It’s starting to get discouraging having so many things be locked behind moonstones when they’re so hard to get given how rare shards are and how terrible the current conversion rate is. Is there a method I’m missing? I haven’t gotten very many outside one wild wolf sale back when they were still going for a lot and a couple custom apparel sales (which had to be sponsored because I couldn’t afford the token).

it seems to be a problem many f2p players are facing. im really hoping they try to balance the site out because right now more things demand moonstones than pebbles, including the player market. never a good sign when your free pet site demands the paid-for currency more than the in-game currency.

You're not missing anything unfortunately - the daily limit for ftp shards is 25 iirc, and while pageant prizes aren't included they don't add a whole lot in the scheme of things. At 2-3 moonstones a day it'd take like three months to save up for a vol scroll, and that's if you manage to hit the daily limit with seems to take a lot, as in hours, of play to do.

So yes, as it stands now ftp players are essentially locked out of any premium-currency required areas of the site, unless you manage to trade or sell with other players for the moonstones, and I daresay this is why the conversion rate is so steep and still climbing. A number of expansions that cost pebbles in early access were actually changed to require moonstones at launch, so it seems it was an intentional design choice. I personally feel like it's been taken too far, as a game like this needs to feel accessible to the ftp playerbase to maintain the kind of player numbers that will drive interest and engagement, but we'll just have to wait and see how it all pans out and if the devs decide to balance things out a bit more in the future.

We're still pretty early on in this site, so the economy is going to be kind of unstable. I'm also frustrated with how hard it is to earn moonstones, but I remember the early days of Wajas and FR, things were expensive and hard to get then too. I think things will stableize eventually.

This game is looking a lot more p2w friendly than f2p sadly. I do like it, but really needs to change track if it wants to build and maintain a good playerbase.

I was lucky enough to be able to trade FR stuff for moonstones a couple of days ago, or I wouldn't have most of my wolves. Moonstone scarcity vs how many site functions need them is in dire need of changing.

Well, at least I'm not alone here. I thought I might be just missing something since I've seen absolutely no one complaining and tons of wolves with all kinds of fancy apparel… but no.

I pray things stabilize out. The game mechanics here are a lot of fun and I'd play a lot more if I actually felt like I could without spending money.

I agree that moonstones should be easier to get through normal gameplay, and slot unlocks on basically anything should not be locked behind moonstones imo. but that's a discussion for the suggestions forum.

it is very frustrating that it is so hard to get going as a free-to-play player since basically everything costs moonstones. I hope the team does something about it soon.