Originally Posted by
ogreve
Alrighttttt so what do we do with this....
I really have to think hard and juggle all sorts of things in my mind, which at this very moment is very tired from burning too much midnight oil...
Time to write it out then, and see if that gives some focus:
1-Skull animals: done! A VERY nice and luxurious situation that is the FIRST time that has occurred to me during a trio.
2-Storybook: this doesn't interfere much with my breeding plans. The only "obligatory" step left to do is to breed a Rainguin. That can't be all that hard.
3-Main mission for now: Breed a Crystal Unicorn and/or gem-hybrids. I. WANT. A. CRYSTAL. UNICORN. NOW!!!
4-There's currently about 1.5 weeks more time left of having a GOOD breeding formula for the CU and gem-fire, gem-nature hybrids and the Paradise Parrot that I don't have: the Quartz Quetzalcoatl + Skeletal Steed.
So far so good, until today's update messed all of it up. :S
5-I like all 3 of these animals and would love a shot at them; by breeding, NOT by buying them... My favourite of the three is the Yak-o-Lantern
6-fire-earth: the most dreaded breeding combination for me, and I can see no easy way to combine it into a 4-element breeding with the QQ, SS or SG without introducing a lot more outcomes that then take away from the chances of breeding either of those two SUPER RARES.....
7-gem-nature-dark: tempting. The QQ can be used then for shots at gem-nature and gem-dark (note that the Jade Kirin is one of my TOP priorities to get!). And... the Frankenswine is only rare as opposed to super rare, and I also still need a Punk Skunk and I would probably not easily turn a further Trick-or-Treent, or Aurora Pegasus or Frightingale down.... Disadvantages: the Frankenswine is the ugliest of the three, and the fails can be LONG ones (although the same goes for the earth-nature fails), and.. when doing it with straight dark or nature-dark, there's no chance at the CU. Scaling it up to 4-element breedings introduces all sorts of additional (mostly) unwelcome fails, unless 'water' becomes one of the ingredients, as I still need the Ocean Owl and several water-dark animals...
The gem-nature-dark combo has only 11 outcomes, 3 of which being ultra rare gem hybrids.
8-4-element breeding of earth-fire-nature-dark: this is the only combination that gives shots at ALL three of the re-released animals, but the amount of potential outcomes is a staggering 39. :S
9-SS + water-earth: I like this one: 4-element breeding with a nullified Skull element, a single water-fire = Skyger outcome, yet chances at a CU and the 2 re-released earth-fire animals and only 14 potential outcomes (incl. 1 ultra rare)... This gives a shot at a Rainguin too.
Well then, I think those are most of the parameters. Now for the "juggling part".
-Option 9: Interesting option: only 15 outcomes (2 of which the re-released earth-fire ones, and also a shot at the CU).
-Option 8 will be pretty much out of the question due to poor odds at success.
-Option 7 is very, very tempting: shots at 3 gem-hybrids, the (only) rare Frankenswine and a Punk Skunk as "good fail.
-Option 6 is tempting as it has only 8 outcomes, two of which are the target animals, but... super rares both of them and I absolutely hate doing earth-fire breedings nowadays...
Having written it all out, I think I'll alternate a bit between numbers 6, 7 and 8. Around the time we have to breed/hatch a Rainguin, option 9 shall be the formula of choice. For the other days I shall probably alternate a bit between options 6, 7 and 9.
We'll see....
