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  • *********************
    LATEST NEWS
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    We have gathered together some event info for you, we do not have start times for them all & a couple are not set in stone yet, but we will add more details if/when we get them:

    11th (3pm CEST) to 19th - Obon Festival (subject to change)
    12th (2pm CEST) - The Viking Farm
    13th - HWE (regular)
    19th - CC
    23rd (2:10pm CEST) - Mushroom Hunt (subject to change)
    26th - FHWE (fishing)



    Announcement from FAQ on Support page:



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    NEWS FLASH ~ NEWS FLASH ~ NEWS FLASH
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    Hey All,

    There is a limit to the amount of cash that can be credited to a coop in a single donation & if your donation + research bonus, would exceed that amount, the system should prevent the donation. However, that is currently not happening, so we would advise that if you are making a very large donation to your coop, that you break it down into amounts less than $1,200,000,000 each, just to be on the safe side & save yourself a possible trip to Support. 


    For those curious minds out there, the limit (including bonus) is $2,147,483,647 :)
  • Hi Everyone,

    Just a couple of points of info for you:

    1. Contracts in the Fish Market will only contain Deep Sea Fish & Chum - NOT any Mermaid Bay dishes.

    2. The HH Booster for the Mineral factory shows reduced production instead of reduced time when you are starting the production - This is a display error only, the correct amounts are produced & the time is reduced in accordance with the booster.

    3. When you first login after the update, you will see an error pop-up in the flower farm and/or  deep sea fishing screen - The server is updating values in the background & while this may be instant for some of you, for others it can take a while, depending on the amount of players on the server. Some people have found clearing caches helps speed it along, but if you wait it should load correctly eventually.

    More news as & when we get it!
  • Hi All,

    We are aware that you are all waiting for news regarding your feedback from the last update, however, we are informed that no decisions will be made before the weekend, so we will update you as soon as we know anything next week.

    We have also seen several posts asking about changes to the various fishing pools & the lack of specific ones. There was a change made, that we were unaware of when the announcement was posted, so while we can confirm that it is not a bug, we will not know until next week if it is working as intended. So we will continue to gather your reports over the weekend & get you some answers about that too.
  • Hey guys,

    In case you may have been having problems with Firefox 55 32 bit, we have a workaround.

    In the general tab in the settings, go to "Performance" then disable the standard (red arrow in image below) & disable hardware acceleration (green arrow in image below) by unchecking the boxes.

  • Hi Everyone,

    Happy Hour - The happy hours that were missed because of the delay in the happy hour being triggered will be checked  for everyone. Unfortunately it's not possible to run the boosters again now, but at least with this it will be possible for players to complete the daily happy hours and won't be affected for the loyalty bonus.  :)
  • Hi Again,

    New message from the team:

    "Change of plans. Unfortunately we can't grant the first boosters checks without compromising certain timezones so nothing will be done today. Tomorrow morning we'll do the hotfix and mark all of the Monday boosters as checked."

    Hopefully that is the final word :)
  • Hey guys,

    The mushroom event has been reset and extended to 10 full days. All activity rewards already collected will remain! Please reload the game to see an additional day.
  • Hi Folks,

    We have had some reports of players making specialist chums & not being credited with them, however, what appears to be happening, is that the wrong recipe is being selected when starting production.

    • The first 9 recipes are ALL for making regular "Chum" from different fish
    • The last 6 recipes are specialist ones: 
      • Clam Chum
      • Oyster Chum
      • Shrimp Chum
      • Herring Chum
      • Tuna Chum
      • Lobster Chum

    So if, for example, you wish to produce Herring Chum, make sure that you are selecting the recipe to make "Herring Chum" from Herring & not the one that makes regular "Chum" from Herring.
  • Hey guys!

    The Japanese Golden Week event will start at 6:00pm CEST & Vicky's "An Accident" event will start 10 minutes later.

    The fishing changes that were made last Friday will remain for now until the team can come up with a better solution.

    Have fun! :)
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    Hey BigFarmers!

    No CC this weekend!
    Instead there will be a regular HWE - Starting at Midnight CEST tonight

    Have fun!
  • Hey guys!

    The cooperative championship will start on September 8th at 2:00pm CEST
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    This news just in:

    We had some issues today with the Shinkei-Suijaku-School, which was caused by a server crash.  Only the following servers are affected: Germany, International, Italy and Japan. 

    Sadly we are not able to restore the ranking of the Shinkei-Suijaku-School that was running prior to the server crash.  We are investigating and working on a compensation for all the players, that had participated in the event on the affected servers.

    Sorry for the inconvenience.

