Flight Rising Discussion

i'm a frequent exalter, and i work alongside Lightning's trainers team to do so! i have very strict lair preferences, so everything is fodder to me and i often am treated as a 'garbage can' by my friends (lovingly of course)

What do you think about buying at LAH and training with no gap for the person you purchased off to message you?
it's yote once it's yote. i can't take anywhere from a few minutes to a few days to exalt, but i'm not opposed to restoring if someone wants to ask. i'll do my best!

What's your opinion on exalting higher priced dragons e.g. 10kt?
in the context of fodder specifically, then i'll try to avoid it. might do it in a battle but otherwise whats the point? in the context of ANY dragon - if i dont want a dragon, ill ask friends if they want it, and if not, it's getting exalted unless i think its stand-out pretty or something!

Do you personally like to exalt, or are you a no exalt lair completely?
absolutely love to exalt, me. cant get enough of it. serotonin rush 1000

(If you're an exalting lair) Do you save up a batch, and mass exalt? Or do you train two with a flyer and exalt in pairs?
i usually buy in batches from fodder breeders in my flight and exalt once a batch is done! i train in pairs

How do you feel about exalting dragons from giveaways? Even if its been a while, do you CR them back like some posts request, or train to exalt?
i never participate in giveaways so i've no real idea. i'd think itd be courteous to try and send it back, but if theres no response or you just do not have the energy, then exalting is fine.

[b]What do you think about buying at LAH and training with no gap for the person you purchased off to message you?[/b] does not bother me one bit, even exalted a few missprices this way and gotten flak for it from the sellers. I just tell them the same thing "I position my mouse over the LAH, move my line of sight to my treasure, and click-enter-F5 until it no longer goes down." I literally don't see what price the dragons I buy are when batch training. if they want me to use my restoration, they'd better be willing to compensate for the cool-down as well. [b]What's your opinion on exalting higher priced dragons e.g. 10kt?[/b] Unless it's a Gen 1 Imp or a very low digit dragon, I don't care. [b]Do you personally like to exalt, or are you a no exalt lair completely?[/b] Had to put this in my profile to stop getting bothered [img]https://i.imgur.com/tFwNTbm.gif[/img] [b](If you're an exalting lair) Do you save up a batch, and mass exalt? Or do you train two with a flyer and exalt in pairs? [/b] Combination of Hib-denning hatchlings until they grow up and have the exalt bonus, training whatever hatches that don't sell, and Batch-buying/training my available lair space. [b]How do you feel about exalting dragons from giveaways? Even if its been a while, do you CR them back like some posts request, or train to exalt?[/b] If it's a giveaway from a player quitting/ lair clearing, exalt away if they don't fit. if it's from a giveaway to non-exalt lairs, contact them to see if they want it back, give em a week and then get em out of the lair whichever way it goes.

What do you think about buying at LAH and training with no gap for the person you purchased off to message you?
I'm an exalting lair, and I participate in my flight's pushes often sniping/training fodder. I had the rule that if someone wanted to message me within ten-twenty minutes of buying and training, I'd return the dragon, but require compensation. Since I have never been contacted to return a LAH dragon, I just changed the rule to no refunds at all, just to streamline my process. It's nice for people to offer returning a dragon, but personally it's too much hassle and time.

What's your opinion on exalting higher priced dragons e.g. 10kt?
It's obviously up to the buyer, but I don't like exalting dragons above 10kt, just cause I respect that as a safe floor for people who want their dragons to go to forever homes.

Do you personally like to exalt, or are you a no exalt lair completely?
I like exalting, it's a good source of income! I don't think I'd ever switch to a non-exalt lair just cause I like helping out my flight and earning some extra cash.

(If you're an exalting lair) Do you save up a batch, and mass exalt? Or do you train two with a flyer and exalt in pairs?
I buy until my lair is full, then mire a single or a pair until all my purchases are leveled, then mass exalt and repeat!

