2015-08-29 - August Release

[antennakit]

So... first two of my blues hatched.

 

Should I get more, or should I wait for the Silvers?

I'd wait until the next two, myself.

[Twyro]

You only have one male pink?

One male pink that's gonna get off his cooldown in time. In general I have 16 pinks, 8 males and 8 females.

[Riverwillows]

Well, that's it. Ready for the silvers. Gonna be hard not to grab non-lunars til then!!!

[Shokomon]

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

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

- Bumping because it's been a bit.

 

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, Aurax (Gold Moon) and Cirion (Blue Moon) are still in the WaNing Crescent and WaXing Gibbous phases respectively.

- Everyone is still 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.

- Based on current data, it seems that Cirion's phases change faster than Aurax's.

 

- 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.

--- She has given us the Bronze Herald Avatar!

- 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 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.

-LadyLyzar states that the element for the Lunar Heralds had not been planned out, and that she would put them as "Light" element.

 

- 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.

 

[zaverxi]

I started specific lineages because I wanted to breed more BSAs. So now I have around 50 pinks and over a hundred reds because I breed more every week or so. So I'll never ever run out again.

 

I haven't run out since the 7-day birthday release, and even then I had calculated the exact number I needed to get through it and had just enough to cover it perfectly.

 

Of course, now I don't even have to worry.

[purplehaze]

Yeah, I have enough Pinks that I never have to worry, but sometimes I get close on Reds, especially when the AP is full of incuhatchable stuff and I am hatching and giving them away!

 

I am totally scroll locked right now for the next 24 hours, but at least I got the last of the indigo Heralds that I need for now. I have 4 pairs influenced, same as I have of all the other colors. That will hold me for the moment and if I decide to get more I can do that later.

 

With releases like we have been having lately I haven't had time or space to breed anything anyway! I'd really like to get on with some of my breeding projects, but . . . shiny new dragons!

[Kegluneq]

I don't know if it's been mentioned already but, since they drop in the Alpine, Desert and Volcano, is it correct to assume they're Eastern Dragons?

[bluesonic1]

I don't know if it's been mentioned already but, since they drop in the Alpine, Desert and Volcano, is it correct to assume they're Eastern Dragons?

Biome has nothing to do with morphology. These are definitely western dragons ^__^ You can find a list of DC's dragon morphologies as well as information on them here.

Edited September 8, 2015 by bluesonic1

[Ansela Jonla]

I don't know if it's been mentioned already but, since they drop in the Alpine, Desert and Volcano, is it correct to assume they're Eastern Dragons?

Eastern dragons are the serpentine, usually wingless, four-legged type of dragons. Silvers, Shimmers, Gemshards, Heartstealing, Striped River, and Radiant Angel are the Easterns we have in-game.

[Twyro]

My first three eggs finally have cracks on them and I'm super excited to get my first blue lunar babies!

[Ribombee]

This extended release makes me SO glad that I have made it such a priority to have a huge army of pinks and reds.

[Fortune86]

My eggs have big holes but are a bit off hatching yet.

 

*pokes*

[SickThing]

This extended release makes me SO glad that I have made it such a priority to have a huge army of pinks and reds.

Same here

I'm afraid I won't be able to incubate/influence all of the upcoming Silvers though since some low time AP eggs were too tempting.

[walkinslow]

Yes, I also found the new babies slow to hatch. This may have to do with the general hatchery overload, but other breeds still hatch a lot faster!

[inlaterdays]

Just got two blue hatchies! The rest of my eggs have a way to go yet but I'm excited about the new babies.

[Twyro]

Yes, I also found the new babies slow to hatch. This may have to do with the general hatchery overload, but other breeds still hatch a lot faster!

I think so as well. It's basically impossible to click every single one of these eggs put into hatcheries. Everything is a mix of blue and bronze basically.

[Wahya]

This is quite interesting...

[Twyro]

This is quite interesting...

That's because the egg was bred when the moon phases matched the turn of bronze lunar heralds dropping. The color dropping in the cave is the color that you get when you breed your own lunar heralds no matter what color your lunar heralds are to begin with.

[Wahya]

That's because the egg was bred when the moon phases matched the turn of bronze lunar heralds dropping. The color dropping in the cave is the color that you get when you breed your own lunar heralds no matter what color your lunar heralds are to begin with.

It makes sense, but seems needlessly confusing, especially to newer players. I guess it's a good thing I have no plans of breeding them

[Twyro]

It makes sense, but seems needlessly confusing, especially to newer players. I guess it's a good thing I have no plans of breeding them

I'm only planning to breed mine to get hatchlings for freezing. Even then I'll have to be careful and keep an eye out for which moon phases are up.

[Syiren]

are the blues still releasing in the cave? All I see is other dragons.

[Twyro]

are the blues still releasing in the cave? All I see is other dragons.

Yes they are. A little less than before, but I still see them from time to time.

[purplehaze]

They will make some very interesting lineages. I just haven't decided how to use them, yet.

 

are the blues still releasing in the cave? All I see is other dragons.

 

I caught one this morning -- about two hours ago -- and there were quite a few that I missed.

Edited September 8, 2015 by purplehaze

[Syiren]

Yes they are. A little less than before, but I still see them from time to time.

Well that's a relief, because I just got on after a long weekend and haven't been able to catch any yet.

[walkinslow]

As someone else already mentioned, they look great with *everything*. I agree.

 

<<< And I love that new avatar!