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#66920 Posted on 2016-09-12 12:13:37
1. You can become deluxe by purchasing credits and selecting how long you want to be deluxe for under the "Deluxe" heading drop-down menu. Click on Credit Shop on the menu above (to the left of Help). Becoming deluxe increases your bank interest to .5%. Doesn't seem like a lot but it adds up.
2. Owning a stable means no boarding cost. Also, you can own arenas which allow you to train your own horses at no cost. Arenas also allow you to create shows. Having a stable also allows you yo have a Riding School. Both arenas and riding schools are a source of income.
3. 1 year in EV time = 7 "real" days.
4. For more thorough discussions, go Here and Here. Easiest is the games tent every day and making sure you deposit all your "on hand" money into the bank (I have the max 3 accounts I'm allowed. Account 2 and 3 send all their games tent income to this account).
5. Absolutely it does. The higher the discipline-specific stats and the lower the nondiscipline stats, the higher chance a horse has of placing.
6. You can show AND train on the same day. You can also riding school AND train on the same day. You can technically train AND divide your 10 "show slots" between entering shows AND the riding school as well.
7. A horse's confo does not change during its life. Conformation changes are generational, through breeding, and a foal's confo is set at birth based off its parents.
8. Yes stat increases can improve a horse's performance in shows. Go Here, for a visual of what follows: Show Level Limits . Horses that are in the top 50% of a stat level will show better than horses whose stat numbers are in the bottom 50% of the stat level. *Insert link here*. For example, a N1 horse with 148 stat points will show better than a N1 horse with 105 stat points, because the level caps at 149 stat points. At 150 the horse now is N2 level.
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#66937 Posted on 2016-09-12 12:59:51
Hi there, welcome to Equiverse!
Some of these questions are answered in the FAQ section (the thread is here , stickied at the top of the "Game Discussion" forum.
I don't think that section is entirely complete, though, so I'll try to give you a quick rundown of answers to your questions:
How can I get a deluxe package?
Having a deluxe account comes with many perks, and is available for credits in the section above that says "Credit Shop." Credits are this games "premium" currency, and are purchased for actual money (.50 USD per credit). They can also be sold for in-game currency by other players. The deluxe account perks are explained in the Credit Shop tab.
What's the personal benefit of owning a stable?
Owning a stable is one of the deluxe perks. This allows you to board your horses at your own stable, rather than paying to board them elsewhere. Having a stable also allows you to build arenas, which can be used for training and for creating shows. You can also then open a riding school. These features are all available for you to use, or for you to have other players use for a fee, which provides you with a source of income.
How do you auto-feed and auto-show your horses?
Auto-feeding and Auto-showing are both tools available for credits in the Credit Shop. You do *not* have to be deluxe to use these features; they are purchased separately. They are both very useful and big time savers if you have a lot of horses!
Once you've purchased these tools, the autocare button appears at the bottom of each division when you're viewing your horses; clicking it will feed/water/groom/and clean the stalls of all horses in that division. Autoshowing is its own tab in the showing section.
How often do horses age?
Horses age every 7 days, so one week in real life = one game year. Horses are born at 0, become adults (so you can start showing them, breeding them, etc.) at 3, and then retire the day they turn 21. They die at age 22.
What are the easiest ways to gain $?
There are games you can play in the town that make you small amounts of money. (I like higher/lower, personally.) You can wish for money at the fountain, which sometimes gives a small amount, but can give quite a bit. Putting all of your money in the bank when you're done playing for the day will let you earn interest on it, which you can collect each day.
The primary way most players seem to earn money is by entering and winning shows, but it also costs money to enter them.
When you're starting out, it might be more worthwhile to send your horses to a riding school instead, which costs you nothing, but does earn small amounts of money. This is a great option for horses that aren't showing well yet.
Does treating your horses with discipline specific treats really enhance their chances of winning?
YES! A horse's total stats determine what grade it competes in, but the total of the discipline-specific stats determine how it places. A 200 stat horse will always compete as Novice 3, but one with 40 stats in each individual stat has a discipline-specific score of only 80 stats, which will perform very poorly compared to a 200 stat horse with 100 stats in each of the relevant types.
Can I train and show on the same day? I know I can't do riding school and train on the same day.
Yep! Training and showing are completely separate.
And you can do riding school and shows on the same day, just not ten shows and ten hours of school. You have basically 10 "slots" that each horse can do, so you could do 10 shows OR 10 riding hours OR 5 shows and 5 hours, etc.
Does conformation # ever change? Or are the born with the same number they keep forever?
Nope, conformation never changes.
Does a stat increase improve a horses odds of winning shows?
Kind of yes and no. A horse's total stats determine which grade it's competing in. So if your horse is on the upper end of stats for a given level, it'll do well (so boosting the stats can give it an advantage over horses at the lower end of the level.) But once it clicks up to the next grade, it's back at the low end compared to the horses already in that grade, so boosting the stats up that way can actually put it at a disadvantage for a while.
Generally there's less competition at the higher grades, at least in my experience, so getting up to the Regional and National levels is totally worth it! And in general, the higher the stats, the more desirable the horse (and the better offspring it will produce) so you still want to get those stat boosts as soon as you can. BUT it does actually sometimes put your horse at a disadvantage for a little while, until you get it up to the higher part of its new level.
I hope those explanations help. :)
ETA: Ducky posted while I was writing, but multiple explanations can still be good. ;P
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