I think the best way to go about this is to make it an object-based system. Certain types of bugs need to be attracted to different types of objects. For example, like shiz mentioned, there might be some water bugs BUT they would only be found near Lilly Pads. There might be bees, though you'll only see them near a bee hive which will be found in a tree. If you cut the tree down the bees will all storm out angry and attack you. Bee hives can only be found in certain types of trees. It's worth it to chop those trees down if you're okay with being slowed down by being attacked and losing HP.

Also, here's a fresh idea that can kind of upgrade woodcutting a bit and also make bug catching more interesting. If your a high enough level of woodcutting, and have the right tools or so, you can pull the trunks out of the ground! Now, when you do that, maggots or worms will crawl out of the dirt and you can catch them. They'll give a small amount of exp but there will be a lot of them!

These two ideas are amazing! I seriously would love to see these ASAP because it's such a great addition.

Let's move away from the bug area a bit. Since we have scorpions and they're obviously not bugs then should this be called something else? I think it would be great to add in smaller animals such as rats, frogs, (already have scorpions), or even small birds.

That way we could introduce even more traps than we can think of (bird traps for example.)

Currently, the bug capturing system does a check for one point in front of the player to catch. The bug isn't always there, so you have to move around a lot to make sure you're exactly in the correct spot. I want to improve this by making it a 5-point check. It will do a check in 5 points, like this:
http://i.imgur.com/k5lvkGk.png

The red points would be where it triggers to catch the bug.

Maybe we can merge the animals with the bugs and make it just a capturing skill? Is there a better name for this?

For animals that are too strong you have to get their HP low to capture them, like in pokemon :D??!?!

Of course. At least, they won't be able to land on houses. I think it would be cool to have bugs, or birds even, that fly over buildings but will land somewhere accessible.

Yep. Certain creatures will spawn in grassy areas, some near trees, near water, deep grass, etc. Some will be just deserts, near cliffs, etc.

When you captured a single insect,

Played the victory sound from the player, when you caught an insect

No -.- no no no no no no no no no no no no no

I don't like this idea. It kinda sickens me like I need to earn another level thingy for bugs. -.-

Isn't mining levels and tree cutting levels and fire-making levels enough for you?!

Uhm, no.

:angry: But still no for me -_-

Why would it matter if you "have" to earn another "level thingy"? You'd still get generally the same amount of money. The leveling is all a choice.

I didn't start a " hate " tread, I'm just mad that almost everything need to be level up.

Oh you mean the level 1 bugs are still the same price?
What if you reach 100 level and you get 10k a bug?!
1000 level gets you 100k!!!! $0$

Wow I'm a little bit too greedy there ^^

Then I guess you'd be making more money than before! That's why the leveling system is so great.

You'll just be limited to which bugs you can catch with the leveling system, similar to how you're limited to which rocks you can mine.

Certain bugs will be found in certain places. You'll know where to go to train each level (catch a certain bug)

I think you should keep all the current 'bugs' as level 1 and then expand from there. Perhaps add rare versions of the bug with a different color, it should sell for the same price as it's regular version, just a cool thing to show-off.

I never thought of that before. Thx for the info.

Well I don't know, but imma just hope the level one bugs would be at least 50g or higher.

Will bugs be completely fixed before the Easter Shop closes? :o

You should make it were every hour or so all the bugs die and then respawn. Because older bugs are uncatchable and have to be killed and will prevent bugs getting glitched in walls and not being able to catch anything.