2021-05-21 - Dragon Cave's 15th Birthday!

[Jazeki]

3 minutes ago, Tetelestai said:

Anyone got suggestions for getting a dragon to 4,000 views?

 

If you put it in more than one hatchery before it becomes an adult, you should be okay since it appears that hatchlings can also turn yellow. 

[Espio_Chameleon]

*Cheers* Happy B-Day DC! And a big thank you to TJ and the DC team for being so awesome!!! ❤️

[Shokomon]

29 minutes ago, blockEdragon said:

Well that explains why my electric gained so many new clicks all of the sudden. Went up by like fifty over the last hour or so.

 

The name I gave is also probably a small part of why people are still clicking. When I gave that name I thought the clicks would be about winding down at that point since everyone knew hot to get their own so I gave it a silly name (it's Clickmonger) meant to indicate "wow this dragon got an unexpected amount of clicks" but I think the name might have caused it to get more clicks instead because people thought I wanted to monger clicks and was asking for help.

Whoops. I'm sorry.

 

It doesn't help that yours was the first successful alt found... (at least on the forum.)

 

The name is very fitting now. I'll spoiler my complication posts from now on though.

 

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23 hours ago, blockEdragon said:

The electric alt is blue you guys!

HERE

I got it by stunning it.

 

23 hours ago, Fields_of_Heather said:

Okay.... break it down....

 

 

• The Sapphires have received two new alts; one from lonely eggs and the other from those that receive a lot of attention.

 

I get the feeling this one has to do with view counts. Perhaps there is a number that above or below gives you a certain color?

 

• The Coppers have a shiny new alt you can get from breeding in the right way.

 

Okay, maybe you have to breed the correct color combo to get the new one.

 

• A new hybrid is here. Its colors may be a blend of its parents.

 

Gonna skip this one.

 

• Electric Dragons have a new alt. Which BSA you use to obtain it may shock you.

 

My money is on the Stun BSA having something to do with this one.

 

• Three new colors of Gemshards have arrived, but they also have a new time-based mechanic—except for one day when chaos reigns supreme.

 

My guess is that the colors are tied to a day of the week and one day you can get any color.

 

• Two new alts for the Cantormaris Dragons come from two new BSAs.

 

Hmmm, do they mean brand new BSAs or just different ones from the others? If so, Influence, Earthquake or Ward would be my guess.

 

• Nilias also have a breed-only alt, from particularly fertile parents.

 

Probably have to use Fertility on Nilias before breeding them?

 

• And finally, the Florets. Make sure to grab the fully new variant from the jungle, but there's certainly more to be discovered.

 

I give up. Just gonna bang my head on the wall for a bit. My brain is overclocked.

 

23 hours ago, wbmorgan said:

Yup, my Florets went from Purple to Orange after viewing them.

 

 

23 hours ago, Kaini said:

Yay, Happy Birthday DC! It's also my mod anniversary

 

23 hours ago, blockEdragon said:

Figured out the purple hybrid! Breed a royal blue to a royal crimson and you'll get the purple egg.

 

 

23 hours ago, purplehaze said:

Do both parents have to be Nilia?

 

23 hours ago, High Lord November said:

Warding a Cantormaris egg produces a site error, but warding other eggs seems to be fine.

 

23 hours ago, blockEdragon said:

I just remembered a purple hybrid from DR and gave it a go. It's nothing specific to me, I've just been in the right place right time for this stuff.

 

Also, anyone notice that coppers and Royal crimsons got an update? The royal crimson update is really subtle but it's slightly larger and looks less blurry. The copper update is more ovbious.

 

22 hours ago, High Lord November said:

Oh, I performed EQ on the egg and got a new shadow for my Cantormaris encyclopedia page! No guarantee it wasn't there when I tried to Ward it, but I don't think my wards were successful since I got site error. I guess we'll see when I pick up a new Canto egg and ward it - if I get another new shadow then the first was definitely EQ. So it looks like influence isn't one of the BSAs.

Or if someone else tries to ward and doesn't have a new shadow, that's also a confirmation. Let me know!

