Post by Hooves Administrator on Dec 23, 2010 12:30:56 GMT 10
Hello Players, we would like to take the time to explain the new economic changes to the game and welcome any feedback you might have.
We know that the changes to the game recently have been significant but we believe they were necessary to make the game, better, fairer and yet still challenging for all players in the long run.
What we have effectively done is smooth the prices out at each pedigree rating so that your stud price ranges and market sell prices are relative. These prices grow at a steady rate throughout the game so that at each pedigree level the cost of either paying a stud fee at the next pedigree level or buying a horse at the next pedigree level are both achievable. The lowest stud price in the next pedigree level should be achievable with 1 sale of your horses (age and stats permitting).
Players have said this will put the top stud out of reach of new/mid players and whilst this is true it also allows these players to provide studs to levels lower than them and progress faster that way. Before the changes these lower players would not have been considering their studs and only been saving to breed with the best in the game.
We have brought back the forum so that you may now advertise your studs and horses for sale in the "Advertise Horses" section.
The prize money has been greatly increased in Pro and Intermediate rooms. To balance this, we have made the Hooves horses run a marginally better in those rooms so there is not a huge advantage in playing in off peak times or in empty rooms. We will be monitoring the performance of the Hooves horses versus the average player, we want to keep them performing just below the average player as they are in the beginner rooms.
We know that the changes to the game recently have been significant but we believe they were necessary to make the game, better, fairer and yet still challenging for all players in the long run.
What we have effectively done is smooth the prices out at each pedigree rating so that your stud price ranges and market sell prices are relative. These prices grow at a steady rate throughout the game so that at each pedigree level the cost of either paying a stud fee at the next pedigree level or buying a horse at the next pedigree level are both achievable. The lowest stud price in the next pedigree level should be achievable with 1 sale of your horses (age and stats permitting).
Players have said this will put the top stud out of reach of new/mid players and whilst this is true it also allows these players to provide studs to levels lower than them and progress faster that way. Before the changes these lower players would not have been considering their studs and only been saving to breed with the best in the game.
We have brought back the forum so that you may now advertise your studs and horses for sale in the "Advertise Horses" section.
The prize money has been greatly increased in Pro and Intermediate rooms. To balance this, we have made the Hooves horses run a marginally better in those rooms so there is not a huge advantage in playing in off peak times or in empty rooms. We will be monitoring the performance of the Hooves horses versus the average player, we want to keep them performing just below the average player as they are in the beginner rooms.