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Update Feb 3rd - Too late for New Year's Eve? - Discussion

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  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    Hmmmmm - still confused!   :/

    All the percentages of my zodiac chips stayed exactly the same since this morning, even after lots of harvesting and using boosters during the fireworks. Only the RAT zodiac chips do count for the daily work rewards ...

    But a few of my members tell me that the percentages of all their other animal zodiac chips (left side) do increase as well since this morning.

    I know that the left side of the menu is an overall overview for the whole challenge, and the right side (Activity Challenge) shows us the daily challenge. Both should increase - but my 'left side of the menu' doesn't change while it does for a few of my coop members when harvesting and collecting our zodiac chips.

    Anyone has a clue?  :|
  • Come on I really hope Im getting credit for this, when fixed cause im counting on paper as tedious as it may be, as I just got 19 points from chicken coops and only got credit for 3 really?
  • jess_d (US1)jess_d (US1) US1 Posts: 3,515
    Hmmmmm - still confused!   :/

    All the percentages of my zodiac chips stayed exactly the same since this morning, even after lots of harvesting and using boosters during the fireworks. Only the RAT zodiac chips do count for the daily work rewards ...

    But a few of my members tell me that the percentages of all their other animal zodiac chips (left side) do increase as well since this morning.

    I know that the left side of the menu is an overall overview for the whole challenge, and the right side (Activity Challenge) shows us the daily challenge. Both should increase - but my 'left side of the menu' doesn't change while it does for a few of my coop members when harvesting and collecting our zodiac chips.

    Anyone has a clue?  :|
    I think all of the chips should count towards the overall progress of each animal. Mine have increased since I got online this morning. Have you tried refreshing the page to see if it changes?
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    My percentages all just dropped. A few minutes ago, my pig chips were at 11 percent. Now they have dropped to 6 percent. Why?

    It would be great if we could have an answer to this question and other questions!
  • Today is RAT day, only RATS count towards the hard work rewards.

    Each animal will have it's own day.

    They all still count towards the overall percentages.

  • Yes Yes Yes, I am so sorry, what a ditz, My apologies.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    Hmmmmm - still confused!   :/

    All the percentages of my zodiac chips stayed exactly the same since this morning, even after lots of harvesting and using boosters during the fireworks. Only the RAT zodiac chips do count for the daily work rewards ...

    But a few of my members tell me that the percentages of all their other animal zodiac chips (left side) do increase as well since this morning.

    I know that the left side of the menu is an overall overview for the whole challenge, and the right side (Activity Challenge) shows us the daily challenge. Both should increase - but my 'left side of the menu' doesn't change while it does for a few of my coop members when harvesting and collecting our zodiac chips.

    Anyone has a clue?  :|
    I think all of the chips should count towards the overall progress of each animal. Mine have increased since I got online this morning. Have you tried refreshing the page to see if it changes?
    Did it Jess, thanks! But nothing changed - the Rat chips add up to the daily challenge - but all the other zodiac chips on the left side stay the same (as well as in happiness-bar as in percentages = no progress at all since 09.00 CET)  :(


    LÓVE yr new special Valentine signature!!! And wearing glasses nowadays?  :)
  • amyk (US1)amyk (US1) Posts: 1,201
    Cow Feed 20, 31, 51 or 60
    Fertilizer 15, 30 or 45
  • TinaM1 (US1)TinaM1 (US1) US1 Posts: 122
    Is the fireworks on the fritz today???? Have been waiting for them for almost 4 hours this morning. Yesterday they seemed to come every 2 to 3 hours. What's the deal??????
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495

    @Artmaker (GB1) That pop up you get is one of the daily reward and it shows clearly what the reward is. You'll never notice though if you just click things mindlessly and never pause to have a look :):):)
    Thanks for the sarcasm.  But clearly I'm not the only one confused by this event.   And as I expected, reading the posts today, as usual, it's buggy.  Not counting things.    Why does this not surprise me?

    Ok I wish I took a screen shot, and when it  happens again I will.  But a pop up with one of the icons on the left, and a number on the right, says this is your reward. WHAT REWARD????  If that information is anywhere, I missed it.  What does that number mean?  How many of that thing to go?  How many I got?   The time of day on Mars?  What?

