Redwood Valley Equestrian Centre || Discussion

[.Survivor.]

More random breed adopts would be great. Like maybe take a list of all the horse breeds (that fit te lines of course) and randomly pick off of that to make a new adopt? Idk just a thought.

[SydneyandStorm]

I appreciate everyone's input on this ^^ I'll go back to offering regular adopts, then, and if it isn't your breed, then so be it xD

No, artist positions will never be opened for RVEC, and that is not merely a personal preference -- it's just how it has to be. Adopts have been slow because I haven't known what to make -- not because I haven't had the time c: Now that I've got a plan, they should be available much more often.

waldeinsamkeit., if you mean the whole "quarter horses get western bonuses, warmbloods get English bonuses" thing -- I thought I'd mentioned that it had never actually been implemented, but I may have forgotten ^^' I ultimately decided against it because it was too hard to keep track of and too hard to determine the breeds for -- every horse has an equal chance at winning a competition if they've got the stats for it, so there's no need to worry about type and such for now c:

[SydneyandStorm]

So I've been thinking hard about what to do for rescue barns, and to be honest I'm a bit torn ^^' Since rescues are FCFS and anyone can adopt them (and about 90% of the RVEC population gets there before any rescues), and because rescues really don't get that much of a bonus after adopting horses (since you don't have to pay for horse care anymore), I don't know that there's much point in having them exist as an option... And then the only way for them to get more horses is to breed, which is pretty unrealistic for responsible rescues but a necessity in RVEC! So I've got a few ideas...

-Rescue horses are only adoptable by rescues and those without horses for the first 72 hours, after which they are FCFS to any user
-Rescue mares have a 75% chance of being pregnant upon adoption to rescues and a 25% chance upon adoption to non-rescues
-Rescues receive an X-point bonus in competitions

Or do we just do away with rescue barns entirely and keep rescues the way they are? A combination of these? What do you guys think?

I'm also thinking about adding "training barn" to the list of barns you can have -- what do you all think? It'd be something along the lines of horses up to 3 receiving either 2x the points in training or having added points to trainability up to that age... But maybe only if horses are leased to that barn or something so that no one gets an unfair advantage. I don't know -- thoughts? c:

[Sandy Hoofprints]

I don't have a rescue barn, but it does seem a little useless. I don't want to speak against people who do have one, but I think it either needs revamped or done away with. I just want to give a little feedback I'm not especially clued up abut this yet, so don't take me too seriously!

[SydneyandStorm]

You're totally fine! ^^ I appreciate the feedback! Do you think any of the ideas above might be helpful, or are you unsure on that as of now? c: Thanks so much for responding!

[Cooluser1615]

Personally, I think that the first suggestion, that of rescue horses being only adoptable by rescues for the initial 72 hours, is a good one. I am not too keen on the idea of rescue mares having a higher chance of pregnancy, as I don't think that rescue barns should be focused on producing more horses. Rescue barns responsibly breeding good horses is brilliant, but I don't think that rescue mares should come as pregnant unless it's a significant part of their back story. The competition bonus is a nice idea, but I'm not too certain about the realism in that one.

[GingerTheWolf]

I think it's more realistic that some rescue mares are pregnant.

[SpotSong]

I love these ideas. Stick them all together!! I've been away to much but I'm thinking I could open a rescue barn as well to support this <3

[landofmakebelieve]

I personally think the barn size idea should be put into effect. It is MUCH more realistic.

Another thing that we could do though, is ask all users of the aim to keep a tally of all their horses. Then come up with a price that each horse costs to take care of each month and have everyone add up what it costs. So, 200c/month for eight horses costs 1600c per month or something like that. That might encourage people to cut down on their horse count.

[SydneyandStorm]

Aha, piaffes, I'm surprised you don't remember that! xD

When I first started RVEC, the idea was to have a weekly care charge sort of thing, based on the amount of horses you owned. Problem was -- it was really, really difficult to keep up with. If you leave it up to the users, it's prone to error, whether intentional or unintentional. I'm sure few even know exactly how many horses they own! And that's not to sound degrading or rude -- there are a lot of horses I've seen that have just been completely forgotten about, and it's simply because this is such an intense sim game. If I did do it, I may be able to make it work as you suggested -- monthly -- because I've got a list of exactly who owns what, but it'd still be an extra stress on me, much as I'd like to put it into place ^^' I'll certainly think about it, though!