 

22 hours ago, Jazeki said:

I keep trying to ward my canto and all I get is an error message...I'm on mobile chrome....

 

 

Nevermind lol. Got it to work.

 

22 hours ago, Whirlaway said:

One Cantor changes position (moves below red) with Ward.

Hybrid is from the two Royals (Crimson and Blue).

 

Sapphire pink needs to be willfully abandoned.

 

22 hours ago, missy_ said:

Yes. Oversaturated, all of them. They look like a sharpen Photoshop filter was applied; at least, that is the only way I know how to describe the effect.

 

I am not a fan of the new look. I loved the old Coppers; they looked like realistic copper, not like overly colorful, happy glow-in-the-dark, “My Little Pony meets Fort Knox” kind of copper.

 

I wish we had an option, a filter, to view the older version, but we don’t.

 

22 hours ago, random_dragon_collector said:

Orange Floret bumped my counter, too.

 

22 hours ago, High Lord November said:

I like the new copper sprites - I can actually tell the difference between regular and rainbow copper now! The improvement for the shading and texture on the wings, and the general sprite, is really nice too. The only thing I miss are some of the subtleties and the other shades of colours popping in, they seem a bit more monotone now. Overall nice edits

 

22 hours ago, High Lord November said:

 

I used EQ with a Cantormaris egg, and got a new shadow on my encyclopedia page. I was unable to use ward as the site threw an error.

 

 

21 hours ago, dooyoo said:

if the yellow sapphire variant requires a lot of attention, im gonna try to make one intentionally sick, or im gonna see if it requires a trade? not sure though.

 

edit: not sure if this has been said, but both nilia parents have to have a fertility bsa used on them.

 

edit 2: traded a sapphire egg, but it remained blue.

edit 3: sickness didnt work either  

 

20 hours ago, HeatherMarie said:

Floret experiments: Tried gold floret with hydrophidius, got a hydrophidius egg. Tried purple floret with flamingo, got purple floret. Purple floret and Pyralspite gave no egg. 

 

..... And SUCCESS! Got the new deep-purple Floret by breeding purple Floret with Celestial!!

 

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19 hours ago, Magellan said:

I actually prefer getting hybrids and breeding mechanics added to existing breeds. We can take all the time we need to get all the variants and not just go be lucky to get them all in the cave.
I'm really happy about all these new things that even give old breeds a second "chance" (me no word can do today. This is certainly not the right phrase, but I lack the brains today to describe it better)

I'm totally excited to try everything out! And I can schedule my eggslots^^

Edit: Theory regarding copper...
 

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...as read in the encyklopedia "The metallic copper in a dragon’s scales is absorbed from a diet rich in minerals". So maybe we have to find the right mineral dragon mix? Or look for a copper alloy and the respective metal / element dragon, that could match.

and Florets
 

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seem to play with color palette mixtures^^

 

 

19 hours ago, Modiano said:

The one I auto-abandoned remained blue

 

18 hours ago, Fyrena said:

I think I found the new copper
(I remembered an experiment from school were we cleaned rusty nails with electricity)

EDIT:
Thunder x Liver of Sulfur copper

Hidden because it already got sick

 

18 hours ago, caya said:

Nice, got a new Copper as well from Verdigris x Thunder.

Good call Fyrena!

 

And thanks Spiteful_Crow ^^

 

18 hours ago, Fuzzbucket said:

I have. It didn't work - but on both did.

This is going to make hay with my massive pygmy lineage  Maybe I will just leave the new one out.

 

18 hours ago, Zimtie said:

I tried to collect everything already found out in this thread:

 

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The Sapphires have received two new alts; one from lonely eggs and the other from those that receive a lot of attention.

Pink: Abandoning (on purpose). Yellow: Number of views?

 

The Coppers have a shiny new alt you can get from breeding in the right way.

Copper x Thunder/Electric/Astrapi/Bolt - theory: all Lightning Element Dragons - https://dragcave.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Lightning_Element_Dragons

 

A new hybrid is here. Its colors may be a blend of its parents.