    I spun the wheel a few times, didn't notice any difference.   (Aside from it's expensive and doesn't last long.)  But then the pieces that fly out aren't on the screen very long.  Especially with all the other junk flying out too.  So I can't really tell if it did any good or not.  Seems I get just as much with or without spinning the wheel.  

    Know what?    I don't care.   If they can't make this stuff a little more user friendly without sifting through pages of forum posts, it just isn't worth it.    What ever I get, I get.  If this event weren't even here, it would not be missed.   Kinda like that guy with the big cilo.  I NEVER can get past level 7 with anything.  So that too.  If I have it fine. If not no loss.  Whatever. 

    OH... I did finally get to see fireworks on one farm last night.  And of course it was RIGHT AFTER I harvested everything and planted my nightly wheat.    I waited for some chickens just to see and again, didn't notice much of a difference.    Fireworks were cute though.
  • Is the fireworks on the fritz today???? Have been waiting for them for almost 4 hours this morning. Yesterday they seemed to come every 2 to 3 hours. What's the deal??????
    None all day here either, :(
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
     
    I like the chinese new year's decoration but it seems likely you'll end up with a 7x7 decoration that has low happiness if you only play 4-8 hours per day. This decoration takes a very long time to complete. I am done the first day and it says I have only 10 happiness. I have only 3% the monkey, and other animals vary up to 8% or fewer.  I finished the fifth reward while I did a chicken/chicken feed coop project. I need 354 more for the 6th reward but Ieft it at that because time is about to expire.  So it does seem you have to get all the rewards in the same day, and the final reward is a pagoda lantern decoration which is 4x4.
    So right this event is not for working persons but how many of us really want another 7x7 deco  I will spend some cash to boost but will not spend gold. Kudos for idea and diversion to keep game fresh
  • Cow Feed 20, 31, 51 or 60
    Fertilizer 15, 30 or 45
    Thank you so much, amyk!
    I updated the posting.  :)
  • edited 10.02.2016

    Ok I wish I took a screen shot, and when it  happens again I will.  But a pop up with one of the icons on the left, and a number on the right, says this is your reward. WHAT REWARD????  If that information is anywhere, I missed it.  What does that number mean?  How many of that thing to go?  How many I got?   The time of day on Mars?  What?

    I spun the wheel a few times, didn't notice any difference.   (Aside from it's expensive and doesn't last long.)  But then the pieces that fly out aren't on the screen very long.  Especially with all the other junk flying out too.  So I can't really tell if it did any good or not.  Seems I get just as much with or without spinning the wheel.  

    OH... I did finally get to see fireworks on one farm last night.  And of course it was RIGHT AFTER I harvested everything and planted my nightly wheat.    I waited for some chickens just to see and again, didn't notice much of a difference.    Fireworks were cute though.
    I think the pop-ups you are seeing are rewards for the daily Activity Challenges. Here is one from yesterday:

    It shows a reward of various Zodiac chips. Today, the Activity Challenge is based on the Rat (nice bit of humor there if people look for it) and only Rat chips count toward progress in the Activity Challenge. The pop-up you would have seen today would have had the Rat icon on the left and a number on the right. Congrats on earning the reward!

    All chips count toward the overall progress toward the deco. 

    Fireworks are fantastic because they triple the value of chips dropped. I wish we had more fireworks today. I am flying my Rat flag in protest. :p UPDATE: Thank you for the fireworks! I spun and used  a couple boosters and ended up with 3 rat boosters and nothing to harvest. So, I planted 3 fields of sunflowers and used seaweed. 540 chips per field, with over 50% Rat finished the daily Activity Challenge. The new Big Rat flag is flying!

    As for spinning the wheel, that is a good idea when you have high drop value items to harvest, like trees, cow feed, cows, etc. (see the list in my earlier post). When you use a booster from the wheel, you will get a bonus chip for each animal, tree, single feed, etc harvest. Great deal if you use your boosters wisely. 

    If you have time, please read my posts from earlier in this thread. I tried to share some good info and tips. Don't let your fun game stress you out. Play it more like the Hard Worker event if you like - all freebies are great freebies in my book.
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  • jess_d (US1)jess_d (US1) US1 Posts: 3,515
    Did it Jess, thanks! But nothing changed - the Rat chips add up to the daily challenge - but all the other zodiac chips on the left side stay the same (as well as in happiness-bar as in percentages = no progress at all since 09.00 CET)  :(


    LÓVE yr new special Valentine signature!!! And wearing glasses nowadays?  :)

    Oh no :( Hopefully support can fix it for you.

