Change in Breeding Rules or Bug 2? (Black Hybrids)

[Kennedward]

I received some information:


Zodiac's colors were corrected last year to be Yellow/Black, which is the intended color split for Zodiac type. They have not made any additional changes to Zodiac's breeding rules since that update.

Word from Design team is that the current results are intended.

So it's intended for them to breed it without getting night, actually not a bad choice, at least you won't deal with 23 hours fail time, and night is pretty much a primary color dragon

[redstar177]

So it's intended for them to breed it without getting night, actually not a bad choice, at least you won't deal with 23 hours fail time, and night is pretty much a primary color dragon

I disagree, actually. I would much rather if black were still a possibility. As it currently is, we can no longer get NightElf, BAt, Emberglow, Dark Angel, or Black Diamond as fails. It feels wrong that Black is no longer a possibility in the pool, considering that the contributing types to Zodiac are Black and Yellow.

[Kennedward]

I disagree, actually. I would much rather if black were still a possibility. As it currently is, we can no longer get NightElf, BAt, Emberglow, Dark Angel, or Black Diamond as fails. It feels wrong that Black is no longer a possibility in the pool, considering that the contributing types to Zodiac are Black and Yellow.

Kooky just said no Night is intended, but not about the others, so I wonder if those you named are still possible.

[redstar177]

Kooky just said no Night is intended, but not about the others, so I wonder if those you named are still possible.

I think the new breeding rule excludes all black dragons. Basically, they're saying that although Zodiac is composed of black/yellow, when you breed with it, Black will always break down into blue/purple. Which effectively means that you can only get Zodiac, Blue, Purple, and Yellow hybrids if you breed a Zodiac + Diamond.

Kooky, can you clarify that we are intrepreting this change in the breeding rule correctly? No black dragons (hybrids or pure) can result from Zodiac + Diamond?

[Kennedward]

I think the new breeding rule excludes all black dragons. Basically, they're saying that although Zodiac is composed of black/yellow, when you breed with it, Black will always break down into blue/purple. Which effectively means that you can only get Zodiac, Blue, Purple, and Yellow hybrids if you breed a Zodiac + Diamond.

Kooky, can you clarify that we are intrepreting this change in the breeding rule correctly? No black dragons (hybrids or pure) can result from Zodiac + Diamond?

Kooky said that "Word from Design team is that the current results are intended."

And since other players saying they cannot get Night, that's why I think that's what Kooky meant, but I think we all need him to be a little more specific

[kooky panda]

I think the new breeding rule excludes all black dragons. Basically, they're saying that although Zodiac is composed of black/yellow, when you breed with it, Black will always break down into blue/purple. Which effectively means that you can only get Zodiac, Blue, Purple, and Yellow hybrids if you breed a Zodiac + Diamond.

Kooky, can you clarify that we are intrepreting this change in the breeding rule correctly? No black dragons (hybrids or pure) can result from Zodiac + Diamond?

I will try and get more specific info!

[knj00]

redstar177 is correct on how this type works now. This excludes all Black types from the breeding pool when breeding Zodiac/Diamond.

Thanks for getting an answer on this from TL staff Kooky. I'm not happy about the change but I am glad to know it's intended.... although I wish I had not spent months testing this just to figure it out (communication with players has never been a strong point for TL though). >_< lol

[Kennedward]

So this means the only Diamond hybrids that can result from breeding Zodiac and Diamond are Gold and Astromancer, to get Dark Angel or Black Diamond you'll need to breed Diamond and Night

[knj00]

So this means the only Diamond hybrids that can result from breeding Zodiac and Diamond are Gold and Astromancer, to get Dark Angel or Black Diamond you'll need to breed Diamond and Night

Due to this change you can only get Gold, Mercury, Anubis and Astromancer from Diamond/Zodiac. So, yes to get Dark Angel or Black Diamond you must breed Diamond/Black.

[Kennedward]

Due to this change you can only get Gold, Mercury, Anubis and Astromancer from Diamond/Zodiac. So, yes to get Dark Angel or Black Diamond you must breed Diamond/Black.

Oh yeah, forgot about those, but I was more emphasizing the Black diamond hybrids