Flight Rising Discussion

Edit: Thank you all for the help, I'll leave this thread up so others can get some of these wonderful tips and ideas to help with thinning out their own lairs. :)

Any suggestions on how to let go of extra dragons? I'm struggling to figure out which dragons I truly love and which ones I hoard because I'm afraid no one else will want and might exalt. I've sold gened Gen 1s and seen them end up exalted so you can't say that doesn't happen.

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I was going to see about having some kind of lair theme or something awhile back but all I've got is an unhealthy attachment to a whole mess of dragons. I like Gen 1s so I have a bunch of those, I like them to be bred since unbred dragons seem somehow more valuable in a way that I should sell them rather than keep, except for the unbred Gen 1s that I have and love...why no consistency?!

Basically, I'm a hoarder on FR and in real life, I like things that are unique and cheap. Things that would be valuable if they were something similar but different than what they are, Gen 1s for example, the same dragon would generally cost a lot less if it had offspring, especially unnamed offspring than if it was unbred.

For those who want a real life example: I collect/hoard old books, usually ones that no one has heard of, or things that would be considered outdated. One of my treasures is a Bacteriology textbook from 1934, safe to say it's not a very big text book. A lot of people have lots of books but most if not all of mine are purely for the purpose of having them, I have little or no intention of ever reading them but oh my gosh do I love them. However, I collect a number of different things, think lots of little collections. Note: I'm aware of and manage my hoarding with the help of my husband and family so I won't end up on that tv show, plus trash is icky.

My dragon lair has become a similar collection of randomness. I have a handful of dragons that are memorial dragons for pets that passed away (some Gen 1s, some not) but I stopped with that because I have had a lot of pets living on a farm and my lair was on the edge of becoming a sad graveyard type place. I also have my Gen 1 collection that seems to happen completely based on "Oh that's cheap". So now it's just a lot of mis-matched dragons I've happened to grow attached to.

I feel you. Currently I'm doing a small lair purge, with only 5 dragons for sale. I plan on doing more in the future because I would like to start having a lair theme.

It's hard letting go of dragons that you've had for months or years, but in the end, I smile because whether they're exalted or in a good home, I finally know that they're still going to be on here until the site ends.

Once you start thinking 'well no big deal if it gets exalted', you'll know which dragons you can sell.

With that said, anything that's not 'too valuable' (6digits, xxy/xxy/xyx/xxx g1) is potentially slated for exaltation. So if you have some random dragons that don't fit these criteria that aren't also memorial dragons...those could be the ones you're keeping to 'save them'

And yes...gened g1's will most definitely get exalted during random dom pushes. Hell, I have one that I saved (called One) that I almost chucked to some pushing flight's dom raffle before I noticed the 'gened g1' part. If I didn't notice it probably would have gotten exalted lol

Well, I can say one thing. If you have dragons over two years old that you fear will be exalted, I will take them. I love older dragons, and will certainly give them a permanent home.

have depression and be unable to grow attached to any of your dragons at all

to put it bluntly, you just have to stop caring. i've found that i'm often way less attached to a dragon than I think I am; exalting is just a scary idea.

here's something you can try: if you're on the fence about a dragon, take off all it's clothes, skin, familiar, everything. move it to the back of your lair for a long time. I'm talking months. if you find yourself going to its page or thinking about it often even though it's out of the way, it can stay. If you see it on the last page and think "Oh right, i guess you exist, i havn't thought about you in WEEKS," exalt it.

Also, don't be afraid to exalt. If the only reason you're keeping it is because it won't sell, exalt it. it's the same concept as just throwing away all the stuff in your bedroom you don't want anymore, even if they're "perfectly good" and could be donated to a local charity/thrift shop. Sure, someone else could absolutely use it, but if you have it no one will either way.

put them all in the huge free dragons thread.

make a thread in dragons for sale saying "lore cleanout," but don't mention specifically which ones are for sale. if someone's interested in one or two, you can be reasonably sure they're actually interested. give them away for free or for like 15kt if you're worried about exalting.

spend time training them up to 20+, then sell them. very few people buy lvl 25s just to exalt.

send them to a foddart thread or a dom raffle

there's tons of ways to get dragons into the hands of people who actually want them and would use them. the hardest part is letting go, but remember that you probably don't actually want them, you just don't want to have to get rid of them.

a bit of advice I've found useful is to sit down and, without looking at your lair, write down as many of the dragons as you can. The ones you can't remember are probably going to be easier to part with!

To me, I haven't really been on all that long to exalt to many of my permanet dragons, if any. So, I'd say any dragon that doesn't quite fit my desires gets a stern gazing upon and existential internal discussion prior to any decision.

When I purged a few weeks ago, I kept any dragon that I wouldn't trade for an imp scroll.

Another way is to not look at your lair. If you forget about a dragon, it's probably best to sell or exalt.