Board Thread:Worth/Wiki Changes/@comment-37047558-20190110234137/@comment-37396638-20190111225527

There isn't much else to do besides trade in Animal Jam tbh....

The minigames are OLD and Play Wild has the same games but basically better so i assume people don't bother with the AJ versions

It's kinda hard to make friends when everybody's either trading or doing weird roleplays (no judgement on those who do normal roleplays, i'm just talking about the strange abundance of intimate wolf pack roleplays and "fighting only" roleplays)

Parties are a total bore and pretty much only there to perpetuate specific types of roleplay (dance party, dinner party, sort of birthday party?) or stock new items (horse party, atlantis party, etc)

The graphics are completely outdated (although in my opinion they actually look really nice with the right outfit and fps), so if you're really specific about playing games that are pretty and up-to-date then look elsewhere

The educational value has pretty much been restricted to loading screens and minigame ends (Play Wild) and a hall of BOOKS or some random tidbits throughout the world. I'll be honest, i do love these aspects (i love animals and love learning, perfect combination), but they're a very tiny part of Animal Jam

Adventures are cool! But at least one of them is impossible to complete or even PLAY without membership and a full party of 4 constantly staying in the game and willing to help you through a convoluted puzzle that drains your time and oftentimes isn't even worth it, and nearly every single one has a secret passage restricted unless you use a certain animal (almost always a member animal) to open it. Also, they get repetitive fast.

And honestly if you're giving out these extremely rare and highly regarded items frequently... they don't become rare or well-liked anymore. So kids don't become happy because now there's some new, super rare item and they're getting crummy old rares instead of the new shiny rare of the year. So it becomes pointless, and AJ basically ruined an item's value for...what? Instant gratification that'll get old within 2 months? This may be because i'm just older, but i don't really accept rares unless i feel i've EARNED them. Giving out GLITCHED items -TOTAL MISTAKES- like candy is not "earning" them. And it's not like magenta items are particularly pretty either! You could maybe make a case for the glitched rings (imo 2 is quite pretty and so is 3), but magenta items have no shading and feel very flat compared to EVERY OTHER ITEM IN THE GAME... so unless you just wanna show off or try making an outfit with 1 color they're useless when they're not rare anymore.

All of this is just my crummy opinion, take it with a grain of salt. I'm 14, CERTAINLY not the target demographic for this game, so i assume if you wanna know if kids get pleasure out of getting (currently) super-rare items, you'd wanna ask an actual kid (yeah yeah i'm 14 and still technically a kid but you know what i mean). :3