Personally as a dog player, handshake ability seems to always result in free loot although a major con of the build is the probability of losing reproductive abilities at level 1

Cats: I am a powerful assassin Humans: well isn’t that the cutest thing

This was the best way I've ever seen someone say they were a dog person.

It would be funny to look at this the other way around. “Dogs and cats have access to an extremely powerful mage summon”

"Track down loot." *shows a dog sniffing for drugs*

You got it all wrong. Human is support class for the cat player, not the other way.

Don’t forget the “sled dog” prestige class which can be spec’d into on the Arctic servers, and lets dog players be used as mounts! Or the “herding” skill tree, which allows dog and human players to easily control other players in livestock guilds.

My friend, a cat main, would like to point out that getting rid of rodent and bird players who keep griefing your teammate is technically a support role. Eating food that a rat player has tampered with can give major, sometimes lethal disease debuffs to a human player.

Dont forget that cats have a 9-life glitch.

For cats, YOU are the support class.

thing is, separation anxiety is a very common debuff in dogs that can cause a lot of trouble for their human, particularly humans that don't spend a lot of time at their base. cats are more independent in nature so you rarely see this debuff at all in them. cats are also excellent at hunting down insects that have found their way into a human's base, which is very useful seeing as humans are very easily intimidated by even harmless insects.

What about the cat's "purr" ability? They use it to maintain muscle tone with a sedentary lifestyle, and they can also use it to assist their human allies when they have major debuffs such as injuries. Cats have different "purr" styles for different injury types too. They have a "bone purr" ability which increases tick speed on the debuff, allowing it to count down faster. The same goes for other injury-type debuffs, and don't forget the cat's role in pest control. Selling the cat class short is all I'm saying. That "purr" ability might just be the strongest single support ability in the game, besides the "cute" ability.

I bet you never played the farmer spec... here a cat support is godlike against players who focus their rodent builds to maximize stealing crop yield

I used to be on a server with a really kind cat player, but he had to log off a couple years ago :(

Every so often I come back to this video just for that one scene about the "Good Boy" ability. That little pupper tilting his head accompanied by the "Oh yeah!" "You feel that?" makes me smile no matter what. It's so cute and funny at the same time.

Having a good dog and cat support makes a big difference. And (some) cats do their part for the home base, they’re highly effective at keeping the pests and creepy crawlers in check. Lots of places you can hardly live without a cat and a dog.

90% of the subscribers are animals looking for advice of ranking up

Toxoplasmosis is only slightly true, what really helped the domestic cat soar into S tier is when humans unlocked the farming skill. All that experience and loot attracted a ton of low level players like rats. Which gave cats a ton of players to grief on. A ton of human players also prefer that the cat isn't as much of a support class as a dog. With a dog you need to learn how to play as a team, with cats they take care of themselves and do their own thing. In other words, a dog would be a healer, war monk, or paladin type of support class while cats play more assassin support roles like Bards or Tricksters.

I recently teamed up with a lower level cat player but, despite her level, she seems to have quite a bit of experience in today's meta. I'm still going to keep her close until we get her more XP and give her the vaccination buff.