  • Hey guys,

    In today's hotfix some players who had horses in training were unable to complete the training when it ended, leaving the horse in the training fields. We are working on a resolution to this issue but need some time as it was only discovered as a result of the hotfix. In the meantime, if you have more than one horse available, try clicking the arrow buttons in the training screen to choose a different horse and this may allow you to release them from training. We apologise for the issue and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible!
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    NEWS FLASH ~ NEWS FLASH ~ NEWS FLASH
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    A hotfix was run this morning (with no downtime)  to fix the issues with the horses stuck in training & the fishing equipment display errors. If you were logged in at the time of the hotfix, you will need to reload your game before you will see the changes. :)

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    The Candy Farm will be starting at 4pm CEST tomorrow (Tuesday)


  • CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod)CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 845
    edited 19.05.2018

    Hey guys,

    The EN forum has always had a reputation for being a friendly welcoming place, for players to discuss issues within the game, to answer questions & offer help to new players & as you may have noticed that reputation has started to slip lately. While we understand your frustrations with recent changes within the game, we still need to enforce the forum rules. We have been extremely lenient lately because we understand some players aren’t happy, but it’s time to make the forum a better place for everyone & enforce the rules a bit more.


    When the same user is repeating the same opinion over & over that is considered spam. While we forward all feedback to the team, posting your opinion multiple times does not mean that it will be passed on multiple times, it just causes clutter on the forum & makes it harder to find the opinions of others, so spam posts on the same or multiple threads, may be removed from the forum.


    There has been an increase in disrespect of other users & their opinions & there has been a lot of misuse of the reactions on the forum lately. Users are using LOLs in a sarcastic way to ridicule and  irritate others, as well as inappropriately flagging posts. The flags are meant to alert moderators to  any post that contains inappropriate content, that should be removed from the forum, not because you don’t like or disagree with someone. If you’re unsure about a post, rather than flagging it please PM one or all 3 of us Mods first. Players found to be misusing the flagging or reaction features, will be subject to warnings & penalties in the same way as any other breach of the Community Guidelines.


    We would love for the community to get back to how it was before, where users could have discussions about topics, rather than attacking each other. Chasing down spam, sarcastic LOLs & inappropriate flags has been consuming a ton of our time that could be better spent discussing feedback with the team & creating contests for you guys. So please help us, to help you, to restore the Community pride we have long enjoyed.


    Your EN Community Team
    CM Hunter
    WascallyWabbit
    CuddlyFoxes
    RowdyRac
    PicklePaws

    Below are some of the Community Guidelines that will be receiving increased attention:


    Posting in the Big Farm Forums

    • Generally, and most importantly: Be aware that there are many other users in the forums as well. Be polite and friendly to others, don't attack or insult other players, and respect other opinions as you would expect others to respect yours.
    • Keep your posts readable. Don't post in all capital letters, misleading titles, excessive punctuation, non-standard languages or symbols, etc. If you visit from another Big Farm Forum, please don't forget the official language of this forum is English.

    Reasons for Warnings, Temporary and Permanent Bans

    • Insult or harassment, openly or veiled, of other players, mods or GGS employees. This includes attacks or derogatory comments against other users in the forums, attacking or debasing other members because of their personal opinions, language or orthography, their gender or sex, their heritage or religion.  Be aware that insulting and harassment not only depends on the language used, but also the intention behind it.
    • Inappropriate or rude behaviour: This includes swearing, usage of swear words, minor inappropriate use of anatomy or bodily functions as means to be rude, or similar behaviour.
    • Disruption of moderation, which includes starting arguments or discussions about warnings, bans etc., insinuating censorship or historical comparisons due to post edits or deletions, and similar discussion bait following moderator actions.
    • Spamming or trolling. This includes:
    - Excessive posting of the same phrase, similar phrases or random letters/words
    - Creation of posts with the sole intent of causing disturbance
    - Causing of disturbances in starting quarrels, off-topic derails or intentional destruction of discussion
    - Misuse of reactions or flagging options to harass other users
    - One-Post comments like "LOL", "tl;dr", "first" or other unnecessary comments


    Freedom of Speech

    Please don't forget: "Freedom of speech" is not synonymous with "Freedom from consequences". It describes the law, stating that you can't be pursued or arrested for what you think. It does not mean, however, that everyone has to listen to it, or that we are obligated to publish your opinion on our platform.

    "Freedom of Speech" does not shield you from criticism, different opinions, having your posts edited or deleted, or getting banned, if your posts violate our forum guidelines.







