The "Understanding Rarities" Guide

[kuxip]

I see this post saying

Right now the rarities are:
OMG so rare! (less than 1 pet per 1000 users)
Very rare (less than 1 pet per 80 users)
Rare (less than 1 pet per 25 users)
Uncommon (less than 1 pet per 5.5 users)
Common (less than 1 pet per 3 users)
Very common (more than 1 pet per 3 users)
OMG so common (???)

Is this still accurate? I'm curious what the rates are, but obv this post is from 2011 so I'm assuming they may have changed

[musicgurl333]

I see this post saying

Right now the rarities are:
OMG so rare! (less than 1 pet per 1000 users)
Very rare (less than 1 pet per 80 users)
Rare (less than 1 pet per 25 users)
Uncommon (less than 1 pet per 5.5 users)
Common (less than 1 pet per 3 users)
Very common (more than 1 pet per 3 users)
OMG so common (???)

Is this still accurate? I'm curious what the rates are, but obv this post is from 2011 so I'm assuming they may have changed

I’m nearly positive that it’s no longer accurate, since the rebalancing of rarity. We don’t have current numbers.

[WolfsStar]

I'm new and idk if this is the right forum to ask but I see a lot of ppl using the term nons or MA's, what do they mean?

Yes I want to know this too.
Is there somewhere we can see what all the terms people use mean?

[kivr & fireflii]

"Non" refers to old pets called the nontag, nonswirl, and nonjewel (from July 2008). Those dogs were named as such for their lack of specific unique design that they were missing compared to other littermates. "MA" is short for mid-advent which specifically refer to a certain number of dogs released in the middle of the Christmas 2009 advent. These dogs are only the ones starting with the light colored PPS with the heart design on the back leg to the grey border collie with red collar on this page.

Anyway, the nondogs and mid-advents were all very popular and became used as reference of value. So something that is worth "0.5 non" is worth 1/2 of any of the nondogs (ie, you would need two of those pets to be considered about fair for one nondog). Or for something that's worth 2-3 MAs, it's referring to something worth more than a mid-avent (so you need multiple MAs to be fair for that one pet) but not as much as a non. In recent years, with so many more pets and some older pets becoming more popular/difficult to find/etc., some other pets may be considered the value of =1 non or =1 MA, but are not actually a nondog or mid-advent pet, but they can be used as the value of one (for example, if someone said a certain pet is worth 1 MA, you could fairly trade with a pet that's not a mid-advent but considered worth 1 MA still).

As far as I know, this guide is currently the most popularly referenced for values on older and popular pets. Do note that it is a user-made guide, though, and not an official guide or "rule" so just because someone doesn't use the guide or may disagree from it in some way doesn't mean they're trying to scam someone.
-fireflii