You forgot to mention their passive healing ability: Purr. It actually promote healthy bones, and the pest control aspect, which puts them as a good companion, just in a different way than dogs. Toxoplasmosis is more common in Outdoor and Stray cats, and while human infection rates are high, they don't suddenly make humans like cats. The Stray Stray is almost a complete no go, and most are forced into it due to a bad spawn or human kicking them out of the party. You're playthrough usually only lasts a few levels, since you have 0 medical care, unless you are taken in by a Human. The Outdoor While the outside cat build looks tempting because of the mixed, it's not very good, since your average run is only a about 2-5 levels, and depending on the exact human-made biome, that could be lower or higher. High traffic areas could end your run early, especially if you're caught by a Animal Control Human, which for most, is a guaranteed game over. The medical care helps, and some really lucky playthroughs could go all the way to the max level for cats, but that is more of an exception and if its your choice of outdoor or indoor, you should always choose indoor. There is some exceptions, like pest control on farms, which uses your natural stealth assassin skills to hunt rodent players. Low traffic and large territory means you're lifespan is typically higher, but because Veteranary Humans are farther away, immediate medical attention required incidents are more likely to end you're playthrough, however they are rarer. The Indoor This is the premier build. It's passive farming, with little need if you can put up with humans, and even then you may not need to. You have almost completely guaranteed protection at all times without needing to work at all. Indoor cats are relatively low maintenance compared to dogs, and are available in far more human areas than dogs. Example being apartments, which are detrimental to even medium sized dog players, but are perfectly fine for cats. Plus on average, you're increasing your average run to 10-max level. I currently have a cat player in my party, whose level isn't exactly known. She's around 8-10 according to the our local Vet Human. She suffers from a skin condition annually, which causes her to scratch to the point of cutting herself. She was originally a stray for her first couple of levels, where a Human found and helped her, turning her into an Outdoor cat for another few. Those logs are muddled, but when she continued her run with us, she was suffering from her untreated skin condition, flea players, and was completely covered in injuries. Based on her previous logs, we decided to change her playstyle to indoor, and now she is thriving with constant care. She loves the free loot and mutual buffs. She already broke the Stray and Outdoor playthrough averages by a mile, and we hope her playthrough never ends.

“The devs haven’t been too active with balance patches lately.” This is the quote which defines the modern age.

Eh, the effectiveness of Toxoplasma as an ability is still being debated. I would argue that the reason cat players are so strongly preferred by a portion of the human playerbase is that they present the same morale boost as dogs with significantly less investment in time and XP to level them up. They also work well in smaller spaces, which is an advantage in the increasingly popular city servers. Since many human players don't need higher level dog perks in the current meta, they can save valuable resources opting to partner with cats instead. Of course, which is better for an individual human player is ultimately up to their playstyle.

