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Gene Check is WAY too Expensive

Posted 2021-02-10 10:03:20 (edited)

50-75 sc per checked mutation (and 150 sc for all mutations) is a good compromise. I think it should cost a bit more than before because you do not have to wait for the puppies to grow up to scry them.

That being said, I agree with Gnoll's point. The cost may be to help mutants be worth more again. The market was rapidly plummeting due to an influx in carriers.


Miso 🥣
#1101

Posted 2021-02-10 10:04:49 (edited)

Bring back mutations to the scrying stone, please devs. There was no reason to remove this feature.

On Lioden the feature most similar to this is far cheaper- and SC is much harder to come by than SB. It's incredibly unfair and the price should be adjusted to 25-50 SC or LESS.


☘️ [Hiatus] Kaziah (Kaz)
#16535

Posted 2021-02-10 10:04:53

1000% support - it's not going to help the mutie market at this point, but just help tank the conversion rate of GC.


Naike
#21019

Posted 2021-02-10 10:05:49

Support, 900 sc for a 6 pup litter is ridiculous and not worth it with the current market.


Satan [HIATUS]
#12250

Posted 2021-02-10 10:06:55

Full support. It is ridiculous to think that if you get 1 carrier out of 10 pups you just threw away 1350 SC, especially since there's no good way to gather that amount of SC. 


Zytorian
#2069

Posted 2021-02-10 10:09:29

Full support here - SC is hard enough to come by as it is


Kaz
#24750

Posted 2021-02-10 10:12:40 (edited)

I can't help but agree.

Don't get me wrong, the Gene update has made some serious and rather good changes to the mutation game. But at this point, acquiring enough SC is a near impossible task.

We currently have 6 mutations, all of which are now hereditary. Now 150 SC doesn't sound horrible for a check, a bit over 20SC per mutation, but the issue is that with the explore cap, it's incredibly hard to keep a good enough amount of SC to check the wolves that you're hoping to be a carrier. I personally even had difficulties Scrying 4 times to check for a mutation.

This paragraph has been added in. Another point is that this is crushing to new players who want to try their hands at producing those special wolves. I did just about everything I could to save up to win a bid in an auction and even then, getting my mutie left me completely broke. The current way that Gene is set up will only toss the market about more.

If we assume that the the average player completes every daily quest for 100-ish SC and maxes out on their fishing for 100, plus the delicate meat they may or may not get, that's still only about 220SC and that's not including the tiny amounts that we get in explore. It's barely possibly to get 400SC daily for the average player and even then that's only 2 complete checks.

I think we need a change on either the SC gaining front or the a slight shift in the price for Gene's services.


Hollow Howls
#12130

Posted 2021-02-10 10:12:55

FULL SUPPORT, AND I MEAN FULL, I just would really like to be able to scry without losing all of my sc. There could be a litter of like 5 potential carriers and thats so much sc before you even breed them :(

Keziah
#6309

Posted 2021-02-10 10:13:02

support, but maybe with a little twist? i think if they made it more(but less than it is now) expensive to gene check a pup than an adult. so 75-100*sc to check a pup while 50-75*sc to check an adult. I'm suggesting this as a lore piece possibly lol. meaning it would be harder for Gene to check a pup than an adult for reasons im too uncreative to come up with lmao.

i get the market/economy is wack, and getting sc is hard. but I think the point of having it be 150sc is to keep mutations rare and hard to come by. just like sc is. I dont think they intended to have breed scrying be the way to find out if your wolf is a poss carrier. and at least this way it's a definitive yes or no if your wolf is a carrier. vs someone saying in TC that their wolf is a poss carrier with not much proof, that could also faked.

*anywhere between these amounts I think would be reasonable, it would not only make it a bit cheaper but will also still be a kinda pricey to keep the market for muties a bit high. and would add some lore that either can be opted out of. either way, as long as the price is dropped at least 50-75sc, I'm sure everyone will be happy lol


vil
#10678

Posted 2021-02-10 10:13:34

Throwing in my 2c here. Not only is this far too expensive, its punishing for those of us who were ONLY using the scrying stone for personal projects. I'd spend 30-50sc max to test a NBW or wolf I'd purchased, to see if they were worth the time and effort for breeding. This is also useless for people who want to sell carriers, as it kills any potential profit and pretty much makes it not worth it.

I think it should be decreased for sure, but I personally also think the visual possiblity should be kept in the scrying stone as well. Sure, crack down on selling potentials, but at least let us use it for personal projects. Then it's only on us if we're wrong and saw something incorrectly. 


saltedantlers
#2352

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