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Ammit · Feb 8, 2018 6:33 AM

Your official standings for week 1
If you check out the leading accounts you can see this contest is entirely determent right now by who has picked up high point show horses from senior members. That means right now the contest is pure luck and not skill and anyone can rapidly overtake others. The number 1 spot holder has mostly aged 17+ horses and is going to lose a lot of those points so don't give up yet.

Feed back time:
I would love for you to post below, what you have learned about playing as a new member.

For me it is very clear that new members need well pointed show horse. It is critical to jump starting a barn. I also am completely set on adding a mini game. Sometimes you just need an extra 1k to finish entering shows. A way you can trickle feed some cash to keep you going when you are out of cash and things to do is a mandatory addition.

Please post below with your own insights.

Ammit · Feb 8, 2018 6:40 AM

Also don't dispare, I will probably provide a matching prize for the user that does the most with what would normal be available to new players. I really do need to see what game play is like with out the results being so skewed.

Nisreen · Feb 8, 2018 7:04 AM

In all honesty, I am pretty bored and have pretty much given up already. I hate having no money. When I first started playing this game, I upgraded within my first month because I got bored pretty quickly. For me, the fun is in the breeding and seeing what colours come out. Maybe showing would hold my attention more if it was more interactive. Sorry. I love the game when I have money but I feel that I need to give my honest opinion.

StarSilo · Feb 8, 2018 7:11 AM

59,000 points? o.O

It's an interesting experience so far for sure. I'm trying not to pay attention to the fact that really it does seem like luck is what is going to win. I mean, I thought I was lucky when I picked up a handful of horses with several hundred points. I'm actually sitting on 14k because there's nothing on the board worth buying - I'll try and pick up more at the auction today but I had awful luck on Sunday. Maybe everyone else is broke today!

StarSilo · Feb 8, 2018 7:15 AM

Oh right, what I've learned. Those well-pointed show horses are critical. I have no idea what the sweet spot for a new account would be though; I already make enough hbs just from showing that I'm not struggling to cover shows, and I had enough money on Sunday to pasture breed (which, uh, is why I have so much money... I did flip the foals because I have zero use for them under these circumstances. Conversely I have been buying 12+ PT yearlings on my other account left and right.)

It's hard though. When someone puts up a run of good, cheap show horses, one person is usually in a prime spot to scoop them all up and anyone late to the party is left looking at the same stuff that's been on the board, not moving, which seems to be breeding stock right now.

A mini game of some variety would be fantastic.

Ammit · Feb 8, 2018 7:19 AM

@StarSilo don't be scared of her points. Most of those horses won't make it 2 more months. Plently of time to catch up.

ConfluenceFarms · Feb 8, 2018 7:21 AM

I agree with Nisreen. I've not been to enthusiastic about the contest this week.

I would like to mention that I keep finding myself buying every decent pointed horse I see, but I forget, and buy them with my Confluence account! It does have me thinking that even if you flood the game with cheap, high pointed horses, it's not just the new folks who are going to get them. It's more likely that the senior players, who know the ropes, and how to find the right horses faster, will continue to snag them all.

Ammit · Feb 8, 2018 7:35 AM

That is the whole reason we are having the contest. To figure out what to do about that. ;)

nearside · Feb 8, 2018 8:27 AM

At this point I am placed in the middle for points collected. All my horses, except two lined horses ,have been purchased from the foundation rescue. Buying Perfect foundations is the most common advice to new players besides get the free AtA horses. So far this advice seems pretty good especially since the rescue now shows its horses.
Must say it was very helpful to be able to go into negative hbs to breed my mares, it allowed me to have more to auction.

