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Lester - Won't you be my neighbor?

This discussion was created from comments split from: How does it work again?.... Marowit is here, Game Designer.
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  • ashim (IN1)ashim (IN1) IN1 Posts: 572
    welcome Pichu :)
    i have a doubt about lester , lester is not visiting our farm from past 6 months but he is constantly visit those farms that buy gold , wanted to know the reason why 1 person getting 1 visit of lester in a week while some people are here that does not get ist visit of lester too .
  • Rocky123 (IN1)Rocky123 (IN1) IN1 Posts: 627
    welcome Pichu :)
    i have a doubt about lester , lester is not visiting our farm from past 6 months but he is constantly visit those farms that buy gold , wanted to know the reason why 1 person getting 1 visit of lester in a week while some people are here that does not get ist visit of lester too .
    Hi Pichu 
    Welcome to the forum :)
    i have not bought gold in the game from the start and lester has not arrived here even once :(
    This is unfair . Please make changes so that we can also get lester
    Even we nongold buyers can save up a lot of gold earned from HWE and CC and Horse season
    So please send Lester to the farms that dont buy gold also :)
    We dont need him frequently but i am playing this game for past 8 months and never got Lester even once :s

    So please make sure even nongold buyers get lester atleast once a month
  • ttt34 (INT1)ttt34 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 240
    welcome Pichu :)
    i have a doubt about lester , lester is not visiting our farm from past 6 months but he is constantly visit those farms that buy gold , wanted to know the reason why 1 person getting 1 visit of lester in a week while some people are here that does not get ist visit of lester too .

    I woud like to know that to!
  • T.O.P (INT1)T.O.P (INT1) INT1 Posts: 247
    @Marowit

    1. how many leprechauns do we need to find after being  pranked?
    2. is there a possibility the three farms would be pranked at the same time?
    3. PLUS I don't know where to ask this but what happened to lester i haven't seen him in my farms for months now....is he on vacation?....:)))
  • MarowitMarowit Guest Posts: 59
    edited 10.03.2017
    @Marowit

    1. how many leprechauns do we need to find after being  pranked?
    2. is there a possibility the three farms would be pranked at the same time?
    3. PLUS I don't know where to ask this but what happened to lester i haven't seen him in my farms for months now....is he on vacation?....:)))
    @T.O.P (INT1)

    For some reason I can't link you name here :(

    1 -  You only need to find 1 leprechaun, how ever in case you get pranked again you need to find him again
    2 - Only one farm will be pranked at once
    3 - Oh Lester he took a long hiatus :) You probably don't meet all conditions to trigger him.
  • T.O.P (INT1)T.O.P (INT1) INT1 Posts: 247
    @Marowit

    Thanks for answering my query... :)
    additional: so you can be prank multiple times a day?
    and may i know what conditions i need to trigger...so lester will stop lounging on his carribean beach house.... ;)
  • MarowitMarowit Guest Posts: 59
    @Marowit

    Thanks for answering my query... :)
    additional: so you can be prank multiple times a day?
    and may i know what conditions i need to trigger...so lester will stop lounging on his carribean beach house.... ;)
    @"T.O.P (INT1)"

    You will get a prank multiple times per day but there is a cooldown that is triggered after each prank.

    Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe :D
  • T.O.P (INT1)T.O.P (INT1) INT1 Posts: 247
    @Marowit

    I'm sure a lot of players would be willing to share their secret recipes with you as long as you'll give us a hint on how to trigger your bestie lester...:) 
  • ashim (IN1)ashim (IN1) IN1 Posts: 572
    Marowit said:
    @ashim (IN1)


    I agree that the timing was bad but what we noticed is that some players managed to upgrade the new machines within a day of their release, and they got those tools from skipping not from buying them.

    "Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe D"


    but some people does not see lester even , didnot you think it is unfair ? 
    see due to those gold user  that skip any stable for getting tools , we all need to face it but i got your point :) , need to play hard only or play long to buld new machine :) . Gold user is sharply minded person lol


  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 10.03.2017
    Marowit said:
    @ashim (IN1)


    "Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe D"

    That may be, but you can tell us more.  We were originally told that it would average every 51 days.  It clearly does not.  I have not seen him in 6 months.  This is costing GGS money, because I factor this into my purchases and I have held off on purchases.

    I know farmers that are getting similar gold requests from Lester and are getting him 2-3 times as often.  I am not asking for an explicit formula, but it has clearly changed, and we need some better guidance.

