February Monthly MiniPets
Posted by Mat on 1 Feb 2017, 2:30 am
February has come, and with it, the introduction of a new round of mini-pets for the FurDollar Emporium. These new monthly mini-pets follow a new system with the goal of retaining their value!
We have heard the concerns of customers who purchased FD mini-pets in the past and their disappointment that breeding has resulted in their purchase losing its value increasingly over time. We want our customers to feel confident that their purchase will retain its value, even potentially increasing in value. Therefore, we have decided that starting with the February mini-pets, FurDollar Emporium mini-pets will be unbreedable species, ensuring that the investment a customer makes will not decline in value due to breeding. Any past mini-pets released through the Emporium will remain as they were, as this change affects only new and future Emporium mini-pets.
Players can now obtain rarer colors for an Emporium mini-pet species by opening a box, found for each new mini-pet species in the Emporium. The boxes for each respective mini-pet have a 40% chance of opening into a common, 30% chance of opening into an uncommon, 20% chance of opening into a rare, or a 10% chance of opening into a super rare. Boxes are also priced at 250 FurDollars, a reduction from past prices.
The Aquaticat species is the first of the new Emporium mini-pets, shown from common through super rare. 
The Rapti species is the second of the new Emporium mini-pets, shown from common through super rare.
The Moth species is the third of the new Emporium mini-pets, shown from common through super rare.
The Chipmunk species is the fourth of the new Emporium mini-pets, shown from common through super rare.
The Caterpillar species is the fifth and final of the new Emporium mini-pets, shown from common through super rare.
These new boxes will not entirely disappear at the end of the month. We plan on putting all Emporium mini-pet boxes inside of a larger box called the Retired Box, which will dispense one random box from a past month. The Retired Box will be available at a higher price, but gives players the chance to obtain mini-pet boxes from past months if desired.
Save up your weapons, armor, and unwanted mini-pets, because the Serpent Festival is coming to town on February 14th. The Serpent Festival is Quetzal Palace's yearly special event. During this event, the serpent that carries the Quetzal Palace village on its back will land on the mainland of Furvilla. During this period of time, villagers from all over are welcome to make offerings to the serpent in hopes of being rewarded with something cool.
The upcoming festival will involve some new mini-pet species from the serpent, a special shop to purchase festival related items, new villager colors, new villager costumes, and last but not least... a mystery! Will you be one of the first one hundred people to solve the mystery and earn a trophy from the festival?
But that's not all! We have two weeks before the festival starts, and some other cool activities are coming down the pipeline. Sources say that Crafters will be getting a new type of item to craft, one that should keep all of you crafters busy! What could it be? Hm... we'll find out soon! ;)
Sense the new FD pets will not be breed-able and do not have a history of who bred them nor cool-downs ...
PLEASE MAKE THEM STACK-ABLE!
<3
(And yes, I realize that these pets will gradually drop in price, but at least that means others had a shot at being able to afford them if they were patient)
Furvilla.. don't you think that's a little excessive? It's really punishing your collectors. People can't afford to pay that much every month just to keep up with the new stream of pets!
Imo, seems like the site is getting more and more greedy.
I'm really confused by this change. I thought the entire point of minipets was having them coincide with the Animal Husbandry career. Now AH is being totally removed from the equation? If so, why are the pets sexed?
And where is this complaint that the monthly FD pets are losing value too quickly? I'm having trouble finding even COMMON colored January FD pets for a decent price. In fact, I've never seen one sold for under 500 FD. Obviously they're retaining their value just fine - or are they sold for cheaper elsewhere on the site and I'm just not seeing it?
I will say that I really appreciate the retired grab bags though! At least that'll give us a little shot at missed pets.
The nice thing about FD minipets was that, if you couldn't afford FD, you had to wait a few months before being able to obtain one (unless you have lots of FC ready to spend on them), but you would obtain one in the end. This update kinda takes away the chance for everyone to fill their Menagerie, considering you need at least 8 blindbags to fill all the spaces, which is a lot of FD and IRL money.
Sure, one could argue that FD monthly pets are a source of earning for the site and I totally support it, but FD minipets being breed won't change their value for the site in the end, since they change monthly and it takes 1-2 months to build a big enough breeding stock that'll make them lose their value.
Also this is not how you keep minipets from losing value in general, but all feedback with actually functional ideas is ignored :/
Those aquacats are super cute.... might actually buy a FD pet for once, they'd be perfect for one of my slime characters.
Ahhhhh! I can't wait for the festival! :D
I really want that poodle moth minipet
I understand it and why they did it, but it takes away the purpose of mini pets.
Omfg there goes the AH career, dowwwwwn the fucking drain