How do you feel about exalting dragons from giveaways? Even if its been a while, do you CR them back like some posts request, or train to exalt?
I have only won one dragon from a giveaway, and she's a perma, so I don't really have an opinion on this! However if I have a dragon from a hatchery, or bought at 10kt+, I'll put them on the AH for gems rather than exalt.

What do you think about buying at LAH and training with no gap for the person you purchased off to message you? Its fine.

What's your opinion on exalting higher priced dragons e.g. 10kt? I personally won't buy them just to exalt them unless its a dom battle, but if I buy them and then decide I no longer want them later then I exalt. I think its fine for others to do the same. If someone is buying them just to exalt thats kinda rude but theres no reason to get angry about it.

Do you personally like to exalt, or are you a no exalt lair completely? I exalt. Usually dragons I no longer want to keep but have had for awhile. Very rarely do I actually buy dragons for the purpose of exalting.

(If you're an exalting lair) Do you save up a batch, and mass exalt? Or do you train two with a flyer and exalt in pairs? If a big battle is coming up I will save a few dragons back but otherwise I just train in pairs then exalt.

How do you feel about exalting dragons from giveaways? Even if its been a while, do you CR them back like some posts request, or train to exalt? Personally, I wouldn't mind if someone exalted a dragon I gave away as long as they weren't just entering the giveaway to get more fodder. I always get worried when I want to get rid of a dragon I got from a giveaway because I usually exalt any dragons that leave my lair for lore reasons, but I know sometimes people don't want giveaway dragons exalted. Honestly my memory is not that great when it comes to that stuff though so there is a decent chance I won't remember where I got the dragon in the first place and exalt them. Or I will remember I got them from a giveaway but not who they came from and then simply have no idea what to do with the dragon.


Other Stuff about Exalting.
I wish exalting didn't have pillars and instead had a nice background that looked like the dragon actually doing something. Personally my lore is exalting is basically joining the military or going off to do something else that helps the flight. I pretty much always exalt dragons instead of rehoming them because its awkward to land on a former lore dragons page somehow and see them in a new lair with totally new lore.

For example if Bob was a fisherman who has two kids in my lair still, and I no longer want to keep Bob but he is still mentioned in his kids lore, I would rather exalt him than rehome him and and eventually click on him through his kids page and find a lore paragraph about how he is an edgy teenager who is also a gardener...

What do you think about buying at LAH and training with no gap for the person you purchased off to message you?

There's nothing wrong with it at all. But I do often horde lots of fodder for big dom events (or because I'm using them to breed more fodder) and sellers are welcome to buy dragons back during that hording period.

What's your opinion on exalting higher priced dragons e.g. 10kt?

Usually that's a non-issue for me, but imo it's totally fine to exalt any dragon you bought yourself at any price. Unless we're talking about deliberate spite exalting, that's kinda mean

Do you personally like to exalt, or are you a no exalt lair completely?

I'm super into exalting! I love participating in Plague dom, plus it's how I make most of my money :P I also really like doing oof dom raffles, so I train lots of dragons for exaltation even if I'm not exalting them myself

(If you're an exalting lair) Do you save up a batch, and mass exalt? Or do you train two with a flyer and exalt in pairs?

I do it by batches. Just quicker that way for me, also it's really satisfying to exalt like 40 dragons at once and get a big lump sum of treasure

How do you feel about exalting dragons from giveaways? Even if its been a while, do you CR them back like some posts request, or train to exalt?

As someone who gives away a lot of dragons... I don't think there's anything wrong with someone exalting a free dragon they no longer want. It is nice of folks to send it back or re-gift the dragon to someone else instead, but nbd if they don't

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Edited to answer @bakugames questions as well!

Do you allow people to buy back dragons you've trained? Only through certain condition, at a higher price, etc?

I don't usually sell them if they're already trained, because there's a good chance I've already logged them with Plague's fodder hording program. But I'll happily trade them for a fodder dragon of the same level


Do you give exalts names? Just call them exalt? If the feature to use unnamed dragons in the coli was given, would you train and exalt unnamed fodder?