  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    Marowit said:
    @ashim (IN1)


    "Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe D"

    That may be, but you can tell us more.  We were originally told that it would average every 51 days.  It clearly does not.  I have not seen him in 6 months.  This is costing GGS money, because I factor this into my purchases and I have held off on purchases.

    I know farmers that are getting similar gold requests from Lester and are getting him 2-3 times as often.  I am not asking for an explicit formula, but it has clearly changed, and we need some better guidance.

    If you *meet the requirements* he'll average every 51 days.  If you don't meet the requirements, he'll NEVER come.

    What those requirements are, they won't tell us.

    From personal experience, one of the requirements seems to be having less than a certain amount of gold - seems to be in the 100-200k range.  If you have more than that, he seems to avoid you.
  • T.O.P (INT1)T.O.P (INT1) INT1 Posts: 247
    Marowit said:
    @ashim (IN1)


    "Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe D"

    That may be, but you can tell us more.  We were originally told that it would average every 51 days.  It clearly does not.  I have not seen him in 6 months.  This is costing GGS money, because I factor this into my purchases and I have held off on purchases.

    I know farmers that are getting similar gold requests from Lester and are getting him 2-3 times as often.  I am not asking for an explicit formula, but it has clearly changed, and we need some better guidance.

    If you *meet the requirements* he'll average every 51 days.  If you don't meet the requirements, he'll NEVER come.

    What those requirements are, they won't tell us.

    From personal experience, one of the requirements seems to be having less than a certain amount of gold - seems to be in the 100-200k range.  If you have more than that, he seems to avoid you.

    I don't think so...I only have 60k gold but lester don't visit me.
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    Marowit said:
    @ashim (IN1)


    "Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe D"

    That may be, but you can tell us more.  We were originally told that it would average every 51 days.  It clearly does not.  I have not seen him in 6 months.  This is costing GGS money, because I factor this into my purchases and I have held off on purchases.

    I know farmers that are getting similar gold requests from Lester and are getting him 2-3 times as often.  I am not asking for an explicit formula, but it has clearly changed, and we need some better guidance.

    If you *meet the requirements* he'll average every 51 days.  If you don't meet the requirements, he'll NEVER come.

    What those requirements are, they won't tell us.

    From personal experience, one of the requirements seems to be having less than a certain amount of gold - seems to be in the 100-200k range.  If you have more than that, he seems to avoid you.

    I don't think so...I only have 60k gold but lester don't visit me.
    Well, I know I've received a visit from Lester when I've had 111k gold, but I went for 9+ months with 200k+ and never saw him.. When I dropped back down to the 111k, he finally visited me (and wanted me to spend 175k). Maybe it varies based on some other requirement, I have no idea.. I'd like to know, personally, but they've made it VERY clear they're not going to tell us anything; both Popeye and Latten stayed tight lipped too. :)
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273

    Well, I know I've received a visit from Lester when I've had 111k gold, but I went for 9+ months with 200k+ and never saw him.. When I dropped back down to the 111k, he finally visited me (and wanted me to spend 175k). Maybe it varies based on some other requirement, I have no idea.. I'd like to know, personally, but they've made it VERY clear they're not going to tell us anything; both Popeye and Latten stayed tight lipped too. :)
    But I know several people who have gotten him with balances as high as 300-700 thousand.
  • ashim (IN1)ashim (IN1) IN1 Posts: 572
    Marowit said:
    @ashim (IN1)


    "Sorry but I can't give you the exact conditions on how to trigger Lester right now, it's like asking me for my secret pasta sauce recipe D"

    That may be, but you can tell us more.  We were originally told that it would average every 51 days.  It clearly does not.  I have not seen him in 6 months.  This is costing GGS money, because I factor this into my purchases and I have held off on purchases.

    I know farmers that are getting similar gold requests from Lester and are getting him 2-3 times as often.  I am not asking for an explicit formula, but it has clearly changed, and we need some better guidance.

    If you *meet the requirements* he'll average every 51 days.  If you don't meet the requirements, he'll NEVER come.

    What those requirements are, they won't tell us.

