How Cats Broke The Game
Summary
TLDRThe video script explores the rise of the house cat as a dominant predator in the game's meta, highlighting its unique abilities and traits that make it an effective pest controller. It discusses the cat's stealth, agility, and depth perception, which allow it to excel in hunting and defending against smaller threats. The script also examines the strategic partnership between humans and cats in the game, emphasizing how cats complement human farming strategies by protecting food storage from rodents and other pests. Additionally, it promotes a game called 'Sela Singularity,' which offers a simulation of evolution and technology advancement.
Takeaways
- 🎲 The game's tier list is dynamic and can change rapidly with new developments like resource hotpots.
- 🐱 The domestication of the wild cat in North Africa led to a significant shift in the game's meta, making it a dominant predator.
- 🔄 The 'myosin balance patch' introduced 'carnal teeth', making hyper carnivorous builds more viable and leading to the rise of the 'carnivoran' archetype.
- 🐾 Carnivorans are divided into 'caniforms' and 'felifors', with felifors specializing in stealth, high damage, and ambush tactics.
- 🏔️ During the Ice Age expansion, felids were so dominant that they posed a significant threat to other predator builds.
- 🐈 The house cat's success is attributed to its unique abilities, including slitted pupils for precise depth perception and enhanced pouncing.
- 🍖 Cats have the 'warm-blooded' trait, which provides stamina and cold resistance but requires frequent feeding.
- 🤺 House cats use their agility and depth perception to deflect attacks, making them surprisingly effective in defense.
- 👥 Cats complement human gameplay by addressing vulnerabilities to pests that dogs cannot, supporting a hybrid hunting and farming strategy.
- 🏘️ Cats are beneficial to human settlements as they require little maintenance and can guard against small threats like rats and birds.
- 🔗 The partnership between humans and cats is advantageous due to their low risk to humans and their high efficiency in pest control.
- 🎁 The video promotes a game called 'Sela Singularity', which is a simulation game where players evolve from a single cell to reach a technological singularity.
Q & A
What major shift in the game's meta occurred when humans unlocked the food storage ability?
-The food storage ability greatly improved human survivability by providing a consistent source of XP, even during harsh winters or famines, as long as they could defend their stockpiles.
Why were the stashes of food valuable and what threats did they pose?
-The stashes were incredibly valuable because they could support entire colonies of rats and sparrows if improperly guarded, making them a target for various predators.
What is the significance of the 'carnal teeth' ability in the game?
-The 'carnal teeth' ability, a side grade of the 'dentici' skill tree, allows users to gain bonus XP from carcasses and carrion sources, making hyper-carnivorous builds more viable and changing the game's meta.
How are Carnivorans divided into factions and what are their characteristics?
-Carnivorans are divided into two factions: Caniforms, who are more generalist and invest in the old factioned skill tree, and Felifors, who focus on abilities to increase the efficiency of the hyper-carnivore strategy, with better hearing, eyesight, and specialized dentition.
What abilities contribute to the success of the house cat in the game?
-The house cat's success is attributed to abilities like 'tongue papill' for extracting more value from kills, 'retractable claws', 'camouflage fur patterns', and being one of the most successful stealth assassin builds.
Why were cats considered a dominant threat during the Ice Age expansion in the game?
-Cats were a dominant threat because of their high efficiency in hunting, stealth, and ability to take down prey much larger than themselves using critical hits and their specialized skills.
What makes the house cat's pouncing ability so effective?
-The house cat's 'slitted pupils' ability provides extremely precise depth perception, allowing them to perfectly judge the optimal pouncing distance and land immediate critical hits.
How do house cats use their agility and quick reflexes defensively?
-House cats use their agility and quick reflexes to deflect incoming attacks with their claw swipes, effectively blocking strikes and potentially opening up opportunities for counterattacks.
Why are house cats considered a good partnership with human players in the game?
-House cats are excellent at exploiting vulnerabilities in lower weight classes like rats and birds, which human players often overlook. They require little upkeep and pose no threat to humans, making them ideal for guarding against small pests.
How does the game 'Sela Singularity' relate to the video script and what is special about the partnership?
-Sela Singularity is a game that the video script's author has partnered with to create a limited-time expansion focused on cat adaptations. The author is particularly excited about this partnership and believes the game offers a unique and enjoyable experience.
What unique badge can players unlock in the 'Sela Singularity' game event?
-Players can unlock a special tiu-themed badge in the 'Sela Singularity' game event, which will permanently give their simulation a valuable speed buff.
