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Update Sept 28th - "Here Kitty, Kitty" Africa to the Deep Blue Sea! - Discussion

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  • SandraFarmGirl (US1)SandraFarmGirl (US1) US1 Posts: 220
    edited 02.10.2017
    Recalculated Charms Needed:
    Buddy194 in the General Discussions Thread on Cats and Farms, brought it to my attention that my math was incorrect on the Main Farm Calculations.
    He was correct.

    My breakdown, at least for me and how much I work my farms a day, I'm Level 123.
    MAIN FARM:  ( for 3 days collecting )                                                                                                                                       21,070  collected   *   Need 4,500,000   =    7023   per day                                                                                     
    7023  x   356 days =     2,500,188   in a year.....   *  WILL NEED 2 YEARS
    FLOWER FARM:   ( for 3 days collecting )                                                                                                               
     21,959 collected  * Need  2,100,00    =  7319 per day  x 356                                                                                                         So about a year and a half for FF 
    GOURMET FARM:   5329  * 2,600,000 needed   =   1776 per day x 356  =  632,374 per year  = 4 years                 

    So Final Break Down for Charms Needed:
    Main Farm:   2 Years                                                                                                                                                   
    Flower Farm:   A  year and a Half                                                                                                                     
    Gourmet Farm     4 years

  • connie_86 (US1)connie_86 (US1) US1 Posts: 137
    It will take a year for me to even obtain the cat tree since it requires 4 million charms. And you only get the charms from 4 items. Kinda ridiculous to me if it's just like the doghouse.
  • connie_86 (US1)connie_86 (US1) US1 Posts: 137
    Recalculated Charms Needed:
    Buddy194 in the General Discussions Thread on Cats and Farms, brought it to my attention that my math was incorrect on the Main Farm Calculations.
    He was correct.

    My breakdown, at least for me and how much I work my farms a day, I'm Level 123.
    MAIN FARM:  ( for 3 days collecting )                                                                                                                                       21,070  collected   *   Need 4,500,000   =    7023   per day                                                                                     
    7023  x   356 days =     2,500,188   in a year.....   *  WILL NEED 2 YEARS
    FLOWER FARM:   ( for 3 days collecting )                                                                                                               
     21,959 collected  * Need  2,100,00    =  7319 per day  x 356                                                                                                         So about a year and a half for FF 
    GOURMET FARM:   5329  * 2,600,000 needed   =   1776 per day x 356  =  632,374 per year  = 4 years                 

    So Final Break Down for Charms Needed:
    Main Farm:   2 Years                                                                                                                                                   
    Flower Farm:   A  year and a Half                                                                                                                     
    Gourmet Farm     4 years

    Same here Im level 118! If its just like doghouse I'm beginning to think its not worth it. 
  • buddy194 (US1)buddy194 (US1) US1 Posts: 382
    Recalculated Charms Needed:

    My breakdown, at least for me and how much I work my farms a day, I'm Level 123.
    MAIN FARM:  ( for 3 days collecting )                                                                                                                                       21,070  collected   *   Need 4,500,000   =    7023   per day                                                                                     
    7023  x   356 days =     2,500,188   in a year.....   *  WILL NEED 2 YEARS
    FLOWER FARM:   ( for 3 days collecting )                                                                                                               
     21,959 collected  * Need  2,100,00    =  7319 per day  x 356                                                                                                         So about a year and a half for FF 
    GOURMET FARM:   5329  * 2,600,000 needed   =   1776 per day x 356  =  632,374 per year  = 4 years                 

    Thanks again for posting the numbers, @SandraFarmGirl (US1)

    I'm sorry to hear how soon that 4.5 million charms kicks in for people.  I'm level 233 and my quota is also 4.5 million charms. I have a MF that runs happiness all the way in the red for production, my mill, silo and composter are all upgraded into architect level, and I play a lot every day.   For me, it looks like I collect almost 30,000 charms a day which means it will take 6 to 8 months of constant play to get this cat.  Which, even for a farm like mine, is WAY too long.

    I hope everyone reads your numbers and decides not to add this cat to their farm.  Or at least know what they're getting into before doing so.

