Originally Posted by
Taffycat
My 2 cents.
I think the auto conversion of existing UCs is absolutely the right move for Neopets.
Reduces complication for future initiatives (e.g. how UC pets havent been able to participate in some plots)
Reduces load on support (no more reversal chains for UCs, less hacked or stolen accounts, less 'opps I accidentally morphed, zapped, etc my UC'
Streamlines things on the backend, all pets are the same and converted, no running 2 types of pets
Shuts down a huge part of the black market (no one will be selling $200 UC PRDK pets anymore), yes the tokens may be sold on black market and obv RN/RW, but with mentions of a possible purge moving RW/RN will get much harder
No more replicas to manage
Brings all the pet art up to date and future proof
Allows for exciting new possibilities like alternate versions of colours (like GC)
Brings a fairness to the game, everyone has equal chance to get the type of pet they want, no longer matters if your a new or old player
Provides steady income to TNT, instead of the black market sellers
Allows for more flexibility, bored of your pets name or design, make a new one or trade and move the skin to them or go converted for a while
Exciting new pet styles available for people like preconversion pirates or unreleased pets
It was stated ages ago you wouldnt need the pb colour to use the NC UC option, so not sure why people are mad about it now. This is a good thing, with pbs prices crashing and not needed for NC UC, prices should stay low and allow you to play around with pets instead of not being able to make changes due to cost
My assumption is if you make your red draik a NC Faerie Draik, when you take off the token, you have a red draik again, like labray petpets. So you cant 'buy' painted pets like people are saying.
NC UCs were always going to cost money, again not sure why people suddenly angry. It doesnt mean neo is p2w, you dont need a UC skin to win. Plus the site needs money. Support them dont get mad.
Trading isnt dead. Trade for names you like on PC. Trade for skins on NC. Put them together. Happy days. (Id be absolutely shocked ifnthe NC skin goes with the pet, that breaks all existing NC trading rules.)
Yes having to get boxes to move skins to sides is annoying. But the box system for sides has always been annoying. Hopefully neopass or the NC TP will one day fix this.
Is this such a bad thing for those that have traded up to BN? They get a free token and can make a wn pet to pop it on.
Tbh we knew this change was coming for literally years. The auto conversion of UCs was always a possibility. If you didnt trade off your bn, or seek out rn/rw, then... sorry but neo is a game of chance and strategy. Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you dont.
Weve also known for ages the line art would be updated. Not sure why people are acting so surprised about it. I think it looks good and not in anyway comparable to the changes we faced at conversion.
In reality we never should have had unconverted pets. It was a bad decision back then and this is the correction that was always needed.
Im really glad to see TNT doing the best thing for the site, not the popular thing.
We have also received so much more communication then ever before.
We have a plot on the way (underway), a likely purge (I hope they are ruthless), and finally UC pets are back? What more could we ask for. I wish people were more happy about this news. I accept everyone's feelings are valid, but I hope people feel better or change their minds when this goes live.