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

I joined a team!

*wipes the dust off blog*
It's been a while...yet again! I've just finished main exams and now I am having a few weeks break before the last one. I've still been on Howrse and I have a lot to write about c:

My Trakehners have reached 5000 GP! This came fast! Mares with positive blup give better offsprings and I always choose stallions with 100 blup. My current best Trake is El Habana with 5184.07 GP. Keep an eye on my sales and you might catch 5000 GP Trakes ;)

Meanwhile, there's been a Wandering horses event and I was determined to get all that I could. I got all except two I wanted, but that's okay. Overall, I added 8 wanderers to my list. You'll find a Yay or Nay below.

I have joined a team. It came unexpectedly, littlepinkmouse messaged me about her new Haflinger breeding team. I was hesitant: I am not up to blupping dozens of horses every day, I have a life outside computer too ya know. But she assured that they are laid back and this breed is anyway dead. So I joined. Within few weeks Österreichische Schönheit has reaced 2nd place in Haflingers team rankings, way to go! I haven't done anything yet for the team lol. I haven't had the time yet, but I one day will for sure!

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Wandering Horses

Pros

• You'll get free items with the horses.
• Horses are all fully trained and high skilled, will get you trophies or even rosettes!
• Possible to get a Divine horse.
• Feed them gems to earn more points.

Cons

• Some tasks might be too hard to complete by the end of the event.
• Compared to previous Wanderers' events, horses have lower skills.

The verdict
Although this event might be hard to complete for newbie players, at least one Wanderer is guaranteed for everyone opening the event. This is a Win.

And last but not least, some eye candy ;) Click the names below to see new coats of these horses.
Strut it Ydris
Semilly
Oberta
Majesty

Thanks for reading and stay tuned! I am planning a commentary for the next post... ;)
BHF

Goals

And as I promised, I am back with some more! Plants event has just ended and it's the perfect time to make a Yay or Nay! :3

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Plants Event

Pros

• Simple: just plant a seed and water the plant.
• You'll get rewards once the plant has fully grown.
• Also, when you manage to harvest the carnivorous plant, you'll get a Divine!
• To earn more seeds, water and other perks, you can complete quests that are fairly easy.

Cons

• Seeds with better rewards are harder to get.
• The carnivorous plant grows really slowly - a small chance to get the Divine when you are not a pass buyer.

The verdict
This event is very simple and you don't need to work hard on the quests. Unless you are determined to get the Divine, this game gets you small rewards fairly easily. This is a Win.

I've made myself a goal to not waste my passes anymore and save them for a Pegasus account, a half year one. I'd really love to have more stables, because right now, it is quite cramped here and there are multiple breeds in one farm already. Would like to distinguish them more. Also, the peg accont has many more perks and I'd love have them :3

I bought a Marwari colt and I can't even remember why I did it. Possibly to complete a quest for an event. Anyways, he is a skiller and I am planning to start Marwari breeding with him as soon as I get the possibility to have more stables.

All is said for now and I hope ya'll be back for the next post!
BHF

Three months later...

The office is completely empty, as if it was abandoned. Dust flies into the air as you walk through the room. The computer is still open, but no new posts have been added since 30th November, 2016. Suddenly, the door behind you slams open...

Hello my dear Howrsers!

It truly seems as if I've abandoned this place, but hey not yet! A little warning that I won't be posting so often anymore, life is getting onto my way(ahem, school). I've also have had a few hiatuses from Howrse, but nothing too long or dramatic, I can't stop playing it just not yet! Now, off to what has happened within these three months...

Divine and wild horse promotions are becoming more and more frequent, and if I have enough diamonds, I usually take part. Luck was on my side when I played Titan's challenge and found the wild horse Brumby on 5th level! I named her Betelgeuse. She is currently about 60% tame. Have a picture of her :3

 Browsing around, I saw a horse with a GA coat I really liked. Her name was For Sale, so I contacted her owner and it wasn't long before she entered my GA collection :3 I named her Sirocco and gave her a Helios' Ray. She is not high skilled. She is still young and not fully trained, I hope she will be a good throphy horse in the future.

Also, go check out other horses who have got new coats meanwhile!
K Amargato, VA coat http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49812391
Kraken, new Wanderer's Spirit coat http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=46273822
Basimah, VA + Ow's Helios' Ray http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=46374845
Majesty, GA coat http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49512283

That's all for now. I'll tell you about the events in a future post!
BHF

A late Halloween update

Good evening!

Zomg, I am over the moon right now because I passed my driving exam several hours ago and I can now officially conquer roads cx But enough about this, it's been a while again just beacuse I have been lazy...Halloween was like ages ago, but I still haven't updated you guys about my this year's halloween catch on Howrse, what a shame! So here ya go!