    As a side note, someone on another thread speculated that BigFarm might start adding charms into events as rewards.  Let's hope so, and that the rewards are big enough to make this cat something that people can actually accomplish.
  • LOL...we wait so long for a cat only to have to wait another  two years or so to get it...not to mention the empty real estate.  This is insane thinking.

      I don't want the cat at this cost and I will not trade in my dog for it either.   :|




  • Buddy194, 
    Thanks for reply and interesting your calculation of collecting 30,000 charms a day for MF, and 6 to 8 months for completion of Cat House.
    I'm curious for some of the low level farms, if it's doable for them with charms collected and charms needed, or worse.
    If I had waited to put the Cat House up, and had it to do over again, definitely would not put one on the Gourmet Farm, and probably would have put one on the Flower Farm, but not the Main Farm.
    Like you, hoping they will include some charms as prizes or rewards to speed up the process; and maybe after the long....... long...... long wait it'll be worth it to have the Cat House.
    I love the Dog Houses and the prizes it gives.  Very worthwhile to have the dog house with the happiness and prizes.   At this point, I guess it will be a mystery for the Cat House.... and a long time solving the mystery,  unless some of the Gold Spenders  post their stories of the Cat House.
  • buddy194 (US1)buddy194 (US1) US1 Posts: 382
    @SandraFarmGirl (US1)   "Cat House!"  LOL!!!  Good name for it!

    No, I don't think the cat house is going to be doable for anyone except the big gold spenders or the truly addicted players above Level 200 or so.   I love the dogs, the animations are great, and I know I'll be sticking around long enough to finally see the cat, but I wish I had read the forum before I built the cat house on my main farm, though your numbers show there's not as much difference between the farms as the charm requirements might lead you to believe.
  • Tonia2 (INT1)Tonia2 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 45
    Why is there no announcement about the missing dogs and bonuses they bring? Is somebody working on that? My dog still comes home only to eat. Members of my coop who build the cat say that their dog came back. Is that a rule nobody mentioned? If I want my dog back I must build the cat?
  • garybaldy (GB1)garybaldy (GB1) GB1 Posts: 502
    Public holiday in Germany tomorrow , bet half of GGS had long weekend , I don't see much chance of cat/dog bugs getting sorted until end of week . :(
  • Shay1968 (US1)Shay1968 (US1) Posts: 1,324
    I put the cat on all 3 farms right away so I could start collecting charms.  I did not realize the low output from farming in comparison to the amount needed.  I am very upset there is no demolish option because I certainly would demolish every single one of them.  Now I just have wasted space on my farms for something that will take a VERY long time to complete.  And while my happiness on my main farm was already in the toilet, it did not need to get any lower.  I looked at the happiness of the kitty, it is VERY low for a 4x6 object, I certainly hope it gives a daily supply of gold when finished because that would be the only thing to make it worth it after a couple years of wasted space on my farms. 
  • Public holiday in Germany tomorrow , bet half of GGS had long weekend , I don't see much chance of cat/dog bugs getting sorted until end of week . :(

    LOL...yep and it looks like maybe they were on holiday when they thought up the cat addition also.  No more happy hour beer guys until this is fixed please...Nah...go tie on a  good one,  then get your butts back to work and fix this problem. .HA...these problems!!  :#
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Ok, so I haven't been reading forums lately.  Did see an email about a cat, had to actually LOOK for it in my purchase window.  If I didn't catch the email I'd never even know it was available.
    (seriously, WHY can't this stuff be IN GAME?  Not rely on everyone visiting a forum board.)

    Anyway, got it, not a clue how it works.  Find charms???? DRIBBLE at a time.  Gees any stray cat looking for a home would have died by the time I could bring it in.
    But ok, nothing in this game is quick.  (And NO, I'm NOT shelling out real money on this.)

    Meanwhile, the dumb cat thing has a constant cash bubble over it like it's ready to "harvest" or something.
    I keep clicking on it only to be prompted to spend a HUGE… insanely HUGE amount of gold.  For what? Who knows. This one doesn't even have the little i button for info.  None to be found.

    I did spot a cat walking around just as I was logging out of one farm.  I quick logged back in but it was gone.