Hey TierZoo, cool channel and awesome concept! I was really looking forward for this video after seeing The Cat Tier List, but was left a bit puzzled after watching it. To get straight to the point that bothered me, this one in particular felt like a serious disservice to f. catus and a strange shift from what so far have been a very entertaining and informative journey. I absolutely love dogs, and agree with everything you said about our canine companions, but was quite perplexed about why you left out some very important patch notes about our feline friends, their presence in history, and their contribution to the development of our civilization. Unlike our amazing canine friends who often get (most of) the credit they deserve, cats have been (and still are) getting a bad rep for centuries, and very unjustly so. So in defense of our feline friends, I’d like to mention a few patch notes. I'll start with the "spookiest" part which usually has the most controversy surrounding it - T. Gondii. First thing first, It's important to note that most humans are far more likely to contract T. Gondii from eating raw meat or unwashed fruits and vegetables than getting it from a cat (assuming you don’t eat cat poop or touch it with your bare hands, and / or don't wash your hands before you eat). Secondly, the "Bold and Brash" debuff in fact does NOT work on humans in the same way it works on rodents, and will ONLY proc on a rodent spec that comes in contact with an armed Toxo Dookie Trap. This type of trap is only spawned by a cat for a duration of 1 to 3 weeks following infection with T. Gondii and is NOT permanent (a cat needs to be infected via rodent / bird consumption to be able to spread the parasite, so if your cat is an indoor cat the chances of it contracting and spreading the parasite are quite low). What's more, the effects on humans are widely debated if existent at all, because T. Gondii has been so far assumed asymptomatic except in cases of individuals with deficient immune systems or in cases of spawning with it (if you wish you can also check out the CDC's FAQ about T. Gondii on their website, it's quite informative without being overwhelming). As a cat main, I was surprised to see no mention of the contribution domestic cats had made to early agricultural societies who utilized the cat’s epic "Vermin Control" skill (a job many cat companions hold till’ this very day), cats kept rodents away from our granaries, as a result humans were able to store large quantities of food, which lead to more people being able to settle in one place, who in turn built stronger and longer lasting homes, creating security and eventually civilization. The whole ancient Egypt cat worshipping practice started because of the cat's ability to kill venomous pests like snakes and scorpions (which cats also do till' this very day, thanks Kitsu!). It had also been speculated that cats have a secret buff, "Song of Bastet", the purr - resonating in a consistent pattern in frequencies between 25 and 150 Hertz, which according to various investigators had shown to improve bone density and promote healing. The last one may not have been researched thoroughly enough to be considered a fact, but I personally appreciate the purr’s calming effect and its +50 to relaxation and good spirit buff! I think the most amazing thing about cats is the fact that they were never truly domesticated, Unlike dogs that have been shaped by tens of thousands of years of selective breeding in order to achieve traits desired by us humans, not to mention having a good starter social core humans could work to begin with, the solitary cat had moved from the deserts and jungles into our homes with barely any intervention on our part. Cat breeding is a relatively new practice, so as a result cats had retained most of their wild traits and basically adapted to living with us humans, our other pets/farm animals, and even each other in the wild. This brings me to another important yet little known patch note about f. Catus, differently from their wild ancestors, domestic cats are actually quite social and require social interaction for a healthy wellbeing! Domestic cats even form matriarchal colonies in which they live together and help one another in tasks like taking care of each other’s kittens, and providing food for the colony. Unlike lions though, domestic cats have no pack mentality nor do they develop any social strategy, so each member hunts individually and contributes on their own, which I personally think is a wonderful demonstration of how adaptive and unique this animal is. Despite remaining widely misunderstood by most of us. Cats have highly individual and different personalities, and most of them bond very deeply with their humans. Each cat also learns to communicate with their human individually, even the all familiar “meow” is not as obvious as we think. Each cat learns to use this skill - which is essentially a kitten’s cry to its mother (and as it turns out is also very effective in getting our attention) - with their human, either on their own or by observing other cats, creating a communication system that is custom tailored to their human. I personally love how cats, despite being solitary animals, were able to form meaningful relationships with us not because they were genetically conditioned and shaped to do so, but because they chose to. Lastly, I'm gonna suggest that if you're using Wikipedia as your main source of info, look more into citations and sources, and check out some academic papers on sites like NCBI - NIH and CDC rather than relying on info scratched from the (ever changing) surface of Wikipedia. I enjoyed your other videos so please don't take this the wrong way, but as an educator you have a certain responsibility when spreading information (or avoiding misinformation), I know making these videos is a great effort (and result), keep your research thorough and keep on the great job! Side note: I wrote this like 2+ years ago, then some stuff happened that made me forget all about it until discovering it again while cleaning my drive folder today. Apologies for the belated (and possibly somewhat irrelevant by now) comment, but hey, better late than never.

One of my housemates is a very heavy legacy cat build (she started her playthrough 21 years ago!). While she is suffering from the blindness, arthritis and hyperthyroidism debuffs, the buffs to mood and motivation she gives me are very important to my continuing motivation. And it is worth the proximity debuff to intelligent conversation (and I will maintain that 'do you know you are a babycat?' is a valid question)

lmao the yellowstone eruption is the next balance patch

Cats anti-pest abilities are a really big thing. As soon as we started to store grain in large quantities pests became a real problem for humans. Its more like a symbiotic relationship

I feel like this needs a part 2 or/and a reboot, because Support Cats have a LOT more going for them than just mind control parasites.

Tierzoo: "Toxoplasma reduces fear" My anxiety: "Am I a joke to you?"

"This video was sponsored by dogs."

I was going to feel salty about the dog bias, but my cat crawled into my lap and started purring to comfort me.

Dog players are really nice, especially considering they have some of the strongest friendships between different playerbases. Their only issue is that some have horrible deformities such as the Pug build, but have an even stronger buff to mental health of their human. Dogs that are used in the huge clan PvP battles between human players seem to be able to cure depression when they are down with the human players giving them mental buffs. It should also be noted that Humans gain an aggression spike if their support is killed.

Dogs and Cats support build can give you huge debuffs after they log out from the server. It could give you a semi-permanent debuff. I miss my dog.

Well as a human main in the farm specialization I think the cat “support class” can be very useful to rid of scavenger classes.

