[ADDED] Credit item for flax, silver, sooty genes

Another thread is currently discussing the difficulty of keeping flax a prominent gene in a herd. I'm copy-pasting some of my thoughts from that thread:

Flax now appears to be available *only* through creating a fully custom horse; I've never gotten it through a coat randomizer, and it is not available via coat applicator, either. Silver is also not available this way, nor is sooty. However, at least for some breeds, those colors do seem to pop up rarely in equine center horses, and they're dominant genes, so they're far easier to keep prominent. Flax on the other hand does not appear to ever appear in EC horses.

Personally, I would really like to see flax/silver/sooty added to the options in the color randomizer and applicators (for breeds that can have said genes, obviously.)
OR I'd like there to be a separate customization tool that would give these genes, like the wands provided in "old EV", which were specific to single genes. Even if these were fairly pricey items, I would like there to be a way to get these genes without having to purchase a fully custom horse.
5 credits is the price for an applicator, which allows you the opportunity to get any base color (including cream, dun, and champagne dilutions) of your choice, so if it were to be a separate item, something that maybe cost an additional 3-4 credits would keep the genes rare, while still making them attainable. (Or another 5 credit item; whatever people think is fair.)

Edit to add: Pangare should probably be included in this list, as I believe that like flax, it only is available as a custom option.

Last edited on 2016-09-25 at 14:53:03 by «» Only the Wind

I would like to see this happen as well. However, These are the ONLY rare genes on the game right now because they're only available through custom maker, so, like you said, I'd want the price to be hefty to keep them that way. Cream is about as common as bay with the easy access to coat randomizers now, and introducing an item that gives silver and flaxen will have the same effect in a short time IF it's as cheap as the other items.

So again, I agree this would be great if the item was expensive, like your 7-10 credits type idea. Plus another item worth Credits would generate more support for the game. It's a win\win for people like me who don't use the custom horse generator because of the low Confo horses it gives.

Last edited on 2016-08-24 at 06:15:12 by Merkavich

This would be swell. I have so many Ff horses it drives me nuts, especially since I can never seem to hit the 'jackpot' (ff) when breeding them together (or even Ff to ff for that matter). I'd be willing to pay ~10 EVC for a guarantee of flaxen fo' sho'.

As in the other thread, I certainly support this! I also agree with a more expensive item for these particular genes would be the better way to go! Thumbs up!

I support this, but I think it should be very expensive.

A few people weren't thrilled with myself wanting a gray-removing item, but I feel as though that should be added to this list!

Spare a thought for those people (like me) who don't do art or use real money on the internet. This type of thing would be pretty much impossible to get in that situation.
It's bad enough that credits are sky high prices as it is, It's going to take me forever to save for an upgrade, let alone anything else..

I don't make art or spend real money either... it takes a long time to save, but it's doable.

Though when discussing pricing, keep in mind that a fully custom horse costs 15 credits to make. If the single-gene item doesn't offer at least something of a discount from that, there's really no use for it.

Last edited on 2016-09-26 at 09:10:06 by «» Only the Wind

I agree with Only the Wind. It definitely takes patience and strategy to save, but it is doable. I think that it should be a credit item as a way to add to current horses rather than starting from scratch on a custom horse. I am also okay with it being more expensive since right now those genes are still pretty rare in the game, but not equal to the value of a custom horse since it's only for a single-gene change. Maybe like 7-8 credits since the coat applicator is 5? I also don't think it should be discounted to a randomizer like coat randomizers and marking randomizers, but only be an applicator. Thoughts?

Added! ♥