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By Retired breeder, 11th December 2016 21:17:35
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@cutehorse2

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I think it will be Balios.
By Retired breeder, 11th December 2016 21:45:55
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Do we have any information on Christmas Packs yet?
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Will the divine forest still open on the 24th?


No. You need to decorate 5 trees for it. So it can happen earlier.
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By Retired breeder, 11th December 2016 23:12:59
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Guys, I found this survey! Take it please! You can vote against the pass horse change! Click here for the survey
By Retired breeder, 11th December 2016 23:16:23
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You know as much as we do, nobody knows when they're coming out.default smiley :)
Maybe I'm not thinking clearly, but I don't see what's wrong with the new pass update....

Doesn't it give players more chances to get passes?? Ten passes a months sounds pretty awesome.

Is there something I'm missing/don't understand?
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@ Vie
we have the chance of 30 passes right now by sending horses to heaven at 30+ years old. the first 10 are guaranteed then after that you have a 1 in 3 chance of finding a pass until you reach 30 passes a month.
also with the new update many players are reporting only being able to get 6-8 points a day instead of 10 points a day. this means that you won't even get the 10 passes a month.
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But I know that personally, myself and plenty of players don't have the pass horse fodder to get the 30 passes. Aging and caring for all of those horses until they're 30+ is *pricey*.

Even if I was getting 7-8 passes a month, I would easily surpass that 30 pass limit in a few months... I feel as though the new pass system opens up a lot more pass possibilities for new players, younger players, or players who don't keep pass horse fodders for Equus/time reasons.

Again, is there something else I'm missing? I hope I don't sound arrogant or ignorant, but I'm not quite understanding why there are so many anti-new-system surveys and posts?
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vie . wrote:

Again, is there something else I'm missing? I hope I don't sound arrogant or ignorant, but I'm not quite understanding why there are so many anti-new-system surveys and posts?


Well I am going to get richer. There is 1.5 to 2 million equs I don't have to spend on pass horses as I mainly buy them.
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vie . wrote:

But I know that personally, myself and plenty of players don't have the pass horse fodder to get the 30 passes. Aging and caring for all of those horses until they're 30+ is *pricey*.


I only do the guaranteed 10 howrses each month and no it is not expensive. I work these howrses over the course of a month so I don't waste AP's. There can be a rhythm to it. However, I will lose the extra pass they give you for being a "faithful player". I'm not happy about that.

I think for those who work for the 30 passes....well, they deserve to get those passes. By tightening the noose, Owlient thinks they will make players buy more passes. It's just not going to happen, in fact, some players will quit, others will just slow down their game.

You can't force blood from a turnip but they sure are trying.
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vie . wrote:


Again, is there something else I'm missing? I hope I don't sound arrogant or ignorant, but I'm not quite understanding why there are so many anti-new-system surveys and posts?

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I joined the CZ server to test this out and getting points is not as easy as it is on the current loyal pass system. I average about 6 a day so you'll be quite lucky to get 8 or more passes a month.

A player is only new or low on equus for a temporary time. I don't see a reason to take away either this many passes or at the least, a guaranteed was of getting passes to make it easier for those who don't need it easy after a certain number of days. Especially considering new players get so much more to start out than when I first started. I only had one first horse, that wasn't immortal, and got no tutorial.

Setting up a pass horse farm does take a little time to get going, but if you can make some equus pretty quickly to buy some, or breed your own foals for 100e like I do, you're good to go within a month or two. And I make equus on mine as I do lessons everyday and the ones in my EC make 5k alone per day. It's not costly at all.

Personally, I think working a little harder (i.e working pass horses) to get better rewards (more or guaranteed passes) is much better than doing fewer things to maybe, maybe not get some points for fewer number of passes.

Everyone is potentially capable of working pass horses to get 10 passes a month. Not everyone will be capable of getting 10 passes with this new system. If you can't log in for one day because you're sick or whatever you get no points.
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vie . wrote:

Aging and caring for all of those horses until they're 30+ is *pricey*.


It costs me 3,700e total for my pass horses. I breed my own mares to my own studs so it's 100 for vet fees, then 1200e for boarding for 60 days (multiply by 3 to get 3600e for 6 months) in ECs with fodder. It takes time but it is actually pretty cheap in the long run.

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Even if I was getting 7-8 passes a month, I would easily surpass that 30 pass limit in a few months...

You wouldn't though. Currently you can get 360 passes a year from pass horses max. With the new change, you are lucky to get even 120 a year max. You would never surpass that 30 pass a month limit because it would take you multiple months to even get 30 passes.

