So, so glad I haven't updated yet.

My latest monster just got to age out, and had 500s and 600s across the board pretty much. Got nearly to S-class, and now I've unlocked plenty more. Looks like my next monster is going to be a club (crab?) plant hybrid, and now I have all the gym things up to the 9k tier bought and paid for, so I can make a killing. Going to see how he goes, then maybe fuse him with poor Sludge, who's about to die. We'll see.

I'd still like to know what to use things like the fairy pod, golden seed, burning wings and such on. After all, burning wings can be used on any old monster any old time, so I don't want to waste it.

Seems like I didn't encounter the issue because I was using 1.11.
There were no changes about battle according to the changelog, but I wonder what he did.
As for some creature sounds like slimes, they're not stolen btw. There is a sound archive that Japanese devs can't stop using. lol

I kinda wondered that, Yukio. I'm hearing a lot of sounds that also exist in Shadow Rine. I don't care overmuch, mind you; I assumed it was just the use of the same sound library.

I still wonder if anyone's found any monster combos that have particularly high stat potentials? Also, a question there. So if something says it has a C health grade, but you've got to a point where you're rolling in money, have all the upgrades, etc., can't you max all the monster's stats anyway and render that moot? Or is that going to mean your stats actually max out lower than the stat cap (i.e., S or A or whatever rank at 999, maybe B is 974, etc).

I like the slime sounds! I imagine this manic little blob, to be sure, but if you've made slime from one of those YouTube videos, you'll know it can be a bit like rubbery jelly.

Also it's iconic at this point.

Yay let's see.

Nice there's an English change log now! I enjoy this game very much! Much thanks to the developer for the game and for addressing issues.

Yes. Read the readme.

This is a very fun game! And I think I'm doing pretty well. Here are the results of my first monster, who unfortunately died just after finishing the King's Cup. For my first attempt, I think this's pretty good!

Nickname: Mulio
Tribe: Catty (Catty and Catty)
Enjoyment: 3 age and 1 month
Closeness: One body
Popularity: 100

Helth: 394
Power: 492
intelligence: 459
Concentration: 517
Reflexes: 522
Toughness: 379

Colosseum: S
Marathon: B
Flag Race: S4
Contest: A

Yeah, I'm kinda curious what's changed since 1.11. I don't want to upgrade if it's going to break something or make something a lot harder or whatnot.

Also, I'm playing around with a golem/magical doll hybrid and it is utterly wrecking faces.

What I have determined, however, is the breeding is really, really weird. Using jewels when you breed doesn't appear to have a direct relation to what you get out of it (as in, if you use a fish jewel, you might not actually get anything fishy, ditto a goblin/clubs/whatever else). The unlockables via the directory are neat though; that's where I got my golem/magical doll one. I now have an upgraded farm, and I think I have all the purchasables bought now (except for the training items that actually take stats away, as I just can't see a point to that).
Fairy pods, or whatever they're called, apparently can't be used for breeding; to you just sell them, or does using one actually do something interesting to a monster like give it a new move or something?

I suppose this is the issue with games that are newer, or newly translated, or whatnot. Most people don't have all the info yet, and that's fine.

1.13 doesn't break anything anymore. You can safely update.

I still suggest a stat cap removal, as it would give us the chance to keep playing the game longer with a particularly liked monster, without the fear of things getting to repetitive because you've reached 999 and there's nothing else to grind for.
Optionally, as a suggestion for later versions, there should be an reward item that increases your monsters lifetime permanently when equipped, or a certain quest that gives you that so mentioned reward on completion.

I got a thinness alert before, just not right away.