animal because their bad AI would totally compensate for that benefit. Something like that would be a good starting point and then wild heroes perks should be based off of that. That's the only right direction. Yes, I am aware that is very unlikely to happen due to several reasons - just look at the defenders (closest thing I could compare animals to) - they are part of the game for years and yet we're still asking ourselves sometimes how on earth can they be THAT dumb. Hate to bring this up, but just look at the AI in the other mode.

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about 2 years ago - /u/FreightTrainUSA - Direct link

There are a decent amount of Wildlife improvements in the works. Some balance, some re-tuning. I cant got over specifics at this moment as a lot is still pending but know a decent amount of aspects are being looked into.