    From personal experience, one of the requirements seems to be having less than a certain amount of gold - seems to be in the 100-200k range.  If you have more than that, he seems to avoid you.
    in jan i had 50k gold but nowadays only 20k left but never saw lester from the past 8 months , I am not a gold buyer thats why asked he never visit non gold buyer ?
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268

    Well, I know I've received a visit from Lester when I've had 111k gold, but I went for 9+ months with 200k+ and never saw him.. When I dropped back down to the 111k, he finally visited me (and wanted me to spend 175k). Maybe it varies based on some other requirement, I have no idea.. I'd like to know, personally, but they've made it VERY clear they're not going to tell us anything; both Popeye and Latten stayed tight lipped too. :)
    But I know several people who have gotten him with balances as high as 300-700 thousand.
    Hmm. Ok, that may just throw my theory out the window then. :)
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 13.03.2017
    Marowit said:

    3 - Oh Lester he took a long hiatus :) You probably don't meet all conditions to trigger him.
    We need some more information than this.  I have been waiting for 6 months for Lester.  Players with less gold and players with more gold have gotten him several times since then.  I am a fairly accomplished farmer in most respects.  How can I not be meeting his conditions after six full months?  This does not make sense.
    Post edited by gavinfarms (US1) on
  • Dara (SKN1)Dara (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 2,638
    Marowit said:

    3 - Oh Lester he took a long hiatus :) You probably don't meet all conditions to trigger him.
    We need some more information than this.  I have been waiting for 6 months for Lester.  Players with less gold and players with more gold have gotten him several times since then.  I am a fairly accomplished farmer in most respects.  How can I not be meeting his conditions after six full months?  This does not make sense.
    I have never ever seen Lester. No, I don't buy gold and I really try to save the gold game gives, but it's too hard... :wink: (Just had one more fertile field) 
    It would be so nice to meet Lester at least once. But hope he has a reasonable offer for me. Something like 2-4 thousand gold. Or is that too much to ask :smiley:
  • nola1 (INT1)nola1 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 188
    I love the dev's being here to help us but i wish they would take this question seriously  ... where is Lester?
    why don't I and many others meet his  "requirements" ?  

    Or is there a problem ?  Can't it be answered for some reason ?  


  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Ok developer guys.....I don't know where our discussion of Lester was moved to.  This follows on that discussion, so part of this conversation may seem like an inside conversation to some.  But, it has been over six months since he last came.  I have bought gold.  I have spent gold.  I farm aggressively.  People who spend more than me have had him 3 times since then, as have people who spend less.


    I do not doubt that there is a formula, but there must be a flaw.  Every part of my farm gets worked.  You need to give me some more information, if you expect me to believe that it is not broken.
  •      I haven't paid too much attention to when Lester comes in the past, but the last time he came, I finally got it, I guess, because I intended to buy/save up enough gold to be able to spend the 130,000 gold during his next visit or one soon, so he would give me 130,000 gold, thus helping my very tight budget and my over 3 yrs. of playing have some fun with a little gold and maybe plan to do it again sometime.  IMO the gold cost for many things in the game is just horrendously too much for my finances and for most players!!  I still consider myself a valued player though for GGS because I lead a Co-op, train a lot of players and participate in the forums, etc. Now considering I have only bought a little gold 3x in all my years of playing, because I'm on a tight fixed income, GGS would make more from me if Lester comes often vs does not come and if the amounts are way less less!!!  130,000 gold is a whole lot for me!!!  Maybe I should just forget about it.   What bothers me now if that I thought Lester was an event that came around routinely with the same amounts, etc. for everyone.  Now I'm finding out from these posts that is not true!!!  So unfair!!! Customer service is getting so bad with support requests, bugs in the game that never get fixed, and so much more, players leave and I have to work very hard to try to build my Co-op up again!  So much improvement in the game would be made if GGS would just listen to those who play it and implement the excellent suggestions the players make. They would certainly have a much happier farmers and make much more money from it.  
    I agree too that GGS could tell us more about the "requirements" for Lester to come and why it is not standard for everyone without revealing their secret mathmatical formula!!

