Progress update
Hiya everybody,
A quick pre-NotN update. The past two weeks I've been mostly busy with work; lots of assignments need to be finished before the end of the year and that has kept me occupied. But, after much insistent advise from colleagues and friends alike, I did decide to take time off for the holidays. It meant I needed to shoulder through a bit more work than I expected, but I managed to finish it all in time! On FR my intention was to mostly keep myself occupied with AH sales, but then Banescales happened! Some things just don't according to plan.. :D
Auction House Sales
During the first few weeks of December I managed to sell some more food and liquidated a bit of my investments. While sniping can be very lucrative, especially when something as big and exciting as a new breed is released, I have noticed before it is not really my thing. (Apparently it is really exciting so my heart rate goes through the roof, but without a corresponding amount of physical exertion, I just end up feeling really woozzy). So I only did to for a tiny bit the first day. I did manage to sell off the 6 hatchling from my two Banescale pairs for a pretty penny after booning the nests.
Coliseum spotlight
The past two weeks I haven't done too much farming. Partially because I want to spare my wrist for NotN, and I managed to track down all the new fams pretty early, so I felt a bit aimless whenever I went into the coliseum. I did still train up some fodder for Earth's Dom push this week, during the Frigidfin, but nothing too extraordinary. I did get a shadow egg for my efforts, so it was definitely worth it! I was hoping to get a skeletal for one of my Banescales, but no such luck. Hopefully the coming two weeks I'll have a bit better luck with that.
Other activities
I had over 200 lv10 dragons waiting in my HibDen to be exalted for Earth's NotN conquest push. That caused a nice amount of cashflow. I've also maxed the fairegrounds daily, and transmuted items at Baldwin's, but not much else specials. (Other than constantly scrying my dragons as Banescales and scouring the AH for new Gen1s)
Updated totals
On-hand currency: 33.8% (+ 2.8%)
Hoard value: 9.8% (+/- 0.0%)*
Investments: 76.8.% (- 1.7%)
Total: 120.4% (+ 1.1%)
*Biting the bullet I just completely updated my hoard spreadsheet. Very painful. Very slow. But I did it. Despite selling loads of food, and reducing apparel and familiars at Baldwin's, the hoardsell value of my hoard is still hanging on to that 9.8%. Hopefully that'll a grow a bit during NotN!
Plans for NotN
Despite basically starting my preparations the day last year's NotN ended, I don't feel quite prepared. I got pretty unlucky with my Baldwin transmutations, and have a lack of the most valuable ingredients needed for the strange chest brews. But I have a lot of yellow sludge, so let's hope the sheer quantity of them will still reel in a decent profit.
I'll be mostly farming, aiming to get a certain amount of chests each day. I'm not sure yet how many. Last year I aimed at 100 chests each day, and 100 eggs by the end of the event. Which I achieved with time to spare. But I also want to get enough rest during the holidays.. So I guess I'll make it a bit of a last minute decision!
(Due to the other items dropping from strange chests not selling too well, I have also been considering just selling the strange chests instead. Apparel and familiars you can still transmute at Baldwins, but I have way too many useless vistas and smirches in my hoard and I'm not really looking forward growing that collection any further.. I guess I hope they'll significantly lower the drop rates for those, or add them as an additional drop so that you don't completely waste a strange chest when you get a smirch or vista.)
Question of the month
Banescales!
Did you guys expect a new Ancient breed so soon (only 6 months) after Gaolers?
Do you like them and do you have any? And more importantly, do you know how to pronounce their name?
As I mentioned before, I have two breeding pairs, and honestly; they turned two dragons I was kinda considering to let go into two of my favourites!
Because I haven't been lucky enough to get Skeletal to drop, Strawberry is currently outfitted with a random Tertiary gene I plucked from the treasure marketplace, but soon she'll look magnificent and fierce!
Her mate, Pumpkin, who I honestly thought would be my trusty Tundra forever, was her perfect mate in terms of colour ranges, and he has the perfect fiery colours for a Banescale too.
And then Guave and Juniper, rocking that plumed Tertiary so well! Bright angry birbs!
I didn't end up hatching my Banescale eggs, cause I have horrible luck. But who knows, maybe one day I'll fish 'em out of my vault, dust 'em off and crack 'em open!
If you have any Banescales, please show them off! Did you hatch 'em from those clanbound eggs, breed change any existing dragons you had or did you buy them as new additions?
That's it for now. Thank you all for your continued interest and support. <3
And above all, a very happy NotN and happy holidays!
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