Flight Rising Discussion

I wouldn't call myself an exalt lair, because well, I have several hundred permas ...
but I do train fodder and exalt at a decent pace, both for my own flight's dominance and to send to raffles/public buys of other flights too (and recently I've been getting foddart).
I hoard my profits though. I love "big number go up" so my favorite thing in games like FR is to just grind currency. I have 10 million treasure and I love it that way, lol. So when I do suddenly want to make a big purchase, I've got plenty for it.

Adding on to my previous message.

I’m 60% sure they the term “exalt-Lair” mainly exists due to folks going by “non-exalt lairs.” I notice a lot fewer “non-exalt” lairs than were back in the day.

I used to be extremely sentimental and attached to most of my dragons, so I used to spend a painstakingly long time trying to rehome them to good homes. While some did get successfully rehomed, I came to terms with exalting most of them because I realized exalted dragons still technically belong to you. When you move flights, every single dragon you’ve ever exalted will move flights with you.

So Imo, exaltation is kind of an infinite dragon storage. You just can’t dress them. (And that’s why I like exalting pretty fodder… MINE!!!)

Idk if this helps but, I do know where you’re coming from.

[quote name="Kiln" date="2024-05-18 15:36:26" ] echoing off Zenzic, “exalt lairs” usually refers to a lair that exalts for profit/Dom. Exaltation usually doesn’t “dominate” or completely define all play styles of exalt lairs, but it’s alwahs been an important cornerstone for most accounts. [/quote] Seconding this. I consider myself an "exalt lair" because I buy and exalt dragons for profit, but it's not the main thing I do on here. I spend a lot more time on outfits and bios and lore for my huge sprawling cast of permas. There are some exalt lairs that are also microlairs (they've got, like, 10 achingly beautiful g1 wildclaw permas and then 300 fodder) but those things are separate, at least to me.

my exalt funds go towards projects and buying more dragons LOL

rn i'm gonna start putting money away for EY skins/accents

As someone who had an exalt lair banner on my page for the longest time -- honestly, while it was a cornerstone of play style, it wasn't the only part. And mostly it was there to tell people, don't thank me for buying your dragon, they probably aren't stay around long.

Since coming back, I've seen that it doesn't seem to be quite so much of a stance on exalting like there used to be. It used to be really, really divisive so to put it plainly made people understand when they were interacting with you. Now, mostly, I think it's just become habit for a lot of people.

But as for what did I do with the money? Familiars. All the familiars.

Fandragons!!! pretty much everything i earn gets spent on buying dragons to breed for the colours i want, geneing the babies, and dressing them up :] it gets really expensive real fast (my avatar dragon cost me 8000 gems and a few nocturne eggs on her forgetools <\3) so i exalt a whole lot. i don't usually bother with skins unless i see one that catches my eye, but i've bought art for a couple of my favourite dragons and i'd like to buy more soon!

[quote name="Raynie" date="2024-05-18 17:05:25" ] As someone who had an exalt lair banner on my page for the longest time -- honestly, while it was a cornerstone of play style, it wasn't the only part. And mostly it was there to tell people, don't thank me for buying your dragon, they probably aren't stay around long. Since coming back, I've seen that it doesn't seem to be quite so much of a stance on exalting like there used to be. It used to be really, really divisive so to put it plainly made people understand when they were interacting with you. Now, mostly, I think it's just become habit for a lot of people. [/quote] Very much this! A lot of the your lair=your dragon rules had to be made by the devs precisely to address the conflict. I exalt regularly… but mostly my own bred dragons unless there's a Dom push (though sometimes I'll buy to exalt outside of that). I ended up removing it because it got to a point where having it in my bio was causing more misunderstandings due to the changing player atmosphere and growing overall acceptance towards exalting as a necessary mechanic, but for a time it really felt like it was better to have it there— especially before the introduction of lair tabs made an easy way to indicate which dragons were likely to get kept as opposed to not!

Also remember that people have different playing styles. My exalt money goes toward genes and dragons, because that is what I think is attractive. People who like clothes may think my dragons look neglected, but they are pampered and loved via my own play style.

Gene projects & buying dragons for the accents still in my hoard. A good chunk also gets saved for wishlist items like the sprite familiars.

Sometimes I use it on a uma now and then too.


I'd consider myself an exalting lair because I exalt dragons (as opposed to some users who play as non-exalt lairs, as in they don't exalt at all) but it isn't something I dedicate my whole lair to nor do I state it on my clan profile—it is in my FAQ though

I tend to have a mix of a lot of lair types: hatchery runner, fodder breeding, lore dragons, mix of gen 2+ & gen 1s, locke challenges...