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Suggestion: Temporary islands to have longer times rather than shorter - two or even three months

Rusty Farmer (AU1)Rusty Farmer (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,705
edited 26.03.2017 in Suggestions
The temp islands have been shortened to 24 days. My suggestion is that they have longer times instead. What if it was 54 days (two months) or even 84 days (three months - one island per season) with about a 6 day break between them? This might actually give us a chance to complete an island!

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  • Tinzen (SKN1)Tinzen (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 473
    In my option, that would destroy the whole idea of "temporary". And cost too much money.

    And personally I dont care if I "win" og "lose" in the temp. farms.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 31.03.2017
    I am with @Tinzen (SKN1) on this one, fully agree ...

    I've completed a temporary island event twice to satisfaction (Tropical & Viking) and ever since then I only build them up for 1/4 and farm for the purpose of the first 2-3 products - the farm then pays itself back through the tasks (= I don't need to transfer any more $ into Island dollars) and this increases my stock of vouchers/runestones/shells just enough to participate sufficiently in the horse tournaments  :)

    The duration of 1 month is long enough IMHO. I remember completing the island event did chain me to my pc for 30 days - twice!! .... had to try it of course, but never again!!  :p

    The one thing I dislike about this event is that in the meantime the duration has been reduced from 30 to 28 to 24 days! Completing it in 30 days was a hard nut to crack, can't imagine doing it in only 24 days!

    Above all I would like the temp farm event back as it was: every other month for 30 days!!!
    Post edited by Jiesta (NL1) on
  • Pietral (US1)Pietral (US1) US1 Posts: 163
    The temp farms have always been ~28 days.  They were balanced around it being ~28 days.

    Plus, if you add to the length, it would defeat the main purpose of the temp farms - to make you spend money.  The majority of the money you put into the temp farm is to build it up from scratch, which is easily done within the 28 days.  For any additional time beyond that, you would only be paying running costs, which (at least for the tropical and viking farms) are insignificant compared to building costs, and thus making for a poor way to spend money.
  • I like the idea of longer times. But it probably won't happen.
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    I am very unhappy with the shortened temp farm time we need those days to make the currency to buy the seeds,  I would not like it lengthened either for above mentioned by other posters.  Why do we keep changing things that were not broken. 
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    A subtle tweaking would be good -- a full 4 weeks (or 30 days) with a week off in between.
  • Rusty Farmer (AU1)Rusty Farmer (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,705
    Ah, but they want to start it on the 9th of every month so everyone knows what to expect, that's the problem.
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Ah, but they want to start it on the 9th of every month so everyone knows what to expect, that's the problem.
    They didn't in the past.  They just announced when they were coming.  :)

  • Rusty Farmer (AU1)Rusty Farmer (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,705
    Ah, but they want to start it on the 9th of every month so everyone knows what to expect, that's the problem.
    They didn't in the past.  They just announced when they were coming.  :)


    Which is better? Perhaps the 9th of the month and then the 19th of the following might give enough leeway for extra time.
  • stef7 (US1)stef7 (US1) US1 Posts: 460
    I would like it longer as well but not a month longer just a few days. I would love to see it 35-40 days. There are those of us that work in a job we can not be online during our shifts and a few extra days would give us a change to finish the island.

    The way it is now if you can only play a few hours a day you can not finish the event. 

    I did it once when the island first came out and I had to use will over 100.00 in gold. Just can not do that every month. I am a gold user but most of it now goes to coop, new land, and upgrades. Do not have extra for temp things.




  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    I would like to see the temp farms moved back to 1 month in length & run every other month as they were when they were brought in.
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    I would like to see the temp farms moved back to 1 month in length & run every other month as they were when they were brought in.
    Agreed, I'm not even going to bother with them with only a 24 day lifespan.  It takes me 6-7 days just to BUILD the darn thing, so will only have a max of 16 days to get everything done? Not even going to try, not worth the stress.
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    I have never tried to complete one, I just treat them as a way of getting horseshoes for dollars. By only going as far as chapter 2.2 I can make 7,000,000 runes/shells for 7,000,000 dollars. After that the rate of return drops off, (I have been as far as 3.1 and, although I earned more runes, the cost was way more!!) 
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    edited 31.03.2017
    I have never tried to complete one, I just treat them as a way of getting horseshoes for dollars. By only going as far as chapter 2.2 I can make 7,000,000 runes/shells for 7,000,000 dollars. After that the rate of return drops off, (I have been as far as 3.1 and, although I earned more runes, the cost was way more!!) 
    Ditto.  I don't do the temp farms that often, but I am very happy when I reach 2.1 or 2.2..  I stop building and upgrading after day 15, and allow myself 48 hours to dismantle. When I reach 2.1 or so, I stop transferring money and doing sidebar tasks.When I reach that point, I cash in my chips. I don't think I could ever get much higher, even if money were no object, due to time constraints built into the game..
    Post edited by artful (US1) on
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
    Well I can make it too 3:2  which I am fine with in 30 days and yes I always spend some of my gold doing so and to complete this would have to spend a whole lot more am now thinking like southern may not do at all now with this 24 day nonsense unless they prorate the amt needed to buy seeds.  I will give it a try next round and see but this is another place that gold is spent so don't see them going back to every other month as everything is about us buying and spending gold. Unless a lot of players just quit doing it entirely which is another possibility or just do minimal without gold spending.
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