Maribo · Feb 8, 2018 10:28 AM

Dayum, I thought I was doing pretty good :))

I think the thing I have learned is, that I would not be playing if I didn't have my premium. I show my horses on sunday, buy a horse or two, and then there is nothing for me to do the rest of the week. The 5th was my entire breeding season, so that is over too. And the foals have been sold through the auction, and the money have been spent. Is it sunday yet? :-w

ChilaxII · Feb 8, 2018 10:36 AM

I have to say I'm having a ball, but quite surprised to see I'm as high as I am.
It's a balancing game game for me, finding horses to sell for profit to then buy more show ponies.
I'm doing a similar thing with my main account but that started with a bit more money.

Timber · Feb 8, 2018 11:06 AM

Eh. I have learned to be a public sales board trawler. I learned that very quickly after watching high pointed 17+ show horses get won on the auction house for 10k plus. Shelling out that much of my beginning funds for a horse that's probably going to kick the bucket fairly soon seemed very counterintuitive.

That being said even though I'm trying my best to snatch up the cheap 100+ point show horses (which I was quick to discover do add up) this is still very much a waiting game and those that can not put up with waiting for the payout aren't going to last long. It kind of instills a sense powerlessness when you can barely scrap together enough hbs to even cover showing all your horses in one sitting. I think the mini game option alone will alleviate that feeling and make some players feel like they have some control over the situation. Like your actually putting work into it and not just waiting for things to get better.

I have not breed any horses for the sake of selling the foals yet. Its an option only if I feel desperate.

Riley1119 · Feb 8, 2018 11:13 AM

I’m actually enjoying myself but not sure how much fun I’d be having as a brand new person since I know to buy/ breed horses low and auction or sell for a profit.

This week I am focused more on making money so that I actually can go through the auctions and pick up pointed horses or justify spending double (or triple) the amount for one high pointed horse off the sales boards rather than buying one (or two) lower pointed horses that I can breed and sell both or if the mare has a number of points just the foal to recoup some of the costs.

I’ve been spending my time searching the sales and breeding boards for cheap horses. I have filled my welcome barn with pointed horses and as I collect more I’ve been auctioning the lower pointed horses. I picked up quite a few foundation rescue horses which have been very helpful once they started showing so have a few points to start with

ChilaxII · Feb 8, 2018 12:19 PM

I must say I'm playing this comp account slightly differently to my main one even though both are free and starting fresh. On my main account I've bought a selection of higher PT young horses as I know that account will be around for the long term, so I'm thinking differently. On this one it's very much shorter term.

ParadisePark · Feb 8, 2018 3:16 PM

I knew there was a chance of losing the older ponies but also knew I would get a good daily bonus which will allow me to buy younger high pointed ponies :D
Ive also noticed some of the super high ponies selling for a fair bit in auction. (There are a couple up to 10k :o )

BlueValley · Feb 8, 2018 3:59 PM

For the most part, I get bored very quickly. I've only got a handful of horses and a handful of change leftover from the auctions. I've also noticed it's been rather difficult to purchase pointed show horses between all the active regular players and contest accounts, I don't have the time to be on all day trawling sales.

My first suggestion would be to up the hbs going to free accounts--at least for the first while. The additional stalls are super awesome (welcome pack and the 40 stall primary), but it would be nice to have a bit more income to fill those stalls with show horses.

cheersexperiment · Feb 8, 2018 4:42 PM

I’m actually having fun. I’ve only managed to grab one high pointed horse from an established sale so far and I’m sitting 28th, so I think I have a good chance. Everything else I’ve gotten in the auction or picked up from a sale of a lower pointed horse.

I’ve reverted back to my early game days strategy of not showing my horses against each other, which means it takes a couple days for me to get all my kids shown. I know it doesn’t make a difference, but it gives me a little more to do.

I did pasture breed the mares I own and the foals are in today’s auction, which will give me some cash to invest in more older ponies.

I miss testing. I haven’t done any extra testing on anything I own because I want to save every hb I can for buying more show ponies. If I manage to fill the two barns then I will test, but I don’t really expect to do that on this budget in two months...

100hbs a night definitely means I can afford to show, but can’t afford to do anything else... I think a mini game is going to be an amazing addition to the game for new players.

