Suggestion: Petdex! Archive should track prev. owned pets.

[Betta132]

There are far more people on this site trying to collect a complete set of every pet, than there are complete sets of pets to be collected. Even if someone is just trying to collect all of a specific lineart, that's still wildly difficult, unless it's a newer lineart. It also means that there are a lot of pets sitting in various groups, not because the person specifically likes that pet, but because they need it for their collection.

So, how about a way to collect everything, without having to keep it?

When you get a pet and the archive entry for that pet gets the "you own this pet" notation, it should remember that even if the pet is traded away. For example, say I get the 2009 Malk frankenstein-style horse, then decide to trade it for the cat from that same event. The archive should then display a little notation that says "you have previously owned this pet" on that horse's entry, so I'll have a record of it. Kinda like how the Pokedex, in every Pokemon game I can think of, shows whether you've caught a certain 'mon regardless of if you currently own it. Heck, maybe add a new archive subsection aside from "archives" and "your wishlist" called something like "your petdex", so you can easily browse whatever you've had.

This way, people can build a full collection, at least of a sort, while still being able to trade the pets involved. It would free up a bunch of different pets for trading, and would give people a more attainable option for collecting everything. Plus, anyone who wants to build a full collection of pets they still own can still do that, and they might be able to do it more easily with people likely more willing to trade rare pets.

[CHINARIZING]

Support, this would be awesome! It's a good way to ensure that pets can be in rotation when the owners would rather trade them off. I think this solves two issues well.

[Heartjoy]

Support such a cool idea !! And seems like it would be very helpful!

[Loelya]

I have nothing against the idea so I'd say support since it seems like it'd lower the stress of trading for a lot of players. That said, in the meantime, if you'd like to keep a record of a pet that you've owned in the past, I find it helpful to submit a dressup of them to one of the official dressup contests! C: Pet dressups will stay pictured in your dressups tab on your profile even if they're later traded away.

[Betta132]

I have nothing against the idea so I'd say support since it seems like it'd lower the stress of trading for a lot of players. That said, in the meantime, if you'd like to keep a record of a pet that you've owned in the past, I find it helpful to submit a dressup of them to one of the official dressup contests! C: Pet dressups will stay pictured in your dressups tab on your profile even if they're later traded away.

Oo, this is a good tip. It wouldn't work for large collections, but it would definitely work for smaller ones, or just for individual favorite pets. I like it.

[Catsplat18]

Interesting idea! It would also show me all of the amazing rerelease pets I traded away for pennies when I didn't understand rarities :,)
Support!

[Betta132]

Are we allowed to bump suggestions?

[conarcoin]

support this!!! it would get a lot of pets in circulation that otherwise wouldn't be

[Another World]

i would LOVE this (i don't know if it coul d be applied retroactively but it would also make me way less gutted about stupid trades i made back in the day

[Lex.]

I'd love this. Just like how there will never be a cold day in hell, I will never try to get a complete collection. I'd be much more laid back to just say that you've owned every pet at least once, with people ofc still being allowed to own all the pets at once. But that's just my view, it would be cool to see how far I could go in terms of owning every pet at least once.