September Release

[dancing_serpent]

Last release before Halloween, according to TJ! Two different eggs, they are found in the Desert and the Coast biomes:

Desert: The air shimmers around this egg, as if from heat.

Coast: This egg is wet from the waves and has bright red stripes.

Comments

[ragdoll]

I really really need to remember this rather than making myself totally apoplectic from midnight to about 2 am my time. I just always worry about commons mixing in too quickly. Someone said they saw one or two in an hourly drop in the Desert, but it seems to have been an anomaly.

Part of the problem is/was that the initial drops were just insanely short.

[dancing_serpent]

I don't usually see many commons drop within the first four to five hours, and most of the time TJ will adjust the later drops after people complain on the forums, too, so hunting later it is. *g*

[ragdoll]

I've never seen him adjust it -- iirc, the commons starting trickling in around 3 am EST for the last drop which thankfully I didn't have to worry about. Usually I catch something in the first hour, but this time, it was just impossible. I do miss the old days when new eggs dropped pretty much without any competition for the first 12-24 hours.

I still haven't seen another CB copper since May. Some people swear they exist, but I've seen more metals (and miss them!) than any coppers. (Thankfully I got a pair of each in May. My poor mom is still trying to get a CB Green, but is unwilling and unable to get anything to trade.)

[dancing_serpent]

Well, I've never actually seen him adjust it, too, but that's what I get from the people commenting - for some reason, I tend to read the new release threads. g

I did see exactly two Coppers in the Forest biome while hunting for Summers and green Lindwurms, but I was too surprised to even attempt catching them. And I know they have to drop, because I see quite a couple of them for trade on Dragonmarket. I still only have my initial four, though.

[ragdoll]

I read the new release threads up to a point -- but eventually, they all deteriorate into a) I cannot catch a bloody thing, I am frustrated and unhappy and this sucks and b) how dare you complain since I managed to catch 7 eggs in 4 minutes on the first drop and you clearly have no right to be upset. ;p

I have to believe that there are Coppers dropping since I've seen some for trade too (for insane requests), but I have yet to see a single one myself. I've seen maybe one or two Bloodscales since May (and missed them), but they seem to be easier to find. Then again, it took me over a year to catch a Blusang -- I had one CB I was gifted after they dropped (and I missed out on it due to real life stuff), and then nothing for over a year. I'm still not sure HOW I managed the blusang since I hadn't seen one in the Coastal for many many months. Not complaining, of course.

It also helps when the Biomes actually move. I haven't managed another green opal because I've rarely seen them drop, and the Forest moves so slowly that I have no patience for it.

[dancing_serpent]

Interesting how different it is for everyone. I didn't have much trouble catching Bloodscales and Blusangs, but I had no luck at all catching Thunders. All of mine except one have been gifted or traded for.

I mostly hunt on the xx:59h to xx:00h switch. Those first few seconds are the best, there's often good stuff and less people in the biomes. As soon as the clock switches to xx:01h I stop hunting.

[ragdoll]

I missed the initial blusang release by a day or two, and had absolutely NO luck getting one on my own. I got whatever else came at that time (I think it might've been olives and brimstones?) by myself, but the blusangs were impossible. I was gifted one thanks to New Release Gifting, and then have gotten a few bred ones here and there, but I needed a female CB for a shimmerscale lineage (which still hasn't yielded anything *grumbles*) and didn't have one.

At the time of the Trio eggs, I managed to get one CB Thunder. Had better luck with the magmas and icicles. I still only have one CB Thunder, but thankfully, I don't have any major lineages to worry about there. I do remember the Trios dropping for several days without any other eggs at the time, though.

I find that from :59 to about :01 is a nightmare -- even when there's not a new release, the cave just freezes up and I can't get it to refresh at all. It's like everyone runs there and starts refreshing like crazy and it's impossible to get it to do a bloody thing for me. :-/ I'll have to try a minute or two earlier! Thanks for the tip. :)

[gommeke]

I can't catch anything of the trio or blusangs either, luckily I got some in the initial release - that's always my best hope.
Coppers I didn't get that many of during the release, so I can only hope that someday they'll be easier to catch!

[ragdoll]

I was lucky with the trios, but I remember spending a lot of time, late at night, trying to catch them at my friend's house cos it was over Thanksgiving. Blusangs were just a nightmare. I missed the release by a day or two, then had NO luck. I'm shocked that I found one a few weeks ago and actually caught it. I saw one today along with a copper (Alpine one), but missed them both. Still, proof that they do exist!

I got 2 of each copper during the release, but my mom only had six slots and so she was short, so no greens. Plus she ran out of pinks, so they gendered weird -- both her browns are girls, both her reds are boys, so she can't breed reds either. She as a lot of 2Gs now, but she'd assumed she could find more since TJ was all "oh, you don't have to worry, they're permanent.". Sheesh.

[jocosa]

Don't forget team "It is SO unfair of people to catch 6 or 7 when I have none, they should be limited!!". *grin*

I have not seen a Copper drop since the initial release. Like you, I know they are out there but I've yet to see one myself.

[ragdoll]

LOL Yep, forgot that. I do understand the frustration of people with slow connections, slow computers, etc. and it does suck that the initial releases last about 15 seconds max, and the lag is just insane -- I kept seeing white screens and the links jumping to the left side of the screen with no background with regularity. Even when I have luck catching eggs, I don't feel the need to brag *or* tell people to shut up if the haven't had as much luck.

