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Update Jan 19th - "New Year Again" & More! - Discussion

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  • Shindria (AU1)Shindria (AU1) Posts: 45
    edited 29.01.2017
    Ok I have a question. Has anyone that is level 100 or better completed the snake or dragon zodiac so far.

    If you have did you use gold booster to do it?
    Not completed, but I'm right on track to! I'm level 117 and only have dragon and snake to go, dragon is at 91% and snake is at 67%, haven't used the gold bonus at all. Have used probably less than 1000 gold total to occasionally hurry up a thing that was going to miss fireworks (my cherries were going to finish less than 1 minute after fireworks last night for example =­P) or if I knew I wasn't going to be around for any more fireworks that day. Have been using a little purple humus and fertiliser, but have been winning it in the boxes each day anyway =­)

    My baby farm on the US server has finished everything already though - did it in 3 days I think!
  • stef7 (US1)stef7 (US1) US1 Posts: 460
    edited 29.01.2017
    Ok I have a question. Has anyone that is level 150 or better completed the snake or dragon zodiac so far.

    If you have did you use gold booster to do it?
    Not completed, but I'm right on track to! I'm level 117 and only have dragon and snake to go, dragon is at 91% and snake is at 67%, haven't used the gold bonus at all. Have used probably less than 1000 gold total to occasionally hurry up a thing that was going to miss fireworks (my cherries were going to finish less than 1 minute after fireworks last night for example =­P) or if I knew I wasn't going to be around for any more fireworks that day. Have been using a little purple humus and fertiliser, but have been winning it in the boxes each day anyway =­)

    My baby farm on the US server has finished everything already though - did it in 3 days I think!
    With you being only level 117 you need a lot less of both dragon and snake than I do. I am much higher level.

    I can see this event is much easier for the lower levels. This is the one time in the 4 years I have played I wished I was not at a higher level.

    I need about 35 thousand more chips per zodiac than you do so everything takes a lot longer. That being said I would be about the same place you are if I was at your level.

     



  • With you being only level 117 you need a lot less of both dragon and snake than I do. I am much higher level.
    Oh, sorry, I must have misread. I thought you asked about anyone level 100 or higher. Was just answering what I thought you asked - well, as I said, not exactly, haven't finished, but do expect to.
  • stef7 (US1)stef7 (US1) US1 Posts: 460
    With you being only level 117 you need a lot less of both dragon and snake than I do. I am much higher level.
    Oh, sorry, I must have misread. I thought you asked about anyone level 100 or higher. Was just answering what I thought you asked - well, as I said, not exactly, haven't finished, but do expect to.
    I did and thank you for answering. I should have asked level 150 or higher and I changed my post so that is now says 150 not 100. My mistake.

    But again thank you for responding.
  • It would be easier if the stupid fireworks timer wouldn't say 40 minutes and then only last for 20 minutes!

    I noticed that happen once so far, but if I held my mouse over the event int eh parking lot, it did show the correct time there, just the one at top of screen said 20 minutes longer, so I check both places now! =)
    I hadn't noticed that, very helpful to keep me from wasting roses, lol. Thanks!
  • Chaotic (US1)Chaotic (US1) US1 Posts: 59
    I have spun 3 times total, have all but a few hares and need 30% snakes.. but it's only day 9  ::shrugs::  I should have no trouble completing... if I need to buy a booster last day, I will, but sunflowers/roses then WF, full feed mills for fireworks, holding back cows and pigs til the FW then using short feeds, seems to be doing it for me.  ::knocking wood so as not to jinx myself::
    what level are you?

    I have all but the snake and dragon but are only at 59 and 68% and I only got them that way by using a lot of gold booster. Until I used the gold booster neither were even half way. 
    Sorry - I am at lvl 89
  • Bufo (AU1)Bufo (AU1) AU1 Posts: 167
    Ok I have a question. Has anyone that is level 150 or better completed the snake or dragon zodiac so far.

    If you have did you use gold booster to do it?
    I'm level 153, and I have got Dragon to 74% without boosters or seaweed.  Snake is at 63% with the use of 3 gold boosters.  I have been using a lot of event seeds, though.

