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Some of the recently grown-up bred solstices have got wings without the reddish hues. This is the thread to voice your thoughts on this, as well as what you think affects the colour.

 

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I honestly think its lovely though this is coming from someone who managed to nab a CB so I'd have both the sunsetty colors and the blue wing. I honestly have no preference and if they do alternate every year then that would be amazing. I would honestly be disappointed and a bit upset if they are removed.

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Yep! Noticed it on mine too!!

 

They just reached adulthood and I had to check the 2G against the CB from last year: mine all have the blue only wings.

 

Pretty cool!

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If it alternated every year, that'd... actually be cool!

 

But if that's not the case, I wouldn't be sad to see the blue wings go altogether. I like the red-hued wings much, much more. Also sad for people who weren't able to get CBs and preferred the red-hued ones more.

 

Whatever happens, though, I'm not about to throw a fit because I'm still going to plow through with my lineage plans.

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as someone who was abroad during last christmas and doesn't have cb solstices, i must say it kind of bums me out if the sunset-y wings are exclusive to the first generation :c they're so pretty!

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I really do not mind, since I can get both variations anyway (I have CB and will have 2nd gen.) Just if I ever do a checker in the future have to remind myself that they will be blue. Just do not know if it changes every year or what yet (I would like that every year thing though). Hopefully things will be explained after the holidays tongue.gif

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I wish I had known about this before the breeding period was almost over, because now it's going to be a pain getting the eggs.

 

Edit: And PieMaster brings up a good point in the event thread. I absolutely despise the fact that this sprite is apparently exclusive to CB ones. I do not like limited or retired sprites, or anything at all that disadvantages new players whatsoever. It doesn't matter to me that I DO have the sprite, and it doesn't make me feel 'special' that I'm getting an unfair advantage over new players.

Edited by BlindWolf

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I am a bit disappointed - I was hoping to have a heap of the sunsetwings and love that combination.

 

On the flip side it does make everyone who has a CB feel a little bit special that they now have a sunset 'alt' compared to the normal bluewings

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I wish I had known about this before the breeding period was almost over, because now it's going to be a pain getting the eggs.

 

Edit: And PieMaster brings up a good point in the event thread. I absolutely despise the fact that this sprite is apparently exclusive to CB ones. I do not like limited or retired sprites, or anything at all that disadvantages new players whatsoever. It doesn't matter to me that I DO have the sprite, and it doesn't make me feel 'special' that I'm getting an unfair advantage over new players.

I concur with your edit.

 

It doesn't make me feel really special.

 

At least compared with spriter alts and CB prizes/alts/hollies, it'll be easier for new players to get 2nd gens. from.

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Well... here's how I feel. I still want a chance at the original colors. It's not that I dislike the blue wings - not at all, I think they're very pretty too. But there was no warning given that the original CB look is essentially the equivalent of the alt Sweetlings - if you didn't get it then, you never will. I'm okay with it being that way; what I'm NOT okay with is having it sprung on me when I had every reason to expect the version I missed out on before.

 

So if it turns out to be a random thing, or related to breeding, or alternating years, or a special event thing for this year only, I'll be delighted, because, like I said, I DO like the blue-wings. It's only if they completely replace the sunset wings for bred Solstices, always, that I'll be upset. And even then, honestly... I'll get over it. But it'll be a MAJOR disappointment.

 

Just my .02 I guess.

 

And by the way it's NOT just newbies that this would screw over if that's how it works. I've been playing since 2009, but I've still missed out on ALL the CB holidays. ALL OF THEM. Up 'til this year. The ONLY CB holidays I have are Desipis. When I managed to be on during holidays I could never catch them (I still remember how hard I tried to get even one CB original Valentine when they were dropping... sigh... ) and other times I wasn't able to be on for the holiday drop. And I am quite certain I'm not the only longterm player with that problem. So... yeah.

Edited by Lurhstaap

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I don't really mind having a different sprite for bred solstices. I think it's quite cool smile.gif But I do feel for those who missed out on the CB sprites last year :/

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I hope this is just some type of glitch and is fixed. The new ones aren't bad, but I really despise introducing yet more "you can never have this sprite" elements to the game. The handful we already have are bad enough; the Snow Angels are my least favorite Holiday precisely because they foil the ability to collect every type. So I'll be displeased if this is now the case with Solstices as well. I have CBs, so it won't affect me directly, but it's not fair to everyone else... :/

 

Also ruins my hopes of proper checker lines with them.

Edited by angelicdragonpuppy

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I'm a bit sceptic about the blue wing'd Solstice staying like this permanently, it might just be a glitch like angelicdragonpuppy said. If this was suppose to happen then TJ, Odeen, or JaziandCo would have let us know beforehand (I think).

 

The Solstices already experienced a glitch this year with the alt eggs appearing in lineages and progeny list, so I wouldn't be too surprised if there was another mistake with sprites.

My own guess is:

Sometimes when submitting holiday dragons some spriters submit more than one colouration, so there's more variety for TJ to choose from. I think LadyLyzar did the same thing with the Heartseekers back then, she and TJ chose the one they liked the best together. Odeen and JaziandCo might have submitted more than one type of Solstice for TJ to choose from and he might have saved multiple copies of the sprites onto his computer.

 

... Or... Just a dumb guess... I have absolutely no idea what's happening right now. tongue.gif

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I feel for those who cannot get the original colored version or prior alts, but honestly it happens. I wanted a limited edition 3DS for the x and y release and was unable to due to not only lack of cash but lack of time to get around to even getting it due to work. Am I a bit sad I don't have it? Yes. Does it greatly impact my life? No.

