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Upcoming Event - Santa's Wish List - Your questions and comments

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  • It seems 1 week is 14 days in some countries, the last week should last 14 days.
  • THE RUN UP TO XMAS EVENT WAS PURE RUBBISH..A TOTAL WASTE OF MY TIME AND EFFORT. AND IT WAS THE MOST MIND BORING TASK...EVER.!!. LIKE WATCHING PAINT DRY... SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT FOR NO REWARD..Its boring to keep on receiving the same old rewards.. I hate the panda under the tree. I dismantle them asap..should have been fun.. should have had some mini games to win mini rewards....I should have been able to earn a XMAS TREE the same way as I earned the HAUNTED HOUSE...don't like the changes this game is making.. don't like the way it is being run..  bring back a mushroom hunt.. .at least that's fun...
    XMAS EVENT .....BORING......
  • Now that the work shop is almost done does that mean we are not going to get the chance to fill the rest of Santa's Wish List that we have not completed? I believe it stated in the beginning that we would be giving a chance near the end of the event to do that.
    Exactly!!! I figured that would be what the last even was in the long run. I can't find where it said that anymore, but the wording didn't imply that we'd be able to just bring the deco up one level, but that we would have the chance to finish our orders later. 
  • Even Rudolph was a let down, imagine buying an advent calender at Tesco, and having to go back to Tesco's to buy goods so that you could get the prizes out of the calender.....I think GGS have forgotten the meaning of Christmas.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    @sarah74 (GB1) Good point about that calendar. but that's not the only funny thing about that. Notice that we have useless "reminders" all over the game - Ex marks at the market, Farm friends at the top, Hot deals etc ....... but strangely nothing reminding you to look for Rudolf every day? :) Was it an omission, or a purpose to raise chances people spend gold if they forget? I keep being reminded again and again that there is a lot of unfriendliness incorporated into this game. :) Always something trying to trick you. You always need to be on your guard in this game. :)
  • there is nothing in this game for a real game player who dont want to spend real money there.
    Its just a game for real money spenders
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    Yeah seems official that we DO in fact have to collect snowflakes for 14 days! So its almost three times the length of the coop challenge with nothing but a decoration upgrade at the end of it if u finish top 24. Whats the point?

    Santas workshop is even worse! I had an error in judgment and donated a heap of stuff to lift my spin reward up to the higher level decorations not knowing it would reset after just ONE spin. The result was a decoration of lower happiness than the one I would have had if I was to complete one of the weekly events at a high difficulty level. Could GGS be any more scabbish or money hungry? The events I have witnessed over the Xmas period are some of the worst ive seen since I started playing this game.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 28.12.2015
    there is nothing in this game for a real game player who dont want to spend real money there.
    Its just a game for real money spenders
    I am not a gold buyer, and play this game for 3 years now with much pleasure, as many other players I know.

    Yeah seems official that we DO in fact have to collect snowflakes for 14 days! So its almost three times the length of the coop challenge with nothing but a decoration upgrade at the end of it if u finish top 24. Whats the point?

    Santas workshop is even worse! I had an error in judgment and donated a heap of stuff to lift my spin reward up to the higher level decorations not knowing it would reset after just ONE spin. The result was a decoration of lower happiness than the one I would have had if I was to complete one of the weekly events at a high difficulty level. Could GGS be any more scabbish or money hungry? The events I have witnessed over the Xmas period are some of the worst ive seen since I started playing this game.
    I don't always agree with GGS but I don't see any need to accuse them of our own errors, misunderstandings, miss clicks or poor reading.
    I don't want to be a spoilsport in this never ending game of accusing GGS, but we knew from the start that Santa's Workshop would take 14 days. And that things would reset after just ONE spin was mentioned in the Official Announcement:

    [quote] Attained Candle Points are reset after each spin, so you can again influence whichever decorations and quality levels you would like to use your spins for [unquote]

    see here: 
    https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/115000/upcoming-event-santas-workshop
    Post edited by Jiesta (NL1) on
  • there is nothing in this game for a real game player who dont want to spend real money there.
    Its just a game for real money spenders
    I disagree, there are plenty of people that play BF without spending real money. They probably get more out of some aspects of the game too, by finding ways to save up gold, use the gold mine & choose the best places to spend the gold, afterall it is meant to be a strategy game.

