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Support. Aside from arguments that already were made, I want to make a point about this change being talked about on error thread. I'm pretty sure, big portion of players don't use forums (if not most of the players). Like AT ALL. Or even can't use it, due to language barrier. I might be incorrect, so let me know if I wrong, but I remember that Obelisk Flair situation had at least an announcement on site status??? (Or my brain made it up?) In this situation, there is practically no way of knowing why change was made without forums? Eh [quote name="Katargo" date="2024-02-21 03:15:34" ] You can't ask players to look through the whole thread any time they want to gene a dragon. Put it in the scrying workshop as a small symbol saying 'this gene is subject to change. For further information please check the gene error thread' or something. [/quote] This, if possible to implement, would be actually very cool X) Edit: OH MY GOD, this is hilarious X) [quote name="handdrawnviolist" date="2024-02-20 23:05:20" ] If we're talking about consistency, there are much bigger and more obvious fish to fry imo, has anyone talked about tundra paisley yet? [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=19&bodygene=82&breed=6&element=9&eyetype=0&gender=0&tert=61&tertgene=97&winggene=136&wings=27&auth=70b202af258a16704148e58370987e67245eff30&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=19&bodygene=82&breed=6&element=9&eyetype=0&gender=1&tert=61&tertgene=97&winggene=136&wings=27&auth=1fff8b22a7914500abd7b8552f13f7eecb71bbc2&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [/quote]

Yes please revert the change! Treating the areas on the Auraboa wings as mane where it makes sense to do so, stylistically, is what makes or breaks genes on them-- the same as all other dragons. This was a HUGE change, not a small 'error'. Why was there no notice? No discussion or poll? [img]https://i.imgur.com/gBai1xg.png[/img] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=95&bodygene=244&breed=24&element=10&eyetype=0&gender=1&tert=29&tertgene=232&winggene=244&wings=146&auth=a1762c7e06205e2e4d09f239f98435609be8b01e&dummyext=prev.png[/img] Please give me my dragon's original look back :(

[quote name="azurebolt" date="2024-02-20 22:45:55" ] [quote name="Lychen" date="2024-02-20 22:33:23" ] Oh, and for anyone who's not actively stalking the Gene Error thread, you should know [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/bug/3289327/1#post_3289327]they're now planning to alter Breakup and Hypnotic as they've done with Paisley.[/url] [/quote] [quote name="Undel on the Gene Error thread"] [LIST] [*]Secondary: Breakup on Auraboa should only have the stripes applied to the crest and is missing patterning in the upper wings. [*]Secondary: Hypnotic on Auraboa F & H are missing some of the spots on the wing-hands. [b]The upper wings on all should have the hypnotic pattern applied to them.[/b] [/LIST][/quote] Alright, great, so we're just going to get rid of stylistic differences as a whole now. Great. Wonderful. We don't need to do this. We do not need to do this to those genes at all, just as we did not need to do it to Paisley. Excellent. Augh. I have a lot of thoughts right now, several of them not fit for the site (just a lot of swearing, really), but to sum the thoughts up: it really feels like we're not being listened to. At all. Even Sandsurges got hit with a surprise, unwarned change today with Blend on the headfins. It kinda hurts! [/quote] I-- ok. I'm not touching Auraboas until these changes have been completed and dust has settled. And I say this as someone who has been beelining to Auraboas for recent scrying as I comb through over 500 dragons, mostly G1s, to decide whether or not I'm keeping them. I genuinely enjoy the way things are now gened, with mane being treated as mane. This is making me reconsider how I interact with future releases (negatively). [b]EDIT:[/b] it seems they walked these back, the gene error thread no longer says this, and specifically says breakup is working as intended. personally, i'm still leery-- feels like miscommunication, at best. which is part of my whole issue with this, poor communication between artists gene expression & staff. [quote=Undel]Secondary: Hypnotic on Auraboa F & H are missing some of the spots on the wing-hands. Secondary: Breakup on Auraboa having lines in the upper portion of the wings was reported as an error and was briefly listed as one. However, upon further review we found that it remains consistent with the Skydancer treatment of the wings and we will not be making changes to these stripes (barring technical errors.)[/quote] [quote name="fatui" date="2024-02-21 02:26:27" ] they are actively ignoring us, at least for right now made a comment on their latest instagram post asking them to at least acknowledge everything that's being said in this thread and others. they obviously saw it, deleted the comment, and then turned off comments for all of their posts while yes i probably should have sent in a ticket or whatever, i thought i would at least Try to make them aware of what was going on since they seem to just actively be ignoring us, and now i think that is genuinely the case. support to keep this on topic but i just thought i would share. there is a high chance we are just going to get ignored about this as undel has made several posts since this thread went active and seemingly no response from her or anyone else in sight, not even forum mods. truly disheartening. [/quote] Adding this quote, as it's concerning.

[quote name="Sushimonsterr" date="2024-02-21 04:23:05" ] [quote name="fatui" date="2024-02-21 02:26:27" ] they are actively ignoring us, at least for right now made a comment on their latest instagram post asking them to at least acknowledge everything that's being said in this thread and others. they obviously saw it, deleted the comment, and then turned off comments for all of their posts while yes i probably should have sent in a ticket or whatever, i thought i would at least Try to make them aware of what was going on since they seem to just actively be ignoring us, and now i think that is genuinely the case. support to keep this on topic but i just thought i would share. there is a high chance we are just going to get ignored about this as undel has made several posts since this thread went active and seemingly no response from her or anyone else in sight, not even forum mods. truly disheartening. [/quote] Adding this quote, as it's concerning. [/quote] This has seemingly been a wild change in character for them, so I'm holding out that they're preparing a statement of some kind? The fact they're leaving these Suggestions threads up when they've clearly seen them (as evidenced by them changing the error listings of Hypnotic and Breakup) means they're not going full censorship. Which is... good........

No shot the previous version was actually bugged. It legitimately feels like they thought Fern/Paisley looked "too nice" for free genes lol. Breakup and Diamondback use the same exact "mane" template for the wings and are considered working as intended. Come on.

Supported obviously. I loved how Paisley looked on Auras before this "fix".

Wanted to pop back in here in regards to some of the posts talking about responses on social media, as someone who manages social media posts for a small petsite.

First, who runs the socials may be a volunteer, or may not be a decision maker on staff. It may not be in their wheelhouse to respond. Also, it is not great form to respond to a social media post and not on site- if we are talking about how we are disappointed in communication, the last thing I would want is for a statement of any kind to be made offsite where it is even more easily missed by players than the forums. At most, I might expect something to the effect of 'keep an eye on site for a statement soon', but that may not have been decided yet. Do I think that was handled perfectly? No. And im still really hoping for a response and/or poll here. But I wanted to give some insight in particular as to why there would not be a response I'm that avenue.

And also to keep if more on topic, keeping the top feathers as mane details would be my preference for genes overall for auraboas. Though I will say, while i would like paisley (and fern tbh, the new highlights are distracting compared to the contoured old ones) reverted, I would prefer other aura genes to remain as is other than actual art errors. While art fixes can take awhile, sweeping changes like this months down the line are clearly very frustrating. Unless there is a way to really highlight what is changing in scrying or with an announce, or even remove the gene until it is updated, then i really think these big changes need to not happen once a gene is released.