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What I meant was, new treasure eye types will be released over time so your old dragons are not “abandoned and left out” of these updates. A new eye type takes only slightly less work than a new gene so calm down and wait awhile. The first release was some unusual only-available-through-breeding eyes, to build hype.
Yes, but the eyes to come will never be the same as the breedable only eyes. There will never be another eye type that provides multiple eyes, or one that gives a dragon's eyes elemental energy. We already have those, even if they are damn near impossible to get. What if a new player some time in the future thinks multi-gaze would be perfect for their progen but will be unable to get it due to miserable odds and skyrocketing vial prices? Are they just SOL?
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The big mean admins aren’t oppressing your old dragons. You can live without having the newest hottest things for every one of your dragons for a bit while new eye types are drawn.
Nobody is claiming oppression or "big mean admins", we are simply giving feedback over something that matters to us. Do I hate the admins and think they're oppressing us? No, that would be dumb. I just feel strongly about this topic (and the fact that we've heard nothing about it) and am voicing my support for something I agree with.
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As far as a “legacy” eye type? Maybe, but it’s not likely. Color changes and corrections have to happen occasionally, and no tantrum would get you a “legacy” version of seafoam, or a “legacy” nest to breed on for people who miss the old color wheel. Or “legacy” armor with the old art
Except on 90% of websites that are like Flight Rising, this is exactly how it works. People in these threads have mentioned Wajas, Subeta, and Neopets, which all have some kind of legacy pet option after they change art as to not anger the older players.
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And if you simply can’t live with a 2% chance of a hatchling you could sell for more than average and “will never breed again because” of the potential to get primal or multigaze, then that is just beyond ridiculous. The admins won’t switch off a site feature to accommodate your nitpicking any more than they would let you pick the gender of your hatchlings.
Phobias exist. I personally love body horror but someone else may feel physical repulsion upon seeing things like multi eye or some of the primals. People have complained about other items causing problems like this but the difference here is that you don't have to buy whatever gene gives you a headache or familiar that triggers your phobia, but you have a chance of hatching a dragon that will due to the random nature.
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RNG is a feature of breeding since the beginning, and if you can’t shell out 3 gems for a common vial, then you probably didn’t spend “months on a breeding project, only to be horrified by weird eyes”
Not really, no it hasn't. The only true RNG that can't be controlled for is a dragon's sex and that's literally 50/50 odds, not so bad. Colours are random but it is possible to get a narrow enough range to raise the odds of getting a specific colour. If I want a Robin dragon, it's not like I have to breed randomly until the RNG spits out the colour I want, I can buy a dragon with cyan and one with turquoise and I will probably get robin in a few months.
But trying to breed a dragon with a rare eye type? Others have done the math in this thread and for imperials with primal, the odds point to it potentially taking LONGER THAN THE SITE HAS BEEN AROUND. That's ridiculous.
Flight Rising has not been a site heavily centered around RNG, it has been centered around control and customization of our dragons. Colours are controlled by breeding. Genes and breed changes can be bought. This is why a lot of people joined this site. This is why I have stuck around on this site for over 5 years but abandon most other petsites within a year, they have too many frustrating RNG mechanics.