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Buy Crossbreeds

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Natural Peltics
May 21st, 2019 8:25:10pm
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i think it would be nice to buy a crossbreed. like for example, i make my own breeds. it would be nice to buy a foundation cross of whatever breed you like, say, its like buying a horse or dog, buy you select what 2 horses/dog you want the animal to be a cross of. so you dont have to buy a bunch of one breed, a bunch of another, breed them, and then get rid of them to use the cross-breeds for breeding, when you could just buy the cross right from the store.


 


 




 


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Kuwait | The Alsatian King | ᓚᘏᗢ |
May 21st, 2019 10:10:47pm
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So...rather than buy a "cossbreed", it'd be "[breedXbreed]"? Interesting!




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tana ;; gone
May 22nd, 2019 6:42:14am
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This sounds like a ton of extra work on the back end of HP and I see potential issues.

1) This would require creating a bunch of new ''breeds'' which is work for Sam. Every time people want to add an actual breed, they have to get a total of 5 breeders in. I'm not sure how you'd convince people to breed Arabian x Shetland crosses, for example.

2) Breed specialty. This is a big selling point of upgrades, so if you only need half the upgrades to create the crosses you want, HP loses money. This alone is enough for Sam to not do it.

3) If you keep crossing these crossbreeds enough, the breed will just change to crossbreed anyway.

4) Why do you need to get rid of the old horses? Just keep them on your retirement and continue your lines.




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Natural Peltics
May 22nd, 2019 6:54:43pm
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i dont have a retirement xd

 

i was going to suggest that to go along with this, that if your breed specialty is the first breed in the breedxbreed then it will count. and that if you breed them in the same order like MorabxBelgian x MorabxBelgian then the offspring will be MorabxBelgian. i hope that makes a bit more sense?

like if your breed specialty was say, Mustangs. if you have a Mustang x (whatever horse) the breed specialty will apply, to the first listed breed.

 

and the cross breed wont bee new horses, it will just be like breeding 2 different horses together but you buy them insted.




 

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mero;: } bye felicia 👋
May 22nd, 2019 7:03:31pm
4,681 Posts

"Crossbreed" is already an option for mixes in the store - if it's not a recognized designation IRL why should it be recognized on the site? For instance, I could beat my chest bloody about wanting "Anglo-Trakehner" to become a breed on the site so I could create a "portrait project" of my own IRL horse (an Anglo Trakehner), but there's no breed registry specific to Anglo-TKs and it isn't recognized as its own breeds, just a subset of Trakehners/TBs. If you REALLY want to have oddball or unrealistic mixed breeds as your focus, why not just pick crossbreed (which is what those animals would be IRL) and explain that your crossbreeds are "actually breed x/breed y crosses"? Some folks already RP slightly with their lines and it's way more reasonable than expecting Sam to overhaul the store and list of breeds.

As for the "first breed specialty applies to all" - that's just unfair if one account can have specialization in effectively infinite breeds. Plus from a coding standpoint it would probably require a total overhaul of the specialty system to recognize all the mixes as specific breeds but still also apply a specialty bonus based on JUST the first half of the "breed."




 

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Natural Peltics
May 22nd, 2019 7:18:43pm
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understood, so would i go and just edit the tabs to have the (breedxbreed) name in it? and the rehaul issue does make sence

 

 

idk, i guess im just one who needs a direct visual on things XD i can image that would be a lot to code thou




 

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mero;: } bye felicia 👋
May 22nd, 2019 7:36:32pm
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You could always put it in the "Notes" section of each animal's profile that they're meant as a "___ X ___" and then perhaps have it marked on each divider, or put a specific symbol for each "breed" in their name (how some breeders put which generation the animal is in their name) and explain which symbols mean which breeds on your profile as a key/guide?




 

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Master Administrator Samantha - see page to know who to contact directly!
May 22nd, 2019 7:51:47pm
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I think everyone pretty much covered why this isn't super practical with the way the game is set up, but I can definitely see the appeal!




 

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Natural Peltics
May 22nd, 2019 8:36:25pm
69 Posts

@mero thats not a bad idea, thank you!




 

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Maharet : Taking a break : BV, Blitz, & Trig watching
May 22nd, 2019 9:36:25pm
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also if you dont have a retirement I happily host players animals in their own dividers on mine at no charge. you of course are welcome to pull animals back at any time :)

or keep them on your account and just add the code in for the divider to be permantely closed :)




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Natural Peltics
May 22nd, 2019 11:27:37pm
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 sure! id love that! do you do your own css? your profile is beautiful :) id be interested in getting something simple for this account and my new Cane Corso one


 

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