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2018 - The Good, The Bad and The Downright Ugly

As GGS has the pop up every time we log on, how about the players getting chance to summarise the year as they saw it, not the fantasies that GGS would have us believe.

The Good - is unfortunately going to be a lot shorter than the bad and the downright ugly for me which when I look at it in all reality is maybe telling me something, but here goes anyway.

1) The fantastic group of players that have become virtual friends - would miss every single one that I chat to and/or meet in missions, and even moreso in my co-op - what a fantastic bunch - honestly the people are by far the best aspect of this game. 

2) The Village Fair - despite all its initial problems makes a refreshing change from CC's and HWE's.  The prizes are better than other events too, so with some tweaking and bugs ironed out will for me anyway, be a winner.

3) WWC's - although a bit too frequent as in any other field a WWC usually only happens annually, gives us chance to win things without changing the way we farm too much.  

The Bad

1) Bugs, bugs and yet more bugs.  They tell us things are tested prior to release - what absolute rubbish - they really do think we have the intelligence of a gnat.  Fact - if things were tested thoroughly there wouldn't be so many bugs!  A few yes, but nowhere near as many as there are.

2) The 'automated rewards'.  For most the higher rewards are totally out of reach in events such as HWE.  They have said they are looking into it - again what absolute rubbish - they continue to release new events when they should be fixing what is broken first.

3) The removal of the twins before the new trader is ready.  Benny has also vanished off somewhere along with the WWC trader - so now we have all these coins/tokens we cant use.

4) The lag.  Enough said.

5) Still too many CC's - despite assurances they would be less frequent.

6) Oktoberfest - c'mon it should be a once a year event, like St. Valentines, Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.

The Downright Ugly

1) The kite farce

2) The edge plant farce

3) the double xp farce

4) The continued ' we are working on it' story - rubbish - no you are not - you are working on new (broken) events - they dont appear on their own!

5) The feeding of mis-information - ie the FHWE will be longer, there will be less CC's etc - none of which has proved to be true.  Be honest - we may moan when you say there will be no reduction in CC's, or that all FHWE's will be shorter, but its better to know that in advance rather than feel mislead.

6) The constant gold sale pop ups - I'll buy gold if and when I choose!  Yes the odd BOGOF or offer is great but so many truly puts me off.  

7) The most important one for me - the total lack of respect for the customer.  We ask for - they do the exact opposite, yet still expect us to buy more and more gold.  It may be a strategy that works short term, but it wont last.  Players will and already have get so fed up they are leaving the game.  New players wont be able to progress their farms without spending a small fortune and if I was a newbie again,  I'd not be willing to do that - I'd want to make sure I had time to know whether the game was for me or not.  The length of time it takes to fix issues - in some cases over a month totally validates my statement regarding lack of respect. 

Hmmm........ 3 good things and 7 downright ugly - time for me to do a bit of thinking.

Comments

  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    edited 28.12.2018
    I'd have to slide the VF to the bad side. Some of us hate it with a passion. (Don't beat me up, we like what we like. The CCs had gotten so bad that anything, even something as ridiculous as the VF, looks fantastic in comparison.)

    The bad-- letting very old, very ancient bugs slide until the new bugs take priority and the old ones simply get forgotten or we are told they are now very low priority, or the team has changed so many times, no one who worked on the first bugs are there to know what to do.

    Continuing to bombard us with events when we ask they be cut back.

    The ugly -- As predicted, bug, bug, bug happening during the weeks at Christmas when no one is in the office. If you're going to run a game 24/7/365, staff needs to be on hand during that time who can fix things and not feed us the.standard reply things will be addressed "when they get back after the New Year."

    Worst Christmas ever -- no snow (I know, I know, but we can miss it if we want to), no Christmas Wheel of Fortune, broken Santa's workshop that actually steals gold, Rudolph going AWOL without awarding the last deco (happened last year, too, or the year before, and guess what, we all were given the Post Box), missing snowman deco and the one we got is of a lesser value than it should be, can't start upgrades in the Village without votes, screwing up scheduling Big Time, etc, etc, etc.

