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We said we would be back for your input on some big changes, so here we are.
We've been making many short-term changes to breeding lately, namely in the withholding of Coins until the queues die down. However, there was one aspect that we didn't touch on at the time as we were still working to gather ideas on how we could compromise between fairness to the userbase (you guys!) and to everyone working behind the scenes on the breeding panel.
So now, let's discuss breeding pendants.
Unfortunately or not, depending on where your opinions lie, Breeding Pendants are going to have to change. However, we wanted to let everyone share their voice and opinions on the matter. We've come up with a few ideas that we think you'll like!
Pendants become predict-only, but the regeneration time is reduced. This means that Pendants will work as Half Breeding Coins, but will have a faster regeneration time than they currently do.
Pendants have their regeneration time doubled. For instance, Breeding Pendants currently have a 3-month cooldown. If this option wins, that time will be doubled to a 6-month cooldown, and so on as applicable for each Pendant.
Pendants take more time to regenerate but can be traded in for a predict-only version that retains the original regeneration rate. The new rate will be discussed among staff, but, as said, the Pendant could be traded for a version that works as a Half Breeding Coin with the current cooldown.
Pendants have a longer regeneration time but owners are compensated with a regenerating custom-making item. This will vary between Pendants, but if, for instance, a Pendant that could be used 4 times a year was changed to having a regeneration time that made it so it could only be used 2 times a year, then the custom-making item would have those 2 lost uses per year. As Eve put it when we were discussing it, " 4 uses reduced to 2, custom maker gives 2 uses a year"
The 2nd most voted-for option with the addition of turning in the Pendant for another item. This one is fairly straightforward -- if this choice wins, we'll take the option with the 2nd highest vote count and then, later down the line, release a second poll with options for the turn-in.
We understand that some of you are going to be upset, that you feel like your Pendant isn't worth what was paid for it, but we also need to maintain a balance on the site to ensure our breeding artists don't get burnt out almost before they begin. Staff hopes that these options, or at least one of them, will appeal to you!
Posted by Juke
(#7625) on Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:01pm
- Xin
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:56pm
I have a PBP and making that a predict only would basically make it useless to me as I do not have the funds or the means to draw my own original pets, so I'm strongly against it. It's the main reason why I saved for a PBP to begin with, so that I could utilize a service I could not provide for myself. I have voted for another option as per requested, but I felt that I should make my point as well. Thank you.
- Alana
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:05pm
I picked option 5, but I'd like to just say I would love for pendants to be predict-only XD I just also think a trade-in would be neat.
- NO REORDERS
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:29pm
The only reason why I haven't bothered with breeding is because if I had to get the coin, I wouldn't have been able to afford the item to choose the artist, either. I just want something that allows me to make the babs for myself without an extra add-on.
- Kita🦊
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:47pm
eldritch (#4751)
You should be able to make predictions for the coins without having to use an add-on.
- Tae
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:14pm
I had one question - does this include Radioactive pendents? Where I know yes that queue does get filled up, but they only produce metal or a mutant, and already have a high chance of breaking. Radioactive coins are hard to do predicts for outside of PPP where you know you'll get a metal and a mutant.
- Guest
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:30pm
If these go predict only will pendants be available to obtain again at some point?
- Tech
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:35pm
The above post was me, I somehow wasnt logged in.
- Quit
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:54pm
I know it sucks for some people who have pendants. I know. But, one needs to look at it this way: for our highest queues (BC/HBC/PBC), pendant submissions out number the actual coin submissions. (66 BC coins vs 138 Pendant submissions)(29 PBC coins vs 41 Pendant submissions)
Pendants in the long run are costing the site more money than they are making off the actual coins themselves and theyre hurting the queues very hard.
I do, personally, think the site should bump up the rewards for doing predicts over leaving the babies to the site artist. (for me to do all predicts on my PMBC, i need 2 addons vs just the 1 to get 3 babies(spending 16M BP on all predicts vs 10M on 2 predicts and 1 site baby)(, and for BC you lose that 50% chance at a second offspring). Predicts should be more encourage with more incentives.
- 🐲cyphers1011
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Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:07pm
I only have radioactive pendants, so I don't feel I should vote but I did have a suggestion.
Since apparently any of these options is what might happen, why not allow people to change them into multiple choices. If someone wants to trade them in, then they can have that option while others might just be okay with the longer times. Probably would result in more items and more breeding queues but breeding options is a big thing here on Aywas.
Posted on: Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:51pm
If only more people were willing to do predicts for edited coins, predict-only would definitely ease the strain somewhat. I know some people do do predicts, but obviously they're fairly hefty in terms of USD/GP/escrow for people. I would have thinned out my blind dates in queue during PPP if I'd had the money, and peoples slots hadn't filled up so quick. :P