Talk:Original Theory of Dino Fusion/@comment-5039776-20120813001109/@comment-5116140-20120813002648

The first part seems right on. Maturity seems only to affect the probability of success. It may look in the higher cells like you are getting different results, but those cells are mostly sparely populated with old inactive dinos from previous DinoFusion cycles. I would say that statement is proven to be about 95% accurate with a small but unproved chance that there may be a reward for the bigger dinos. The goal of any dinofusion theory though should be to explain most of the results (say 95%), and not 100% of them. Especially if the 100 percent theory proves less predictive. For example here is a trivial 100% theory tha is totally useless. IF you successfully fuse two dinos you will get a dino of the next higher tier. This statement (after the fusion bug fix) does agree with ALL the fusion data, but has no explanatory power.

Fat vs Skinny Dinos

I do like to fatten up my dinos before fusion, I do not like to see them go hungry and the little feed-me icons guilt me when I try to ignore them. Also having fatter dinos means I can have more successful fusions in a short period of time. Especially helpful when a new egg comes out (that is also Active). I feel my villagers have all the money they need and can readily afford to take good care of their dinos! It's just the basic social contract!