Back after a long break

dresdencomplex • 18 October 2014 at 6:54 AM

Wow, it's been awhile! Things are pretty different than I remember. New layout, lots of new pets. It really has been awhile. Well hopefully I'll be able to start over easily since there's not much I'm after. Really just looking for a Mystic right now XD

Well, it's nice to be back everyone 😸

mastergemma • 18 October 2014 at 7:07 AM

Wow you've been gone for a long time!
Welcome back to Eggcave, I hope you can meet some of your old friends and meet some new ones!


@dresdencomplex

dresdencomplex • 18 October 2014 at 7:10 AM

I didn't realize how long it'd been until I looked at my profile XD And thanks a bunch, I'm hoping the same things~

sparklefox • 18 October 2014 at 7:12 AM

@dresdencomplex - Welcome back, dude! Your username seems oddly familiar... Well, you have obviously missed quite a lot. I can help you around, if you so wish. New layout? I guess you were gone when Egg Cave was still dark green. Ah, good times~ If my memory is right, this layout has been here since late '10/early '11? Not too new, but still new enough. There are many, many new creatures. And many new features.
Mystics are beautiful, aren't they? There's just something I love about them.

dresdencomplex • 18 October 2014 at 7:17 AM

Yup, it was still dark green back then XD I'm slowly working my way through the archives to see all the new pets that have come along in my absence. Lots of really lovely cuties, but yeah, nothing has caught my eye quite like the Mystic~ Even if I only take on one or two pets for right now I'm gonna work to make a Mystic one of them!

Also looking around through, well, all the other new stuff I missed! It's like exploring a whole new site, lol!

@sparklefox

mastergemma • 18 October 2014 at 8:31 AM

If you ever need help feel free to ask!

I know from when I started, EggCave has changed quite a lot and for someone who left possibly a whole year before I even joined, who knows what I could miss XD

Items have been introduced (books, food and toys) and maybe travels, I don't know when those started.
CC Vouchers have been a very recent addition to EggCave, before the vouchers there wasn't a way to trade any of the CC items without a risk to it.

Well, here's my formal introduction to EggCave for newbies

Welcome to EggCave @dresdencomplex !!

If you need help feel free to ask because nearly everyone here will he happy to help! You can ping people by writing @ in front of their username and that person will receive a notification saying that you have pinged them on a topic. Why don't you try pinging me?

Other ways of communicating is on a person's wall, you cannot ping on a wall. The Wall is located on the person's profile and if someone writes on your wall you reply to them on THEIR wall, not yours. This is a common mistake seen XD

Another common mistake is seeing players not feeding their own creatures, you CAN feed your own creatures!

Creatures gain levels by gaining feeds, clicks and views. You will notice that even if you have clicked and fed a creature, the level won't increase straight away. This is because levels and views only update once a day, around 3am ECT

Hide your EC (EggCoins) that you get from feeding your pets and other's everyday in your Strongroom and gather the interest every day.
When unable to go on EggCave for a while leave your pets at Tim's Food Shoppe and keep an eye on the Laws of Ark (site guidelines).

To gain some friends take a look at the forum. But make sure you do not revive a 'dead' topic. A topic that has not been active for quite a number of months! There are many threads that are active and many are always happy to chat to new players!

Cave Monthlies are creatures that are only going to be obtainable for this current month, take a look at recent blog posts to see which critters are the current monthlies.

A note, please be careful with trading, many will try to get a better deal out of a newer player just because you are new. Before trading for creatures, please do a little research first!

With the list of creatures, #1 on Eggcave IS NOT the rarest, it is the most common (there have been instances when players have tried selling the #1 creature because they thought it was the rarest)

Messages that only have a smiley/emote (whatever you call them where you live) are considered spam and are not allowed

Also, join the Click Exchange to help get your creatures more clicks and feeds!

I hope you have fun 😊