Outlines
🐱 The Rise of Cats in the Meta Game
This paragraph discusses how the introduction of food storage abilities in humans drastically changed the game's meta, leading to the rise of the wild cat build. Initially a low-tier predator in the North African savannah, the wild cat's adaptability to exploit pest infestations made it a dominant force. The paragraph delves into the myosin balance patch that introduced 'carnal teeth', enhancing the viability of hyper carnivorous builds. It explains the division of carnivorans into caniforms and felifors, with felifors specializing in stealth and ambush tactics, making them formidable predators. The Ice Age expansion saw cats becoming so powerful that they overshadowed other predator builds, leading to their current status as top-tier threats in the game.
🔍 House Cat's Unique Abilities and Defensive Strategies
The second paragraph focuses on the house cat's attributes that make it an overpowered predator in the game. It highlights the cat's stats, such as mid-level intelligence, low defense, decent damage, high stealth, and excellent perception. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of the 'slitted pupils' ability, which provides precise depth perception for optimal pouncing and critical hits. It also discusses the cat's defensive strategy, which involves using agility and quick reflexes to deflect attacks, a high-skill, high-reward tactic. The paragraph further explores the house cat's role in human settlements, where it excels at pest control, a task dogs are less effective at due to their inability to access small spaces or exhibit the required stealth.
🤝 The Synergy Between Humans, Dogs, and Cats in the Game
The final paragraph explores the strategic partnership between humans, dogs, and cats in the game. It contrasts the roles of dogs and cats in a human player's party, with dogs being beneficial for tracking and taking down large prey, while cats are adept at eliminating smaller threats like rats and birds. The paragraph also touches on the importance of having both dogs and cats in a party to cover all potential threats. Additionally, it introduces a partnership with the game 'Sela Singularity', a simulation game where players evolve from a single cell to reach a technological singularity. The partnership includes a limited-time expansion focused on cat adaptations, available on various platforms, and encourages viewers to participate in the event for exclusive rewards.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Meta
💡Resource Hotpots
💡Build
💡Wild Cat
💡Carnal Teeth
💡Carnivoran
💡Caniforms and Felifors
💡Felid
💡Ice Age Expansion
💡Stealth Assassin
💡Myosin Balance Patch
💡Sela Singularity
Highlights
Major shifts in the game's meta can happen quickly, especially with the introduction of new resource hotpots.
Unlocking the food storage ability greatly improved human survivability by providing a consistent source of XP.
The wild cat build, once domesticated, became a dominant and overpowered predator in the game's meta.
The success of the house cat is tied to the myosin balance patch, which introduced the carnal teeth ability.
Carnivorans, a new archetype in the game, includes popular predator builds and focuses on hyper-carnivorous strategies.
Felifors, a faction of carnivorans, specialize in abilities that increase the efficiency of their hunting.
The house cat's stealth and ambush abilities make it one of the most successful stealth assassin builds in the game.
Cats' dominance in the game is evident in their ability to take down prey much larger than themselves.
The house cat's unique abilities, such as slitted pupils, provide exceptional depth perception for precise pouncing.
Cats use their agility and reflexes not only for evasion but also to deflect attacks, showcasing their defensive capabilities.
The house cat's play style combines the deadliness of a snake with the energy of a mammal.
Dogs and cats complement each other in a human player's party, covering different strengths and weaknesses.
Cats are particularly effective at exploiting the vulnerabilities of lower weight class creatures, like rats and birds.
The introduction of agriculture in the game highlighted new vulnerabilities that cats could help protect against.
Cats require minimal upkeep and can operate independently, making them ideal for guarding human settlements.
The partnership between the game and Singularity offers a training simulation that explores the evolution of cats.
Sela Singularity is a non-fiction idle clicker game that allows players to evolve from a single cell to reach the ultimate Singularity point.
A limited-time game expansion focuses on the adaptations of cats, offering a special theme and speed buff for players.
