I've seen people on dragonbrood with four of them now. Maybe more.
The first one was, IMAO, pure luck - it was a weekday mid-afternoon, I never succeed in getting anything other than really common eggs (like pinks or purples) after about noon. The second one was less luck - 9am on ... Friday, I think it was. Early morning is a good time. However, the new 'are you sure' prompt is going to ruin my egg collecting - I'm really hoping TJ either backs it out completely, gives it a user-level control, or makes it do what it claims it is doing!
<rant> The big problem with it from a usability point of view is that it's really 'did you mean to make this click?', not 'do you really want this dragon?' - and it's not putting a reserve on the dragon while waiting for the response. So you have to get two first-clicks (or equivalent) to actually steal an egg. I've seen a rumor that if you control-click instead, you don't get the prompt - I'll have to try it tomorrow morning. </rant>
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Date: 2008-09-07 02:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-07 04:49 pm (UTC)The first one was, IMAO, pure luck - it was a weekday mid-afternoon, I never succeed in getting anything other than really common eggs (like pinks or purples) after about noon. The second one was less luck - 9am on ... Friday, I think it was. Early morning is a good time. However, the new 'are you sure' prompt is going to ruin my egg collecting - I'm really hoping TJ either backs it out completely, gives it a user-level control, or makes it do what it claims it is doing!
<rant>
The big problem with it from a usability point of view is that it's really 'did you mean to make this click?', not 'do you really want this dragon?' - and it's not putting a reserve on the dragon while waiting for the response. So you have to get two first-clicks (or equivalent) to actually steal an egg. I've seen a rumor that if you control-click instead, you don't get the prompt - I'll have to try it tomorrow morning.
</rant>