But the limits? Sheesh. In the end, we all have some kind of limits, and once someone's egglocked, they can't get more for at least 5 hours. A lot of people do catch with the plan to share with friends, family or trade as necessary. Even at Halloween, when there's a free-for-all, we all get some. Well, other than the first two years where I never managed a CB vampire (my mom did, but you couldn't transfer them for some bizarre reason!) and the second year where I had to have someone catch them for me because the lag was so horrible.

[jocosa]

Yeah, that is always my way of thinking too. The people that are taking 6 or 7, most gift and even if not, they are now locked and out of the biomes. The quicker people fill up, the sooner they leave the cave. I see it as a good thing. I have a horrible connection. Like you, at times, all I get is a page of white or super slow refreshes. Plus I am normally a spazz clicker during drops. I'm all over the place, and most times I'm not even hitting the actual egg. :P Because of this I know to go in at around 2-4am cave time. It is the only chance I have at getting new eggs. Once commons mix in, it's over for me.

Wow, you've played longer then me I think. :) I'm pretty sure I started after Vamps were actually dropping in the biomes. Or else for some odd reason I chose not to get any. Which is possible, because for whatever reasoning my brain came up with I only got 2 ShadowWalkers at the original drop, instead of grabbing my egg limit. No clue why I did that. :P

[ragdoll]

I tend to gift 2Gs but once I get my initial eggs, if I can catch more, I always gift. A lot of people are happy with just one pair of whatever new eggs there are, and share the love, which is awesome. I have a fairly fast connection and fairly fast laptop, but I am kind of spazzy when it comes to clicking (terrible hand/eye coordination) so not as fast as others. I just learned a really good trick last night -- I don't use a mouse (since laptop mice are kind of crappy anyway), but a track pad. Instead of clicking on the track pad, I just line my cursor up where the link is, then control R or control F5 with one hand, and click like a madwoman on the left trackpad button. The cursor doesn't slide around that much, if at all, so it's easier to at least be on target. :)

I seem to always have issues with DC though -- like I said, white screens no matter which browser I use. I turned off JAVA and it was spazzing out more than when it was on, at least with Chrome. And if you turn off images in Chrome, there's no visible link which is bizarre. It didn't used to be that way. I also use FF sometimes, but it's slower than Chrome overall.

Once the commons start mixing in, I have next to no luck. I almost always mis-click. I will be celebrating my 5th anniversary as of October. The vamps were the first Halloween eggs to drop, and back then, the only way to transfer eggs was via a really complicated ritual of abandoning the egg, making sure the recipient had the link, and then clicking like mad and praying no one picked it up in the AP before anyone else did. For some really crazy reason, the vamp eggs couldn't be abandoned. I have no luck catching anything, but my mom got 3, and was going to give me one. I've got plenty now thanks to the biting BSA, but it was really frustrating at the time.

I remember when the Pumpkins dropped, the lag was a nightmare, and I couldn't catch a bloody thing. Ditto the first Valentine eggs, which is why I have no CBs of those. I was away that weekend, and the hotel internet I had was just horrible, and there was no way to catch anything. I was shocked I was able to catch this past year's at the same hotel with my slow netbook!

My mom never got the cave dwellers last year because we were out of power for 2 weeks due to Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy. A friend took the chance for me and used my scroll to catch mine, so this year, I'll breed my mom some, and hopefully she'll be able to catch a few in the AP.

[jocosa]

Huh, my oldest dragon is a Vine from May 2008 so for whatever reason I just didn't snag any from the cave. Maybe I didn't like them back then. I do now though and have a handful. I wish I had grabbed up more old Pinks and Frills back then too. I didn't like the old pinks then, but for some reason I do now. And I only grabbed a pair of Frills because I wasn't really using the forums back then and had no idea the spriter was going to pull them from the site. :(

If you or your mom want 2G Pumpkins or Lurkers, I have a 3CB Pumpkins and a ton of Lurkers. I can breed to whatever you'd like or make them PB.
My scroll is here if there are other 2G Holidays you want:
http://dragcave.net/user/Jocosa They start on page 2 of my scroll. CBs are labeled.

Ugh, I recall the old days of pasting the link in the url and F5ing like a fiend to get that egg transferred. Scary days!! :P

[ragdoll]

My oldest dragons are a cb white, and messy skywing, black and vines which I got in the AP. I had very little luck in the main cave in those days. I only have 3 of the old pinks, and only 1 cb, I think (the other two were her daughters). And a few frills. I thought the Frills were ugly (still do) so wasn't too keen on them. I liked the pinks, so I don't know why I didn't get more. Esp when they were really easy to get.

I've got 2 CB pumpkins myself, as well as some 2Gs, but maybe some new blood would be good. My mom would love the 2G cave lurkers so they're not all related to mine. Plus I like to just breed my holidays like a mad woman and let them all go free, unless someone I know really wants one. I sometimes keep one or two 2Gs just for myself with the Halloweens (obviously can't with the Xmas or Valentines), so additional cave lurkers for her would be fantastic.

Thank you so much!

I remember practically having heart attacks when it came to transferring. I know I lost at least one gold baby because my friend had a slow connection, and she missed it. The teleport is so much better.

[krait]

I have seen one copper (green) that I missed, and caught one copper (brown), but that is it. I've seen exactly one green lindurm, too (which I also missed), since those were released. Sigh.

[ragdoll]

I saw a copper in the Alpine today (which of course I missed). It's been so long since I've seen one that I almost didn't remember what the description was!

When they were first released, I saw a bunch of green lindwurms in the Forest, but missed them all. Now I haven't seen any opals of either colour for ages. I saw a duotone today, but missed it. Along with a Blusang and the copper. Lag is sucking again. :(