hypothesizing stat inheritance

i've been keeping track of my second gen foals (both arabians and appies) and have a theory i'd like to toss put and get some more input on.

it seems that the higher the combined total of stats in any trait (speed, intelligence, etc) the larger the percentage of those stats the foal inherits from their parents.

this means that the foal will inherit more of their parents' speciality stats and less of their non-speciality stats. my numbers so far have been that foals inherit 20-30% (leaning heavily toward the 20% range) of the total of their parents' non-speciality stats, and between 30% and 40% of their specialty stats.

has anyone else recorded the stats of their foals at birth and the parents' at time of conception? I'd love some more data to see if this theory holds true. it might get us closer to being able to estimate foal stats, since the 25% of combined parental stats no longer holds true!

Last edited on 2016-07-18 at 20:34:16 by ᴋᴀʜᴢɪᴇ ɪ

I was JUST about to post something asking about a stat calculator. I know we had one before on the old Equiverse, and it would be nice if someone could figure out how to do that again on the new Equiverse.

I made the stat calculator for the old EV. If we figure out the breeding formula for the new EV I'd be happy to make a new one.

I heard that foal stats are dependant on not just the parents, but also grandparents, etc, meaning lined horses breed better than foundation horses with the same stats, etc. Hope this helps.

that'd be wonderful UlyssesBlue!

i was thinking about what you mentioned (grandparents/ancestors affecting foal stats) when i was doing the numbers, and if what I've posited holds true, the math would technically be taking those stats into account already.

if you have four store horses that all have the following stats at the time of breeding:
STR: 20
SPD: 20
AGI: 100
INT: 100
END: 20
ALL: 260

you could then predict that the two foals would be born with roughly the following stats:
STR: 10
SPD: 10
AGI: 70
INT: 70
END: 10
ALL: 170

breed them together (assuming 100 stat gain in each speciality stat from birth just to keep the math simple) and their foal would be:
STR: 5
SPD: 5
AGI: 119
INT: 119
END: 5
ALL: 170

so by having grandparents with the same speciality as their parents, the final foal will get the "benefit" of low non-speciality stats and high specialty stats.


those are just ramblings though and might not be relevant :P

Last edited on 2016-07-19 at 05:32:59 by ᴋᴀʜᴢɪᴇ ɪ

I will keep an eye on this and similar topics to see if it does get figured out, or if Abbey clarifies exactly what it is.

If we manage to develop a theory that holds up to scrutiny, and consistently predicts foal stats, I will put together a publicly accessible stat calculator for everyone to use. :)

I'm actually not sure how pedigreed horses would play into this, but when not including ancestry...

From what I've been able to discern so far, it appears a range between (Sire+Dam)/3.5 up to (Sire+Dam)/3.8--though it's possible some foals get divided by 3.4 or even 3.9 or 4.

However, averaging 3.5 and 3.8 is 3.65, which actually isn't accurate as I've noticed a few foals appear to hit right on dividing the parents' stats by 3.8 while others have their parent stats divided by slightly more than 3.5 but not nearly as much as 3.6...if that makes any sense.

EDIT: So perhaps if a calculator were to be made, it could calculate the highest/lowest possibility and then give the user the most likely stat range--it wouldn't be exactly accurate, of course, but would allow people to know what stat range they can expect to see their foal land in.

Last edited on 2016-07-21 at 22:38:38 by Conquer