    The bad news about boosters is that they only get normal triple bonus during fireworks :(
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    I'm level 166.  I have not used gold or dollar boosters, yet.  Dragon is complete and at 104%, Snake is at 89%.  
    If you scroll back to my last comment or use the link, I share how I had a very nice session yesterday with an abundance of dragon's dropped.
    https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/comment/3380137/#Comment_3380137
    I have consistently moved and average of 3% on each fireworks session I was able to attend on the snakes Today during the 3 pm MST fireworks, (which lasted a full hour), snakes were dropping constantly, so I worked fast and furious replanting fields, running fast feed on the pigs and cows, and with all orchards, and buildings ready I had my biggest jump of 8%.  For me, the signs are coming in waves.  Tonight it was all oxen.  I couldn't seem to get a single goat until I switched to the fast feed and after harvesting my wheat, switched to alfalfa.  Then they started showing up but I wasn't able to completely finish all the tasks within the 15 minutes of fireworks which I normally do.  I'm hoping to have a repeat on the frequent snake drops, but it'll probably be dogs or pigs, lol.

    Another member of my coop, at level 210 has completely finished, and is sitting at 145/34, whereas I'm at 112/26.  I'm not sure if she used any boosters, she's one who doesn't purchase any gold, only uses what she earns.  Time-wise, she has been able to be on for every fireworks session, while I missed 3 yesterday, and miss at least 1 or 2 every day due to work and my desire to sleep through the night.  

    If you look back to my second sentence, you'll notice I said "yet."  If I haven't completed the snake by the last day, and I'm very close, I will probably try spinning the wheel.  I'd like those final 33 happiness points plus any bonus I can earn.


  • These boost are a great help ( realy a need if you dont want to spend to much gold )

    But lets look at the times for a person who works 8h a day ( no desk job where you can play 7h at work)
    you might get lucky to get what, 1..2?

    and at 1 in the night?...not sure they where there, normal person is sleeping then
    as with everyone, my snake sign is running behind...badly.. but i accepted it
    its by design...its how free-to-play games work
  • Are the Twitter times for the fireworks American times? 
  • I am lvl323 I have not complete dragon or snake, but on track to complete with no gold... dragon 88% snake 70% and I used 0 gold and 0 $$ booster
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 29.01.2017
    Are the Twitter times for the fireworks American times? 
    No, it's the twitter account for BF from GGS, which is a German company in Western Europe.

    The mentioned times for the fireworks on the BF tweets at the right side of your forum page, are therefore CET times - and are also mentioned every morning upon announcement here:

    https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/comment/3380201/#Comment_3380201

    https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/comment/3372440/#Comment_3372440

    https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/comment/3372334/#Comment_3372334
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    With you being only level 117 you need a lot less of both dragon and snake than I do. I am much higher level.

    I can see this event is much easier for the lower levels. This is the one time in the 4 years I have played I wished I was not at a higher level.

    I need about 35 thousand more chips per zodiac than you do so everything takes a lot longer. That being said I would be about the same place you are if I was at your level.

    I'm actually gonna applaud to GGS for scaling the event this way. Easy and doable for low levels, hard and challenging in final parts for very high levels. I obviously only have personal experience from my level bracket (last one below L150) and think it's reasoneably designed to my level giving both obtainable 5x5 and challenge to strive for high hapiness if I want to, which I elaborated on already. Actually the more I hear about how the event works for other level brackets the more impressed I am about the great job BF people have done this time. With a few exceptions (like the dollar booster pricing), well done BF. :)

