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

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  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Fireworks........

    This needs to be tweaked.  When Fireworks happen, the notification needs to be bigger.  I need major farmers, who have played for years, who are playing when the fireworks arrive and do not not even notice that it has happened.  A splash screen is needed or some other "major" way of letting us know that they have come.

    Additionally, the have shown up for literally 3 minutes before.  That is absurdly too short for a person to gather their thoughts and use them.  Anything less than 10 minutes just seems wrong.

    Please work on this.
  • When the fireworks arrive on my farm The camera pans over to the parking area and highlights the event deco to let me know they are starting. To date it has always been when I have something that is planted ready for harvest I then plant wildflowers to take advantage of the time.

    I have had 12 mins and 5 mins frequently during the event at least 3 times a day.



  • A few minutes ago, my chip counts went sky high when the new day started. Here was my screen.

    I reloaded and my counts came back to normal.

    The counts were so high that I knew to reload, but would have been miffed if I played all day and then lost points. Stop messing with chip counts, please!
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Steffi-

    Can you please explain exactly how this number works by the lock in the pictures above?  This number appears to the right after one or more animals reaches completion.  It is discussed several times above.
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Separate question:

    Was the vendor in the market adjusted in the last update?  He is offering far fewer deals than he used to.
  • SirDevilance (GR1)SirDevilance (GR1) Posts: 61
    edited 12.02.2016
    Quick question, during the fireworks when one is frantically collecting chips, and those wonderful rewards keep popping up, and instead of clicking "i accept" or "i want this" or whatever it says, you click on the red cross, because you know... wanna save time.. do you still get the rewards by not accepting or do they somehow fall through? (did not note how many special feed i had before etc)
     
    Oh and for the next year when i hope this event will return, please PLEASE add a button to skip the spinning of the wheel! 
    Yes, the rewards pop up by your farmhouse as soon as you achieve the number of the required chips, whether you choose to accept them or not.

    Steffi-

    Can you please explain exactly how this number works by the lock in the pictures above?  This number appears to the right after one or more animals reaches completion.  It is discussed several times above.

    The orange part represents the happiness you achieved by finishing the 12 zodiac signs and the blue part the happiness you achieved by collecting chips above the 100% limit. However, this additional happiness is granted to you only after you have fully completed all the zodiac signs. So, if you have achieved 30 additional happiness and completed all the other signs (130 base happiness) but one (i.e. the pig that just reduces the size), your final decoration will have 130 happiness.
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Quick question, during the fireworks when one is frantically collecting chips, and those wonderful rewards keep popping up, and instead of clicking "i accept" or "i want this" or whatever it says, you click on the red cross, because you know... wanna save time.. do you still get the rewards by not accepting or do they somehow fall through? (did not note how many special feed i had before etc)
     
    Oh and for the next year when i hope this event will return, please PLEASE add a button to skip the spinning of the wheel! 
    Yes, the rewards pop up by your farmhouse as soon as you achieve the number of the required chips, whether you choose to accept them or not.

    Steffi-

    Can you please explain exactly how this number works by the lock in the pictures above?  This number appears to the right after one or more animals reaches completion.  It is discussed several times above.

    The orange part represents the happiness you achieved by finishing the 12 zodiac signs and the blue part the happiness you achieved by collecting chips above the 100% limit. However, this additional happiness is granted to you only after you have fully completed all the zodiac signs. So, if you have achieved 30 additional happiness and completed all the other signs (130 base happiness) but one (i.e. the pig that just reduces the size), your final decoration will have 130 happiness.
    But in the post of Nemej, there is already a six in the blue bar.  Is this 6 extra points?  Or 6 percent the way toward an additional point?  If it is 6 extra points, this would mean that simply finishing the remaining decos to 100 even, would yield 136, and that seems unlikely, so I have thought perhaps it means 6 percent toward another point or some other notation.  Thus why I hope Steffi will clarify.
  • SirDevilance (GR1)SirDevilance (GR1) Posts: 61
    edited 12.02.2016
    But in the post of Nemej, there is already a six in the blue bar.  Is this 6 extra points?  Or 6 percent the way toward an additional point?  If it is 6 extra points, this would mean that simply finishing the remaining decos to 100 even, would yield 136, and that seems unlikely, so I have thought perhaps it means 6 percent toward another point or some other notation.  Thus why I hope Steffi will clarify.

