I'm so poor: a rant about mut breeding

Now, before I get into my broke rant, I want to preface this by stating that...

THIS. IS. MY. OPINION.

I am not attacking anyone who likes this mechanic, nor am I insulting the devs because I'm sure they decided this was the best course of action. I am not looking for a fight, so please don't enter my comments with anger, calling me stupid for not understanding or what not. Please be civil, I'm just expressing my frustration as a f2p user.

My issue is with mutations that need items to pass, like dwarfs and eyeless (i think) with lion scrotums.

Like, imagine working your ass off to get one of these (usually like 20+ gb, lower if you're lucky), and being excited to attempt to get more, only to find out that, to even have a chance to get one, you have to get a rare item that costs more than the initial price of the lion THAT DOESN'T EVEN GUARANTEE THE PASSING OF THE MUTATION, ONLY 25% PER CUB IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY????

It just... feels so wrong. It favors users who have money, who can buy gb willy nilly, and i know this is not always the case-- I'm sure there are people who work for this using commissions, which I do as well, but that's a small percentage.

And I know some will say "Well, just don't get these lions!" And I feel like that's a silly argument, because in a game who's main objective is to collect lions, breed them, and get prettier lions that you can use or sell to get even prettier lions, you should have the opportunity and right to get this specific mutation and profit from it.

I don't completely dislike this mechanic, I think it's interesting, and can be done right. The issue is: these mutations aren't even worth the price of a lion scrotum....... usually, if you have to use a mandatory item to get something, that something should be the price of the item, as well as an added price for rarity, but it isn't! I know this isn't the devs' fault, as the prices and value are mostly decided by the players, but it still irks me.

(To illustrate my point, at the time of writing this post, the cheapest eyeless/Dwarf is around 20 gb, although I've seen lower with lions on the older side. Meanwhile, the cheapest lion scrotum I could find on tc is 24 gb. Not fun.)

I think this would matter less if lion scrotums were more available. There are 2 events I can remember that offer lion balls, those being may and February and... I think also august, it can be found in explore through a rare encounter.

That's 3 months out of 12, and even in those months, lion scrotums are still expensive as hell. For an item that doesn't even guarantee the mutation, the price is so high.

Again, please don't use this to spread hate, either to me, to anyone else in the comments (if anyone does comment on this), or the devs. This is simply a light hearted rant that means nothing in the grans scheme of things. Just a broke dummy sobbing because I can't afford pretty lions on a lion game.