Sometimes I use the random name gen, and sometimes I use my copy/paste fodder name "Darkspawn." The name gen sometimes causes my browser to lag, so if I'm a hurry, they're getting Darkspawned.

I would probably still name them to avoid drama. But I would still love it if we could bring Unnamed into coli, so I could have some truly nameless lvl 25 permas.

If someone ask you to change your fodder name, would you do it? Or only if the person paid a renaming scroll? Or not at all?

Honestly? Not at all. I really encourage people to name before they sell if they're concerned about offspring lists

Short answers because I can't think rn. =)

They sold the dragon at LAH, I'm perfectly fine exalting within minutes if I'm low on space for fodder + grinding hard.

I won't buy fodder for more than 8kt, but for more expensive dragons that I bought to project breed/keep, I will exalt them when I don't want them any more- normally they will sit in my sales tab for a while first though.

All the exalts. The amount varies though because interest + repetitive stress.

The amount exalted at a time depends on if I have lair space and my whim. I don't hold more than 20 trained guys though.

I don't enter giveaways/raffles much, but I wouldn't exalt anyone from those (unless its been Years). If a dragon I didn't want was the last prize I would pass on grabbing them instead.

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Ooh, more questions. =3

If they're trained I'll sell them for 25kt/g or trade for a same level fodder or a couple of untrained fodder or something equivalent. To anyone, not just the original owner.

I use the random name generator a couple times until it gives me something decent. Always name before exalting, (even for g1s) even if I don't end up leveling someone- it just avoids drama. And unnameds are slightly annoying to me too. ;P

If someone felt so strongly as to message me to change the exalt name I would (look at them weirdly) just straight up ask them what the new name should be and do it. I have plenty of scrolls hanging around at this point so its fine.

What do you think about buying at LAH and training with no gap for the person you purchased off to message you?

I don't do it very often because I hoard hatchlings in my hibden but my feeling is that if people don't want their dragons exalted they shouldn't sell them. That said, I will sell any of my fodder to people who ask me for it, and when I run across people who don't like their hatchlings exalted I block them so I don't buy theirs any more.

What's your opinion on exalting higher priced dragons e.g. 10kt?

If you're dom battling hard enough to be okay losing money I'm okay with it.

Do you personally like to exalt, or are you a no exalt lair completely?

It's how I make most of my money and I love doing it. I love buying hecktons of pretty dragons and cherishing each one for the short time it's in my coli team before I send it on to Windsinger.


(If you're an exalting lair) Do you save up a batch, and mass exalt? Or do you train two with a flyer and exalt in pairs?

Both. I buy masses of hatchlings that grow up in my hibden and I pull out and train the ones with the day's exalt bonus. I also buy adults without a hibden cooldown to train and stash in another hibden tab for Wind pushes.

How do you feel about exalting dragons from giveaways? Even if its been a while, do you CR them back like some posts request, or train to exalt?

I don't really get dragons from giveaways and I'm kind of ambivalent about it. I'd be irked at people exalting gift dragons immediately but I think it's fair enough after a while.

Do you allow people to buy back dragons you've trained? Only through certain condition, at a higher price, etc?

Sure, either for the amount I'd make exalting it or swap for an equivalent fodder.

Do you give exalts names? Just call them exalt? If the feature to use unnamed dragons in the coli was given, would you train and exalt unnamed fodder?

Absolutely. I wouldn't exalt anything unnamed even if I could. I use the random generator and just click on anything I wouldn't hate seeing in my own offspring lists.

If someone ask you to change your fodder name, would you do it? Or only if the person paid a renaming scroll? Or not at all?

I'd ask for a scroll but I'd do it for the person who owns the fodder's parents, if they caught me in time. But really if you care what name it goes to the gods with, you should name it before it leaves your lair.

I don't exalt just because I don't like fodder levelling, I tried it and it's hideously boring, I like coli but I skip around venues and farm different places. To me, I'll price my dragons above the fodder floor because I tend to breed dragons that I feel look pretty, and I hope they'll find someone who appreciates them. But I understand if they get exalted. It's not something I can control