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go this game's tier list can seem pretty
set in stone sometimes but in reality
major shifts in The Meta can happen
extremely quickly especially when new
resource hotpots and points of interest
open up builds which are well adapted to
capitalize on these flash points can see
dramatic ascensions on the teist one
such event occurred when humans unlocked
the food storage ability this greatly
improved the humans survivability by
giving them a consistent source of XP
even during harsh Winters or famines
that is if they could defend their
stockpiles these stashes were incredibly
valuable and could easily support entire
colonies of rats and sparrows if
improperly guarded and while these
Neolithic humans did have some
techniques they could use to try and
protect their precious Grain on their
own ultimately their Saving Grace came
in the form of a previously low tier
Predator build that was barely scraping
by in the North African savannah the
wild cat a build which once domesticated
would go on to become one of the most
oppressive overpowered predators in the
current meta but what is it about the
house cat that makes it such a dominant
threat and how was it that the wild cat
became better suited at taking advantage
of pest infestations than other builds
to really explain the success of the
house cat we need to go way back and
start our story just after the myosin
balance patch this update granted
mammals ACC access to a new ability
called carnal teeth a side grade of the
dentici skill tree which allows users to
gain bonus XP from carcasses and carryon
sources this may seem like a minor thing
but it completely changed up the metag
game and made hyper carnivorous builds a
lot more viable giving rise to a new
archetype called the carnivoran a group
which includes many of the most popular
Predator builds in the current meta
carnivorans are divided into two
factions caniforms and felifors
caniforms are more generalist than
nature and invest a lot into the old
factioned skill tree letting them track
the sense of whatever they need be it
scavenge volaron prey fruit honey water
or teammates from a great distance they
also tend to have a lot of stamina
allowing them to run for long distances
without tiring felifors on the other
hand doubled down on the carnivoran
archetypes original strategy they spec
into even more abilities meant to crank
up the efficiency of the hyper Carnivore
Game Plan the ability tongue papill
allows felids to extract even more value
from fresh kills instead of investing
heavily in to scent-based sensory power
felifors tend to focus more on their
hearing and eyesight abilities this
doesn't help them scavenge since things
like carcasses and berries don't make
sound but it does make them incredibly
good at detecting hidden prey also in
keeping with the carnivore's first major
advancement felifors also focus a lot
more heavily on Specialized dentition
optimizing their bite attacks to deal
massive puncture damage and more
effectively hold on to prey so the user
can deal bonus damage with their claws
throw in a few more Ambush focused
abilities like retractable Claws and
camouflage fur patterns and you've
arrived at the Modern felid easily one
of the most successful stealth assassin
builds the game has ever seen in fact
during the Ice Age expansion fids were
such a dominant threat that many other
Predator builds had trouble competing
with them at all in the current meta
cats remain incredibly dominant in
virtually every major terrestrial server
basically every cat including the ones I
like to to throw shade at is a threat
not just to those of similar weight
class but even to builds that vastly
outweigh them although their power stat
tends to be fairly modest among
carnivorans through efficient use of
critical hits a skilled fed player can
take down just about anything while the
majority of the fielded player base was
off rampaging through the upper weight
classes an offshoot of the faction opted
to forego larger size and instead chose
to spec into a few new abilities meant
to capitalize on exploiting the
weaknesses commonly found in the lower
classes so let's finally start unpacking
what makes the house cat so overpowered
we'll begin with a quick look at the
cat's stats we've got a build with upper
midlevel intelligence low defensive
stats decent damage above average
stealth High mobility and excellent
perception right off the bat something
that might jump out at you is well the
fact that nothing jumps out at you cats
are supposedly some of the most broken
predators of all time and yet none of
their stats seems all that busted on
their own top tier builds tend to have
at least one stat that is so High it
completely invalidates the strategies of
other players but no cats aren't able to
use tools they don't have a bone
crushing or venomous bite they can't
change colors they can't tank attacks
for days they can't echolocate and so on
so no obvious answer here next let's
check out their unique abilities we
talked about a few already including the
abilities that buff the XP rates from
meat sources these should not be
understated as without them you can
pretty much entirely write off the
viability of this build cats and all
other mammals have the warm blooded
trait this grants them greatly improved
stamina regenerates greater resistance
to cold damage and a bunch of other
useful perks but at the cost of much
greater upkeep requirements meaning they
need to secure kills much more
frequently than similarly sized cold
blooded bills without these abilities
granting the cat bonus XP from meat it
would be very difficult for them to keep
up with their energy needs even with how
efficient cats are at hunting cats can
also move extremely quietly due to their
soft toe pads and retractable claws
enabling them to easily get Within
striking range of prey through smart use
of cover and line of sight but okay all
types of cat large and small have those
abilities how about something more
unique to house cats for that let's look
at their primary perception based
ability slitted pupils this ability
grants house cats extremely precise
depth perception greater than all other
feelers this allows them to perfectly
judge the optimal pouncing distance
massively increasing their odds of
Landing an immediate critical hit and
incapacitating their target before it
has a chance to respond so even though
the house cat's bit damage isn't broken
in and of itself when a house cat goes
on the offensive it can certainly look
that way this strategy is what has led
to the complete collapse of several
different player bases in the amphibian
reptile bird and mammal factions as it
truly is that oppressive now while we
were first looking at the cat's base
