Well I was wrong on that statement. Already seeing people reporting the update in the App Store. It's not on mine yet.
Found the update. Two new classes of dragons coming, Light and Dark. Whic comes first will be determined by the players. You cast your vote using the Magic you collect.
Go to the App Store and search for the game as though you were going to buy it. The button that usually says Buy or Open will say Update. By the way you get 40 gems and 1,000,000 food for each gold shrine. There is a new island. Other than that the update is mostly about casting votes for the Light or Dark dragons. Not sure how long the voting will go on for.
Apparently the update changed the earning rates of the dragons (lowered it). Also some are reporting breeding two of the same dragon no longer guarantees you get that dragon. For example, someone bred two Magnetics and got a Copper. Not sure if that's a glitch or permanent. Also there are rewards for collecting magic including new habitats that don't count against your limit. Also habitats rewarded will look different than habitat bought in the market.
Sorry for all the posts. Here are the details as per BFS (the breeding changes suck): https://backflipstudios.zendesk.com/entries/22724445-DragonVale-2-0-What-you-need-to-know
OMG, the new arrangement of park music is AWFUL! My ears! *GAAAAAH* Those flutes play off key. Ouch. Otherwise I'm quite excited! Off we go!
Yeah, it does suck. I also tried to breed two irons and two magnetics. Got ridiculous waiting times. Not sure what I am going to get. May be its just a glitch. One thing that REALLY annoys me is that earning rates for Panlongs have been halved. Whats that about?! Having said all that, it is exciting to at least have something to do.
There is a new IAP for 99 Cents that offers "150 Light/Dark Magic + Upgrade". Has anybody tried it already and can tell me what "upgrade" means here?
Wow So much new stuff! I'm going for Light magic this time around and purchased the new island...always can use the extra room. I haven't noticed any glitches... But I did notice a slow down at the coffee shop versus when at home. But I'm chalking that up to the coffee shop bandwidth not Backflip
This light and dark thing doesn't make sense to me. The FAQ states: "Once an element is released, players will no longer be able to cast magic towards that element. When an element is released whatever rewards you have earned will be gifted to you and you will no longer be able to upgrade them." Clearly we need to bet on which side will be released first to maximize our rewards. Also the Tines of Scar is currently showing that the Dark side is winning, so wouldn't everyone want to just contribute to the dark side now until's it's released and then contribute to the light side? After the dragons are released they will probably make all rewards available for purchase with gems, so we can get the ones we did not earn with rewards. Seem like just another way to make use pay real money.
From what I'm reading here, it sound like I should hold off on upgrading until after I've bred my epic pairs for their pedestals. Have pairs for Lunar Eclipse, Solar Eclipse, Leap Year, Apocalypse, Silver, Gold, Electrum and Silver Olympus ... just never got around to breeding for a display pedestal. I guess I better work on my Panlong Pedestal too. I didn't decide until much later in the game to keep 1 of each type pedestal, so catching up on that. I noticed today that my gem gifting bug has reappeared. I had to uninstall/reinstall last week and that seemed to fix the problem. I guess they want me to uninstall/reinstall again to get me to upgrade to the latest version.
I have. It gives you a bigger dark/ light circle thing plus and egg in the dark/light magic circle. No sure what it will do yet because I have only put 2500 of dark magic in. But I do have three eggs in total showing instead of just the one in the center.
There was a post on Facebook that light had won. I still don't know what thatmeant because I haven't seen a difference in anything. This whole this is really confusing.
Maybe. By not upgrading you are not able to earn the magic rewards which may not be available after the "event" is over. Also, many are speculating that the new crazy breeding rules are temporary and that they will go back to "normal" once the Light and Dark Dragons are released. This is based on the wording BFS used to announce the breeding change. They mention it being caused by the Rift so there is speculation that once the dragons are here and the rift closes the breeding will go back to normal. All speculation though.
Thanks for mentioning this. I missed that bit about it being a limited time "event". I thought this was a permanent new feature.
I'm trying to breed my panlong. But it isn't giving me the dragon at all after this update. I'm so confused by all this.... Edit: ehh s**t. After reading back a few pages. I think I might give up this game for good. What's the point of breeding two of a kind and not getting 100%. I'm still just as confused about this magic stuff though....
Well it looks like the breeding changes are permanent. BFS added this to their About DV 2.0 page: "All changes to breeding in Dragonvale 2.0 are deliberate and are intended to move the game forward. While we understand that these changes are potentially frustrating, we hope you take the time to explore and fully experience Dragonvale 2.0." This puts it in line with Gizmonauts and many other breeding games. I guess they think making a dragon 100% sure thing when identical dragons are bred makes it too easy.
