The holiday stallions, on the mixer level, were totally apples and oranges to your experience with TBs. Imagine stallions being added that made Conquerer, Nighteyes and Farseer essentially useless and unable to attract mares overnight, because the new stallions hypo'd so much better than them. If you haven't played mixers, you really can't understand how disruptive those holiday stallions were. For some of the divisions, the holiday stallions were the equivalent of Fearless Spirit. If you read this thread, the majority of the mixer players who have posted are not necessarily opposed to new bloodlines being added, but new bloodlines being added that will be equally as disruptive to the current stallion population. If all stallions are going to have the same numbers as stated in the initial post, for some divisions, it has the potential to be that way. It's like tossing TB dirt route numbers (where freaks are common) into the less established TB divisions.Cleo Patra wrote: ↑3 years ago Guys, the Thoroughbreds recently had additions similar to this via multiple GP auctions and the world hasn’t ended. I’ve really REALLY appreciated them in my turf router barn because I’m big on trying to create diverse bloodlines that will fit the stallion ranks 10 seasons from now but obviously I have a tonne of Two Toned blood and he’s got sons and grandsons dominating the stud book.
If you object to the idea of a stallion, grab a mare and try and get your game bred stallion out of them. In my view, mixers started off with such a small population that there will need to be at least 2-3 more of these influxes before the population will self sustain. That’s not a matter of player behaviour as such, it’s straight up pure numbers.
It's also discouraging to those of us who have tried to diversify, to be constantly "rescued" for a potential, rather than actual, problem. I'm with the rest of those players that have posted in that despite my concerns, I'll probably acquire one of these, to keep up with everyone else, but I'd be much happier if these stallions, in ALL divisions, do well but not spectacular in the shed.