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[quote name="Thrawn" date="2020-01-08 06:12:20" ] While, yes, it was apparent to some that the genes were too light compared to modern breeds, it also was a good assumption they were different on banescales because they were ancient breeds. There was no "We are aware of a shadow issue with metallic/alloy and there will be a fix in the future." No "We realise metallic and alloy are incomplete." They released an incomplete/bugged set of genes and said nothing for over a month while people went about buying gems, or selling/trading for gems to get metallic/alloy scrolls, unaware that the projects they were working on were going to change overnight. Errors happen. Anyone can make an error and they should have SAID so. But the fact remains there was no communication, as is the wont with these kind of things. Communication would have made this change a LOT different. edit to add: I myself love the changes, metal/alloy was too light for my projects, but I stand by my stance that this could have been handled a LOT better with more communication, especially since the genes in question can be bought with IRL cash. [/quote] I absolutely agree with this. I don't usually come on these threads and complain even if I don't like an update, but those genes are expensive, and people put a LOT of money into buying and geneing banes with the way metal/alloy already looked! It's not a minor correction, and it's one that can well and truly ruin the appearance of a dragon. Like this was my favorite scry of a bane I bought and ended up selling on. Yellow/pumpkin/gold - the yellow was yellow, lighter and slightly brighter than the filigree, and it looked shiny and expensive. Now look at it, it looks dingy like pea soup, totally mismatched: [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=104&bodygene=49&breed=18&element=8&eyetype=2&gender=1&tert=45&tertgene=43&winggene=47&wings=158&auth=2aed77fe128414cf0cf0026e481c6cf31f1a1102&dummyext=prev.png[/img] I would be so angry if I'd spent that money on a metallic gene! There was no reason it needed to match modern dragon metal/alloy exactly since they're not interbreedable and their genes don't carry over with a breed change, and it had good potential - eg., making shiny pastel or neon dragons that would normally lean darker with those genes. I appreciate the glossiness of the new version, but they could have done something to try to make it a closer match to the original colors (like a brightness layer maybe?) to make this change more palatable to people who already used the genes. They really should have said something earlier if they intended to fix it, then there wouldn't have been such a fuss about it.

[quote name="Dreamson" date="2020-01-08 07:50:02" ] @failedslacker I agree that it's ridiculous that they changed it without any word, however there are gene removal scrolls! You can buy them in the treasure marketplace for 10kt :) Remove Gene: Primary Remove Gene: Secondary Remove Gene: Tertiary [/quote] I wasn't aware that they worked on ancients

I for my part expected this change to happen (even though I do not like it), but after all these years one would think that the admins knew to be a little more transparent and upfront with their userbase.