Royal Blue x Royal Crimson

 

Electric Dragons have a new alt. Which BSA you use to obtain it may shock you.

Stun an Electric hatchie.

 

Three new colors of Gemshards have arrived, but they also have a new time-based mechanic—except for one day when chaos reigns supreme.

?

 

Two new alts for the Cantormaris Dragons come from two new BSAs.

Ward. Earthquake.

 

Nilias also have a breed-only alt, from particularly fertile parents.

Nilia pairs, parents  both need to be fertilized (using the BSA of the Purple dragon).

 

And finally, the Florets. Make sure to grab the fully new variant from the jungle, but there's certainly more to be discovered.

Peach Floret CB in the jungle

Purple Floret x Celestial/Moonstone -> deep purple Floret

 

 

 

18 hours ago, Seriva Senkalora said:

My CB Coppers gave me no eggs and a refusal.

But of course THIS pair gave me the egg I wanted.

 

At least I know now, that it's working.

 

 

17 hours ago, Alesita said:

 I got 2 new coopers from Electric.

One from green and one from brown cooper parent, so i guess for new coopers logic if this:

Any color Cooper x Any electrical element breed ( thunder, electric some say bolt too, but my exp gived only bolts, will be happy if someone share for bolts )

 

 

17 hours ago, MissK. said:

Copper update! In case it hasn't been confirmed yet, Astrapi also gives the new version. I am very locked but couldn't resist experimenting a bit so there's a 2g in the ap.

 

Edit: I also tried galvanic wyvern and aeria gloris since they have lightning as secondary element, but didn't get any coppers, so not sure about that.

 

16 hours ago, tjenni said:

and Bolt https://dragcave.net/lineage/QMlRJ

 

15 hours ago, Chaos Rider said:

I wonder if that idea got re-purposed for this birthday release

 

15 hours ago, Skyrix said:

the halloween 2015 one is based on electrified copper and as it turns out, the s1 sprite matches the HW2015 s1 sprite which means its been repurposed as a special alt

 

15 hours ago, Fuzzbucket said:

No: it's this one

 

 

14 hours ago, Pixxelation said:

Hey folks, I wouldn't normally wanna make any statements this explicit, but given the bumpiness with the release, I'm just gonna say this outright to ease stress: the (dark) pink floret eggs shouldn't be obtainable quite yet. Existing pink eggs not owned by T.J. are unfortunately a glitch and will likely be fixed. Thanks for your patience while we sort things out.

 

Additionally, the tininess on some of the Floret S1s and the one Pink Sapphire S1 appears to be something weird happening on the forum end of things. Scale is correct on-site if you click the view links

 

14 hours ago, DragonLady86 said:

Nilla: both parents fertilized 

Copper: breed with lightning aligned dragon 

Gemhard: time based, not enough info yet

Cantos: white is Ward, Green is earthquake 

Electric: stun the hatchling 

Sapphire: pink willfully abandoned, yellow a lot of views

Florets: orange is the jungle, breed combos still testing 

New hybrid: royal blue+crimson 

 

14 hours ago, Fyrebird said:

I did the math (which is not as catchy as "you do the math")

 

   2 new sapphire colors

+ 1 new copper color

+ 1 new hybrid (full-size)

+ 1 new electric color

+ 3 new gemshard colors

+ 2 new cantomaris colors

+ 1 new pygmy color

+ 4 new floret colors

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15 new dragons for the 15th birthday

 

13 hours ago, Murkydepths said:

The fact that new florets aren't creating shadows in the floret encylopedia, the different head crest + tail, and the muscley wings and opening mouth like it's asking for food....

 

 

Cuckoo florets...?

 

11 hours ago, purplehaze said:

I saw the figure 800 UVs mentioned several places in this thread.

 

10 hours ago, Velvetie said:

 

yes, here it is from discord

 

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- The Sapphires have received two new alts; one from lonely eggs and the other from those that receive a lot of attention.

Pink -> using the abandon action. They remain blue if auto'd or teleported. Yellow -> Many Views. just getting it sick isn't enough to alt it. Apparently blue hatchlings (possibly others?) can turn yellow.

