Oh, sorry, I described it as if I were programming it myself (setting the counter in the database to the value of zero) rather than properly explain what impact the counter would have. Dragons with a zero on the counter would still "count", just not as much.
Here's an example of how it could be programmed:
Hatchling, training counter is zero by necessity -> 1 dominance point when exalted Level 1 adult, training counter is zero because untrained -> 1 dominance point when exalted Level 5 adult, training counter is zero because the exalter bought the dragon pre-trained -> 5 dominance points (1 base * 5 from levels) Level 5 adult, training counter is four (went up four times each time the dragon gained a level, never reset) because the exalter trained the dragon -> 25 dominance points (1 base * 5 from levels * (1 base counter + 4 from counter value when exalted))
OOF dragons still have an impact on the dominance calculations and it is still worth doing raffles and buys, but the flight gets more mileage out of its IF trainers.
Re: The problem with dominance
Here's an example of how it could be programmed:
Hatchling, training counter is zero by necessity -> 1 dominance point when exalted
Level 1 adult, training counter is zero because untrained -> 1 dominance point when exalted
Level 5 adult, training counter is zero because the exalter bought the dragon pre-trained -> 5 dominance points (1 base * 5 from levels)
Level 5 adult, training counter is four (went up four times each time the dragon gained a level, never reset) because the exalter trained the dragon -> 25 dominance points (1 base * 5 from levels * (1 base counter + 4 from counter value when exalted))
OOF dragons still have an impact on the dominance calculations and it is still worth doing raffles and buys, but the flight gets more mileage out of its IF trainers.