Hello all! I am still a relatively new player on Flight Rising. I joined back in October of last year on recommendation from a friend and while I have poured countless hours into the game since then, I understand many of you would still see me as a novice.
To my knowledge, Flight Rising launched seven years ago. June of 2013, I would have just been finishing up my sophomore year of high school, so it's fun to think how FR has existed through several very different phases in my life. Sometimes I wish I had joined earlier, but sadly I only ever heard of FR for the first time maybe two years ago.
Here is some stuff I have heard about FR from before I joined.
-When FR launched, there was only one tertiary gene aside from basic.
-Apparently for a brief time early on, eggs could actually go bad and rot if nests weren't incubated every day. I became curious if this was a feature when I noticed text indicating that all of the eggs in my nest were healthy. I suppose it's just flavor text now.
-Baldwin used to be a Pearlcatcher.
-Apparently eye types are a relatively new feature. This has always interested me because eye variants have always existed as long as I have played the game, and to think of every dragon of the same breed and element have the exact same eyes seems kinda bland. I've heard that the original eyes look different from all of the current eye types. Does anyone have any images of what they looked like?
-There used to be an achievement system. I've noticed Tomo mention it a few times, which used to confuse me because I've never seen any achievements in this game.
So knowing this, I would like it if you guys could clarify on any of these, or tell me about other things over the timeline of FR that I likely do not know about.
Hello all! I am still a relatively new player on Flight Rising. I joined back in October of last year on recommendation from a friend and while I have poured countless hours into the game since then, I understand many of you would still see me as a novice.
To my knowledge, Flight Rising launched seven years ago. June of 2013, I would have just been finishing up my sophomore year of high school, so it's fun to think how FR has existed through several very different phases in my life. Sometimes I wish I had joined earlier, but sadly I only ever heard of FR for the first time maybe two years ago.
Here is some stuff I have heard about FR from before I joined.
-When FR launched, there was only one tertiary gene aside from basic.
-Apparently for a brief time early on, eggs could actually go bad and rot if nests weren't incubated every day. I became curious if this was a feature when I noticed text indicating that all of the eggs in my nest were healthy. I suppose it's just flavor text now.
-Baldwin used to be a Pearlcatcher.
-Apparently eye types are a relatively new feature. This has always interested me because eye variants have always existed as long as I have played the game, and to think of every dragon of the same breed and element have the exact same eyes seems kinda bland. I've heard that the original eyes look different from all of the current eye types. Does anyone have any images of what they looked like?
-There used to be an achievement system. I've noticed Tomo mention it a few times, which used to confuse me because I've never seen any achievements in this game.
So knowing this, I would like it if you guys could clarify on any of these, or tell me about other things over the timeline of FR that I likely do not know about.
-When FR launched, there was only one tertiary gene aside from basic.
Very likely though this is before my time.
-Apparently for a brief time early on, eggs could actually go bad and rot if nests weren't incubated every day. I became curious if this was a feature when I noticed text indicating that all of the eggs in my nest were healthy. I suppose it's just flavor text now.
Yes, there is art of the rotted eggs as well.
-Baldwin used to be a Pearlcatcher.
I was on hiatus at this time but that wouldn't surprise me.
-Apparently eye types are a relatively new feature. This has always interested me because eye variants have always existed as long as I have played the game, and to think of every dragon of the same breed and element have the exact same eyes seems kinda bland. I've heard that the original eyes look different from all of the current eye types. Does anyone have any images of what they looked like?
Yes this is a new feature. I'll look for art.
-There used to be an achievement system. I've noticed Tomo mention it a few times, which used to confuse me because I've never seen any achievements in this game.
Yes, is it gone now???
-When FR launched, there was only one tertiary gene aside from basic.
Very likely though this is before my time.
-Apparently for a brief time early on, eggs could actually go bad and rot if nests weren't incubated every day. I became curious if this was a feature when I noticed text indicating that all of the eggs in my nest were healthy. I suppose it's just flavor text now.
