Any ideas on the actual formula used to calculate transfer costs?
At less than 100k total (transfer and receive), it's actually worthwhile for me to get a second lab map and lab two extra times a month - at more than that it's not
And has anyone crediable tested what happens with J-Ring and transfer? I thought I saw a board that it can be used to safely unequip the Ring, and a purported quote from a staff member saying that it is alright to do so. I have a question in to the editorial about it, but I have no faith in getting a response (*cough*
Full Kyrii Armor *cough*) that way.
There were some pound-related questions in the latest editorial:
Quote:Okay, first off, please thank everyone that helped get the Pound up for me! I'm SO glad it's back. Now for my question: I want to transfer my Neopets from one of my other accounts to this account, but two of them are still using the old art from before you changed how the Neopets look. I want to know if, when I transfer them, will they stay with the old art, or will they be changed to the new art? I couldn't find anything about this when I looked through the Pound FAQ and I want to know before I transfer. If they get to keep their old artwork, give the people that helped with the Pound pancakes. ;D Thanks a bunch! ~fromidam
Neopets featuring old art will NOT be automatically converted if they are transferred. However, once they are in the hands of their new owner, that player will have the option of permanently converting them. So if you do not want your Neopet to be converted we suggest being careful with the lending out of an unconverted Neopet unless you're willing to risk this happening. Once a Neopet is converted it cannot be changed back, even if it is someone else who did it.
Quote:A gal I know put one of her Neopets in the Pound quite some time ago. The day before the Pound re-opened, the Neopet's lookup showed it as being in the Pound, as it should be. Now that the Pound has re-opened, the Neopet isn't there. If I look it up, I get a "The owner of this Neopet has had their account frozen" message. I realize it’s possible that someone else who was just as excited about the Pound re-opening as I am went just as quickly to the Pound as I did upon the re-opening, got the Neopet first, then immediately got their account frozen. However, given the timeframe and the fact that I’ve seen some posts saying similar things on the NeoBoards, I’m doubting the someone-else-got-that-Neopet-right-before-I-got-to-the-Pound-and-then-immediately-got-frozen scenario a bit. Is there some kind of glitch going on with the Pound? Are some Neopets "stuck"? Thanks a bunch, TNT! ~spiritsearch
Part of the issue with the Pound opening is that there was an insane number of Neopets backlogged in the Pound. And we mean like, millions. 
That's what caused the instability that the site experienced. We couldn't release the Pound until the next day because we had to transfer those Neopets out of the Pound (and that's a very slow process). We're going to continue to try and release those frozen Neopets slowly back into the Pound to avoid making the site asplode. Hopefully, all will go well. *fingers crossed*
Quote:Let's say you use the transfer option to receive a Neopet that's being lent to you. How long will it be before you can use the transfer option to give it back? There appears to be a lag of a certain number of days. ~indulgences
It is currently set to once a month, but we soon hope to have it set to once per day.
(I was under the impression that we could receive one transfer per month and also send one. Is this wrong? Also, a specific pet can only be moved once every 24 hours.)
Quote:Dear TNT, first of all - congratulations on getting the Pound working! The new transfer option is great, and I was really looking forward to it: I thought that, by using it, I could give away the clothing I had accumulated in my closet from Lab Ray zaps. As things turned out, though, it looks like these items will be gathering dust forever, as I cannot donate or even *sob* discard them... so why is it not possible to transfer Neopets with paint brush clothes from colours other than the one the Neopet is currently painted, and might you reconsider this in the future? ~max_frei
We put a lot of thought into the Pound, especially with regard to transferring paint brush clothing. We decided that it just wouldn't be right for players to transfer around Neopets that had been painted several times, as this would just be too much of a cheat to get free paint brush clothing. It was a tough decision to even allow the paint brush clothing of what it was currently painted as to be allowed to be passed on to another player. 
They also confirmed that Lutaris cannot be abandoned or transferred (which those pages tell you before you try, anyway), that they're making a Neoboard for the pound, that the "one transfer per month" rule resets on the first day of each month, and that transferring pets for avatars and whatnot is fine, but selling them or trading them for neopoints/items is obviously against the rules. They also caution that once you transfer a pet out, it no longer belongs to you, so make sure you think about that before lending avatar pets or whatever. And that's it!
Saw this on the boards so I thought I better pass this on...
There's people out there who are putting innapropriate content onto a pet's petpage and then putting them up for adoption. Once the pet is adopted by someone, they are then reporting the new owner and getting them frozen. So once you get a new pet, it would be a good idea to immediately check the petpage and reset it if necessary
Supposedly, the cost formula is level * (move+str+def+60)
If that's true it's really not worth multi-labbing for me.
rabid_schnauzer Wrote:Supposedly, the cost formula is level * (move+str+def+60)
If that's true it's really not worth multi-labbing for me.
I transferred 2 pets and the formula you stated is correct as far as I can recall (don't remember down to the last np, but it *seems* spot on target).
Schnauzer i feel that it can be helpful to build a medium league pet. I guess you have strong ones.
It's true that a full lab set cost around 1mill?
Well after Tarla, it still only costs around 800k I beleive
According to Jellyneo the actual price of all the pieces cost 732,000nps.
darwin Wrote:Saw this on the boards so I thought I better pass this on...
There's people out there who are putting innapropriate content onto a pet's petpage and then putting them up for adoption. Once the pet is adopted by someone, they are then reporting the new owner and getting them frozen. So once you get a new pet, it would be a good idea to immediately check the petpage and reset it if necessary
I'm thinking this or something happened to me. I adopted a red Grarrl called Hellishness (I didn't know Neopets' changed policy regarding "Hell"), fed it, zapped it, put it in the hotel, and then it disappeared from my account.
Cranberry Wrote:There were some pound-related questions in the latest editorial:
Quote:Let's say you use the transfer option to receive a Neopet that's being lent to you. How long will it be before you can use the transfer option to give it back? There appears to be a lag of a certain number of days. ~indulgences
It is currently set to once a month, but we soon hope to have it set to once per day.
(I was under the impression that we could receive one transfer per month and also send one. Is this wrong? Also, a specific pet can only be moved once every 24 hours.)
They are talking about when you receive a pet you cannot send it back right away, even if you still have a transfer left. I moved a pet to my main (to get more clothes ironically) and couldn't move it back... I found out though that if I had been able to move him back he would have left the clothes I moved him over for in the first place... so luckily it didn't work. He will remain on my main so he can be an ice/lost desert hissi ^.^