2015-08-29 - August Release

[Rachel72]

I totally missed it!!!

[Skitty8]

NOOO did I miss the flood?! UGHH. I can only get one but still ;-;

Nope, Blues are still flooding in every 5 minutes.

 

I'll be getting 2 more blues tomorrow once 2 more of my bronze lunars hatch.

[Tehya Faye]

Indeed! Though I knew we were going to get a flood. I just didn't know if it was something TJ needed to trigger because something was wrong or if the next hour would be the flood. I didn't want to get people's hopes up, so I didn't say that the next hour might have a flood.

[lollipop00]

So sad I only have 6 egg-slots (the 7th slot is filled with a shimmerscale) The blue and the white ones are my favorites!

Edited September 6, 2015 by lollipop00

[HollowSoul]

Flood and I'm egg locked with valuables. ;A;

Omg, I'm so sad about this--I don't even know what to do.

 

I want to keep what I got but I fear I will miss my chance at getting these blues!

How long will they be in the cave???

[Tehya Faye]

This is a permanent release. They're here to stay forever.

[Raikielia]

Crap. My bronze eggs still have over a day to go to hatch. Hope they're still flowing strong tomorrow evening on. D=

[Gryphonic]

Flood and I'm egg locked with valuables. ;A;

Omg, I'm so sad about this--I don't even know what to do.

 

I want to keep what I got but I fear I will miss my chance at getting these blues!

How long will they be in the cave???

4 days, by the schedule with the golds and bronzes.

 

Hey, everyone who's locked should help out the hatcheries. It looks like there's a bunch of frantic incuhatching in the works.

[Ansela Jonla]

Flood and I'm egg locked with valuables. ;A;

Omg, I'm so sad about this--I don't even know what to do.

 

I want to keep what I got but I fear I will miss my chance at getting these blues!

How long will they be in the cave???

The Lunar Heralds are a permanent release. It looks like the moon phases last approximately four days, so the blues will be available just under twice a month.

[NotBambi]

Flood and I'm egg locked with valuables. ;A;

Omg, I'm so sad about this--I don't even know what to do.

 

I want to keep what I got but I fear I will miss my chance at getting these blues!

How long will they be in the cave???

They are here to stay and will show up according to the phases of the moons.

[Shokomon]

CONFIRMED PHASE CHANGE! CIRION: WAXING CRESCENT TO WAXING GIBBOUS!

WE'VE GOT BLUES AKA INDIGOS!! HAPPY HUNTING!

- NEVERMIND! FLOOD! THE CAVE IS FLOODING!!!! INDIGOS AHOY!!!!

- Edit: LadyLyzar says that the Blue Lunars are actually Indigo in color as indigo is her favorite color, which makes sense as the "blue" lunar was meant to be her Alt.

--- I will be calling them "indigos" from now on.

- As always, please tell me if I forgot anything.

 

A CURRENT SUMMARY OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE MOON AND EGGS:

(For everybody who was late to the party and/or wants updates)

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- We have Beautiful pseudo-six-winged Lunar Heralds, the former prize breed, moon-loving dragons!

- Currently, the Cirion's Phase has changed!! Aurax (Gold Moon) and Cirion (Blue Moon) are still in the WaNing Crescent and WaXing Gibbous phases respectively!!

- Everyone is catching Indigo eggs in the Cave!!

- We have Adult dragons, and we are breeding Indigo Lunar eggs.

- The eggs are found in the Alpine, Desert, and Volcano Biomes. (Think places where the sky is easily seen.)

- So far, Gold, Bronze, and Indigo eggs have dropped in the Cave! Bronze and Indigo eggs have been bred.

- Info on the current moon phase can be accessed from the Time page, which you can get to by clicking the clock in the top right hand corner of the new Standard DC skin, by going to the Help page and clicking Time Reference link, by going to the first page in this thread and clicking the link in the banner, OR by clicking the 3 above links embedded in this post.

- As of Sept 05, 2015 @ ~9:00PM, Indigo Lunar eggs began dropping en masse! Go and grab them!!!

 

- No one had been tracking the moons until now, so we have no idea how quickly they change. So, we cannot accurately predict what eggs will come when.

- That means no one knows how to get the other egg colors until the other moon phases come and the lunar cycle completes itself.

- There is a possibility that the release started in the middle of the Waning Gibbous phase for Aurax and Waning Crescent phase for Cirion.

- IMPORTANT: All data before 09/03/13, 1:56 PM was incorrect as the time page was showing Aurax's phase for BOTH moons. TJ has provided a corrected cycle in his post.

- This does NOT affect the information gathered on the eggs, just the moon phases the eggs were caught/bred under.

