Locust base is the newest base in the red group, introduced as a red medium solid common. Now, this would not be an issue, save one small detail: Locust is an applicator base. As of August tenth, our base rarities got updated to common, uncommon, rare, and special. Here is what defines a special base: "Special" bases are what those difficult-to-breed bases are now categorised as. These include applicator, non-common combo, and raffle-exclusive bases such as Cairngorm, Celestial, Haze, Lilac, Orchid, Pulsar, etc. Did you see it? These include applicator... So, according to the genetic rules, Locust should be a special, just like fuchsia, another craftable base app. Admin response was that they liked the idea of a common applicator, however that would cause confusion, which is what the new rarities were added to avoid.
TL; DR: Locust should be a special, not a common.
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