Uses for Event Seeds

AnnaCecilia

I know the event seeds (roses, sunflowers, rice, magic beans) are great ways of making extra money for the farm, but just growing and selling them is a bit dull imo and as far as I know that's all we can do with them (unless I'm not far enough into the game yet and I'm missing out). Wouldn't it be good if we could process the event seeds into special products on the gourmet and flower farm?

For example rice could be made into rice pudding with the addition of cream and sugar in the restaurant. These special products could have a fairly high production cost and long running time, but should also be sold for a high price so it's worth it.

smirlefarm

annacecilia I can see where your good idea is going here but I don't know about the thought of adding a special product/dish that would just sit there in the selection dialog with almost never even turning green at all most of the month (due to lack of materials) tho?

monica79538

Better than wasting space in the seed catalog since I don't think they are worth very much selling outright. I am getting bored the same recipes and the waitstaff is getting lower tips. New recipes from what we already have in stock: is bonus

BabyRooBoo2

lol, I agree with you Monica. I see the thought process in the original idea. Maybe make them event specific recipes, like the decor? That way we do not get frustrated seeing a recipe we cannot fulfill outside of the events.

AnnaCecilia

@smilrefarm - Maybe they could be special themed recipes that become available to make during the events? Just a thought... On the other hand, I tend to keep some event seeds in my inventory rather than using them all up to get the money because I prefer to plant stuff that can be used for produce, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. So you'll find quite a few people have the seeds available even when no events are on and like Monica says, they end up just sitting there, so why not have something more creative we can use them for. We could all try to come up with special event themed recipes for our restaurants or special bouquets and scents for our flower farm which include event crops

monica79538

Hmm--not sure. Rice is available way earlier than the resturant opens, even with gold ;(

AnnaCecilia

That's true Monica, I hadn't though of that. People would still be able to grow and sell the rice though so the seeds wouldn't be useless, and then once they have the gourmet farm they'll have an extra use for them, so it's an extra incentive to keep playing to get to higher levels.

monica79538

I still like the idea of using the rice in the resturant. I have 2 stone dragons that look very out of place in an Italian resturant hehe. I am hoping to get new recipes soon

Mae Anne (US1)

It's always bothered me that you can't use roses in any of the flower shoppe recipes.
Sunflowers too, but less so than roses.

AnnaCecilia

^exactly, you could make some lovely bouquets and scents with the roses, there's so much untapped potential in the event seeds!

RachaelB (AU1)

I didn't see any mention of the higher rate of gathering event items. I save the special seeds and plant them during the parts of the events when I am gathering items. I believe it goes much faster that way. Other members of my co-op have the same idea.

ezio auditore3

Those are good ideas but as a lot of you have stated the ideas will work when you have the ingredients..... but what about the rest of the days when you don't have the ingredients and you're just waiting for a miracle to turn all the ingredients green?:) but that's just me and converting roses into other things would be good

AnnaCecilia

That's true, but I don't really see why that's such a problem. There will still be plenty of other things you can make in your restaurant or on your flower farm, so is it really that bad that not everything is available all the time? If anything it gives you an extra incentive to take part in the events to get the seeds so you can use them for something special you only get to make once in a while. And even if it is an issue, they can be special event products which only become available to produce during the events as suggested before. That way the flower and gourmet farms can tie in with the events, which would be nice imo.

jaystarr2

I would assume that unless you are a golder and have spent tons on getting rose seeds through events or whatever, you wouldn't be making products that required special seeds ALL the time, but just as a quick moneymaker when you can afford them. You'd probably still spend a lot more time making spaghetti or bouquets with other things or whatever it is.

Oooh, rose + yogurt = lassi

AnnaCecilia

^ Sure, but that's ok, isn't it? I didn't mean you should have to use event seeds all the time, I wouldn't get rid of all the other things you can make on your gourmet/flower farm. I just thought it would be nice to be able to use them for something other than just selling straight away, which seems a bit unimaginative to me. And you don't need to spend any gold to get event seeds as you get them as rewards for event tasks - I don't think I've ever actually bought any, just got them through completing tasks and I ended up with quite a few saved up.

monica79538

Hmm--there are lots of people with lots of roses that have not bought any gold too.

it would be nice to use them for more than being in the way in my inventory.

jaystarr2

I've not bought any either and I've got a fair number of them, I just have the impression that golders might have more since they have access to more opportunities for them (e.g. charity drive etc.)

But yeah, I still think it'd be nice to have uses for those seeds outside of just planting and selling... it'd also add a new dimension to deciding whether or not to participate in particular events!

AnnaCecilia

@Monica - yeah, I had loads of rose seeds saved up. I've been planting quite a few to get the paw prints for the camping event, and that's how I came to think that we should really have something better to do with all those lovely roses than just sell them straight away...

@Jaystarr - you're right of course, but in the end everyone has the chance to get event seeds, so it wouldn't be something exclusive for gold buyers They'd just have the extra advantage, but then that's the case for everything in the game. And like you say, it would influence people's decision about taking part in the events

gizmo22 (AU1)

I save the rose and rice seeds for the events. The drop rates are so much better and it gets paw print and crane collecting tasks done a whole lot faster. I tend to agree though, it would be nice if we could make more with the roses....special bouquets, rose water etc. It would be even better if we could access more seeds too, from either bubble clicking or simply harvesting/producing on the farms.

AnnaCecilia

Just thought about this again as the fairytale event is on again...

Wouldn't it be nice if we could make Magic Bean Chilli in the restaurant? (eg. Magic Beans + Tomatoes + Mixed Veg)

Or vegetable stir fry during the Asian event (Rice + Mixed Veg)

Or Rice Pudding (as I said before - Rice + Cream + Sugar)

Or a Valentine's Bouquet or Rose water on the flower farm (Roses)

So much untapped potential...

knn (INT1)

i was thinking of using event/special seeds such as rose/sunflower/rice...  as special ingredient that when applied would have the chance of producing twice/thrice the amount of produce of regular seeds/feeds