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Ammit · Apr 6, 2022 6:11 AM

I have been doing a large number of updates to pastures the past few weeks, a combination of closing some exploits, fixing some bugs, and getting images generating smoothly.

Here is what you need to know:
An exploit in the game allowed users to create unlimited foundation mares, breed them in pastures and then auction both the mares and foals back to the game 3 times a week to produce a large amount of HBs. This was not just hard on the server but also damaging to the game's economy. To close this exploit pastures have been capped in the number of foals you can breed in them each season. A pasture can produce 3 times the number of foals as its size. (30 foals per 10-acre pasture, 300 per 100-acre pasture etc. ) Pastures have always been intended to be used once per season (hence the 30-day boost) so this is just bringing that more in line with how they are supposed to be used.

Not sure how to make your breeding work now? Ask if you need some help figuring this change out.

There were a bunch of issues with images being tagged as needing full from scratch image creation when they already had an image. This has been fixed and should mean way faster refresh times on your imaged. If an image is stuck and not showing an update you may need to reroll it.

Foals born in pastures will now automatically have their images generated in the background. Depending on your upgrade level and how busy the server is this can take a few minutes or a few hours. All pasture foals go into a giant line to get their images. Foals owned by premium accounts go to the front of the line, foals owned by basic accounts go next, and then free accounts. (Don't want to wait? You can always open your foal's page and have the image generated right away. This is only for background generation.) Higher-level upgrades get to cut in front of lower levels as a perk of supporting the game, but everyone will get their images eventually.

I did notice an issue yesterday with some barns producing thousands of foals in a single day and holding up the queue for hours. A new change was implemented this morning where if you have over 500 in the automatic image generation queue all new foals you produce will have to wait at the back of the line. They will still get images but they have to wait for all the smaller barns to get theirs first.
-Specifically how this works is you will be given a warning under your "Breed This Pasture" button, informing you that you have over 500 foals in the queue. You can choose to wait or breed the pasture anyways (100% ok to do). If you breed the pasture anyways all foals in that specific pasture will get flagged for delayed generation. Basically, those foals let everyone else cut in line in front of them. That way you can breed all the foals you want at one time without negatively impacting anyone else.

If you want to see the current status of the automatic image generation queue you can go to the "Who is Online Link." It is located in your user profile information drop-down next to the chat and PM icons in the top left. This will tell you not only how many foals the game is working on right now but how many you have to go.

Final note, I have been doing work on gray this week (because a chrome update broke the tack editor and I had to wait for SysAdmin Haystack to be home to fix the issue). Expect some gray news soon!

pinkie3 · Apr 6, 2022 10:59 AM

I'm so excited for the grays! Thanks!

Ammit · Apr 7, 2022 5:27 AM

Here are some stats taken from Bluegrass. (originally posted in the FB group):

I have counters now which means I can monitor how much people actually use each pasture. So far only two people on bluegrass have used more than 100 foals slots in the primary pasture. (104 for one user and 150) for another. No one is even close to using the 3x foal count.

In nonprimary pastures, I have one pasture that has been used for 131 foals and another for 186. Again not even close to the cap. No one else has used it more than 100 times.
On my size 10 pastures, I have only 4 (out of almost 3k) that have been used for more than 10 foals. (12,17,20 and 20 each for those).

In 30 acre pastures, only 2 have more than 30 foals (31 and 59)

In 60 acre pastures, not a single one has more than 60 foals.

This is VERY conclusive evidence that it is absolutely not a burden on players to reduce the number of foals per pasture. No one is getting close to that 3x cap.

Obviously, I will check this again later in the season but as of right now there is zero evidence that this change is being burdensome to even a single bluegrass player.

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And just a bit more info. For my basic upgrade users on bluegrass, they have 60 acres in the pasture. Only two users have used more than 60 ( out of the 180) and that was for 61 and 64 foals.

Of my free users who can do up to 30 foals in the pasture only two people have used more than 10 slots for a total of 12 and 22 foals each.

Chonkisaurus · Apr 9, 2022 3:57 PM

I really think the cap on free accounts should be 40 to match the full potential of the primary barn. Breeding varies month to month after all as people here seem to come and go like cats. Free accounts already feel really limited and not being able to use its full potential really sucks. The economy in the game is always gonna be a bit wonky cause people can just buy money and inject large amounts at any time. Aside from breeding, the only other way to make money is to sell pointed creates, but that's hard to do when you have to rely on private chats actually letting you in and letting you sell. Poverty peeps like me are never going to be able to catch up to those who can pay anyway, but this could really hamper whatever breeding projects we could afford.

Bluemesa · Apr 9, 2022 8:03 PM

Plenty of ways to make in-game money outside of just breeding, many of us rely heavily on show herds to rack up points. :)
A basic upgrade may also be purchased using hbs (exchanged for IVs), so even users that prefer not to spend real-life money can also have access to some of the nicer features of the game, eg more pasture space.
This server’s economy is a little different than the other servers, but it is still growing. Really just takes some patience, but definitely pays off in the long haul.
Happy to help if you ever need a private chat to use for a sale. :)

Ammit · Apr 10, 2022 5:27 AM

If you want money in the game you need a show herd. This has been drilled by members on the forum, this idea is pushed heavily in the game's FAQ and tutorial. Breeding has never been the way to make any real money on the game. Nor is selling pointed creates a good long-term strategy. I see you are very new and not active on the forum before. Get involved and check out some of the many getting started resources. Many of our members have huge barns and never purchase anything with USD. If you want a barn like that you will have to learn how the actual economy here works. It all comes down to those show points.

If having those open pastures was making new members think that breeding was the way to profit in the game then it is all the better that I capped them. That way is never going to be fruitful.

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