    What has changed in the last year or so, is that more things have been added that are aimed primarily at the higher ranked players. This is not really surprising, as the game had only just got to the point where there were a significant number of such players with very little left to keep their interest in the game. But it does seem to have increased the amount of complaining from lower level players, saying certain things are out of their reach. Maybe they will appreciate them more when they reach a higher level. Personally I am at the point where I can do most things relatively easily, but there are still some way out of my league, I just think it makes the game more interesting, it doesn`t make me feel like I should rush out & buy gold just so that I can have something I want.
    Yeah seems official that we DO in fact have to collect snowflakes for 14 days! So its almost three times the length of the coop challenge with nothing but a decoration upgrade at the end of it if u finish top 24. Whats the point?

    Santas workshop is even worse! I had an error in judgment and donated a heap of stuff to lift my spin reward up to the higher level decorations not knowing it would reset after just ONE spin. The result was a decoration of lower happiness than the one I would have had if I was to complete one of the weekly events at a high difficulty level. Could GGS be any more scabbish or money hungry? The events I have witnessed over the Xmas period are some of the worst ive seen since I started playing this game.
    I don`t see any comparison between collecting snowflakes & the coop challenge, one is just harvesting my farm & the other is a full time job that involves 8 days of endless boring missions, most of which are solo and just annoy the hell out of me.  I do agree that the snowflake collecting is a bit of a non-event & don`t really see the point of it. There is no challenge, nothing to play for, its like they couldn`t think how to end the santa event & came up with this lame way to decide who gets a palace deco. The event should have ended after the 4th santa list, where any coops that had completed all 4 lists got the palace deco. It would have been a fairly decent event if thats how it had been done, but instead its been turned into a really unfair shambolic event imo.

    Santas workshop is ok, its nice being able to get decos we wouldn`t usually have access too. I don`t agree about the donations being too high, afterall its only stuff, stuff we make with our farms, or cash, we can always make more of it, so whats the big deal about swapping a load of stuff for a deco. I don`t think its a particularly Christmassy event, in fact Rudolph`s calendar & the snowman building mini-event were much more fun than santa`s wishlist or workshop.
  • ashim (IN1)ashim (IN1) IN1 Posts: 572

    Santas workshop is even worse! I had an error in judgment and donated a heap of stuff to lift my spin reward up to the higher level decorations not knowing it would reset after just ONE spin. The result was a decoration of lower happiness than the one I would have had if I was to complete one of the weekly events at a high difficulty level. Could GGS be any more scabbish or money hungry? The events I have witnessed over the Xmas period are some of the worst ive seen since I started playing this game.
    santa workshop is one of the  best event in big farm , it is equal for all level i think so .y u donatinf your dollars donate extra feed and make your seed properly u ll get good deco 
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    edited 28.12.2015

    What has changed in the last year or so, is that more things have been added that are aimed primarily at the higher ranked players. This is not really surprising, as the game had only just got to the point where there were a significant number of such players with very little left to keep their interest in the game. But it does seem to have increased the amount of complaining from lower level players, saying certain things are out of their reach. Maybe they will appreciate them more when they reach a higher level. Personally I am at the point where I can do most things relatively easily, but there are still some way out of my league, I just think it makes the game more interesting, it doesn`t make me feel like I should rush out & buy gold just so that I can have something I want.
    First of all, the complaining is not just from the 'lower-level players'. I think the complaining is equal among all level of players. I too am at a level where most things are do-able for me. However, that doesn't  mean I feel that there was "very little left to keep (my) interest in the game." In fact, I feel the opposite. Having built up my farms, it might have been fun doing challenges that were fair based on what my farm could produce (not by buying reputation or being in one of the biggest coops).
    My interest in this game has been on the decline ever since GGS refused to fix the problem with accidentally spending gold. It was my first experience (16 months ago) with their greed, and I have not bought gold since. 
    The game experience has really deteriorated for me because of many things such as: the unfixed bugs; the problems with accidental gold spending not being addressed; the frequency of the events; the constant barrage of Gold offers; the unfair advantage for more than two months of rewards for Video Ads; the problems with Support; the fact that our suggestions and opinions never seemed to be addressed; the way the game is 'balanced' to give big coops the advantage; etc....

