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"Cooptober" Discussion

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  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    edited 10.10.2017
    The reason data-driven marketing and product development doesn't work in isolation is that it has to be balanced with other market factors, including social changes, shifting customer base, declining customer satisfaction/loyalty, maintaining customer attention and interest, price v. perceived value, etc, etc., etc.

    But, then again, we are all too aware of how "balance" is interpreted at headquarters. :)

  • Mac56 (GB1)Mac56 (GB1) GB1 Posts: 353
    What is going on another CC!  They were supposed to be once a fortnight which was bad enough but now once a week! What is GGS playing at, are you trying to sicken everyone, well if you are, it's working.  Can we have an explanation as to what is going on, please?  

    Well - it was announced, wasn't it? So we all knew it would come weekly during this month .... I guess some players will be happy with it, others will prolly ignore it coz they don't have the time or don't like competing that much .... This game is all about making choices.

    See:  https://community.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/en/discussion/162749/cooptober#latest

    Doesn't exactly say weekly just "with more iteration of the Cooperative Challenge" and not everyone comes on the forum so wasn't really announced - could have done with a wee bit more clarity in the notice. 
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    @artful (US1)  Where's a moderator when you need one?  Artful used the "B" word!  :p
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    @artful (US1)  Where's a moderator when you need one?  Artful used the "B" word!  :p
    You had me worried for a minute.  My filter drops off quite a lot these days! :)

  • Kimmiecat (NL1)Kimmiecat (NL1) NL1 Posts: 995
    I use to absolutely love the CCs.  I use to get soooooooooooooo excited when I would see the countdown timer.  I would stay up late burning both ends of the candle, doing mission after mission. Then I would wake up early and do more missions.  Now when I see the countdown timer I cringe. 
    internet addiction explained in a gif

    The life that GGS has in store for us
  • Fawners (US1)Fawners (US1) US1 Posts: 436
    I don't think GGS knows the meaning of "balance"!   :D:D
  • Kris847n (SKN1)Kris847n (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 133
    How irritating with another CC already. twice a months is too much, Bigfarm didn´t listen when there came so many complaints about this. And what do they do: make it an weekly event....
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    Really hate doing this, lol, but to be fair, we were warned.  In the original Cooptober announcement it stated:
    During the next month there will be more events dedicated to cooperatives than usual, with more iteration of the Cooperative Challenge and a new version of the Hard Work Event where you can participate together with your Cooperative members to earn a lot of rewards!

    Yep, if you didn't know iteration means repetition.  ;)
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    A CC yet again? We have not even been rid of the other one but for a few days...... Guys, we are approaching a breaking point here. Do you not get that?
  • Would be nice to hear if the CC is a glitch or real....if real why are we having so many CCs?
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    I don't think they know that we need to bring our farms back to recover and to try to make a little progress between times.  Unless you're a gold player, of course.  Oh, wait. *slaps forehead.* DUH!
  • This looks like a decent idea.... and it sure would get GG's attention.

    I would like another voting option! Let us vote to sit one out every once in a while. Last challenge ended just TUESDAY of THIS week.  >:)




  • Kennetha (US1)Kennetha (US1) US1 Posts: 111
    If I said what I really wanted to say,  well id probably get removed.  So better not say a word :(
  • Shay1968 (US1)Shay1968 (US1) Posts: 1,324
    I use to absolutely love the CCs.  I use to get soooooooooooooo excited when I would see the countdown timer.  I would stay up late burning both ends of the candle, doing mission after mission. Then I would wake up early and do more missions.  Now when I see the countdown timer I cringe. 
    internet addiction explained in a gif

    The life that GGS has in store for us
    Oh my gosh!  you nailed it Kimmiecat!   That was exactly how it use to be.
  • farmer46 (US1)farmer46 (US1) US1 Posts: 41
    CC's have gone through some phases for me.
     1) fun!

    2) still kinda fun, but really getting to be a drain

    3) holy crap... another one already?

    4)  I can't even.....
  • TheGabi (US1)TheGabi (US1) US1 Posts: 117
    So this is part of "Cooptober" ?  

    Please allow me to remind you:   
    A.  Promise to fix DSF Market Orders   
    B.  Promise to fix bugs induced with the Cat Tree
    C.  Adding more content is not FIXING errors or issues it is avoidance of the PROBLEM.

    I already have ceased buying gold due to LOSS of TRUST.  
    Will this game survive another week, month, 6 months ? 
    I am seriously concerned ! 

    Completely disillusioned
    TheGabi 
  • aquilawolf (US1)aquilawolf (US1) US1 Posts: 104
    It has only been 3 days since the last one ended 
  • Frankie59 (US1)Frankie59 (US1) US1 Posts: 15
    I absolutely cannot believe the we are having ANOTHER CC starting on Oct. 11.  FIVE DAYS after the last one which started on Oct. 2nd.  These are WAY TOO frequent.  Twice a month is too much.  I WILL NOT PLAY THE FIRST MISSION THIS TIME AROUND and maybe never again.  The game has gone past being fun anymore.....it is only repetitious and boring!!!  BOO, GGS!!
  • Shay1968 (US1)Shay1968 (US1) Posts: 1,324
    So Steve is here, my current upgrade just ended.  I have no clue what to upgrade.  I almost feel that if I use Steve it is going to be waste because in a month or 2 they will probably come out with higher upgrades and the upgrades I am doing now would be available without Steve.   Decisions decisions 

