Rework of the Retirement System/Enhanced Warning

Rework of the Retirement System/Enhanced Warning
Posted 2021-02-01 13:22:36 (edited) #322963 Hello everyone! I come here off the back of a situation that cost me one of my prized wolves. I intended to remove/retire my first stud from his stud status and switch him out with my latest. I clicked on retire, and was prompted to pay the 20 GC for stud removal. I thought nothing of it, and proceeded with the payment/retirement. Turns out, it was to fully retire him, and the action effectively killed him instead of simply removing his breeding male status. I later realized that I was supposed to retire him through the breeding male page, which is fine and understandable. However, the reason I'm making this thread and following suggestions was that there was little to no warning of impeding dynasty-casting. I simply paid the 20 GC fee thinking nothing of it, and boom, he was cast to my dynasty. So, my suggestion is- Because retiring studs and retiring wolves are very close in nature, effectively leading to mistakes like the one I made, can there be some sort of major warning/differentiation when attempting to retire a stud? Here are a few points/suggestions I can think of: Blocking breeding males from being sent to the dynasty until their studding status is removed. For example, if this was in effect and I went to the retire tab on my breeding male's profile, I might get a message like, "This wolf is studding and cannot be retired. Remove his breeding status first before retiring!" A different term could be given for retiring males or vice versa, so as not to cause any confusion. Like, withdrawing breeding males, and retiring wolves to the dynasty. Give far more warning when retiring a breeding male from his main page/profile. Like, red or bold text on the retirement page stating, "This will send your wolf to the dynasty. To simply remove breeding status, go to the breeding page" type deal. Even more extreme of a suggestion would be having some sort of option to restore a dynasty wolf- perhaps in the first few hours or so of retiring. If retirement was done in complete accident, it would be nice to get some sort of "do-over/refund." I know it's not realistic whatsoever, but it could prevent further accidents. Whatever the case, some better warning or restrictions would be much appreciated! Thank you for reading. EDIT: It has come to my attention that a similar thread exists, but my points are a bit different and still stand.	⭐️Star #14414

Posted 2021-02-01 13:22:36 (edited)

#322963

Hello everyone! I come here off the back of a situation that cost me one of my prized wolves. I intended to remove/retire my first stud from his stud status and switch him out with my latest. I clicked on retire, and was prompted to pay the 20 GC for stud removal. I thought nothing of it, and proceeded with the payment/retirement. Turns out, it was to fully retire him, and the action effectively killed him instead of simply removing his breeding male status.

I later realized that I was supposed to retire him through the breeding male page, which is fine and understandable. However, the reason I'm making this thread and following suggestions was that there was little to no warning of impeding dynasty-casting.

I simply paid the 20 GC fee thinking nothing of it, and boom, he was cast to my dynasty. So, my suggestion is-

Because retiring studs and retiring wolves are very close in nature, effectively leading to mistakes like the one I made, can there be some sort of major warning/differentiation when attempting to retire a stud? Here are a few points/suggestions I can think of:

Blocking breeding males from being sent to the dynasty until their studding status is removed. For example, if this was in effect and I went to the retire tab on my breeding male's profile, I might get a message like, "This wolf is studding and cannot be retired. Remove his breeding status first before retiring!"
A different term could be given for retiring males or vice versa, so as not to cause any confusion. Like, withdrawing breeding males, and retiring wolves to the dynasty.
Give far more warning when retiring a breeding male from his main page/profile. Like, red or bold text on the retirement page stating, "This will send your wolf to the dynasty. To simply remove breeding status, go to the breeding page" type deal.
Even more extreme of a suggestion would be having some sort of option to restore a dynasty wolf- perhaps in the first few hours or so of retiring. If retirement was done in complete accident, it would be nice to get some sort of "do-over/refund." I know it's not realistic whatsoever, but it could prevent further accidents.

Whatever the case, some better warning or restrictions would be much appreciated! Thank you for reading.

EDIT: It has come to my attention that a similar thread exists, but my points are a bit different and still stand.

⭐️Star
#14414

Posted 2021-02-01 13:37:59

#322985

Full support, it's strange that when retiring a wolf that isn't your stud (or lead), it warns you that this will send the wolf into your dynasty, but there's no such warning when retiring studs from their home page

A distinction really should be made, from breeding retirement between.... life retirement. Or a warning at the very least.

RootBeerBog
#11245

Posted 2021-02-01 13:54:51

#323009

Full support! I’ve made the same mistake you did. A previous young wolf of mine was sent to the dynasty when I retired him because I thought I was ONLY retiring him as a breeding male - not killing him.

It would be nice to have a “Are you sure? This action will send your wolf to the dynasty” warning with a Yes/No option. It’s not made especially clear that the Retire button on the Wolf’s Page is NOT the same one you would use to retire a wolf from a Breeding Male position.