    @stef7 (US1) You probably didn't mean 35 k more chips per zodiac, right? As even biggest difference on Snake is less  than that. :) Top level bracket should have more drops as their farms are better developed, and also have a chance for better happiness value. :)
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    I am actually quite sad that I see so many dogs and pigs keep dropping from all my harvests while I have no more benefits (dogs and pigs don't give bonus %) from them since days ...  :(
  • I am actually quite sad that I see so many dogs and pigs keep dropping from all my harvests while I have no more benefits (dogs and pigs don't give bonus %) from them since days ...  :(
    Very True....
    No use of getting any more dogs n pigs and I am still getting a lot of it..... even from sunflowers :'(
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Are the Twitter times for the fireworks American times? 
    No, ellen, they are in CET -- Central European Time.  You'll find several easy-to-use time zone converters for your time zone online.  I just google the time and CET and it gives me the correct time for where I live.
  • stef7 (US1)stef7 (US1) US1 Posts: 460
    @ijrosh (US1) I'm with you on this one. :) Since the event is luck based for the most part players will progress not only based on how much time and strategy they put into it, but also based on Lady Luck being or not being with them. Chance factors, variability and random engine quality make the game very unpredictable and resistant to any precise results calculation. Some days I get my daily 20 on first not even complete FW harvest, other day I start with full night FW harvest in the morning and yet need 2 more FW harvests to get them. Just this morning I noticed funny streak - out of 9 fields got 6 or 7 pigs which I don't need at all, plus substantial high drop of pigs on other harvests too. What are the chances of getting 6 or 7 same chips out of possible 12 in a row of 9? Not gong into matrix calculations (might later) but it's hugely slim, near impossibility. Very rough of the top of head calc would make me think about one to tens of milons chance at the best. It was simply a piggy morning, shame I didn't need pigs. :):) If on the other hand I was lucky and got a streak like that dropping snakes on cherry orchard with FW, I'd be laughing about my snaky progress. :):):) So I do believe it's possible to complete the event with the right mix of strategy, timng and luck wthout even too big effort.
    I agree as well, and Lady Luck shined on me with this morning's fireworks.  I had an unusual streak of dragons, 5 out of 10 fields, 3 out of 4 pigs, 3 out of 6 cow, and on every apple orchard taking dragons from 98% up to 103, woohoo.  Currently at 112/26.  Though the snake drops were fewer and farther in between, I still gained 3% which has been consistent.  Will I finish?  I don't see any reason why I won't, and that's without spending millions or gold on that silly wheel.  So mine will be based on the luck of the drop, and this mornings was awesome!  :)
    I do agree it is about time that a lower level farm is able to complete something.

    But yes I did mean between 30 and 35 thousand more. Example for level 100 player needs 39645 snakes where a level 150 player needs  70390 snakes to complete. That is a more than 30 thousand.
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    <Happy dance Happy dance>  Didn't think it would happen tonight, but the cherries and cow sheds spewed out enough snakes to finish me up.  So currently at 145/30 with a few more days to see if I get to the cap at 35.  Normally I'm lucky to be able to take part in 2 fireworks per day, but today things worked out and I was able to participate in 4 and that's what made the difference.  No wheel spinning, just a lot of planning ahead.  That now makes 2 of us in my coop that are finished, and we have several others on target to make it as well.

    Again, I noticed the animal chips coming down in waves.  I had harvested almost the full top half of my farm before I had a single monkey drop.  Tonight's favored animal was the dog.  Unwanted, unneeded dogs everywhere, lol.  
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 05.02.2017
    Afbeeldingsresultaat voor bump smiley

    Afbeeldingsresultaat voor fireworks gif

    FIREWORKS up until now (Central Europe Time):

    (and here's a handy link to compare times when you are in a different time zone: https://time.is/compare/CET )
    Thanks CrazyBigFarm55!


    January 21:

    02:30
    04:25
    08:40
    16:00
    18:42
    20:30

    January 22:
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    03:30
    06:02
    12:15  (19 min)
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    19:45  (20 min)
    22:00  (15 min)

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    20:45  (65 min)
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    February 1:
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    Post edited by Jiesta (NL1) on
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 30.01.2017
    <Happy dance Happy dance>  Didn't think it would happen tonight, but the cherries and cow sheds spewed out enough snakes to finish me up.  So currently at 145/30 with a few more days to see if I get to the cap at 35.  Normally I'm lucky to be able to take part in 2 fireworks per day, but today things worked out and I was able to participate in 4 and that's what made the difference.  No wheel spinning, just a lot of planning ahead.  That now makes 2 of us in my coop that are finished, and we have several others on target to make it as well.

    Again, I noticed the animal chips coming down in waves.  I had harvested almost the full top half of my farm before I had a single monkey drop.  Tonight's favored animal was the dog.  Unwanted, unneeded dogs everywhere, lol.  

    Hey Karen, you rock!: Lady Luck and the Force being with you.  :) My Dragon is 82 and Snake 51. :) And I've already missed two fireworks this morning. All these longer events always get me in conflict between the best strategy game-wise and the best strategy life-wise. :) I think I'm hopeless here as a gamer. :) Plan everything for fireworks all right, then go do somethng more interesting and miss FW anyway. :) In general I need a game which I tell how to run, not a game which tells me how to run my life. :):):)

  • Kamilcom (GB1) said:
    My Dragon is 82 and Snake 51. :) And I've already missed two fireworks this morning. All these longer events always get me in conflict between the best strategy game-wise and the best strategy life-wise. :) I think I'm hopeless here as a gamer. :) Plan everything for fireworks all right, then go do somethng more interesting and miss FW anyway. :) In general I need a game which I tell how to run, not a game which tells me how to run my life. :):):)

    @Kamilcom (GB1)  LOL I am glad its not just me, I have Dragon 70% and Snake 66% & have been trying to catch the last 3 fireworks, the last one I had 15 minutes to wait and suddenly an hour went by & I missed them again haha This is not helping me to collect 2500 fireflies either.

