As a person who is currently playing with lower leveled pixpets, this is unfortunate. Buuuut.... I don't hate it. Just gonna get tiring watching my children come back with sucky grade items for a while... Ah well. More to sell, I suppose?

Oh, this should be interesting to see. Though, with the shorter hoard times and recovery times for higher level points, was the food consumed decreased as well? It felt balanced with food consumption beforehand, as the time between hoards was enough to grow enough pumpkins to refill the food and keep it up.