Luck with GoN

[ragdoll]

How are people doing with these? I have one GoN which I got three years ago. I still haven't summoned a second one, let alone a third. My mom's not managed to summon one yet either.

I've had no luck breeding avatars yet either. First week, I tried Majestica with a CB gold male. Interested, but no egg. The second week, I stupidly tried her with a Spotted Greenwing and got a Spotted Greenwing. This week, I tried her with a Holly, and got 'interested, but no egg' again.

Clearly these GoNs hate me.

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[dancing_serpent]

I had to wait two years until I got my first GoN in 2011, but then only three months later I got the second one. I now regret that I froze it - I never expected them to be able to breed sometime in the future. So far I had two tries at summoning a third, without success yet.

I was able to breed one Avatar so far and traded for six others. Next try will be in three days, when the intended mate is off cooldown.

[ragdoll]

I never freeze my dragons, so that wouldn't have been a problem. I don't know why these stupid things won't cooperate. If TJ has raised the percentage of chance, it feels like it's still around 2%. *grumbles*

I was so excited last week when they bred an egg, and thought it was the blue one -- then looked at it closely and realized it was another Spotted Greenwing (which isn't on the list). I kept it because it's still cool and might be good for breeding at some point.

The stuff people were asking for in trade seemed insanely high, so I haven't really looked. What *are* the going rates? (I'm still trying to get a CB gold so I can have one CB female, and can't even 'afford' that)

[dancing_serpent]

Well, he says he has. I'm not noticing yet - but then, it's only been two weeks since then, so what can I expect, really.

Oh yeah, with a 2nd gen GoN/Avatar fail you can still create pretty lineages. I would have kept it, too.

Yeah, some people are asking for Neglected Dragons for their 2nd gen Avatars. I have traded with different things so far. Let's see...

2 4th gen Shimmers for 2 2nd gen AoCh,
1 CB Blusang hatchie + 1 2nd gen PB Silver for a 3rd gen AoCr,
2 5th gen Shimmers for 1 2nd gen AoD
2 CB Blusang eggs for 1 2nd gen AoCr,
2 CB Coppers for 1 2nd gen AoCr
1 CB Blusang egg + 1 5th gen Shimmer for 1 2nd gen AoD
1 2nd gen AoCh swap in an IOU with codyne
and another 4th gen Shimmer for 1 2nd gen AoCr

Yep, that's all of them.

And now I've seen really messy Avatar lineages, but people are asking for CB Golds anyway. *shaked head*

[ragdoll]

So far, my bad luck continues. I tried to breed the 3rd generation Avatar of Destruction so kindly given to me by Alicit, and it too wasn't interested. *headdesk*

I do hope that the percentages are better soon -- it's driving me nuts.

The trading doesn't sound too awful. Not that I have any of those on hand, of course. I haven't managed a CB Gold in about 5 or 6 years, but if I ever manage to breed something, maybe I can *finally* get my CB Gold female after all this time. (I started playing in October of 2008). Or get my mom the one CB Green copper female she needs.

The things people are asking are kind of insane. I probably would just want to blood swap if I can ever manage to get these stupid critters to cooperate. :)

[dancing_serpent]

To be fair, most people are asking for bloodswaps. Which doesn't help me, because I only have that one GoN available, and it doens't always want to breed. So if I want more Avatars in a shorter time, I'll try to find people who trade for other things, too, without being too over the top with what they're asking.

Yeah, I started playing in September 2008, and I didn't have much luck catching things - until I got that new compter and the faster internet connection last year.

[ragdoll]

I only have one GoN as well, so obviously this is just me thinking outloud. My connection is relatively fast, but I haven't seen much of anything rare in a long time, and when I have, I've had no luck catching things. Part of it is just not having the time/patience to sit and wait for something to show up. :-/

By the time I probably DO get my GoN to breed, people will be giving away their Avatars and there won't be anything left for me to trade. LOL I'm probably more okay with not having 2G Avatars this minute since I know eventually I've got to breed something than not having a CB gold female after all this time or not being able to get my mom a CB green copper after a year because they're rarer than they were supposed to be.

Ah well, it's only a game. :)

[dancing_serpent]

The patience thing gets me all the time, too. Sometimes I tell myself, okay, just put on some music and go hunting for a while. And then I do so, and get frustrated anyway, when I see the shinies but am too slow to catch them. Too slow, because of disbelief - like: Really, I was totally waiting for a Gold and it actually shows up right away? And whooosh...somebody else took it while I was still staring.

[ragdoll]

Exactly. The few times I've seen a gold egg or even more rarely, a copper, I just wind up staring like a moron before I think to engage my fingers. By which point,it's long gone. I am not a patient person so sitting there refreshing the page while nothing changes forever or is the same 3-4 eggs over and over can only last a short while before I give up.