Flight Rising Discussion

I think ultimately, I wish the staff would slow down on pushing out new breeds. I can't say I know what's going on behind the scenes, but these dragons get pushed out in such short order, it makes it hard for the community to really sit and appreciate the dragon and "get used" to them. I mean, how long have we had auras? In the meantime, the staff can just work more on the designs to give them the amount of care and thought they deserve.

I do not hate the design of the Dusthides, but I do believe they could have spent some more time in the oven. Flesh them out a little bit more concept-wise.

honestly i love them! ive been wanting one with more dinosaur esque genes

Going to sound unhinged here but dusthides are to ancients what divergent is to the young adult dystopian genre. If this doesn't make sense then good, remain unaware of the horrors of divergent.

i understand the frustration but god i love these stupid frog dragons so much. I've been tempted to move to Earth for a long time now, and this new ancient just makes the urge stronger. the only wish i have is better colors for the 2 eggs I hatched, lol

[quote name="periplans" date="2024-04-17 15:37:33" ] Going to sound unhinged here but dusthides are to ancients what divergent is to the young adult dystopian genre. If this doesn't make sense then good, remain unaware of the horrors of divergent. [/quote] This makes sense and it scares me…

I really like them, but yeah without a tert they feel a bit too naked. I feel like an Ancient should still look cool without relying on line-breakers to strengthen their silhouette, I think that would've helped their general appeal by a ton! They are niche, which is fine, I think a diversion of expectations was necessary after the plethora of Ancients we've already received, but they are definitely lacking without a line-breaking tert, which is a shame because they got some really great non line-breaking terts but they just don't do enough for the base dragon to find a lot of appeal!

Not every new release needs to appeal to everyone! Everyone has different tastes, and some breeds have more general appeal than others, there are plenty of other breeds to enjoy, existing and future! ^^

[quote name="earthrises" date="2024-04-17 15:04:26" ] coming back to say that i've finally realized why the smoothness hits wrong. they have no texture to them, no wrinkles in the skin or little bumps on it like snappers and other breeds do. they don't lean enough into bug features to explain that away as smooth armor, but if they were really armadillos they'd have all the little wrinkles and bumps and scales. also they straight up can't hear anything. they have no ears and relatively big eyes, which is not how something that lives underground and digs dark tunnels should be built. this breed is all wrong. [/quote] This last part is what's bugging me the most tbh. Besides the fact that they're meant to be hardy and live in a rough environment and they don't convey that at [i]all[/i], why do they have no ears?? Every real ground dwelling creature tends to be blind with good senses of smell or hearing, these guys should've had tiny eyes and either huge ears or a big nose like some mole species!!