    I'm pretty sure that it is in fact 6 extra points. You have to take into consideration that the whole event is quite difficult and time demanding so these additional happiness points will be unlocked only by the few who managed to collect all the required zodiac signs, even the dog/pig ones that are so elusive, thus it isn't so far-fetched. But Steffi can still confirm that.
  • Nemej (CZ1)Nemej (CZ1) Posts: 220
    edited 12.02.2016
    hi, it is 6 points now - it will be 30 additional points at the end (in my case :D ) - but this bonus points is still locked. to unlock - see what steffi wrote. 
    as i wrote - best way is waiting with harvest for fireworks and trying to get combo with jokers for best droping buildings/orchards. 6x drop bonus is good reason for waiting 

    on our server - the time of fireworks is not the same, but...i can suppose - in the mornig we have it about 8:00-8:30 , next time we have about 12:00 . there are minimally 2 hours pauses, so..after one fireworks left, i know i have minimally 2 hours to do something else than watching my phone. 

    on our forum we have a thread where we post times whenever fireworks arrive. easy to control when last fireworks was. 
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 12.02.2016
     Yes, but it is only day five now, so 6 full points would be a lot for this point in the event.  And the pig and dog are elusive, but I have timed mine out and they should definitely complete in time.  So I keep thinking it would be something other than 6 full points, but hopefully we will get clarity.

    (Frankly, I remain amazed that we have received so few answers to so many questions that are found in these pages, given that this event has been going for a full week now.  I would have thought they would have answered many questions by now.  Are they really going to leave all of these questions unanswered through a whole new weekend?  I am really astounded by this.  I have had a really good impression of this event, but that is severely undermined by this weird "radio silence.")
  • Ajeba (NL1)Ajeba (NL1) NL1 Posts: 13
    On our server last fireworks came at 6.29 and 8.18 - less than 2 hours in between
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    not too hard, if you catch fireworks - 3x bonus
    if I except 3x bonus coming, i don´t harvest,and prepare violets or roses.  i try wheel - if I don´t get pig, i use it with apple orchad or something else with low drop amount. 
    if i get pig jokers, i don´t use them and wait for 3x bonus. i harvest cherry orchard and cows - it is 6x bonus (2x3)

    i have 3 zodiacs finished with no gold - just always waiting for 3x bonus and combine with jokers. 
    sorry, it is not english :) 

    that 6 points are momentaly bonus happines points - locked at this time, the number going  up, i mean i will unlocked it after i fullfill that blue bar. 

    for me best event ever with great deco. ok hard with only pc, i have opened game at mobile puffin browser to controll if 3x bonus is here. 

    edit - there is some bug after midnight i see bar full and ti seems you can maximally get 5x5 deco with 160 (130+30) points of happines - i think it is great 

    This is a great example of how to work this event. Well done mate. I can see you'll make it to glorious finish. :) Although I can't use it as I refuse to tie myself to the phone waiting for fireworks, and brain chip implants have not been distributed yet by GGS ............. lol. Anyways, may I ask how much time you actually spend gaming?
  • Nemej (CZ1)Nemej (CZ1) Posts: 220
    edited 12.02.2016
    hard to say - 3-6 hours playing time a day? half a day i am with a small daugter, so doing something at home and meantime playing. at work the same (more working there, of course :D
      for me goal of this event  is fireworks - no chance for me get pig without combine pig + joker + fireworks + cherry orchard and cows. 
      and i love to compete, so i have 16 fields - it will help a  lot with events. 
    Post edited by Nemej (CZ1) on
  • edited 13.02.2016
    (Frankly, I remain amazed that we have received so few answers to so many questions that are found in these pages, given that this event has been going for a full week now.  I would have thought they would have answered many questions by now.  Are they really going to leave all of these questions unanswered through a whole new weekend?  I am really astounded by this.  I have had a really good impression of this event, but that is severely undermined by this weird "radio silence.")
    @gavinfarms (US1)  I agree there are a lot of questions on the thread, but so far they all seem to have been answered by other players. There is also a minor bug which occurs if you are logged in when the daily reset happens (your scores get doubled) but most people seem to have worked out that it corrects itself as soon as you relog & I believe there is a fix on the way for that. If you have seen a question that no one has answered, could you send me a link in PM & I will check it out. Apologies if we missed one, it is a busy topic.  Thanks. :)


    EDIT: I see from the Announcement that the bug has indeed now been fixed.
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • CM PopeyeCM Popeye Posts: 535
    These chip count differences are caused by the server - client transmissions. I apologize for the confusion it is causing, and wanted to let you know our team is working on it.