 

- The Coppers have a shiny new alt you can get from breeding in the right way.

Copper x Thunder, possibly electric type dragons (storm riders, etc)

 

- A new hybrid is here. Its colors may be a blend of its parents.

Royal Crimson x Royal Blue

 

- Electric Dragons have a new alt. Which BSA you use to obtain it may shock you.

Stun the hatchling

 

- Three new colors of Gemshards have arrived, but they also have a new time-based mechanic—except for one day when chaos reigns supreme.

Eggs generated before the birthday can still hatch new colours. Friday -> Orange & Red 

 

- Two new alts for the Cantormaris Dragons come from two new BSAs.

Ward -> white yellow blue hatchie. Earthquake? -> Green and idk colours are hard

 

- Nilias also have a breed-only alt, from particularly fertile parents.

Fertility on both parents, but they change back if abandoned?

 

- Florets. Make sure to grab the fully new variant from the jungle, but there's certainly more to be discovered.

Orange/Peach from the cave. Magenta/"Dark Purple" -> should not be obtainable by anyone other than TJ yet. Blue ? Brown ? Doesn't seem to be affected by BSAs

 

 

10 hours ago, High Lord November said:

 

Florets are unknown.

Gemshards are suspected to be based on the day of the week, with exception of one day where it's random.

Sapphires - abandon and you get pink, get a lot of unique views (800?) and it turns yellow.

Cantormaris - the green is by using EQ, the white is by using Ward.

Copper alt is by breeding a copper with a primary lightening dragon, like Thunders, Astrapi, Electric, Bolt.

Electric alt is by hitting an Electric hatchling with Bolt BSA.

Pygmy is by having both pygmy parents affected by Fertility BSA. I think only one parent needs to be Nilia for it to work.

Hybrid is Royal Crimson x Royal Blue.

 

9 hours ago, Fyrebird said:

As somebody who still sometimes has trouble telling silver from white, I can relate. (Although I have no trouble spotting the tinge of blue on the canopy versus pebble, which confuses my sister).

 

I agree. The only CBs I have of these (2), I got through trading.

 

It's the 15th birthday, so there are 15 new things. I counted because I remember they did 10 new dragons for the 10th birthday. Honestly, the fact that so many of them DON'T require catching them in the cave makes it easier to get this many new ones. I remember trying to get 10 new ones with the limited slots was a nightmare... you couldn't catch them all yourself right away, so you had to hope the ones you caught were the rare ones since they would be so much harder to catch once the initial drops ended.

Not necessarily true. I am just coming of a hiatus, so it may have changed (I've noticed a few things that have), but back in the day a CB egg could end up in the AP if nobody picked it up from the cave. It wasn't only abandoned eggs that went there, despite the name.

 

There's already a precedent for this. The pitfire dragons have a color alt that is ONLY achieved through killing. At least these you only have to risk them dying... you don't have to actually stab them with a knife, risking them running away.

I took a screenshot. Here are eggs and descriptions.

 

9 hours ago, angelicdragonpuppy said:

 

 

Ugh. Apparently the original Coppers got updated? The shading is different and the colors look less rich than they did before. 😕

 

So fun playing a game all about collecting art you like... just so that art can be changed on you! At any time! For any reason!

 

"Oh ADP, all you do is grumble! Why don't you just leave?"

 

It's hard to walk away from something you put hundreds of hours into over twelve years. Plus FOMO is a real thing. So I'll just sit in my cave, sulking, clinging to my mercifully unchanged Sunsongs and throwing darts at a cut out of the Avatar of Annoying Change.

 

 

 

 

9 hours ago, Marrionetta said:

If there is I expect Shoko to be the one to produce it!

 

9 hours ago, Spyridon said:

Okay got my 3 new gemshards.

 

Before I start doing anything, the influence and incubate BSAs don't do anything for these breeds right?

 

8 hours ago, High Lord November said:

 

Correct. EQ only affects eggs. If the egg has a crack in it, and the egg has less than 6 hours on it, then there's the possibility of the egg hatching (and then either you catch the hatchling, or it runs away meaning you lose it), nothing happening, or the egg dying. If the egg has more than 6 hours days on it and/or no cracks, then the two options are "remain unaffected" or "egg dying".

