[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: June 2024

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Just a second thought here, I very rarely buy passes and I bought some just last month and I am now regretting it. I loved collecting trophies but these medal things mean absolutely nothing to me and are very demotivating, as well as looking horrible.

Is there an undo button for this update?
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default smiley (n)I wanted to work towards getting all the trophies for the fun displays on my page but now it just looks sad. Nobody, including myself, really knows what the medals stand for. I want the icons backdefault smiley (n)
maliceki
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I am going to stick my neck out here and say I actually like this change to the trophies, I have had all the ones I cared about for many years now, so basically they were maxed out.

I'm hoping that Golden Apple, competition and victories will get higher tiers because they appear to be maxed out for me still.

But Seniority actually goes to 5000 now which it didn't before and I did just get 3 divine horses and several black market items out of this.
I would like the regular Ray´s to be included in the collection page but you can see them in the Creations directory so it is possible to look them up.

All in all I like this change, trophies has just become something I can collect again and not just something I need to maintain every time a new divine shows up.

And yes I did spend a lot of money and time getting all the trophies, especially the one for the bee and the ladybug, but I would be lying if I said I wouldn't have been interested in trying that even without the trophies, I love collecting the trophies basically just make it easier to know what I was missing and maybe not have two of them by accident.
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Even if they'd implement something where you can click on the badges and see which trophies people have, would be nice. That way people can still get recognized for their hard work.
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jsniper wrote:

Even if they'd implement something where you can click on the badges and see which trophies people have, would be nice. That way people can still get recognized for their hard work.


Or just go back to the way it was...
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Oh wow, so appearently I got a divine I already have... And the next one will be one that I álso own... Yikes. I do not like the design of the badges either. It is not Howrse's house style. I must admit the gifts made me a little bit softer on the change, but I always had loads of fun scrolling the trophy page. It would have been cool if this had been besides the trophy page so people would always have some tasks to do for rewards if they wanted. Not losing the oversight of all trophies. Because now it is so messy that page. I feel so bad for the developers that worked hard on this, but I know they are able to create awesome things, and when it is awesome, I will be the first one to cheer them on. Just not this timedefault smiley :(
Entoyable
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Why are they even called trophies still? They are cheap, stupid looking RIBBONS! Not trophies.
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There are a lot of small fixes which can be made to make this update much better than the trophies format was before. I personally am a fan as a whole but I am not a RC collector so...

Goals for the week are to waste some customisation items and companions and enter some more grand prix! Maybe I'll even skill for the first time in months default smiley :o LOTS to do over here
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And you know what is even more upsetting? These ugly badges on the page of the top players on this game. Their ongoing list of endless dedication to the game displayed in gorgeous trophies is just gone...
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Is there somewhere that I can see a history of the trophies I have won since the update and the prizes too? I just got a notification that I had acheived a trophy, but when I went to the page, I couldn't find it.
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gollygee wrote:

Is there somewhere that I can see a history of the trophies I have won since the update and the prizes too? I just got a notification that I had acheived a trophy, but when I went to the page, I couldn't find it.


It should tell you the name of the Trophy you won on the Notification default smiley :)
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For Which Trophy is Tianma offered. So I can hopefully avoid it.
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FalbasMeduline wrote:

For Which Trophy is Tianma offered. So I can hopefully avoid it.


Tianma is offered after receiving 29 rewards. The 30th is Tianma.
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No way, so appearently I already have the 3rd as welldefault smiley :s
Entoyable
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They could at least let us refuse. I am not the only one hating double here.
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FalbasMeduline wrote:

For Which Trophy is Tianma offered. So I can hopefully avoid it.
The only way to avoid rewards is to stop collecting them.

You get points for each new trophy that goes towards the reward meter, rather than a specific reward for a certain trophy
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Initial thoughts:

The missing collections aside, and no way to obtain them, like the Retired GAs and the Cards. For collectors, great, but if I've missed out on a cards promo, then how am I going to actually get the older cards? Are the cards going to be recycled at any point to give new players or older ones like me the opportunity to get them again? The Retired GAs I think many other players have spoken about this already in how it's calculated, this should be how many we have, not how many we don't have, unless we are collectors.

I can assume that the GA and Helios Ray trophies have been delayed to get them working properly?

Also, several trophies have appeared for divines that I do not own. Why can these not be hidden until I've actually got my hands on, say, a Grail divine (which I currently do not have) and the same for the Zonkey trophy?

Pretty sure that there are some ones I should have that are missing but I have far too large a hoard of horses to go through just now.


This is the bit that's annoying me the most at the moment:
Having to work to get the XP on the Fairytale/Dragon/Musketeers? I am an older player, and I have RSI, and quite frankly I do not have the time or the ability to work those on a daily basis. This is the main reason I don't work all my divines. There are far too many that REQUIRE you to work them daily. If I were to work them daily it would take at least 2 hours, down to one hour with certain VIP perks, and I absolutely do not have time for that. Bringing in specific trophies for these divines feels like the point has been completely missed in why these divines are not being worked in the first place. I would much prefer we go back to the divines that we do not have to work on a daily basis.

The alternative would be implementing a working farm feature, where depending on certain circumstances, we could set up horses to be automatically worked for us, as AP farms etc. That would make this game several times easier and better, especially for those of us with limited time on the game.


In a nutshell: Can we not select trophies to go for that actually match our game play?.
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Retired breeder wrote:

The devs are speed running this game into the ground quicker than Elon with Twitter default smiley xd

Safe to say I won't be spending anything further on my main server as long as these new changes stay up!


I’m so bummed about this trophy change but this made me laugh x thank you
Yes I feel the same way.
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won tarpan...not happy
gand568
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does any one have a list of divines to be won through achievement (or at least the most updated list we know of currently?) I'm just curious on what the divine's are as we increase our trophies.
thank you!
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migglesrcool wrote:

does any one have a list of divines to be won through achievement (or at least the most updated list we know of currently?) I'm just curious on what the divine's are as we increase our trophies.
thank you!


Tarpan
Fala
Tianma
Etrian

Are the ones issued to date
deimos
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Love the idea of getting rewards for trophies, absolutely hate the new "trophy" design and layout though. The thing I enjoyed most about collecting trophies, by far, was the visual appeal of the icons and seeing how the trophies section on my page grew, but now it just looks incredibly confusing and bland, and you can't see what anyone has put their effort into earning. Also, why on earth did we have to get Tarpan, of all horses? Seriously...
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By Retired breeder, 3rd January 2023 19:55:19
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Anyone know how many rewards does it take to get to Tarpan? That divine's "perk" is such a downside, i love to be able to avoid it but still get some stuff
Wanted to chime in and say I did not consent to Tarpan ownership. As someone who has been working toward the achievement of owning all unique breeds and coats, this is bound to slow my progress. Moreover, the fact that the coat achievement isn't even a trophy anymore and nobody can see it? Makes me really reconsider whether it's worth all the time and effort anymore.

I know I can't sell it, but does anyone know if there's *any* way to get rid of Tarpan? Also, what is the exact percentage change that the horse causes with the coats? I couldn't find anything specific.
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babraham wrote:

Wanted to chime in and say I did not consent to Tarpan ownership. As someone who has been working toward the achievement of owning all unique breeds and coats, this is bound to slow my progress. Moreover, the fact that the coat achievement isn't even a trophy anymore and nobody can see it? Makes me really reconsider whether it's worth all the time and effort anymore.

I know I can't sell it, but does anyone know if there's *any* way to get rid of Tarpan? Also, what is the exact percentage change that the horse causes with the coats? I couldn't find anything specific.


it can speed your progress...breed your mares to a male with a coat you are looking for!
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