Originally posted by Lil brekky:

I think it makes sense. An animal wont form a bond with you if you drop some food on the ground and walk away. It sort of simulates the need for your presence so the animal associates the good with you.

This is a game. I'm at a point where I really don't like discussing anything with your types. "this makes sense cause X in real life". Its not that deep. My tame only responds to pats and food and it will either follow or stay, and attack enemy faction. It has no other commands and isn't Dogmeat from Fallout series. Its just a replaceable tool to help you fight the npc enemies. when i plan to go to another land mass i cant really take him with me unless i decide to do extra gamebreaking things like force him on a boat with me. He cant follow me thru portals so once im done with him thats it. also we are talking 30-45 minutes of Real Life Time im spending instead of playing the game sitting there and watching him get tamed. The developers may have not realized that this could be an issue for fun aspect of their game and are hopefully willing to modify it as they see fit. Or they can keep it and basically breeding and taming will be niche as it isnt even necessary to complete the game. But a cumbersome feature isn't really a feature at that point. Anyways stop telling me how to think of it, and take time to understand the issue im presenting.