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[quote name="MurkyDepths" date="2019-04-15 13:58:42" ] Wait wait, so EACH ancient breed will have their own genes? That sounds like so much more work! Unique genes for every breed? How much would it suck if we still get one gene update per month but not it only effects one breed? Answer: A WHOLE LOT Unless, ancient breeds only have one set of genes? Yeah then they're just familiars you can change the colour of. Liking this less and less the more I think about it. [/quote] This is starting to become my thought, too... :( As exciting as the base concept is, it sounds like a massive amount of extra work? If every Ancient will have its own unique genes, [b]plus[/b] the ongoing work on new Modern breeds, genes, and apparel... That’s looking to be quite a hassle. Let’s say we have 4 Ancient breeds. Each Ancient has 3 unique genes. That’s 12 breed-exclusive genes, multiplied by female, male, and hatchling— so 36 unique patterns/“mutations” that would need to be drawn, on top of the already-heavy workload for Modern breeds. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still looking forward to seeing what Ancients we’ll get, but... Are you guys sure that it won’t pull away from work on new Modern breeds? Quality over quantity: I don’t mind waiting a while longer if it means we can get a fully fleshed-out dragon breed! Right now, I’m concerned that this will spread the art team too thin and essentially be a “Look, something new and shiny!” update that falls into obscurity when the novelty wears off. If each Ancient breed has exclusive genes, and isn’t compatible with Modern or even other Ancient breeds’ genes, I can’t imagine that each breed will have many genes of its own (as that’s a lot of work for something so exclusive)... That makes them glorified familiars, basically.

I've decided to reserve judgment on these.

However, I will say that this feels a lot like the beginning of the site, where dragons had more individual value and there were fewer genes. It will be interesting to see how the economy reacts to this new breed which will NOT be able to breed with pre-existing dragons.

Guess I'm saving up for new releases now.

Wow. Ancient breeds? Cool! And with a separate set of genes for [b]each individual ancient breed[/b]? Also cool! It's just a shame I won't be around to see the first one [emoji=guardian sad] At least I have plenty of treasure and gems saved up. Just gotta make sure I don't spend it all, right? [emoji=coatl tongue] [emoji=coatl winking] Kudos to you guys for taking care of all your employees in terms of fair pay and avoiding "crunch" situations!

Im a little worried, too. Seems like dragons you cant dress up, can only mate with each other, and have 1 type of gene..? I mean I def like the way they are adding new breeds, but at the same time I wish they would release breeds like the ones we have, even if we only get them every couple of years. Quality over quantity, guys.. I guess we can't know for sure 'till they come out, but its doesnt sound too good to me at least. Cool though, even if they are just color changing familiars

So the first ancient breed will be those ridiculous looking things from the silhouette then? Hahaha

Whoo, I might just be mad enough to make a mono-ancient dragon lair. I'd save millions on avoiding dress up.

I'm excited for June 8th, can't wait to see what the 1st ancient breed looks like :)