There is Tattered World (formerly Tattered World) which gets so much love in its frequent updates and genuine attention to user feedback from part of the staff but just kinda isn't very good at grabbing your attention? Like, I like it, but I stopped playing for a while there and can't make myself go back for some reason.
Beast Keeper is intriguing in that THEY'VE GOT AN ADVENTURE MODE AND IT'S SIMPLE AND CUTE AND IT MAKES ME JEALOUS, but managing the pets made me feel stressed and stupid and all the really pretty ones are premium anyway and I kinda wilted and gave up there.
Sylestia is fun too but I got stuck in the latest dungeon because you apparently need expensive equipment (like armor and stuff) and expensive pets that have been stat-enhanced through repeated breeding and stat boosting items to navigate that, which takes several months and lots of money if you want to do it yourself.
Also the best equipment is apparently found by winning battles in a coliseum arena thing that requires you to have a team that is an exact level (level 25, level 50 etc.) so you need to level them up there and then buy an item that freezes experience gain, and I had to go to the forums to find out what was up with that because the game itself doesn't explain that and I'm kinda frustrated now.
Also they need some better incentive to releasing pets like fr's exalting, because the current incentive (increasing the appearance of rare pets in the Ultra Hard Last Dungeon I mentioned getting stuck on) requires you to hold on to your pets for a long time (like, over a month, I think?) so basically most pets are worthless and don't net you currency by themselves.
GPX Plus is still holding on out of sheer nostalgia. Pokefarm Q is still there but the owner seems to want to make another site? idk what's going on over there.
Neopets technically still exists but I hear it's a shadow of its former self.
Dappervolk is still there if you like grinding and gambling or paying real money and gambling. (It's gacha based so joking aside if you've got gambling or gaming addictions beware.)
Re Beastkeeper: Yeah, I loved how it looks, but it wasn't very active, and just wasn't enough to keep my interest, but I wish it had. One of the few sites with HORSES that didn't focus around competition, where the horses looked 'realistic' (it had others as well)
Re Sylestia: Technically you don't need max stat or super stat. I made it all the way to the lost grove using my starter pet, a pet I bought (just random pet) and a pet I was gifted, which I think is not max stat (pretty sure). I have made it to the caverns and fought some of those creatures, but yeah, it is a LOT of repeated grinding to move anywhere in that partcular area.
It is EASIER, yeah, but honestly, not by a whole lot, which is why I do like sylestia. Krinadon, the owner/coder, does seem to make sure that the bosses are beatable by regular pets, though you DO need specific armor.
However, you don't need to win in the arena to get the best equipment, as that is actually found in the LG, but for level 60+. I have fought in the arena twice, and I think both times my pet got its tail handed to it.
However, some of the bosses require specific strategies and you do need the best equipment you can get, which by the time you are in the LG is from the LG, but you need to be able to upgrade it (which I can't yet) which is expensive, requires lots of grinding, and specific stuff.
But, anyway, if you want help, let Jemadar over there know, or post in region chat, there are some people in there who have battle strategies for various bosses, and are usually willing to help out.
Late reply, but thank you for the encouragement. I've been studying the guides more carefully and paying more attention to what I'm doing and it's working out better!
I am glad, though be careful with the guides, I noticed that some of them were out of date, so if something is confusing, dont' hesitate to ask, either me directly (Jemadar) or in chat if you are far enough along to have region chat.
Much appreciated! And I'll be careful, I noticed when paging through the guides forum that there have been very big updates over the years, they really aren't afraid to do what it takes to make the game fair and balanced. I really like that!
Yeah, there have been some huge updates, and the level cap was just recently raised.
That is why some of the guides are so out of date, is because Krin is actively trying to balance things and sometimes that means changing how much you get for certain battles, and how hard certain battles are. The people who did the guides are past that point, and either have left sylestia or can't go back and 'replay' that specific area to find out how things have changed.
I am on a mini-hiatus right now from it. I check in every day, and I *want* to do the events, but just can't find the energy to concentrate on them.
Sylestia rules actually, it's just that you can't mindlessly grind on some battles, and equipment, pet stats and tactics matter way more than I expected.
Yeah, That is what I have trouble with sometimes. I have just opened up the caverns in the Lost Grove, and that is where you *Really* have to pay attention, and I just am not sure I have it in me.
I am really happy that Krin seems willing to keep things balanced. When I first started I was afraid that this would be a case of where one element was 'better' than all others, so if you spent time leveling a specific team, you were out of luck, and that the max stats/super stats would be 'catered' to in the end levels, making it so you HAD to have a team of them in the later levels.
So far, in my experience, both are not true. While element CAN matter, if you are careful and pay attention, you can use pretty much any element you want, you just need a healer. Max/super stat pets make things much much easier, but you can still use non-max stat pets. I have a team of non-max stats that I used when I first started (my starter pet and a couple others) and it does nearly as well as the max stats. I just get a bit more *ummph* with the max stats.
