Dragonvale Tips & Tricks! (NO Friend Requests!)

[Millishandra]

Poppy, you're spot-on overall. I'd like to make some suggestions and responses.

First, we need to recall what it was that really got us hooked and coming back for more, especially in the beginning. Those are the core things that need to be addressed and/or expanded on, rather than introducing whole new mechanics such as shrines. What hooked you? How has that scaled? Poorly.

Second, especially for high-level players, there is a discrepancy between hard-to-get dragons (Rainbow, Moon, Sun, Panlong) and easy-to-get dragons (everything else). And that discrepancy is huge. More "normal"ish dragons that are hard to get, such as sandstorm, bluefire, frostfire, would help. So, initially, you have this huge list of neato hybrids to get, then to seem to rapdily switch over to where they all just show up halfway by accident, which takes all the specialness out of them. Meanwhile, you give up in frustration over rares. Needs to be more middle ground.

Third, a huge impetus for enjoying design as you mentioned was seeing others' islands. I spent a lot of time early on visiting random islands and getting ideas and enjoying others' creations. As coin gets easier to acquire, the islands get smaller and smaller. Bigger islands and more themed decorations would make design a lot more intriguing.

Along these lines, the social aspect could be explored and enlargened, really driving that creativity. Either BFS could have a Park of the Week/Day/whatever function, or a Hall of Fame, or something, or perhaps a player could start a blog/site where islands/parks can be shown off, addicts can vote, etc. I know we can post screenshots here, but something more organized and formal would really catch on, I think. There could be in-game benefits for sharing, getting votes, etc., I dunno, lots of possibilities there.

Fourth, though this would seem pedantic to some, more achievements/goals might help folks. To some, achievements are an insult. To others, they really drive you on! And I don't mean just "hatch a blahblah egg." I mean interesting things, like putting certain dragons together, or design-related achievments, upgrading this or that, having only cold habs, I dunno. Weird stuff for fun.

But, yes, things can stagnate quickly. New dragons and associated flavor buildings are fantastic, and need to keep coming! But part of the problem we are seeing right now is that we just had one extremely hard new dragon added (Panlong), which everybody scrambled (and still does) to get. And then a very easy one (Love - relatively speaking way easier than Panlong, with very short breeding/hatching times to boot). So we went from this dogged determination that resulted in cheers of excitement when it finally came (or frustration), to a very easy prize that didn't involve much effort and yields a "meh" feeling.

Finally, more ways to decorate. More themes. Someone suggested being able to spray paint your island with snow, or sand, or whatever, depending on its theme. Wonderful idea! More themes would be great, too, kind of like the couple of asian-ish decorations that came with the Panlong, etc. Could do a set of castle/medieval pieces (decorations and functional buildings), a set of desert/oasis (not just a cactus), a set of winter wonderland, a set of this or that, to really differentiate the islands. Lastly, in this category, variations on the habitats. Maybe you want your water hab to look like a desert oasis, to fit in on an earthy island. Or snowy volcanos for your Oregon mountain island. A Japanese tea garden version of the plant hab. Stuff like that would really set the parks apart.

Just my thoughts. Love the game, love the dragons, love everybody's parks, and love new ways to decorate mine.

I love these Ideas and it would make the game more interesting and fun,but you have to consider the resources that are available to them and when I say this I mean how much money there making. It obvious it isn't enough seeing that if it were we would be stocked with these ideas already in place and we might even get bigger dragons at a more frequent pace in more quanties. Lately we've only been getting a short amount of everything in between the dragon, decoration etc. but it wouldn't hurt to try to suggest these ideas to them, I say e-mail them and see what they say!

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[rachb1122]

Iceberg/love = 48 hours!! All I need is a rainbow so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!

[SnuggleTM]

By the way, if you happen to visit the Nursery Island in the next few days, don't be alarmed by the three adult Panlongs in the Earth habitat by the visitors entrance. They're just there to provide security as the dragon snatchers have been spotted. No other reason.

Poppy

That's coz us Aussies have been visiting!!! Hahaha

[VDL04]

Hear! Hear!

Drives you nuts doesn't it? I can't centralize my designs properly cuz of it. Sigh.... Oh well, I'm waiting for my last island and the inevitable bankruptcy filing that comes aft it before I redo my islands again.

Glad to see someone else is in my boat! Welcome

Tiffany xoxo

[VDL04]

Iceberg/love = 48 hours!! All I need is a rainbow so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!

Good luck rach!!

Tiffany xoxo

[TheRealGrizz]

Seems to me this thread has changed from "Tips & Tricks" to idle chit chat. Not seeing a lot of breeding tip lately, I still don't have a Rainbow, Sun, Panlong or a Frost Fire. What did you use for dragons to get some of these rare dragons people?

[Skaala2903]

Woohoo.. Got my second 36hr this morning after hatching the first Panlong yesterday night.. Now, i can start creating the Chinese money machines by making more Panlongs and work on for the shrines.. Though need a Rainbow badly to complete my collection..

[Cox780770]

Woohoo.. Got my second 36hr this morning after hatching the first Panlong yesterday night.. Now, i can start creating the Chinese money machines by making more Panlongs and work on for the shrines.. Though need a Rainbow badly to complete my collection..

Yay congrats skaala x x x did you get it with mud blazing because keep putting them in you may get a rainbow from that a few others did including myself x

vicky x. GCID dragonville10

[Cox780770]

Seems to me this thread has changed from "Tips & Tricks" to idle chit chat. Not seeing a lot of breeding tip lately, I still don't have a Rainbow, Sun, Panlong or a Frost Fire. What did you use for dragons to get some of these rare dragons people?

If you go back a couple of pages there was a huge list posted for all the hard to get dragons

vicky x. GCID dragonville10

[phibes74]

Thanks Tricia for that suggestion. Maybe I have to stop being so snarky about all those new babies, haha!

That is why the HC is so handy some of the higher lv dragons I put in there and use the lower lv for breeding.. And switch when I work on the shrines that way I get 2 nd & 3rd generations but do not waste the food for the shrines.. I hope this works... Good luck and if you anymore help just ask.. There is always someone on here that can help!!!!

Sent from. Tricia xoxo