The actual fix for this would be to make it so that a once tamed pet counts as dead to the spawn just like if it was tamed, and new ones would just respawn. They could still make once tamed ones try to return. But a very easy fix is new ones just spawn. Previously tamed ones could also despawn if it was problematic with tamers taming and untaming causing the spawn to have tons of horses.
This game is constantly trying to be more advanced than it can handle.
Yeah, well, I mean I'm cool with a ten minute timer where a pet just disappears and then reappears at the spawn. Something like that would be FINE. I don't think it's even as advanced as Albanjo is making it. I mean, there are many ways to make it happen, many places. It doesn't just have to be a node line imo. They just aren't interfacing correctly with their 'home spawn,' so there needs to be the same kind of teleport leash that is for follow pets.
And yea as dude said it would be funny that the world COULD get overpopulated with pets, but I think we'll be OK.
You should see me out there... dudes are like "Hey, isn't this a horse spawn?" It's like yeah but someone is glitching it out! Another thing that SV just doesn't understand is WACK. I admit I like to grab a horse each time I go out so I don't waste my supply, and I'm not planning on depleting my op horses, so I will ride less, but the whole Hyllspea area depends on that spawn really haha, it's a joke.
I'd be cool if people wanted to make a pvp point or if people made it so if you kill a horse at spawn it stays down for longer than usual, whatever, but this is stupid.