Favourites?

[dancing_serpent]

So, the Day 7 dragons grew up on TJs scroll, and I'm curious what you think about the whole birthday release. Which are your favourites, which ones didn't you like so much? Do you have any breeding plans for them already?

My own favourites are the Bloodscales, the Black Capped Teimarr and the Coppers. No breeding plans yet, I first want to catch all my usual CB pairs.

I'm not so fond of the Black Teas, the Black Tips and the Seragamma - and I don't care at all for the Hellhorses. But I like a "complete" scroll, so I'm going to collect/breed all of them as well.

As a general thought, I was surprised how well the seven day release worked for me. Huge part of the reason were the incubates and skipping the hybrid for now - even with catching more than two eggs I had always room on my scroll for the next new egg.

Comments

[jocosa]

The only one I really like a lot is the Bloodscale.

The ones I sort of like are the Coppers and Hellhorse. The Coppers I liked better as hatchies though. The adult males make me think of Gargoyles. And of the Hellhorses I only like the females, due to their color. Eventually I'll either breed or trade for a couple but I'm in no hurry. And I swear they look super familiar, especially the male. I keep thinking I've seen them before, and not on the forums. Like a cartoon series or old movie or something.

The Teas, I am so disappointed in. It was the only egg I collected 4 of at the drop because I loved the egg color. I am not liking the adults at all, so doubt I will breed them unless I see a lineage pairing I find really striking. The females remind me too much of the Rosebuds, which I really don't like. Something about the males just looks off to me.

The rest were ok, but I won't collect anymore and probably won't breed them either. Some seemed a bit undefined to me, lacking in detail. And agreed on the names. A bit over the top. I'm also bummed that out of all the awesome designs I've seen waiting for some love and recognition, he went with these. And, went with spriters already in the cave for the most part.

I was catching at around 2:15am cave time most nights so had no problem getting what I wanted. I went with 2 most nights, 4 on the Teas (Which I regret), 4-5 on the Coppers (All browns, which I traded the next day for pairs), then 3 on the last night. I created a Red army a while back, so I can incubate as much as needed for a two week span and not run out, same on Pinks. Well, I have fewer Pinks since they return to work in just a week, versus the Reds two week downtime. I was tired of breeding my pairs so took a break and only bred or traded for Reds and Pinks till I had all I needed.

ETA - The other bad thing about this drop... names. Not as in their names, but needing to name so many all at once. I'm not the best at names to begin with, and now I have hatchies all over the place. EEP!

[dancing_serpent]

I was catching between 01.00h - 03.00h cave time (meaning 07.00h - 09.00h my time zone) worked well for me. It's my usual time for being at work or up and awake on weekends.

*g* I have no problems with dragon names. a) I always start with DS, so even if the names are taken I've got a good chance - and b) mostly I name my dragons after places in Scotland. Lots and lots of choices there.

[jocosa]

That's a good way to do it. Hard to run out of ideas that way. :) I was using familes for a bit when I had a lot of one breed, so I had all the Munsters, and Adams family for example. All my Lurkers are named after Muppets. Nothing scarier then a Halloween beastie named Mr Poodle Pants. *grin*

[dancing_serpent]

*g* Love that idea, too! Some of my dragons are named after characters from my fandoms, even if they don't always fit. For example, all my Tangars are named after Star Trek characters, and my Greenwings after Sherlock Holmes.