Talk:Jade Dragon/@comment-203.6.176.105-20130517121105

Did you know there are nearly 4,000 unique pairings of basics/basic hybrids?

Did you know it will take at least 64 attempts on the island or 130 attempts in the cave to rule out a combination? (by rule out, I mean eliminate the chance that the testing was just unlucky to under 1%). That is assuming Jade has the same probability as previous gem dragons, which is in no way guaranteed (i.e. 7% on island, 3.5% in cave).

It could take hundres of thousands of breeding attempts to systematically find an answer. It could take a team of 10 testers up to 9.15 years to do that many attempts! (obviously you could speed that up with.... hrrmmmmm a LOT of gems).

Obviously some kind of system is needed which can draw on the helpfulness (and breeding locations!) of the whole community to rule out combinations. No matter how good the testing team is, if it is small that could continue to be unlucky for a very long time.