    No management or quality control. No one checking work before it's released. They say it's checked, but probably not from ordinary machines using a real game on a regular ISP that isn't part of the company's network.  That's how the big boys do it, by the way -- checking things in a world in which the players live. 

    Lack of respect for customers gets worse by the minute.The mods are fed excuses that a 4-year-old could see through, and they have to pass them on to us.  

    We'll, of course, receive an apology statement full of the usual buzz words and promises to do better while being given inadequate compensation, and then they'll be wondering why more people have left the game or quit buying gold or cancelled their subscriptions.
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  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Adding, it was one year ago around this time that the spokesman in the video said they were committed to making sure that anything rolled out would be bug free.  Just sayin'...
  • sue1 (AU1)sue1 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 193
    I don't think there is too much to be proud of this year and I'm really struggling for highlights.  To finish off the year by cutting short the only event that everyone seems to agree is their favourite - the FHWE pretty much sums it up.
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    Awful year, the only highlights in my opinion was the WWC, Village Fair (two events with great rewards) and to a less extent The World Cup event.

    The blatant lying is what is bothering me. Give us the REAL reasons for changing things and while I might not like it i'll respect the honesty. This should be a farming game but the lying is making it feel more like an email scam or a Nigerian Love Scam......im here to play a game, not be conned. 
  • ronin7 (INT1)ronin7 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 542
    There isn't too much to say about anything; there are so many events I no longer even play much less notice when they do come into the parking lot.  I enjoy the FHWE, searching (mushrooms, candies, etc) only because I'm bored, WWC to accumulate the points (hoping for those dandy ducks at some point...sigh), missions only to get points to do upgrades in the garage, and that's it.
    I left a coop where 3 virtual friends were, but they too have flown the coop and the game...so left with no virtuals; am saving the little gold which are given as rewards to be able to use to hire researchers to increase the number of recruits in my coop which I'll open when I have the numbers.
    I agree with so many of you, the game has certainly changed drastically in the year that I've now played the game.  It was so much better and more fun when I started it last year.  Seems that things are tough everywhere; and, GGS has not been spared either...what with downsizing, good people leaving and remaining good people getting burned from overworking, overburdened and probably underpaid. Hoping 2019 will be better for everyone.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 
  • Corvid (GB1)Corvid (GB1) GB1 Posts: 625
    for once (drum roll), im gonna focus on the postiive (it's like shooting ducks in a barrel otherwise tbh)

    the new large cowsheds

    Improved appearances (ie Free Range for me, but the rural set looks like it's pretty nice)

    World Cup event - great fun, only benefits to us involving no costs (and pretty much bug free iirc)

    No snow - awesome
  • Corvid (GB1)Corvid (GB1) GB1 Posts: 625
    .....(hoping for those dandy ducks at some point...sigh)....


    why don't you ask a top 5 coop if you could join them as a guest for a cc - you can be upfront about it, you want a dandy duck and you're happy to help them out to get one 