"Grab targets to start team combos" Thank you for this

I used to have a cat player in my team a long time ago, he was like level 10 or so, never met another player as experienced, badass, and free as him. Miss you buddy

You forgot to add all of the negatives of adding a dog as a support. Once you add a dog, it is a heavy multi-daily commitment of feeding & "walking", plus bathing. Essentially adding the dog as a support is also adding yourself as a support character at the same time. The cat comes with the "independence" trait; which includes being able to leave as much food out for it in advance as needed, the super advanced litterbox perk, and the self-cleaning buff. While you may try to argue that the cat doesn't have as many support traits as the dog, the cat doesn't require you to spec yourself into support yourself to choose it.

“The blindness debuff” CHRIST 😂😂😂

Cats has a passive ability of staying clean.

This is a good example of framing at work "Cats never made the leap to support" Also works as "Cats did not need to evolve as much as dogs did to support humans "

As a cat person, I feel personally attacked.

The second I read this title in my notification, I started to giggle.

Make a tier list of bacteria!

Personally I am debuffed with paranoia and the cats using a support class that lowers fear is useful.

I started out playing as an outdoor cat but then a few other cat players convinced me to become a stray cat. Interestingly, this did not decrease my life span as much as you would expect because I eventually became a leader of the stray cat society and gained extra lives.

I died of laughter when you said dogs could grab opponents for team combos

For dog players: never run out of your house, even though it may look like a tempting adventure. It will be extremely hard to get back. Your human will miss you! i miss you nala :(

For dog players, that warning about avoiding having your human spec your build should not be taken lightly. Not only will you have your stats reduced to such an extent that you will absolutely get bodied absent your human, but your longevity stat will also suffer, so the spec itself is reducing your uptime.

My cat Tonks has been in my party for going on 10 years and has truly been a great team player and helped me out of a lot of binds. He is different than a lot of other cats though and follows me like a dog. Lol He's alerted me of danger as well.

A new study was done and it confirmed cats undertsand when you call their name, but they choose to ignore you lmao

I'm so glad you discussed the negative aspects of breeding

So I teamed up with two dog builds. While the buffs are great, I gotta say that I don't enjoy that much their "Steal & hoard" ability, sometimes I can't find my gears or I find them destroyed. They usually get and loose that ability early on, but my supports developed it very recently now that they are entering high lvl territory. Weird choice but it can be amusing.

Would be cool to see a tier list on various dog breeds, ranking them by how well they do their assigned job, as moral boost companions, general hardiness, and training reward

IS LIFE JUST A GAME TO THIS MAN!?

Cats "usually" poop and pee in a box...That a God tier level ability.

Honestly I played a human build and some skills I picked had fear downsides, so i had to cooperate with a cat player to balance that problem. It works wonders

Some major oversights I'd like to point out: cats have a higher level cap. You can work on honing a cat's support skillset for a longer period of time before having to get a new one and level it up from its base build all over again. Additionally, when playing on Hard Mode (impoverished PC, lower GP accrual rate) and you have to live in a dungeon with a DM rather than a base run by the PC, DMs often invoke a No Support Class Debuff, but cats have a much easier time bypassing this debuff than dogs because of their stealth abilities.

I lived in rural west africa for 2 years and the only thing that kept my hut from literally crawling with spiders, cockroaches, rats, scorpions, and bats was my trusty cat support

2:17 I'm watching this as my cat is sleeping in my lap. I turned my head to him and said "YOU DID WHAT?!??"

Plz make a video on house cats! I think some great points to make could be their flexibility, agility and ability to live outdoors more efficiently than canine builds. Like you mentioned, outdoor cats playthroughs have benefits with support aide from human players as well as freedom to explore the map. I think this CATagory of domestic cats would be especially good to mention when discussing the benefits of playing a cat build. Indoor cats, though less reclusive and a more loving to their human supports, are weaker when fighting, and the opposite with strays, who are sadly neglected and often suffering some sort of hp loss. I hope you make a video soon on it ! Love ur vids btw

You forgot to mention one of the cat’s most powerful abilities, “The Long Road”, this insanely powerful ability allows cats to always remember their way home, even when they stray incredibly far from it. Dogs on the other hand, despite being one of the most loyal builds in the game, don’t possess this ability at all, meaning if they ever escape the bases humans make for them, they will likely become strays without the help of a kind human, which can often lead to a Game Over!

