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XMAS EVENT .....BORING......
Its just a game for real money spenders
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
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
This event was and still is way too confusing and difficult.
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.
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])
Far worse is that little coops can not improve their deco.
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