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The new Scorchstone is absolutely boss.

Toothless!

sorry but does anyone else miss the pet day outfits that were. actual clothes? that you could mix and match for your pets n stuff. i just want my pets to get like, a shirt and some jeans for their pet day and dress up like half the tekken cast dressed up in the original game. or something.

all the new scorchio day stuff looks good tho, not gonna lie

I agree with graevyard. It's like...what are the point of paintbrushes anymore because these NC wearables are basically whole new paintbrush colors with how much they change the pet :/

I like the Toothless, and many of the other clear ip riffs... But how long til they get slapped with a c&d on one of these....?

Oh, I really like the purple on the new polka dot Scorchio.

There's been quite a few recycled/repeated concepts in the last while. That "below cloud 9" trinket is like the premium collectible from a while back, the "falling deeply in love effect" uses the same swirl asset as the mystical selket cards aura, now the dusk glade.

Wait, do all scorchstones have real hearts inside?

Wow, the Transparent Scorchstone is unexpected!

That is a nice polka dot I like that purple, the outfit is lovely too might get some of the mystery caps later this month.

IMO the point of the full costume items is that there are some concepts that they might not want to do as paintbrushes, or that might not work or be super scalable as multi-pet paintbrushes, and instead just being one-offs or two-offs.
Like I'd rather have two pets with a dusk glade item set over another paintbrush that only works on two pets (ahem ahem, usuki paintbrush), especially with the slow release of pet colors.

Idk, I like them well enough.

(Insert my repetitive gripe about how krawks have multiple species-exclusive axe handhelds but no full-costume sets, gripe gripe.)

the capsule items are not that exciting compared to other pet day capsules

SCORCHSTONE (& LEADED VIALS) THOUGHTS: Transparent Scorchstone looks cool and creepy (do all the Scorchstones orbs contain a heart? ); I wonder what it does. With them having broke the healing tiering via the mass release of Leaded Elemental Vials, then releasing a new full heal Scorchstone, Obsidian, that doesn't have the "Limit 1 Healing Equipment" in the Hidden Tower, another healer Scorchstone feels redundant (heck, they even already did a redundant Scorchstone with the Dacaradite that was released the same time as the Obsidian). Granted, not all Scorchstones heal, though those two defensive Scorchstones have been massively powercreeped, even back in their day.

At this point the only way to fix these problems is to take drastic actions that's no doubt gonna upset a lot of people:

* Leaded Elemental Vial is going to need to be downgraded in some way. If it were up to me, considering they and the other "Leaded Vials" are drinkable, I'd make them one use. You can either drink them to gain stats or use them in battle. If drank Light increases Level by +1 or 2, Darkness is HP, Fire is Attack, Water is Defense, Air is Agility, Earth increases two Random stats by +1 (BTW all of them are r98), and Leaded Elemental Vial give +1 to each stat (it increases to r100). If used in battle, all of them are one use and do the following: For the six Faerie Types they Heal 25% of max HP, Block all of their opposite element (Light/Dark, Fire/Water, Air/Earth), and Reflect all of their element. For LEV, one use, Heals 50% max HP & Blocks all icons. But, to throw a bone, they won't have the "Limit 1 Healing Equipment".
* Obsidian Scorchstone will be given a "Limit 1 Healing Equipment", though nothing else will change about it.

(To be continued)

* Jade Scorchstone will be made into both a Full Healer AND a Blocks all icons. It'll also be understood that, when it comes to both Healing Equipment and Full Blockers, nothing should be more powerful than the Jade Scorchstone. I'm making it purposely busted, and most non-boss 1-Player Challengers who have a Jade Scorchstone should have them replaced by an Obsidian Scorchstone.
* For the other Hidden Tower Scorchstones: Ice should be changed to a Once-Per-Battle 100% Freezer that also disables all the opponent's Scorchstones. Dacardite should be changed to Blocking 60% of all icons & Reflecting 20% of all icons (gotta leave a niche for Thyoras Tear).
* Now here's the tricky part. The other Scorchstones are sold in Defense Magic (except Glittery which is in Battle Magic) and are different Rarities, and I'd like them to remain that way (though I'd place Glittery in Defense Magic). Now, that should mean the "build up" in power. As the current order goes it's Bronze & Transparent (89), Earthen (90), Red (92), Blue & Silver (94), Green (96), Golden & Purple (98), Rainbow (99), & Glittery (100). First, I would change the following Rarities so they each have a unique one (thus a proper tier): Bronze to 91, Silver to 95, Purple to 97. Now, as much as I'd want to match the Scorchstones colors to the Faerie Types, I don't think it would quite workout. So here's what I'm thinking:

(To be continued)

- Transparent: Disables all Scorchstones.
- Earthen: Heals 10 HP or 10% max HP (whatever is higher) & Blocks 5 Earth/4 Water/3 Air.
- Bronze: Heals 20 HP or 20% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Physical/4 Earth/4 Fire.
- Red: Heals 25 HP or 25% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Fire/5 Light/4 Earth.
- Blue: Heals 50 HP or 35% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Water/3 Air/3 Dark/3 Physical.
- Silver: Heals 75 HP or 40% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Air/4 Light/3 Fire/3 Physical.
- Green: Heals 100 HP or 50% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Earth/4 Air/4 Light/3 Water.
- Purple: Heals 150 HP or 55% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Dark/4 Water/4 Air/4 Physical.
- Golden: Heals 225 HP or 65% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Physical/5 Light/4 Dark/4 Earth.
- Rainbow: Heals 350 HP or 70% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Fire/5 Air/5 Water/4 Light.
- Glittery. Heals 400 HP or 80% max HP (wih) & Blocks 5 Physical/5 Light/5 Dark/5 Air.