 

8 hours ago, Spyridon said:

 

You have to stay in Jungle and every so often, a gemshard or canto will break through the flood of the florets.

 

 

It only affects eggs. Though I'm surprised hatchlings don't attempt to fly away. Some birds flee when they sense one coming in our area.

 

8 hours ago, oxoniensis said:

There are also Cantos, Sapphires etc dropping in Alpine, Coast, and Volcano now. Possibly other biomes too, that’s just where I’ve seen them.

 

8 hours ago, HeatherMarie said:

Oh, the wiki say 6 *days*, not 6 hours. That makes a lot more sense. 

 

8 hours ago, High Lord November said:

 

It doesn't need to hatch to turn green, it just needs to survive EQ as an egg to turn green. Make sure to not incubate the egg by accident after using EQ, because incubate will override EQ and turn the variant to red/black.

 

7 hours ago, surelychoo said:

oh another thing I noticed—the magenta florets seem to be recoloured versions of the old sprite, while the orange, periwinkle, and brown florets are the same colourings but with new sprites. I'm assuming that one trio of pink-purple-brown will be biome-specific and the other trio will be bred-only. That established, I wonder why it's the orange eggs (pink colouring, new sprite) that are the new biome-specific and not the magentas (pink colouring, old sprite).

 

7 hours ago, DragonLady86 said:

Just caught a sapphire in the desert so they are rarely dropping in other biomes.

 

Has anyone else noticed that that shadows look like the pink and yellow won't be just recolors but have different poses?

 

7 hours ago, Naruhina_94 said:

I'm very glad to be here to celebrate Dc 15th birthday. Happy birthday DC ❤️

Such a long time, so many new mechanics, the game is kept fresh and enjoiable. I do like how it keeps evolving, even tho I would like more user-friendly pages to be added for us to keep track of everything. I think for example that in the Encyclopedia there should definetly be space for a specific ALT page where all possibile alternative sprites mechanics are added each time you discover one. 

It's getting a bit off hand. Here is a list of every breed that present some kind of alternate form, permanent or that just last few hours:

 

I think it would be appreciated if we distinguish from Variants (same breed, same sprite, different colors), Alternative (same breed, different sprite, different colors), Egglike (similar eggs, different adults)

Big spoilers ahead on how to get each alternative colored / sprited version in game.

 

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Aegis (permanent but reversible sprite change after BSA)

Aeon (The use of Precognition causes an aesthetic change in the adult Aeon's sprite that lasts the duration of the cooldown period)

Alcedine (2 completely differnt sprites and color from the same egg)

Black / Dark Green / Undine (bred only possible ALT form. The egg is the same)

Cantormaris (same sprite, 6 different colors)

Celestial (The use of Corporealize causes an aesthetic change in the adult Aeon's sprite that lasts a week)

Copper (same sprite, 3 different colors obtainable CB + 1 new color that can only obtain through breeding. Be careful with the mother's biome when breeding)

Dark Lumina / Light Lumina (when bred to specific breeds they change color for 24 hours. Either breed can produce the other)

purple/red Dorsal (same sprite, 2 different colors)

Electric (ALT obtainbale with stunning an Hatchie)

Firegem (same breed, similar egg, 3 different sprites, 3 different colored adults)

Floret (same breed, similar egg, 6 different colored adults. i dont know if the new adults are also shaped differently as the hatchies and hatchilings are already giving me headache to figure out how many they are)

Gemshard ( same breed, same egg, same adults (presumably), 6 different colors)

Glystere wyrm (his BSA makes him slightly change every 24 hours)

Lunar Herald (same breed, slightly different eggs, same adults, 4 different colors, depends on moon phase)

Nebula (same egg, same hatchie, 2 different set of hatchlings, 2 different sprited set of adults)

Pitfire (alternative obtainable with killing and reviving)

Pyralspite (same breed, slightly different colored eggs, same adults, 3 different ending colors)

