User blog:Soosieloo/To Buy or Not to Buy, that is the question

I was taking a wander through my village, taking time to really look at my dino pens and the assorted critters playing within. Taking a casual inventory count in my mind, looking for which beasties were needed still. When I came upon the adorable animation of my baby love stego, my enjoyment of it was tainted a bit by a sense of ... I dont know... failure maybe?

You see, it's my dirty secret I bought the furball. Or scaleball.. or whatever its coat is made up off.... heartball? Now I don't mind or nay say anyone else that buys dinos, in fact I probably would if I had more crystals to burn. Because of that financial aspect and because of a sheer orneriness I have only bought two dinos. The love stego and one I can't remember. It came in a crystal pack, you know the sale.. buy one of three deals and recieve usually a habitat, a dino and a decoration as well as the crystals. It was when I first started and sounded like a good deal. Because I cant remember the dino I do not count that purchase as a dino buy. It's how my mind works I reckon.





Now back to the love stego... I really wanted that cutie. Spilling hearts out like a cheery volcano made me go mad with desire. However the fusion gods weren't having it, failure after failure in the fusing pen. I ran out of fodder and ran out of time so grabbed my chance to get the pretty thing from the store.

For about a week I enjoyed the dino. Then from that time on I kinda regretted buying it. Everytime I look at it now I see how I caved in to TVs lessened chance to fuse program and gave them what they wanted. My cash. The even funnier aspect to this regret is a sure-fire knowledge that if I HADN'T bought the dino, I would have regretted my one chance to get it. You see I had waited a full year for the event to return to even have the opportunity, and couldn't foresee ANOTHER year of waiting.

Funny how the mind works, eh?

I am almost lvl 61 and have most what the game offers as far as quests, events, rock and expansions. Dino fusion is the one last holdout to explore. Last count I had 42/58 dinos collected, with most of the missing being the ghost or re-color varieties I dont really want. Slowly building up fodder to fuse is a chore and takes forever as I natural hatch and use random eggs (having given up HH awhile ago). When I finally get some beasts to breed it's a fun moment. The time watching the countdown to hatch is about as exciting as this game gets, which really isn't that much but still fun. Even when the fusion fails and that empty nest stares at you, its still fun. You try again. and again... and again...



then one day.. WHAMMO! A new egg stares back at you and excitedly I debate whether I should 'cheat' and look up in the wiki what it is, or rather wait another day or so to see what hatches out. That is pure enjoyment for me and the best of this game. Seeing what comes out of a new and mysterious egg.

so I hope you understand a bit of my .. disappointment .... whenever I see that cutie pie love stego.

What are your thoughts on buying vs breeding TV dinos?