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Post by Twillie on Jan 15, 2024 12:26:22 GMT -5
TNT just announced the coming of NC Pet Styles next week! I’m refraining from saying NC UC’s at the moment just because they also didn’t say “unconverted” specifically, but unconverting pets seems to be what they’re alluding to considering associated graphics show both a converted and UC Faerie Pteri (or maybe converting them to new UC art? I remember that survey from however long ago asking if we wanted original or new UC art for a theoretical brush, dunno what results came of that).
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Post by downrightdude on Jan 15, 2024 17:43:16 GMT -5
 Is that why the SS gave out those palettes? |
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Post by Twillie on Jan 15, 2024 19:29:42 GMT -5
That's the theory! Also, I've seen other stuff today that's lead me to believe that this is indeed an "unconverting" item, with whatever mechanics it'll have. I was pretty certain, but just the way they called it NC Pet Styles made me want to be careful with my wording lol, else I accidentally make false promises.
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Post by Breakingchains on Jan 18, 2024 0:03:17 GMT -5
Today's AMA cleared up a lot of things.
It seems like essentially, using the Styling Studio will give you the ability to toggle your pet between the old and new art. Some of the existing UCs are getting updated art that do things like fix super thin lineart and otherwise bring them in line with the current site art style--this will be done automatically and apply across the board. All existing UCs are going to be brought into this new system, which means that existing UCs will be able to be toggled on and off upon launch--they're going to function the same as the new NC UCs, and may be indistinguishable from one created last week aside from their age on the calendar. They did float the idea of giving existing UCs a trophy.
I can see why they went this direction with it, but hooooooo boy some people are BIG MAD.
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Post by Huntress on Jan 18, 2024 2:36:59 GMT -5
That's... not a bad way to go about it, ultimately? Good news for those who've wanted UCs for the nostalgic pretties, bad news for those who've wanted UCs for the exclusivity, should absolutely eviscerate the black market unless "OG UC with trophy" becomes the new hot thing.
I'm just in it to return Thor to the scruffy boi he was always meant to be. 17 years of being patient with the way Tyrannian pets got done dirty by the conversion and my time has come.
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Post by Fraze on Jan 18, 2024 6:38:14 GMT -5
I still remember the time I watched in real time as an old and inactive neofriend's account was broken into and their UC royalboy draik got stolen off the account. Iiit's *check* yep, still there on someone's active account. I'd be happy to see any kind of exclusivity between "new" vs. "old" UCs get erased completely if it means that kind of stuff doesn't happen anymore.
...Eh, I give it a week before the Pound Chat comes up with some arbitrary pedigree system just to keep the exclusivity flowing.
Mild gripes aside, this could be pretty awesome, and it's what people have been asking for for the better part of 2 decades (agh).
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Post by Nimras on Jan 18, 2024 15:42:46 GMT -5
I still remember the time I watched in real time as an old and inactive neofriend's account was broken into and their UC royalboy draik got stolen off the account. Iiit's *check* yep, still there on someone's active account. I'd be happy to see any kind of exclusivity between "new" vs. "old" UCs get erased completely if it means that kind of stuff doesn't happen anymore. ...Eh, I give it a week before the Pound Chat comes up with some arbitrary pedigree system just to keep the exclusivity flowing. Mild gripes aside, this could be pretty awesome, and it's what people have been asking for for the better part of 2 decades (agh). Trade boards have already been going for "aged" pets, as if a neglected pet from Y6 is somehow fundamentally better than a well cared for pet from Y24. |
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Post by Fraze on Jan 19, 2024 3:47:12 GMT -5
I still remember the time I watched in real time as an old and inactive neofriend's account was broken into and their UC royalboy draik got stolen off the account. Iiit's *check* yep, still there on someone's active account. I'd be happy to see any kind of exclusivity between "new" vs. "old" UCs get erased completely if it means that kind of stuff doesn't happen anymore. ...Eh, I give it a week before the Pound Chat comes up with some arbitrary pedigree system just to keep the exclusivity flowing. Mild gripes aside, this could be pretty awesome, and it's what people have been asking for for the better part of 2 decades (agh). Trade boards have already been going for "aged" pets, as if a neglected pet from Y6 is somehow fundamentally better than a well cared for pet from Y24. Mature Pets In Your Area Want To Meet You - Click Here! |
