Hey, I started this thread to discuss ideas for future animals since obviously the current animal situation needs some help. I feel like with horses/donkeys/mules and camels, the amounts and types of animals will be sufficient. However, the AI needs some work. For one they need to stay in fences and such. And they ofc need to be able to breed and be trained. Cows could be milked and horses/camels/donkeys would need to be trained to be used under the saddle. Also, when pulling wagons, horses should be faster than cows/oxen, but should get tired faster and unable to pull as heavy loads.
We also need a way to lead/pull/lure animals... For the large animals, we could make a rope with hemp fibers and then chase down a animal and rope it (my inner Texan speaking) And for the small ones, (chickens, rats, snakes) we could simply chase them down and pick them up. Chickens we could stick into crates to haul on wagons. Also, chickens should lays eggs, which could be used in the cooking update to be fried on a stove (in a pan ofc lol) or added to recipes.
I am really looking forward to crafting wagons, I hope we can make quite a few different kinds, and I hope they will be crafted spinning wheel/smelter style, not blockbench style.