Mm, I don't really think these are a good idea, especially after they implemented the egg time limit, the 100 egg limit, and lowered the rarities to .5%.

To me, the difference between the CS pets and the seasonals is real life money. So I could (reluctantly) understand why Pat would want to retire the CS pets permanently, since they're not intended to be for the everyday user.

Also, constantly changing seasonals would be pretty annoying for the artists, methinks. But who knows, I'm not in that position. I do agree with rotating however, but what if the particular holiday only has one seasonal?

I think the problem lies more with how different colors are generally priced. I mean, nattie Inteses or Mirabilises are worth absolutely nothing, and things like gingers are still pretty cheap. You're going to have to change almost the entire economy somehow for everything to be a reasonable price.

But maybe this is stuff that everybody knows; I just wanted to put in my two cents. I'm totally open to being convinced otherwise though. (sorry for the somewhat long post)

I think that they shouldn't be retired. Yes, they are cheap, but they get pretty expensive during the seasons they aren't available. Rotating would be a has.sle, because some people wait all year for a seasonal, and if they couldn't get it one year, they'd be pretty disappointed. Maybe even leave.

I have seen nattie Uilus' jump in price over the summer. It would be a good idea, if it weren't for the restrictions that McFlan pointed out. Also, some of us have horrid luck as it is. Like me.

I do agree, however, that we need to somehow make seasonals rarer, to raise their price.

Mm, I'm very unhappy with lutino's suggestion on limiting the seasonal eggs, considering that I pretty much collect them, so 20 just doesn't cut it.

I think they should probably lower the rarities to .1% and make eggs in general much less common. I'm not quite so sure on how eggs are generated, but instead of an egg appearing 3 times out of every 5 refreshes, make them appear 2 times out of 15 or so. 

I mean, I have eggs littering my page every time I click on a planet's links. They're just too darn common as a whole. I got 100 Uilus eggs in December within seven days. That alone says a lot.

And also, Patrick needs to make sure that the seasonals are in-and-out on time. All the seasonals are supposed to be around for seven days, but they always tend to stay for another week or so. It would really help if they actually left on their deadlines, because it gives more time to the users to hoard them if they're not gone by then.

Of course, I'm just suggesting it for the sake of suggesting it. It's making it harder and I and probably many others don't like it, but I think it might help.... maybe. :P

Just for the economy's sake, at least.

I don't think lowering it that much would help. I have to buy most of my Seasonal eggs as it is, lowering it to .1% would be ridiculous. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't have ALL DAY to search for eggs. I have school and a social life, too you know. My friends don't like it if I'm on the computer the whole time while they're over, just to get a bunch of pixels.

I do agree, however, that the eggs should be in and out on time. Maybe, if its possible, is there a way to set a sort of timer for the seasonal eggs? If not, then maybe pas.s the priveledge on, temporarily, to a staff member to stop the seasonals if he won't be on? I don't know, these are just suggestions, but still...

Maybe with the rotating idea, instead of one pet one year, the other the next, just have each pet there for half the time? For the first four days you have Jaakus, then you have Ebilias for four days, then they're all gone. (Or maybe to fit in a week, three days of Jaakus, one day of both, then three days of Ebilias.) Obviously it'd work a lot better if there were two pets for each holiday, but if there were it'd fix the argument of "people don't want to wait two years for a chance to get a Creatu" but would make them a little rarer at the same time. Chances are most people who'd be bummed over missing out would be on Res at least once every four days, giving them a chance to grab a few eggs for themselves.

Seeing as halloween has two creatu and no other holidays do, I would *censored*ume that an extra creatu for christmas, easter and valentine's day is an idea floating around, even if there's nothing actually done towards it yet.  Eventually there'll probably be two pets for each holiday, and this idea would probably work quite well.