2015-08-29 - August Release

[Pixxelation]

Currently locked with 6 Indigos and my third GoN Quite happy with my lock right now!

[GoldeenTrix]

Aw I hope these are still relatively easy to catch in about 19 hours, my eggs aren't close to hatching yet and I'm out of incubates.

 

*Prays to TJ that the flood lasts that long*

Edited September 6, 2015 by GoldeenTrix

[eeveexgurl]

still have 16 hours before my next eggs hatch. and i have a misclick that can not be bitten

[Shokomon]

The Indigo eggs are still dropping. I repeat, the indigo eggs are still dropping!

Edit: LadyLyzar does not call the "blue" Lunar eggs "Indigos;" She just states that the "blues" are indigo in color as indigo is her favorite color, which makes sense as the "blue" lunar was meant to be her Alt. She later has reaffirmed this, stating that there is no official name for the "blue" Lunars and that they really are just indigo in color as they were to be her alt were these dragons to be chosen as prize dragons.

--- I just call them "Indigos" out of respect to that. You can call the Blue/Indigo/Sapphire/Whatever-blue-shade-you-want.

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

- Bumping for the updates.

 

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 Blue/Indigo eggs in the Cave!!

- We have Adult dragons, and we are breeding Blue/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 Blue/Indigo eggs have dropped in the Cave! Bronze and Blue/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 EST/DC

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 Blue/Indigo, and Bred Lunar eggs have changed from Bronze to Blue/Indigo.

- The Bronze egg drop lasted about 4 days.

 

Sep 05, 2015 @ 12:00AM EST/DC

Aurax: Waning crescent

Cirion: Waxing Gibbous

CB Lunar eggs are Blue/Indigo, and Bred Lunar eggs are Blue/Indigo.

[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. She later has reaffirmed this, stating that there is no official name for the "blue Lunars" and that they really are just indigo in color as they were to be her alt were these dragons to be chosen as prize dragons.

 

- 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

[dragongrrl]

Check Wikipedia's article on indigo Had this discussion earlier with some other users. Some very interesting things are listed as "indigo".

From the Wikipedia page, Persian Indigo is closest to what I know as indigo, and also the color I prefer when buying new blue jeans. Some lean more toward the Midnight Blue, which is also one of my favorite blues.

 

The denim they show is a half-faded denim blue on my computer. My jeans that are that light are several years old. I don't buy jeans that light.

 

The web color indigo is slightly too purple for a true indigo shade to my eyes, and the Japanese indigo there appears to be a very dark green rather than a blue.

 

This

The color 'violet-blue' is a bluish tone of blue-violet. The Crayola color called 'violet-blue' is displayed at right. The Crayola crayon color called "violet-blue" was formulated in 1949 and continued as a Crayola color until 1990.

saddens me terribly, since violet-blue was always another fave in the Crayola box, one of my main colors, although orange-red is the top of my list.

 

Anyway, from my computer, the Persian Indigo matches the new eggs best, so I'm sticking with indigo!

 

(does anyone remember color analysis?)

[Twyro]

I'd like to get four more of the blue lunar heralds because my scroll goal is having four CB pairs of each. Three of the brown eggs are still due to hatch, but not until tomorrow.

[Shokomon]

On the topic of names, the names I'm going to be stubbornly using are:

 

Aurax Lunar Herald

Cirion Lunar Herald

White Lunar Herald

Dark Lunar Herald

 

And with 'stubbornly using', I mean '...I'll put the other names people use in brackets after my naming scheme so no one is confused'. (And I'm not even likely to be stubborn about 'white' and 'dark', only about the moon-coloured ones.)

Ohhh! Cirion has the shade of blue/indigo I need to use for font! How'd you get that? *Swipe*

 

Also, anyone still having trouble getting indigo lunars?

---

 

Edit: Also, goHere for the most up-to-date summary on the Moon Phases and the Lunar Heralds!

Edited September 6, 2015 by Shokomon

[pinkgothic]

White and not Light? (Light and Dark, I dunno)

 

Those are all really neat ideas though

 

I know what you mean! I did toy around with 'light' and thought it sounded weird, so I discarded that one. But I agree it would be more consistent, purely from a word choice perspective.

 

Edit:

 

Ohhh! Cirion has the shade of blue/indigo I need to use for font! How'd you get that? *Swipe*

 

I think my webdeveloper is showing, but I... honestly just typed the hex colour for the four of them that I thought might give me approximately the colour I wanted. They all turned out all right, I guess!

Edited September 6, 2015 by pinkgothic

[Twyro]

Also, anyone still having trouble getting indigo lunars?