    The lack of Christmas spirit demonstrated by GGS on their Christmas events really hammered it home for me. The only fun thing was finding Rudolph every day and building the snowman. Everything else was all about us giving and GGS receiving. I personally would have felt more like spending a little gold if they had designed events that were doable for my entire coop, and if we actually had a chance at something decent. (The 100% rule killed our chances right from the start). Collecting the snowflakes for the last 2 weeks could have been fun if we actually had a reason for trying.

    So no, I do not "appreciate these things more now that I am at a higher level"
  • MRG1 (US1) said:
    First of all, the complaining is not just from the 'lower-level players'. I think the complaining is equal among all level of players. I too am at a level where most things are do-able for me. However, that doesn't  mean I feel that there was "very little left to keep (my) interest in the game." In fact, I feel the opposite. Having built up my farms, it might have been fun doing challenges that were fair based on what my farm could produce (not by buying reputation or being in one of the biggest coops).
    My interest in this game has been on the decline ever since GGS refused to fix the problem with accidentally spending gold. It was my first experience (16 months ago) with their greed, and I have not bought gold since. 
    The game experience has really deteriorated for me because of many things such as: the unfixed bugs; the problems with accidental gold spending not being addressed; the frequency of the events; the constant barrage of Gold offers; the unfair advantage for more than two months of rewards for Video Ads; the problems with Support; the fact that our suggestions and opinions never seemed to be addressed; the way the game is 'balanced' to give big coops the advantage; etc....
    Thats not the opposite, thats what I am saying.... Before the additions the game, there was nothing really to do for higher level players, aside from collect more & more decos they couldn`t use at events that were too easy, collect piles of cash with nothing to spend it on & wait for steve once a month to upgrade something, if they had anything left to upgrade.

    Now there are harder levels to the weekly events, with new deco sets for all levels, there is Greta, to give a purpose to collecting decos again, she also eats her way through mountains of cash, there are the temporary farms, which are definately aimed at the players with cash to burn & the ranch, which I must admit appeared to be a lot more promising than it has turned out to be. If like me, you are high(ish) player but not in the super-rich category, you must agree that some of these changes have improved the game for you. I hate the coop challenge & our coop only does it every 3 months, which is almost bearable & I have never had the videos, so I can`t comment on those.

    I am fortunate that I do not seem to have all the bugs in the game that I read about on here, unless its a new one that affects everyone & gets fixed quickly, offhand I can`t actually think of any bugs that particularly spoil the game for me at the moment. I would say the 2 things that do annoy me are solo missions & watering coop trees, so I agree things are not perfect. I also agree that accidental gold spending should be addressed, its rare that it affects me directly, but I do feel for those that it does affect.... Though I did accidentally hit a 1300 speedup today, which made me cuss, but was my own fault.
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    MRG1 (US1) said:
    First of all, the complaining is not just from the 'lower-level players'. I think the complaining is equal among all level of players. I too am at a level where most things are do-able for me. However, that doesn't  mean I feel that there was "very little left to keep (my) interest in the game." In fact, I feel the opposite. Having built up my farms, it might have been fun doing challenges that were fair based on what my farm could produce (not by buying reputation or being in one of the biggest coops).
    My interest in this game has been on the decline ever since GGS refused to fix the problem with accidentally spending gold. It was my first experience (16 months ago) with their greed, and I have not bought gold since. 
    The game experience has really deteriorated for me because of many things such as: the unfixed bugs; the problems with accidental gold spending not being addressed; the frequency of the events; the constant barrage of Gold offers; the unfair advantage for more than two months of rewards for Video Ads; the problems with Support; the fact that our suggestions and opinions never seemed to be addressed; the way the game is 'balanced' to give big coops the advantage; etc....

