Board Thread:Frog Trading/@comment-27075411-20151014003229/@comment-26999209-20151023162318

oh fun! strategy sharing :) i have a similar approach to y'all OnkelOhio   DreamEEyed   Usabilityot

i keep a set of anuras that represent all of the primary and secondary colors, which i use when trying to breed a specific frog. once i work on a breed though, i first get the equivalent color combo of that breed and then just use those and work down in order from top to bottom. i'll sell all the eggs that are anuras, and check the froggydex to check which colors i've bred. in some cases, i'll sell eggs that are dupes of what i already have - depending on how much i have to invest in the game at the time ;) otherwise i just wait for them to grow and sell for the extra $.

i make sure all my habitats have enough 36+ scenery so they're always 100% happy once full grown so i can optimize on $. here's where i get a bit weird - i use the 7th habitat as my main breeding habitat, and the 2 above to hold the pending colors that have been bred or that need to be bred. this is because when i tap on the menu button at the bottom, this habitat is the closest tap, so i'm optimizing for fastest tapping. i also line up the breed i'm working on in the froggydex to be towards the bottom, since that's where the froggydex icon is (thus i can just tap 2x immediately on the froggydex and get into the breed and then color that i'm working on). efficiency! this is also why i work from the top to bottom, since i can't line up those top items so it slows me down. i just get that pain out of the way earlier.

i leave the 2-3 habitats open for moving the hatched eggs so they can grow. habitats 8-10 hold my anuras, and then everything else is for the frogs that i haven't yet 100%'d. once i finish a breed i just sell them since i can always buy them back. i'm using the catalog to save the higher breeds (especially the ones i can't do anything with since i'm level 20 and i've asked for frogs of the last weekly set but can't yet breed them).

i agree it kind of sucks to have to complete the sets backwards. i'd like to work on them now instead of waiting, keeps it interesting. i can ask for the frogs too from all y'all generous folks..but also sort of defeats the point :)

another thing i've been doing is i had look up some "profitible" pairings (there are many) and settled on tangelo folium cesti and black caelus mixtus (this is a variation actually - i think it should be orange caelus mixtus but i liked these colorings better) - when i'm gone from the game for longer (say at work during the day) i'll breed these together. you always make a profit so just ot keep my cashflow positive. of course, the further i progress in completing breeds though i'll soon have eggs that take much longer to hatch, but for now i'm doing it to optimize on time not spent in game being used to grow frogs.

other minor things - in the pond i only accept gifts for breeds i don't already have. higher breeds i always accept since i can sell and tame for xp. scenery has to be higher points or if i need it (worth selling) if i have space in my mailbox. since i've maxed out habitats and fairly happy with my backgrounds i don't get any of those unless i see one i like. for requests i only accept the potion ones, since i figure you can always be patient and wait it out instead of using stamps, whereas potions have more useful elements (or i can see that as i get higher levels) and buying unique breeds in the frogmart. plus, naturally you stumble across both potions and stamps so i've got a healthy collection of 1000+ potions, 200+ stamps. i'll do the stamp requests if it's something i already bred and can just buy from the froggydex :) i'll buy frogs in the mart that i don't already have too sometimes, if i have the mailbox space. saves me from having to breed it later.

lastly, i'm always amazed how much thought one can put into a simple game :P i'm also surprised i enjoy this game given i don't really like frogs. but, i'm a sucker for collection games. #weakspot