What's the WORST thing you can get from the Lab Ray?

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  1. Ofek

    Ofek Level I

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    I've heard lots of horror stories about the labray, and I only used it once today (got +2 str).

    Do you guys know what are the WORST things that can happen there?
     
    #1 Ofek, Apr 11, 2009
  2. Arkley

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    There are plenty of stories about people zapping expensive pets only to have them turn basic, or accidental zappings of UC pets, but frankly anyone stupid enough to do that deserves the results.

    A while back though, xxxx told a funny story. He always liked to keep his pet a Darigan Eyrie, so he stopped zapping it for a long time. After a while he sniped a Darigan Eyrie morphing potion iirc, so he decided one or two zaps while he tried to sell the potion wouldn't hurt. That way he might get a couple extra HP and in the unlikely event that it did change, he had the potion to change it right back.

    First zap changed it into a yellow jubjub.
     
    #2 Arkley, Apr 11, 2009
  3. CoS

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    Aprt from accidental colour changes then from a battledomer stance...

    Back to level 1
     
    #3 CoS, Apr 11, 2009
  4. dragonisk

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    it can also decrease stats.. but yeah, the worst would be turning an expensive pet to a basic one.. so don't zap an expensive pet!
     
    #4 dragonisk, Apr 12, 2009
  5. annoymus

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    Decreasing levels is one of the main evils of the ray

    its just so mean.
     
    #5 annoymus, Apr 12, 2009
  6. joycey

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    it's evil but necessary :)
     
    #6 joycey, Apr 12, 2009
  7. Anonymous

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    I think the worst is only getting gender changes for weeks at a time, knowing that you spent 800k on it. :p If you only zap a basic pet, you don't really have much to worry about.
     
    #7 Anonymous, Apr 12, 2009
  8. ZeroOverZero

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    Idk actually.... the worst thing ive gotten is a Pile of Sludge or basically just having your pets stats go down.
     
    #8 ZeroOverZero, Apr 14, 2009
  9. miranda

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    I've had stats/level go back to level 1/basic stats. Was pretty devastated...
     
    #9 miranda, Apr 15, 2009
  10. statter

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    Having a royal krawk and zapping it into a green uni <.<
     
    #10 statter, Apr 15, 2009
  11. wahseh

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    Wow that was really daring! >:)
     
    #11 wahseh, Apr 15, 2009
  12. Lightning

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    Basic color change when your pet's original color was rare :O
    Level 1
    -lvls

    It's usually worth it, I think o_O
     
    #12 Lightning, Apr 15, 2009
  13. satenschild5

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    ya getting zapped back to level one sucks
     
    #13 satenschild5, Apr 16, 2009
  14. katarzina

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    I think the worst thing about the ray is that it unevenly raises stats, so that is harder to normally train the pet to even stats. Your strength could be 78 and your movement 20, and level 10. You have to level up to get all the stats to a good even level. But most people dont care I guess, as long as it turns a nice colour.
     
    #14 katarzina, Apr 16, 2009
  15. Pippos

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    Decreasing levels and stats =(
     
    #15 Pippos, Apr 16, 2009
  16. Fendi

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    Most people don't particularly care about the uneven stats though because the ray is usually (after a long time zapping) very nice raising the important stats (hit points, defence & attack) and is only really evil with movement which has no purpose and levels which are also obsolete because using the labray evades the level/stat rule.

    The thing I find most frustrating is getting zapped to a pet I dislike entirely in every colour because I know I'll get stuck with it for ages (at the moment it's a green kyrii) but if I get too fed up I just buy an orange koi mp xD
     
    #16 Fendi, Apr 17, 2009
  17. migratory

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    if you just use the lab ray correctly like on lab rats nothing bad can really happen at all
    they usu have low enough level that a reset is insignificant, and you can choose to stop
    zapping if you acheve a desired color
     
    #17 migratory, Apr 17, 2009
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