SC difficulties + wolf overpopulation in one go?

Okay so a couple of things are really clear at the moment in the current market.

1. SC is very hard to acquire (especially compared to GC)

2. There is a big problem with too many wolves. They clog up the market and inherently lower the value of all other wolves

SC is so tough the get that spending a lot on a wolf, when there are so many wolves, is hugely disincentivised. I totally understand keeping the markets free to work and sort themselves out, and that if SC is difficult then more people will pay real money to get GC - but right now both things feel like a genuine balance issue.

The raccoon pays SO LITTLE for any items - which seems odd when he already has a daily cap on how much SC he can give you? Again, I get that it's to encourage players trading with each other but that doesn't help to add more SC to the game.

My proposal is a single addition to theoretically help both problems: the raccoon will buy a wolf from you for 5SC. That's it. He won't pay more for different coats or markings, he won't pay more for high stats etc. It's a fixed price. He still has his daily SC limit in place, but that way if you are chasing 10 puppies who truly hold NO value you are still getting 50SC total for the same job.

Hell, even if he would pay 2SC per wolf it could make a BIG difference - because ATM spending SC is highly biased against, which means SC isn't entering the market as much, which means it acrues value, which means it's biased against spending it etc.

If it's a low flat rate, then people will be more willing to sell low value puppies but still keep high value ones for the main market. Maybe there could even be text to do with "I know several new packs who are looking for new members, do you have any wolves looking for a new home?" so that it feels less like you're selling them in a heartless way?

I'm making the suggestion as someone whose favourite part of the game is breeding new wolves! It costs so much to keep a puppy to adulthood, and I also can't afford the cave space to house all my wolves - but any breeding project I embark on is going to have a lot of rejected puppies, and it just feels like such a waste to get NO return on any of those wolves

Definitely support this/just any sort of system in general that lets you sell wolves to an npc. Having bonuses based off level or just a certain day having x marking add onto the price would be neat but at this point something set in stone like this would still help a lot. 

This is a well thought out idea. I support this.

yea i agree with this, was having a debate with others in main chat about this , though it may mean they need to raise the raccoons daily sc cap atleast slightly 

Yes, I always sort of wondered why there wasn't a way to sell unwanted wolves/pups! I thought maybe it was just because it would seem weird to like.... full-on sell wolves but a) we do that anyway when we sell to players and b) I think your suggestion for flavour text is a lovely idea!

You have my support for this, this sounds like it could be really helpful !

Support! It's a really good idea that makes use of the features already there in the game without having to create all new characters and mechanisms. I like the idea of keeping the wolf sales within the daily limit of the raccoon too! 

This is an awesome idea, I support!

My only concern is that people will produce a bunch of pups in order to get SC from raccoon, but honestly.................. people will always be maximizing pup output anyway, so might as well keep the low worth ones off the market with your idea!