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[werebutch]

in animal jam you’d just be chilling somewhere when a wolf with a fox hat would come up to u and be like “SLASHES YOUR NECK OPEN NO MISS NO NOTHING” and everyone just accepted it

[azaleatarupa]

I love a glitched out Lakeroot Valley. I wish they had weather cycle ^^” A nice ambience but it does get spooky, I’m afraid of dense, thick fog (ﾟωﾟ；)

[feralfeed]

JULY UPDATE - Premium Currency, Season Passes, and ANOTHER Premium Shop... oh god why

Hello all, this is an overall rundown and analysis of the July update, and first impressions of it’s features. Please note, that I’m going to be a tad bit hypercritical of the whole thing- I’ll be honest about the pros and cons, because I genuinely want to see this game become amazing. There will be a TL;DR at the bottom - I encourage you to read that if nothing else, because I want to make an important point there.

Season Passes

Okay, this feature struck me as a bit… strange. When I first saw the name, I immediately thought of the way Fortnite and Epic Games make money, which didn’t exactly leave a good taste in my mouth. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this is a free feature… and once again disappointed to see the premium version. 

Rundown:

By completing tasks assigned to the player in a challenge board, you unlock points to earn a wide variety of prizes, from items, to likes, to avatars, and even customization options for said avatar. However, the bulk of these items are under a 900 star fragment paywall, which translates to about $10. 

My Breakdown:

Not gonna lie, this ain’t great. It does throw some new items at the players, which is nice and all, but honestly, there really isn’t much incentive to actually complete the challenges if you aren’t buying the premium pass. How “good” the items you can earn for free strongly remind me of how “good” the nonmember items back in Animal Jam were. And they are RARE - when you get to later in the list, there are very few items marked as “free”. Wildworks may as well have just dropped the concept of a premium pass, and just made the entire season pass cost money. Plus, while the update claims that you can earn points for the challenges “just by playing the game”, this really isn’t true. Most of them are such oddly specific tasks, I would need to go out of my way to complete nearly every single one of them. And the ones that are “normal gameplay” challenges have OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH numbers. For example, crafting 15 common clothing items. I would need to waste a LOT of materials to do that, since most players pretty carefully plan which items to craft for which looks.

Star Fragments and the Astral Shop

I’m not gonna pretend that this wasn’t coming. Most free games require premium currency. But while the game is still in beta?

Rundown:

Fer.al’s new premium currency. It appears that buying sanctuaries and avatars with straight money was more of a placeholder - the royal boutique now serves the exclusive role of selling star fragments, which you will now spend at the astral shop. On average, 1 star fragment costs anywhere from 1.25 cents - 1.1 cents, depending upon which bundle you buy. This means that a 300 star fragment sanctuary in the astral shop costs about $3.53. 

My Breakdown:

I don’t really have too much to say about this, to be honest. I’ve expressed my fears about monetizing an unfinished game in previous posts. After the dragon, there was no going back.

The Notification Tab

A nifty new tool that notifies you on challenge progress, and your friends getting on and offline. There may be other things it notifies you of as well that I haven’t seen yet. Overall, a useful new feature. 

Selfie Camera

Another feature on the better side of things. Although, it is a little mundane, it does one-up just taking a screenshot - you have the ability to zoom in and out, and turn nametags on and off. It creates a “gallery” folder on your computer that opens with an in-game button. 

Undying

You can also now undye your items. Someone will need this after a regretful decision, I’m sure. 

TL;DR and Final Concerns

The reason that I took such a critical tone in this post is that Fer.al, in my opinion, is heading down a negative path. Currently, the game has no real substance - which is fine in itself, given that it’s a work in progress. However, they’re already introducing a LOT of paid content, and not only paywalls, but do-hours-of-pointless-miscellaneous-tasks-walls. In a way, the game is becoming pay-to-win. So long as “winning” the game is having the best items and the best avatar, winning is no longer free. Fer.al is such a beautiful game, and beautiful concept, and I hate to see it turning out this way. Wildworks needs to give the game more substance- more goals- more reward- more story- SOMETHING, before they start to introduce such steep in-game purchases. They’re going after a teen/adult audience, and most of us can’t dish out money to play dress up anymore. 

[patchlamb]

I haven’t played the game much yet, but I hate micro transactions… tho for an MMO that’s also just started up it’s to be expected. They need a way to continue server up keep and employee salaries. Besides, lots of early access content comes with a price or includes premium content. Even Toyhouse requires a small payment in order to get in- if you got in free someone else paid for you with their own money. Flight Rising was in closed registration and, while like Feral was free to join/play, includes premium currency and content. Games on Steam are green lit for early access and cost much more to play despite being more unfinished than Feral- which is free to play, with some extra features earned by payments cheaper than most of those early access Steam games. Though you could argue early access Steam games are one-time payment of a mid-range price, which covers all future updates, while Feral does not.