Yes, there is art of the rotted eggs as well.
-Baldwin used to be a Pearlcatcher.
I was on hiatus at this time but that wouldn't surprise me.
-Apparently eye types are a relatively new feature. This has always interested me because eye variants have always existed as long as I have played the game, and to think of every dragon of the same breed and element have the exact same eyes seems kinda bland. I've heard that the original eyes look different from all of the current eye types. Does anyone have any images of what they looked like?
Yes this is a new feature. I'll look for art.
-There used to be an achievement system. I've noticed Tomo mention it a few times, which used to confuse me because I've never seen any achievements in this game.
Yes, is it gone now???
[img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/69e6/f/2018/162/1/0/eyes_by_australian_senior-dce3b2c.png[/img]
They changed the highlighted/shadowed areas.
They changed the highlighted/shadowed areas.
[quote name="Micheletto" date="2020-07-20 10:38:44" ]
They changed the highlighted/shadowed areas.
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Ahh, yes. They do look a bit different now.
And can confirm the achievement system has been disabled. I have never seen it available since I started on the site. Not that I would really know where to look for it.
Micheletto wrote on 2020-07-20 10:38:44:
They changed the highlighted/shadowed areas.
Ahh, yes. They do look a bit different now.
And can confirm the achievement system has been disabled. I have never seen it available since I started on the site. Not that I would really know where to look for it.
[quote name="MillenniumAspen" date="2020-07-20 10:48:48" ]
[quote name="Micheletto" date="2020-07-20 10:38:44" ]
They changed the highlighted/shadowed areas.
[/quote]
Ahh, yes. They do look a bit different now.
And can confirm the achievement system has been disabled. I have never seen it available since I started on the site. Not that I would really know where to look for it.
[/quote]
Achievements would be posted to users profiles under recent clan activity. You can scroll through and see accomplishments like hatching a specific gene, hatching a found egg, collecting chest pieces for a full set etc. It was kind of buggy so I guess I shouldn't be shocked that it's gone. It took like a week or two for fr to realize when someone had completed a full set of chest pieces.
Also I looked and yes Baldwin was a pc.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/DekYgH6.png[/img]
MillenniumAspen wrote on 2020-07-20 10:48:48:
Micheletto wrote on 2020-07-20 10:38:44:
They changed the highlighted/shadowed areas.
Ahh, yes. They do look a bit different now.
And can confirm the achievement system has been disabled. I have never seen it available since I started on the site. Not that I would really know where to look for it.
Achievements would be posted to users profiles under recent clan activity. You can scroll through and see accomplishments like hatching a specific gene, hatching a found egg, collecting chest pieces for a full set etc. It was kind of buggy so I guess I shouldn't be shocked that it's gone. It took like a week or two for fr to realize when someone had completed a full set of chest pieces.
Also I looked and yes Baldwin was a pc.
Oh wow, Baldwin looked like a sad old dragon back then. At least now he looks happy.
Oh wow, Baldwin looked like a sad old dragon back then. At least now he looks happy.
[quote name="MillenniumAspen" date="2020-07-20 10:59:11" ]
Oh wow, Baldwin looked like a sad old dragon back then. At least now he looks happy.
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I think they were going for a focused appearance but yes I can see where he looks sad.
MillenniumAspen wrote on 2020-07-20 10:59:11:
Oh wow, Baldwin looked like a sad old dragon back then. At least now he looks happy.
I think they were going for a focused appearance but yes I can see where he looks sad.
[font=Comic Sans MS]Old Baldwin's art can be seen in one of the Jigsaw pics. There's also a pearl on shelf visible in "Create New Items" part.
[img]https://flightrising.com/html5/jigsaw/puzzles/puzzle27.jpg[/img]
Eye-types are relatively new as they're from 2018.Image was already posted by @/Micheletto above. Often referred as Eyepocalypse for infamous Scattersights that were obtainable for literally 3 days (and once in Roundsey?)