    Next fireworks in 1 hour 8 mins....Must pay attention!!!
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    edited 30.01.2017
    Kamilcom (GB1) said:
    My Dragon is 82 and Snake 51. :) And I've already missed two fireworks this morning. All these longer events always get me in conflict between the best strategy game-wise and the best strategy life-wise. :) I think I'm hopeless here as a gamer. :) Plan everything for fireworks all right, then go do somethng more interesting and miss FW anyway. :) In general I need a game which I tell how to run, not a game which tells me how to run my life. :):):)

    @Kamilcom (GB1)  LOL I am glad its not just me, I have Dragon 70% and Snake 66% & have been trying to catch the last 3 fireworks, the last one I had 15 minutes to wait and suddenly an hour went by & I missed them again haha This is not helping me to collect 2500 fireflies either.

    Next fireworks in 1 hour 8 mins....Must pay attention!!!
    Well, forgot to mention that it all happens despite me always having either PC count down timer or alarm on my mobile or both set with ring repeated after a few mins. :) But it still gets even worse! Listen to this. The other day I was studying next to the comp while game was waiting for FW. I looked up from the books as the alarm clock notified me, started tractor to have the boost ready for FW and went back to books confident the repeat alarm will let me know. When repeat went off I looked up from the books again, saw the count down timer in the game, was pleased to see this time it was 60 mins long, and started harvesting. Half way through I realised it was that tractor timer, not FW, and I wasted most of my harvest seconds before FW started.  :):):) What an irresponsible gamer I am! Now can you beat that? :)

    PS: Don't break your back laughing. :)
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    edited 30.01.2017
    Need verification for the reduction in size for the deco I must have all the zodiac signs completed in addition to having the pig and dog fully collected. Have been battling the flu and this is not going to get done most likely.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    Need verification for the reduction in size for the deco I must have all the zodiac signs completed in addition to having the pig and dog fully collected. Have been battling the flu and this is not going to get done most likely.
    Dog or pig reduce to 6x6, both reduce to 5x5. No other zodiacs needed for size reduction. All completed only needed for bonus happiness.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    THANK YOU GGS Development Team that you have scheduled the next fireworks ample AFTER the activation of the expected today's update!! Very thoughtful! :+1:
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    edited 31.01.2017
    @WascallyWabbit   Wascally, will you do me and a large number of other players a favor and ask what the parameters are for the bonus happiness?  Whereas my coop started out gung ho, now sitting and collecting for days on end with no movement from the bonus happiness at 34 is discouraging and has turned to frustration.  Folks need to know the goal so they can work towards it, not try and run blind with no progress.  Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
  • Maggiltilda (NL1)Maggiltilda (NL1) NL1 Posts: 546
    I can no longer see Fireworks on the gourmetfarm after the update.
  • @WascallyWabbit   Wascally, will you do me and a large number of other players a favor and ask what the parameters are for the bonus happiness?  Whereas my coop started out gung ho, now sitting and collecting for days on end with no movement from the bonus happiness at 34 is discouraging and has turned to frustration.  Folks need to know the goal so they can work towards it, not try and run blind with no progress.  Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
    I am also facing the same situation....
    Main happiness completed. But bonus happiness is stuck even after 2 full days of firework harvests. Another bug?

    @Wascally said the new Valentine update is set to launch from tomorrow, after lunch
    But please solve the above mentioned problem, before lunch.
  • Chaotic (US1)Chaotic (US1) US1 Posts: 59
    stef7 - I am level 90 now, was 88 when the cny event started ... and I'm done all the signs as of this afternoon, with 25 additional happiness thus far... everything came in bunches.
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    @WascallyWabbit   Wascally, will you do me and a large number of other players a favor and ask what the parameters are for the bonus happiness?  Whereas my coop started out gung ho, now sitting and collecting for days on end with no movement from the bonus happiness at 34 is discouraging and has turned to frustration.  Folks need to know the goal so they can work towards it, not try and run blind with no progress.  Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
    Same here, I assume that 179 is the max happiness available on this decoration. I have had a number of snake/dragon drops on high value seeds and production facilities but my snake and dragon percentages remain the same. 179 is an excellent value for a 5 by 5 sized decoration either way so i'm satisified with this event  reward :D
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