    -Popeye
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    hard to say - 3-6 hours playing time a day? half a day i am with a small daugter, so doing something at home and meantime playing. at work the same (more working there, of course :D
      for me goal of this event  is fireworks - no chance for me get pig without combine pig + joker + fireworks + cherry orchard and cows. 
      and i love to compete, so i have 16 fields - it will help a  lot with events. 
    That doesn't sound much for the progress you've made. :) You¨re a great strategist. But am I correct to read the information as 3-6 hours playing + 24/7 fireworks watching? haha...... Just kidding, I know you said there's at least 2 hours gap after each fireworks so these you won't be checking I suppose. :) Anyways, excellent job, really. Shame I can't do it this way ......... :)
  • There is the key - with 16 fields the drop is awesome with any special seed.
    Good job @Nemej (CZ1) 
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 12.02.2016
    You're absolutelly right @Winnie the Pooh (BG1). Those 16 fields plus that 2x3 boost with carefull pick of which booster to use when and on what harvest plus nonstop fireworks watching. Not the kind of devoton I can give to the game, but I'm pleased that somebody found such a nice workable way for themselves to get the event to finish. :)@Nemej (CZ1) How many of your 16 fields are the gold ones? I guess I should open a Czech account to check your farm. :)
    Post edited by Kamilcom (GB1) on
  • karen richer (US1)karen richer (US1) Posts: 37
    edited 12.02.2016
    so still have the videos that say "sorry something went wrong please try again"  :(
    so i wont try again im thru with the video thing can u please remove the annoying video hut its taking up space
  •   and i love to compete, so i have 16 fields - it will help a  lot with events. 
    16 fields?! Wow, could you show a picture? I'd love to see it :smiley: 
  • Nemej (CZ1)Nemej (CZ1) Posts: 220
    one lvl 8 for specials
    15 gold fields mostof them  lvl 1workers saved with library
  • josephine (AU1)josephine (AU1) AU1 Posts: 13
    why is it that my percentages for each animal goes up and down? well I understand why it goes up little by little but then why does it jump by a whole lot and then go back way down? anyone else notice that happen to their percentages?
    With the other problems I am having this is also one I have.  On the bright side The game still seems able to deduct gold from your total
  • luna839 (IN1)luna839 (IN1) IN1 Posts: 153
    Any idea as to how we can calculate the maximum happiness of this decoration :/?
  • why is it that my percentages for each animal goes up and down? well I understand why it goes up little by little but then why does it jump by a whole lot and then go back way down? anyone else notice that happen to their percentages?
    With the other problems I am having this is also one I have.  On the bright side The game still seems able to deduct gold from your total
    I have been playing 16 hours a day with 6 farms, 6 orchards, a gob of stables and upgraded production facilities.  Been planting corn and wildflowers since you can collect more signs with those if you harvest over and over all day.  Been spending dollars on the wheel as well and it is quite apparent that I will never complete all the zodiac signs.  Unbelievable what they require for us to complete this event. 

    Every day my total jumps up and then comes back down and it's ridiculous.  They should give us a reward at the end of each day for the amount of work we put in and then let us keep our points instead of taking them away.  On day five, my pig is barely at 11%.  I could spend 100,000 in gold on the pig in the wheel and still never complete it. 

    I'm sorry, but I will not waste a 7x7 space on a limited area farm to place any decoration whatsoever.  I don't care if it is 150 points, I can still place two 5x5 decorations of 90 and get more bang for my buck than the 7x7 deco.  (5x5 takes 25 squares while a 7x7 takes 49).  Do the math and it's easy to decide what you want to put on your farm.  This event sucks, please make events that are actually possible to complete.


  • I am having similar problems with the points stalling, and a new one where anything I grow stalls -- suspect overloaded server issues again; when will GGS fix their server issues?

    ADs are a large part - I switched to an ad blocker that counts and logs ads blocked - in an 8 hour period nearly 250 ads from GGS blocked; most were accesses to the ad servers and maybe not ads but GGS spyware from crwdcntl (crowd control), unrulymedia (a rupert murdoch company spying on us for profit) and our pals at supersonicads. Seriously, these constant loading / reloading of spying results / cookie data TIMES how many users ( ? ) is what is eating your servers alive; but the biggest insult to us users is we are paying for ads ( ! ) that clog our bandwidth (I also noted that the ads try repeatedly to reload content they fail to load further clogging the game)

    I switched back to original software because I have demonstrated what the real issue is; you don't have the bandwidth on your server for the ads AND the game to function at the same time; you likely need another server just for the ads and store the content you are going to the other sites for, on that server

    and too many simultaneous events is a mess. I kept harvesting and getting valentines event flowers, snowballs, and chinese new years childrens blocks in a given harvest; now imagine, say 9 chicken coops with eggs and dung added to that mix  --a big effing mess
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 12.02.2016
    Any idea as to how we can calculate the maximum happiness of this decoration :/?
    Was published already several times. Add all the signs to 10 - which of the top of my head makes it 130, and there's supposedly +30 bonus, which makes it 160. Erm..... something like that anyway. :)

    @Nemej (CZ1) Impressive. :) Erm....... workers saved with library? ? ?
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    They are aware of the trouble and are looking into it. Hopefully they will have it sorted out before the event ends.
  • Nemej (CZ1)Nemej (CZ1) Posts: 220
    library books for wildflowers wheat etc. so no need for higher lvl fields..
  • Any idea as to how we can calculate the maximum happiness of this decoration :/?
    Was published already several times. Add all the signs to 10 - which of the top of my head makes it 130, and there's supposedly +30 bonus, which makes it 160. Erm..... something like that anyway. :)
    Based upon the glitch that showed us all high chip totals right as the new day began, I think the extra happiness will be just a bit beyond +30. In the picture below, I would have +29 with two chips yet to finish and add extra.

  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Does it get harder after the animal reaches 100 percent?  The three that I have that got to 100 percent have progressed beyond that in an insanely slow fashion.
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