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Post by Twillie on Jan 22, 2024 19:08:24 GMT -5
It's the eve of NC style pets and the site maintenance, and TNT dropped an official FAQ on the site with more information! You can find all the questions here under the dropdowns "UC Conversion", "Styling Studio", and "Styling Chamber". Most notably we have prices now: Styling Studio Supplies will be 600NC, and Deluxe Styling Studio Supplies will be 1400NC. The regular styling supply is a gacha style item that gives you a random pet style from a pool of them, while the deluxe supply allows you to make a choice and bypass random chance. Also, according to TNT and ambassadors on the neoboards, these supplies will be 50% off initially (although I'm not sure how long this sale will last). The FAQ also mentions the mascot of the styling studio in the NC Mall, a character named Umbra Penn. The studio isn't open yet so there's no art on site of them yet, but they did post it on Instagram so I thought I'd share >w> From the pronouns in their description, it sounds like they're nonbinary! But yeah, for me at least, the pricing isn't the worst case I was fearing, but it is annoying that there's a gacha mechanic and you have to pay double to bypass that. Overall not the best, not the worst, but the stakes are also lower for me since the only UC I'd be interested in at the moment is baby Kougra.
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Post by Huntress on Jan 23, 2024 2:45:16 GMT -5
The whole gacha mechanic is a weird choice, because it implies that they think that people would be happily hoarding just any kind of pretty UC skin that they can get their hands on, as opposed to their very specific nostalgic dreamies. Which... may be true, idk? No idea how much market research they've been doing on that front. I'm also in it just for a Tyrannian Uni and don't even feel super strongly about it at the end of the day but since it'll be going for a discounted price at first, eh, why not.
For the record, it's functionally similar to Dyeworks only with a lot of confusing terminology attached. So apparently you can buy a discounted deluxe whatchamawigglie during the initial sale and then just hold on to it until your desired UC color gets released.
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Post by stjarne on Jan 23, 2024 3:23:47 GMT -5
im not sure i'll buy any of the nc uc styling supplies- i have very few pets that have UC versions of themselves lol. but i'll consider! fae ixi, robo kacheek, usukigirl and others were always my favorites
if they add UC version of baby kau or faerie grundo though...
love umbra btw, so much better than how i thought they were gonna look
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Post by Twillie on Jan 23, 2024 22:39:04 GMT -5
I'm not going to try and touch the mall right now with the styles freshly released, but I did realize upon seeing the list of tokens offsite that I could also give my sponge aisha the superior UC pose. This is tempting >w>
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Post by stjarne on Jan 23, 2024 23:28:40 GMT -5
already wishlisted the faerie grundo, faerie ixi, usukigirl & robo kacheek styles on JN  i know the pose for the fae grundo is technically the "UC" version but i was sort of hoping they'd do something more dynamic for it, it's just standing there.. menacingly |
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Post by PFA on Jan 24, 2024 22:25:39 GMT -5
I am hoarding some deluxe supplies until UC Royal becomes an option. Rose will regain her true form in due time
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Post by Breakingchains on Jan 25, 2024 11:41:05 GMT -5
The only one I want for now is still to turn Katenelle into a RG zafara--she's the only permie I have that it would fit--but I gotta admit being able to get ANY UC all of a sudden is pretty tempting. Maybe I'll just buy a few random ones for giggles. I'll admit I'm a LITTLE sad to see UCs as we knew them officially removed, but I recognize that it's what's healthiest for the site. No more black market, less status-seeking nonsense, and a fresh revenue stream. Out of curiosity, how many "old pet" trophies did you guys end up with? I landed at 7. I have no idea what the new status quo on the pound chat will be, but since UC can now be applied to any pet, I imagine some people are going to be specifying "WN with trophy" or something in its place.  RIP to people who paid $200 offsite for their UC fairy two weeks ago or whatever. (I'm just kidding do not rest in peace) (rest in being super annoyed forever) |
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Is that why the SS gave out those palettes? 
i know the pose for the fae grundo is technically the "UC" version but i was sort of hoping they'd do something more dynamic for it, it's just standing there.. menacingly
