Perhaps a way to mitigate some of the breeders atm is to make it so you cannot breed unless there is space in your stables. I know you talked about this before and it never became a thing. It would stop the mass breeder i mentioned above. If you had only 5 spaces say you could only breed 5 pets. Might be an option while you are getting breeding grounds ready to launch

Breeding pets if my favorite part of this game. I breed pets that, to me, are pleasing to the eye, but. my main goal if for a pet to be able to cary me through boss battles. That means breeding many generations with prismatics, ect to max out the stats and look BEAUTIFUL!! Maxing and Super maxing can be expensive but is necessary process. I breed my pets with a ultimate goal to it's conclusion. There are those who just breed, breed, breed for no reason but that they can. This is not good in any form as stated by Katty. I agree with her 100%. Krin works endlessy so that we have a great experience while playing, but must also protect what he has built. I'm leary abot the breeding fee, which my daughter has already posted and I agree with her 100% as well. In the end Krin has a difficult job but if something doesn't work he fixes it. We just have to wait and see what the results will ne and go from there!!!

Krin, THANK YOU for your dedication to Sylestia & May Sylestia grow and give playes fun and enjoyment for Many, Many, YEARS from now!!!!

Casmere

On behalf of a player that joined the game in 2018 played for a few weeks, (maybe a month or six) and then only really came back to finding this game about 2-3 weeks ago maybe less.

I for one apreciate the low costing sales from others, the low breeding costs depending on rarity, (I'm guessing that will change slightly).

But I guess I'm here to say - Sorry for breeding dishwaters...
Is it not right to put two random (same species) creatures together to see what they
make, I thought that was one of the whole points of this type of game ?

(I know I am not one for having bred thousands of pets, I have to my knowledge never
even released one.... mind you if I had worked out how to catch from wild...
or remember, so much I once new how to do in this game I have forgotten....
Anyone - with help as to how to even get past the Nightbandit campsite mission would
be lovely, Thank you.

Thanks Krin, This game is worth the work one needs to put in it to play, agree getting
everything without having to work for it would be boring (but the endless grinding gets
the better of me sometimes). But it is worth it.

A call out to all those whose pets I have purchased overtime or who gave me pets or
ran games in which I won them as prizes. Thanking you so much.

(edited - due to layout looking wrong as I typed this landscape view).

My single question still has not been answered. Will all pets currently up for public breeding be automatically carried over to the new breeding market? Or will everything have to be re-done manually?

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=109949&page=4#33 Author: Urban2610 Time Posted: 3/4/2025 at 6:59 AM On behalf of a player that joined the game in 2018 played for a few weeks, (maybe a month or six) and then only really came back to finding this game about 2-3 weeks ago maybe less. I for one apreciate the low costing sales from others, the low breeding costs depending on rarity, (I'm guessing that will change slightly). But I guess I'm here to say - Sorry for breeding dishwaters... Is it not right to put two random (same species) creatures together to see what they make, I thought that was one of the whole points of this type of game ? (I know I am not one for having bred thousands of pets, I have to my knowledge never even released one.... mind you if I had worked out how to catch from wild... or remember, so much I once new how to do in this game I have forgotten.... Anyone - with help as to how to even get past the Nightbandit campsite mission would be lovely, Thank you. Thanks Krin, This game is worth the work one needs to put in it to play, agree getting everything without having to work for it would be boring (but the endless grinding gets the better of me sometimes). But it is worth it. A call out to all those whose pets I have purchased overtime or who gave me pets or ran games in which I won them as prizes. Thanking you so much. (edited - due to layout looking wrong as I typed this landscape view).

There is no reason to apologize for playing the game how you want to play it and how I allow it to be played. You have nothing to be sorry about. =)

As long as someone isn't doing something to be malicious, you are entirely within your rights to play Sylestia however you see fit and in whatever way brings you joy - that's the entire point of its existence.

However, my job as the dev is to make sure things are fair and balanced for all. Sometimes there are loopholes that get created or, over time, people figure out things to take advantage of the lack of a certain restriction. When this happens, I need to step in and decide what's best for the game so that things remain fair and balanced. I believe a basic breeding fee is one of those circumstances.

I really think it's getting blown out of proportion a bit and it's why I am always very shy to discuss changes before they are 100% concrete and implemented. I really don't think the fee will cause much of a disturbance at all unless you are breeding thousands of pets per month and don't have a hoard of Gold - this is an extremely, extremely small amount of players. And for those players, I do not think it's the end of the world - they'll just have to make some adjustments and either focus a little more on Gold farming (like spending an extra hour per month) or focus a little more on breeding pets that have a good chance of being viable for their goals - all of which are entirely within the expected realms of playing the game.

If it helps, also keep in mind the realism aspect of it. I would love to see someone in real life set up a breeding farm where they are housing, feeding, breeding, and nurturing literally thousands and thousands of pets without spending a single penny. =P A basic fee to care for both the parents and the offspring during its childhood is entirely within expectations. The game doesn't require any upkeep on pets in your Hatchery and some literally keep a revolving door of thousands of pets in their Hatchery. This is something that should have been in the game on day 1.

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=109949&page=4#34 Author: Somneli Time Posted: 3/4/2025 at 8:39 AM My single question still has not been answered. Will all pets currently up for public breeding be automatically carried over to the new breeding market? Or will everything have to be re-done manually?

I do not plan on on manually converting the current system to the new as there will be a lot of new parameters and systems required on the new system.

So players will have to set them up again on the new system once it's implemented.

Som's question is a very important one. This will mean all of the pets from inactive users will disappear from public breeding. :-(. I will definitely set up more pets for breeding once the new system is in.

As for the breeding fee, I will definitely give it a shot but I won't lie and say that I'm not worried about it. I don't like LG. I play on a tablet. Every move is a double click so it takes forever to get around. It isn't fun for me. Hopefully I can make enough from missions. I do have a gold stash (mostly due to a couple of festivals back when gold was given out for unused items) so I'll survive while I try and figure out the best way to adjust. I am worried that this will be a "you must do LG chest runs (and good luck with rng)" kind of thing. I don't think that is an unreasonable worry.

I know Krin is a reasonable and infinitely patient dev, so I'm not going to freak out (just wimper a bit in the corner) and will see how it all works out. :-P

excited about the changes. can't say i understand why breeding needs to be limited but it sounds lots of really great things i've been wanting will be added. i have made so many charts comparing pet's traits and this will help a lot lol

pls find a way to keep currently listed pets up for breeding though. there's so many pretty inactive pets out there that would be gone. that would be a big problem for me

I like all these proposed and planned Breeding Grounds changes, including the fee! I've had many projects over my sporadic and haitus-ridden years of Sylestia - there's plenty of ways to earn currency to offset those costs, in my opinion, and the mentioned Breeding Grounds helpers and an overarching skill tree in the future? Amazing. Everytime I come back for a Sylestia fixation I'm always impressed and excited by new changes.

I do agree it will be unfortunate to lose the public breedings set up by inactive players who may have rare themes, traits, etc available, but I think a community effort to get those traits and themes back into the gene pool will be just as fun as well :). I know I'll be sure to stick around to add anything I can back into public Breeding for that reason.

I'm definitely excited for this upgraded Breeding Grounds