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The Viking / Northern Lights / Festive Farms!

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  • Dark Underworld (AU1)Dark Underworld (AU1) AU1 Posts: 2,992
    edited 09.01.2017
    If they let players choose a lot less would sit out, therefore if not sitting out more likely to spend GOLD making GGS happy


  • ijrosh (US1)ijrosh (US1) US1 Posts: 1,325
    i total agree with you Damaria3 i was hoping for the candy or tropical so i could just set it out because i never play those 2 eathier i would just set it out this time but seems like a wast sense it is the only one i play so i might just do the minimal i can to get some more runstones
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 09.01.2017
    i am sorry but the viking/northern lights and tropical are not the same they both have different currency and both use different seeds/fruits for the ship so defiantly not the same
    You're completely right @ijrosh (US1) - they are not the same; not only the currency and use different seeds/fruits but also the appearance of the island is different (one has far more snow + the Aurora borealis) and they do have different decos, too (see deco-tower) ... as said before: GGS designed 4 different Island farms (of which 2 do have the same shape).
    But that all doesn't matter, what matters is that they are all equally often run, rightfully so - as there are many millions of players with all different taste.
    Post edited by Jiesta (NL1) on
  • Dark Underworld (AU1)Dark Underworld (AU1) AU1 Posts: 2,992
    edited 09.01.2017
    @Jiesta (NL1)  then why not make another farm the same as the candy, with the same differences that tropical and viking have.

    New currency, new seeds, different skins and names.  Same format.

    If you can not see they are essentially the same farm, then I give up.  Look at the spreadsheets, rewards, requirement cost everything is the same except names of everything and skins.  That is ALL they did was change names and skins. 
  • But it does not matter even the players who do Viking would have preferred this time was not Viking.
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    exactly byron I really like the viking farm but not three times in a row  and if they gave choice of farms  they do have room in the parking lot cause you would have to have the guy selling the stuff too seeds ect.  I really dont care one way or another about what they do about temp farms but this may help them get more money.
  • I would think giving us a choice would get them more money as less players would sit out every month, when it is a temp farm they don't like.   I only did 3 temp farms last year and I do spend gold on them when I do them.    But I never spend gold on the ones I don't do
  • Well.........at least I'm not the only one who was thinkin' this time would be the candy farm.........Viking farm depresses me    :/
  • Qat (US1)Qat (US1) US1 Posts: 46
    edited 09.01.2017
    I've cleared the cache on my computer, I'm not building on any other farm and I've exchanged currency twice (the full amount), and I still am unable to build or upgrade. This is the first time I have tried to build on a temporary farm, is there something else I should be doing? And am I suppose to be getting daily tasks? (I got them on the Festive farm.)

    Post edited by Qat (US1) on
  • jess_d (US1)jess_d (US1) US1 Posts: 3,515
    @Qat (US1) I see you're upgrading a cherry orchard. Once that finishes you'll be able to build on the viking farm unless you want to purchase the 2nd building slot with gold. Also, I don't think there are any daily tasks on the viking farm. 
  • Qat (US1)Qat (US1) US1 Posts: 46
    edited 10.01.2017
    Sorry still a no go.
    Post edited by Qat (US1) on
  • Pietral (US1)Pietral (US1) US1 Posts: 163
    I doubt we will ever get the ability to choose which temp farm we do.  The problem is the boosters.  We would only need to buy boosters for 1 of the temp farms and then choose to do that every time.  There would be no incentive to buy boosters for multiple temp farms.

    On the flip side, with all of this stacking of the viking farm, it's encouraging us to ignore boosters for the tropical and candy farms.  If the viking farm shows up far more often than the other farms, then not buying boosters for the other farms is the most sensible thing to do, since the viking farm offers a bigger bang for our buck than the other farms.
  • Qat (US1) said:
    Sorry still a no go.
    @Qat (US1)

    Hi Qat,

    Please describe exactly what is happening when you try to build or upgrade on your Viking farm. Thank you.
  • @Pietral (US1) Most will only think about buying books for the temp they do anyway, they are also more likely to buy the books if they know they can do the temp farm more often.


    I know I will NEVER buy books for Viking or tropical as I will only ever do candy.  But I will not buy anymore books for that either unless I can do it more often.  I would buy more books if I could choose which temp farm to do.
  • I'm very sad too... Why always the same farm?
    This is my second time to do temporary farm. First time (when level 30)is winter farm, but second time (level 36)also winter farm? Are the GCS'S country is always in winter day?
  • paroma (IN1)paroma (IN1) IN1 Posts: 45
    Yes, it would be great if we can choose our temp. farms. And there should be another one at least. Doing the same types over & over is boring.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 14.01.2017
    I doubt we will ever get the ability to choose which temp farm we do.  The problem is the boosters.  We would only need to buy boosters for 1 of the temp farms and then choose to do that every time.  There would be no incentive to buy boosters for multiple temp farms.

