Monsoon Marmot - 3/27/15

[readysetgo888]

New dark-water super rare.

16 hour breed time.

It is breedable, but it's also on sale for 200 gems. The sale will end at 2pm est this coming Tuesday.*

There is a goal to breed this animal. It lasts for 15 days and has a 5 gem reward. This DOES NOT MEAN that the animal is only available for 15 days. The animal will still be available to breed after the goal has expired, you will just not receive a 5 gem reward. **




*I'm not an authority but this is what they've done every single other time, so I think we can be pretty confident.
**Again I'm not an authority, just a long time player, and this is what they've done every single other time. Unless something drastic changes it will happen the same way again, and absolutely no one should be worried that this animal is only available for 2 weeks!

It will likely be available for about 5 weeks. Here's why I think that:
I believe this is the 4th time they've done the 200 gem sale on a new animal. First time was Unicornucopia... it was available for over a month before going limited. Next was Snowpossum... again available for over a month and them limited. Third time was Pygmy Giraffe... it's still available and has just now hit one month of being available.

[ArcadiaTofu]

New dark-water super rare.

It is breedable, but it's also on sale for 200 gems. The sale will end at 2pm est this coming Tuesday.*





*I'm not an authority but this is what they've done every single other time, so I think we can be pretty confident.

Whenever they have new creature sales like this it tends to indicate that the creature is not limited... yet.

Much like the Pumpkin Panda, I'd guess we'd have a month or so for breeding this, so while the sale price is nice, I'd rather take my time on this one since it's not yet limited. Good luck, everyone :3

[Melis2a84]

Just got him 16hrs, I thought il try to breed him if not il buy him but I got him first try yay frostfang and Skyger

[rjazz]

Anyone know breed time yet? Whoops not as fst as Mel lol

[ninasidstorm8]

Just got him 16hrs, I thought il try to breed him if not il buy him but I got him first try yay frostfang and Skyger

Congratulations, I got 15 hours, so I guess mine is a Sea Lion.

[readysetgo888]

Whenever they have new creature sales like this it tends to indicate that the creature is not limited... yet.

Much like the Pumpkin Panda, I'd guess we'd have a month or so for breeding this, so while the sale price is nice, I'd rather take my time on this one since it's not yet limited. Good luck, everyone :3

Agreed... I believe this is the 4th time they've done the 200 gem sale. First time was Unicornucopia... it was available for over a month before going limited. Next was Snowpossum... again available for over a month and them limited. Third time was Pygmy Giraffe... it's still available. I'll have to go check whether it's been over a month yet. But yes, I would give this animal about 5 weeks, just based on what they've done before. As you say, plenty of time to breed it without buying.

I was keeping my opinions out of the first post, but here they are... haven't seen the adult, just the baby, but another armordillo type animal? Really??? Are we not all sick of these yet? Talk about no creativity.

Also a dark-water super rare is no big excitement for me, since both Psyena and Land Shark were recently available in tournaments and I got both, and I also have a Sea Drake. I actually did buy the Pygmy Giraffe for 200 gems because it was so unique and I loved it, but this one is meh. I'm excited to try for it though, because I can breed Unicorn X dark-water and also have the chance for Cthulhu and Cyclops, both of which I'd love to get. But I definitely won't be buying it and if I didn't get it, no big loss.

Except Cyclops isn't dark after all... oops. I forgot that. Oh well, I guess I can still breed Unicorn X dark-water and just really hope for Cthulhu.

[readysetgo888]

Guess no one cares about this animal. Really, it seems like a lot of the older players have lost interest in this game. Can't say I blame them, but it's sad, because it didn't have to be this way. It could have stayed a really fun game, but greed has ruined it.

Also, this thread should be a sticky... more people could find it then....

[sweetypies97]

I already have a good dark water super rare (sea drake) so I don't really feel like I need this one. I think my son is considering buying it though. He has heaps more gems than me (I bought the stormy shore habitat, he didn't).

[calvinxx]

I might buy it if I can't breed it before the sale ends since it is quite cheap for a super rare

[ArcadiaTofu]

Guess no one cares about this animal. Really, it seems like a lot of the older players have lost interest in this game. Can't say I blame them, but it's sad, because it didn't have to be this way. It could have stayed a really fun game, but greed has ruined it.

Also, this thread should be a sticky... more people could find it then....

I think the biggest reason older users are losing interest FAST is because we tend to get super-long Lightning hybrids for the most part or 'repeat' hybrid breeds that we already have too much of as is (Water-Earth, Fire-Earth, Water-Nature, etc.). There's only so many Lightning-Water or Water-Earth animals we can stomach before it starts to get repetitive. (About the only breath of fresh air we seem to anticipate are the Treasure and Gem animals but those are few and far between in the grander scheme of things).

If they came out with new ELEMENTS like Lightning then the interest would pick up really, really quickly. I figure that they need to release a new PERMANENT ELEMENT every four months to keep interest alive for older whale players, otherwise repeat hybrids of too-many Lightning or Water-based elements makes users just not want to bother anymore. Plus, users were asked if they wanted Mythology hybrids and they all answered with a resounding 'YES!' a few months back. Haven't seen any mention or hint of that so far, which kinda tells users "We're not listening to you right now."

So, yeah... new elements (that are not based on a holiday) that are permanent, and more mythology-based hybrids will really get interest in this game back, imo. I also think the introduction of the useless Treent and ANOTHER Lightning hybrid (the Hareon) seemed like a big slap in the face to most users that were hoping for two new elements to breed with. We all know how that turned out, though...

The Monsoon Marmot is just another casualty that shows how quickly users are losing interest and how quickly they'll need to work to save it before it wanes completely. And, yeah... greed does play a significant factor, but mostly it's due to the reasons I've listed above and what seems to be an over-saturation of Limited breeds that we do or do not know will disappear, or when for that matter. The structure of this game is falling apart at the seams and it seems to me the 'rules' that dictated the game from Day 1 are changing without notice or are so random it seems nearly impossible to discover what's up and what's down in this game... All I know is these 'almost' rules that are 'unsaid' or aren't explained properly to users is dragging this game even further down, and sooner or later the complex 'rules' in this game (or constant changing of them) are gonna frustrate users so completely they'll just delete the game and be done with it :x

I guess it would just be nice if TL came out and said: "OK... anything that comes out with a Limited sticker on update day means that you'll have one week to breed it. Otherwise, all new animals that come out are more than likely to become limited after 90 days. Expect it unless otherwise stated."

THAT would help out a ton. Or just put a Limited sticker on every animal that WILL be limited some day and make sure to give it a small countdown clock when you click on the animal info box in the shop. I doubt this is hard to do in a programming standpoint, but the fact they fail to do this until the last week tells me that they want to make more money by purposefully confusing and panicking users to spend more gems. Not very nice, and sooner or later it's gonna bite them when users just grimace in disgust and delete the game after having had enough. I know, personally, that if SOMETHING doesn't change, and soon, I'll be playing this game less and less and probably will end up deleting it as a result. Let's just hope TL will take this lack of interest lately in the game as a canary in the coalmine that alerts to an impending crash if something isn't fixed soon >.>