with the mini games needed to get the passes.. that makes it even worse because some of them do not work for me on my phone.

What are the new pass horse changes and when will they be going into effect on the international server?

Not only will we get fewer passes, but older horses will be pretty much worthless. This will affect players who make an income from selling pass horses. I mean let's be honest here, do players really want to buy/waste aging points on older horses just so you can see a pointless divine grow? I certainly wouldn't. I can see a lot of players quitting if the change does take place.

I miss the days before Ubisoft bought Howrse.. contests were every few months and it was about the game, not making tons of money by having players buy tons of passes every week (I played this game when Howrse first started, played for years until this happened then deleted my account)

It will eventually arrive here on Int as well.
We'll have to adapt or step out.
No matter what that change will have a major impact on the game as we know it.

Some will leave, some will breed less, some will loose their regular income, perhaps more will just play the promos and nothing else.
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No matter what eventually there will be less passes to go around, unless more players start to buy passes with RL $

BM items will become more expensive in the exchange.
You can already see items becoming more expensive due to the latest changes. Pandoras Boxes and Helios Rays are just 2 such items that have become more expensive

It simply means I don't have to spend 1.5 to 2. million equs on pass horses.

And newer players that just don't have much equs can actually save as they don't have the equs in the first place. I think this is one of the reasons behind this change.

Whether or not you buy pass horses is your choice. You can choose to save money and let your horses naturally age to gain passes (this is what I do), but if the change did happen then this wouldn't be possible anymore. That's the main reason why I don't like the change.

Wait I thought it was already 10. How do you get 30? is it 10 per week?

pass horses will no longer be a thing. The current possible 31 passes a month will be reduced to 10 passes a month. To get those passes you have to earn points every day (so it's similar to the current loyal pass meter we have now), 10 points max per day, and the meter caps at 30 points. When you get 30 points you play the mini game to get your pass so theoretically it will be possible to only get 10 passes a month, once every 3 days (in a perfect world). They're still testing the system because on the servers where this has been implemented the points are much more difficult than they are to get now.

What will happen to older horses: The first ten horses you send to heaven that are older than 25 years old will give you a horse called Yggdrasil. You can't care for him or enter comps with him. Every time you send horses older than 25 to heaven you get tree rings you can give to him and you can make him grow which you will eventually see in a photo album on his page. I recently learned you can rename him. That's about it. You get no passes from him.

There will also be a "horses sent to Safe Haven this month" ranking as well as "all age horses sent to heaven" and "older horses (25yrs+) sent to heaven" rankings

This is very interesting!

I see this from a very different perspective than most players. I started playing Howrse more than 8 years ago. Since my first day, I have only sent one horse to heaven. One! I did it to pass an objective and immediately regretted it because it ruined my perfect NONE! I was well aware that I could have gained passes by letting my horses grow old and die, but I was more interested in hoarding foals. (Yeah, I'm totally aware that was a completely useless endeavor and I missed out on hundreds of free passes over the course of 8 years, but what's done is done. ) I didn't sell horses or anything else for passes either. If I really wanted them for whatever reason, I purchased them, but I did so sparingly. I am *ahem* quite far from rich. I went months at a time without purchasing a single pass at all or earning them in the game. Did I feel my game suffered as a result? Not one bit! I'm an ultra-casual player with an ultra-causal game style. (Notice how few divines, wilds, etc. I have. ) I have fun with this game in my own relaxed way.

However...

I am very intrigued by Yggradsil. I am familiar with the concept in Norse Mythology and I see how this divine ties in. I might actually age my horses and allow them to die in order to gain him and watch him grow. It might even renew my interest in this game.

As for the new pass system, it may or may not be a boon to me. It depends on how the points are generated. I don't see myself complaining either way.

So long as they don't make it impossible for me to play Howrse the way I have always chosen to play it, I think I'll stick around for a few more years. Of course, I'll continue to drift away from the game for weeks and months at a time. That's just a natural fact of my life. When real world matters demand more of my time, Howrse gets less of it.

Please understand, I am only sharing my perspective. I know it's too unique to expect anyone else to agree with me or to persuade anyone that they should play the same way as me. I like being such a weird player. I doubt anyone else would get as much out of the game as I do if they were to copy me. I also understand that most people have game play styles and goals that are radically different from mine, and that this change will negatively impact many of them, though not all. So, I humbly ask that you take my perspective with a grain of salt if you must, and try not to persuade me that I'm too weird or wrong or should do anything differently. Let us each play our game in the way that makes us happiest for as long as we are able.