LookingGlass · Feb 8, 2018 4:58 PM

There really just is not a lot TO do as a new account. Once you've done all your breeding, all your training, and all your showing..... that's it for the week unless you come hang out with the community. (A++ for the HJ community, as always.)

Sure, some of that is rooted in not having very many horses. But c'mon. Rome wasn't built in a day. Those of you who have big, established primary barns: how long have you been playing? How long did it take you to get to the point where you comfortably have more money to spend than you know what to do with?

I started playing back in the day on HJ1, when breeding season was only two weeks long. Two weeks out of every two months. We didn't have all this shiny, fancy testing stuff, either. There's a radical shift in perspective you have to approach this whole "playing as a brand new player" business from.

HiddenRoyal · Feb 8, 2018 5:43 PM

I am really enjoying myself. It's hard to remember to go and enter shows. And i forgot to always leave a reserve. I was going to make a few pasture mares and breed to sell some foals to make money but then realized I was under 1000hjb and can't do anything with that. Even vet bills to outside breed are over 1000.
I also had to drool when high point horses were for sale because I am broke. I know alot of potential but 5k a week doesn't go far:(
Makes me want to help new players even more:)

CWSshow · Feb 8, 2018 8:31 PM

I haven't done much yet. Not spending very much time on here, mostly on my other account. But I will definitely be starting on my plan soon... ;)

I don't have much new-player shock like some here, I guess that's because I've started a few free accounts over the course of playing and merged them with my main after a while, mainly to do experiments and such. So I have kind of kept I touch with what it feels like to have a new and small account.

HiddenCreek · Feb 8, 2018 9:48 PM

I second what a lot have said - I just got bored. When I first stared I didn’t have the “urgency” to get as many points as possible like for a competition, which made it not as big a deal if I didn’t log in daily, I mainly wanted nice pretty Horses. Then I figured out showing and making money. Made it a nice transition. Like many others I upgraded very quickly, a nominal fee to have loads more to do!

I think a mini game is fantastic idea. Certainly a way to keep things moving when you run out of hb. I guess I got discouraged/bored Bc of all the contest accounts, Show Horses were selling for outrageous prices on the auctions and sales! I remember when I was new it was common for Horses with high pats but maybe a little old to float around the auctions for an easy 2600 to 2900.

I started my main account, hiddencreek, in may 2017, but prob got really into it by July. So I’ve been here 9 months total and I’m pretty comfy on my main account. I always try to help new players as much as I can but I sort of second the higher hb at first to help offset boredom. Or maybe they get something like 10 free creates when starting a new account? I know I’ve got more space in my barn in my contest account than I have hb to fill. (A problem I wish I had on my main account haha! Empty stalls.... what a dream)

Just my two cents :)

MoonAcre Stables · Feb 9, 2018 6:56 AM

Like others have said. It's super slow. Not much to do while you wait for your Sunday bonus and then it's gone in two seconds :)) but I'm excited to see how we all do its still only the second week!

I think the main thing I've learned...well more like realized is if you've built your account up from a free account with no upgrade you are incredible and have incredible patience! I give so much credit to those who have done that. To those who aren't fortunate enough to be able to pay for an upgrade but still bust their booties to play the game.

My "suggestions" for new accounts (not that you asked haha) would be a little more than 5k a week for a bonus maybe for the first two months. (Or a larger amount of hbs in the welcome pack) with horses most of the time at the lowest of 2500 on the sales board you can maybe get two show horses a week but then your broke lol. Maybe a mini game or multiple mini games while you wait. A way to guarantee a few show ponies to start new players off if it's possible.
And for all of the established players including myself which I will be doing whenever i can to really encourage new players if they happen to post a "new to the game" post and let them know it's a slow climb in the beginning but so worth it eventually! And if you can spare them offer a high pointed show horse or a few! We're a pretty great community for the most part and I think we all need to be a little better at that lol.

