Set your own egg/hatchling limits

[edwardelricfreak]

ok ok ok so this might seem silly, BUT due to some posts in the Time-based egg slot thread, I thought I might as well post this suggestion and see what others thought about it. :U

 

Setting your own egg/hatchling (well, growing things) limits, within the limits of your trophy level (or, uh, no trophy, obviously.)

 

I was thinking users could have the option to reduce their own limits to any combination of eggs/hatchlings within their trophy limit, to as low as 1 egg/3 hatchlings. They still can't go over their limits, so if someone has a gold trophy, they could have 4 eggs but still 21 growing things in all. OR possibly have presets that they can change to, like each of the different trophy level limits (after they've "unlocked" that trophy, of course).

 

I'm not sure if it would be a problem with constant switching of the settings, but if it is maybe once someone sets it, they have to wait a day/few days/week to be able to change it again?

 

I realize that for MOST people, they probably want more eggs. But there are some people out there who would rather have smaller limits, to not be even slightly tempted to grabbing more eggs.

 

Personally, I can't really empathize with those people, and I don't really care if this is added or not. :U I just saw that some people really don't like the large limits and hate the idea of adding more slots, so I thought I might throw a fleeting thought out into the open.

 

Some cons are that it's mostly a personal issue if you don't have the self-control to not get as many eggs, since the game isn't forcing you to get them (the limits are there to stop you from getting more, not obligate you to fill up). It may be too hand-holdy, as well, since the site would be limiting you for you instead of you limiting yourself. That's what I can think of right now off the top of my head. Haven't thought the idea through very much. :U

[Fuzzbucket]

(I was on that other thread too ) - the place where this could be a problem is when people don't KNOW your limit and are annoyed if you don't pick up a trade or an IOU - as you appear to THEM to be unlocked....

 

So it would have to be VISIBLE somewhere on your scroll. I'd think

[Ha-Ki]

I wouldn't use it, but I wouldn't mind if it was implemented either.

 

But your post just made my brain come up with this idea: How about if we could exchange i.e. 3 hatchie/total slots for one egg slot? So with a gold trophy, you could change your limits from 7/21 to 8/18. Numbers can be different, and a limit to how many additional egg slots you can have might be useful. Also, how often you can change your limits should be limited. Haven't thought about the pros and cons, it just came to my mind.

[MessengerDragon]

Maybe it would be possible to add a message telling you that 'you will be going over your limit and are you sure you want to continue?'.

[Fiona]

I don't support allowing this to raise your egg limits by swapping for hatchling slots. I don't think that's a good mechanic for the game. Competing for eggs is largely what drives the game.

 

That said, I don't much care one way or the other about the initial proposal. If someone has 7 egg slots and wants to limit themselves to less than that, that's their choice, whether it's an option they set through accounts or just by limiting what they pick up or breed. I wouldn't use it myself. I am usually not locked, but I wouldn't choose to lock myself out of the option of picking up or breeding more either.

[angelicdragonpuppy]

If people don't have the self control to avoid an egg, why would they have the self control to use a setting that will make them avoid eggs?

[cyradis4]

Not really getting the point of this. If you don't want more eggs, then don't grab them?

 

Cheers!

C4.

[Fuzzbucket]

It just arises from some discussion in another thread.

 

http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=163370

 

I can't see the point either !

[urusta]

I can see a possible (ab)use for that:

For someone who normally (not currently as I have nifty accomodation-city Internet compared to my holey on-and-off Internet at home) during a release it can get very difficult to get anything, so during those 2 minutes that the new eggs actually drop you are in a frenzy and in case you get lucky enough to catch something you usually do not check until the drop is over. This can lead to having several eggs of one kind and none of the other, when several dragons are released. With self set limits, you could set the limit to maybe four, get these for one breed, disable limit and get three of the other one.

 

Just wanted to add that thought, I am completely indifferent myself.

[cyradis4]

I can see a possible (ab)use for that:

For someone who normally (not currently as I have nifty accomodation-city Internet compared to my holey on-and-off Internet at home) during a release it can get very difficult to get anything, so during those 2 minutes that the new eggs actually drop you are in a frenzy and in case you get lucky enough to catch something you usually do not check until the drop is over. This can lead to having several eggs of one kind and none of the other, when several dragons are released. With self set limits, you could set the limit to maybe four, get these for one breed, disable limit and get three of the other one.

 

Just wanted to add that thought, I am completely indifferent myself.

You can already do that by picking up 3 eggs from the AP, then tossing them. Or you can breed 3 / 4 of your own, catch what you want, then toss them.

 

So, I don't see it as an abuse or as a use. :/

 

Cheers!

C4.

[urusta]

You are absolutely right, I never thought of that.

[HeatherMarie]

I can't really see much use for this... although I personally would probably use it. Makes me nervous when I accidentally hit my limit, I don't like having that many eggs. But... who would really use it?

[Obscure_Trash]

I can see the point, I'm not exactly against it, but I would rather TJ's time go into something more helpful that more users want and such.

[Jazeki]

Neutral as I see the point of wanting to avoid the temptation of the apparently "vast amount of egg and hatchling slots aching to be filled," but I agree with others in that TJ probably has more useful settings to code and users can set their own limits without having to fiddle around with an additional setting.

 

I still support the idea of pretending that there are fewer scroll slots than are actually available at a given time (or using AP eggs to fill the slots).

 

If this were implemented, there should be some way of alerting other users of adjusted scroll settings for trade/gifting purposes especially if it conflicts with their current trophy level. For example, someone has a gold trophy, but they only want to use 5 egg slots and 15 hatchie slots and they've got a nearly full scroll at the time that they initiate a trade. The other users should be aware of this.

 

I wouldn't use the function if it were implemented, but I don't see any reason to say no to it.

[CNR4806]

[...] I would rather TJ's time go into something more helpful that more users want and such.

This sums up my thoughts on the suggestion.

 

It is something that I personally don't see much (if any) use for, and its addition won't damage (or hell, affect) my DC experience at all. And yet its impact is so small (by the virtue that it can already be done with self-control) that I question why should we even bother in the first place.

[olympe]

I don't see the point, either. If you only want one egg, catch/breed only one egg. Period. If you don't have the self-control - just grab more.

[edwardelricfreak]

I wouldn't use it, but I wouldn't mind if it was implemented either.

 

But your post just made my brain come up with this idea: How about if we could exchange i.e. 3 hatchie/total slots for one egg slot? So with a gold trophy, you could change your limits from 7/21 to 8/18. Numbers can be different, and a limit to how many additional egg slots you can have might be useful. Also, how often you can change your limits should be limited. Haven't thought about the pros and cons, it just came to my mind.

uhhh, noooo. You could effectively use all the hatchling slots to get more eggs. Also, it's technically not a "hatchling" slot, but growing things, so it includes the eggs anyway.

 

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Yes, I do like a message somewhere saying the user has lower limits. c:

 

Also, perhaps once changed, it needs like 24 hours or something to *actually* take effect if you raise the limits again? Lowering is fine, but if you raise them, it won't let you get more eggs until that 24 hours are up, to possibly prevent abuse. Though, personally I'm not really too worried about it.

 

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and like I said before, I don't really care if it goes through or not. It was mostly a passing thought and for some people, they like having more help in preventing tempation. o3o