COMMUNITY POLL: Rare Monthly Pets

[Memories]

I'm all for this, it gives more to look forward to each month when there's a possibility of adopting a rare

[SunstonePhoenix]

I would like some clarification tbh, one of the things I like about monthly releases is that I DON'T have to spend hours in trade threads getting "trade has been canceled due to pet being moved" messages. I can just casually trade with others. It's low stakes and fun. Why are people assuming that they're going to actually get a rare and not just have an ugly blue square in their monthly log for an eternity? I am so frigging tired of having to play "refresh thread and try to find the pet before 6097 other users who are also trying to do the same thing" in event threads; why would you WANT that in monthlies? There's no way to earn another shot at a monthly pet, unlike some event pets where you can strategically put your resources into trying for the one you want. I already am trying to save what older pets I have for trading up, I can't afford to use them for new monthly trades.

[Evil Corruption]

Hi, I know I just joined and I'm sure my opinion won't matter much (probably since I'm new) but I wanted to say, I like this idea, however, I already see there's tons of valuable pets that are gonna be hard for me to get until I've played, probably for years because valuable pets are hard to get as a new player other than luck with the CS pound, luck in the free adoptions board and of course, the events.

I understand that there is probably ways to obtain valuable pets in other ways, probably doing art and adopts, but I'm not too sure how else new players could get valuable pets. While I love this idea and I'm for a trial run to see how this goes, but I feel like my goal will be impossible unless I'm on here for 10+ years because I'm trying to collect every CS pet. I'm not 100% sure how the trading system works as I haven't done any trades but I received one trade so far but that's it.

If there was monthly valuables would this help any players or will it be like a gamble in a way because I noticed some pets, users want $100+ for a single pet just in FR Gems and C$ alone as I was looking into cross-site trading to possibly help me out.

The pros I can see is that it could benefit users and gives us something to expect within monthly adopts. The cons I'm seeing is users may become greedy and want like a lot in return for the newest rare.

Now, please let me know if I'm wrong or seem like I'm being rude or anything. I'm just saying what I've seen so far in joining this site, I understand that users want hard to achieve goals, but to spend so much on a single pet seems like an adult thing. It may not be gambling in some users eyes, but it seems like a gamble when I'm having to spend too much for a pixel pet.

Like I said, I'm willing to try this out but I'm just hoping it won't be hard to achieve the newest rare.

[halloween3110]

It would bring more players to play and trade more often I think?

[Pallastronomy]

I would like some clarification tbh, one of the things I like about monthly releases is that I DON'T have to spend hours in trade threads getting "trade has been canceled due to pet being moved" messages. I can just casually trade with others. It's low stakes and fun. Why are people assuming that they're going to actually get a rare and not just have an ugly blue square in their monthly log for an eternity? I am so frigging tired of having to play "refresh thread and try to find the pet before 6097 other users who are also trying to do the same thing" in event threads; why would you WANT that in monthlies? There's no way to earn another shot at a monthly pet, unlike some event pets where you can strategically put your resources into trying for the one you want. I already am trying to save what older pets I have for trading up, I can't afford to use them for new monthly trades.

^^^ All of this 100%
It’s exhausting scrambling to trade for the High Demand Outcome of the Month as is and I see no need to heighten the frequency, especially so soon after the rarity system has been completely overhauled. Everything is still extremely volatile and we’ve only had just over a month to adjust; throwing fuel on the fire now feels like the worst play for everyone involved
Maybe in the future when the playerbase has adjusted to the new rarities and their worths and if we’re given much clearer ideas of just how much more rare the special outcomes will be compared to their littermates (Bc the range in demand from August PPS to Golden Gacha Dog is way too big to be able to make an accurate call) I’d consider a slight increase but right now just doesn’t seem like the time

[green.]

huge support! i collect rather than trade so i think it would be nice for people like me, people who are new, people who dont trade etc!

[yumekari]

I’m interested in the occasional "rare" outcome to spice up monthly releases, but not a "significantly rarer" one. I think anything above "rare" would just cause too much frustration and drama. The wording of the poll and the examples makes me confused as to what is exactly being voted on. There's a world of difference between a rare and an extremely rare pet.

[Snowpuppy]

I am not the biggest fan of this, but I think having a rare pet every few months would be fine. Sort of like the gacha dog, those two rare rats and pps pony, pretty much like once a year for monthlys. I would prefer if we sticked to this. I can't use a computer since I do not have one, and often I am not online much even though I try to visit the site at least each rollover.

[Greyfire]

Huge support!

As someone who has been on CS for quite sometime now I feel like it would make trading fun again! We would have something to work towards getting and new users would have a chance to get rares+ without waiting for events or trades! I think once every few months would be nice to have a “special outcome” released would be absolutely fantastic!

[sevenoaks]

I would like some clarification tbh, one of the things I like about monthly releases is that I DON'T have to spend hours in trade threads getting "trade has been canceled due to pet being moved" messages. I can just casually trade with others. It's low stakes and fun. Why are people assuming that they're going to actually get a rare and not just have an ugly blue square in their monthly log for an eternity? I am so frigging tired of having to play "refresh thread and try to find the pet before 6097 other users who are also trying to do the same thing" in event threads; why would you WANT that in monthlies? There's no way to earn another shot at a monthly pet, unlike some event pets where you can strategically put your resources into trying for the one you want. I already am trying to save what older pets I have for trading up, I can't afford to use them for new monthly trades.

I think this sums up my feelings perfectly - Why would I want a low chance to get a rare pet (and an even lower chance to get 2 so that I could trade one) and then spend the rest of the year trying to find someone who will trade one if I don't get the pet. Doing this every month would be equivalent to beating my head against a wall. This puts those of us who value collecting all the pets each month at an extreme disadvantage to those who only collect one type of pet or only collect their favorites only. The events allow all of us that want to spend the time to collect tokens or find the right trade to get the pet we need, there is no way a bad draw on a monthly rare could ever be corrected except to trade rares to someone who got lucky. I know that happens, but for it to happen every month would be a tragedy. I would hope CS would reward those that spend the time at the game instead of making each month a "how lucky are you game" . Tragically I am not that lucky