    [List of team members updated | Wabbit]
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • Hey guys,

    An error was noticed in the patch notes for this update, instead of a Free Range Cowshed users received a Free Range Cute Cowshed, which is exclusively for themed cowsheds. The Community Management team would like to apologise for this error and remind players to check the description on skin rewards to ensure they will be usable on the building you expect.

  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 13.09.2017

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    LATEST NEWS
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    Afternoon Big Farmers, this is your Wascally Weporter hot from the press, bringing some answers to your questions about the upcoming Oktoberfest event:

    • Fulfilling the contracts will give you points, cash (to be confirmed) & more visitors.
    • The points will then grant you more activity and ranking rewards.
    • The main large tent will have contracts and the small food carts will let you produce the items for those contracts - It's the only way to earn points for the event
    • The current design has contracts times going from 2 to 12 hours, depending on how many different items are required for that contract (but the balancing of the event might still change a bit).  (See News Update post below)
    • You can start production for Oktoberfest products with farm dollars or gold. (Still waiting to hear if costs are affected by VH)
    • Some Oktoberfest recipes will require fish from Oleg & it is possible that higher level brackets will include some Deep Sea fishing items (there will be herring & salmon, possibly others)
    • The event is only located in the coop village, but even players without a coop can participate.
    • Decos do have VHP & the sizes are: Teacup Ride = 6x5, Pretzel Cart = 4x4
    • There will not be an Oktoberfest WoF

    Further info will be posted as & when we get it.


    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 14.09.2017

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    NEWS UPDATE
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    Further info:

    • VH levels will not affect production costs for Festival items
    • Sleeping workers can appear on any of your 3 main farms every 4 hours, but a exclamation bubble over the festival tent will alert you that one of your workers is slacking off
    • Contract times are now 30 mins - 8 hours
    • There will not be direct sales of festival items during the event (still waiting for some more info about that)



    [Edit: "every 4 hours" added | Wabbit]
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 18.09.2017

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    LATEST NEWS
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    This is your Wascally Weporter bringing a message from the team:

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    Hey everyone,

    As you might have noticed today, this week's Happy Hour didn't start. This is intended and it's therefore not a technical error.

    The Happy Hour system was meant as a temporary incentive for you to benefit from with all those boosters available, for a few weeks over summer. The summer vibes of the Happy Hour might come back again, maybe during the next summer season  :) 

    And now, off to start the upcoming fall with the Oktoberfest starting soon and Halloween following in a few weeks!

    Best Regards,
    Your Community Team.

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    Before you ask us, we have already asked why the clock is still there & whether it will be removed & we have no news on that yet.

    Omar was also behaving badly today, he didn't leave when he was supposed to, so he ran out of offers and just stood around being broken, hopefully he should have left your farm now.

    Thank you to everyone that tested the Oktoberfest event over the weekend & posted your feedback, it has all been gathered & discussed by the team & we will let you know about any changes made to the event & the new date for the update, as soon as we hear anything.


    This is Wascally Weporter signing out for now!
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    BREAKING NEWS
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    Hey Big Farmers this is your Wascally Weporter, with the news you have all been so patiently waiting for!

    A message from our leader:

    I have an update about the fishing:
    next Wednesday it will be possible to sell fish directly again!
    Selling fish will be profitable right from the start with the smallest boats.
    With higher boat levels it won't be profitable in the worst fishing locations, but pretty good profits in the good fishing locations.
    With a full trawler fleet you can make more than 6 million cash a day through direct selling (without skipping and without spending gold)
    But with the contracts you will always earn more cash. 
    With the contracts you are able to earn up to 34 million cash per day (without skipping and without spending gold).

    PS: plus an additional 2 million per day with the restaurant


    We can also report that the market contracts are being reworked & as stated above, the update is currently planned for Wednesday, so we will be posting an Official Announcement before then with all the details - We just thought you might like to hear before the weekend. :)

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    OKTOBERFEST NEWS
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    Hey Everyone,

    We hope that you are having fun at the BF Oktoberfest! - We have some info to pass on that may be of use to you:

    Following questions from players on some servers (not the EN Community) about the very high scores that were appearing, the team has looked at what those players/coops have been doing & can report that they have all found a clever strategy for the event & there is no cheating involved.  They would say to anyone faced with such numbers that "they are catchable, so do not be disheartened".  As an example, the top score shown below was achieved by just 3 players in the coop using this method, in less than 3 days & the event has more than 13 days left to run, so anything could happen.  :D


    Also,Tessa appears to be getting confused about when she should display her !!! bubble. to alert you that you have a sleeping worker out there. The bubble should appear, approx every 4 hours, but it looks like when you arrive from another farm it disappears & if you pass your cursor over her wagon, it appears again (until you switch farms again or find the sleeping worker)


    So if it feels like more than 4 hours has passed, just put your cursor over her, when you are checking your productions, just in case she is hiding the bubble. 