RipshinCreekFarm · Feb 9, 2018 8:06 AM

I had forgotten what it was like when you start out. I have plenty of stalls, not so many horses. The public sales list seems to be the luck of the draw as far as finding show horses with a nice amount of points. I was out of money when the auction ran yesterday, but have enough now to try to pick up some more.

Wildland Acres · Feb 9, 2018 8:56 AM

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PineyCreek · Feb 9, 2018 8:59 AM

With points suddenly worth so much more they really aren't economical. Spent 23k on points and get 33 hbs a day from it... will take a bit to get that back. To get a stable account I would fill my barns with high pt foals being offloaded, then hope they take off in a few months. With 15 k show ponies...

kintara · Feb 9, 2018 4:21 PM

I think for me is that there just isn't much to do, until breeding season started all I could do was login show and train my horses, buy what I could with what cash I had and then just not log in for a week as there wasn't anything to do. Now I can breed I have some to auction etc but still doesn't take long. I sort of want to play it a bit like a real game so want to keep my best foals like I would if I was playing for real. I haven't managed to pick up too many pointed show horses so probably way behind there!

Oh I just checked the standings, I'm 46th LOL, yes definitely didn't pickup the high pointer show horses!

RKO · Feb 9, 2018 5:28 PM

I have learned that money runs out fast and that your foundation studs do not show must interest for players to use for thier mares.
So with no stud fees coming to help build your money, it is very hard to buy show horses when you have no money. You are also unable to breed your own horses due to lack of funds. I notices too that many people selling horses made it difficult, because they bumped the price of the horse so high that only older player with lots of money can buy the horses. I saw many that I would have purchase but for a new player the price was to high, especially since you can get new horses for $2500.00 using herd helper or from foundation rescue and $ 2750. 00 was more affordable than horses costing over $10,000.00.

BFexperiment · Feb 9, 2018 5:41 PM

I am sitting at 30th right now. I put 5 mares in pasture and bred them then sold everyone at auction. I am a little bored but am thinking of looking at the tack items to make it interesting. A mini game would be of great fun.

I am finding out like I did when I first started that it is slow. That is one thing that the forum did for me it helped me to get to know and make friends on the forum.

I find myself signing in and training on Sunday and showing that day and then I choose another day to show again. I also make sure I don't put my horses in the same class if I can help it.

I am enjoying it and will be helping new players out more once this contest is done.

ZefExperiment · Feb 11, 2018 6:15 AM

I am also intimidated by the LB standings lol! But at the same time impressed that I'm in the muddle of the pack and not the end which is what I expected! I have only been playing about a year on my main account so this newbie territory is still familiar. I think it was 6 months in that I really began to play seriously rather than random log in when I was bored. Anyway.
Yes it's tough with the bare bones and you have to decide where every HB goes, but I always felt that was the nature of the game. Like real life breeding is not about getting rich quick and I think we all get a little spoiled after a run of selling RS horses for big money or breeding and auctioning for profit. I'm enjoying myself as always and excited to see how this plays out. I think all will have more respect for the power of an excellent show horse though!

ZefExperiment · Feb 11, 2018 6:18 AM

I agree mini games would be awesome and a number of free exceptional show horse creates for new accounts would help encourage the value of talented show horses

kassierae · Feb 11, 2018 10:49 AM

While think it's great that show pony prices have skyrocketed, I think it makes it slightly out of reach for newer players right now. People are asking 5-10-20k for pointed show ponies, and even though they are well worth it, a new account would only be able to buy like 3-4 to start and then they would have no money left over. I ran into this problem on my contest account, and even though I did a breed and dump a couple times, it only gives you just enough for like 2-3 horses and then you have nothing left until Sunday.

Mini games or like a lottery wheel would be great! Prizes such as 500-25k, a show pony with established points or foals with high pt scores would be great.

