Home EN General Discussions & Questions

Join the official Goodgame Big Farm Discord today!Join our Big Farm Discord Server


Are you looking for a community of like-minded farmers to discuss your farming experience with? Look no further than the GoodGame Big Farm Discord Server!


Our server is the perfect place to connect with other farmers from around the world. Whether you're looking to chat about strategy, share tips and tricks, or just make new friends, our community has got you covered.


And that's not all - as a member of our Discord server, you'll also have access to exclusive giveaways and other special events. It's the perfect way to stay up to date on all the latest news and updates from GoodGame Studios.


So what are you waiting for? Join the GoodGame Big Farm Discord Server today and start connecting with fellow farmers from all over the world. Just click here to join the fun!

Horse competition and equipment is a joke!!!

16

Comments

  • sue1 (AU1)sue1 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 193
    If the horses need so much upgrading to make it work - it needs its own building slot.  I am not going to sacrifice building on the other farms to make this more viable when its not particularly beneficial to the game.
  • Dark Underworld (AU1)Dark Underworld (AU1) AU1 Posts: 2,992
    edited 09.07.2020
    not only have they destroyed horses challenge, but it also takes away meadow, horse ranch, both boats and temp farms.  As I have said on previous post, if not fixed they may as well destroy all horse ranch as VERY VERY VERY few will play in future and even less will spend gold to improve horses.  A whole 10 players got to Diamond this time on AU server.
  • Breeding quality runs from 0 to 6. You would think that a higher breeding quality would make some difference as well, but this appears to be negated too. 
  • Breeding quality runs from 0 to 6. You would think that a higher breeding quality would make some difference as well, but this appears to be negated too. 


