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

[Cherryfisk]

I'm all for adding 4 new rarities.
Given just how many pets CS has, I feel more nuance would be very beneficial.

Currently, I feel like it's even rare to have an "OMG so common" pet. Most normal litters turn out to be all "Common", with just maaaaybe one "Uncommon" OR one "Very Common" among them. More categories/nuance could make it more interesting!

[Kleinkat]

I want new rare categories, but only if it doesn't get in the wax of lowering the value of Dec 18th pets

[TheBrokenRobot]

I think 11 rarities might be overwhelming and make things a bit complicated. I think one above and below uncommon would work well to mane a total of 9 rarities.

There's currently 3 variations of "common" (omgsc, very common, common) and "rare" (rare, very rare, omgsr).

Maybe 3 variations of uncommon could round it out ~ like "slightly" uncommon, "very" uncommon and uncommon.

[Rayven]

I just want to see more rares and higher. Uncommon and less are pretty much worthless, and it takes forever for pets to increase in value!

[Aquella]

I'm for adding a new rarity label but maybe not four, as eleven rarities seem quite overwhelming to me.

[Blaubär]

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Wouldn't that add even more confusion? Why does a circle stand for lower rarity or for a higher one at that? How would that make it easy to remember, when trading, which categories different shapes signify? (I do concede that the star would be a good indicator for higher rarities, since stars are always used for "special, rare, famous" etc.)

Totally fair point! It was just an example. Why is OMG so common blue? I think its just something you'd get used to and eventually it'd be second nature? I definitely don't think it's perfect, or that it would work for everyone, but that's also why itd be toggleable haha.

I mean, I'm not completely against the shapes idea. It would come down to design, I guess. I was just thinking about those who struggle with colors in general. The shapes would then help them to quickly see what rarity they have in front of them. Having to learn which shapes stand for which rarity would likely create situations where ppl mix the rarities up and it wouldn't be user friendly to new users, so my point is to make a clear and intuitive design.
You have a point with the colors (why blue stands for low rarity), but in this case it makes sense to me that you have cold colors on one end of the scale moving along on the color wheel (blue, green, yellow, orange, red, purple) to the other end of the scale. Orange, red, that stands for "hot, hot, hot", which represents well how these pets are treated, and purple is a royal color historically. This makes sense to me, maybe it doesn't to everyone.

Brings me back to my initial comment here: it would depend on the exact shape, I suppose. Luckily, we do have great artists who'd probably come up with something easy to grasp. Maybe it could be a diamond shape for low rarity, then a three-pointed star, five-pointed, eight-pointed. Or, alternatively there could be Roman numbers (would kinda prefer the stars xD)

[mimitina]

If 4 new stages will be added, does it mean that rare+ pets number will remain the same as for now? I'm just wondering...

[Couwu]

I personally am also deffinitly for the addition of 4 new rarity chatagories! I most deffinitly will loose some rarity points with some creatures, but till make future Referance etc alot easier / fairer!

[Blaubär]

I just want to see more rares and higher. Uncommon and less are pretty much worthless, and it takes forever for pets to increase in value!

You know, you're right, they are often treated that way. I just think that's really sad, cause artistic effort goes into each and every pet and there are tons of amazing designs among the low rarity pets. I just find it horrible that their value only seems to depend on rarity/date. I know this reaches into a different problem than the one at hand, but I feel like, among other things, it's at the core of why trading can be really hard here.

[Maligator]

Love seeing this officially in discussion!
I personally feel like the addition of the 4 new categories would be great, as there are a lot of pets that bounce between rarities/would be better in a category of their own. Not to mention, for me personally, I feel it will be easier to do 1:1 trades this way. Recently, I’ve not been so concerned with pets above rare since I’m focusing a lot in hoards… I find that there are some pets I would rather not do straight rarity swaps for, as I’ve noticed them bounce between uncommon and rare. This has made me kind of not want to trade them or trade for them.
This could also help in pricing pets for C$, as there will be more certainty in rarity tags.

This is a change I’m excited to see, no matter which option is chosen!