 

unobtainable things are part of life. Some get things that others have no way of obtaining for whatever the reason may be. If we cannot handle this aspect within a pixel game, I can only imagine how hard it is to handle it in real life.

 

If the Blue winged Solstice are not alternated every year then its not that bad. They are still rather lovely. Even if I didn't have a solstice to begin with I would be happy with my little blue winged baby even if I never had a chance to get the sunsetty winged one.

 

One thing I do agree with is that it was not announced not noted anywhere that this could happen and that's a form of deceit for those who expected to create certain lineages or expected this dragon to be colored the same as its CB counterpart. If they are not alternated then maybe a form of compensation for those of the DC community who wholeheartedly expected a sunset winged solstice and instead got a blue winged. The blue winged dragons would be removed and replaced with new sunset winged dragons. But only those who request to have their blue winged dragons replaced should get them replaced.

 

I want my blue winged solstice on my scroll. those of us who want to keep our blue winged babies should be just as much allowed to keep them as those who want to replace them should be allowed to replace them. Don't take away my pretty blue winged baby just because you don't like it. TJ can change yours, but leave mine alone *cuddles blue winged solstice* mine... >.>

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Personally, I hope it will remain possible to get both. I like blue and sunset. And I don't want people who didn't get them to miss out on sunsets altogether.

 

This comes from the owner of two CB solstices, and hopefully two 2nd gen blues as well.

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I would have preferred the originals to be like these. Like em a bit more like this. :3 I wasn't really going to make any lineage type with them other than my usual holiday x metal breedings, but one other was going to be a Solstice x Soulpeace inbred checker.

 

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I think it look a bit better in the first one, but eh. >.>;

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I confess - I'm not too excited about this. I think the original sprite has more "depth" to it, while the other one is... I don't know, it feels like there's something missing.

 

I also was looking forward to building some checker lineages with Solstices, but I don't like it when there are more than two sprites involved, so... there's that. Meh. I hope that this will be changed.

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@AnanoKami:

 

The thing is, though, that I play games precisely /because/ in most cases the ones I play don't have the "haha, you missed out on this forever!" aspect that real life does. Stuff like this is unavoidable in reality, true. But since this is a game--and one I favor over other similar adoptables games in large part BECAUSE there are so few exclusives / limited time things to frustrate my gotta catch em all mentality--I reserve the right to be annoyed and voice my opinion when things start going exclusive.

 

Again, though, I am hoping this is just a glitch, or that there is some type of mechanism that will eventually allow for everyone to get sunset winged ones. I'll try not to make a big fuss until it's proven that my suspicions are true... although since these things have happened before, I'm not super optimistic. TwT

Edited by angelicdragonpuppy

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I don't really want them to get rid of the blue wings myself. I'm not sure most people want the blue wings GONE so much as they just want to be sure that the sunset wings are still a possibility.

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I don't really want them to get rid of the blue wings myself. I'm not sure most people want the blue wings GONE so much as they just want to be sure that the sunset wings are still a possibility.

i know that's how i feel, and i'm fairly certain a lot of others feel the same way too. i want both, they're both beautiful

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The thing is, though, that I play games precisely /because/ in most cases the ones I play don't have the "haha, you missed out on this forever!" aspect that real life does. Stuff like this is unavoidable in reality, true. But since this is a game--and one I favor over other similar adoptables games in large part BECAUSE there are so few exclusives / limited time things to frustrate my gotta catch em all mentality--I reserve the right to be annoyed and voice my opinion when things start going exclusive.

 

Again, though, I am hoping this is just a glitch, or that there is some type of mechanism that will eventually allow for everyone to get sunset winged ones. I'll try not to make a big fuss until it's proven that my suspicions are true... although since these things have happened before, I'm not super optimistic. TwT

I agree, it can be frustrating, and I will give you that. I do hope they either alternate or that if a purge is done, that only those who request for their dragons to be changed have them changed. I really don't want them to go away because I think they are simply gorgeous. So I'm really crossing my fingers towards them being alternated every year. If not then as I said, I will be a bit upset but alas time stops for no one and we must move on whether we like to or not. A way to obtain these lovely little blue winged babies would be so perfect. I wanna hoard them all.

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Again, though, I am hoping this is just a glitch, or that there is some type of mechanism that will eventually allow for everyone to get sunset winged ones. I'll try not to make a big fuss until it's proven that my suspicions are true... although since these things have happened before, I'm not super optimistic. TwT

I really do not think this is a glitch. One of the spriter's in IRC said that he had been expecting the rants since they got released. They also said that they submitted 2 versions of the Solstices to TJ and claimed that TJ couldn't decide which one to use saying that the one without the sunset wings were SUPPOSE to be the original. So yeah, I don't think it's a glitch. >.> It's bad for those in particular that revolved checker lineages of solstices based on their wings and also bad for ones that missed the CB release.

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I don't really want them to get rid of the blue wings myself. I'm not sure most people want the blue wings GONE so much as they just want to be sure that the sunset wings are still a possibility.

This.

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I don't really want them to get rid of the blue wings myself. I'm not sure most people want the blue wings GONE so much as they just want to be sure that the sunset wings are still a possibility.

Yeah. I really do want both Wing version of the solstice to be available. Please dont take the blue winged babies away >.<

Edited by AnanoKimi

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This is amazing! Good that I decided to grab more of them after reaching my freezing goal instead of hunting Hollies and Yulebucks (looking forward to when next Valentine is over and I do not need to collect things for freezing or all past dragons anymore...). Next year I am going to collect mostly Solstices - and/or the new Christmas dragon, depending on its looks.

 

ETA: If anyone does not like the blue wings, send all your Solstice hatchies to me! wink.gif

Edited by Mondat

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