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Figured I would newspost this since it's important and I have something else to report to make a valid announcement.
Raised the price of Fertility Potions from 8 to 12 GP, because there's near 1/3 of LBC breedings assigned out with them used currently, and I feel that they need a price raise to compensate with the GP in the system. They seem very easy to get and are used really often, and artists are having a hard time keeping up.
Any future price changes will be announced, but please understand the change keeps up with demand and queue load.
Scratchcard coin wins no longer give out gold Breeding Coins, only Metal Breeding Coins now. This was not to give an unfair advantage to people or anything, it was simply because BCs were meant to be a donation/rare contest privilege... and we'd like to keep it that way.
If you want to comment on this newspost I'll leave it open, but please comment appropriately and don't be disrespectful. If you only intend to rant there are appropriate forums, but if you have constructive commentary you can voice it. Nothing we admins ever do is to directly hurt users or make the game impossible, it's always to balance it and make it fair with compromising and suggestions when needed.
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:24pm
- We [A]re G[R]OOT
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:42pm
Can I just point out that doing 2 MBC breedings now costs around the same as one MBC + fertility potion breeding (it's actually cheaper right now to do 2 MBC breedings because of the coins in user shops). And I second Shado's suggestion about randomizing the coins that scratchcards give out. The chance of getting one from scratchcards was pretty slim anyways -- I had 80 MM scratchcards stashed away for scav and only got one BC from the whole lot. If BCs are out of the question, a bit of variety would be nice at least.
- ~DaisBlade~
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:43pm
I also want to comment, I am in complete agreement with Helmy's comment. It does make it disheartening when we are trying to head for a goal.. it suddenly becomes that much less likely and unattainable for those of us whom can't really afford such things. Not like my life is the website... I just like to be here for the shear fun of it and these things start to being tweaked makes it a lot less fun... :( -sighs-
- ♎ Astra ♎
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:44pm
Dang, I really should've bought that last Fertility Potion for that breeding, lol. BUt the change makes sense.
- Inu
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:44pm
I'm okay with the fert potion thing... but the scratch card... it was uncommon to get coins in the first place, PLUS it was a randomly generated coin. So now, with the odds of getting the coin with the 100% MBC rate... there's going to be a lot more MBCs being won than there was ever won BCs. :|
- [ cerpin ]
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:46pm
It wasn't a randomly generated coin, it was always a BC iirc. - tech
- Shado
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:47pm
Inu: It was never a randomly generated coin. It was supposed to be, but it only gave out BCs.
- [Death Squad]
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:47pm
Well, I suppose these changes do make sense if you look at it from a standpoint in which how often the Fertility potions are being used. Still, I wonder if the MBC only was the only answer to the scratch card situation? It could be possible to get a random breeding coin other than a BC and PBC as Shadow mentioned above.
Of course, speaking as a player who hasn't gotten a BC yet, I guess I can understand how it can pain newer players when thinking about getting amounts of GP. It's always like that when it comes down to being new into a site I guess?
On that note. I think it was mentioned before, but is there some way to have a fertility potion that works for a MBC that might be slightly cheaper as well? Just wondering of course, for those who would want one for their MBC breedings but can't afford the Fertility potion with the new price.
- Ash
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:48pm
Newbies aren't supposed to get all the big shiny things when they first join. You have to WORK for things. And personally I think we need more BP things like quests, more games, etc. so newbies feel they can get more funds to trade for GP and save for the big-ticket items. Idk, it's possible if you work, it's not supposed to be given out.
- Shado
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Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:48pm
Inu: It was never a randomly generated coin. It was supposed to be, but it only gave out BCs.
Posted on: Sat Aug 4, 2012 9:41pm
I feel that I ought to point out that things get "tweaked" in shops too. Something isn't selling? Lower the price. Something is selling? Raise it.
While shops do it for profit, we have to do it to keep a balance to the game. If there's so many of an item that it's overwhelming an area of the site, then logically you remove or alter that item so that it becomes maintainable again, otherwise other areas begin to suffer. Heck, people complain enough about how long breedings take - but when so many being potioned for 3+ babies then it's not so much of a surprise that the gap between submitting a pair and receiving an egg is getting wider and wider.
Nothing is done to spite people, or make it harder for them - nor are we the only site who has ever had to do this - we're simply trying to sustain a balance without which things would become chaotic, if not where users can see then certainly behind the scenes.