I hate it when nobody wants to switch to healer

I’d also like to mention the cat’s 9 lives ability which basically is summarized as their high agility stat which can prevent death from blunt physical attack through avoiding critical strikes but doesn’t provide protection against the disease status effect

Cats psychological support is similar to the dog's, although not having the same other features dogs have, I believe this kind of strategy will only become more and more popular with people having less time and space to daily quests like training and walking

Whenever I have low health my cat sits besides me and tries to heal me by purring. It might not work on me the way it works for him, but I appreciate the effort. I love cat mains.

How did you miss the most broken skill of domesticated cats: purring Not only is it tough to get, since you have to give up roar, but purring enhances mind control effects and has slight Regenerative abilities in a small radius.

Dog ppl: Warrior/Knight Class Cat ppl: Assassin/Rogue Class

It's important to keep in mind that cats have one of the only abilities in the game that can heal other players and itself. The "Purr" ability not only grants a moral boost, but it also give a healing AoE to anyone nearby.

Another important ability which makes cats an excellent support-class tier is their important role in balancing the rat playerbase from multiplying and spreading more diseases. A very nice and appreciated ability indeed from a human perspective.

Valid points, but I can't help but notice the absense of one of the cats greatest bonuses as a companion: their unique builds make them adept at eliminating flyweight troll builds such as rats. While this seems minor at first, one must recall the bubonic plague incident; in which a small band of rodents teamed up with some parasite class and bacteria class players to devastate the human playerbase on the European server.

Humans have a resistance to toxoplasmosis. It can't establish itself inside a human unless they're affected with a strong immune system debuff, and leaves no lasting changes.Further, cats don't trigger the fear effect in humans. Even if toxoplasmosis was viable against humans it still wouldn't give cats any affection bonus The real reason cats became a top-tier support class is that they're a hard counter to birds and rodents specced into thief or plaguebearer builds. Human settlements with cat supports didn't have to worry so much about birds eating crops or rodents eating stored grain.

The cat guild is like the thief or Rouge guild. The dog guild is more versatile and can be closer to any of the other guilds.. but you have to be careful. Choose the wrong bread and you might accidentally choose the jester guild or end up actually being either an npc or a background object.

As someone who had a dog build, I feel like the loyalty perks that dogs have are unbeatable and, if I do say so myself, OP.

Ive come to appreciate the cat support role because one of my friends has a glitch that causes her entire body to spasm when over stressed and her cat companion had learned the warnings of an oncoming glitch attack and warn her so she is bot in a dangerous spot (Aka she has sezuires and her cat can smell them coming and bites her nose to warn her)

I’m waiting for 20XX, when every player is either a human, or human support class.

while i acknowledge that dogs have higher skill ceiling as a support paired with human, they also require more resources. Most of the dog players spent so many points in support skills that their own survivability is F tier and completely depend on the human to share loot. Cats have a much lower investment floor for the human player to pair with, since as you said, they're not really a support, they rather form a pact with human as their kits synergize really well. Historically, their pest control ability is part of what snowballed the human power level in certain servers.

I will probably team up with a low-level cat build within the next month. my base is very small, but I plan on putting a lot of experience into leveling up the cat build's obedience stat and taking it on walking quests, similar to those usually completed with dog builds. a lot of human builds think I have the madness debuff, but cat builds can actually benefit greatly from walking quests.

youve obviously never had a domesticated cat attack your heel in the middle of the night. almost game over material.

I think you fail to appreciate cat’s “good roommate” skill combo. As part of their stealth abilities, cats have access to self cleaning and waste burial, this makes upkeep costs in terms of time for their human partners extremely low allowing them to access the “good boy” trait for much less work than a dog that requires baths, walks, trips outside to handle waste, and the occasional cleaning accidental waste inside. Also, again because of their stealth based skill set, cats are generally quieter and more peaceful than dogs who will sometimes negate their entire “good boy” trait by using “Bark at nothing.”