    Now there are harder levels to the weekly events, with new deco sets for all levels, there is Greta, to give a purpose to collecting decos again, she also eats her way through mountains of cash, there are the temporary farms, which are definately aimed at the players with cash to burn & the ranch, which I must admit appeared to be a lot more promising than it has turned out to be. If like me, you are high(ish) player but not in the super-rich category, you must agree that some of these changes have improved the game for you. I hate the coop challenge & our coop only does it every 3 months, which is almost bearable & I have never had the videos, so I can`t comment on those.


    If these recent changes truly have improved the game for high ranked players then why are so many high ranked players leaving? I have never seen so many inactives in the AU server before, lots of them ranked 100+. Just because u like something it doesnt mean we all share that opinion.

    As for the info in the official announcements in relation to the ONE spin function......many of us work throughout the week and simply dont have the time to read every announcement word for word. The simple fact is the essence of "a game" has been lost especially in the last 6 months. Everything is about competition now not fun and more often than not I find myself stressed out during gameplay instead of simply having fun the way it used to be.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    If these recent changes truly have improved the game for high ranked players then why are so many high ranked players leaving? I have never seen so many inactives in the AU server before, lots of them ranked 100+. Just because u like something it doesnt mean we all share that opinion.

    As for the info in the official announcements in relation to the ONE spin function......many of us work throughout the week and simply dont have the time to read every announcement word for word. The simple fact is the essence of "a game" has been lost especially in the last 6 months. Everything is about competition now not fun and more often than not I find myself stressed out during gameplay instead of simply having fun the way it used to be.
    God brief description of the issue at hand. Not surprised that GGS people don¨t seem to see it. But it's rather strange that even some players seem to be oblivious of that. I guess it reveals the difference between truly casual players on one side and extreme game enthusiasts on the other side. Which takes us beck to the questions many time asked even by myself: "Who is this game for." If extreme enthusiasts are the true target customer group, then I have no objections. :)
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    gizmo22 (AU1) said:If these recent changes truly have improved the game for high ranked players then why are so many high ranked players leaving? I have never seen so many inactives in the AU server before, lots of them ranked 100+. Just because u like something it doesnt mean we all share that opinion. 

    As for the info in the official announcements in relation to the ONE spin function......many of us work throughout the week and simply dont have the time to read every announcement word for word. The simple fact is the essence of "a game" has been lost especially in the last 6 months. Everything is about competition now not fun and more often than not I find myself stressed out during gameplay instead of simply having fun the way it used to be.
    IMO these changes were probably not to improve the game for high-ranked players, but more for the game enthusiasts who would buy gold. And mostly for GGS to get us to buy gold.

