2025 Mutation Import Sales Updates!

​Author: Moosiferr
Art by: Artganya, Almatea-Art, AMillionLights

Hello Nordlings!

As you may know from our 2024 General Survey, we proposed some Mutation Import Sale changes. With the July Sale galloping our way, you may be wondering what changes made it through? Well, that's what this post is all about!

Let's lead with everyone's biggest question: Will pricing be affected?
Unfortunately no. Prices will remain the same as in 2024. Here's a short list of pricing for your convenience:
Anomalies, Attachment Stone, Radioactive Stone - $100
Natural Custom - $50
RECESSIVE Mutation Custom - $200
DOMINANT Mutation Custom - $400
Anomaly and BP Pre-Designed Auctions - $125 SB
Pre-Designed Mutation Import Auction - $150 SB
T1 General Slot Auction - $10 SB
T2 General Slot Auction - $25 SB
T3 General Slot Auction - $60 SB
T4 General Slot Auction - $90 SB
Peafowl Mutation Custom Auction - $400 SB

However, how you can pay for your imports is what's changing this year. Due to popular demand, we are completely doing away with the sale rotation. This means that there will no longer be designated GC/In-game currency and USD only sales. Instead, we are replacing this system with a limited number of imports and items that can be purchased with in-game currency per year, per user. This was a wildly popular change that you wanted to see, with 88% of you who answered our survey clicking yes!
For 2025, we are going to feel out how this affects overall game economy and accessibility of imports. So we are going to err on the side of caution and only allow one mutation import per year (or a joker, riddler, or quinn instead) to be bought fully with in-game currency (Either GC, Admin Gems, or a combination of the two). For the items such as Anomalies, Attachment Stones, and Radioactive Stones you are limited to one per sale with in-game currency. However, if you would like to support the breed and pay with USD, you may purchase as many imports as you like at one import per every 24 hours during the course of the sale. Of course, Admin Gem discounts will still stay the same as they've always been, don't worry! <3
On the survey, there was a bit of a mix of opinion when it came to whether to allow one import per year, or one import per sale. The chief concern was of course making sure that the group was still able to run and bring you new features -- and we agree, which is why we've decided to take a more cautious approach and stick with one import per year with in-game currency for now. 

On to the next item: Changing the availability list to allow the full list at each sale!
As a recap, this would open up the entire list of Tier 3 mutations as available to purchase at each sale, with the caveat that the group can move a certain gene temporarily to the unavailable list. 
This was approved at 76% of you voting yes! With the main concern being that this might lead to a slippery slope of the group over-controlling the population of certain genes. We hear your concern here, and we totally agree. As of this moment, we aren't entirely sure of what would qualify moving a gene to the unavailable list -- However, we will be working on a solution for you that is fair, quantifiable, and consistent. We want to go through a few sale cycles to see what this change affects before we commit fully to a decision for you. 
I do want to plop a disclaimer in here that there will still be a cap of how many mutation starters are sold per sale at this time. Right now I don't have answers on if this will change or not, we will just have to see where the future takes us!
I can tell you that the number that will be sold at each sale will be increasing a bit because of the last change I have in store for you~

​Final Survey item: Removing the 'Retired' Mutation label. 
88% of our survey participants voted to yeet the label!
This means that the following mutations will be returning to regular Tier 3 status, and available for purchase in the sale:
​- Atlanticus
- Butterfly
- Checkered
- Clouded Leopard
- Frostsplash 
- Kascel
- Laced Tobiano
- Snowdripple
- Tabby
- Tiger
For now, they will still be listed as 'retired' in the Design Guides until we are able to roll full steam ahead and get them updated and transferred to the website. However know that they aren't retired as of today ;)

Thank you so much again for your continued support of Nordanner. I truly can't do this without the community or my admin team behind me. It has been so rewarding to see the community grow and flourish, and I look forward to continuing to build on the foundation we've set together!