    Also, since we have had absolutely NO details on Cooptober besides doing back to back CCs, I am even more clueless what I should upgrade.  I don't know whether I need the mills or not or fields or stables or even orchards for this mysterious event so that also hinders my decision of what to upgrade.  Maybe I should play it safe and just upgrade the cabin on my flower farm.  
  • kwk (US1)kwk (US1) Posts: 144
    I'm just so tired...
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    Problem:

    There is a problem with the HW rankings.  This occurs in both HWs.  Here is the example from the Fish HW that just ended.  I checked 30 minutes before it ended.  My rank was 56.  I hit the refresh button by the top of the rankings to be sure.  I even opened and closed it again to double-check.  I was going at 10 pps until the end.  Therefore, it was mathematically not possible for anyone to pass me, no matter what.  My rank could have risen against players going at slower speeds, by as there are no higher speeds, I could not have dropped.  Yet, at the end, my rank was 62.

    The problem is really an issue when you are close to the top 50, say 48th, and it ends and you are 52nd, and so on.  I first pointed this out 2 years ago.  I always urge players to be several thousand points ahead of 50th place to avoid being caught in this problem.
  • loron (GB1)loron (GB1) GB1 Posts: 58
    Hello what is going on? first the challenge was every 6 weeks. then it dropped to every 4 weeks ....then every 10 days now every week have you lost your mind? How long do you think players are going to carry on playing a game that's totally messed up? it about time you started thinking about the players. and what is with it starting at midnight?? you think players have not got a bed to go to? am really looking at this game in a new light and i do not like what i am seeing. Sort it out GG before you find Big Farm is a ghost game because everyone as packed up and moved on.  :/
  • Jacobus (GB1)Jacobus (GB1) GB1 Posts: 22
    I propose that all co-op leaders unite and boycott the announced Co-op Challenge. This game gets to the point where it takes up too much of your time and the enjoyment factor is disappearing rapidly. Most people will go the extra mile to support their co-op twice a month in a challenge. This now, however, shows that money is the only driving factor for GGS and I predict that the people who brought the game where it is now will slowly fade into the distance...and then the newer generations...and then the others. Please, take into consideration that this is a game we want to enjoy. When it becomes a second job, I consider closing shop and find something else.
  • Yeah, because that's worked so well in the past...
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Yeah, because that's worked so well in the past...
    LOL!

  • Shay1968 (US1)Shay1968 (US1) Posts: 1,324
    I propose that all co-op leaders unite and boycott the announced Co-op Challenge. This game gets to the point where it takes up too much of your time and the enjoyment factor is disappearing rapidly. Most people will go the extra mile to support their co-op twice a month in a challenge. This now, however, shows that money is the only driving factor for GGS and I predict that the people who brought the game where it is now will slowly fade into the distance...and then the newer generations...and then the others. Please, take into consideration that this is a game we want to enjoy. When it becomes a second job, I consider closing shop and find something else.
    I am sorry Jacobus,  Your plan just will not work.  The gold spenders spend gold because they feel the need to be at the top.  This will never change.  

    Co-ops can say ... yes, let's boycott the CC!, but then you have all the lower ranked co-ops that say ... yes, I finally have a chance to make it to the top!, and they try even harder and spend even more gold.

    There is no way possible to get every co-op to participate in a boycott.

    You just need to sit back and let nature take its course.  The players WILL get fed up with the intense push for gold that has been going on and they will also get burnt out on all the events being pushed at us. Little by little players will start leaving the game, which has actually started quite awhile ago. Its only a matter of time before GGS chases away ALL the gold users and burns out everyone else. Life is too expensive for people to stick all of their money into a game. 
  • Sandy9882 (US1)Sandy9882 (US1) US1 Posts: 28
    We've lost about 4 top-level, hard-hitting, gold spending players due to the excessive co-op challenges.  2 had been in our group a long time.  We've had to start accepting level 2 players who mostly don't stick around. So turnover is huge.   I don't know what to say.
  • Grammy26 (US1)Grammy26 (US1) US1 Posts: 36
    I use to absolutely love the CCs.  I use to get soooooooooooooo excited when I would see the countdown timer.  I would stay up late burning both ends of the candle, doing mission after mission. Then I would wake up early and do more missions.  Now when I see the countdown timer I cringe. 
    internet addiction explained in a gif

    The life that GGS has in store for us

  • hendo (US1)hendo (US1) US1 Posts: 33
    When I came to the game two years ago I enjoyed the challenge , now its becoming just hard work that invades our real life. We no longer get time to stock up on anything "ah gold" NOT..GGS send steve to get us to build and what fast forward "ah gold"   I do not do the mushrooms, or the temp farms making the mushrooms smaller in the hope of "ah gold" temp farms if done correctly take millions and gold to build it up right then demolish it for a special cow shed  "ah gold"  ya think.  GGS take stock your stabbing yourself in the foot, we have members who leave co ops due to the greed that is going on. We can see this we are not blind or stupid.   co op challenge I don't think so .. GGS gold grab.  
  • Thorim (US1)Thorim (US1) US1 Posts: 197
    Sorta off topic I apologize in advance, but Steve finally showed up only thing I could update is a cowshed sadly that will take 24 hours, unless am willing to spend gold which am not I could level up more sheds cause Steve has been hanging around for eight hours except it takes so ungodly long to just update with out the use of gold where is the balance?????
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