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Alright everyone, another newspost where we address more issues about breeding.
There has been some concern with how people are expecting edits on hybrid offspring to pass over from two edited parents. The sheer fact that people expect this is something that needs to stop, as it was intended to be a rare occurrence for babies. Edits are a privilege. All hybrid artists have been informed of this and now I am informing all of you that the chance for hybrids to have edits is now 10%. Edits will also from now on be limited to small things, such as jewelry, a small expression edit, etc. The artists have been extremely generous to you all in giving users any edits whatsoever, so when we get complaints that the edits aren't done right, that they didn't get any edits at all, or that they wanted more edits, it's plain ridiculous. Too many edits on hybrid offspring would make the Hybrid Custom Crystal obsolete anyway.
Be thankful for your offspring as the artists work very hard on what they come up with! No artist is too lazy, too uncaring or otherwise, and it saddens me to think people would say that about the breeding crew. Please respect them as you would anyone else.
That being said, Dawn Crystals now include the ability to 1) completely remove one edit from a pet or 2) return one edited part of the pet back to the default lineart. An edit is defined as something not in the official lineart, so you can remove something that you may not want on your custom or gen. 2 if you want. This does not apply to any official site pets, only ones labeled as customs/offspring.
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Sun May 2, 2010 10:49pm
- Goat
(#2608)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
Sorry, I meant other species. I know customized hybrids aren't cheap. But you can get some very heavily edited customs for less - something that looked like a quez, or whatnot.
*shrugs*
- Quetz (moving to 64)
(#5590)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
It's still a lot of money for very little, imho. As Khiarhu said, it's a template and pre-shaded and generally the edits aren't much bigger than a square inch. I'm not saying the artists don't work hard and I'm not criticizing them. I just think it's absolutely ridiculous to pay that much and not be able to expect more than a simple recolor of existing line art 80% of the time.
Additionally, I think miffing your customers twice about the same item is ... bad business practice, I guess. "The customer's always right" rarely seems to apply to the internet, but I still think that ticking off the people who're giving you money isn't a good strategy.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
- Ash
(#90)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
Alright, took all of this into consideration and discussed it with Slash a bit more... expect an update shortly.
- Quetz (moving to 64)
(#5590)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
Also, it IS as if the edits are being completely taken away. 80% of the time you get nothing, and if you're lucky enough to get an edit, you only get a chance at one of the small, insignificant edits: "Edits will also from now on be limited to small things, such as jewelry, a small expression edit, etc."
- Quetz (moving to 64)
(#5590)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
Thanks, Frey. It's good to know the staff here care about our opinions.
Good night.
- Lucy
(#664)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
I don't know why breeding was even allowed on this site when it causes this much trouble and work. This site isn't a breeding site last I heard. If you want to breed, there are plenty of other sites to do that on. That being said, I agree that if I pay 75 bucks for a small picture online, I expect it to be friggin awesome. This is why I don't buy them...
- Patt
(#3407)
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Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
I think the idea behind breeding is to get certain traits. I think for the cost of a breeding coin, edits are something that should be expected, not 10%.
Pfft, I had a higher chance of getting a certain trait when I was breeding goats.
Posted on: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00pm
How would you be able to get a custom with all the edits you want for cheaper? Hybrid Custom Crystals are super rare and much more expensive.