Here's one to really have you love me, or hate me. But please hear me out.
I think that horses should have a breeding rating revealed. There are numerous ways to do this via a rating system, similar to the one entered for the jockey's (though I know that's manually done).
Here are some facts:
- The best part of this game is breeding. Let's be honest, it's what we all love to do, and it's what generates the site the most money.
- The bloodlines in this game right now are significantly weaker than when I joined in 2009. It's like night and day.
- Public breeding and breeders in auction are generating very little for both the owners, and the site.
- There are less players playing actively today, which means the site could use more horses per owner, but many small stable owners are reluctant to breed.
- Creates get gelded, like, a lot. And with that cut, so goes many future bloodlines needed to keep the site going for seasons to come.
Letting people see an A-F score on their horses breeding potential eliminates SO much of that. How many great breeders are lying around that were used only once or twice? The owner stopped because the first one or two were duds. Who in their right mind would keep throwing money into the dark hoping that it was just unlucky? No one.
What ends up happening is the talent pool weakens because great breeding horses aren't used. Obviously with creates its an absolute shot in the dark, but even with bloodlines it's near impossible to tell what a solid breeder is. I know admin points to hints and things to look for, but on this side of the screen, never seeing how the game works internally with code, it's extremely frustrating. And for every owner who does well at breeding, and finding the right matches, I'm sure they could go back in time and count hundreds of dollars they also spent trying out duds.
Look at a horse like Crooked Track. Who in their right mind, looking at blood lines and racing career, would have thought THAT horse would be a monster breeder? But it is! How many of them are sitting around?
I know the site doesn't want to give away parts of the game, but for me this is long-term game breaking. We're having to ungeld horses just to pump in solid blood. Imagine if gelded 50% less creates because of their blood. How many more horses would be on the track long term? How many more horses would people breed?
Yes, the site will lose the income of people throwing bad money at low breeding rated horses. But they will MAXIMIZE on solid breeding ones. The auctions will be totally relevant again. Public breeding prices will go back up, bringing in income for owners and the site.
Not to mention, it removes the NUMBER ONE obstacle new players to the game struggle to figure out, but still have to put the most money into. How many have we lost out of frustration of this?
I brought up auto training (assistant trainer) and jockey ratings in the past. Both were initially thought as giving away too much info, but I think we'd all agree both are positive changes to the game.
Granted, this idea is much larger. But IMO, with the current state of the site, this is a needed change.
I think that horses should have a breeding rating revealed. There are numerous ways to do this via a rating system, similar to the one entered for the jockey's (though I know that's manually done).
Here are some facts:
- The best part of this game is breeding. Let's be honest, it's what we all love to do, and it's what generates the site the most money.
- The bloodlines in this game right now are significantly weaker than when I joined in 2009. It's like night and day.
- Public breeding and breeders in auction are generating very little for both the owners, and the site.
- There are less players playing actively today, which means the site could use more horses per owner, but many small stable owners are reluctant to breed.
- Creates get gelded, like, a lot. And with that cut, so goes many future bloodlines needed to keep the site going for seasons to come.
Letting people see an A-F score on their horses breeding potential eliminates SO much of that. How many great breeders are lying around that were used only once or twice? The owner stopped because the first one or two were duds. Who in their right mind would keep throwing money into the dark hoping that it was just unlucky? No one.
What ends up happening is the talent pool weakens because great breeding horses aren't used. Obviously with creates its an absolute shot in the dark, but even with bloodlines it's near impossible to tell what a solid breeder is. I know admin points to hints and things to look for, but on this side of the screen, never seeing how the game works internally with code, it's extremely frustrating. And for every owner who does well at breeding, and finding the right matches, I'm sure they could go back in time and count hundreds of dollars they also spent trying out duds.
Look at a horse like Crooked Track. Who in their right mind, looking at blood lines and racing career, would have thought THAT horse would be a monster breeder? But it is! How many of them are sitting around?
I know the site doesn't want to give away parts of the game, but for me this is long-term game breaking. We're having to ungeld horses just to pump in solid blood. Imagine if gelded 50% less creates because of their blood. How many more horses would be on the track long term? How many more horses would people breed?
Yes, the site will lose the income of people throwing bad money at low breeding rated horses. But they will MAXIMIZE on solid breeding ones. The auctions will be totally relevant again. Public breeding prices will go back up, bringing in income for owners and the site.
Not to mention, it removes the NUMBER ONE obstacle new players to the game struggle to figure out, but still have to put the most money into. How many have we lost out of frustration of this?
I brought up auto training (assistant trainer) and jockey ratings in the past. Both were initially thought as giving away too much info, but I think we'd all agree both are positive changes to the game.
Granted, this idea is much larger. But IMO, with the current state of the site, this is a needed change.
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