Ridgewing (same breed, slightly different colored eggs, same adults, 2 different ending colors

Siyat (same breed, same egg, same adult sprite, 3 different adult colors depending on the time left at hatching)

Snow Angel / Black Sweetling (tied to your scroll ALTS)

Solstice (Bred solstice have different wings)

Spinel Wyvern (same breed, same shape for adults and hatchie, different colors)

Spirit Ward / Nocturne / Stratos (sprite changes on his own during the day)

Striped (same egg, same adults, 5 colors but only 1 obtainable CB)

Sunrise/sunset (same egg, adult depends on the time of the day the egg hatches)

Xol (same egg, alt obtainable with incubate)

Moonglow/Sunbeam Drake (same egg, adult depends on the time of the day the egg is laid)

 

...

And i'm still leaving some out, like Xenowyrms, Zyumorph, prizes and Seasonal)

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, Shadowdrake said:

This release has been such chaos lol

 

6 hours ago, Jazeki said:

Someone mentioned in Discord that today's update/release mechanic retroactively also applies to existing gemshards eggs.

 

31 minutes ago, Jazeki said:

Updoot: I asked in Discord if anyone has a low-stat yellow sapphire and was told that they have to have at least 4,000 views to turn yellow. 

 

Master post of ALL successful breeding attempts plus funny comments, commentary on sprite changes, and notes from Pixxellation about the Magenta Florets.

Edited May 22, 2021 by Shokomon
Removed a quote and added new quote

[Fyrebird]

14 minutes ago, Shokomon said:

  5 hours ago, Fyrebird said:

How do you get the copper alt again?

 

I thought it's to breed with electric affinity dragon, but I only got normal copper out of them  (2 copper eggs out of at least 12 breeding pairs, the other one has been bolt, thunder, astrapi)

 

https://dragcave.net/lineage/mamWE

https://dragcave.net/lineage/CLua7

 

(cries because I don't have many more electric aligned dragons to breed with...

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None of this part was me, just so you know.

[Jazeki]

For those with pink sapphires from the AP, does anything happen when incubated? 

[Banuk]

4 minutes ago, Jazeki said:

For those with pink sapphires from the AP, does anything happen when incubated? 

Nothing happened with either of mine that I could see.

[Tini]

14 minutes ago, Moriaty said:

ah ha!

 

 

 

First time I ever used earthquake too. All four eggs survived. They were freshly laid (7 days 0 hours)

 

This turns them green, right?

 

Gonna breed some more to get the white. As for CBs, I give up (I don't even have enough of other varients lol 

so long as you dont incubate precog ward etc. influence is fine but thats it.

[Shokomon]

13 minutes ago, Fyrebird said:

 

None of this part was me, just so you know.

Removed the quote.

 

Also thank you for the lovely screenshot! 

 

Is it okay if I use it in my spreadsheet? 

 

[blockEdragon]

40 minutes ago, Shokomon said:

Whoops. I'm sorry.

 

It doesn't help that yours was the first successful alt found... (at least on the forum.)

 

The name is very fitting now. I'll spoiler my complication posts from now on though.

No no, I didn't mean it like that! It's totally fine, I posted it so people could see the new sprite and anyone who wants to see one is welcome to look at her, clicks or otherwise. To be more clear I'm absolutely not mad or upset about this in any way, sorry for the miscommunication.

Edited May 22, 2021 by blockEdragon

[Fyrebird]

19 minutes ago, Shokomon said:

Also thank you for the lovely screenshot! 

 

Is it okay if I use it in my spreadsheet? 

 

Sure!

[HeatherMarie]

We need more eggslots. Like, double the highest we have now, lol. This is so frustrating to see all the speculation/experiments/etc and have no slots available (or only one, ended up abandoning a non-new egg to free a space!). I may regret this later, but I traded a stunned electric and white cantor for a messy new-Copper because I saw it in trade and just couldn't resist, lol. The electrics and white cantors seem the easiest and most straight-forward ones so far, so I'll just do those later. 

 

Has anyone had any Gemshard eggs hatch since the beginning of the new release? I'm very curious if the time-mechanic is hatch or laid.