- The cycle has progressed, and so far we know: (Taken and modified from TJ's post)

Aug 29, 2015 @ 12:00 AM EST/DragonCave (DC) to Sep 01, 2015 @ 7:59 PM EST/DC.

Aurax: Waning Gibbous

Cirion: Waning Crescent

CB Lunar eggs are Gold.

 

Sep 01, 2015 starting 8:00 PM EST/DC

Aurax: Waning Crescent*

Cirion: New*

CB Lunar eggs change from Gold to Bronze.

- The Gold egg drop lasted about 3 days and 17 hours.

* = TJ's post doesn't mention a phase change at the same time the new color drops, but we know the color change happened here. So, we assume the phase changed happened here too.

 

Sep 02, 2015 @ 12:00 AM EST/DC

Aurax: Waning Crescent

Cirion: New

CB Lunar eggs are Bronze.

 

Sep 03, 2015 @ 12:00 AM EST/DC to Sep 05, 2015 @ 7:59 PM

Aurax: Waning crescent**

Cirion: Waxing crescent**

CB Lunar eggs are Bronze and Bred Lunar eggs are Bronze.

** Exact time of change Unknown.

 

Sep 05, 2015 starting @ 8:00 PM EST/DC

Aurax: Waning crescent

Cirion: Waxing Gibbous

CB Lunar eggs have changed from Bronze to Indigo and Bred Lunar eggs have changed from Bronze to Indigo.

- The Bronze egg drop lasted about 4 days.

[Edited by Shokomon]

- Note: The Moon Phases TJ posted were Phases of the moon at 12:00 AM EST of their respective date. That is why the post doesn't match up with the color change.

- We can assume that on Sept 1, 2015, the phases changed at 8:00 PM EST/DC, where Aurax shifted Waning Gibbous to Waning Cresent, and Cirion from Waning Cresent to New Moon.

 

- There are many theories on how the eggs will come and when, including, but not limited to:

• 1) Certain eggs being available during different phases of the moons in general, under the assumption that the moons are in synch, and will share the same moon phases.

2) Certain eggs being avaliable relative to the different phases of each moon (assuming the moons are NOT in synch) and overlap between both moons' phases.

3) One moon's phases controlling cave-born colors and the other moon's phases controlling bred colors.

4) Certain Lunar eggs colors are linked to Aurax, and the other colors are linked to Cirion.

5) Gold is the CB color, and the others could be Bred colors.

6) The Lunar egg colors are based on what percentage of the moons are illuminated. If one moon is greater than 50% illuminated (gibbous to full), while the other moon is less than 50% illuminated (crescent to new), then Lunar eggs are the color of the dominant moon. If both moons are equal in illumination, other colors show up.

- Exactly which moon phase produces what eggs, which moon controls breeding and caveborn colors, and which colors are associated with which moon are up for debate.

- The Lunar Heralds' description has given some support to Theories 1, 2, and 6.

- The newest phase change, recent egg colors, and TJ's correctional post seems to support Theory 2 and 6.

 

- There are also theories about the DC lunar cycle itself, including, but not limited to:

• 1) The Moons are in synch and share phases.

2) The Moons are NOT in synch, and occasionally have overlapping phases.

3) The DC Lunar cycle is equivalent to Earth's Lunar cycle, and the current phase will change in at  most a week.

- And there more theories on the size of the moons, their relative speeds, their distance from Valkemare, and the list goes on.

- As of the most recent change and TJ's correctional post, the moons' phases are not in synch͵ supporting Theory 2.

 

- LadyLyzar will tells us more about the dragons, once we start getting adults.

- TJ stated that the orbits of Valkemare's moons are close to circular, and the centre of mass would be close to the planet as it is much larger in size.

--- (Sorry for the confusion here! I completely misinterpreted what TJ posted. Thank you pinkgothic for making a much more accurate summary statement.)

- LadyLyzar seems to hint that the Lunar Heralds may have been initially intended to be prize dragons, and later states that they were made at the same time as the Shimmers.

- LadyLyzar confirms that the 2nd and 3rd set of wings are in fact illusions. Only the top ones are real and that it is not motion illusion.

- LadyLyzar has given us information on the Adults!

- LadyLyzar is giving us a pretty Gold Lunar Herald avatar to match her own avatar. She'll give us the Bronze avatar once we start getting adults.

- LadyLyzar states that Lunar Heralds do indeedhave metallic scales, but she didn't intend for them to be classified as "metallic dragons" like Golds and Silvers. As they were originally intended to be prizes, she wanted to make them shiny and pretty.

