Hi all, just got a question how you guys approach selectively breeding for genes and GP. I'm aware this is entirely up to personal preference but I would like some tips since I'm sort of at a loss. I'm planning to breed GP3 pumas with a large number of low-power genes, like silent pace and acute eyesight. I had been setting up pumas with desirable genes but have recently been feeling like I'm breeding aimlessly (offspring that are worse than their parents gene-wise) and training ineffectively - like bringing a wild puma to lv50 only to realize I may not be using him extensively for breeding afterall. 

Basically, which method do you feel is better: breeding non-GP pets until the perfect complete set of genes is acquired (or just the setup of), or gathering the desired genes along the way to GP3? Just overall, any tips or suggestions on what to watch out for or how to approach this project? Thanks in advance! :)

From what I've learnt:

1. It's best to pair your 'breeders'. -- Reason being, it's easier to not inbreed with this method. (Also, might want around 2-4 children for each pair, incase your line gets stuck.)

2. Breed that pair until you have most of the genes from both parents in the child. -- This way the baby can past on more genes, and it won't feel like the babies are weaker.

3. Personally, since I stopped breeding extensively (too little room), I've been leveling them to 50, but I would say, it's easier, overall, to breed for the genes first, then level them, since it'll make leveling them quicker

4. There is also a gambly method, where you breed so that a pair of beast has at least all recessive of the genes you want, then breed the two, till it has all genes, with a bunch of homogenezous/dominate.

Anyways, hope this helps, as it happened to me as well, and I ended up taking a break.

As I'm aiming for a number of low-power genes, would my breeding be basically the gambly method since they would be mostly recessive? Or would shooting for homozygous offspring straight off the bat be the ideal goal here? 

And thanks Wireath. It really helps! Now to reorganize my stables and figure out pairings haha. 

Personally, I would go for homogenzous, as it'll make it easier to pass on, and predict, which genes you'll be getting. -- (If you compare some of the genes on babies from either Nel Zars or Raxac Raptor (paired during the later half), you'll see that Nel usually passes on all her genes, but Raxac usually misses around half of the time.)

The gambly method is viable, but up to chance. Most of the time you won't get what you wanted, or most of the genes don't pass on. -- Though this is kinda the method you use to homogenezous, what I'm talking about is this -- My Raxac, most of his children are in the SPS because they didn't come out well, to me.

I got some 'living' examples as well, if you check the children of either Ugh-Names or Serene Blue (they're a pair so either one works) -- I've been trying to get a full roster from them but gave up, and only looking for Counterstrike and a few others :P -- Some of them came out alright, others didn't come out so well (cuz their in the SPS). -- If you're lucky, you'll get a few homogenezous without losing any, or losing some recessives, (it'll probably take extreme fortune to get a full roster from this method, but can kick start your breeding goal); if you're unlucky, you'll pretty much lost most of the genes -- which is most of the time. (I remember complaining once cuz a baby of what I've bred came out uber bad, compared to all it's siblings, where it only received around a fourth of all the genes I'm looking for while it's silbings got around half or so.

Anyways, to sum it up, the 'gambly' method is just to kickstart your breeding goal, as a way to give you some 'lines', but in the end, you'll be relying on homogenezous.

I see.. Thanks again! 

I'm breeding perfect pumas up to gp3.

Well my version of perfect - Sabertooth, Acute eyesight, quickmind, Agile paws, Steel bones, Steel muscles, Lionheart, Thick skin/Elemental resistance.

I built up a pool of 80 pumas with the only criteria that they had at least one of the genes listed above and named them 1 to 80. I then started breeding pets with the least good genes against pets with the most. for example we will assume that pet 1 has 1 good gene and pet 80 has four. If the offspring has two or more good genes it will be added to the breeding pool and named 81 then pet 1 will be discarded. If it doesn't improve then it will be discarded and the parents will continue to be bred until they achieve an improvent.

Over time, I to date, have 18 perfect pets and thats increasing by one or two a day. My plan is to level these pets and put them into a new breeding pool to produce gp1 babies, and so it continues until gp3.

I'm not saying this is the best way but it the way I like.

Have a look at my pets and if there's anyway I can help let me know.

Good luck with your project.