Were the festival different in 2013? Were favors more limited?
Well in a way yes. During the first year they only had registrations every 3-4 months. So items from each fest were scarce. Thats why Light Sprite is so expensive. No one really knew what was going on during that time and people were just getting into the game. Lightning sprite is cheaper than Fire (?), because during the Lightning festival there was A LOT of down time. So they extended the festival, which means there was more time to grind. Also usually Lightning and Earth aesthetic isn't the most popular.
So in a nut shell anything from Y1 is hella expensive because there wasn't a lot of people on the website and you could only coli for festival currency. From Y2+ everyone kind of knew what was going on and then they introduced Baldwins. Now festival currency is in abundance. If you check the forums you see people buying upwards of 5k-10k of festival currency to get favors to sell later. But because of this prices will take FOREVER to inflate.
For certain items from Y3 to reach Y1 items I believe it will take at least 2-3 years. Y2 items haven't even gotten that far. Sunguard from Y2 isn't that popular and sits at 400gems on a good day while Golem Gauntlets are at 1kg roughly. It depends on the apparel, but mostly it depends on how much is in circulation.
I think if you don't mind investing and can hold on on selling, then go for it. But for me unless its AMAZIng like Will O' Ember, Wispwillow guide etc. It's not worth it. Things that are versatile like Will O' Ember or the NoTN candles hold better value bc they are nice enough to dress on dragons, but not overpowering and "specific".
I feel like Xan 2.0 lol, she's still around btw hahaha
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this is probably so dumb but i got an unhatched egg and i don't even really see the point in it, i don't really like the 'basic' dragon types and gen 1's always look so basic (well guess that makes sense). is it useful for breeding or something?
Unless you're the gambling type I would forsure sell. You can get ****ty colors like camo.orange.antique and have to sell it for 7k or you can get an amazing combo like idk orca/orca/ice. Which someone did hatch, and they sold it for 31kgems.
It's more of like a collectors kind of item. Like on TBT, people will pokeballs/feathers etc. Its a status.
Triple color combos go FOR A LOT. Like 50kgems+, some colors are more popular than others, and some people favor certain eyes as well.
IMO, I say sell. The gen 1 market isn't worth it right now. So unless you have TONS of spare money to just keep hatching eggs, I would suggest selling the egg. If its a noc egg, hold onto it because prices are very low. If its anything else I say go ahead and toss it on AH. Ice, Light, Plague are usually the top 3 popular eye combos. Plague eyes are iffy, some people like them because they are hella cool and demonic looking. Some people hate it.
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Speaking of Gen ones
I'm selling 2 coatl gen ones here.
Willing to go lowwww for TBT people, at this point I hate them in my lair and i just want to get rid of them. Will toss some seafood bc they are hungry.
Goth pastel~