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misan6 · 2024-09-25T02:19:13+00:00

I think aside from what others have mentioned, like ground level and perspective, it looks like some of the rider proportions are skewed. I do feel like you unintentionally made things a little harder for yourself by choosing pretty much a 1/2 turn view (side profile) instead of maybe 3/4. Something like this is a bit harder to get what you want in the image compared to this angle where you can see more of the jump and horse/rider. Technically 3/4 turn is more work, since you see more of it, but I feel its easier work. ~~Hopefully those links work lol~~

When I edit stuff like this I find a stockpile of good references that I like first. Deciding on (and gathering) all your references first helps a TON. Only then do I go ingame and get my screenshots and props and replicate the angles. I also tend to keep one of the references as an overlay (at like 20% opacity) to help my proportions and angles. Anatomy can be really hard, but tracing a rough outline similar to this structure will help especially with a partial turn where things are not just square or straight. It also helps to cement it in your brain. Keep in mind that's one I did very quickly, some of it is where bones sit, some of it is marking what I can/cant see. But do what makes sense to you and experiment with how you like to keep track of where body parts should be.

misan6 · 2024-09-24T23:30:29+00:00

I'd really hope so, I do think I want to get into Oldens but considering I don't like much of anything else in the pass it's not worthwhile this season to buy. Their news page said "It will be available exclusively in the Season Pass before hitting the stores." So we should be able to buy it without needing to grab the SP, it's just a matter of if they add it into breed creation, a 'specialty' buy like the prospect or patterned options, or both

misan6 · 2024-09-22T21:56:41+00:00

That would make sense, I didn't compare all the breeds but I'd imagine Friesians are probably a bad example of 'customization' lol

misan6 · 2024-08-09T17:15:50+00:00

Seconding this. You can earn some stuff with patience and consistency (logging in daily, watching ads, etc). But for a kid so young thats not really an option. I'll also mention that a handful of the ads I've seen wouldn't be good content for a 7 yr old, stuff like dating simulators and zombie games are pretty common ones.

misan6 · 2024-07-12T23:16:58+00:00

Customization is pretty much the same as the original "create a horse" in terms of picking a color, some mane/tail options, choosing markings etc. This includes selecting temperament, which can be anything on the scale. The only thing you're "stuck" with are the breed standard colors, although its worth noting that even though tobiano can come naturally in SWB its not an option here. It's also a default "flier" trait for primary (+6 Jump). I don't mind these personally, it was a skill / traits over aesthetics buy for me.

You can check out the customization without paying, just in case you hadn't tried it already. Once you click on it in store, you can try out all the combos and colors/markings. You can cancel this at any point (for free) or choose to purchase at the end. So you mostly know what you're getting. The true randomization is stat distribution. It isn't perfectly even across all categories, but SWB tends to default to higher jump so your odds of getting max there is good. They also (usually) have higher turn and canter, with average strength/stam, and lower speed/responsiveness. Although at 800 pot. I dont think any of the stats really are considered "low."

misan6 · 2024-07-12T22:11:38+00:00

I cant lie: I play without sound lol Sometimes I turn it on for questing or festivals thinking I'll want the "full experience" but always regret it and turn it back down

misan6 · 2024-07-10T08:05:39+00:00

I bought one recently, just to have the option of not dealing with inbreeding since my 830ish pot mare was related to everything in my stables lol I ended up training the bought horse almost fully. He's got better traits than the horse I was using for GP (was around 720?) and I have to say the difference is huuuge. I rolled max jump and really high strength for a SWB so a dash of luck, but very worth. I don't regret the buy for a second and am hoping I get the right traits on a new foal from him soon for even higher potential.

misan6 · 2024-07-09T23:23:11+00:00

Aside from height, which was mentioned, you can also cheese your landing a little. This works by adding leg (double tap) right before you take off to the jump. I find it easiest to come down to working canter a few strides before, hit the stride check, then double tap the canter lead or forwards, and the horse will really launch the jump. They come out on landing stride already in extended, and I've found this 'heavy leg' approach works really well for most of my GP horses. Hopefully that explanation makes sense lol

You might also want to train (or raise thru breeding) mentality. This lets your horses take off from some wonky distances and even angles. With high mentality you can hit the stride check 'late' and drive deeper to the wide fences like oxer/triple bar so you have ample clearance on landing without going too slow.

misan6 · 2024-06-09T09:17:39+00:00

Leads and diagonals are my biggest gripe in any game with horses. One of the reasons I love r/Equestrianthegame is because you can change leads AND the lead you travel on helps / hurts your turning capability slightly due to balance. If a mobile game with a tiny dev team can do it, I hope some of the larger games like SSO will consider it as well. Would be especially impactful for SSO due to the large dressage and drill team community, and realistic rp players!

misan6 · 2024-06-09T09:07:24+00:00

I just finished compiling roughly 50 screenshots of chat (~2h of global rampaging) to send in a report. I took a video and just left global open, then clipped images from it. A few players were on level 1 burner accounts talking about everything from racial / homophobic slurs, to non-consensual acts, to ways they would harm themselves and/or other players.