I don’t mind an MMO asking for money to keep itself afloat, especially one so new that needs support. But I DO hope they take the Flight Rising route and make the premium content easy to get even without the premium currency. Flight Rising has been able to support itself off its premium currency while players who don’t buy premium currency are still able to easily get said premium currency at the same time. There’s even a conversion rate between free currency and premium there, and people can trade money with one another easily. Maybe when Feral is more settled all this premium stuff will be a little easier to get? And the economy will mimic Flight Rising a bit more? Time will tell :O

[feralfeed]

Now that, that I would absolutely love to see from Feral. I was a huge fan of Flight Rising, and their premium currency and economy are just 👌

[fallerium]

fer.al art dump!

commissions also open ^^ https://fallerium.carrd.co/

[thewingedwhitewolf]

[obscure-entity]

vesta is probably one of my favorite npcs in feral..hghggg

[semisentientseafood]

Fer.al’s funky

[feralfeed]

116, 135, 151? :)

116, Favorite cloud type: Cumulonimbus clouds, especially during storms!

135, Do you get motion sickness or seasickness?: I’m generally fine on boats, but I’m so sensitive in cars that if I space out it’s enough to get pretty queasy

151, if you could go back in time and live in one era, which would you choose?: aaaaaa that’s hard. Okay so assuming I would be whatever the average class was in that time period and could be a male (so that i could actually participate in that time period’s society outside of housewifery whoops) I would either do ancient Greece or the roaring 20’s (dip back to modern times right before the stock market crashes ffkshdjsjd) there’s probably other places/times I’d want to be in that I’m just forgetting rn

[sunken-thicket]

you only get reported if you gatehop in the expanse lmao

[feralfeed]

About this! Getting out of bounds is what we’re supposed to do. We’re beta testing. Yes, if you find a way to get out of bounds, report it, but by all means until it’s fixed abuse the hell out of it! Go nuts! The devs only care about gatehopping (understandably) because it’s literal cheating

[alopex26]

For human Lumis!

[feralfeed]

3, 13, 16?

3: Do you have a favorite clothing style?: both long sleeve and short sleeve button ups, flannels, graphic hoodies, sweat pants and backwards caps (basically: lesbian)

13: Are you a cat or dog person?: cat person, but juuuuust barely

16: How tall are you? 5’9!

[crazyheavymetalpunkrock]