StarSilo · Feb 11, 2018 11:06 AM

I'm sure the prices of pointed show horses will go back to normal when the contest is over, whatever the new normal is. It's possible that they will be worth more going forward than brand new creates (which is fair; why should a horse that has 200, 500, 1000 points have the same value as a fresh 2500 hb create?)

I'm already technically making more money than I can spend; there's nothing on the sales board that I want. We'll see how I fare at the auction tonight.

Prancer · Feb 11, 2018 11:27 AM

More stalls is definitely helpful, but I think if large quantities of money were east to come by I'm not sure that would help if you didn't know what you were doing as its really easy to waste money when starting out, but having ways to get a little bit more but not enough that it can be easily thrown away in large chunks. Also maybe adding something that encourages you to log onto everyday but not something that forces you to log on everyday.

Starflower · Feb 11, 2018 12:25 PM

I was near the bottom of the list when the standings were first released, so I adjusted my strategy. Since then, I've moved from about 70th to 33rd over the course of a week.

I think the most helpful part about this is seeing that it really is possible to gather a huge number of points quickly (whether they're going to stay in your account that long or not, it helps to boost your regular income even temporarily). It's encouraging to realize that you're not really stuck with a low number of points just because the account is new - even with the limited starting funds. And if this wasn't a contest account, the addition of AtA horses and the several show horse contests on the forum right now would be a super helpful boost to real new players.

I also learned that - while it's not very fun to go into the red and have no money to play with - sometimes that seems to be the most effective short term strategy. For example: Super short on cash for the first time in years, I bred all six of my mares (went 2k into debt) and sent the foals to auction for the next morning. Kept the mares (and their points) but got the 12k from those auctioned foals and had 10k to work with again. With today's weekly pay, that means I went from just under 1000hb in my account to 15k and the ability to purchase a few good show horses that ended up on the sales boards.

While I don't have a ton to DO with my horses right now, that's given me time to strategize the best ways to earn money. I see the appeal of mini games for players who want more involvement with the game, but I'm perfectly happy with the way it's set up right now. (Disclaimer: I also have a HJ1 account with close to 12k horses so that does keep me busy too. If I didn't have a giant barn over there, I may be more interested in more things to do here.)

Dragon2 · Feb 11, 2018 4:03 PM

I agree with the others - I am finding my contest account slow, and it is hard without hbs to do much. That is why I upgraded almost immediately after joining.
I agree with the others who mentioned that many of us in the competition know the ropes and can probably progress faster than true beginners that are trying to learn the ropes and grow at the same time.
One suggestion I would have is to give the free accounts access to tracking their auction bids. I have bid on lots of horses but can not remember which ones all. I started writing down all their numbers, then gave up. Not having the tracker makes the auctions hard to manage.

StarSilo · Feb 11, 2018 4:36 PM

Always remember that some of the things that we've been suggesting (more HBs, more space, auction tracking, etc) are perks of having an upgraded account. There need to be incentives for people to pay for those, after all. The game is completely playable without spending any RL money at all. Easily more so than it has been in previous forms. This is also a game that requires a long-term commitment. There's no substitute for building your own show string and there quickly comes a point where you can't rely on other people's well-aged show horses. You need your own. That requires a bit of money, sure, but above all it requires time. Two RL months isn't enough time to get there, even with one-month years.

This competition changes up the "new player" dynamic a lot because there's competition between players who know what they're doing. And it's pretty fierce! New-new players get a fantastic, incredible amount of help getting started (the aforementioned AtA horses, contests, new player give-aways, etc.) But we're in cutthroat mode with each other snatching stuff up left and right and it gives a slightly artificial image of what's going on.

For real, think about this approach as a new player. I'm earning about 1200 hbs a day here, which from my usual game perspective doesn't seem like a lot. But I also don't have anything to do with that money except hope to spend it on more show horses if I find any, or bank it for IVs. This plus my free account income would be enough for me to buy one IV a week and still cover the cost of my show entries. In a month I could buy a tiny barn of my own... which, when this is your whole game, feels like a huge achievement.