    On the flip side, with all of this stacking of the viking farm, it's encouraging us to ignore boosters for the tropical and candy farms.  If the viking farm shows up far more often than the other farms, then not buying boosters for the other farms is the most sensible thing to do, since the viking farm offers a bigger bang for our buck than the other farms.
    The Viking farm doesn't show up more than the other farms; they are run all 4 equally often (The Festive Winter Island farm is only run once a year during Christmas time). There are many, many players who do the horse tournaments, so they need the horseshoes from Captain Barnaby. And Captain Barnaby will ask for different fruits from each Island farm event.
    The Viking Island farm and Northern Lights Island farm might look alike, but they have different decos.
    Post edited by Jiesta (NL1) on
  • Dark Underworld (AU1)Dark Underworld (AU1) AU1 Posts: 2,992
    edited 10.01.2017
    @Jiesta (NL1) Viking and northern lights have the exact same seeds, exact same rewards and exact same cost exact same currency,... lol  and use the same books from the library.  The only difference is snow.  Festive winter has same seeds, same currency, just does not have any books


    Please inform me currency of northern lights, viking and festive
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    well @Byron Longford (AU1) the ships have different sails and carved animal  one is seal other is penquin, same with statues but everything else is the same seeds money so very similiar over all.
  • Pietral (US1)Pietral (US1) US1 Posts: 163
    For the record, I checked back in my notes, and found that for 2016, we got 3 island, 3 viking and 3 candy farms, so it looks like we are getting them with equal frequency.  So it looks like things are run with equal frequency, but just not evenly distributed throughout the year.  So I have no problems with the current setup, since it's balanced over the long haul.

    (I don't distinguish between the different variations of the viking farm when I write this down, so the 3 viking count includes northern lights and festive)
  • Dark Underworld (AU1)Dark Underworld (AU1) AU1 Posts: 2,992
    edited 11.01.2017
    What I am saying is why can we not choose? Save sitting around 6 months and do no temp farm, therefore our ships are not being filled our horses are not upgrading.  If we had a choice lot fewer players would be sitting out EVERY temp farm.  Or make another the same as candy so there are 2 of each format, either solution would be fair.


    if there were 4 types, it could go


    Tropical, Candy, Viking/northern lights, then new farm same as candy.  Then it would just keep rotating through.  This is the fairest solution without letting us choose


    forget about festive it is too buggy anyway and NO books can be used on it.
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    I do believe my seal and penguin books worked on festive farm but i have played this two years got the decos so will i play a third time  no for the high price of the land just wont be worth doing again unless they change it.
  • I would not know about the books, I just remember others complaining when on.  I will never do tropical or viking or any version of viking again.  So I will never buy books for them.  But I do have some for candy, but will not buy anymore as can not do often enough to get any value from them.
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    All the temporary farms except candy are exactly the same event anyway apart from  a produce change so whats the point? I hope the new permanent farm IS the candy farm
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    Bite your tongue gizmo  what in the world would be the point of that. Candy farm is not really about farming at all.
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    Just said it for a reaction lol .......all jokes aside the temporary farms annoy me because GGS expect us to devote all this time to the game yet they can't even put in the effort to give us different farms. Sure island has oranges and coconuts, viking has fish but at the end of the day the setup is the same, it is the SAME event. Surely GGS could take a few weeks/months and their creative team could think up a new temporary farm setup but it seems they would rather leave the numbers the same and change produce claiming its a different farming event.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    For the record, I checked back in my notes, and found that for 2016, we got 3 island, 3 viking and 3 candy farms, so it looks like we are getting them with equal frequency.  So it looks like things are run with equal frequency, but just not evenly distributed throughout the year.  So I have no problems with the current setup, since it's balanced over the long haul.

    (I don't distinguish between the different variations of the viking farm when I write this down, so the 3 viking count includes northern lights and festive)
    Totally agree! As there are more then 30 million players all over the world, who all do have different taste (me for one I prefer the graphics of the Viking/NL farm and Tropical farm far better than the Candy farm) the current setup is just fine and fair.
  • Hi guys sorry for coming here but i have to ask here bc i didn't find the answer anywhere: why doesn't have DIARY TASKS in this viking island? bc in the christmas farm and all the other temporary farms have the diary tasks and this one don't.
    i'm not talking 'bout the primary tasks (from the chapters) or the secondary tasks; i'm talking 'bout the BLUE ones... like the reputation task everyday, or the trator one, or the fishing one, or that one in the horse...
    can someone answer me?
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    Not all the temp farms have the daily tasks ;)
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 12.01.2017
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