hold on new traits - what do y'all think?

[LyricaBlues Resident]

(10-26-2014 12:14 PM)Ivy Norsk Wrote:  I don't actually care or fuss or fret about the introduction of new traits. They are fun pretty sparkles... I do not angst. I also have a lot of traits to work with in my current cats, ya know, busy with what I've got (which doesn't help the market I know). But the new furs especially are very pretty imo.

I think more about 2 things:
1) SL2. Right now there isn't much or any information to help the KittyCatS team to move ahead to the new world. The closer LL moves to beta, the more information I'd expect there to be. And the more time I'd expect KittyCatS to spend working on converting the cats to a new format, mesh and any texture and scripting adjustment required. (Which in terms of scripting I'd expect to be a ton of new work.) So, part of how I feel is: enjoy the new traits while you can because the closer we get to SL2, the less time HQ will have or Should have to devote to the LEs. So many requests I see in the Desired Features section I think, "yes but, do they have time for that? Is that one really a priority?"

2) There are ways in which the market is saturated, but there are ways in which I feel like it is still immature. Most people run the recessives race, at least in part. They do that because having a stable of recessive cats to breed with the new starters saves time, which saves catfood, which saves money, and also the resulting kittens already have some really good recessive traits hiding. And these cats sell better as well.
But.
The market for boutique cats lags behind - the cats that are sold because they are aesthetically pleasing. I can see a future where a healthy section of the market buys cats not because they are 9T amazing recessive, but because, wow that whisker color brings out the highlights in an eye. Where it's not all about having the white mysterious whisker minimum and white mysterious whiskers on cats that don't look good with them, but maybe having, say, chocolate GUITAR whiskers on a cat because that whisker shape works so well with the pattern of the fur. In this sort of market, having more traits is absolutely better. Because the traits become paints that we work with.

I have to agree with you on both statements. I would be more concerned with information about what will happen with what we have Now once SL2 comes. Also, I tend to like a cat that is esthetically pleasing...I think its like an art form to create a look and style in cats. And this is not always about the most recessives we can pile on a cat. LOL Some conglomerations of recessives can be quite hideous! I prefer a cat whose look holds my gaze