[Arcy]

 15 whole new dragons all with varying mechanics is definitely overwhelming! it's fun to joke about crazy alt mechanics and huge releases, it's another for it to actually happen ;w;

that said, i'm pretty excited for them! especially the sapphires, cantors, and electrics (!!!) the abandon and EQ alts sound tricky, but fun :3

the nilias and morets are certainly intriguing, and purple gemmies!! them being timed based is a welcome change. thank you for having mercy on us Odie 🙏

the coppers i'm meh on? i'm cool with the new alt being hard to breed, but it's nearly identical to the rainbow one :< the shading on the old ones is overall much better, but the dithering now sticks out too much to me, especially on the brown one, and the subtle accent colors are mostly gone. I do appreciate that the brown and rainbow are more distinct from each other though.

and of course, the long awaited royal purple hybrid!! not naming them imperial purples or tyrian purples was a missed opportunity tbh, but I love them all the same. always nice to see more purple dragons  💜

[Shokomon]

Note, did any of the floret eggs hatch for anybody yet? I want to know which hatch does the shiny orange one become, because I missed it. 

 

Also, while I love figuring out all these new mechanic, and thank you TJ and sprites for all these new dragons, TJ, this is too many dragons at once.

 

It's like the 7th DC birthday, when we got 1 new dragon species every day for 7 days.

 

That's too much at once. This is too much at once. 

Maybe if you spaced it out over a couple weeks, it would be easier to handle. 

 

It's just a lot... 

 

I do, however, appreciate all the new fun things to try.

 

Not too happy about Earthquaking though. I've had bad luck with Earthquake. I can deal though. It's like Biting an egg...but with all the eggs. I think I'll just breed or catch the one Cantomaris I want to try it on, and then use Earthquake, and THEN, catch any other eggs. 

 

I'm all for abandoning, though. It's like secret santa, but for eggs (and hatchlings.) At least, that's how I always viewed it. 

 

Probably going to breed up most of my Sapphires, specifically to abandon. And maybe keep one for a new yellow baby. 

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ON a different note, here is my spreadsheet for all the mechanisms for these new alts / variants! The DC Birthday 2021 Variant/Alt/Hybrid Mechanism List

 

Please help out and enter in the eggs you've tried the get! We can use it to figure out the Florets and Gemshards! 

 

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23 minutes ago, Fyrebird said:

 

Sure!

Thank you!

 

41 minutes ago, blockEdragon said:

No no, I didn't mean it like that! It's totally fine, I posted it so people could see the new sprite and anyone who wants to see one is welcome to look at her, clicks or otherwise. To be more clear I'm absolutely not mad or upset about this in any way, sorry for the miscommunication.

Oh okay. Just wanted to make sure. Dead hatchies are no good. 

[Fyrebird]

Just now, Shokomon said:

I want to know which hatch does the shiny orange one become, because I missed it. 

Should still be in the same order on TJ's scroll as before. Refer to my screenshot for egg order.

[Shokomon]

1 minute ago, Fyrebird said:

Should still be in the same order on TJ's scroll as before. Refer to my screenshot for egg order.

Thank you!

 

Okay then it's one of the "Florets" that came out of the Shiny orange egg.

[Magellan]

@Shokomon I don't get why this is too many? Sure, it is a huge batch of new things, but except for the ONE new Floret, there is no time pressure at all. All these new things are here to stay and play with. Don't put yourself under too much pressure everything at once and immediately is definitely too much, but not over time. Take care

[Tini]

2 minutes ago, Magellan said:

@Shokomon I don't get why this is too many? Sure, it is a huge batch of new things, but except for the ONE new Floret, there is no time pressure at all. All these new things are here to stay and play with. Don't put yourself under too much pressure everything at once and immediately is definitely too much, but not over time. Take care

Some of us like getting release date things. I only managed a single electric all day -__- Bought 4 cantors cause there was no way I was missing out on them but its a pain that the new stuff didn't flood at all except the one floret. 