    You are right: this used to be a relaxing game of strategically building your farm, now it has become a competition for who has the deepest wallet and the most free time.  
  • I did every task, filled every order and helped 3 of the 5 participating fellow coop members. My happiness level never went past the second ornament, it didn't even make it to the middle of the second ornament. You would think that if every item is fulfilled and most I did more donating even to the point of doubling what was asked for that I would had 100% happiness when all was done. Now we are on the 5th week where we are finding snow flakes to further increase the happiness level and I myself have 300,000 thus far. Where is the meter that tells you how far it has reached during the 5th week. I feel like I am blindly hoping that GGS will be honest and give me what I worked hard for and am going to very, very disappointed in the end with an ornament with a happiness level of 60. This is a gold grabbing event and nothing more.
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    I did every task, filled every order and helped 3 of the 5 participating fellow coop members. My happiness level never went past the second ornament, it didn't even make it to the middle of the second ornament. You would think that if every item is fulfilled and most I did more donating even to the point of doubling what was asked for that I would had 100% happiness when all was done. Now we are on the 5th week where we are finding snow flakes to further increase the happiness level and I myself have 300,000 thus far. Where is the meter that tells you how far it has reached during the 5th week. I feel like I am blindly hoping that GGS will be honest and give me what I worked hard for and am going to very, very disappointed in the end with an ornament with a happiness level of 60. This is a gold grabbing event and nothing more.
    It is not just you kzlady, your whole co op must have completed the 4 weeks of Santa's Wish List and collect the billion snowflakes in order to raise the happiness level of some kind of deco depending on your player level. I for one 'm not impressed with the amount of work required to even get a 50 level happiness deco. As is most of the members in my co op.
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    @kzlady9578 (US1)  I believe your decoration happiness will only increase with the snowflakes if your coop finishes in the top 24. (according to what a CM posted in another thread).
    This has been a frustrating event for a lot of us, and many will be disappointed unless they give everyone extra happiness from the snowflakes. I will still be disappointed in it even if that happens.  And I agree that this was all about gold-grabbing. 

  • Cookiie4me (US1)Cookiie4me (US1) Posts: 704
    edited 31.12.2015
    I did every task, filled every order and helped 3 of the 5 participating fellow coop members. My happiness level never went past the second ornament, it didn't even make it to the middle of the second ornament. 
    Check the 4th week tab in the wish list.  Our tree only filled up half way, but we completed all orders too and the 4th week shows what ice deco your coop earned -- we got the frosty ice castle which was at the top of the tree.  So check that tab.  You may have earned it too.

    This event was and still is way too confusing and difficult.
  • Yeah seems official that we DO in fact have to collect snowflakes for 14 days! So its almost three times the length of the coop challenge with nothing but a decoration upgrade at the end of it if u finish top 24. Whats the point?

    Santas workshop is even worse! I had an error in judgment and donated a heap of stuff to lift my spin reward up to the higher level decorations not knowing it would reset after just ONE spin. The result was a decoration of lower happiness than the one I would have had if I was to complete one of the weekly events at a high difficulty level. Could GGS be any more scabbish or money hungry? The events I have witnessed over the Xmas period are some of the worst ive seen since I started playing this game.
    You should know by now that  GGS's  "yes sir" boys and girls will have to disagree with you, thousands of players are saying the same as gizmo, yet the ones who live on here always seem to disagree, maybe they are after the moderators position ? A huge amount of players have said how unhappy they are with the Christmas events, even the tree is worth less happy  points than last years? why. GGS brought the market stall sales out, so that a players stock is reduced. Co-ops were advising players to keep stocks high, GGS were handing over loads of Decorations. They therefore bring out 2 more difficulty levels, meaning the deco chasing players MIGHT use gold to buy them, and they adjust the quantities needed so not as many finish the event for free. It seems there is not much more GGS can do to a simple farming game and EVERYTHING they do has to have a gold element focused heavily. 
  • Zuko (IN1)Zuko (IN1) Posts: 594
    Hi Farmers . This santa event is totally getting bored for most of the farmers . So now some players are quitting game . So why dont we have a change ??? 2 weeks of snowflakes totally bored . Why dont we have new interesting events . That snowman event was good which we had to collect snowballs . Why cant we have new interesting events , which we have to work hard to receive it .
  • It says in green 2/7 and at the top 63.984. At the bottom till in progress.
  • I keep reading about leaders sending out emails about this event. Was my coop leader suppose to have emailed or messaged us on this event? If so he was lax about it. I didn't receive anything. I am still up in the air about the snow flakes and where is the meter for those. Yes I get a total number listed next to my name, but how does that relate to the happiness level going up and by how much? We got a visual in weeks 1-4, but when we get to week 5 we get a number listed next to our names depicting how many snow flakes we accumulated. How many snow flakes does it take to increase the happiness one level?
  • It's being collected for a special for co-ops is what I'm figuring so we can get an up grade on a decoration.At least that's what I've deduced!!!

