We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

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Which path should we take to improve the pet rarity system?

Poll ended at Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:06 pm

Keep the current categories, but spread pets out more across the categories we have
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22%
Add a new "very uncommon" rarity category
804
16%
Add four new rarity categories
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Total votes : 5068

We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby Nick » Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:06 pm

If you are joining this discussion/seeing this thread after many pages have already been added, there is a recap up to about page 40 here: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4889138&p=142705828#p142705828

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Hey everyone,

We're currently working to make the pet rarity categories more useful by spreading the pets out better throughout the categories, so that most pets aren't mostly lumped into just two categories ('common' and 'uncommon'):

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We need everyone's help to decide which change will be the best going forwards.

The first option is to keep our current rarity categories, but spread the pets out to make better use of the labels:

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The second option is to add one new rarity category, "very uncommon", and spread pets out to take advantage of that:

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That'd give us this list of rarities:

  • OMG so common
  • Very common
  • Common
  • Uncommon
  • Very uncommon
  • Rare
  • Very rare
  • OMG so rare

The third option is to add four new rarity categories, which will allow even finer distinctions between the rarity of pets:

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That'd give us this list of rarities: (new ones in bold)

  • OMG so common
  • Extremely common
  • Very common
  • Common
  • Uncommon
  • Very uncommon
  • Extremely uncommon
  • Rare
  • Very rare
  • Extremely rare
  • OMG so rare

We would also update the rarity bars to add divisions between each rarity level, so it's easier to count up which level the rarity is at:

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Please also be aware that adding and redistributing rarities will result in some pets appearing to lose or gain value if they were on the edge of a rarity category, especially if there are more new categories added. However, this will serve to more accurately depict the pets’ rarity so we view it as a necessary adjustment.

Once the best option is decided, we'll announce that new system in advance, and then make that change two weeks later.
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby Lacuna » Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:42 am

    Hey there! I just wanted to jump in and let you all know that this update is a result of the community's care and commitment to proposing suggestions and discussing them. Based on my own knowledge and reading the discussions that have happened in the Suggestions board I brought a proposal to Admins regarding users' desire for a more detailed look at rarity, and these are the potential options we came up with after discussing that. This is a work in progress, so feel free to share your ideas, concerns, and feedback, though please be aware that some things (like sharing the exact number of different pets in circulation) are not a potential part of this update. I will be reading everything and working to synergize responses for Admins to evaluate. This basically means I'm becoming a go-between with Admins so your voices are heard in the implementation of this update and others in the future! I hope this will help improve your experience on CS.
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby BlossomTail » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:03 pm

Thank you for listening, we greatly appreciate it!

Personally, I like the idea of adding four new rarities. As an old player coming back, keeping up with what everything is worth can be very overwhelming, even with the helpful guides users provide. I believe having more distinct categories will help a lot when it comes to trading, especially with people who aren't experts on rarities!
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby Aaron✦ » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:06 pm

Very exciting!! I'm so excited to see what this brings to the table for trading
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby Lex. » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:09 pm

SOBBING YES
this is already a great step in the right direction, I personally would EAT UP the 4 new rarity bars bc
organizing is fun!
not only that but it would make it so that people cannot overcharge/ask for some pets, meaning that lots of pets would be represented a LOT more accurately!!
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby BlueEyedKite » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:09 pm

Add four new rarities!! :clap: I want to know which of my pets are Extremely rare 8-)
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby foxcloud19 » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:09 pm

Yes yes yes! Thank you so much for listening! I love the idea of four new rarities. That will really make it easier to distinguish the value of certain pets without doing complicated math. I'm excited for whatever the change might be!
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby Luaii » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:10 pm

I was a bit hesitant on adding 4 new rarities since I though it might start to be too much for people to remember, but with the notches I think it might be easier. There's really no way to tell how easy it will be to get a hang of, though, so I'm not entirely sure I like that option. It would definitely make it easier to determine a pet's worth without the use of user-made guides, though, so I'll ultimately vote for that since CS hinges so heavily on trading.

But even if it's just the distribution, I think just a new change would help things a lot-- even if it's only inspiring people to trade more/again.
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby hellevi » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:11 pm

    excited to see what's to come for the site!!! i am all for 4 new rarities :3
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Re: We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

Postby Meoauniaea » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:11 pm

I'm all for four new rarities. I think I had pretty much suggested this in another topic, and it seems like the best way to spread them out but keep it coherent.

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