RC Horse Potential

I would also be willing to get pairs of the unpopular breed from the EC if none were available elsewhere.

@Valzed - I added your name ideas to the list! :)

I do think that we should only do it in pairs, like you said it would solidify the breeding programs.

I also like your idea Valzed with the claims. I think giving the person who claimed them 24 hours to message us does sound reasonable. Life gets to the best of us after all. :) I'll edit that in.

I would even be willing to get pairs from the EC if it came to it as well. The one thing that I'm concerned about though is an unequal amount of breeds being raised. For example, we could have four or five pairs of Quarter Horses being raised, but only one pair of minis or vice versa. How are we going to keep the numbers equal? Should we assign certain players certain breeds or have a certain number of pairs being raised per breed? I'd be willing to raise three of four pairs at once to pick up the slack if it comes to it, but if we have some sort of system it might resolve the issue before it occurs.

Maybe set up a list of breeds based on what popular that cycle...?

Example:
Cycle One:
3 pairs or QH
5 pairs of Akhal Tekes
2 pairs of Arabians

Cycle Two:
2 QH
3 mini
4 clyde
(to include ALL breeds)

and so on...

People can volunteer to take certain breeds for that cycle or we could just dish them out every cycle randomly.

Also, Should we be staggering when we get these horses so there are some available at least once every week or two rather than us all adopting horses the same day and them all coming of age at the same time?

Last edited on 2016-05-31 at 19:03:23 by Cast

is there a reason behind waiting until horses are a certain age before letting them go?

i might be conceptualizing the whole idea of having good horses available to new players a little differently, so i want to be sure i'm on the same page.

i've already snagged a few pairs from the RC on my spare account and was planning on simply using them in the riding school until a new person who was interested in one of those breeds. i wouldn't wait until the horses were a certain age; i'd just be "looking after them" in a way that was both advantageous to myself (riding school earnings and items found) and to new players who could get some horses with nicer stats than any they could buy for a similar amount of money.

the ideas of cycles, assigning breeds, and waiting until horses are a certain age is a bit too complex for me, and if that's the way this particular group is heading i might just do my own thing. that's not to say that what you're all discussing won't work, just that i had a different idea in mind and will probably stick with that :)

also, sticking with one pair per new player seems MORE than generous to me. Plus if every new player only gets one pair, we could help many more players than if they could "claim" an unlimited/larger number.

that said, i love cute acronyms that also mean something for names so my ideas would be something like:

WATCH: Want A Totally Cool Horse?
HAH: Horses and Help
RHYME: Rescued Horses You Might Enjoy
ARCH: A Rescue Club Horse

Last edited on 2016-05-31 at 20:17:16 by ᴋᴀʜᴢɪᴇ ɪ

I know we haven't decided what age we'd be selling our horses at but if we were thinking anything under 3 then the Riding School might not be an option. For me at least, the Riding School won't let me enter my horses under 3 yo.

i agree with Kahzie. i don't think this project needs to be this complex. maybe at some point down the road we might need that level or organization, but i think for now it would simply put people off wanting to take part. (also, i said i'd create the club and everything but i don't have the time to dedicate to something THAT complicated)

i think for now it would be enough to just let people pick what breed they want, let them decide on the number of pairs they want to train, and let them decide when they want to put them up for sale. it would be advantageous, though, to work out how claiming the horses would work, and how we'd keep track of which players have already gotten horses from the program.

I don't really need a part of this (as I'm already full on horses and don't really want to spend resources on getting more that are gonna be sold on the cheap) buuut, I do have horses to give to whoever has the space and wants to hold onto them for this.

Sales - I'm naming them cull for easy finding. These are ones I'm gonna be chucking in the rescue center anyway, since they're sales that aren't meeting my stat goals. There may be more to come, depending on what I find in my divisions.

Also, I did the math once before, but I don't have it in front of me atm. It take about 30k to raise a horse from birth to death (just input, as you can't judge exactly how much money the horse themselves will make through showing or the riding center), so be prepared for a -possible- loss of money if you're selling horses for 1k per 100s.

I like the idea overall. It's not one I'm going to be a part of, but I agree that it would be nice for younger members to get better statted horses to help them start up. Maybe make up an easy-start guide for them on the club page, tell them how to care for their horses properly, and different ways they could play the game (normally it's three - focusing on stats, color, or confo - or all three!)

I have already purchased a set of Gypsy Vanners from the RC and sets of Quarter Horses and TWH in order to participate... I really would prefer to register them but not have to deal with a breed system. I like to rescue whatever I find that has an interesting color, no matter the breed.

Also I don't currently have pairs for all of them, but I think that's a good idea.

i'm going to go ahead and make the club. for now, i think we need to leave it fairly open and easy to navigate in order to get more people involved. if we need to later, we can tighten things up and get more organized.

i like Kahzie's idea of an acronym, so i'm going with LOPE (lost overlooked productive equines). if anyone would like to help me offset the cost of creating the group, i'd appreciate it.

Last edited on 2016-06-01 at 18:47:12 by C.razy A.ngel

Since I really only pay attention to the 3 breeds I raise, can someone please let me know what some of the unpopular breeds are? I'll start at least 1 pair.

i did a search by breed for each breed and going by the number of pages of results (not for sale, just how many of each breed exist within the game) from least pages to most are:

Shetlands (5 pages)
Friesians (7 pages)
Lipizzaners (9 pages)
Chincoteagues (11 pages)
Clydesdales, Minis, Morgans (12 pages)
Welsh Ponies (15 pages)
Tennessee Walking Horses and Akhal Tekes (16 pages)
Arabians, Dutch Warmbloods, Thoroughbreds (17 pages)
Appaloosas (18 pages)
Andalusians (19 pages)
Trakehners (20 pages)
Mustangs (21 pages)
Paints (31 pages)
Gypsy Vanners (33 pages)
Quarter Horses (34 pages)

whoops, accidental double post

Last edited on 2016-06-01 at 19:35:25 by C.razy A.ngel

Look like I'll be starting off with a pair of Shetlands since they're top of the list.

C.razyA.ngel - How much does it cost to start a group? I can help offset the cost.

Nittrous- I'm actually curious myself to see how the numbers work out. I wonder how the numbers can be tweaked to mitigate lost profits, considering the horses in theory wouldn't be with us from birth to death,. Horses rescued from the RC have less to make up for than horses bought from the EC, and if they get locked when they hit the stat or age threshold

This is me typing/thinking out loud
Personally, I have a herd of 11 geldings and 1 feisty mini mare who are my dedicated riding stable horses that I got from the RC. So far they net me about $4k a day/$28k a week if I only do Private lessons for the crew. They do not have the cost of tack, upgrading the tack, and treating because they don't show. Their intended purpose was to make money, so an estimate would be netting $500k for a 18weeks/available years. Even factoring in the cost of weekly vet and farrier (3.6k per horse per life from 3yo, $43.2k for the lot). Haven't gotten as far as factoring feed costs. Still seeing how my show and breeding horses do, but overall they look to be paying for themselves with shows and riding stable. The Gelding Squad hopefully will make up for any lost profts from 1 or 2 horses for the newbies per cycle.

Last edited on 2016-06-03 at 09:08:26 by Ducky

ALSO @ Nitt: Thanks for being supportive of the idea. :) I like the idea of having a little one-stop place of info for ways to play the game. I may write up a way to make money via low stat horses, since those are super common in the RC (and personally what I've been using to get cash flow).