I know breeding is a big rabbit hole that people fall into, and if I had kept the foals I bred I would have way less space than I do now. (Like 10 fewer stalls. Like... the empty barn I could have bought myself in March.) But even breeding is flash-in-the-pan instant gratification, which is why so many people breed and dump the foals so they can breed to have more foals to dump. I'm not trying to suggest that this is a bad style of playing, but it's not exactly sustainable. It goes back to my earlier argument about people needing to learn to develop their own show strings, which means they need patience.

Which means they might need a different form of incentive to log in every day other than making/spending money. But we've talked about that in this thread too.

(Disclaimer: I'm a dinosaur with over 16k horses in my HJ1 account, where I'm currently earning 884,518 hbs a day...... and, amusingly enough, I don't have anything to do with that money either. Funny how that works.)

ParadisePark · Feb 11, 2018 5:15 PM

715055
20k :o and there are a few that sold for 16k

I knew price would go up but didn’t expect this high lol.

BFexperiment · Feb 11, 2018 5:37 PM

I moved up 8 spots with just buying 3 show ponies. I doubled my daily show bonus. Finding those ponies are essential.

kassierae · Feb 11, 2018 6:08 PM

I'm not a new player, so I understand the point of an upgrade. What I'm saying is that it is hard to acquire show horses when the prices have been driven up. My contest account is getting I think 136hbs daily. What on earth can I do with that? Nothing but wait until it accumulates. I can buy at max two horses on Sunday, if I'm lucky, and they probably won't be show horses. A very few players got lucky right off the bat and were able to collect a large amount of show horses, and those of us that weren't so lucky are having a harder time.

ReachForTheStars · Feb 11, 2018 6:31 PM

As a semi-new person myself I find this contest quite difficult. I'm constantly buying the best ponies I can find and turning over the foals I bred. The contest certainly favors the more experienced.

Riley1119 · Feb 12, 2018 4:53 AM

I jumped from #63-49 overnight just by buying a bunch of foundation rescue mares with 30+ points and showing them. My show bonus went from 65-160hbs

dark star · Feb 12, 2018 9:19 AM

While I am not playing I do feel the need to chime in on the comments that the show pony prices are being driven up. Buying show ponies has never been the way to go in this game. It is only because a few of us decided to be more generous with our show ponies that there are even show ponies for sale. No one sells pointed show horses because it is a silly thing to do, meaning there aren't many for sale, and buying them is never really going to be practical. Before some of us started dumping them, when was the last time you ever saw a horse with more than 400 points for sale?

As for the horse who went for 21k, that buyer is gambling. The horse is only guaranteed to make around 16k in it's lifetime. unless it lives to a ripe old age. It is unlikely to earn to many more points as it leveled off in an iffy spot. A show horse is worth what they will earn you, they lost money on that one. That is the thing about selling show horses. Why would someone who is fiscally responsible sell a show horse for less than what they know a horse will earn them in it's lifetime, something which isn't too hard to estimate. And why would anyone buy a horse for more than what it will earn them, contest aside. This is why selling and buying showhorses is never really going to be part of the game.

Unless you get more folks who decided they don't need to make more than 100k or so a day and sell off the rest of their mature showhorses, purposefully losing money, you're never going to see a mature show horse market.

The only other realistic option I see for creating a mature show horse market is to do something drastic like cap the number of stalls you can have. 6000 would be enough to let folks have a decent income, and force folks to actually get rid of the mediocre performers that they now just hang on to cause points are points. There comes a point in the collection of show horses when the only reason you need more money is to buy more barns so you can have more show horses so you can make more money to buy more barns to hold more show horses. I can breed and test and process over 700 horses on less than 1 million HBs. 250k HBs a day, easily doable with 6000 stalls will net me 7.5 million a month. I don’t even know what you would do in the game with that much.

