Neopets Producer Chat - New Video released!

[Bulbasaur]

The UC thing better NOT be:
-Gacha
-Too expensive
-A skin that could be applied and removed (they mentioned doing this before, which worries me)
-Makes the UC untradeable or adds a little mark or symbol to let people know it was created
-Some kind of "bundle" or capsule

I'm happy they are letting us create UCs soon and I hope they at least give us a freebie. Anyways, off to the PC with my popcorn!

They want to try and keep the value of current UCs, so I see them doing one (if not a few) of these.
They might put a type of mark on new UCs and make them untradable.
Because there is no way that they will have it be “Make any UC!” Without some type of drawback. Especially if they are “trying” to keep the current ones keep their value.

But no matter what happens, I feel it’s going to hurt trading in general.
People will get their dream pets and then not want to trade anymore.

[Charmander]

Can someone please tell me what "gacha" means haha.

Gosh I hope the UC thing isn't random. That would be such a disappointment. like what a money grab, keep buying the NC item over and over again until you get the right UC off. Just let me take my current converted colour and unconvert it. Please and thanks!

[Hollow]

Can someone please tell me what "gacha" means haha.

Gosh I hope the UC thing isn't random. That would be such a disappointment. like what a money grab, keep buying the NC item over and over again until you get the right UC off. Just let me take my current converted colour and unconvert it. Please and thanks!

Gacha is like a toy vending machine I believe! (correct me if I'm wrong though!) I also agree, I'd hate to get a randomised UC form the mall. Imagine what the Pound will look like, loads of unwanted UCs xD

[Ice]

Can someone please tell me what "gacha" means haha.

Gosh I hope the UC thing isn't random. That would be such a disappointment. like what a money grab, keep buying the NC item over and over again until you get the right UC off. Just let me take my current converted colour and unconvert it. Please and thanks!

Gacha (from gachapon, Japanese capsule prize machines) basically means RNG prize in some way. So yeah like how mystery capsules are! RNG prize is literally the worst thing for monetized games (for the players, not the business xD) and literal gambling. Many mobile games with gacha (or loot crate) systems have become heavily moderated in some parts of the world as of late to curb gambling. (I think some EU countries had very strong pushback against RNG in app purchases a while ago)

[Nyanobyte]

Imagine PB/MP prices if we need our pet to be what we want before the NC item makes it a UC. Like if you want a UC Plushie Yurble, your pet needs to already be a Plushie Yurble. :eyes:

[Hollow]

Gacha (from gachapon, Japanese capsule prize machines) basically means RNG prize in some way. So yeah like how mystery capsules are! RNG prize is literally the worst thing for monetized games (for the players, not the business xD) and literal gambling. Many mobile games with gacha (or loot crate) systems have become heavily moderated in some parts of the world as of late to curb gambling. (I think some EU countries had very strong pushback against RNG in app purchases a while ago)

Explained it a lot more better than I did! If my memory serves me right there was a website back in the day called TinierMe that had gachas in it, but eventually the site got shut down due to younger players spending money to get virtual coins to play the gachas.

[oventoast]

They'd get the most $$$ releasing capsules that you have to open with a certain % chance of getting a usable item that you have to use on a corresponding already painted/same species converted pet. But knowing them they will just release $10 "skins" lol

[Charmander]

Imagine PB/MP prices if we need our pet to be what we want before the NC item makes it a UC. Like if you want a UC Plushie Yurble, your pet needs to already be a Plushie Yurble. :eyes:

I have already been changing pets to what I want them to be as their converted versions or at least getting the items I need. Haha soon I'll find out if my theory is true!! I've been doing it since they said they were brining back UCs

[Erik.]

Imagine PB/MP prices if we need our pet to be what we want before the NC item makes it a UC. Like if you want a UC Plushie Yurble, your pet needs to already be a Plushie Yurble. :eyes:

I've said this before but this would be a great (and much needed) boost to the Neo economy. Like, massive

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I’m thinking this is an unpopular opinion but I think the “least tilting” option, across the board, when it comes to reintroducing UCs is have them be no trade in some way (in the traditional sense).

Account bound NC item that “toggles” pet art?
NC zapified UC pets account bound like Lutaris until converted?

I feel like the current PC will only continue to thrive (and I mean yeah the PC is a shithole but it IS one of the most active parts on a _pet_ site, you know, where trading and obtaining pets you want is kind of the whole point) if grandfathered UCs are still the most wanted form of pets, for those who CARE. And I mean this by way of ppl who just want whatever UCs they’ve always wanted and the $ to do so can collect whatever no trade UCs their heart desires. But that way the traders who legitimately (why) enjoy trading and want to keep doing it can do so without throwing the biggest fucking hissy fit on the planet. Old UCs should still be traded as usual but those who just want UCs for themselves can (hopefully easily) just buy them from the mall and that’s that.

But lemme just throw true chaos mode into the mix... NC UCs can only be newly created pets. Now THAT would be a sight to see LOL.

O God this is going to be a shit storm right? Or even worse a shit hurricane. The possibilities of TNT screwing up are endless

[Jhin]

This is the kind of carnage I needed to wake up to today