Thanks to the events I obtained one of each customisation Halloween BM item(except Magic Hat) and also, I bought the new Double-Sided Medallion. If you wanna see which horses got which coats, I have the links here c:
http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49066049
http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49331820
http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=49574369

I also got a Hestia's gift thanks to the Halloween event and thanks to this, uni filly Majesty was born. I also won one in the next event, the cards, and twin uni fillies were born, named Sweet Girl and Semilly. Three horned beauties in a short time, woop woop!

My Trakehners reached 4000 GP! The first one to be born was Eagle's Heart with 4246.04 GP! It seems as if it was just yesterday when I bragged about my Trakes reaching 3000...I hope 5000 will come fast!

I haven't done a Yay or Nay for ages, so have one of the recent cards event!

In today's Yay or Nay...

The Celtic Cards 

Pros:

• Really easy: just scratch the cards and receive a prize.

• To earn the cards you don't need to do much work.

• You can get great BM items.

• You can buy cards from flash sales.

 Cons:

• If you want to trade a duplicate card, you need to pay.

• Even if you gather all the cards of the same color, they won't stop coming.

•  Diamond and gold cards are rather rare.

• Flash sales cards are very expensive and so are cards bought with passes.

The verdict:

The event is really easy and doesn't require almost no work at all to gain prizes, bt it has it's own disadvantages. This is a Tie.

That's all folks, have a nice day!

BHF

New personal heights!

Hello from the other side!

I must have called a thousand times...and I finally came! Another two months have passed as fast as a flying eagle! School has begun and life has gone busy, plus trainings, plus driving school...I have so much to do! In the other hand tho, I have many updates to tell you about! Ready? Set. Go!

My Arabians broke the 5000GP border! I already have 5 foals with 5000+GP! They are Amulet, Amazon, Nevada, Artaria, and, born today, Avada. It's a delight to see how long way my Arabians have come! If I remember right, I begun with Blackbird, whose GP is 1334 and it took me 3 years to get here! Well, it's a long time, but I've had many months off the game too, ya know. Anyways, I am already working towards 6000, which should be a good Grand Prix horse's GP ;)

Also, I've managed to complete my Arabian coats collection! I won't stop breeding them tho! I've come so far and I have already spent so much resources on them, I don't wanna stop here :)

After several years, at long last, Wandering horses event returned in September and of course I was eager to take part. I managed to have 8 of them to visit me. They all had very high skills, over 10 000GP. However, not all of them gave me tons of wins. The best one I had was Red Admiral, because she won me my first ever rosette! I was so delighted to see that a horse that I bred won a rosette! Here are some picture proofs, I am not bluffing :P

Thanks to Red Admiral I currently have two rosette trophies too, but unfortunately, they won't last long, unless I win another rosette.

Also, I bred my first 6000+GP horse! Capricorn gave me Cadillac, a future star! I do hope she'll serve me well!

That's all for this time! I hope I'll come back here soon :P

See you!
BHF

A delightful post!

Howdy, howdy, my dear howrsers!

I don't know why, but I feel so delighted today, I really have no reason: temperature is pretty warm outside, but there's no sign of sun. I guess it's because I had a blast last weekend with my friends on a little road trip. My weekends tend to go Howrse-free, but I am happy to return there on Mondays c: So, here's some things going on at BHF's (bigger than) small stable...

I got the Drum horse from the maze event, but it turned out to be a stallion...I still decided to keep him and buy a mare once their prices drop, so I could complete the color collection. This little nugget's name is Blake c:

I wasted some money on a skiller - again! But this time I bought a higher skilled Trakehner stallion for the days when there are no 5000+ GP coverings for my Trakehner mares, he could give me some great foals. The stallion's name is Gabriel and he is already fully trained and I gave him a Poseidon's pack(tbh it looks cool on him lol, I don't have any other non-GA horses with Poseidon's gear). I am guessing he is not much of a talent, because when I finished training he had about 3000 skills. I've managed to raise it to 4000 with competitions and rides, I am still halfway, but I hope he will reach 5000.

I decided that I will keep non-immortal GA horses only if their coats and backgrounds 'rock'. It means I will stop caring for them one day, but I won't sell them nor give them a Philospher's stone. This'll help me get the Golden Apple collection throphy and give lots of pretty horses to my stable c: Today, I sorted some out and safe from certain death are: Fiery Kid, Illusions, Midir, Blue Mamba, The City Back and Tanya. I also moved some old elementals and Bewitched Pumpkin horses there. I have many others I could move there, but they are still at a young age and can contribute to my breeding farm.

The Magic Potions event is currently on. Nothing impressive, nothing boring, it's kind of in-the-middle event imo. I'll just keep playing and see if I can get something exciting...

A little reminder for all of you there reading this! If you want to know right away when I have posted something new here, follow me on Twitter @myhowrse. Sometimes I may even bring up a few discussions there, so don't hesitate to reply and tell me about your opinions.

And last, but not least, a little eye candy for you c: I added some fancy backgrounds to some GA horses today, go and see them yourself --->Evana(Trakehners), Narcissa(From foundations)(This coat is my all time favorite!!)

See you next time!
Your BHF