(Don't ask me how I figured those icons amounts, I don't think I can explain it)

Well, if my count is right, that's already 3 posts. Let's see if I can't wrap up this up with a response:

@ graevyard & sakaarson:
Yeah, I've been a long time missing them making actual clothing. Like, sure, they're doing the HTML5 conversion of old clothing, though I think what they should be doing is noting styles they like on Species and work on making a version for other Species. Like, as sakaarson said, they already are doing that, "Dusk Glade" had been done before with the Draik (and there's plenty of other examples like with "Mythical" and "Museum"). However I'd wish they focused on doing that with clothing. For example, using the just converted Scorchio clothes, I'm pretty sure other Species would like Forest Archer, Alchemist, Casual, Gentleman, and Springtime (not so sure about Midsummer Night). Maybe I should make a list of all the clothing themes each Species has and list them on the Neopian Times Writer Forum...

The outfit is cool, but I miss when we had actual clothing items, and not just a multi-part skin for pet days.

Also, how many celestial/moon/clouds-type items can they force down our throats. I enjoy them but some variety please.

Polka Dot is cute, Scorchstone is a miss for me but I'm glad people like it.

Ooh! I like this Scorchio! It's like the Polka Dot Lupe! 💜

Nyeh, can't say I'm a big fan of Polka Dot. Something about the colour scheme doesn't look right to me.
Forest Glade outfit is.. alright, I suppose. Not great, but not the worst either. Could they not just have made the tail part of the outfit as well? Saves on the clutter and you need all parts to make a whole anyway.

I wonder if Dreamworks is okay with this NC Capsule. Not that TNT will care, and this Scorchless is legally distinct enough.. probably.. But I'm not sure we should be okay with this.

I'm so glad they've converted the alchemist outfit!

I'm personally not a fan of the full body outfits. I want my neopets to be neopets. That's why I picked the ones that I did. I don't want characters from a whole different franchise and random real life animals mixed in with mine. IDK. It looks odd to me.

The polka dot colour looks off to me. I think it's the fact that the most of the purple is a warmer shade but then the eyes are a cooler shade.

The scorchstone is cool, though. I don't battle but I think it would look cool in someone's gallery somewhere

that scorchstone goes hard

Unfortunate placement in the Capsule pic.

I don't like the scorchstone design at all, it is inconsistent with the other stones which are all gemstones. that floating heart inside the orb is certainly a choice. is it a real heart or is it painted over the statuette? why are there no veins and arteries? why is it floating? do scorchios become scorchstones when they die? like I have so many questions

Hello can someone help me?

I purchased the Scorchio capsule, it's my first time buying a capsule. I don't see it in my inventory or my closet. How do I get access to it and open it?

@tonbo - in your inventory, there's a tab to switch to NC at the top right handside.

That will show you the NC inventory

I actually really like the polka dot Scorchio, it reminds me of the iced animal cookies!

the glade outfit looks terrible imo. and also just terribly uninspired like a "Can I copy your homework?" situation.
the wings in particular look like cardboard cutouts of tree branches instead of actual branches because it's so condensed in a "wing-like" form, lol.

anyway, another pet day, another full body suit/custom instead of some interchangeable clothing, yippee /s

That Transparent Scorchstone is gnarly, shame it's kinda underwhelming in the BD.

Ehh...meh. I'm with the ones that miss normal clothes. A full body outfit once in a while is fine, but it's happening to often. And I don't like glade on scorchios as much as I did on Draiks (just in case, I do love scorchios!). Something off about it. Also, I know I'm in the minority probably (or the only one?) but I really dislike the face of the Toothless custom. I know they can't fully copy, but ugh nope for me. I was glad though, cause I love Toothless but hate those pet day caps. Like...the fact they exist and how they work.

I also miss actual clothes and am annoyed by all these IP rip-offs/real animals that are lazy, uninspired, and have nothing to do with actual neopets

That being said, the Polka dot is nice and fits in well with the others. I like that they didn't go completely off the rails with this one. Also, the fire gelert from not too long ago is admittedly pretty cool, but that's about the most transformative from an original design that I'm comfortable with.

Thank you @pandah, I got it

@isosyn maybe when they do a Pokemon/Pikachu theme?

tbh the dusk glade concept being copy and pasted feels outrageously lazy. polka dot is also the most nauseating color but that is of course my (uncharitable) opinion.

@ spotter 001

Maybe Dr. Sloth and Jhudora are engaging in dark eldritch rituals. Each 10% is one hapless sacrifice.

I don't know if i'm going to make one, but I actually really like the polka dot scorchio?

Polka dots are cute! They look like colored chicken pops!

Sunday. Another Scorchio holiday.

Whahahaha. Sorry, this off-topic, but it was so hilarious I HAD to say something: Just got a pop-up on Neopets begging me to disable my AdBlocker (or get Premium). Not in a million years XD

@apophis324 I started seeing the same thing last night and ever since then it's been popping up about every 10 minutes or so. I hope it doesn't drive people away from the game, but it very well might

yeah, the Grundo pop-up is incredibly annoying and off-putting. It has been there for one day, and yet I feel like I want to spend as little time on the site as I can manage,

"Turn off your ad-blocker" nag screens have started appearing for me, too.

they're gonna make a pikachu kacheek one of these days and get in trouble