New Species and More
Posted by Admin-Mat on 20 Jul 2016, 3:59 pm
Greetings, villagers! Furvilla has been joined by a new species: the Shifty! This is a new rare species that can be crafted out of Tigereye Peak, and brings with it a large change to the Paintie System. Because canonically the Shifty can mimic the appearance of anything it sees, Painties for the Shifty have a large range of artist freedom and do not require the use of a Furvilla base.
The full rules for the Shifty can be read by visiting the Paintie Rules page.
We have released Morphing Potions for the entirety of species available on Furvilla. The recipes for these potions are stocking in their respective village shops, as all potions have been split up among the villages In addition, an option has been added to the Potions Shop of your village that permits you to pay the shopkeeper to obtain a specific result out of a species potion. For those of you who have been asking for a way around the randomness of a potion, especially as we release new colors for our species, this should definitely help!
In addition, some Paintie Rules have been clarified or amended by the Paintie Admins:
- Rule 1 Amendment: When creating a Paintie for a costume, the Paintie must match the base of the costume.
- Rule 2 Amendment: Species changes allowed on a Furvilla base involve subgroups of animals that are similar to each other, such as deer and goats.
- Rule 2 Amendment (2): Masks are permitted as a head edit.
- Rule 3 Amendment: Players are allowed to use base artwork of Costumes that match the Costume they are designing a Paintie for. For instance, when designing an Aquatic Wolf, players are permitted to use body parts from other Aquatic Costumes, provided they are not a costume for a rare species (which does not exist yet).
- Rule 6 Amendment: Rule Six was changed to "Painties May Not Include Prohibited Content" and also clarify that our rules regarding alcohol and drug use apply to Painties as well.
- Rule 6 Amendment (2): Indicates that the Paintie Team reserves the right to reject a Paintie for sexual content even if the specific item is not listed, if the Paintie comes off as sexual.
- Rule 8 Amendment: Players may shrink the base slightly to accommodate edits to the head area of the base, provided that the base is not made smaller than 3/4ths its original size.
Last among the major changes is that we have uncapped the ability to create villagers, though the Villagers page has a steep cost to adding additional villagers. We know that you have wanted to add additional characters to your accounts and hope that this change gives you the freedom to do so, while also providing a good sink for FurCash. We are currently working on capping all careers to a reasonable level so that the unlimited villagers option does not have a detrimental effect on the economy.
Have a great day!
Okay, I know this is a furry site and such but with the Shifty couldn't I technically make a human character? Or are there restrictions on a Shifty like they must be an animal or animal like creature? I'm really curious
I see a lot of complaining about it being in tigereye, perhaps a compromise would be to make it take plants or potions from other villages as ingredients? But tigereye really was in desperate need of something good for their alchemists.
shifty is gonna be the most sought-after thing on this whole site. i don't want to leave quetzal village though... why can't it be obtained from all the villages? :\
if it's hard to make it shouldn't matter that it comes from a specific village. not to mention because of the likely astronomical demand of it, its value should never really decline.
Soldier76 is right idk why this was given to a specific village, this should be a premium option in the FD shop
FRiv both those seem to me like they would require the new shifty base (but I'm just a user, not a mod) as it is such a drastic change from any of the bases that would be used.
When putting together a mythical creature, do you go off the head?
For example, a hippogryph resembles both a raptor and a horse (although you'd be using a gryphon here, as it's available), would you need to put a horse's body on a raptor for that, or would you use a raptor's head and wings on the horse base?
Another example would be a leucrotta. Would you have to use a hyena base and switch the body, or a big cat base and switch the head? (Someone may actually use a badger head, for example, but the question is what base would it be submitted under.)
so cant the shifty become literally any kind if animals or is it limited to the kinds in the game? i really want an elephant species someday
I want to move to Tigereye xD
This Shifty is a really neat addition, I can't wait to get my hands on one!
Although don't get me wrong, I like supporting you guys with buying Furdollars and will probably be buying another Gembound potion regardless, some others just might not have the luxury of spending more money.
Starmetal made a good point, will previous users of Gembound potions be able to change their color without needing another potion? It just feels a bit off-putting to have to buy another Gembound potion just so existing Gembound's can change pelt color, personally for me that would be another $27 (due to dollar conversion from usd to aud) equaling just over $50 spent on one villager just to get a desired coat.