  • How many snow flakes does it take to increase the happiness one level?
    If I understand this correctly there is no set number... no matter how many you collect if your cooperative isn't ranked in the top 24 then they will be useless and you will not go up a level. The top 24 cooperatives will each go up one level. The snowflakes you've accumulated are not going to bring it up by themselves. They are added to your cooperatives total which decides your cooperatives ranking. 

  • jess_d (US1)jess_d (US1) US1 Posts: 3,515
    I keep reading about leaders sending out emails about this event. Was my coop leader suppose to have emailed or messaged us on this event? If so he was lax about it. I didn't receive anything. I am still up in the air about the snow flakes and where is the meter for those. Yes I get a total number listed next to my name, but how does that relate to the happiness level going up and by how much? We got a visual in weeks 1-4, but when we get to week 5 we get a number listed next to our names depicting how many snow flakes we accumulated. How many snow flakes does it take to increase the happiness one level?


    The leaders didn't have to mail anything. In a lot of co-ops, the leader and/or deputies will share information they learn with their team. What you read about leaders sending mails about the event is because they're just passing along the info they learned from the forum.

    Unless your co-op finishes the event ranked in the top 24, you will not get an additional happiness added to your decoration. You will get the decoration you see now with that amount of happiness. We don't know how much the happiness will increase for the ones that finish in the top 24. That won't be known until the event ends. For those of us who aren't in the top 24 will not get anything extra for collecting snowflakes.

  • Hi
    I think it's time for me to give a litle evaluation of the events this last month.
    Rudolfs advents callender was nice....the gifts could be better, but suprises can be little, so...it was nice.
    The workshop in my coop was not a succes....most members didn't do anything with it.
    The wishlist....we liked it very very much! The cooperative aspect of it, working together, helping at sunday and looking forward to the next weeks list.....we enjoyed it all!!
    The snowflakes we find ...is an event on it self....has nothing to do with the wishlist part....only the deco and that's given to the 24 best on each server. So....together with the list....it's a no go....but each on it self...great!
    To work together ....to reach a rank higher.....filling the list ....and finding those flakes....nice.
    All the members at my coop hope....there will be more cooperitive events like these trugh(?) the year. Mby 1 list for the complete coop.....or like this with the last-change sunday...great!
    We look forward to them!
    grtz Bysel (coop [email protected])
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    Hi
    I think it's time for me to give a litle evaluation of the events this last month.
    Rudolfs advents callender was nice....the gifts could be better, but suprises can be little, so...it was nice.
    The workshop in my coop was not a succes....most members didn't do anything with it.
    The wishlist....we liked it very very much! The cooperative aspect of it, working together, helping at sunday and looking forward to the next weeks list.....we enjoyed it all!!
    The snowflakes we find ...is an event on it self....has nothing to do with the wishlist part....only the deco and that's given to the 24 best on each server. So....together with the list....it's a no go....but each on it self...great!
    To work together ....to reach a rank higher.....filling the list ....and finding those flakes....nice.
    All the members at my coop hope....there will be more cooperitive events like these trugh(?) the year. Mby 1 list for the complete coop.....or like this with the last-change sunday...great!
    We look forward to them!
    grtz Bysel (coop [email protected])
    I completely agree Bysel - this year's end events were great to do. Our coop enjoyed them all very much, too! We even succeeded to win some decos we really wanted at Santa's Workshop, by only using the 7 stars.
  • edited 03.01.2016
    I have to admit I'm a bit salty seeing people putting their success into their signatures :D

    Not nice guys, not nice ...

    Anyway GG to all of you, good for you

    On the other note -  kicking out people and taking them back just to reset their score should be considered cheating and as such sanctioned , it is preposterous that it is even possible
    If you do not like the rules, play another game.
    Far worse is that little coops can not improve their deco.



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  • WinnerSudais (INT1)WinnerSudais (INT1) Posts: 364
    edited 04.01.2016
    Happy endings of the event. Our coop won 106(quality 4) igloo deco. What did your coop win?
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