    Thanks! My kids wanted me to put glasses on the avatar. When this pic is so tiny she kinda looks like a pink martian to me. :D

  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Ok, I know your trying to explain this.  Thanks for the effort.   I did grab a screen shot.  See the words "here is your reward?"   Ok, WHAT REWARD?????   A reward is gold.  That would be a good one.  Cash, seaweed, special fert, decor.   I don't see any reward.  I don't have a clue what the number on the right means.   Am I getting 26 points per rat chip today?  If so it's hard to tell if I am or not.  According to posts in this thread, rat is broken today.

    I'm attaching another shot.   This of a recent corn harvest.   And this is only a fraction of the assortment of crap that flies up out of every harvest.

    Corn,  Be nice if that's all we see.  Send the rest to a temp spot of some kind to be views after replanting, But no.....
    1 boxes for the greenhouse,
    2 the occasional water drop,  
    3 (some items not in this particular shot) movie tickets,
    4 the occasional collectable which seem very rare with all the other crap.
    5 Then we have running right now,  valantines stuff.  
    6 Ink paintings for the asia event.  
    7 Snowballs?
    8 The occasional and very rare bee.
    9 and the assortment of zodiac animals.
    10 Sometimes, annoyingly often, a farmer with a bubble walks under my curser so I have that flying up along with everything else.  
    11 And OMG they just started the worker event so on top of all this junk now I have that dumb scale thing that isn't even on the screen long enough to see.  

    I can't replant with all this in the way.  And if I swipe over it to make it fall faster, any numbers appear in one big stacked upon itself jumbled pile.  No way to see what numbers go with what.  They are only on the screen for a second then rain down.


    Lastly, I have asked for, in fact many people have.  Some form of gold lock.  Or warning when your going to spend.  Something so you can't accidentally spend when you didn't mean to.
    But GG won't do that.  They seem very happy to shake pockets.   So.... I play free.
    Which means, 
    I will NEVER get past level 2 at best with any island event.  This time not even trying.  Level 1 is good enough to stock up on seeds.   
    I will NEVER see the big prize for the worker event.  Tried a few times.  At least I know exactly how much of something I need and can choose to push harvests or not.  Did give it a shot ONCE.
    Won't anymore.  I like the few perks I get along the way and that will be enough.
    I will NEVER get the irish chicken coop from the wheel.   Tried once.  Saved up for several go arounds, couldn't even get out of bronze level.   Phoey!
    I probably will never see the biggest event prizes now that they added a few new ones.  Not unless I want to do one of those power farms I see with 20 cows, 15 fields etc.   I wonder what happiness those folks have.  Mine is 96%.   

    So oh well.   Some stuff is out of reach unless you want to get out the credit card.
    Sorry folks, but little doo dads on a silly on line game that could go away for any reason at any time just isn't worth it.
  • jules314 (US1)jules314 (US1) US1 Posts: 399
    Well now they have a little snowman deco to gather snowballs for too! Bess, snowballs, Valentine's gifts, zodiac cards, is a VERY BUSY farm right now! :o
    And now, the hard worker event, not to mention horses and the candy farm too. 

    These events, on their own, are fun, but to be honest, I'm not enjoying the overload. I feel like someone at GGS is just having a laugh at us all.
  • edited 10.02.2016
    Here are today's awards for the Activity Challenge

    Reward 1: 15-28 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 2: 1 Super humus

    Reward 3: 10 Premium fertilizer

    Reward 4: 17-32 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 5: 20 Donkey feed

    Reward 6: 20 Super fertilizer

    Reward 7: 18-35 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 8: 5 Violet seeds

    Reward 9: 10 Super goat feed

    Reward 10: 20-38 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 11: 10 Super cow feed

    Reward 12: Rat flag

    Reward 13 21-42 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 14: 1000 horseshoes

    Reward 15: 20 Premium duck feed

    Reward 16: 23-46 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 17: 30 Super honeydew

    Reward 18: 1 Wheel of Fortune token

    Reward 19: 25-50 Rat zodiac chips (spin determines your number)

    Reward 20: Big rat flag


    Only Rat zodiac chips advance your position in today's Challenge. Rat zodiac chips that are won will go toward your total. Without a number counter, you have to be patient to see the percentages rise.

