I was honestly pretty surprised when I found out trading eggs isn't a thing. You'd think that would be like, a base function of a pet game? The fact that is isn't is a little frustrating tbh ;;

@starphire
No, sadly you have to put them on the market. Which is annoying b/c say my best friends b-day is tmr and i have a... draook egg and that's their fav pet, so i have to put it on the market for them to get it. then someone outs bids them and there days sucks b/c you could send them the egg once they go to sleep and that wake up, log on and see you sent them there dream pet, wouldn't that make you happy?

(Yes the grammar is probably bad and makes not sense, no grammarly on this computer lmao)

@BK47

Hmm, thank you for such a detailed response!
That explains a bunch.

I still feel that the auction of eggs undermines the pixies collection the same way this would.
I, and a number of others here don't have the ability to sit and wait for a specific hour to have an auction end, so it's frustrating to even try sometimes. We were actually suggesting one or two trades a week, or even less, so it wasn't a major means of filling the 'dex, just a Wayne to give/get special gifts for some, or in my case, a way to buy a certain IDd egg from a user. (I was arguing for once a month, I'm really not wanting this as a major component, just for flavor on the really challenging ones.)

I feel the legendary argument goes out the window when they can be auctioned. Someone just bought a Snowko for 170? PC? And the only reason I wasn't more a part of that auction to try and fill my 'dex gap, was because it ended at the wrong time for me, I wasn't available. So if the legendaries are auctionable, I would argue they should be sellable too. The price would likely be the same, since the seller would still want that.
As it rests now, I guess legendarys are easy to get for people who can afford to use RL money to support, or purchase currency. And rare for most others, until we amass the currency to buy a big house/have lots of pets going out/have been on long enough or have enough time/hoards returned that we get them. Which is what it's supposed to be, I do get that. But if they can be auctioned, I feel they should be able to be sold player to player, especially if there is a serious time restriction on the P2P selling. (I actually got into this because of a fluffpaxa I think, so my legendary argument was just about concept until that Snowko incident, which I was willing to pay 400PC for (going rate on the market), but was unable to.)

Anyway, point being, I don't think everyone here wanted this to fill the dex, (although I'm sure some did/do/would use it for that) a bunch of us wanted it other for a specific egg, or for the P2P interaction, hence the gifting aspect. The Adventure side won't fix that, so I'm still supporting getting this implemented.

Soooo, thoughts? XD

I should say that the improvements I've seen since I got back do really help streamline things a bit, so I am really happy that feedback is being listened to and implemented! And that it's nice to come back and find a host of new pets to try and find! (I'm brewing like crazy, but it takes so long! To get the color and pixpet potions to send on hoards. And trying to save for a better plant/pumpkin house)
And the arcade games, ok, well, Roodoku, is awesome! The other two don't work for me, I'm on an iPad always, but the Roodoku does, so I'm thrilled about that! And the music is lovely and soothing. I'm just really excited about it. ^_^

Thanks again for your very detailed explanation of why you see this not having happened yet/why it might not ever. I hope my response is ehhh, useful? In some regard? I'm definitely still of the mindset I was in the beginning of this, which is that I want to work with understanding of the goals/aims Komodo is working towards, but filling in a gap some players sorely want(ed) filled. (And also trying to keep in mind that with one or so coders?, it's a lot to keep the site fresh, and so these things are not always a main priority.)

Looking forward to your thoughts!

@FloofyDogs
So in order to get a rarer egg, you’d have to have one of similar rarity?
It would certainly help with the over gifting to fill a ‘dex concern.

@FloofyDogs
Well, that works for those who want to trade eggs with each other frequently, and would be a good limiter. I'm after being able to buy a specific egg outright, so there would be cash instead of an egg on my end, an it's sometimes a rarer egg. That said, I agree for. frequent use the limiting of rarity for trades would help with concerns about relying on it for dex filling.

Eh, that's where you are gonna lose me. I want to be able to buy certain specific eggs from specific users, and sometimes that include legendaries. I'm fine with it being infrequent, say once a month? But while much of the time I am fine with the auction process, there are certain eggs which I REALLY don't want to have to do bidding wars on, especially since I may not be around for the auction end. And then I have to just hope that I am the only one on site at that point who is willing to spend what I have on it. I'd rather just pay a larger amount from the get-go to the seller, to make up for the loss of the bidding war possibility, and be guaranteed the egg. (Plus, that way one can save up if needed, and that would benefit the seller too.)

@Starphire

I honestly didn't realize there was a rule against using auctions to trade eggs, and I'm not sure what the reasoning behind it is. The whole point of the egg market is for players to be able to buy eggs that they don't have... And we allow players to ask each other to auction certain eggs, so I see no difference.

@Takkju, do you know the reasoning behind game rule 1.8? Specifically the part about trading eggs. We're a little confused by it.

Lovely, thanks for the responses @BK47 and @Takkju!

And Takkju,
Considering all the words, if you were writing allllllll the stuff, (my fingers hurt thinking about it, honestly) I’m impressed. It’s a lot. Anyway, thank you!

@Starphire
I've taken a look at the rules and didn't notice any new formatting. But you're right, the egg trading rule hasn't been changed yet. Takk has been busy lately, but hopefully he'll put it on his to-do list after seeing your post xP

As for the "don't collect auction badges intentionally" rule, that's one I can actually explain the reasoning behind, although I've never agreed with it. xD The idea is that the auction badges are meant to feel like a surprise achievement, not something that players arranged to get. Other badges were made to be worked towards, but these were made to be acquired through natural use of the markets. Of course, if that's Komodo's wish, it's his game and I have to respect it, but I can't help but think it's a little odd regardless. No game that I know of has ever forbade players from gaining certain achievements intentionally. Some players are completionists, and gaining badges is part of what makes a game fun for them. Preventing them from doing that seems a bit weird to me. But I'll still encourage players to obey it even though I think it's strange, because it's not like it creates a huge problem in the gameplay or anything. It just creates a challenge for people who want the auction badges.