Buy, if you want 100% mindless battling, then sylestia is NOT the game you want to play, because I would say about 70-80% of battling is mindless when you have the right pet equipment and stats, but that other 20-30% will kill you. Literally (in a sylestian way of course). There have been times I have tuned back in to battling to find out my poor tank is there looking at me pleading for help because the healer and cannon are passed out, and he is holding on by his teeth...
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Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-02-13 12:57 am (UTC)(link)Beast Keeper is intriguing in that THEY'VE GOT AN ADVENTURE MODE AND IT'S SIMPLE AND CUTE AND IT MAKES ME JEALOUS, but managing the pets made me feel stressed and stupid and all the really pretty ones are premium anyway and I kinda wilted and gave up there.
Sylestia is fun too but I got stuck in the latest dungeon because you apparently need expensive equipment (like armor and stuff) and expensive pets that have been stat-enhanced through repeated breeding and stat boosting items to navigate that, which takes several months and lots of money if you want to do it yourself.
Also the best equipment is apparently found by winning battles in a coliseum arena thing that requires you to have a team that is an exact level (level 25, level 50 etc.) so you need to level them up there and then buy an item that freezes experience gain, and I had to go to the forums to find out what was up with that because the game itself doesn't explain that and I'm kinda frustrated now.
Also they need some better incentive to releasing pets like fr's exalting, because the current incentive (increasing the appearance of rare pets in the Ultra Hard Last Dungeon I mentioned getting stuck on) requires you to hold on to your pets for a long time (like, over a month, I think?) so basically most pets are worthless and don't net you currency by themselves.
GPX Plus is still holding on out of sheer nostalgia. Pokefarm Q is still there but the owner seems to want to make another site? idk what's going on over there.
Neopets technically still exists but I hear it's a shadow of its former self.
Dappervolk is still there if you like grinding and gambling or paying real money and gambling. (It's gacha based so joking aside if you've got gambling or gaming addictions beware.)
Dang, I could swear there were more?
Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-02-13 12:58 am (UTC)(link)Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-02-13 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)Re Sylestia: Technically you don't need max stat or super stat. I made it all the way to the lost grove using my starter pet, a pet I bought (just random pet) and a pet I was gifted, which I think is not max stat (pretty sure). I have made it to the caverns and fought some of those creatures, but yeah, it is a LOT of repeated grinding to move anywhere in that partcular area.
It is EASIER, yeah, but honestly, not by a whole lot, which is why I do like sylestia. Krinadon, the owner/coder, does seem to make sure that the bosses are beatable by regular pets, though you DO need specific armor.
However, you don't need to win in the arena to get the best equipment, as that is actually found in the LG, but for level 60+. I have fought in the arena twice, and I think both times my pet got its tail handed to it.
However, some of the bosses require specific strategies and you do need the best equipment you can get, which by the time you are in the LG is from the LG, but you need to be able to upgrade it (which I can't yet) which is expensive, requires lots of grinding, and specific stuff.
But, anyway, if you want help, let Jemadar over there know, or post in region chat, there are some people in there who have battle strategies for various bosses, and are usually willing to help out.
Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-03-26 03:09 am (UTC)(link)Late reply, but thank you for the encouragement. I've been studying the guides more carefully and paying more attention to what I'm doing and it's working out better!
Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-03-26 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-03-27 01:38 am (UTC)(link)Re: Pet sites
(Anonymous) 2022-03-27 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)That is why some of the guides are so out of date, is because Krin is actively trying to balance things and sometimes that means changing how much you get for certain battles, and how hard certain battles are. The people who did the guides are past that point, and either have left sylestia or can't go back and 'replay' that specific area to find out how things have changed.
I am on a mini-hiatus right now from it. I check in every day, and I *want* to do the events, but just can't find the energy to concentrate on them.
Good luck though!
SA
(Anonymous) 2022-03-27 01:42 am (UTC)(link)Sylestia rules actually, it's just that you can't mindlessly grind on some battles, and equipment, pet stats and tactics matter way more than I expected.
Re: SA
(Anonymous) 2022-03-27 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)I am really happy that Krin seems willing to keep things balanced. When I first started I was afraid that this would be a case of where one element was 'better' than all others, so if you spent time leveling a specific team, you were out of luck, and that the max stats/super stats would be 'catered' to in the end levels, making it so you HAD to have a team of them in the later levels.
So far, in my experience, both are not true. While element CAN matter, if you are careful and pay attention, you can use pretty much any element you want, you just need a healer. Max/super stat pets make things much much easier, but you can still use non-max stat pets. I have a team of non-max stats that I used when I first started (my starter pet and a couple others) and it does nearly as well as the max stats. I just get a bit more *ummph* with the max stats.
Buy, if you want 100% mindless battling, then sylestia is NOT the game you want to play, because I would say about 70-80% of battling is mindless when you have the right pet equipment and stats, but that other 20-30% will kill you. Literally (in a sylestian way of course). There have been times I have tuned back in to battling to find out my poor tank is there looking at me pleading for help because the healer and cannon are passed out, and he is holding on by his teeth...