    UPDATE: This is the same format for the third day, only Ox zodiac chips replace the Rat zodiac chips.

    Post edited by AlabasterGamer (US1) on
  • Yes, jules, I think they are laughing at us.

    And I do like the different events, but certainly my favorites are the ones that are actually ATTAINABLE.  If I don't finish ANY of the boosts on the Chinese New Year deco, I most certainly do not want a 7X7 deco with only 10 happiness!!  This one only seems attainable by people who sit and play literally ALL DAY LONG, including overnight, AND are willing to spend gold.  Maybe the events should focus on the best rewards being for people who play all day OR who are willing to spend gold but not having to do both....  Then the rest of us would have a chance at a smallish reward rather than a useless reward.

    Though, giving the benefit of the doubt, I suppose it is possible that the number of drops will increase as it gets closer to the end of the event?  You never know I guess.  I haven't been playing quite long or intently enough to really know the methods GGS uses on these.
  • I have a boatload of production on my main farm and I don't see myself getting to 50% of anything. No biggie, I'm just gonna do as I do with all of the other event decos -- grind it up when the landscape dude passes by...
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    THX for the listing and updates, Alabaster!! :+1:  :)
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    No one in my coop can make sense of this.  Even some harder players than me.  And they aren't forum junkies.   

    I've been playing all day.  From about 10 am to now, my time 3:22.   And all my zodiac animals BARELY show any progress at all.     

    Very frustrating.    This one makes my ignore it list.  (Wish I could, all that crap flying up just makes me want to walk away from this whole game till it's over.)
  • anybody know more about next part of event:

    During the 9th, 10th and 11th of February, we will go mad! We will start all the pick-up events we can find, which means fun for everyone! Be sure to stash up on some Sunflower seeds (and special seeds in general), cause you'll need every pick-up you can get your hands on!

  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    anybody know more about next part of event:

    During the 9th, 10th and 11th of February, we will go mad! We will start all the pick-up events we can find, which means fun for everyone! Be sure to stash up on some Sunflower seeds (and special seeds in general), cause you'll need every pick-up you can get your hands on!

    Do you mean after the snowball event? I think we are back to the regular "Chinese New Year" event.
  • amyk (US1)amyk (US1) Posts: 1,201
    If you are zoomed in all the way when you harvest and all the stuff clutters up your farm, just scroll up.  If you are zoomed out all the way, scroll down.   The zoom stays the same but all the stuff disappears, so that you don't have to hover over it. 

  • So, what's with the special seeds?
  • My esperience with the videos has been improving over the last 2 weeks but occasionally it still gets a little cranky.
    annen1
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499

    @Artmaker (GB1) That pop up you get is one of the daily reward and it shows clearly what the reward is. You'll never notice though if you just click things mindlessly and never pause to have a look :):):)
    Thanks for the sarcasm.  But clearly I'm not the only one confused by this event.   And as I expected, reading the posts today, as usual, it's buggy.  Not counting things.    Why does this not surprise me?
    You know what, this time it can't even be taken as sarcasm. I am serious. The event interface is so well designed that it really must be just mindless playing which leads to confusion. If you (and other complainers) spend a few minutes reading through that interface and playing with active components instead of complaining, you will have hardly anything to complain about (apart from possible bugs). I won't go into huge debate with you as your complaints hardly make any sense and are full of contradictions. Just do yourself a favour and spend some time playing with the game interface. Everything is there, laid out fairly clearly. Must be if I and others can see it. You don't need to read forums and you don't need to be Einstein to understand it. :) Good luck. :)
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Kamilcom do you have some personal problem with me?  Cause I don't know you at all and you sure don't know me.   Six pages here of mostly questions, bug reports, and confusion, I am NOT the only one.  And many more don't bother with the forums at all.   

    But you seem bent on insulting me.   If you don't like what I say here go dog someone else.
    Leave me alone. I don't need or appreciate your snarky remarks.   It's uncalled for.
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    If you are zoomed in all the way when you harvest and all the stuff clutters up your farm, just scroll up.  If you are zoomed out all the way, scroll down.   The zoom stays the same but all the stuff disappears, so that you don't have to hover over it. 

    OH now that's COOL!    Tried it a little bit ago.   Just clicking on the button to even open the scroll controls drops everything instantly.    AWESOME!   Thank you so much.    This will be a handy trick next time I'm in a mission.
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