    I'm just so fed up with all the bugs, waiting weeks for support replies, and then getting a standardized blurb back about clearing the cashes, CLEARLY INDICATING THAT THEY NEVER EVEN READ MY REQUEST!!!  Or asking for photos of something that is impossible to catch on photos, or clearly not having ANY idea of what our game is all about - A SUPPORT PERSON SHOULD KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME!!!!, OR  just replying with-we have been busy, dropping my request without even sending a copy back with it, asking me to resend my request if still needed!!!!!  AFTER ALL THE WEEKS I WAITED FOR A REPLY AND ALL THE WORK AND PHOTOS, DETAILS, ETC..  I PUT INTO MY REQUEST AS MANY OF US DO, THAT'S WHAT WE GET!!!  NO SUPPORT AT ALL!!!  The standard reply about clearing the cashes, etc. should pop up as soon as someone clicks on a request for support--then click to go on if it does not help.  GGS backlog would be so much less, and newer players would do it, fixing many problems, support would know that we have done that already (I tell them in my request, but they still send back the standard reply-THEY DON'T EVEN READ MY REQUEST OR THEY WOULD NOT DO THAT!!!  This is basic business 101- COMMON SENSE!!  Even my young grandson, age 12 yrs. now, has mentioned this the last few years as well as other things that are just no brainers for the business world!!  What kind of people are working at GGS???   And when GGS has the ability to send an e-mail message to all players through their game screen email, why don't they make more use of this great tool to notify players of things.  Yes, we have the forum, but how often are we able to read EVERY new post there everyday!  If a display problem for example-tell players before thousands of support requests get sent in.   I could go on for hours, but I'd better stop now, just getting more frustrated!!  So much could be done to make this game really GREAT and they are just NOT hard things to do, or hard on programming either!!!  Improvements using what we have.  Now the game has been down for the most hours in the history of the game and no doubt the bugs will be swarming when it is back up!  WHY, WHY, WHY GGS!!!!!!
  • holidayrox (US1)holidayrox (US1) US1 Posts: 328
    Just an FYI about Lester. No matter how much gold you have, he will ask you to spend MORE than you have at the current moment, thus triggering you to have to buy gold.


    Except on the Test server! I was able to utilize Lester for over 20 million gold.
  • Teejay52 (INT1)Teejay52 (INT1) Posts: 203
    edited 15.04.2017
    yeah well, good for you.

    Test server is a waste of time.

    I donated 6Mil of my 10 Mil to the Coop i am in there.

    Gold makes me stupid. Like other big gold spenders. I don't want to be stupid lol.
    I am a knight that likes to fight......with minimal Gold.

    That.....real play and not buying your way does it for me :)
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    I am getting really furious about Lester.  It has been 8 months.  I am beginning to take this very personally.  We were told by previous moderators that this could not happen...that there was a point at which he would come back. 


    I do everything that I am supposed to in the game.  I am beginning to think that I am being singled-out.  It is time for you guys to give more information; otherwise, I am going to quit believing what you say. 


    This has reached a crisis point, and you need to treat it with the proper respect that it deserves.
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Lester has still not come.  It has been 9 months.  This is getting absurd.  If you cannot fix this or disclose what I am failing to do, then I going to stop buying gold.  I am being treated very unfairly.  This must be fixed!
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    @Marowit and   @Meela

    No answer?  This is a serious problem and I do not get the impression that anyone is taking it seriously!  Lester is a big component of the overall funding/finance mechanism of this game.  It encourages people to spend.....real money that people must work to earn.  I have been spending with actual and real impression that he is coming.  You need to provide better clarity.  The original promise was an average of 51 days.  It has been 9 months.  Many other players of all sizes have been getting several times in that same time period.  Players that buy less gold than me and players who buy more....all have had him more often. 

    I am expecting a "real" answer.
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 24.05.2017
    @gavinfarms (US1) I do understand the frustration you & others feel with the lack of "rules" for Lester's visits, but please don`t post daily in this section for the same question, because this is not the devs main job, they answer questions whenever they get time & they are very busy with the update at the moment. 
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    But they have not answered in many weeks, and those two posts were my first is many weeks, precisely because they had not responded.  And you are missing the point.  Lester is a part of the financial construct of this game.  I am unable to find a single user (and I know lots of them) that has not seen him in 9 months, as is the case with me.  Something must be wrong.  I have a right, since I buy gold, to expect a real answer, and you all continue to not give one.  I am not planning to "be quiet" about this.  Nor should I.  I gave real money to your company.  I should expect a response.  There is nothing unreasonable about that.
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Still....no answer?  (and of course, no Lester)
  • MarowitMarowit Guest Posts: 59
    Hi @gavinfarms (US1)

    I really don't know what to answer to not antagonize you :(

    Lester works just fine, I mean he is triggered for other users who meet the conditions to trigger him.

    I feel like an old record at this point, but this is the truth.

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