[Magellan]

@Tini aaah, so it is a Date thing? Like right from the Birthday date? Thanks for explaining

[Shokomon]

1 minute ago, Magellan said:

@Shokomon I don't get why this is too many? Sure, it is a huge batch of new things, but except for the ONE new Floret, there is no time pressure at all. All these new things are here to stay and play with. Don't put yourself under too much pressure everything at once and immediately is definitely too much, but not over time. Take care

Yeah I know. It's just kind overwhelming to keep track of. 

I don't have to get them all, and I don't have to get them now. However, I do have to remember them all, and how to get them, and since they are all new, it will be a lot of back and forth between my spreadsheet and threads and the wiki to verify things, particularly for the Gemshards, which are time based.

 

I've done a good couple time-based mechanic releases already, and those take time, but usually they are standalone. With all these other eggs, it's going to be hard to recuit people to test things out. 

[Magellan]

Just now, Shokomon said:

Yeah I know. It's just kind overwhelming to keep track of. 

I don't have to get them all, and I don't have to get them now. However, I do have to remember them all, and how to get them, and since they are all new, it will be a lot of back and forth between my spreadsheet and threads and the wiki to verify things, particularly for the Gemshards, which are time based.

 

I've done a good couple time-based mechanic releases already, and those take time, but usually they are standalone. With all these other eggs, it's going to be hard to recuit people to test things out. 

That is true.Let me know if I can help out. I try freeing my scroll first and I gotta let you know, that I sometimes don't come online for days (be it because of poor health or visiting Family), but I will try what I can.

[Spyridon]

2 minutes ago, Magellan said:

@Shokomon I don't get why this is too many? Sure, it is a huge batch of new things, but except for the ONE new Floret, there is no time pressure at all. All these new things are here to stay and play with. Don't put yourself under too much pressure everything at once and immediately is definitely too much, but not over time. Take care

 

I think from a perspective, it's just the exponential increase of activity and information on experiment, theories, etc flying back and forth. Add in the fact that maybe the person only has an hour during the initial release to determine how best to use their slots vs the 15ish new variations, checking their spreadsheets, etc.

 

I know I was being overwhelmed so after getting two eggs, I forced myself to step away and not focus on the general feeling of ineptness that was building seeing people had this egg or that egg. 12 hours later, I was better once I put it all into perspective. (hybrids are easier to get so I can focus on those later and it's not a big deal if they don't have the release date for capture). Of course other people will handle the game differently or be able to roll with it better. It was the reason why I stepped away from the game a few years ago due to the stress of the prize dragons during the holidays.

[Tetelestai]

Sorry for my negative comment earlier, all. I've just had a very bad chronic pain day, family issues, and then stumbling into all the mysteries of the cave tonight. I feel overwhelmed and like I'll never catch up to reach scroll goals. Honestly close to tears at this point. If any fellow Christian reads this, I could use an unspoken prayer request, please ❤️

[Nightwalkerkey]

I'm so loving this! This will keep me busy for a *while* which is just what I wanted, since I've got closer to my scroll goals!  thank you so much spriters and TJ for a great, HUGE 15th birthday, I can't wait for adults!

[Shokomon]

22 minutes ago, Magellan said:

That is true.Let me know if I can help out. I try freeing my scroll first and I gotta let you know, that I sometimes don't come online for days (be it because of poor health or visiting Family), but I will try what I can.

Thank you! I appreciate it!

 

I'll appreciate anyone else help too! Enter in your attempts to the spreadsheet please!

5 minutes ago, Tetelestai said:

Sorry for my negative comment earlier, all. I've just had a very bad chronic pain day, family issues, and then stumbling into all the mysteries of the cave tonight. I feel overwhelmed and like I'll never catch up to reach scroll goals. Honestly close to tears at this point. If any fellow Christian reads this, I could use an unspoken prayer request, please ❤️

*sends some prayers and positive energy your way*

[prllx]

Maybe we should breed new florets(?) from peach eggs with gold and purple ones to get the other variants?

Like, peach x purple = lavender or grape egg / peach x gold = brown or grape egg or something...

Idk, just a speculation.😄

Edited May 22, 2021 by prllx