New year, new Howrse

Happy new year!

I know it is late, but I've had no chance to tell you guys this, exams have kept me busy. New year, new mes are popular right now, but let me turn it around a bit - new year, new Howrse! I have given a thought about the state of my breeding farms and in conclusion, I've decided to clean them up a bit. Many of my horses have been around for years and inside this time, Howrse has also made several changes to the game. For example, the new blupping system has turned my system upside down and it was in need of some rearrangements. Here's what's going on in my breeding farm right now:

• I have finished breeding Arabians. Nearly all of them are up for sale. The new blupping system kind of ruined it for me and I am just too lazy to sort things out xD Currently, everything in the "Arabian horses" tab is for sale. All of them are purebred and have whips, also some rare coats are included! Go and check them out and drop a mail with an offer if you are interested!
• The Arabs will be gone...what's next? Well, I have an idea that has been going around my mind for some time now. Project Super Horse?! Got to think of a better name for this lol, but the thing is, I want to try and mix horses who have different weaker and stronger skills, meaning, if they merge, their offspring's skills are all great. This could be a nice outcome and would really help me to aim a bit higher on the game. I just first have to sell horses I don't need and then see which two breeds I am going to use.
• I am also planning to do a "spring cleaning" in my beloved Trakehners stable. Most of the horses there are still the offsprings of the foundation mare Ebony, they are low skilled and because of the new blupping system, it is hard for them to win comps (which reminds me I should change their specialty...). Yet, I don't feel like selling them. A good solution would be to move them to AP farm, where they could all be useful and produce me passes. But I still got to give it a thought, let's just see what comes...

In other news, I have some Eye Candy c:

I found a mouse gray Arab with a goat companion in the sales for 50,000 equus and I just had to snatch him up, because I am eyeing that companions throphy. He got a 5th element and a nice look, go and see Ghaith.

More Vintage Apple coats, because Howrse keeps hoarding them as easy-to-get prizes in events:  Emoji, Excel.

A beautiful GA: Gabriel

A Wanderers' Spirit, gonna sell him in the future: A Man After Midnight

That's it for this time! See you!

BHF

How to make equus!

Hi!

Christmas is knocking on the door, which means it's time to think about presents! I am pretty sure, that many Howrsers also want to treat themselves with a nice present in-game. But what if you are a beginner (or why not a more experienced player) and are not sure yet how to collect equus efficiently for this expensive treatment? That's why I am dedicating my blog post to earning equus this time. I have recently found out ways how to make good equus myself, so I am going to share my ways with you. Certainly, there are better ways, but I am pretty sure that this one is more simple, any player can follow these tips easily! You are welcome to copy my methods!

• Sell your horses. Let's be honest, we don't always have horses to just put up for sale with a bigger price, but having smaller sales more often can also bring in a bigger amount of equus! Here's what I do: I run an AP farm, which means I need to produce useless foals all the time to keep the system up and running. I breed no longer active mares and stallions with each other to produce these foals, I also use current AP farmers. Consider using cheaper public coverings, there are a lot of lowers skilled studs out there, whose owners would be grateful if you used them. After these foals are born, I put them up for sale for an amount that is a bit higher than the amount it took me to breed it (unless it is a rare coat, then I will take a look at the market prices, but will always price it a bit lower than the lowest market value). Usually, majority of them will be gone, but those who will not be sold, will be going to my AP farm where they will one day produce me a pass, so it's kind of a win-win situation. The amounts are small, but selling 100 foals like that can bring you in about 450,000 equus! (and I didn't count in the income from the more expensive rare coats!) *To use this method, you don't necessarily need to have an AP farm, but you should consider having it because then you have a use for the foals that don't sell.
• Enter in competitions. Okay, not the most exciting one, but taking a look at my financial history, I found out that competitions are my 3rd biggest income, which means that this point should not be neglected! Here's how I do it: I already have a lot of horses who are competing, but there can always be more! I have set myself a goal to achieve all the coat trophies and this is an endless work, but you can make it profitable at the same time too! I never buy the coats, I breed them myself. Simultaneously, I use these horses for competing and even if they are low skilled, a lot of them may turn out to be good competitors! Also, any leftovers from this scheme can be put up for sale or be moved to AP farm! Again, win-win!
• Sell leather. I learned this tip from my ex team members and to be honest, this is a really good source of income, my financial history says it's no.1! First of all, stock up on 25 acre meadows, they are expensive, but worth it in the end. Raise longhorn cows in them. Again the pricey variant, but believe me, you are getting double back later! Longhorn cows take a month to produce leather, so you need to be patient! After you receive the leather, sell it. Leather's reselling value is 5 equus, but from 25 acre meadows you will get a lot of it which means a lot of money! Two meadows produce you 55000 leather and selling it you get 250000 equus! This is the BEST way of earning equus!
• Exchange with other players. Also a good source of income if you have a lot of leftovers in Black Market. I have joined several Howrse groups on Facebook, where people post when they are looking for something. Keep an eye on these posts as BM items are worth a lot of equus! Also, many players include their wants in their presentations too, so when you are congratulating someone, be sure to check this too, they might be looking for something you have and don't need! Remember, always be polite and kind, because if you are rude and do not fill your promises, you may easily get a bad reputation, which might lead to no one wanting to do deals with you!