    Have a great weekend all! :)
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    LATEST NEWS
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    A Wascally Weport about all things feline coming to to your farms:
    • build the cat tree
    • collect charms to complete the tasks to gain the cat's trust
    • once the tasks are completed (they will be rather long) the cat will stay and will work like the dog - you will no longer need to collect charms
      • feeding the cat will "activate" his happiness (also village happiness)
      • performing the one and only trick available at the moment will give XP
      • you can't lose the cat's trust
    • you collect charms in the three farms separately (main farm for the main farm cat, gf farm drops for the gf farm cat and so on..)
    • charms drop from:
      • Main Farm  [Composter, Silo, Mill]
      • Gourmet Farm [Watermill, Silo, Composter, Bakery]
      • Flower Farm [Silo, Distillery, Shop]
    • There is currently only 1 level to the cat tree, but in time there will be more of everything, just like the dog :)
    Other news:

    Please note that, as the Official Announcement says, not all of the changes to the DSF were ready in time for this update - the contracts are still being worked on, so don`t be surprised if some of the issues with them are still there, but the reward balancing should be better & there are more improvements on the way. :)

  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    edited 27.09.2017
    Dear fellow farmers,

    I was sitting on the jetty just now, sipping coffee and looking out over the water when, lo and behold, far, far over the horizon appeared a huge cylindrical shape!  

    I know what that means !
                   and so do you, right ? 

    My old friend George is on his way, with his silo strapped to his boat ....   :D 

    ETA :  Fishing Hardworker Event    28 September    00:00 (midnight) CEST  

    Good luck to you all !


    Ps.  Just in case you're as confused as I am, best I can tell that is in 4 and a half to 5 hours from now.  
    Post edited by RowdyRac (FormerMod) on
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    Hi Cat lovers,

    As you know, initially some flower farm cats were showing as unlocked, without collecting any charms & a hotfix was run to correct that. However, it would appear that the hotfix did not completely fix the problem & some of you are seeing the charms being dropped on your flower farm, but when you try to see the counter, your cat still "appears" to be unlocked & you are obviously concerned, that the charms are not being counted & will not show when the cat is eventually fixed properly, so we have put your questions to the team & this is the current situation:

    The charms are counted, so every time they log out and in they will find the Cat tree locked with the right amount of cat charms displayed on the dialog. The problem is, that after switching farms the unlocked dialog is displayed even though the cat charms are still popping up and counting.
    When we fix this issue they should see the locked dialog (& correct charm count) every time they mouse over the building or click on it, unless they have managed to get all the required charms or have paid gold to unlock the cat.



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    UNHAPPY HOUR NEWS
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    Hey All,

    As you have noticed, the Happy Hour has disappeared, this was not intended, it was supposed to run until Sunday & the devs are not sure what happened to it - They have been trying all morning to see if it can be restored, but unfortunately that has not been possible, sorry. :(
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    The International, German and Italian servers have gone down for maintenance.

    Also, the new Horse Season will start tomorrow (October 7th)  at 15:00 CEST.
    The timer display was/still is incorrect.

  • Hey guys!

    Some horse training boosters have been activated to appear randomly from today through Sunday at midnight CEST.

    The fishing hardworker event will start tomorrow at 13:00 CEST & end on October 10th @ 23:59 CEST
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    BREAKING NEWS!!
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    Hi BF Testers,

    There are new things to test on the Test Server - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS


    As always, all feedback & bug reporting related to the Test server, should be on the Test Server Forum & NO tickets should be sent to Support for anything related to the Test server.
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 20.10.2017

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    Hey everyone, 

    Well we FINALLY have the event schedule for October, its only the 11th, what you mean "about time!"  :p 

    Seriously though, sorry that another CC started before we managed to pry this info out of the team. 

    Cooptober!

    Cooperative Championship: 12th - 15th & 24th - 27th
    O-Bon Festival: 16th - 19th
    Cooperative Hard Worker Event: 20th - 23rd & 28th - 31st
    Halloween Event: 22nd - 31st

    ALL EVENTS WILL START AT MIDNIGHT CEST

    We are still waiting for the details about the Coop HWE, which we hope to get this week too - We do know that it will NOT contain any temp farm items. :)

    More news when we get it!


    EDIT: CC on 24th now starts at 10:30am CEST & Coop HWE on 20th starts at 10:00am CEST
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