    So if and when I finally attract a cat with charms, what happens then?
    Check to see if you still have your dog walking around.  Some of us had our dogs disappear when the cat thing showed up, and that includes many of us who didn't even build the cat tree.  And, for a percentage of us, the dog house no longer gives out rewards -- not a small thing when you've used gold to level him up.
    Oh my, I'm about to head out, already closed my farms.  But I will be sure to look next time.  Cat thing can go if that's the case.  I like my doggies.  
  • Oh my, I'm about to head out, already closed my farms.  But I will be sure to look next time.  Cat thing can go if that's the case.  I like my doggies.  

    .

    That's another problem with it ..

    You can't make it "go" away.


    It won't let you remove it...

     until you have completed it by successfully "luring" a Cat to stay.


    So, see you in 4 - 5 years.

    That's how long it'll probably take you to "lure" a Cat in.


    ..   :- (   ....

  • ..


    Perhaps this is their way of punishing the Players for calling for the recent Gold boycott...


    And perhaps those irrational, unrealistic numbers to achieve a Cat  are

    based on the  'hit'  they took as a result of the Gold Boycott....


    76,000 in Gold to "buy" a Cat...?

    And kidnap & hold beloved Farm Dogs hostage...?


    Things that may you go "Hmmnnn..."


    .

  • connie_86 (US1)connie_86 (US1) US1 Posts: 137
    Oh my, I'm about to head out, already closed my farms.  But I will be sure to look next time.  Cat thing can go if that's the case.  I like my doggies.  

    .

    That's another problem with it ..

    You can't make it "go" away.


    It won't let you remove it...

     until you have completed it by successfully "luring" a Cat to stay.


    So, see you in 4 - 5 years.

    That's how long it'll probably take you to "lure" a Cat in.


    ..   :- (   ....

    I'm not having the issue even though there is a cat in my doghouse LOL. I am still getting the rewards though even those my dog isn't there and the cat is in his place.  
  • I'm not having the issue even though there is a cat in my doghouse LOL. I am still getting the rewards though even those my dog isn't there and the cat is in his place.  

    .

    My Dog shows up for food, eats then disappears again.

    And a Cat in my Cat Tree...? 

     I should be so lucky to have a Cat anywhere,

    much less the Cat Charms to get one.

    Sigh... let's hope the architects of this debacle are all over it and

    will resolve these issues with all due haste.

    With all the technology available to them,

    they should be able to put their genius skills to work and do right by us.

    .



  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    edited 03.10.2017
                                                       The Cat Tree will make a very nice Halloween deco..........

                                    ;)
  • Thorim (US1)Thorim (US1) US1 Posts: 197
    I'm not having the issue even though there is a cat in my doghouse LOL. I am still getting the rewards though even those my dog isn't there and the cat is in his place.  

    .

    My Dog shows up for food, eats then disappears again.

    And a Cat in my Cat Tree...? 

     I should be so lucky to have a Cat anywhere,

    much less the Cat Charms to get one.

    Sigh... let's hope the architects of this debacle are all over it and

    will resolve these issues with all due haste.

    With all the technology available to them,

    they should be able to put their genius skills to work and do right by us.

    .



    Mine dog does the same thing.... I want my dog back running my farms grrrrrrrr I have no cat ain't getting no cat just give me my dogs back......
  • .

    I hear ya Thorim... even if GG-BF doesn't.

    I wasn't a Cat proponent either.

    I wanted a Goose that laid Golden Eggs around the farms instead.

    But no, it had to be a cat.

    Well, okay then... in good faith - we went along with the group-think...

    So ---  where in the name of Sam Hill are the cats now, huh...?!

    And for that matter... where in the name of all things holy are our kidnapped Dogs...?!

    .

  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Well my doggies seem fine.  Though when I'm training he turns pure white.  (Kinda cool actually.)
    Today I spotted a kitty (or two???) wandering around.  Sometimes one jumps into the cardboard box on the cat thing.
    Still not a clue what they are suppose to do for us.  IF I ever get one to stay that is.
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Still not getting my doggie bonuses.  
  • Well my doggies seem fine.  Though when I'm training he turns pure white.  (Kinda cool actually.)
    Today I spotted a kitty (or two???) wandering around.  Sometimes one jumps into the cardboard box on the cat thing.
    Still not a clue what they are suppose to do for us.  IF I ever get one to stay that is.