  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    All I know is I've spent a lot more time on other sites lately.  I keep TRYING to finish higher end prizes on the ever present events but again, sea shells are IMPOSSIBLE to fill.  Days and days and I barely made a dent.
    Meh....  Poker for me. 
  • Kitty Reed (US1)Kitty Reed (US1) US1 Posts: 109
    Just wanna say this Village Fair is way to long its a painful drag .
    2 days would be better .
  • Yes...think a lot of bad has been covered here. 1st year play was great. Now this HTML5 that cannot download nor navigate & have a cursor to progress with any event....Chat & mail communication is still terrible at a year or more later!?. Lag & delay is so bad who's got half the day to sit around and wait...and oh yes, click & harvest your field and yet another offer to buy Gold this or that right in your line. Greedy desperate to steal our real cash!? I expect service when I shell out cash and too many bugs & glitches really jeopardizes game play to enjoy. How about NO GOLD to be paid out by Co-Op cash to new players until they've had a 6 week trial period to earn it first? Shouldn't be automatic upon joining, should be in control & reviewed worthy by Sheriff & Deputies first; when new players want to join a co-op and these guys under level25 who just grab gold & don't show-up kinda people; many are kids. Most annoying and you have no way to learn more about that application to join a co-op. You have too many glitches so disgusted
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
     How about NO GOLD to be paid out by Co-Op cash to new players until they've had a 6 week trial period to earn it first? Shouldn't be automatic upon joining, should be in control & reviewed worthy by Sheriff & Deputies first; when new players want to join a co-op and these guys under level25 who just grab gold & don't show-up kinda people; many are kids. Most annoying and you have no way to learn more about that application to join a co-op. You have too many glitches so disgusted
    Is this a new thing? Our coop doesn't give gold out to new players. In fact, I didn't know the coop could give out cash/gold.
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
     How about NO GOLD to be paid out by Co-Op cash to new players until they've had a 6 week trial period to earn it first? Shouldn't be automatic upon joining, should be in control & reviewed worthy by Sheriff & Deputies first; when new players want to join a co-op and these guys under level25 who just grab gold & don't show-up kinda people; many are kids. Most annoying and you have no way to learn more about that application to join a co-op. You have too many glitches so disgusted
    Is this a new thing? Our coop doesn't give gold out to new players. In fact, I didn't know the coop could give out cash/gold.
    Most likely referring to the task you get at level 6 to "Join a Co-Op". The reward for the task is 100 gold.
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    edited 31.12.2018
     How about NO GOLD to be paid out by Co-Op cash to new players until they've had a 6 week trial period to earn it first? Shouldn't be automatic upon joining, should be in control & reviewed worthy by Sheriff & Deputies first; when new players want to join a co-op and these guys under level25 who just grab gold & don't show-up kinda people; many are kids. Most annoying and you have no way to learn more about that application to join a co-op. You have too many glitches so disgusted
    Is this a new thing? Our coop doesn't give gold out to new players. In fact, I didn't know the coop could give out cash/gold.
    Most likely referring to the task you get at level 6 to "Join a Co-Op". The reward for the task is 100 gold.
    Oh, duh. *smacks forehead*  Not an issue for us as new members have to be Level 60 or higher. 

    @Betty Birken (US1)   Leaders and Deputies do have control over who they let in to your coop, right?  So that shouldn't be an issue unless you have an open coop. Maybe consider raising your level. At higher levels, they won't be joining just to get the gold, I wouldn't think.
  • Exxy (INT1)Exxy (INT1) INT1 Posts: 2,602
    edited 31.12.2018
    Okay, I'll go with my list of positive things :blush: Its kinda an extensive one

    Speed Themed Events! ( They are a nice challenge, once you have a well developped farm )

    The Soccer World Cup ( it even got me into watching the soccer results ) 

    The improvment of handbooks ( Getting major improvment ) 

    The Black Friday Sale!! ( That -60% on handbooks, and omg, those tokens for an average price around 40G for 1 !! ))

    The Village Fair ( Obviously , Super easy to pick all good rewards from it, + extra good rewards from coop ranking , And also a lot of depth and strategies! )

    Addition of Seaweed liquid fertilizer for the flower farm orchards :)

    The Large Cowsheds, They are simply amazing :)

    The Subscriptions , more precisely the convenient package for me !! Unlimited Repeated and Mass Harvest for life <3

    Appearance Boosters for Fields! I'm saving them! Kinda cool concept !!

    The Architect Steve That comes visit our farms way more often than in the past !! 

    Oh, The forum contests!! Because, hm, its just fun !!

    Oh, Almost Forgot... The Addition of Ghost Rods ( Even if they may vanish a little bit over time ) ( Still have 1200 in reserve )

    Many appearances of all kind for many type of buildings

    Construction Tokens and The Extra Slot , to build an extra time, every once in a while

    The Decoration Valley ( Waiting to fully open it, before playing with it, i have already have couple creative ideas in mind )

    The improvment of the HTML5 format, it was pretty bad in the beginning, but they managed to do a pretty good job on it
    its been a long long time since, i lagged while playing Big Farm 

    The End!





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