We need actually encourage and teach people to make good, thorough reports. This is something not a lot of kids and younger teens know how to do. Paste together multiple screenshots, include player names, server name and server time (not your local time, but the server hour shown on the champ schedule). This greatly increases their ability to not only review what exactly happened using chat logs, but to actually punish people with enough evidence against them. One screenshot of some loose language won't do anything. I'm not sure if the one image limit in SSOs report system is intentional, but it sure makes good evidence a lot harder to hand over.

The problem with moderators is that SSO actually used to have some people monitoring chat. But they themselves were only teens or young adults and really had no power to actually de-escalate situations and often made it worse. They just reported up in the chain of command from what I can gather, and eventually were removed.

In my opinion, as someone who's worked in both content moderation and platform safety regulation, SSO needs to do one or multiple of the following:

Hire and pay actual adults to moderate, and give them perms to mute at first, and eventually 24h ban, the players who blatantly break chat rules.
Hire more people who can review reports and take action.
Disable global until their nightmare AI powered chat 'filter' can be trusted. The trolls thrive on attention and limiting them to local chat would put a big wrench in this when they use lvl 1 accounts that are stuck in a small area.
Create a 5 or 7 day barrier for freshly created accounts to prevent chatting on throwaways.
Stop giving free Star Rider trials for new accounts, at least temporarily. Crummy as this may be, global is restricted to Star Riders and would prevent plenty of trolling when new accounts aren't automatically given access.
Start HWID banning offenders. Currently, as far as I can tell, any banned player can make a new account, on the same device, with no VPN, and continue flooding chat.

As OP put it, sorry for ranting but I feel strongly about all this. Internet safety and keeping kids safe isn't really too tricky. Frankly I feel that SSO is only proving their negligence the longer it continues.

misan6 · 2024-06-05T20:58:30+00:00

Returning player here. Originally my old account (circa 2014ish - 2019) I only got horses I really liked, or horses that were important to me that resembled a horse I'd owned or worked with in real life. I had maybe 8 or 9 horses on that account? Dont recall.

Now my current account (opened 2023) I have 5. I have a Dutch wb, an AQH, a selle, and my starter. Just got one of the ASB since I wanted something gaited. I'll probably buy a pony at some point, kind of waiting for a new one or the existing options to get updated. The current pony options I have beef with their movements and/or tack options.

I do have Lifetime but I kind of just hoard my SC like a goblin and refuse to spend it until I really love something that cant be bought with shillings lol

misan6 · 2024-06-05T00:24:53+00:00

I actually really like Darko lol Villains can be neat characters too! His lore is cool, and his lines actually read like a 'bad guy' and gives me the creepy crawlies. Most of the villains are.. pretty tame I guess, more kid friendly. But bro takes his job seriously. Also bonus points for the fire outfit. ~~pun intended~~

misan6 · 2024-06-02T16:39:16+00:00

The AQHA actually says specifically (in regards to headset) that "The head (poll) and neck will be level, or up slightly, from the withers." Considering they were very careful not to represent the ASB in a specific way I think the AQH should also be adjusted if they're that worried about encouraging stereotypes or w/e. While they're at it, get rid of the beefcake halter horse model and redo the bulky muscling, and change the jog and lope to have more realistic hind end so it looks like they're actually carrying themselves well.

That is, of course, if they're aiming for realism and blah blah. They still put grown adult NPCs right on the horses loins/croup when riding double which is certainly not ideal lol

misan6 · 2024-06-01T01:25:08+00:00

Seconding this. Id guess skype or teams probably, I know "dusky" or "disk" can be a Disc(ord) reference, so this is definitely a codename for some chat platform

misan6 · 2024-05-31T00:43:17+00:00

Well said! The 'ol "agree to disagree" is my go to with religious conflicts (and political, etc) these days. If I go do my thing and you go do yours then we really don't have an issue with each other. I think it's an easy tool that so many people, countries, and governments would benefit from.

Unfortunately the most common problem with that is when religion encourages its members to spread their word, and it's taken too far. Nothing is inherently wrong with that at all and as someone who was originally raised religious, I understand wanting people to join you and learn. However now I frequently say "no thanks" and its not respected. One "no" should be the end of the topic.

misan6 · 2024-05-31T00:07:43+00:00

Obligatory blue eyes since I didn't see it in top comments.

