I know it's too late but I just wanted to sharve this. Goose perk unrelated to running.

[Wonz]

It could flap its wings to create small tornado like weather pain. It wouldn't deal any damage to structures, trees, rocks but it would suck in items and form them into stacks and harvest sapplings, grass, crops.  

Immediately thought about this during chopping while pondering how I can make use of waterproofness and dodge goose perks (can't really) then looked at about 400 logs and pinecones i'd have to pick up one by one.

Woodie is already super good but I was thinking about goose not being so useful past early game.  

[Jakepeng99]

Goose is not the resource gatherer. They should add more running skills, the current goose skill set is pretty bad outside the first perk and do not help at all.

[Gashzer]

I really enjoy the randomness of using the goose mastery. It doesn't have any late game use but its really fun in the early game. However like Jake said, the only useful skill of goose tree is the first one. The waterproof is complete garbage as the goose has 70% water resist already. The dodge skill is ok-esh but you are moving so fast because of the first skill you will avoid most mobs anyway. I feel the dodge and speed skills should have their positions switched as the speed is the most useful out of the three yet its the first on the tree.

Waterproof should be upgraded to full seasonal immunity so if you are freezing or overheating as woodie you can transform into the goose to be immune to all weather effects including dust/moonstorms.

[Wonz]

41 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

They should add more running skills,

Like what? What would be worth it.

Once you've uncovered the map you won't need to run much unless you based in bad spot.  

Goose won't be good in past early game if it can only do a thing you only need much in early game.

41 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

Goose is not the resource gatherer

Goose Moose and Beaver are Woodie who's resource gatherer, his beaver loses to max only because it can't collect wood while chopping

[Jakepeng99]

55 minutes ago, Wonz said:

Like what? What would be worth it.

Once you've uncovered the map you won't need to run much unless you based in bad spot.  

Goose won't be good in past early game if it can only do a thing you only need much in early game.

Goose Moose and Beaver are Woodie who's resource gatherer, his beaver loses to max only because it can't collect wood while chopping

Moose is for Combat, Beaver is for resource gathering, Goose is for movement.

 

I have used the Goose in late game worlds where i have explored everything, it is still very good for traveling and goes much faster than Woodie. It comes with nightvision and the ability to go over water to cut corners. It is great late game.

The goose can have a skill that makes it have no collision with mobs or structures which can be combinef with the dodge skill. Often trees, walls ect get in my way and it gives more utility for crossing the atrium.

As for a 3rd skill, they could give the goose even more speed, and the ability to move even faster when under threat from a mob.

1 hour ago, Gashzer said:

I really enjoy the randomness of using the goose mastery. It doesn't have any late game use but its really fun in the early game. However like Jake said, the only useful skill of goose tree is the first one. The waterproof is complete garbage as the goose has 70% water resist already. The dodge skill is ok-esh but you are moving so fast because of the first skill you will avoid most mobs anyway. I feel the dodge and speed skills should have their positions switched as the speed is the most useful out of the three yet its the first on the tree.

Waterproof should be upgraded to full seasonal immunity so if you are freezing or overheating as woodie you can transform into the goose to be immune to all weather effects including dust/moonstorms.

They shouldn't move the speed skill, that would be worse. I agree with the Waterproof buff, but it still would be bad compared to what else you could spend points on since the were forms already have very large season protection.

[Picklesaurus]

I wish Woodie had a late game idol craft that would allow him to turn between forms like @Mysterious box suggested, it would cost 3 idols + 1 rope + 1 late game resource. That could give Goose late game uses, the transformation animation between forms should be fast enough that you could turn from Moose to Goose to run from an attack that requires enough movement speed like the second phase of Green twin of terror. You could also go for a build where you get Goose's dodge perk and it becomes Woodie's weaker version of Bone Armor for Wereforms during late game, you than turn from Moose or Beaver into Goose to be able to dodge an attack - this perk has the same cooldown as Bone armor, but you can't have armor headpiece nor a second Bone armor like human form characters making it more dangerous to use and also more satisfying since you would need to turn into Goose at the right time not to get punished.

The  Woodie's animated short even shows him turning from Beaver into Goose when fighting:

That would also give Woodie some sort of in-game progression, which he currently has none.