chiaroscruo Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My lab pet on my side account (the only lab rat I have atm) hasn't changed color in over two months and species in four or five (I don't keep a record anymore). I zap him every day but it's about 50% stat changes and 50% nothing. It's getting really boring. Anybody else ever get into lengthy lab slumps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca~ Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 -raises hand- I think we all have. I know it gets boring, but watch, you'll be super surprised by a fantastic colour change. :) My lab rat just turned Maractite this week- pity I don't like Eyries, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haliaetus Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I've been in the same boat as you for the last couple of months. I can't recall the last time I got a color or species change zap. It's all been stat changes or nothing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Same here. I also keep a log of zaps, and for the most part, could see a projected pattern of when species or colour changes would happen. Ever since the Lab Ray Cookies released, changes come few and far between. LAME!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiaroscruo Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Scopto: Maractite is so cool! I feel the same way though, I hope he doesn't change into a great color like that while he's still a koi. I like koi but not for this pet. Personality doesn't match to me. Haliaetus: At least other people understand my pain :laughingsmiley: Hrtbrk: Maybe that's my problem, I don't buy NC so I don't get fortune cookies. I should start a log again. I always did when I was zapping on my main account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Same here. I also keep a log of zaps, and for the most part, could see a projected pattern of when species or colour changes would happen. Ever since the Lab Ray Cookies released, changes come few and far between. LAME!!!!! i agree! which is not so great since i was anticipating the cookies to make changes happen faster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca~ Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Scopto: Maractite is so cool! I feel the same way though, I hope he doesn't change into a great color like that while he's still a koi. I like koi but not for this pet. Personality doesn't match to me. Haliaetus: At least other people understand my pain :laughingsmiley: Hrtbrk: Maybe that's my problem, I don't buy NC so I don't get fortune cookies. I should start a log again. I always did when I was zapping on my main account. Well, if he does, just keep zapping away. :) You will get lots of good colours over time, and you will definitely change species. :) (Korbat to Grarrl to Ogrin to Shoyru to a couple of others to Eyrie... lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewald Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Anybody else ever get into lengthy lab slumps? Well, I did when my pet Seismi was a lab rat... I was just aiming for stat changes and based on zapping logs from other Neopians who had logged 300+ or 400+ zaps, on average the stat change per zap was +0.6. My results after 100+ zaps however were not just less positive, but even negative. Asking around on Charter gave me more logs and while some reported only slight increases, over 2000+ logged zaps all showed some sort of increase, while I remained with a negative outcome :( Oh well, just relying on FQ cookies for Seismi right now, as I have morphed him in his (for now) final form :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynohawk Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hmm, I got a Water Wocky and a Robot Pteri in my first week, then nothing for about 6 weeks until just now when I got a Christmas Jubjub (meh) but yeah, I get a lot of nothing, which is boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbash Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I've had that happen to. It got to the point where I actually stopped zapping for a while because I was so bored with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderclanf Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Ohhhh yes. I've had a Darigan Jetsam for about a year. Not that I really mind....but... it's just BORING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovedwallflower Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 i hate buzzes.. and my lab rat has been a buzz for ages now.. whats worse is you're stuck with seeing a pet/colour u dnt like all the time since most us (I think) have their rats as their actives for fear of boochi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiaroscruo Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 ewald: I never cared much about stat changes since that's not what I was zapping for but now that you say that I did get a pretty substantial increase on my first lab pet. Weird that you didn't :( dynohawk: I feel like they always give you more transformations in the beginning, maybe to make you feel better about spending so much on the map! Ashbash: I did that too, but now I force myself since I'm tired of him being a checkered koi. thunderclanf: A year! Wow I hope it doesn't take that long for him to change. You're way more patient than me. At least you can get an avatar from a jetsam though, so there's a bright side if you didn't already have chomp. lovedwallflower: You point out another thing I didn't notice but is totally true. My lab pet is always my active, although I didn't even think about Boochi. I've never seen him and I've been around off and on since 2002. I would be paranoid about him now but I've also never gotten a fountain faerie quest and only seen the pant devil once so I'm just going to assume I'm unlucky at getting random events :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmacow Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 It's pretty sadistic to have a random event that permanently changes the appearance of your pet. I also keep my lab rat as my active pet for that reason. I guess I'll switch to my grundo, as it's only orange, once I get a colour/species combo that I'm happy with. But if all four of my pets become something I'm satisfied with, I don't know what I'll do... I've never had the Boochi event or anything like it, but I am fearful of it happening and I'm going to be very frustrated if it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca~ Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 It's pretty sadistic to have a random event that permanently changes the appearance of your pet. I also keep my lab rat as my active pet for that reason. I guess I'll switch to my grundo, as it's only orange, once I get a colour/species combo that I'm happy with. But if all four of my pets become something I'm satisfied with, I don't know what I'll do... I've never had the Boochi event or anything like it, but I am fearful of it happening and I'm going to be very frustrated if it does. It is pretty mean. :( Most people, once they get their permies, keep their cheapest pet active. Like, my two goals are an Alien Aisha, and a Faerie Shoyru- I'll be keeping the Faerie Shoyru active, because while that PB is expensive, at least I don't have to wait for a FFQ. :b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasama Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Just be patient guys. Colour and species changes are pretty rare as you can see from the Lablog's statistics: http://lablog.sunnyneo.com/stats.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Vulpix Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 shoot,i still need to buy those pieces,although i need to save up np. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiaroscruo Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 I was lucky enough to buy all the pieces a few years back when the economy was good so I think I paid 800k for the set. If I ever get another side account I'll probably have to trade pets and zap on my main again. It's amazing to me how many neopoints some people earn every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbitdimwit Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I almost forgot to use my lab zap today... I paint all my pets with actual brushes/MPs and just kind of use the lab ray for fun on a pet I don't care about. No point relying on something so random when I can get nice things guaranteed through simple time and restocking/games. But I haven't seen anything 1-2 months. Not too long, I guess, but boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy08 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I haven't had any good zaps in a while aswell. The last good one I had was my meerca being changed to rainbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guesticles Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have my main pet (Royal Krawk) which I wont zap, but going to zap a Poogle I've just used a morphing Potion on as I want Plushie/MSP so badly! Had 2 Desert zaps, One brown and one fire in the past 3 month, none I liked :L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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