Ask me! I'll answer honestly

1: How tall or short do you wish you were? 2: What’s your dream pet? (Real or not) 3: Do you have a favorite clothing style? 4: What was your favorite video game growing up? 5: What three things/people do you think of most each day: 6: If you had a warning label, what would yours say? 7: What is your opinion on [insert person/thing here]? 8: What is your Greek personality type? [Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Choleric, or Melancholic] 9: Are you ticklish? 10: Are you allergic to anything? 11: What’s your sexuality? 12: Do you prefer tea, coffee, or cocoa? 13: Are you a cat or dog person? 14: Would you rather be a vampire, elf, or merperson? 15: Do you have a favorite Youtuber? 16: How tall are you? 17: If you had to change your name, what would you change it to? 18: How much do you weigh? [Only ask this if you know the user doesn’t mind!] 19: Do you believe in ghosts/spirits? 20: Do you like space or the ocean more? 21: Are you religious? 22: Pet peeves? 23: Would you rather be nocturnal or diurnal [opposite of nocturnal]? 24: Favorite constellation? 25: Favorite star? 26: Do you like ball-jointed dolls? 27: Any phobias or fears? 28: Do you think global warming is real? 29: Do you believe in reincarnation? 30: Favorite movie? 31: Do you get scared easily? 32: How many pets have you own in your lifetime? 33: Blog rate? [You’ll rate the blog of the one who’s asking.] 34: What is a color that calms you? 35: Where would you like to travel and/or live? 36: Where were you born? 37: What is your eye color? 38: Introvert or extrovert? 39: Do you believe in horoscopes and zodiacs? 40: Hugs or kisses? 41: Who is someone you would like to see/visit right now? 42: Who is someone you love deeply? 43: Any piercings you want? 44: Do you like tattoos and piercings? 45: Do you smoke or have you eiver done so? 46: Talk about your crush, if you have one! 47: What is a sound you really hate? 48: A sound you really love? 49: Can you do a backflip? 50: Can you do the splits? 51: Favorite actor and/or actress? 52: Favorite movie? 53: How are you feeling right now? 54: What color would you like your hair to be right now? 55: When did you feel happiest? 56: Something that calms you down? 57: Have any mental disorders? [Only ask this if you know the user doesn’t mind!] 58: What does your URL mean? 59: What three words describe you the most? 60: Do you believe in evolution? 61: What makes you unfollow a blog? 62: What makes you follow a blog? 63: Favorite kind of person: 64: Favorite animal(s): 65: Name three of your favorite blogs. 66: Favorite emoticon: 67: Favorite meme: 68: What is your MBTI personality type? 69: What is your star sign? 70: Can your dog roll over on command, if you have a dog? 71: What outfit out of all your clothes do you like to wear the most? 72: Post a selfie or two? 73: Do you have platform shoes? 74: What is one random but interesting fact about yourself? 75: Can you do a front flip? 76: Do you like birds? 77: Do you like to swim? 78: Is swimming or ice skating more fun to you? 79: Something you wish didn’t exist: 80: Some thing you wish did exist: 81: Piercings you have? 82: Something you really enjoy doing: 83: Favorite person to talk to: 84: What was your first impression of Tumblr? 85: How many followers do you have? 86: Can you run a mile within ten minutes? 87: Do your socks always match? 88: Can you touch your toes and keep your legs straight completely? 89: What are your birthstones? 90: If you were an animal, which one would you be? 91: If a flower could aesthetically represent you, what kind would it be? 92: A store you hate? 93: How many cups of coffee can you drink in one day? 94: Would you rather be able to fly or read minds? 95: Do you like to wear camo? 96: Winter or summer? 97: How long can you hold your breath for? 98: Least favorite person? 99: Someone you look up to: 100: A store you love? 101: Favorite type of shoes 102: Where do you live? 103: Are you a vegetarian or vegan? If so, why? 104: What is your favorite mineral or gem? 105: Do you drink milk? 106: Do you like bugs? 107: Do you like spiders? 108: Something you get paranoid about? 109: Can you draw: 110: Nosiest question you have ever been asked? 111: A question you hate being asked? 112: Ever been bitten by a spider? 113: Do you like the sound of waves at the beach? 114: Do you prefer cloudy or sunny days? 115: Someone you’d like to kiss or cuddle right now: 116: Favorite cloud type: 117: What color do you wish the sky was? 118: Do you have freckles? 119: Favorite thing about a person: 120: Fruits or vegetables? 121: Something you want to do right now: 122: Is the ocean or sky prettier? 123: Sweet or sour foods? 124: Bright or dim lights? 125: Do you believe in a certain magical creature? 126: Something you hate about Tumblr: 127: Something you love about Tumblr: 128: What do you think about the least? 129: What would you want written on your tombstone? 130: Who would you like to punch in the face right now? 131: What is something you love but also hate about yourself? 132: Do you smile with your teeth showing for pictures? 133: Computer or TV? 134: Do you like roller coasters? 135: Do you get motion sickness or seasickness? 136: Are your ears lobed or attached? 137: Do you believe in karma? 138: On a scale of 1-10, how attractive would you say you are? 139: What nicknames do you have/have had? 140: Did you have any pretend or imaginary friends? 141: Have you ever seen a therapist/shrink? 142: Would you say you are a good or bad influence to others? 143: Do you prefer giving or receiving gifts/help? 144: What makes you angry 145: How many languages do you speak fluently? 146: Do you prefer boys, girls, and/or non-binaries? 147: Are you androgynous? 148: Favorite physical thing about yourself: 149: Favorite thing about your personality: 150: Name three people you would like to talk to right now in person. 151: If you could go back into time and live in one era, which would you choose? 152: Do you like BuzzFeed? 153: How did you meet your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend/partner? [If you have one.] 154: Do you like to kiss others’ foreheads or hands for platonic reasons? 155: Do you like to play with others’ hair? 156: What embarrasses you? 157: Something that makes you nervous/anxious: 158: Biggest lie you have ever told: 159: How many people are you following? 160: How many posts do you have on your blog(s)? 161: How many drafts do you have on your blog(s)? 162: How many likes do you have on your blog(s)? 163: Last time you cried and why: 164: Do you have long or short hair? 165: Longest your hair has ever been: 166: Why do you like, dislike, or have neutral feelings about religon? 167: Do you really care how the universe and world was created? 168: Do you like to wear makeup? 169: Can you stand on your hands or head for more than thirty seconds? 170: Did you answer the questions you were asked truthfully?

