got a question?

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

got a question about the Cave, the game, the dragons? i'll see if i know the answer, or know somewhere the answer could be found. (granted i've only been on the Cave since the beginning of December, but i've learned a few things. heh.)

yesterday i mentioned about being scroll-locked, and when someone asked what that was (it's when you're full-up and can't get or breed anymore eggs - having 5 eggs, or 5+ hatchies will do it), i remembered seeing a post on the forum about some of the terminology that gets used.

so, to start off, i found the DC Terminology Post. however, keep in mind while this is dated only from December 12, 2008, there are some new/different things since the server change (last month, i believe).

two things that are different that come to mind are (1) hatching and growing up times are now random (it used to that if the program thought the numbers were right it would hatch or grow up by 3.5 days. now it's anywhere between 2 and 4 mostly); and (2) if you abandon an egg or hatchie, it only adds a day to it the very first time. (it used to be that each time you'd abandon a sprite it would add a day. not anymore.)

i'm sure there are more, so ask away!
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Comments

[phee.livejournal.com]

Any particular reason I seem to be having a epidemic of softshell/hatchling sickness?! I am not doing anything diffrent about where I post my eggs etc.... So why so many sick babies?!

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

oh sure, ask the question i don't know.... my eggs are good. however, my daughter figured out that if you post the eggs behind the cuts everywhere for the entire time they're eggs, they're less likely to get softshell.

i do know if your egg has a ton of views, maybe cause it's stubborn, you sometimes get a sick hatchie.

also, i don't post eggs of hatchies on the first day.

dunno if that helps you or not....

[mistresshuette.livejournal.com]

Why do people freeze perfectly good [i.e. not sick] hatchlings? A lady just a few minutes ago stated that she was gifted a silver hatchling which she was going to freeze. Last I heard, freezing was permanent. It isn't like having a piece of meat which you don't want now and you freeze it until you are ready to eat it. From what I understand, freezing a hatchling stunts their growth so that they will never mature. Why would someone do that? The metal dragons are so rare. Allowing it to mature and reproduce would allow others to possibly get one.

[trystan830.livejournal.com]

there's a question i wonder myself. the only thing i can think of is someone prefers the hatchie version better than the adults (i could think of two hatchies i like better)... but my daughter has a no-freeze, no-kill, no-abandon policy, and i have to say i agree with her.....

and i totally agree about the rares being, well, rare, so you'd WANT it to breed. i dunno....