stats one thing you might have assumed
right away was that the cat's lower
defensive stats are its main weakness
and that cats function as a sort of
glass cannon with very little
counterplay options when attacked you
might also assume that given the cats
high Mobility their primary defensive
strategy is simply to run away when they
feel threatened and while their top
speed is often enough to escape danger
when needed instead cats employ their
Mobility stat defensively in a different
way this is where one of the most
shockingly effective aspects of the
house cat manifests house cats use their
incredible agility to stand their
ground agility and quick reflexes are
usually used to dodge attacks but cats
instead actually use the reflexes to
deflect them because their incredible
depth perception grants them such high
accuracy on their attacks they can use
their claw swipe attack to actually
block incoming strikes this is
surprisingly consistent and works on a
lot more attacks than you might think
now obviously this is a high skill High
reward strategy missing a Parry can
result in serious damage but if you get
good enough at this you can ward off
attacks from just about anything and
potentially even open up opportunities
for counterattacks put all this together
and you come to understand what a house
cat build truly is a house cat is what
you get when you fuse the deadliness of
a snake with the energy of a mammal but
why does this play style make for such a
good partnership with human players
compared to dogs they seem like they'd
be much less useful party members humans
broke the game and became the top tier
build by using coordinated team
strategies and Tool use in order to
utterly trivialize their matchup versus
large mammals dogs easily slot right
into this game plan as they can help
track and Chase down large prey and also
sniff out any potential Ambush predators
that could disrupt and punish this
strategy when a successful kill is made
dogs and humans naturally split the
reward and both benefit dogs are also
great defensively as they can keep watch
at camp and alert party members of
approaching enemies cats are generally
pretty useless in this regard they don't
have anywhere near the endurance
required to chase down prey over long
distances can't Square Off head-to-head
with those builds anyway and aren't
nearly as reliable for early enemy
alerts the kills a cat makes can't
realistically be shared with humans
either it wasn't until Humanity unlocked
the agriculture ability that the player
base began to notice additional
vulnerabilities they didn't need to care
about before vulnerabilities that dogs
couldn't really help with when operating
off of a hunter gatherer strategy humans
could basically ignore all builds in the
low weight class rats and birds were no
threat to humans and also not worth the
effort to take down so it makes sense
for them to just focus on larger quaries
however when the focus shifts to farming
and food storage those same builds
humans were ignoring before suddenly
became one of their biggest threats
having a granery rated and its food
reserves destroyed could easily wipe out
an entire human settlement so figuring
out proper security for these storage
sites was critical dogs simply are not
effective enough at stopping pest
infestations to fill that role they
cannot climb or fit into small spaces
and aren't stealthy enough to catch the
trickier pests cats on the other hand
are truly excellent at this task and
come with other benefits as well main
one being that they require very little
upkeep although they are social builds
they hunt alone so they don't require
any direction or attention from their
human party members in order to
accomplish their task since humans don't
have any need for rat or bird carcasses
the fact that cats don't usually share
their kills is actually a benefit rather
than a drawback the only thing cats
really require from humans is to share
in the shelters they construct in the
wilderness cats typically use Burrows
Hollow stumps or caves as their home
bases but these are vulnerable to
attacks human settlements are
significantly safer speaking of safety
even though cats are extremely lethal
Hunters they pose very little danger to
humans this is a huge advantage over
snakes which theoretically could ally
with humans to serve the same purpose
but in practice are far too dangerous to
risk keeping around the fact that cats
are one blooded and therefore need to
eat more frequently than snakes is also
a benefit rather than a drawback for
humans since it means they need to stay
on task and keep the guard up so while
it is common to see players debate which
build makes for the better addition to a
human player's party the correct answer
is actually both dogs are a huge help in
the large creature matchup while cats
cover your weaknesses in the small
creature matchups having both in your
party covers all of your weaknesses and
enables human settlements to use a
hybrid play style of both hunting and
farming so if you're a human being
trying to construct the most optimal
party comp the only real question is how
you'll keep the dog and cat players from
fighting each other now knowing which
traits and abilities to invest in can be
a difficult Choice luckily for you I've
partnered with the game s to Singularity
to provide you the perfect training
simulation Sela Singularity is a
scientifically accurate non-fiction Idol
clicker game where you begin as a single
cell and have to unlock traits to evolve
your biology increase your intellect and
invent new technology in order to
conquer the universe and reach the
ultimate Singularity point it's a
relentlessly fun Idol game that had me
hooked for weeks I love the Charming low
poly 3D animals that you unlock as you
progress through the Tree of Life in
fact I like this game so much that we
actually decided to partner up and build
an entirely new limited time game
expansion focused entirely on exploring
the adaptations that allowed cats to
conquer the planet it's free to play and
available on Steam IOS and Android we
worked closely together on this cat
event so see if you can recognize and
remember some of the important special
abilities that I mentioned as you play
through it if you do manage to get far
enough in this event you'll even unlock
a special tiu themed badge which will
permanently give your simulation a
valuable speed buff so please do check
this one out because I genuinely have
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it is completely free to play so click
or tap on the link in the description or
scan the QR code on screen now thanks
again for watching and as always good
luck out there
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