Breed Specific Actions

Breed Specific Actions or commonly abbreviated to BSA's are a feature that is available to some breeds of dragon, here are the dragons that currently have BSAs:

Influence

Pink dragons can influence the gender of eggs. Bright Pink dragons do not have this ability, however. Only eggs with more than 3 days left can be influenced, and abandoning an egg will cause it to lose its influence, though the egg can be influenced again by the new owner as long as it has more than 3 days left. The gender of a dragon is determined at the moment it hatches and cannot be affected in the hatchling stage, even by abandoning. This action has a cooldown period of 7 days. This was also the first breed specific action to be implemented.

Incubate

Red dragons have the "incubate" action. This will remove one day from the timer of an egg, enabling it to hatch faster. However, it cannot be used on hidden eggs or eggs with less than 3 days left. In addition, abandoning an incubated egg will cause the removed time to return, although the egg can be incubated again by the new owner. This action has a cooldown period of 14 days.

Earthquake

Green/Pebble/Earth dragons can use the "Earthquake" action. This action operates on all of your eggs and may result in eggs being forced to hatch early. However, there is also a small chance that the earthquake will kill the egg, although much of the time the eggs will simply be unaffected. It is possible to kill every egg on your scroll with this action.

Bite

The BSA given to vampires, and said to be the only one to be given to any rare (because it was stated in the species description). This allows for a Vampire Dragon to bite an egg on the user's scroll. This will result in either death, or transformation. If the egg is transformed, there is a chance of it being dropped onto the AP for other users to catch. This action has a cooldown period of 31 days.

There is also news of more BSAs to be implemented later on.

Other BSAs are also currently in the works, having been suggested by artists and other users, and then confirmed by TJ09. Although many ideas have been thought of, only three others have been confirmed by TJ09 so far:

Fertility 

This would be given to purples. This would, according to TJ09, "Guarantee that next breeding attempt will be successful unless the two dragons are incompatible (A.K.A. would always reject each other, not just produce no eggs). Would have a high "cool down" to make sure people can't use it every week."

Heal

This power would be given to White Dragons, and protect an egg from sickness/soft shell for x period of time.

Teleport

This BSA would be given to Magis, and allow eggs and hatchlings to be sent to another user's scroll, without needing to go to the AP, allowing for safe gifting. It would also prevent scamming in trades, due to safety mechanisms installed by TJ09.

Some players have expressed concerns over the implementation of the Teleport BSA, including...


 * AP trading using the egg/hatchling's drop code would be eliminated, taking the "fun" risk out of the game
 * The loss of rarer dragons appearing on the AP, making it harder to obtain rares without trading
 * Constant cave blocking due to an always full AP
 * It might be harder for newbies to trade if they don't yet have a Magi dragon

If Teleport is implemented, the site ratios would be adjusted to make magi dragons more common.

Alternatives have been offered to the currently proposed Teleport BSA, although it is unknown what will happen. At this time, forum polls indicate that the majority support Teleport, with between 1/5th and 1/3rd of users opposing it.