    Don't be too sure, although i cannot say anything for certain, the horse ranch is very, very complicated, everything does something :D
  • muggle1 (GB1)muggle1 (GB1) GB1 Posts: 124
    I used a whole tank of 300 petrol yesterday and didn't win a single race.  Not one.  Mystical, surely even a fluke win would happen at least once in that many!  
    Off to see if the pantomime horse costume I have purchased from ebay will fit over the air force jet plane I have stolen, location classified. Not wanting to boast prematurely, but I am pretty sure it is going to work.  Platinum for me next season.
  • Lnwolf (US1)Lnwolf (US1) US1 Posts: 20
    I am so glad the season was over. what a broken and miserable month.  That was my last tournament since it is pointless and a huge time sink.  I lost countless races, around 95%, against horses 100 levels below me and over all levels I raced against I won 5%.  Broken and pointless.
  • GrammaLeah (US1)GrammaLeah (US1) US1 Posts: 611
    edited 12.07.2020
    Sorry, that was a little snotty.
    Apologies.
  • sirbobby (GB1)sirbobby (GB1) GB1 Posts: 24
    not only have they destroyed horses challenge, but it also takes away meadow, horse ranch, both boats and temp farms.  As I have said on previous post, if not fixed they may as well destroy all horse ranch as VERY VERY VERY few will play in future and even less will spend gold to improve horses.  A whole 10 players got to Diamond this time on AU server.
    This is exactly it. Not bothering with the horse ranch means so many other areas of the game become redundant. 
    I tended to make about 15 challenges a day, pretty much every day throughout a season before these changes. On the odd occasion I have done that in the lest 2 seasons I've won 2 at the most, usually only 1. Always to a much lower level horse and irrespective of whether I bothered to equip or not. 
    There may well be an answer to it all and fair play to those trying to fathom it. For me this was a handy little distraction to play on-and-off. Not much interest now really, not exactly rewarding to repeatedly click the mouse for the joy of losing over and over. Still, the prizes are pretty naff so I'm not exactly missing out on them.  
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    not only have they destroyed horses challenge, but it also takes away meadow, horse ranch, both boats and temp farms.  As I have said on previous post, if not fixed they may as well destroy all horse ranch as VERY VERY VERY few will play in future and even less will spend gold to improve horses.  A whole 10 players got to Diamond this time on AU server.
    This is exactly it. Not bothering with the horse ranch means so many other areas of the game become redundant. 
    I tended to make about 15 challenges a day, pretty much every day throughout a season before these changes. On the odd occasion I have done that in the lest 2 seasons I've won 2 at the most, usually only 1. Always to a much lower level horse and irrespective of whether I bothered to equip or not. 
    There may well be an answer to it all and fair play to those trying to fathom it. For me this was a handy little distraction to play on-and-off. Not much interest now really, not exactly rewarding to repeatedly click the mouse for the joy of losing over and over. Still, the prizes are pretty naff so I'm not exactly missing out on them.  
    It is still mainly down to training. Occasionally I switch from Racing to Jumping because I can see that my opponent is probably worse at that. Occasionally, if I was going to just lose, the equipment will give me a win, but mainly it's all down to training.
    Like everybody else, I won a much smaller proportion of my races but I still managed to reach Diamond. It was a much closer thing, took an extra week of competition and I was doing some swift retraining on the Meadow in between sessions but it was achievable..
    Read Rowdy Racoon's "Horse Ranch Guide". It explains how the numbers are used. Train accordingly.
    The prizes are still worth the effort imo  (unless of course you use a credit card)
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    I too would like them to bulldoze the entire Horse Ranch. Used to make it to the higher levels of Platinum every time and was inching my way towards the Diamond League. Just barely squeezed into Platinum last run of the event. Not even halfway up in Gold league this time. 
    When the new ranch started I enthusiastically built lots of trees, and upgraded the factories. Am so sorry I did. Every time I go to the horse farm and see the gazillion trees to harvest I get so discouraged. Ughh... then I need to build the equipment... then equip horses... then compete... only to lose 95% of the races. So much fun!  Years of breeding and training wasted. Glad I didn't use gold on them at least.
    Please can you just reset it back to the original ranch?
    So after years of high-platinum level finishes, I ended up finishing in mid-gold last time. I started in low bronze this time. I will probably only make it to low-gold (if I am lucky) this run of the horse competition.
    I have decided to not even bothering to buy the extra gas (which I used to always buy). What's the point? Why would I pay money to compete in more races when I am assured of even less wins than before? None of the prizes are anything I even want anymore. Way to kill yet another event, GGS.
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Agree wholeheartedly.  Very unhappy with these changes. Games are supposed to be fun, right?
  • muggle1 (GB1)muggle1 (GB1) GB1 Posts: 124
    Yeah the horses stink a bit as they are, I am finding it very boring and have pretty much given up on them for now, maybe things will be a bit rebalanced at some point.  I have instead started the island farm so I can earn some sea shells for a versatile orchard.  No lovely orchard available with the horses.

    Things do get rebalanced though, when I played all the time for some years I never really noticed things being changed for the better, I noticed a lot of nerfing, like when the fish changed etc.  But after a long break I can see loads of changes since I was here that are a delight to me.  Like no architect, still can barely believe I can upgrade whenever I want.  Market contracts seem much better balanced asking for things from all the farms, not thousands of apples and pigs.  So hopefully they will sort horses so that the outcomes match the horse, I am sure they will eventually. 

    I had hoped for the new farm to be here though, it was talked about to be volcanic at the time, I would love a new permanent farm to work on.
  • TiminuTufu (FormerMod)TiminuTufu (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 389
    edited 20.07.2020
    @muggle1 (GB1)

    Seems to me, that the new horse ranch is the newest permanent farm ( kind of )

    personal opinion :D
  • janflipflo (GB1)janflipflo (GB1) GB1 Posts: 388
    Yeah the horses stink a bit as they are, I am finding it very boring and have pretty much given up on them for now, maybe things will be a bit rebalanced at some point.  I have instead started the island farm so I can earn some sea shells for a versatile orchard.  No lovely orchard available with the horses.

    Things do get rebalanced though, when I played all the time for some years I never really noticed things being changed for the better, I noticed a lot of nerfing, like when the fish changed etc.  But after a long break I can see loads of changes since I was here that are a delight to me.  Like no architect, still can barely believe I can upgrade whenever I want.  Market contracts seem much better balanced asking for things from all the farms, not thousands of apples and pigs.  So hopefully they will sort horses so that the outcomes match the horse, I am sure they will eventually. 