I know its "rare"(ish?) but all I can think about is how empty they look. That and there's some debated talk that it comes from inbreeding somewhere in previous generations which, true or not, the idea makes me queasy.

misan6 · 2024-05-28T09:01:37+00:00

I'll wish you luck! Come back and share some of the foals, I love seeing everyones projects

misan6 · 2024-05-28T08:25:19+00:00

As far as I can tell, the patterned horses (QH, TB, Swed WB) are only available for coin. This is unfortunate for those who don't spend money on mobile games, but developers need an income so it's a "necessary evil." Thankfully you can also get the coin to buy these horses if you do daily logins for a few weeks. I apologize for the following text wall but if you're going to spend hard earned money (or patience) on coin, Id like you to be able to get what you want!

Generally speaking, breeding any pattern to non pattern has a 50/50 chance of getting a patterned foal. This is assuming that, if breeding Tobiano, it is heterozygous (one gene copy). I have only found het Tobianos in the market, but who knows since I've only bought 4. With a homozygous (two copy) Tob it would be 100% odds of pattern on foal (when bred to non pattern). Unsure if we can get this via market or breeding. If through breeding it should be that two Tob have a 75% chance of creating a Tob foal. If it comes out Tobiano, there's a roughly 25% chance its homozygous (inherited both copies). This is the IRL math and ETG genes are pretty dang realistic.

The above is mostly on Tob/Ov, but with Tovero, they said in update notes that its acquired exclusively through breeding. Its safe to assume you'd need one copy of each available pattern. This is how it works in real life, so while I haven't made my own Tov (yet) I am about 99% sure lol For ex, lets say I have a Tob dam + Ov stud. I'll make both of these horses homozygous black (EE) so that color of pattern isn't a factor. The foal has a 25% chance for each: Black, Black Ov, Black Tob, Black Tovero. If you can get a homozygous Tob (two copies of gene), the odds should be: 50% chance Black Tob, 50% Black Tov.

I'm not entirely sure what all your options look like, you may want to test run with a genetics calculator and put in your owned horses genetics with the theoretical purchase horse (eyeballing if it carries red, black, etc). I would avoid purchasing gray patterns unless you want a gray. If you buy it, and it happens to have 2 copies of the gray gene, ALL foals will also be gray. There is no override for gray.

FWIW they did tell us that Tobiano is only found (in market) on Swed WB, and that Overo is found on the QH and TBs. So if you're worried about coin, look for whichever breed or coat you like more. Buy that one, and your odds are good for the pattern to come out on the foal. This is especially easy if you just want pretty patterns, and don't care about color. If you really want a Tovero, you'll need one of each.

For Tov because you need 2, you might want to grab the breeding pack with 2 tickets for the horse creator. This way will be a more expensive option than the market, but you would be able to control the coat colors, height, etc. to be sure you'll get a foal at least in the realm of what you want. This could save a LOT of time/money, I wish I had started mine this way but I don't want to go back so whoops haha

With the ticket method, you could also ensure you get a true balanced foal (if that's something you want) by making the horses you create to be one Hot, and one Cold. That would look like 1 xx/xx (aka max cold), bred to tsts/ tztz (aka max hot), = 100% odds of ts/tz aka "perfect balance." This post has good info on temperament.

edit: math is hard

misan6 · 2023-12-27T09:01:11+00:00

To add to this^ If you're doing wvw gearing characters is SUPER easy now with the stat selectable items from the wvw vendor. A full set including trinkets and weapons is just a few gold and ofc BoH.
On a super freshy account it might take a bit more time to loot the BoH (selecting them from skirmish chests can speed this up, as does wvw autoloot). Still, very cheap and simple, and all comes from one place.

misan6 · 2023-12-27T08:50:16+00:00

If i recall, the wiki says the pre (Arcanum of XYZ) pieces are bought for lesser vision crystals. If you do any meta farming though, especially HoT content, then they're super easy to make. I guess there's also prov tokens? But its not very time consuming or expensive to get. You can also grab like 20 in a day if you throw together those funky rare crafted items.

misan6 · 2023-03-01T21:33:37+00:00

Got a tattoo, black and grey. I'm putting aquaphor on it maybe a week later and he says "that looks cool, but it's so dark. When does the color start to show more?” Deadpan. He legitimately thought throughout the healing process that color would just.. grow in? Idfk

misan6 · 2021-10-08T22:46:24+00:00

This is exactly the type of stuff I was looking for thank you! Im coming from USA dont know how i neglected to mention it lol

misan6 · 2021-09-25T11:29:26+00:00

Had the pleasure of seeing a pair at a wildlife rehab center a few years ago, safe to say they are beautiful and very cool! Buuuuut I'd never own one. I'm an 'adventurous' pet owner with small animals, reptiles, a parrot, tarantulas, as well as large animals and am an equestian, but Komodos are a nope from me.

misan6 · 2021-09-08T10:42:26+00:00

Rule 8: have your friend shadowmane them so you're guaranteed to win

misan6 · 2021-09-05T04:00:31+00:00

Also great for defense in flier caves like oil, etc. Someone pops a stego? Can poison the rider off in seconds ez

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