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Well, then I want to dominate a wolf as a pet. Like the people in this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_as_pets_and_working_animals I don't care about what is realistic, obviously. I am playing a game where people are infected with some kind of virus that makes them respawn, legs are healed by morphine, and some people can fly through the air with a swimming animation. So let me dream, dude. :D

Actually I was talking about the subject of wolves, dogs and fear with friends recently. They mentioned the work of Kathryn Lord. Really interesting stuff and (after some quick googling) I find it is pretty relevant to this discussion. https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/lords-study-may-explain-why-wolves-are-forever-wild-dogs-can-be-tamed

Feral dogs are a great idea, pilgrim, but I want a wolf sidekick! Maybe even a bear. Imagine killing infected from the back of a bear. :D Don't people raise wolf and bear cubs?

Wolves should totally attack players, steal their food, then run away. Also, they should be tamable/trainable.

I want intense animal interactions like in The Revenant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8S-wCAvMC8

I totally agree with you, dude. The majority of the community does not agree with you, though. They want desync fixed and FPS improved. They are playing this game like Arma Zombies. And BIS is catering to them. They removed all of the Mod features that helped with KoS frustrations and social interaction in the name of "realism/authenticity" (e.g. humanity, global text chat, HUD, etc.) My advice? Wait until modding support is released sometime in 2016/2017. We can add survival/apocalypse-oriented features like this ourselves. Don't wait around for the DayZ devs to do it because you will just be disappointed...

This seems like it is just punishing PvP. The community outrage would be ridiculous. Change the framing, though, and it could work. Example: The more time you spend in-game without killing anybody the less calories you could burn.