[UPDATED] Devs' Corner: June 2025

Thanks for the suggestion Legacy Ann. Appreciated very much so.
I'll check it out, and see what effect it will have on my game.


It's just, I get so darn tired of having to constantly navigate around more and more changes, that honestly seem to be implemented to try and stop a few, and end up punishing many

As stated by others, they can't. I tested it -- the affix actually can't be removed. Which is a good thing.

Real life is definitely a thing... but I'm confused why people are so upset over 30 days moving bold admin. It's not like they said you have to blup a horse every 30 days or lose bold. You literally just have to log in. If you go 30 days and you don't even *log in* then yes, your real life has clearly taken a larger priority than Howrse. And your teammates who are still playing and enjoying Howrse shouldn't be barred from things like payouts, which only the bold admin can do.

One would hope that is a group of people who are there to support you. Or maybe you completely abandoned them and they had to continue on with team duties. Either way, if you want *complete and total control* over a team, be the only one on it, or at least be present.

And where was team deletion officially stated? Unless I missed something, then for all we know, if there are no other VIPs or members, then when bold "passes" it might just stay with that same person because it only said it goes to the VIP who contributed the most. If there is no one else eligible, it may stay with the inactive person and restart the 30 day timer. Clarification can be used there.

Okay, I sent "Contact" a question about making the Croesus' Fortune fully retroactive as they promised this up-date yesterday morning.....nothing, nada, crickets...

Here we go again, ignoring us players.

There is absolutely no reason to put loaned horses up for grabs for the whole team. The express point of loaning is for a specific team member to temporarily "borrow" the horse (mare) for a short period of time. Usually to tear breed. I know lots of teams that have 1 or 2 members with Aphrodites' Privilege and they are the ones who tear breed for other members.

If it doesn't matter who claims a foal (or adult) that's what the existing team sales are for.

I foresee this new loan feature will be a huge headache for Prix teams who use a limited window for producing top GP worthy skillers in order to please the buyers who rely on getting their preps/skillers in a timely manner.

So no one is using the Safe Haven. Why not get rid of it instead of changing it? Seems like that would have been the better solution.

There has to be some feature that allows players to get rid of unwanted or excess horses to help clear the system. Other pet sites have a similar feature.

Where the Safe Haven falls short, as has been discussed, is the payout. It's not enough of an incentive to bother with, unless it's an objective. Horse Heaven is also lacking, because Yggdrasil's reward falls short compared to pass horses. I haven't sent an older horse to Heaven since he was introduced. Younger horses don't count for him, so that excludes a good chunk of the horse population.

I'd love for the Safe Haven payout to, not only increase, but possibly get changing daily bonus amounts based on easy characteristics like breed, skill, GP, etc. (for the love of Pete, please no BM items). I'd actively seek out horses to buy and save for Safe Haven bonus potential. It may help shake up the sale prices a bit if players are out looking for horses that suit the daily bonus, but aren't desirable for competitions, breeding stock, or even ranking boosters

I'm also not against the Safe Haven, but 500 would only cover the cost of the cheapest public stud, this isn't even factoring in the vet fees. People are not going to send to Safe Haven when it will almost always result in a loss for them. I'd be a lot more likely to send and help clear up space if I could get at least the covering + vet fee on top of the amount they offer. It's the same with the divine that ages as you send horses over 25, the prizes just aren't worth the cost in the long run, but it would be more used if it was rebalanced.

There's one petsite I can think if that already has this feature: FlightRising. There are daily bonuses from breed, gene, and genecolour. Howrse only has to look at them for inspiration on how to make sending a horse to the safe haven more enticing.
Howrse could have a bonus for: x breed, x coat colour, x skill/GP between y#-z#.

Having a feature like this would both clear up sales and dramatically reduce the active horses hanging around in people's breeding farms which I assume would cause less of a strain on the servers.

Another suggestion is to give the safe haven a bit of an art refresh. Give the horses a meadow background or something so it's less, just... empty feeling.

I don't really like how you have to go through the sales now but I can also see how that makes sense.

Also maybe they should get rid of the number of horses ranking that just encourages players to stockpile horses on their account. Replace it with something else maybe? Could help encourage players to use the safe haven more.