deboratibi Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 This is definitely not something new, but I find myself getting more and more annoyed when visiting the Pound Chat on the Neoboards. People wanting UCs has been a thing ever since the conversion happened, but less impressive pets were still tradeable not that long ago, it seems. "Now" anything less than a UC or a 3L 4L RN RW BD + FFQ LOLWUT BBQ isn't worth trading at all. I see a lot of people adopting out (or even pounding) pets that would have made awesome trades a few years ago (VWN pets with expensive colours). Nowadays you don't even see the acronym "VWN" being used outside of the context of UCs, because converted VWN pets don't matter anymore. I question myself why this is, and I suppose it's partly because FFQs have become more common, along with Pirate pets and Draiks? So wanting a VWN expensively painted converted isn't aiming high, as far as goals go? I don't know. What do you guys think? I also wonder how much more pet trading will change in the future... We've come so far already :O Will low-tier UCs one day be pounded like they're nothing? (Maybe not, since there isn't a growing supply of UCs... FOR NOW. lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just4dailies Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I'm not familiar with most of the acronyms you're using. The customization change happened while I was on a break from Neo. Personally I've never had any desire to customize my pets or trade them. I like keeping things old school. deboratibi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryzegazelle Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I know what you mean about pet trading. I feel like people have also gotten more stingy as well "I have a WN green hissi and I want a eventide draik with 400k custom" :oink: Well it's not that bad but really it almost is! People were treating my Halloween Draik like she was garbage :sad02: so I decided to take a risk and keep zapping. Now she's split. :sick02: I think I'm just gonna break down a buy a PB. But seriously, people are pounding really nice pets too!! I've seen a WN halloween and desert Kougra, a baby xweetok, and I just got an orange Krawk from the pound (which i'm glad I didn't spend the money to get one because I'm realizing I don't enjoy customizing them). I pounded an okay named Darigan Eyrie and he sat in the pound for years. And I don't know why every is so obsessed with UCs? I mean it's nice that they're a piece of the past but you cannot dress them up, which is now one of my favorite things on Neopets. I've never had an UC and i don't care that I haven't. Even when you have like 6 pets UFT nobody is interested :mellow: or has insane requirements for given away their pets. deboratibi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deboratibi Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 I have a few pets I wanted to trade because even though they're not impressive, they weren't so easy to get. Most of them were morphed and painted by me (others were lucky zaps or an FFQ). I think I will adopt some of them out, if I can find someone who's legitimately interested. I don't think I could ever pound them :sad02: I guess the thing about UCs must be that they aren't easy to get... Most of the times, if you have one, you either: worked hard to get it (by re-trading or making the best application to adopt one) or you're popular enough to be gifted one. I personally do like some UCs, but I don't want one that badly. I wonder what would happen if TNT created a de-converter (I know they said it will never happen)... I mean, I know it would be chaos, but I wonder what the next desirable thing would be. Oh, as for the acronyms: UC = unconverted 3L/4L = three or four letter name BD = battledome pet RN = real name (e.g, "Louise") RW = real word (e.g, "Love") V/WN = (very) well named (there's also DN= decent name and BN= bad name) FFQ = faerie fountain quest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just4dailies Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Thanks for the help. FFQ was all I knew for sure :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flpatsfan Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Thanks for the acronym explanations, there are so many that I don't know, I am now starting a word document to be able to learn and keep up. If you know more, please feel free to neomail them to me so I can catch up. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 u r right ! a few years ago i got my DN Robot Hissi in exchange of a Pirate Buzz and my WN Alien Aisha in exchange of a FFQ now if u wana trade a Pirate Buzz u'll have a very hard time !! i love UC's but ill never ever get one again .. even tho i miss my UC Halloween Lupe on my old frozen account .. but really they're just like Relic pets to me ... or even worse cuz all u can do is add a BG to them ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon King Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 TBH, I wouldn't mind seeing the current pet trading culture just go away forever. People should love their pets for who there are, instead of viewing them as just collectibles to be bartered for something "more valuable". :evil_notsmiling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintBrushedDreams Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Yeah, all that is going on these days really makes me wish I did not convert my Lupe back in the day. I thought there were going to eventually going to make us do so, so I went ahead and did it. It is also way harder to get into UC trading if you do not already have UCs. I take advantage of the Converted WNP in the pound, I still find them to be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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