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| Thumbcat | Dec 18 2013, 12:14 AM Post #1 |
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Hey all, I'm still kind of new to DV and am going a little crazy with BEB just starting... After digging around in the Sandbox and doing some reading, I wanted to ask about breeding strategies: focus versus wider net. What's the general opinion about these two options? (not counting "luck") Focus: choosing a breeding pair with the lowest number of possible results, lowest avg fail, lowest max fail time - etc. (Ex: Metal X Fire = 3 outcomes: Brass, Forge, and Gold) Wider Net: choosing a breeding pair with the largest number of rare/limited/epic possibilities to "up your odds", so to speak. (Ex: Rainbow X Rainbow = 107 outcomes, 34 of them rare/limited/epic, 1 of which is also Gold) I understand that R/L/E dragons are "fixed percentage" and everything else is "variable percentage", and I've read that the breeding table works like a set of filters: Did you get a Gold, Y/N? If no, did you get a Silver, Y/N? If no, did you get a Cotton, Y/N... etc. If it is a set of filters, then that would imply that the bigger the number of available R/L/E dragons in the outcome pool, the higher the likelihood that you'll get at least *something* nifty. My point is this: during the BEB event - is it worth while to just stick a couple of Leap Years in the EBC and just hit "Retry" all week long and see whatever craps out (assuming you don't need something like a gem dragon or whatever), while using the better odds in the EBS to do focused stuff like Mistletoe or Gemstone, etc. Thoughts? (If I haven't TLDR'd you to death) |
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| wapatango | Dec 18 2013, 08:21 AM Post #2 |
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I believe using LYDs or rainbows is the worst thing you could do, because it widens the net too much and you waste time getting a great deal of long fails that you could have avoided namely metals, treasures, lights, and darks. I believe the best strategy is to balance the two. Make a priority list of all the dragons you want as well as what you have to use to get them. and then see which can be easily combined without too much collateral damage. For instance, solstice and equinox both need a blazing dragon. If you use mud or river, you can work on both together as well as panlong and terradiem. You add in some new fails, but you also don't have to get the same fails four different times trying for them individually. If you would like help planning a specific strategy, I would be happy to see what I can do to help.
Edited by wapatango, Dec 18 2013, 08:21 AM.
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| essiw | Dec 18 2013, 09:25 AM Post #3 |
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If you need all or a lot of epics, including non-limited then and only then you could put Rainbow + Rainbow (or LYD) in there. But I am guessing you want limited dragons, so I would not go for that way. Simply because you will get to many non-limited epics that take to long to breed. I personally always go for the shortest average breeding time and not for the lowest number of possible results (keep in mind I am talking about epics here). But sometimes it could be wise to choose for a pairing that has a lower number of possible fails that have a long incubation time, to be sure that you don't have your breeding places full for dragons with a short limited time span. Often (but not always) the best way to choose your pairings is to try to combine the dragons you still need in the Sandbox, to see if there is a combo that has multiple dragons you need. The reason I said often is that you of course could get pairings such as LYD + LYD which you wouldn't want
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| Thumbcat | Dec 18 2013, 09:11 PM Post #4 |
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I've been trying to focus on the dragons that won't be available again *except* for BEB - like the anniversary dragons, eclipses, etc - and then back fill with whatever else is nifty or I don't have yet. My current targets are the Panlong, Cotton, and Paper dragons. I had a good pairing for Panlong (Blazing X Mud) and had almost none of the other limited dragons that were in the set - now I've gotten almost ALL the other limiteds in the pairing except the Panlong and I'm wondering if I should mix up the pairing again just so I have less what are now fails. Thanks for the advice on the LYDs - I was getting that impression from my results but wanted confirmation! |
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| wapatango | Dec 18 2013, 10:34 PM Post #5 |
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Well, if you have all the equinox and solstice that you want, you could switch to air and panlong. It will get rid of those two fails and add the two hour sandstorm. There isn't much else you can do. |
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