That would really ruin my EC if I couldn't reserve all my boxes to myself, to keep things private

"And maybe with a little more help during the contest..." What does it mean? Do you know it?

Ooh, hopefully!

By completing one of the puzzle cards you can get a Nyx Pack.

I don't think so, but the entire list of prizes is in Satkin's forum.

*facepalm* Thank you Alvin, I'd forgotten about the puzzle.

Dear Howrse,
I had a bit of a laugh today with my chincoteage pony. I thought it was a Gypsy Vanner!
Just sharing this laugh with everybody!
~ ~ ~ ~ lelan~ ~~

How do you get in the testing program?

An admin will contact you via PM (I got contacted by Ow I don't know if anyone else does it )

As long as you're VIP, then you can pretty much get in.

Hey, I just started an account on the US server, (experiment for all the changes), I read though there spoiler topic, and a moderator from another country, said the ownership was a bad translation, meaning more like a grace period for new box, so no one can move right in.
That would be good.

Really, I have lost so much prestige due to people snapping up newly bought boxes. This would be such a help. Yay this makes me happy

This blog topic explains a lot.

The last 2 boxes I bought, had someone in them before I got back to my EC, that would be a great improvement that I think no one would complain about.

Does anyone know what each EC's product will be used for? (Thinking more of the Beach product's use). Thank you!

Sand in real life would be used for arenas. You really don't want it where your horse lives.

I wonder if we are going to do are own mining fore the ore to make metal. Then we would need smelters also!

This will be interesting.

Beach = sand, not sure...
Mountain = iron, I'm guessing something metal, obviously.
Forest = wood, which will be used to make boxes and wood shavings for bedding.

I find that great! It's so stupid to have to buy things that you have thousands upon thousands of

That's not what it said at all.
It said the ownership was a bad translation, meaning the cleanliness in boxes is going to be removed. Then another person on prepod said that someone had suggested adding a grace period for a new box.

This is the quote that was shared as the "orginial" french (I however can't vouch it, as I'm quoting from a player. The upcoming info on the prepod is already in English, so I have no way to confirm this as the original, or just a rumor. Anyways~)

"Modifications sur les box
La notion de propreté est supprimée.
La qualité de la litière influe sur la perte de moral et le gain d'énergie lorsqu'on met le cheval au box."
(claimed original version)

Eng: (according to google translate)
Changes on the box
The concept of cleanliness is removed.
The litter quality affects the loss of morale and energy gain when the horse puts box.

What Preprod Says:
Box changes
Ownership is removed.
Bedding quantity impacts morale loss and energy recovery when sending a horse to his box.
Box quality impacts morale and energy recovery when a horse wakes up.
The boxes and boarders pages are merged.

Not saying which is correct/wrong here, just providing the known things on this sensitive issue.

IMO the box clean would make more sense, as they are removing clean grass from meadows already (plus reserved boxes would make too many players angry/kill ECs)

Also, to point out the making more sense of removing the clean status of boxes (and not ownership) is the fact jobs are going away:


Removal of jobs
Bedding will be changed automatically so, grooms are no longer needed.
(aka boxes should ALWAYS be clean anyways, so having the cleanliness on the box makes zero sense. This is mentioned in the same slew of upcoming updates as the "ownership removed" so take it as you will)

Exactly and right now we on the test server are asking for clarification on the translation. I am hoping an Admin will come to the prepod thread and give us a clear statement on just what is what.

Me too, there's just so much confusion on that one statement, but I'm dearly hoping it was just a translation error, because frankly I like keeping my EC private for myself whenever it's late and I find a divine needs a box + shower it's a life saver, and the ONLY reason I bothered working it up at all was for that.