So this is pretty much it! Of course, there are a lot other ways to earn income, but I listed the bigger and the more important ones here. So is that it? Of course not! Thanks to all of these exchanges I've managed to score several customisation items, which means eye candy!

Every year in celebration of christmas I give one horse a christmas or winter themed look, this year's chosen one is Everwood!

Manolito Wanderers' Spirit

Airlift 5th Element, he will be for sale once the team's GP limit allows me to! Keep an eye on him!

Chardonnay Vintage Apple

Shaelin Vintage Apple

And the last one has the most important meaning to me. From the recent cards event I got a Holsteiner filly and I decided to give her one of my all time favourite coats. I once had an Irish Hunter named Dreams with that coat who was the foundation for my farm of hunters. I was an inexperienced player then and put her into safe haven, but I still stroke her. So I turned this Holsteiner into an exact replica of her and named her Dreams II. She will stay with me forever and will keep the memory of my beloved Dreams! If you look around the blog, I even have her mentioned a lot of times here, years ago tho.

Wow, this was a very productive blog post I must say lol! If I only had that work-hard attitude in university also xD

See you!

BHF

Going solo again

Hello!

Long time, no see! My life has taken a 180° turn. I started university that is not in the town I live in. I am mostly now living in a bigger city, renting an apartment with a classmate and am now experiencing life without parents for the first time. Also, the studies have gone much more harder, forget about the whining I had back when I was in upper secondary, this shit is now real :D I even don't have time to go on Howrse so often. I visit it few times a week. But I can't get my mind onto quitting, this game is still great.

Stuff has happened over there too. For example, today I got expelled from Austrian Beauty team(former Österreichische Schönheit) due to inactivity. I totally understand that. My activity ceased to merely one blup a month and that is not enough at all. May-be it's even better that way, I have one less task to do. I hereby want to thank everyone who recruited me, helped me to learn blupping and the ways of teams. It was an invaluable experience. I am pretty sure I will one day find the time to join a team again.

I finished Etrian game a long time ago and got Wikaila. So far he has given me one stone and is halfway of giving me a second one. Useful divine, but getting the stone takes a lot of time, unfortunately.

Another not so pleasant news, at least for me. Wilderness chose to visit me again, but at that day I was busy, visiting a big horsey event and I didn't log on Howrse. I missed a chance to snatch up rosettes, but oh well, he is going to visit me again some day, I hope.

I got a Nokota from a recent event and started breeding them for coats. Skills don't matter, my goal is just to complete the coats collection and get the trophy. I decided to give them names after the songs of my favourite band Imagine Dragons c:

For the finishing touch, eye candy c:
Chelan
Cassidy
Pontanelle
Mortimer
Wikaila

See you next time!
BHF

P.S! Don't forget to follow my Twitter @myhowrse to get notified as soon as I post!

Thoughts about teams

Hey there!

I promised you a commentary this time, but I have another topic I really want to share my thoughts about, I just have to make way for it!

I have been in Österreichische Schönheit for a month and a half now and being in a team has opened up a new side of Howrse for me. I have been a solitary player all these years and have worked everything out mostly by myself. I have kept a low profile and have actually talked to other players very few times.

In a team, however, communication between players is a must for everything to work out right. But a mixture of people with different views and values and the fact that the majority of Howrse players are female, can also open up dramas.

Ahh, dramas. As soon as I joined the team, I learned and am still learning about players famed for different things, both positive and negative. We also went through a major drama because of one of our ex team member, but these seem to be an every day business in teams.

The rivalry between teams is actually greater than I thought. Teams incorporate and split all the time. This either creates bigger alliances or breaks them. Competition for the no.1 spot in each individual breed and overall is tough.

I have learned to BLUP Haflingers and do it fast. I don't have the advantages of a VIP account, my blupping record is 10 minutes. I am now using this method on my own Haffies, it boosts BLUPs faster.

Also, any leftovers from blupping and breeding stay with me, so I have gathered a lot of Haflinger skillers. I am planning to sell some of them once the GP release allows me to. If you are interested in any of them, drop a mail! I will then reserve it for you once the GP release gets that high. But please be patient, this may take a long time.

I  never understood the importance of AP farms, but now I have started to build one of mine. Over the years I have collected a huge amount of aging points and right now I have no worries about it running out, but AP farms take time to build and I have to think ahead already.

This month and a half have been eventful and exciting. I have some really nice teammates and we have managed to snatch two stars and are now striving higher! I'll update you should something groundbreaking happen :)

I started playing Horse Adventures: Tale of Etria on my phone and within the first day I got the first divine: Etrian. You can see her at All others---> Divine and Wild

I collected enough passes and bought a pegasus account! I immediately made more breeding farms and now my horses are far better organised. Also, I currently have a Philotes' stroke ufo available on my page. So head over to my user page and see them all yourself! :)

And what is a post without some eye candy! Check out these new coats!
Carmine
Claret
Mercury
Amar

Thank you and see you next time!
BHF