    I had hoped for the new farm to be here though, it was talked about to be volcanic at the time, I would love a new permanent farm to work on.
    I've been transported back heehee remembering Steve the architect, much easier now :):smiley: 
  • muggle1 (GB1)muggle1 (GB1) GB1 Posts: 124
    I will send you a photo of my second son if you like @janflipflo (GB1), there is an uncanny resemblance.  Lets just say the architect and I were very close at one point, I would have done anything to upgrade my buildings.
  • Please can you scrap this ridiculous horse racing thing and return to the way it was before ggs decided to improve it?
  • Well I tried it all.  Not happy.  Not impressed.  Not trying any more.  Loved the old racing seasons.  Liked to train & improve my horses.  This "new & improved" version is totally the opposite of anything that seems to be working.  Feel the same as most of the others here.  You have a loser on your hands.  Without drastic changes it might affect more than the horse farm.  At this point even GOOD instructions may not help.  People seem tired of spending effort & gold on one thing after another.  Fill your time with trying to make your customers happier than trying to outdo yourselves or make your pockets fuller.  I'm done with the horse thing unless REAL improvements are made soon!
  • janflipflo (GB1)janflipflo (GB1) GB1 Posts: 388
    I will send you a photo of my second son if you like @janflipflo (GB1), there is an uncanny resemblance.  Lets just say the architect and I were very close at one point, I would have done anything to upgrade my buildings.
    Haahaa remember it well waiting for him to turn up it always seemed like weeks :)  Please do send a photo :)
  • Exaliber (NL1)Exaliber (NL1) NL1 Posts: 52
    In challenged  37 wins and 3 loss......
    totally out off balance.....

  • @Exaliber (NL1)  Not many even doing horses on AU server, I don't think.  I have not been challenged in 2 days.
  • DebRN (US1)DebRN (US1) US1 Posts: 697
    I've had a dramatic reduction in challenges recently.  People are just giving up trying because, even WITH equipment, the odds are stacked against you!  Way to ruin a perfectly fine aspect of the game.
  • GrammaLeah (US1)GrammaLeah (US1) US1 Posts: 611
    Same problem here.
    Not only do I lose most of the challenges I start, but I'm having very few people challenging ME.
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Very few challenges here, as well. Too bad, used to be so much fun.
  • phhhhhtttttt

    Gotta love falling lower each season even though my horses keep being improved.
  • Exaliber (NL1)Exaliber (NL1) NL1 Posts: 52
    Now in challenged 47 wins  and  3 loss
    pfffffffffffffff 
  • rie22 (US1)rie22 (US1) US1 Posts: 361
    i cannot get out of silver league with a level 180 horse that is 4th breeding quality! took me years to get him all the way up there. From platinum to silver. Well at least the name Stinkbuscuit suits him. 
  • GrammaLeah (US1)GrammaLeah (US1) US1 Posts: 611
     We still have quite a ways to go but at least this time I got the horse statue even though I'm (gasp) still in bronze!
    You just have to laugh.
     :D  :'(  :D
     
  • Normally by now I have reached Diamond level.  I am in platinum now, but still need 20 wins (as long as I have no losses) and then another 50 wins to get to diamond.  In total I need at least another 70 wins if I am going to make diamond this time, after always making diamond every time with weeks to spare.  This new horse ranch is a total fail.  If my horse is struggling what chance do others have?
  • Exxy (INT1)Exxy (INT1) INT1 Posts: 2,602
    Well, I've seen your horse, and i'm not sure what you find of strong in your horse

    but on the side note, they announced possible changes to horses :)
  • Dark Underworld (AU1)Dark Underworld (AU1) AU1 Posts: 2,992
    edited 31.07.2020
    what so a horse that has ALWAYS made diamond with 4 weeks to spare was not a strong horse.  1 of only 9 horses (I finished 3rd on server using 0 gold) on our server to make diamond last time is not a strong horse.  This time even less are going to make diamond.  If you are saying MY horse is not strong, you are really insulting everyone else horse below mine, 99% of AU server and many other on other servers.  Where is this announcement please or is that something only Mods have seen.

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Emoji
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file