Another great video! I am considering doing my next playthrough as a member of the skua faction - however I'm not sure which one to pick (although I am in favor of the great skua)! I would appreciate it if you could do a guide for optimizing such a playthrough. (Sorry for repeating myself on several of your videos).

Wait, wait. Cats also have the ability called: "Purr", which has a healing bonus effect on human players. Most (all cats have different personalities) cat builds require less assistance/involvement from their party members, and can do a lot on their own, calling to them only when needed. (Their human teammates still must give them a lot of attention and love on their own nonetheless). While dog mains need constant movement and help of their team for the most essential of things. The "walk at 3 am in the middle of winter" quests are a tiebreaker to me. Cats are great companions to human builds with lower energy output.

My main currently has a dog support and two cat supports. The dog support is VITAL for getting her through things like other human players, but the cat supports actually have proven very useful too. The passive buff Purr has helped combat her numerous debuffs from the Abusive Family start, and the two cat supports she has have learned to mitigate their Claw usage enough to allow Snuggle interactions, including the Belly Rub interaction, typically reserved for dog supports.

Though, if you spawn in India, the support class "Cow" is pretty good.

some different types of dogs are good for hunting and military support, others are to support your mental health.

I would like to point out that cats purr at a pitch and volume that has been proven to help heal injuries (small and big), as well as making people calmer and happier. While I don’t think this is enough to beat dogs, it’s still worth mentioning.

Don't starve music really makes me want to play it Edit: yeah nvm I died in like 20 minutes

DISCUSS THE POLLINATOR CLASS PLEASE!

I think you glossed over the cats "Pest Control" ability, which led to them allying with Human players in the first place. The history of the domestic cat build can be traced back to a long gone patch in the Egyptian server, where this allience first developed when the humans increasingly skilled their "Sessile" and "Agriculture" abilities. Rodent players were abusing these strats in a highly parasitic manner, which was then subsequently curbed by the cats. This relationship later transformed with increasing levels of domestication. Many of the negatively attributed kills on weaker builds involve builds that are generally considered to be parasitic or pests in the city and suburban servers (E.g. Rat and Pidgeon mains) , although granted some builds outside this classification may also suffer collateral damage.

Dogs can also spec into tricks that greatly boost their stats. The current dog build in my server is a mix between the Scottish Terrier and the mini poodle, and his current level is about 9-10 months. He has a near-limitless amount of energy, can pull with a force equaling up to five times his own weight (he's like 20-21 pounds as of posting this), is very vocal, and super fluffy. This last perk boosts his already-overpowered ability to negate mental debuffs in nearby players. He also likes it when I hold him in a hug, giving me the "Calm Mind" status effect until I have to let him go.

Dog's AoE Morale Boost is called "Good Boy", I think the Cat's AoE Morale Boost is called "Purr". There are some cats that do upgrade to specialty tasks such as "Mouser" or "Snuggler". Snuggler builds offer an increased morale boost to Elderly Humans. *edit* I forgot to add that on rare occasions cats can level up to the "Hero Cat" build, this will more than double the defenses of their Humans.

me: *looks at my untrained maltese doggo who is scared of plastic bags* me: you're top tier, buddy edit: i forgot i wrote this

Now get human to team with a dog and cat build and you'll have a "triple" support combo

Humans with Cat supports: "Yeah dogs are great, I love them, a cat just suits my playstyle more." Humans with Dog supports: "Cat players are ALL SOCIOPATHS did you know a cat MURDERED MY WIFE!?!?"

