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Should answer your questions based on legitimacy
What is the line between a legit pet and an illegit pet?
Is it only dependent if the cache is updated with a seemingly legit account?
If you trade a legit pet for an illegit pet, is the legit pet an illegit pet?
Is it even possible for an illegit pet to become a legit pet/vice versa?
Why do I ask so many questions?
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Should answer your questions based on legitimacy
WynneD (01-29-2014)
tl;dr
a Legit pet is a pet:
That you legitimately got through trading/making (making with legit NP's now), and trading with a legit user as well if the pet was ever traded.
Illegit; if you have to use the word 'illegit', 'inactive', or some variation in the sentence, the pet is illegit.
Balletdancer(01-29-2014),Shizuku (01-30-2014),WynneD (01-29-2014)
So is it the moment that a pet has been inactive and then traded suddenly for a "unequal trade" is forever branded illegit?
I like these answers, but I'd really like some more clarification.
WynneD (01-29-2014)
So I guess illegit is forever, and any association = illegit.
And legit pets traded for illegit pets remain legit.
This answer is good enough for me I suppose. . Anyone else can add if they like.