Thread: Proposal: Changes to egg earning and USD purchases

Currently as the site stands, i really dislike the idea of reducing passive income unless there is a guaranteed way to get a proportional amount. To be blunt, there just isn’t much to do, and i get the greatest joy from commissioning art using eggs and dressing up my chickens; the current minigames just don’t hold my attention that well; not to mention two of the three are limited as to how often you can play - and the one you can play the most, clucky clicker, only earns seed.

I’d be fine with the change if we had more gameplay aspects that rewarded with eggs like traditional pet games! Something like a puzzle game, solitaire, or maybe even a chicken themed wordle.

@memento That makes sense! That's what I meant with more ways to actively earn eggs - more minigames mainly. There's been heaps of ideas/plans and those should eventually be done regardless - but it will also be dependent on having time to develop them.

I think giving users more reasons/places to spend their eggs is going to stimulate growth the most! It seems to me that other pet sites which allow customization in exchange for RL currency find that to be a significant motivator for people to buy it.

honestly i think reducing passive gain would be fine as long as those other ways of earning were implemented first. i also agree with the above of adding more egg sinks.

ive got 40k eggs in my fridge cj please help

Do i have a lot of eggs? Sort of, yes. Will i eventually use the eggs for various purposes? Undoubtedly yes. i need to dress my growing flock, i need to buy so much art, etc. etc.

However.

Do i think the passive gain should be reduced? It depends on the reduction, and what's going to be replacing it. i am a very passive player, tbh. It's the nature of being chronically ill, unfortunately. i pop on, i post on a thread, i do my dailies, i might be done for the day, or i might check in later, depending on my various pain levels etc. If the replacements are going to be something akin to 'Where's The Chicken'? Ok maybe, a few more of those to add to the list isn't terrible. But something like 'Clucky/Chooky Clicker'? Please no.

So again, it's all a matter of what comes after. i can't really put a definitive vote on this until there's more info.

The other options are great!

And i agree with the above comments about more egg sinks (like more cute things to put on my chickens please and thanks, more colors added too? Please? Not having the right shade is )

me personally, i like the sound of options 1, 2 and 3. lowering the passive egg earnings of larger coops sound fair and would like it would add more motivation and fun to earning eggs!
either lowering the USD price or doubling the eggs sound like good quick and simple fix.
my fav is probably 3, simply cause custom accessories sound really fun but i can also so that being possibly being hard to mange/problematic later down the line.
it seems im in the minority lol but i think realistically, i like option 1 the most

I agree with Mochi that having more places to actually spend the eggs would probably be the most motivating factor for folks to acquire them!

Having hit the 240 coop cap many, many months ago, and not really being able to do much with my rest nest chickens, acquiring them aside, has made me feel that I've sort of "completed" my Chickenpet journey as a site player, and most days I only pop by to do my dailies for sake of routine. So for me (and probably other players like me) the rate of egg accrual is rather moot.

Previously, I mostly purchased eggs for the sake of commissioning other players xD But as the active number of players offering commissions has decreased (perhaps due to the same player fall-off) I haven't really had the need to do so.

So for me personally, the last two options are the most appealing of what's on the poll- Either a way to get something unique with USD (since the eggs don't matter much currently) or a way to simply support the site for the love of it.

More egg sinks does sound like the best way to go based on what I'm hearing! I think we'll start with buying back released chickens as one of those, since there's been a lot of support for that feature in the dev tracker. Then custom accessories after that, and then new ways to earn eggs.