Medieval Faire Discussion Thread v.3

[Candied Snow]

My theory is that the amount of pets event+july were too big and they got lazy so they labelled VC/C on the pets that were obviously that and the rest were put uncommon. XP

Isn't the rarity thing automatic?

Dunno, I always taught Tess or someone else decided the rarity xp

[ponder;]

I was under the impression that there was just a button [or similar] that was pressed and the amount of that certain pet and the amount of members at the time were calculated to produce the rarities?

[Candied Snow]

I was under the impression that there was just a button [or similar] that was pressed and the amount of that certain pet and the amount of members at the time were calculated to produce the rarities?

Same here, I taught that there was some secret site that would let the admins see the amount of the pets that were adopted and the number of users on the site and calculated the rarity according to it.

[Nanorat]

My theory is that the amount of pets event+july were too big and they got lazy so they labelled VC/C on the pets that were obviously that and the rest were put uncommon. XP

Isn't the rarity thing automatic?

Dunno, I always taught Tess or someone else decided the rarity xp

Nope, rarity is calculated between how many pets of this kind are out there\how many users total are there, automatically by a script. Having to decide rarities for hundreds of different pets would be way too much work for staff. xD

[Butterfur]

I was under the impression that there was just a button [or similar] that was pressed and the amount of that certain pet and the amount of members at the time were calculated to produce the rarities?

I thought that the artists would put a percentage on each outcome (Ex: Outcome 1 25%, outcome 2 50%, outcome 3 25%) to determine which outcomes were more or less common and then their markings would be determined by the number of each existing on CS.

That's what I thought. o.o

['Possum]

I was under the impression that there was just a button [or similar] that was pressed and the amount of that certain pet and the amount of members at the time were calculated to produce the rarities?

I thought that the artists would put a percentage on each outcome (Ex: Outcome 1 25%, outcome 2 50%, outcome 3 25%) to determine which outcomes were more or less common and then their markings would be determined by the number of each existing on CS.

The artists do decide the frequency of each pet they put out to some extent. But in the end it's decided by the users. (people making duplicate accounts to adopt more outcomes DOES greatly impact the rarity of pets sometimes) Even if they're later seized and thrown into the Pound, they still exist and water down the population.
And with a special event like this the members very very much greatly impact the rarities. The more we adopt, the more there are, the more common the pets become in the end.

[jovana97]

I'm kinda disappointed that none of faire pets turned rare. :S I got SO many hoping at least one will turn rare so i can have good trade - fodder :3 I guess i'll have to wait 'till some of them turn rare before putting them in my trade folder :3

['Possum]

I'm kinda disappointed that none of faire pets turned rare. :S I got SO many hoping at least one will turn rare so i can have good trade - fodder :3 I guess i'll have to wait 'till some of them turn rare before putting them in my trade folder :3

And everyone else on the site thinking the same way you did is what made them all Uncommon.
The rarity is calculated by the system. Everyone goes "Ooooh! It'll be valuable so I'll just get more and have good trade fodder"
You end up making them NOT valuable after all by gathering so many. It happens with every special event and I'm gonna say will continue to do so because people just don't understand. Or care. Me, I'm in the latter group. I don't care. I like them I get a couple to keep and a couple to trade and that's it.

[DerbyGirl]

yep..the more you get/adopt, the more common they become. I figured there would be no rares in this event due to that (and the Faire lasted so long.)- so refused to over pay for the pets i missed. i feel kinda bad for those who paid ridiculous amounts for burnt dogs, etc- but oh well.

[Shenzai]

How many days exactly did the faire run? Eighteen?

I can't remember - What were the prizes from the Ring Toss after day sixteen? They are not on the Medieval Faire Guide and I want to register in my keepsake doc.

I know the last day was:

Do anyone know, please?

I'm sorry to quote it... Is that I really want an answer

There are only a few prizes that randomly rotate each day. I spent all my tokens on the last day so I have way too many of everything from that day.

I know, I just want to know what exactly was given between day sixteen and the last day.
On the day before the last day, there were only bunnies and dragons, but I can't remember which ones.

And was there eighteen days of faire or more?