    .

    Just curious - did you pay for the Cat in Gold..?

    Because those of us who were trying to get a Cat by collecting the Cat Charms are SOL.

    The Charms we collected on Day 1 are gone -- purloined by TPTB.

    And no Cat Charms are to be had  now at all.


    Our Dogs are missing, too.

    So we're stuck with useless Cat Trees, taking up valuable real estate,

     adding no value whatsoever -

    not even a warm, fuzzy feeling at having an adorable fuzzy little Mascot to warm our hearts.


    Quite the opposite - we've been duped and left bitter by the whole experience.

    Still wondering if / when they will ever make it right.

    We shouldn't be made to feel victimized by something so many of us used to enjoy so much.


    Bah humbug.      >:-(      Boo hiss.

    .


  • Thorim (US1)Thorim (US1) US1 Posts: 197
    Glad I didn't get a cat, sad they confiscated my dogs....
  • Glad I didn't get a cat, sad they confiscated my dogs....

    I didn't get cats either, dogs still missing, except when time to be fed, then poof, gone again. I feel bad for those that jumped on the cat thing so quickly.
  • 24-KL0V3R (US1)24-KL0V3R (US1) US1 Posts: 2,464
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  • I just hope that there is a mechanism that keeps accurate track of the amount of charms that are collected.

    .

    Been hoping the same thing !

    When we say we want them to make it right, that's exactly what we're hoping for.


    Sure, it'd be swell if they threw us a meaty bone for our trouble.

    Maybe double the Cat Charms.

     Especially considering how many they expect us to collect..oy vay !

    Waiting 4 years for a Cat to show up is daft, man.... daft !

    .

  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    I just hope that there is a mechanism that keeps accurate track of the amount of charms that are collected.
    @FarmerCli (US1)  According to the developers, the cat charms are being counted.........

                  https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/139945/mod-news-bulletin#latest
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  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Well my doggies seem fine.  Though when I'm training he turns pure white.  (Kinda cool actually.)
    Today I spotted a kitty (or two???) wandering around.  Sometimes one jumps into the cardboard box on the cat thing.
    Still not a clue what they are suppose to do for us.  IF I ever get one to stay that is.

    .

    Just curious - did you pay for the Cat in Gold..?

    Because those of us who were trying to get a Cat by collecting the Cat Charms are SOL.

    The Charms we collected on Day 1 are gone -- purloined by TPTB.

    And no Cat Charms are to be had  now at all.


    Our Dogs are missing, too.

    So we're stuck with useless Cat Trees, taking up valuable real estate,

     adding no value whatsoever -

    not even a warm, fuzzy feeling at having an adorable fuzzy little Mascot to warm our hearts.


    Quite the opposite - we've been duped and left bitter by the whole experience.

    Still wondering if / when they will ever make it right.

    We shouldn't be made to feel victimized by something so many of us used to enjoy so much.


    Bah humbug.      >:-(      Boo hiss.

    .


    Gold?   Oh Hell no.
    Crazy insane amount they are asking for there too.  No way no how.  I'll FEED a cat.  Gold?  nope.  No way.    Took me forever to save up enough to upgrade ONE dog house then they go and add several more levels.  Be the end of time before I can get those.

    Well my dogs seem fine, today though I didn't see any cats wandering around. And it seems true once you build this thing there is no tearing it down.  Glad I only put one on the main farm and not the others.  (wont be either.)

    Now an annoying little dollar sign bag keeps showing up over the thing.  GG I wish you could fix this.  I keep thinking there is something to harvest there but no. Just the prompt to buy a cat with enough gold to own a tropical island.  lol.   
  • I just hope that there is a mechanism that keeps accurate track of the amount of charms that are collected.
    @FarmerCli (US1)  According to the developers, the cat charms are being counted.........

                  https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/139945/mod-news-bulletin#latest

    .

    Thank you for the link... I perused it... carefully.

    Lamentably, what they reference therein is not my experience.

    My 'counter' does not reflect any Cat Charms having been collected / credited.

    Nor am I receiving any 'dropped' Cat Charms to date.

    And so I wait....

    Sigh...

    .


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