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

[tenor]

Im voting 1, just because while option 3 is the more "fun" option, the rarities and demand are hard to get used to. :]

me too -- i chose option 1 because it seems the easiest to get used to, and its not a revolutionary change but would still help out the system :> option 3 is very popular and probably gonna be the one to make it through, but its too complicated for me ;3; im sure i'll get used to it eventually^^ just a big change

[drown]

Hello, long time forum lurker and avid trader here. I've been silent with everything going on but I'd like to share my 2 cents right now.
I do like the idea of adding new categories for rarities for pets, but doing so raises other concerns. I like to put myself in the shoes of a brand new player when thinking about things like this. While trading would absolutely be easier for a newer player with the new categories, I think that it would also make things much more confusing. How are they going to understand the difference between a Extremely Uncommon and Rare? What IS the real difference behind them, in a trading perspective?
In my opinion, with adding 4 whole new labels for rarities, we would also need a site wide guide and understanding to trading these new rarities. Hot take, I know, since a lot of players are against trading guides/lists.
In the perspective of an older player who mostly only trades and doesn't care for anything below the rarity of uncommon, I'll trade a 2013 common for some newer one, because they're not worth much to me. There is so so so many pets on this website, and the majority of them will never be traded, or they will sit in the pound because otherwise they'd just sit in someones unsorted or random pet group. There is no incentive to trading these lower commons, there is nothing we can do with them besides look at them. And the likelihood is - everyone else probably has the same pet.
What I'm trying to get at is that it's a bit.. insignificant. I'm not trying to be negative, this is just from my viewpoint. But creating all these new groups for pets that likely won't be traded (unless they're older pets) is only going to create more issues (IN MY OPINION) with trading.
I'd like to instead propose different monthly adopts. I'd like to see randomized pets, so not everyone is getting the exact same pets every single month and slowly building up a mass of pets that won't be traded or dressed up or anything. I feel like it would create a much higher interest in trading, it'd help with all of these pets that nobody is really doing anything with despite their rarity label. Or even user created adopts (actual pets, not user created lines), like Wajas or Flight Rising. The ability to create and make your own would be awesome, even if it's a lower rarity, it would create so much interest in trading these low rarity pets.

[Beep Boop Blorp]

personally i just like the way it is right now. not because i dont like change or anything, i think redistributing will be beneficial, but because the other two options just seem unnecessary to me? i don't much care for the idea of the new potential rarity tiers because of that. i just don't see the real justification of having them added. but maybe that's because i'm more of a personal collector and don't do a whole lot of outside trading or anything. anyone can feel free to possibly enlighten me on why you might see it differently (i've been going through the replies here a bit already too)

[loverofthelight]

I support adding 4 more categories! Pets on the fringe of the categories being split up further will make it easier to navigate the rarer pets on the site.

Excited for some change ^^

[Floofi.fox]

looking at the chart, why aren't omgsc's near the top like uncommon and common pets are? it looks like there's less omgsc pets than uncommon and rare pets, which doesn't make sense to me.

[SunnyJustice]

For an alternative to the ticks, what about stars that fill up depending on the rarity?
OMG so common - 0 stars
Extremely common - 1/2
Very common - 1
Common - 1 1/2
Uncommon - 2
Very uncommon - 2 1/2
Extremely uncommon - 3
Rare - 3 1/2
Very rare - 4
Extremely rare - 4 1/2
OMG so rare - the full 5 stars!

Forgive me for my lack of artistic skill, but here's a very rough mockup!

[Aaron✦]

looking at the chart, why aren't omgsc's near the top like uncommon and common pets are? it looks like there's less omgsc pets than uncommon and rare pets, which doesn't make sense to me.

There are fewer individual designs that are marked as omg so common. The chart isn't showing the total amount of common pets on the website, it's showing how many individual common pets exist if you were to count them in the archive. Right now there are very few pet designs that have the omg so common label.

[Oddity-Lad]

For an alternative to the ticks, what about stars that fill up depending on the rarity?
OMG so common - 0 stars
Extremely common - 1/2
Very common - 1
Common - 1 1/2
Uncommon - 2
Very uncommon - 2 1/2
Extremely uncommon - 3
Rare - 3 1/2
Very rare - 4
Extremely rare - 4 1/2
OMG so rare - the full 5 stars!

Forgive me for my lack of artistic skill, but here's a very rough mockup!

Oh! I personally quite enjoy this. It's easier to see and process quickly compared to the notches

[asterrific]

For an alternative to the ticks, what about stars that fill up depending on the rarity?
OMG so common - 0 stars
Extremely common - 1/2
Very common - 1
Common - 1 1/2
Uncommon - 2
Very uncommon - 2 1/2
Extremely uncommon - 3
Rare - 3 1/2
Very rare - 4
Extremely rare - 4 1/2
OMG so rare - the full 5 stars!

Forgive me for my lack of artistic skill, but here's a very rough mockup!

I'm actually a big fan of this one! It's much more intuitive than the notches and is also easier to see for those with vision issues.

[SunnyJustice]

Wow thank you both! I'm glad you like my idea :)