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I love the idea of the raffle lioness being a chased NCL! And bringing back old raffle lionesses that are on banned/closed accounts!

Especially like that the player has to be active. That will be really nice for those of us who are constantly playing :3

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a growing userbase and newer breeding items like crunchy worms have drastically altered the RL scene a lot since its release, as well as countless additions since then such as yohimbe barks, ochre powders, freezing lions, etc. making changes would definitely help modernize the RL scene.

while i would love a surefire way to ensure the RL goes to an active player, i don't like the idea of excluding anyone who hasn't rolled over from wednesday onwards. imagine missing a day of RO and thereby losing a chance at winning a raffle lioness you're in love with because something came up IRL or you forgot to roll over. i've skipped RO multiple times due coming home late after a double shift and being too exhausted to take care of my pride or not wanting to waste a RO for valuable lions, and sometimes something just comes up IRL.

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#1 - 4: while there are a lot of gorgeous RLs i would love to get my hands on, it would feel a bit less special to me if users could easily get their hands on multiple copies of her - lucky users often go on to clone special lionesses and redistribute these clones that then continue to reproduce exponentially. on one hand, this keeps a RL line alive which is good to see, but can also quickly oversaturate a market as well.

these lionesses can cost thousands of GB worth in items to breed [ not to mention obtain- they're often worth thousands of GB themselves if they ever even go up for sale! ], sometimes requiring yohimbe barks for more breeding attempts in order to even clone once. having multiple copies floating around would cheapen the experience to me. winning a special lioness is such a special and exclusive moment - i and many others have played LD for 10+ years and never won one; i think winning a RL is a special moment that special should stay special.

imagine spending thousands of GB worth in savings to buy and breed a raffle lioness only for another user who won a RL copy of her to get lucky and sell her descendants cheaply for a quick buck, who then go on to become kings and cloneable lionesses. eventually, clones and descendants will be worth much less and be much more common, making it difficult to make back any money spent if you choose to try.

the chances of this can vary drastically, of course; some RL lines have countless clones floating about while others died without cloning, but investing in a RL would be even more of a gamble if copies of her were much more accessible. because of these reasons, i'm quite uneasy about releasing copies or near copies of RLs in any way - NCLs, duplicate RLs, etc. but i still love the idea of having variants available!

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#3: i like the idea of having variants of the RL's traits for the userbase at large to obtain, be it through sub-raffles, studs, or NCLs. the entire userbase deserves a chance to appreciate and enjoy the content lioden's artists, designers, and users work so hard to design and create, and no one has a right to gatekeep specific traits. many of these traits are important to other users' breeding projects - some traits were even suggestions made by players! these users deserve a chance to enjoy their ideas brought to life.

ideas for variants, be they studs, sub-RLs, or sNCLS, could include a different base [maybe even an applicator or common base] and some of the RL's marks OR the same base and a maximum of 1-3 shared marks if the base is new, with all markings preferably probably in different slots, and different remaining traits [mane shape, eye color, etc.] if not new or very rare. basically, i'd limit the amount of shared traits and breed-only traits available on variants of the "main" RL and have a total of 1-2 variant RLs and a stud, if any, at most. 20 studding slots to one raffle stud is already a fair amount to me, anything close to 50 may be pushing it. as stated above, having many clones or near clones of your special lioness would really cheapen the experience for me.

this slot switcheroo could kill two birds with one stone by helping to make rare, inactive/extinct, or hoarded marking slots less of an issue! i'd also recommend a special icon or notification for special NCLs in explore to give players a heads up that they found something very special! to limit the amount of NCLs released, maybe if the sNCL wasn't claimed, only then would another sNCL would be released.

i'm not too fond of having exact copies or near copies of RLs available at all be it through raffle studs or other lionesses for the reasons stated above, but the same trait in a different slot, or the RL's traits spread out between multiple options doesn't sound too bad.

if any sort of RL variant feature [ sNCLs, RL clones, RL studs, RL variants, etc. ] is implemented i strongly suggest doing a few trial runs before setting any features in stone to see how these lions spread and how the community feels about everything.

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#5: i love this idea! all of katze's gorgeous designs deserve a fair chance to be loved and appreciated by the userbase.

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#7: 365 rollovers feels like a lot, but if it works i'm all for it! so many lovely lionesses have been lost to inactive accounts, sadly. maybe admins could look into the stats on how many newbie accounts go inactive to see what the sweet spot of activity is - who is most likely to keep playing vs. going inactive?

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#6: while i like the idea of rewarding activity with more impression attempts, this would essentially punish users who are too busy to RO daily or may be freezing a side account, so i'm a bit unsure about this option including the 3 day rollover requirement. on top of this, they'd already be more likely to find special NCLs, if implemented, as well. maybe this could be an option for "lower value" options like the raffle stud or RL variants with fewer special traits?

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and lastly, thank you to LD's staff for listening to our concerns, we appreciate your hard work trying to constantly improve this game

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Yay news! Excited for the explore available variants

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I think these are all cool options!

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That's nice to here that they'll make the RL goes to an active account =3

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:0 this sounds so cool

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This would actually be really cool

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Oooo~ this is new...i like it

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I love the idea of a raffle stud. :O

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Oh my gods the RL stud system would be a DREAM
in other words NEWSSSSS

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Yes to these ideas

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Love the ideas! :O

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THIS IS AMAZING AND GIVES MORE PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO HAVE COOL LIONS

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That sounds really cool, thanks!

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This is about the constellation RL isn’t it?

Yes, a safeguard against a raffle lioness ending up inaccessible would be wonderful. I particularly love the chased idea. I prefer that to coding activity rewards into the raffle itself. Those chased RLs will likely go to avid explorers, so it’s a more subtle way of rewarding activity. I do NOT support multiple tickets. I like that everyone gets equal odds of getting the RL, and I hope that stays the same

If there’s one thing I think absolutely should be implemented, it’s the secondary release of exclusive markings/eye colors through a raffle stud. I bet if that happens, in a few months players will view it as *normal* and wonder how we ever lived any other way.

Of course, it will make those traits more plentiful on release and early RL cubs wouldn’t be as absurdly exclusive and expensive, but I’m fine with that, personally. Winning the RL should be about the luck and excitement, in my opinion. A bucket of GB is just a bonus

Plus, knowing that there were more copies of her coming would help with the issue where the community harasses the RL winner when they don’t do what people want. The scrutiny that comes with winning the RL could stand to be taken down a notch, if you ask me

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