ChilaxII · Feb 12, 2018 10:19 AM

Interesting post Dark Star.
I think all the contest accounts would be suffering on just a couple of hundred points if you hadn't made yours available.
Personally I'm using your high point horses that you sold so cheaply to make me instant money so I can hopefully pick up others with less points but less age. Then auction the old ones before they pass out of the game.
I'm not sure if it's contest accounts that are buying up those expensive pointed horses in the auction, I'm not sure anyone would have that kind of money. It's a little crazy.
Personally I'd hate to see the number of stalls capped, I never have trouble spending every penny in my huge HJ1 account! I do cull but not excessively and advise people not to buy them up as they are unlikely to make back even auction costs.

Haltanny · Feb 12, 2018 10:28 AM

I'm surprised I'm in the top 1/3rd. I'm playing the contest as though I was an actual new player. I'm buying trained foundation mares and showing them, and breeding those I can to auction their foals. I pick up a couple higher pointed horses if I can, but I have a max of what I am willing to spend because money is hard to come by.

I agree whole heartedly with Dark Star. Buying established show horses is not, nor has it ever been in my time here, a logical or realistic way to get a decent show bonus for new players.

dark star · Feb 12, 2018 10:46 AM

Capping stalls would be annoying for a handful of barns, but I think it would just force us to play smarter. I was making 250k with 7000 stalls, and I had 2000 of those sitting empty. With culling, smarter barn management and a little luck I am sure I could break 400k a day with 6000 stalls. Sure getting what we want might take a little longer but it would also free up some cash, since you wouldn’t have to worry about buying more barns. If it was better for the over all health of the game and created a show pony market that makes life easier for new players it is a sacrifice I would happily make.

That being said Ammitt has never hinted that a cap is something she is considering, so it’s just tilting at windmills at this point.

KintaraContest · Feb 12, 2018 2:19 PM

I got outbid on every single higher pointed show horse in the auctions, I had to go to work so couldn't sit on the game until closing, so likely I'll never get the high pointed show horses

Wildland Acres · Feb 13, 2018 5:11 PM

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PineyCreek · Feb 13, 2018 5:25 PM

Starting to get into collection mode. Just an interesting note. I looked at the horses I've grabbed, and almost every one was a stallion someone was trying to sell. Seems with people selling more stallions than people want for breeding, you can usually get a few with some points. Guess I am basically a stud barn. haha

Stormdancer · Feb 13, 2018 8:34 PM

I think that a series of short videos explaining “Show horse management tips” for beginning / early players would be helpful. I have had my accounts for over a year and would still classify myself as an early player. I have most of the game basics down, but I keep learning new things that it feels everyone else knows but I don’t. So then I change my strategy only to find out something else that I’m doing wrong. My favorite part of the game is breeding for the pretties and finding other players that share my enthusiasm for certain colors, but I am also interested in knowing more of the ins and outs of the showing so that I can manage my barns better.
I had though for over a year now that even lined breeding would give you the best quality horses, so I was surprised by that post about breeding back to offspring can sometimes help give you some good show stock quicker. The community is GREAT at helping and answering questions, but that’s only helpful if you know what questions to ask. I understand that finding this out yourself is part of the fun, but I also feel some lessons beyond the “How To” document would be helpful. Once you get the basics of how the game works down, you are stuck with either fishing for old posts on the forum or feeling like you’re bugging other people to get info you don’t know how to ask. (Maybe it’s just me?) And the info on the forum could be out of date depending on what you’re looking at. :(

hiddenvfarm · Feb 14, 2018 4:19 AM

I have w bunch of show horses but no breeding age stud and only like 2 mares. I need to change that soon but I am being outbid in all auctions also. I work long hours and can't sit at computer close to auction end either:(

WhiskeyBreath · Feb 14, 2018 4:24 AM

Awwyis firmly in the middle! Not loosing, not winning!

I'm finding it really difficult to get any horses from the auction house, since it's outside my time zone I'm being beaten off by tiny amounts which is getting a bit frustrating. I've only managed to win one horse and it probably got avoided since it's an oldie.

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