The majority are against this change because a lot of players rely on those 30 passes a month to play Howrse their way. This change is forcing players to alter their gameplay to be more conformed. Players now can basically get their free passes whenever suits them and use them for what they need but the new change won't allow that. This new change practically forces players to play every day and gives them less. I personally don't like the thought of this change because some days I am too busy but I use passes from pass horses to help me keep up with all my teams. I am an active player, as I usually end up playing Howrse for almost 5 hours plus normally, and I still don't even get 10 points a day in our current monthly pass system. There is no way I will get close to getting 10 passes a month with this new system and honestly I don't like being forced to change the way I play because of a change to something that didn't need to be changed.
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By Retired breeder, 12th December 2016 01:38:21
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vie . wrote:

But I know that personally, myself and plenty of players don't have the pass horse fodder to get the 30 passes. Aging and caring for all of those horses until they're 30+ is *pricey*.

Even if I was getting 7-8 passes a month, I would easily surpass that 30 pass limit in a few months... I feel as though the new pass system opens up a lot more pass possibilities for new players, younger players, or players who don't keep pass horse fodders for Equus/time reasons.

Again, is there something else I'm missing? I hope I don't sound arrogant or ignorant, but I'm not quite understanding why there are so many anti-new-system surveys and posts?


With the new system, a lot of players are reporting that they're only getting 6-8 points a day. You miss out on the passes. It really is MUCH worse
By Retired breeder, 12th December 2016 01:41:08
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Plus, you're really only thinking about your account and not the community as a whole. Without the passes, GP won't go up as fast, a lot of players will dissapear, etc.
@PixelPrincess @Azure Iron @Legacy Ann @Arabians are the best @Spyder

Thank you all! I had trouble understanding the pass horse process - much obliged for the clarification and stats on the new system.
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What confuses me is that Owlient actually thinks their new system is a good idea??
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By Retired breeder, 12th December 2016 04:04:12
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WarEagle! wrote:

What confuses me is that Owlient actually thinks their new system is a good idea??

No they don't. They think they are earning more money and deleting more pixels. They don't think that they're helping the community, or they would listen to us and not make the change.
By Retired breeder, 12th December 2016 04:58:05
Hi guys,
This question is directed to anyone who knows anything about the already released Divine, Libra;

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I am aware she was released in a promotion, and as a player native to this Zodiac sign I am really regretting missing this opportunity due to working in a remote location without internet access. (Priorities?)

What promotion was she originally released in, was she available in the Reserved Sales afterwards as a second chance, and is there a possibility that there will be another opportunity to win her?


This is a question in relation to the mobile update;

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Will this update be both for browser AND application? If yes for the application, will both iOS and Android versions be updated, or is this only an unconfirmed assumption?


Many thanks in advance.
By Retired breeder, 12th December 2016 05:11:45
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Hi guys,
This question is directed to anyone who knows anything about the already released Divine, Libra;

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I am aware she was released in a promotion, and as a player native to this Zodiac sign I am really regretting missing this opportunity due to working in a remote location without internet access. (Priorities?)

What promotion was she originally released in, was she available in the Reserved Sales afterwards as a second chance, and is there a possibility that there will be another opportunity to win her?


Directly from Libra's page: What's more, the 22nd October, when the daily update takes place, a Libra horse is offered to a player native of this sign.
It's at least one slim chance to win her default smiley :)
I hate that it also makes MA's more expensive as you get nothing back for them. I'm a little *meh* on spending 3 passes on a MA, but at least for the first 10 horses I kill off I get a pass back (essentially paying 2 passes). And for any past that, I can either gamble on a BM or pass, or I can sell for equs that is about equivalent to a pass. Either way, it makes breeding teams, even personal ones, MUCH more expensive. /not to mention, you get nothing back, except aging another useless divine.

Wouldn't be such an issue if the price for MAs came down...but good luck on that! However, it did happen years ago with Nyx Packs coming down from 8 passes originally if I remember correctly..... Something to balance that pass loss as I don't get to log in and work horses everyday. Some days I only log in for Promos - even a few days in a a row.

I liked the idea of "objectives" each day someone had posted in the past, like for the great Challenges, though more "care" based and no "add a GA of this color" or "receive the color bonus" things. Things you can accomplish, get your points, and get back to real life.

*shrugs* I've already sold off quite a bit of my foundation uni stock and some RCs (which was something I never expected to decide to do after almost 9 years here). Depending on how awful this change turns out to be, I may even sell most everything and either use up and passes/resources I get from that until I'm as far as I can get then quit or simply hold it for whenever Howrse decides to NOT make me have to spend a ridiculous amount of time on here and *hope* I get the loyalty pass points for the next day.

We shall see!

joy
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By Retired breeder, 12th December 2016 05:48:42
Thanks PixelPrincess.
I did notice that, so there's at least one chance out of several hundred. default smiley :p

I was just hoping there might be another opportunity sometime soon, perhaps someone knew something I didn't. It's worth a try...
when will the pass update happen?
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We don't have an exact date but we know it won't happen until after the new year.

If they really where making it "easier" for new players they could just incorporate the new system with the old and allow a mix of the new system and the old.... allowing only 10 passes per month via the loyal pass system and for the older players, could use both horses and the point system for only 10 passes then only horses to fulfill the last 20 passes ... That wouldn't be quite so bad even.
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