I have added something like 15 or 16 projects to my Zolnixi lineup. Eight of these are thanks to the lovely individuals who sold me their Diamond Progressive Bonus pets - those custom 3v Themed are going to make many lovely babies and I am super excited that everything has fallen together as it has.
I have enough Diamonds that I am comfortable buying two more of the mentioned custom pets, so I will likely be adding or at least improving the speed of two more projects. Afterwards, I am probably going to put most of my spending on pause until the summer festival so I can take advantage of the Diamond Sale at the beginning.
I have also split up the Zolnixi Themed pets into three posts, as I have 29 Themed Zolnixi projects and I can not squeeze almost 60 images into one post.
Of these 29 projects, I picked up a few old Majestics, as there were complete or almost complete pets selling for reasonable prices in the Advanced Search. I figured I would scoop these up and at least breed myself complete trait breeding pairs. I like the Cute Witch and Dragon Wisp sets quite a lot, so I'll probably max at least one of each set so I can make whatever recolors I'd like. I am also thinking, if I do max them, I might trade breeding pairs for breeding pairs of other restricted sets I don't have. Maybe. It all depends on how patient I am feeling when we get there.
Volinolona
Level 75
Guardian
Joined: 7/9/2013
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Posts: 589
Posted: 8/29/2024 at 10:16 AM
Post #63
Recent Updates
- Added a Tropical Sunset Nephini project. I... don't really like Nephinis. They're too thin, too cluttered, and, in my opinion, in need of a revamp to properly match the style and quality of the other revamped pets. However, I very much like this Themed and they're selling really cheap for a Fabled, so I grabbed a bunch and am going to try to get the traits I want.
- The Whispering Shadows Zolnixi are getting really close to producing 6vs. All but two of my pairs are 3v or better and one of the pairs is even 5v to 5v, so I am hoping to get at least one 6v very soon. <3
- I added a bunch of projects that I had started to collect traits for, but was not successful in obtaining before Behemoth had her... incident. They may sit static for a while, but I do intend to get to them when I can.
Volinolona
Level 75
Guardian
Joined: 7/9/2013
Threads: 12
Posts: 589
Posted: 9/15/2024 at 6:41 PM
Post #64
Recent Updates
So... I've been thinking about future sales and how I am going to manage that. Mostly, I had a big debate with myself over fertile Themed offspring and restricted trait Themeds. I think I have figured out how I want to handle the sales.
- Themed offspring will all come from the same parents so they can not be bred back to their project. This seems like a basic security measure I almost forgot about. I had initially planned to have two pairs to speed up production if necessary, but I forgot that, unlike Ovipets, Sylestia allows cousins to be bred together.
- Restricted trait Themed will NOT be sold below max stats if they come from a Majestic Mold/Catalyst/Essence/Seed that has received stat bonuses for the G1s. It just feels weird to make and sell max stats from them, but also sell pets that have roughly 70-80% of the stats. The point of having the restricted trait Themed is also more for me to do recolors of that trait set and I won't dye non-maxes, since dyes are expensive, so there's not really a point in me selling slightly below max pets that are exact copies of ones they can get from other people.
- I want to be able to trade fertile max stat pairs of restricted Themed for others I do not have, should there be anyone interested. If not, oh well, but I like the idea. I may even sell pairs to individuals who, like myself, would like to have them for recolor purposes, but perhaps don't want to put in the work of breeding and Prisma-ing a Themed that has zero variation just for that. In this instance, I will need to make specific criteria for a person to meet, as I have seen some alarming things said by individuals who have not made max stats of their own that make me unwilling to sell to them.
- I am probably not going to be selling non-maxes of my MFMS projects 'cause I just don't think it's worth it. They are 3v, so they're not likely to sell as well as anything else I am working on, so I don't want to keep pairs around when they're just gonna take up space.
In other news, am considering working on setting up some non-Themed projects for me to eventually set up for. Themed are fun and all, but I also have my own color tastes and feel like only doing Themed projects (which I am practically doing, even if unintentionally) is a smidge lazy on my part, since the color palettes are not my work. It feels odd to even call them my projects, since I did not make the Themes themselves, only picked out and bred in traits. I do enjoy making them and I am not going to stop with the Themed projects - I just want to try and balance it out a little.
Also... While I do love Themed and think they are beautiful, they're not always super practical for cross-breeding. Making pets that are designed only to look pretty is one thing if they are max stats - it's another if they're fertile base stats and make muddy offspring. (I have a soft spot for brown/earthy/neutral Themed, which basically make dirt babies if cross-bred. Oops.) I would like to see if maybe I can contribute to breeding prettier mutt pets. I know I won't be able to do much, since it's super expensive to dye pets and I am only one, singular person, so I only have so much time, space, and money... But a little difference is still a difference.
