Suggestions

Like many others, I would like the game to have more lair space (although I have not reached the cap yet). Raise the cap to 300 or 400 and slow down the rate the expansion cost goes up? That would be lovely.

I have some thoughts on the overpopulation problem.

I think 4 or 5 eggs per nest is too much. If I was a programmer of this game, I would program it so that if one already has one pair on a nest, putting another pair on a nest would reduce the probability of getting 4 or 5 eggs per nest, and if you have two pairs on nests and you put a third pair on a nest, the probability of getting 3 eggs goes lower and probability of getting 4 or 5 eggs goes even lower, and so on. That would reduce overpopulation rate. People would probably wait until they get very good dragons (pretty, new genes) to put on a nest. Of course that would somewhat reduce gaining treasure by training and exalting fodder. But one can get treasure on the Fairgrounds as well. And people would get more dragons sold at better prices.

Perhaps the reduction in egg count could be milder if you only have 3 pages or less dragons, and stronger when your amount of dragons gets closer to the cap. In real life birds get less eggs if there is not enough food. Perhaps the dragons could feel the crowdedness of the lair and lay less eggs to make sure all hatchlings will have enough food? And when there is a lot of lair space - perhaps beacause several got exalted - there would be more eggs per nest.

Also, the deities could buy nests back at the same price they sell nests. So people who already have lots of dragons could sell a nest back and get some treasure for it. That would reduce the breeding, because when those nests are there, one feels it is a waste not to use them. I don't think I need 5 nests, but as I have them, I use them.

Any way of encouraging exalting naturally helps reducing overpopulation. Better exalting prices for example. Or additional lair space for those who have exalted many dragons? Perhaps the deities could show on the front page also exalted dragons with some honorary words, and perhaps even an exalted dragon together with the deity?

@KairinRose

I disagree that less eggs on a nest would discourage adding lair space and collecting dragons. It would increase people's willingness to buy dragons. Now it is extremely difficult to sell dragons, which is always a letdown.

Yes, it would make projects more difficult, though. But some solution to the overpopulation problem is needed. Less eggs would be less painful than dragons dying or egg rot or something else drastic.

Personally I have never understood the idea of hatcheries. I rarely put myself on a pinglist. But if others like hatcheries, that's fine. A few less eggs would not put a stop on hatcheries, just make them a little less productive.

Might just be my playstyle talking here, but I don't need or want anything to change besides the fact that the lair cap exists. I'm good with expansions costing a lot - that makes it rewarding to be able to afford one. And I don't want to see egg count going down, that kind of pulls the rug out from under us (though not as badly as having the original eye art changed).

Like, I really don't know what the issue with more lair space is, the only possible reason we shouldn't have it is if the servers can't handle it, and we've had no word on whether that's the case, which really isn't fair. I just want to hear WHY they think there's a problem with more lair space, because we've given numerous arguments against everything they've supposedly proposed. I really want a more transparent conversation about what their concerns are, be it servers, game economy, or whatever.