- LadyLyzar says that the Blue Lunars are actually Indigo in color as indigo is her favorite color, which makes sense as the "blue" lunar was meant to be her Alt.

 

- The description for the Lunar Heralds has been updated from this:

Lunar Heralds are deeply attuned to the two moons of Valkemare, Aurax and Cirion. Strictly nocturnal, they draw energy from moonlight and will only hunt when the moons have waned. When breeding, the amount of moonlight the parents receive from each moon will determine the color of the egg produced.

- To this:

Lunar Heralds are deeply attuned to the two moons of Valkemare, Aurax and Cirion. Strictly nocturnal, they draw energy from moonlight and will only hunt when the moons have waned. When breeding, the amount of moonlight the parents receive from each moon will determine the color of the egg produced. When a Lunar Herald is struck by direct moonlight, an illusion of multiple wings may appear. Witnessing a Lunar Herald’s illusory wings is commonly believed to be a sign of good fortune.

 

Threads!

- Lunar Herald Breeding and Naming

- DC Moon Watch and Lunar Herald Theories

 

Documents!

- DC Moon Watch & Lunar Egg Tracking

 

And, I think that's it for the summary.

Edited September 6, 2015 by Shokomon

[xxBurningxx]

4 days, by the schedule with the golds and bronzes.

 

Hey, everyone who's locked should help out the hatcheries. It looks like there's a bunch of frantic incuhatching in the works.

This! I always try to keep Valley Sherwood and Allure and sometimes EATW going on in a different browser~

 

I'm so gonna hoard these blue ones~ They're my favorite.

[eaaem]

Hopefully silvers come in 4 days. That'll be enough to hatch a horde of blues. Then hatch a horde of silvers.

[Indigo_Dragon]

When I heard there was a flood I SCRAMBLED. O_O I dropped the Daydream dragon egg I had picked up from the AP, and dropped also the blue egg I had bred from my two lunar golds (hope someone else appreciates it!) and stalked the drops! ;A;

 

I got one from Desert for the first time then realized I could do that ctrl + click thing and just click on each row as I see them and don't even check the message I get, just refresh on the desert, keep clicking, and refresh again and etc.

 

I managed to get two more in a set from Desert, and then a last one from Desert too. ;w; That biome is the kindest to me! Even when I tried in Volcano or Alpine I got NOTHING even with my trick. x.x Yay Desert I love you very much! ;w; *HUGS it*

 

Now I have 4 blue lunars and am egg-locked happily! x.x~ *whew!* I used up my last two reds to incubate the two traded/gift eggs I refuse to drop, and when they hatch (one in 7 hours, and the other in another day) I can get more blue lunars, gods' all willing. x.o

 

At least I had enough available male pinks [two] for the male influences, and used up two of the three available females for the female influences. :3

 

Happy hunting for everyone! ^w^

[Riverwillows]

Lol...I did manage to get two...now egglocked, but that's ok. Most everyone is gonna get theirs this next hour or two, so it will be a lot easier when the flood dies down after that.

 

And if TJ is gonna do this for the blues, I am gonna relax about the silvers.

Edited September 6, 2015 by Riverwillows

[glytchling]

one of my gold lunars pairs refused

 

i had a feeling it was gonna happen, guess i'll have to swap one of em out

[shadowfighter]

Hoooraayyy for flooodssss

[Lagie]

Thank you for the flood, TJ (even if I did only snag one so far - but it's a Z, so that makes me happy!)!

[Tehya Faye]

Lol...I did manage to get two...now egglocked, but that's ok. Most everyone is gonna get theirs this next hour or two, so it will be a lot easier when the flood dies down after that.

 

And if TJ is gonna do this for the blues, I am gonna relax about the silvers.

Yeah, it'll be easier in a little bit, and if the bronzes are anything to go by they should still be plentiful up until the Silvers change over. ^^

[Crystallie]

Does anyone know if this breed will be rare?

[Fuzzbucket]

Oh praise be (well, and a misclick) - got them before I hit the road And these ARE my favourites

 

Thanks for the flood, TJ.

[xxBurningxx]

Does anyone know if this breed will be rare?

No one actually knows for sure, just TJ~

[Tehya Faye]

I don't think they're rares. If they were they'd have disappeared during the downtimes between floods. Instead they were plentiful.

[xxBurningxx]

I don't think they're rares. If they were they'd have disappeared during the downtimes between floods. Instead they were plentiful.

Yeah, I think they'll probably be Seasonal uncommon at rarest.

[Fuzzbucket]

Thank you for the flood, TJ (even if I did only snag one so far - but it's a Z, so that makes me happy!)!

Damn - YOU got that ! I just missed !