razanei's raiders - 2023-08-10

Aug. 10, 2023

razanei's raiders · Achaius
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July acquisitions: [+10, -1]

It’s sandsurge + TCC month, and I went on a project spree. I really should go through the back of the hibden and see if there are less critical units I could be moving on.

Bought: (5)

  • Axel (June 23, 5kt-ish): male guardian | navy fern | plum flair | fuchsia runes
  • [originally: triple basic]
  • impulse project weewoo weewoo
  • love having dom cash
  • where did all my dom cash go
  • Kyzariel (July 7, 20kt): female sandsurge | twilight savannah | magenta noxtide | robin augment
  • [originally: fae | iridescent | shimmer | firefly]
  • Destio (July 7, 10g): m sandsurge | royal rattlesnake | magenta diamondback | robin augment
  • [originally: aberration | swirl | safari | ghost]
  • The lightning ancient is scheduled to be released in late summer. Also, there are achievements for breeding ancients. So I thought, why not make a breeding pair? and impulse bought a couple of nice XYZs.
  • (Won’t I get bored having all the pups be nearly identical? It’s possible. It happened with Ambergris/Shibuya and Ancalagon/Cygni, which is why I discontinued both pairs. But tbh I’m also getting bored of moderate-range blurple pairs where every pup is a uniquely mediocre blurple mix. Getting a close-range pair is a way to mix things up.)
  • update (7/19): Late summer came sooner than I thought! Had these two breedchanged and gened on release day.
  • Gene projects are never going to be profitable. Dragons are a cash sink, not a cash generator. But when you have the hot new gem breed, you can recoup a nice chunk of your costs. I spent 3350g on my pair (2kg for scrolls, 1kg for augment x2, 350g for IBF), plus treasure. From selling their first nest, I gained back 1950g (650g x 3 hatchlings). Not bad at all.
  • Poppy (July 7, free): male wildclaw | teal flaunt | sunset butterfly | cantaloupe glimmer
  • [originally: petals]
  • worm was doing a den cleanout and posted a bunch of dergs in chat. I said I was NOT interested in this one but they did scry nicely. Next thing I knew, worm sent me a CR. ty worm! augh I’m getting so many dragons I’m the one who needs to do a den cleanout
  • Komorebi (July 31, 17g): male wildclaw | orca metallic | shale alloy | pistachio glimmer
  • Someone made a topic asking for skin recs for their wildclaw. Someone else posted a bunch of recs from the AH, including my dream skin columbo. I have never rocketed out of a topic so fast. 1100g well spent.
  • Then I was like “should I get a g1 for my super cool dream skin?” but I went on AH and found a perfectly good wildclaw lad so I just saved myself a bunch of cash. for now

Hatched: (5)

  • Reuben (May 27): female pearlcatcher | terracotta python | turquoise striation | sunshine underbelly
  • [lineage: Miaplacidus x Julep]
  • This color combo is basically peak matchiness. The best we’re going to see from a Julep/Mia kid. She hung around in the fodder tab for a couple months until the end of our TCC push, when I finally got her a proper outfit.
  • Centavo (June 18): male imperial | shadow falcon | cobalt noxtide | mint runes
  • [lineage: Sundial x Kuya] [Razanei G6]
  • [originally: cherub | striation | capsule]
  • Second natural primal! This guy really should be in last month’s log, but I forgot to record him. I held off on finalizing his design for a month in case I wanted to make him a sandsurge. Now that they’re out, it’s a close call—mint augment is very good—but I think I prefer keeping him modern. Also it’s cute that both of my primals are imps.
  • Hazard (June 23): female aether | denim cinder | cyan foam | sunset stinger
  • [lineage: Razanei x Caspian] [G2]
  • [originally: lionfish/noxtide/basic mirror]
  • I was holding her as a potential sandsurge, but the aether color matching is too good.
  • Xirina (July 13): female wildclaw | teal tapir | cantaloupe foam | flaxen contour
  • [lineage: Poppy x Islington] [Razanei G3]
  • YOOOO wildclaw grandkid for Razanei! from a wildclaw x guardian pair, no less. I really was not expecting Islington to be our lucky break. good stuff
  • Varel (July 26): female aberration | royal slime | caribbean sludge | buttercup carnivore
  • [lineage: Cahoots x Flurry] [G3]
  • [originally: flaunt/blend]
  • me: ehh I have a hard time getting attached to ancients
  • also me: OOO colors

De-acquired: (1)

  • Volukros (f coatl, Cabeswater x Miscanti, periwinkle/robin XYX): she’s hung around in Chronopolis for a literal year as “maybe keep?” honestly impressive

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Razanei descendant showcase: His kid Hazard, grandkids Xirina and Varel, and (squints at lineage chart) great-great-great-grandkid Centavo