I've never had trouble getting them at all! They were dropping insanely this morning (and by morning, I mean my timezone morning).

[Capella]

Heeeeello thread, long time no see! So glad to wake up and see the blues dropping! I think they're my favorite out of all of these.

 

*eyes eggs* C'mon guys, hatch!

[Twilight-Stasis]

I really love this dragons.

Golds currently were the only eggs that I didn't have in abundance, the bronze I was lucky and popped on right at the drop and so I snatched up three, and currently Indigos seem to be everywhere so I won't have trouble with that at all

And these dragons are so pretty!

[ShorahNagi]

I found the Blues (as well as the Bronze from before) easy to catch. The hardest one for me was getting the Golds at the start.

 

I think though that might be in part due to the fact I've been getting them *the new colors* shortly after they start dropping and not a lot of people realize the change has happened.

 

 

[SheridanCharon]

Think I'm gonna use "sapphire" in the naming scheme for my blues. I have no idea what to call my Golds, and my silvers I plan to use for a project.

I wonder what classification these guys will end up as once the drop is finally over. Not rare, I hope. >.>

[Dewdropmon]

I hope the blue ones are going to flood like the first two did.

[Twyro]

Think I'm gonna use "sapphire" in the naming scheme for my blues. I have no idea what to call my Golds, and my silvers I plan to use for a project.

I wonder what classification these guys will end up as once the drop is finally over. Not rare, I hope. >.>

Golds? Hmmm... You can always use some Aurax references, though almost all players said they would do so. Auris sounds good though, just a suggestion.

I can't wait for my three bronzes to hatch, still need more blues.

 

I hope the blue ones are going to flood like the first two did.

 

I think they are still dropping fairly, I've seen a couple in the desert recently.

Edited September 6, 2015 by *Silver Fox*

[Katie]

So far I just have golds and trying to obtain others. They're very beautiful dragons!

[FoxintheBox4]

My favourite colour! Will try to get 5 pairs ♥ ☻

[blockEdragon]

i hope the silvers don't start dropping until most of the blues are hatched (because i just got and properly influenced mine )

[Twyro]

i hope the silvers don't start dropping until most of the blues are hatched (because i just got and properly influenced mine )

I don't think so. We just got these and I believe that it's going to be another three to four days before the color changes. If I'm not mistaken, there were at least three days of space before the egg color changed.

[ShorahNagi]

i hope the silvers don't start dropping until most of the blues are hatched (because i just got and properly influenced mine )

Assuming that the moon phases are not being 'rushed' for the sake of this release *something I doubt* - it seems that there is between a 3 - 5 day window of a color dropping before the switch.

 

I noticed that the Bronze began dropping shortly after or before the majority of Golds began to hatch/gender depending on when people caught them, and the same happened with the Blues now that the Bronze are beginning to hatch/gender.

 

The same will probably happen with the Silvers.

 

Though now, I am going to carefully need to keep track of the colors as I finally know the Lineages I want to do with these guys. Going to keep it purebred, but I'm going to do:

 

Blue and Gold (Navy Colors)

 

Blue and Silver (School Colors lineage - these were my school's colors, and since they were released during back to school...it works *nevermind that I've been out of school for nearly 10 years now*)

 

Silver and Bronze (Chocolate lineage - I'm reminded of White and Milk chocolate)

[Kovia]

Yay, the blues are out. Is it just me, or are more of these dropping than there were bronzes? Just got 4 from 1 5-minute shift in the volcano, which is plenty for me. Meanwhile I still only have 2 bronzes, 1 of which I picked up yesterday...

[Twyro]

Yay, the blues are out. Is it just me, or are more of these dropping than there were bronzes? Just got 4 from 1 5-minute shift in the volcano, which is plenty for me. Meanwhile I still only have 2 bronzes, 1 of which I picked up yesterday...

The bronze lunar heralds began dropping more intensively in the last day or two, not at once, while these seemed to be flooding this morning when I came to hunt them.

[dragonpuck]

Yay, the blues are out. Is it just me, or are more of these dropping than there were bronzes? Just got 4 from 1 5-minute shift in the volcano, which is plenty for me. Meanwhile I still only have 2 bronzes, 1 of which I picked up yesterday...

don't think there are more-- although the number dropping is determined by the number hunting.

However, the flood happened an hour after they started dropping rather than 2 days after so it may seem like there are more.

 

Will be interesting to see how many are available when the rotation switches back to Gold. If they are like seasonals they might be another hard to find common

[Clya]

Is it bad that I am sort of hoping that these are uncommon? Right now they seem worth nothing because of all the flooding, but to be honest I just don't want another common.

[Tehya Faye]

I don't trade at all, so them being common is awesome.