[feralfeed]

Go ahead and send any amount of numbers into my askbox!! There’s a few things on here I won’t do, like post selfies, but yeah I’ll answer basically any of em

[feralfeed]

Unrelated but I kinda wanna get to know you guys better- if I reblog one of those “ask me a question” things, would you all be interested? Esp since I can’t play feral rn, maybe it would help to keep the blog busy and start some interaction with you guys 👉🏻👈🏻

[feralfeed]

oh shit 250 followers

Thank you all so much!! Life’s been busy lately, but hopefully I can get back to playing and posting feral content soon!

[feralfeed]

life is fleeting, death is eternal

[feralfeed]

an important update

[pingoes]

wildworks @ us, who cant afford the premium season pass for the next 60 days

[feralfeed]

JULY UPDATE - Premium Currency, Season Passes, and ANOTHER Premium Shop... oh god why

Hello all, this is an overall rundown and analysis of the July update, and first impressions of it’s features. Please note, that I’m going to be a tad bit hypercritical of the whole thing- I’ll be honest about the pros and cons, because I genuinely want to see this game become amazing. There will be a TL;DR at the bottom - I encourage you to read that if nothing else, because I want to make an important point there.

Season Passes

Okay, this feature struck me as a bit... strange. When I first saw the name, I immediately thought of the way Fortnite and Epic Games make money, which didn’t exactly leave a good taste in my mouth. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this is a free feature... and once again disappointed to see the premium version. 

Rundown:

By completing tasks assigned to the player in a challenge board, you unlock points to earn a wide variety of prizes, from items, to likes, to avatars, and even customization options for said avatar. However, the bulk of these items are under a 900 star fragment paywall, which translates to about $10. 

My Breakdown:

Not gonna lie, this ain’t great. It does throw some new items at the players, which is nice and all, but honestly, there really isn’t much incentive to actually complete the challenges if you aren’t buying the premium pass. How “good” the items you can earn for free strongly remind me of how “good” the nonmember items back in Animal Jam were. And they are RARE - when you get to later in the list, there are very few items marked as “free”. Wildworks may as well have just dropped the concept of a premium pass, and just made the entire season pass cost money. Plus, while the update claims that you can earn points for the challenges “just by playing the game”, this really isn’t true. Most of them are such oddly specific tasks, I would need to go out of my way to complete nearly every single one of them. And the ones that are “normal gameplay” challenges have OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH numbers. For example, crafting 15 common clothing items. I would need to waste a LOT of materials to do that, since most players pretty carefully plan which items to craft for which looks.

Star Fragments and the Astral Shop

I’m not gonna pretend that this wasn’t coming. Most free games require premium currency. But while the game is still in beta?

Rundown:

Fer.al’s new premium currency. It appears that buying sanctuaries and avatars with straight money was more of a placeholder - the royal boutique now serves the exclusive role of selling star fragments, which you will now spend at the astral shop. On average, 1 star fragment costs anywhere from 1.25 cents - 1.1 cents, depending upon which bundle you buy. This means that a 300 star fragment sanctuary in the astral shop costs about $3.53. 

My Breakdown:

I don’t really have too much to say about this, to be honest. I’ve expressed my fears about monetizing an unfinished game in previous posts. After the dragon, there was no going back.

The Notification Tab

A nifty new tool that notifies you on challenge progress, and your friends getting on and offline. There may be other things it notifies you of as well that I haven’t seen yet. Overall, a useful new feature. 

Selfie Camera

Another feature on the better side of things. Although, it is a little mundane, it does one-up just taking a screenshot - you have the ability to zoom in and out, and turn nametags on and off. It creates a “gallery” folder on your computer that opens with an in-game button. 

Undying

You can also now undye your items. Someone will need this after a regretful decision, I’m sure. 

TL;DR and Final Concerns

The reason that I took such a critical tone in this post is that Fer.al, in my opinion, is heading down a negative path. Currently, the game has no real substance - which is fine in itself, given that it’s a work in progress. However, they’re already introducing a LOT of paid content, and not only paywalls, but do-hours-of-pointless-miscellaneous-tasks-walls. In a way, the game is becoming pay-to-win. So long as “winning” the game is having the best items and the best avatar, winning is no longer free. Fer.al is such a beautiful game, and beautiful concept, and I hate to see it turning out this way. Wildworks needs to give the game more substance- more goals- more reward- more story- SOMETHING, before they start to introduce such steep in-game purchases. They’re going after a teen/adult audience, and most of us can’t dish out money to play dress up anymore.