Achivements weren't disabled very long ago as it was on August 16th,2019,they're working on a new system though the old ones will be kept as something like showcase.
There used to be registration windows,later turned to Welcome Weeks.Last Welcome Week was in February 2018.
Auction House worked through PMs.Every time you bought something,it was sent to PMs.Every time you sold something,you got a PM with the currency.Every time something expired,you also got a PM for that.
There were times when Dressing Room didn't exist,buying any clothing was actually a [i]lottery[/i] in terms if it will actually match or not.
Old Baldwin's art can be seen in one of the Jigsaw pics. There's also a pearl on shelf visible in "Create New Items" part.
Eye-types are relatively new as they're from 2018.Image was already posted by @/Micheletto above. Often referred as Eyepocalypse for infamous Scattersights that were obtainable for literally 3 days (and once in Roundsey?)
Achivements weren't disabled very long ago as it was on August 16th,2019,they're working on a new system though the old ones will be kept as something like showcase.
There used to be registration windows,later turned to Welcome Weeks.Last Welcome Week was in February 2018.
Auction House worked through PMs.Every time you bought something,it was sent to PMs.Every time you sold something,you got a PM with the currency.Every time something expired,you also got a PM for that.
There were times when Dressing Room didn't exist,buying any clothing was actually a lottery in terms if it will actually match or not.
Egg rot art can be found
here.
Egg rot used to be a very polarizing issue, some users really loved this feature and others felt it was an unfair punishment. The users who loved it tended to use it for lore reasons.
Egg rot art can be found
here.
Egg rot used to be a very polarizing issue, some users really loved this feature and others felt it was an unfair punishment. The users who loved it tended to use it for lore reasons.
Welcome weeks were a beautiful event flights planned for. When I joined I was flowerbombed and sent to the forums haha.
Achievements were still active then, but it wasn't really a big part? there were so few and you could really only view them under your account settings? They felt very meaningless to me, so I am not too upset they turned it off.
The lack of Eye types didn't make dragons bland or samey much at all. Accents, apparel, names, familiars, colors, genes - you are hard pressed to find a dressed up dragon identical to another, even if certain combos are and have been insanely popular. Still hard if undressed.
They allowed for easier breeding project planning, though, and I think it's part of why certain flights were highly sought after? Now, I think, this is still the case, but many eye types have a larger width of uses and even the less popular flight colors have some insanely beautiful varieties (shadow pink, anyone? Nature rare is for me too :D)
Also, this change meant, fodder breeding pairs turned from intentionally ugly so you can feel ok with exalting them to pretty, just in case a rare eye type turns up. That is a serious change in fodder dragon look and quality?
It also means any dragon I get with that muddy brown green mixture of an eye color makes me unable to sell them above fodder and it's a bummer. just ruins it every time. (for spirals. anyhow)
Welcome weeks were a beautiful event flights planned for. When I joined I was flowerbombed and sent to the forums haha.
Achievements were still active then, but it wasn't really a big part? there were so few and you could really only view them under your account settings? They felt very meaningless to me, so I am not too upset they turned it off.
The lack of Eye types didn't make dragons bland or samey much at all. Accents, apparel, names, familiars, colors, genes - you are hard pressed to find a dressed up dragon identical to another, even if certain combos are and have been insanely popular. Still hard if undressed.
They allowed for easier breeding project planning, though, and I think it's part of why certain flights were highly sought after? Now, I think, this is still the case, but many eye types have a larger width of uses and even the less popular flight colors have some insanely beautiful varieties (shadow pink, anyone? Nature rare is for me too :D)
Also, this change meant, fodder breeding pairs turned from intentionally ugly so you can feel ok with exalting them to pretty, just in case a rare eye type turns up. That is a serious change in fodder dragon look and quality?
It also means any dragon I get with that muddy brown green mixture of an eye color makes me unable to sell them above fodder and it's a bummer. just ruins it every time. (for spirals. anyhow)