Cats aren't support because they are too invested in their own playthrough, while dogs are invested in the playthroughs of their kin and owners. Cat and human players have found a symbiotic relationship that isn't built so much out of companionship and support, but mutual XP profit

First of all Toxoplasmosis only effects a mammal player's reaction to the smell of cat urine. It doesn't effect a human's impression when they look at a cat, or a picture of a cat which has more to do with their large heads and forward facing eyes than anything else. It is a scapegoat, at this point really a meme, which I have heard parroted by salty dog mains over and over again on the forums as the only explanation they'll accept to the fact that cat memes outnumber dog memes on the internet 10 to 1. Secondly, not ONE mention of the purring status effect and it's proven connection to lower blood pressure, decrease heart disease and negate the stress debuff! Given that it's been linked to the healing of soft tissues, bones, lowering the risk of heart attacks and improving the ability to fight off infections it's one of the few AOE heals naturally available in the game, and yet TierZoo has the nerve to suggest that cats are not a support class! This is to say nothing of how their rodent catching (which is depicted here solely as a negative) has helped the farmer prestige class and helped shut down plague players by knocking down their host numbers where it matters most, _near human spawn points._ Too great of a deal is also made over the usefulness of dogs in this video. While it's true that they _can_ be used to find loot and negate the blindness debuff, due to their slow talent acquisition and the sheer amount of grinding that it takes for them to attain a prestige class few dog players ever develop past the level where they acquire the "bark at strangers" and "shit in the yard" skills. This is to say nothing of the sheer amount of troll builds that exist for dogs such as chihuahuas who for reasons most of us will never be able to fathom, place most of their points into expanding their hatred resource pool and their tremble ability. I would also like to add that as a support class for humans, new dog players have to learn the "housebroken" trait where as cats begin the game with the "use a litterbox" quest. This video shows a plain bias and sadly TierZoo doesn't know what he's talking about. It is always hard to say that when you see a bad video by a pro who's opinion that you normally respect.

The cat's passive healing ability is kind of op.

had a dog player in my human clan for just over a decade, unfortunately he was forced to log off just over a year ago due to various age and genetic related debuffs. still miss playing with him, he really helped a lot with my "negative mental health" debuffs. I even kept his clan tag and have it on display in the main room of our clan hub zone to remember him. hope he's having fun in his new build wherever he may be :(

Okay, here's the lowdown on the relationship between cats and humans: Cats are the nature's pest control, and self-sufficient to boot. Back in the old days, farmer could take a cat, plop it down in the middle of their field, then walk off fully confident that their rodent problem is dealt with. A sailor can leave a cat on a ship, and they won't have to worry about rats anymore. A hotel can let a cat prowl through their rooms, and it'll clean up all the little roaches, bugs, and mice that would normally bother residents. This is especially true since cats will kill things even when they aren't hungry. Cats will just kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, until all the crop-eating pests in its territory are gone. Even nowadays, many farms keep a colony of cats around because it's a heck of a lot cheaper than hiring exterminators, and longer-lasting instead of happening only once a visit. They'll still use exterminators of course, but much less frequently since the problems are a lot easier to contain. Cat's *could've* held the black plague in check by killing off the mice (and mice fleas) that were transmitting it, except the dumb peasants back then blamed cats for spreading the plague and killed them off instead. As a result, rodent populations exploded and lots of people died. So, yes, cats were extremely important to human civilization. By controlling pests, they helped humans to maximize crop gains, and minimized the spread of diseases. They don't do anything else because we've never needed them to do anything else, since the one thing they're already perfectly specced for is extremely important already. And now you know why ancient Egypt worshiped the little genocide engines. Give the little furballs some credit. They aren't the freeloaders everyone thinks they are. Unless, that is, your house is already pest-free and you keep them indoors anyways.

Dogs: Look at this team! We're gonna do great! Cats; I need healing!

Humans and a lot of Dogs have a rather special shared ability when partnered up. "I'll Protect You" is a buff that is applied if another player attempts to attack or run an intimidate check on the Human or Dog player, where the other player will instantly hard-aggro onto the attacking player. Human players have been known to power through even harsh intimidation checks and, even unarmed, attacking builds FAR outside their weight class if their partnered Dog player is threatened. Human and Dog players absolutely cannot stand seeing their partner be attacked and fighting off both is extremely challenging. It's extra risky because if the human player has a high-level weapon craft on them attacking their partnered dog player is one of the fastest ways any build can wind up on a attack from it. When human players might seem to be unaggressive they can often become downright merciless in this scenario. Don't be a player foolish enough to attack a Human/Dog combo.