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This is just a question in general for anyone whose able to answer. I would think that most feedback that went up to admin was to adjust the weight of wins on BLUP. I thought, cause I know I myself was on board for this idea, or at least recommended it, to where the number of wins required to reach the full 30BLUP gain would go down. Instead it seems like they did the exact opposite and increased the weight of those wins? Now I'm not complaining but the way the new concept is designed is it necessarily going to make it easier or harder? But I guess my real question here is how much weight the public forum has on game improvements.

It is not going to make it easier or harder. It merely will make getting to 100% blup more of a necessity, If you are able to reach 100 blup now, you're going to be able to do so later. 20 wins honestly is not that difficult, I have and still do get whimpy 600 GP unicorns or less surprising me by how many wins they get when I only enter them in comps for bolding. I don't aim for wins anymore, what they get, they get,and many have gotten 10+ with me putting minimal effort and not really aiming for wins.

As far as how much say the public forum has on the dev team. We have no way of knowing. definitely when it comes to promo threads they read through those, but there is a suggestion/feedback option using contacts for a reason. There are only so many devs on the game, and they all have their work load. And since the forums are not the place for general discussion, they don't like go looking in the forums for discussion on game features.

If anyone has further data on the new BLUP changes, message me. I have collected some data already, and below are my findings on how BLUP affects GP.

The old formula for how BLUP affects GP is known (I published this in 2015), as shown below.

Based on preliminary data, the new formula for how BLUP affects GP (currently on preprod) is also shown below, but the exponent value of 2 has not been confirmed, and may be anywhere between 1.8 - 2.1. I do beleive an exponential formula is being used however.

Old BLUP/GP modifier formula:


New BLUP/GP modifier formula:


Basically, by using exponentials they can make higher BLUPs more and more rewarding. Here's a table showing the differences. So for 70 BLUP before this change, you could get up to 85% of the GP gain. Now, with only bolding and no wins being only 60 BLUP, PLUS the drop, you'd get only 64% of the GP gain.

They are Loki on top and Thor on the bottom.

Seems there will also be a new divine trophy as well.

OMG Loki and Thor!??! I'm so excited!! i just HAVE to get at least one of them.
I love Loki but Thor is so gorgeous. I'll have to look at the perks and decide..

do you know what the perks are yet and whcih promo they are coming out in?

thank you!!

Loki???? :O I will try to get him. <3

Thor

Lift the veil that has descended on the Nordic worlds by winning points with rides to Asgard, Midgard and Niflheim. Take care when choosing which ride to go on!


When you get to 900 points, the veil is raised and Thor gives you a prize:

1 x Zeus' Lightning Bolt

This horse cannot be sold.

My beautiful trees.

Choose a tree which Blitzen (your divine reindeer-like mare you got from the tutorial) will go get for you immediately and decorate it with the required amount of baubles, hanging ornaments and tinsel strands.

Once the tree is fully decorated, you can choose to retrieve the gift OR make your tree evolve to get a more valuable gift.

If you retrieve the gift, the tree is added to your Forest.

If you make your tree evolve you have to add more decorations. When that part is complete, then you can choose to make your tree evolve or retrieve the gift, and so on until you reach the highest level of the tree (level 3 for normal trees, level 4 for those with divines).

Note: if you choose to take your tree to the next level, you don’t get the gift.

There are 5 divines to win, at the end of 5 different trees: I love you, Sequoia, Tangaroa, Taranis and Thor, a new Nordic divine.


Trees

Each tree has:


3 or 4 levels

a required amount of Skills from Blitzen to be unlocked

Each tree level has:


A required amount of each decoration

A gift that can be chosen when full

A certain amount of skill given to Blitzen with the gift if chosen (skills will be equally added to the different skills of the horse)

At the beginning, there are 2 tree slots and a 3rd one when the community goal is reached (decorate X number of trees). You cannot decorate more trees than that at the same time. You can’t go back once you have chosen and started to decorate a tree. (Also you can’t see how many decorations a tree requires before choosing it.)



Decorations


There are Baubles, Hanging Ornaments and Tinsel Strands.

How to get decorations:


with Blitzen :
give her a candy cane so she’ll give you decorations on the next day.

Win a Skijöring competition (1x/day)

Go on a sleigh ride (1x/day)


by opening Advent Calendar Windows

buy them with passes (permanent offers & weekend packs)

with UFOs during the first weekend (not sure if they will be activated on the preprod)

Tree decoration:


Each tree requires a specific number of each decoration (the colors don’t matter, only the type of decoration).

You decorate the tree by drag-and-dropping the decorations where you want (there are no specific spots anymore).

It is also possible to “skip” the current decoration level by using the button to automatically decorate the tree by paying X pass(es). When doing so, no additional decorations are placed on the tree, but the level is instantly completed. Also, if player already placed decorations on tree before activating auto-complete they are NOT placed back in inventory but lost in the process.



Blitzen
Blitzen is a divine mare looking a bit like a reindeer. Everyone gets her after completing the tutorial.

She’s the one who retrieves your Christmas trees. Her skills increase every time you get a gift from a tree. Some trees require higher skills than others (especially the divine ones) which is why you can’t go get the divine tree immediately.

During the contest you can:

give her Candy cane so she’ll give you decorations on the next day

participate in Skijöring competitions (if you win, you get decorations 1x/day)

go on a sleigh ride (1x/day you get decorations)

She’ll stay on the player’s game after the contest ends, but won’t bring any bonuses.

Howrse DE 10th birthday!


To celebrate the 10th birthday of the German version, there will be a new edition of the Candle search contest we had for FR and COM’s birthday. It works exactly the same, will be on all servers, lasts 24 hours, with a Vintage Apple as a jackpot.


Concept


Players take part in an event in which they must find all 10 candles hidden throughout the game. Clues will help them find the candles. Those who find all 10 candles win a Vintage Apple.

Advent Calendar


The graphics have changed but the principle remains the same as last year: every day from December 1 to 24 players open one window of the advent calendar and receive presents. The “day” is counted from maintenance time to maintenance time. You can open a window for a previous day by paying Equus.

There is a slight chance to win a divine horse on each Sunday (the divines aren’t the same as last year).

Will everybody who participates in the event get the trophy to breed 1 divine horse? (Blitzen)

You can see by the event page below, Blitzen will be yours to keep after the Christmas promo.

Christmas tack.
Saddle cloth

Ear bonnet

Polos wraps

Divine Hippogriff. Noticed it in Olympus and Ultimate pack icons

OMG so many new divines all being released all at once! NOOO LOKI AND THOR?! Being released together?!! I want them both so bad!! I also really stink at this event, but that’s awesome everyone will pretty much get a free divine, but that makes it not so valuable until there are new players

OM GOODNESS! SO MANY DIVINES! Thor and Loki> I have to get them! I am so excited for the upcoming promos! and especially that they may offer divines in the advent calender!