Talk:Rainbow Dragon/@comment-4605857-20120125122324

THE TALE OF THE RAINBOW HUNTER I'm going to tell a familiar tale that may apply to some of you. The hope is that it gives you just that...hope. Ive had DragonVale since launch. I've been on this site since early October. I was here when Artemis was still around helping people with breeding guides. The moment I saw the Rainbow Dragon I wanted it because it is the "status" dragon. Your park can't be complete until you have the main attraction.

I waited and bred all other dragons. Got the Bone dragon. Worked a couple days for a Blue Fire. Took a day to get the Sandstorm. The rest of them came pretty easy. I was a lucky breeder. It was just before Thanksgiving and it was time for the elusive Rainbow. I bred, and bred, and bred. I tried Firefly and Seaweed in every combo. I tried Blue Fire and Crystal and got normies. Every day I would come to this site and read comments on how people bred their Rainbow. 99% of them I took to be BS. Like the guy who says level 4 Plant and level 6 Fire just got me one. Sure it did.

I breezed thru the Sun and Moon dragons. Got Iceburg and Frostfire and Panlong with ease. And the multi color still eluded me. I searched these comments every day, read the Breeding guide, Googled "How to breed a rainbow dragon" and still couldn't get one. I was convinced that every player in DragonVale had a unique combination that would make a Rainbow dragon and I may never find mine. If Firefly/Seaweed wasnt my combo then I'm just wasting my time breeding them. Discouraged is not a strong enough word.

Two days ago, I'm driving home from work and remember that my pair of dragons in the normal cave had stopped breeding. Since my iPad wont work in the car, I grabbed my iPhone and pulled up the park. I quickly tapped on the heart and threw my Level 15 Seaweed on the left and my Level 15 Firefly on the right like I had done before 100s of times. The red light was still on so I hit the egg to check the breeding time, expecting to see my 3 or 9 hours as usual. 1:23:59:59.

This morning I had 11 hours left and couldn't wait so I sped it up and it's my Rainbow. The point here to any one who reads this and finds this tale remotely similar to your own is that it REALLY MUST BE RANDOM. I had used that combo well over 100 times and it's not exaggerating. For whatever reason, that time was my 1%. Don't give up is all I can say. If Seaweed and Firefly can work for someone after 3 months of trying it, it can work for everyone. I believe that now.