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A. I can't find the information relevant to the topic through the pile of spam posts
B. For every answer i give--i run the risk of offending someone. Now instead of just a nasty pm--they can send a prank to mess up my farm while i sleep.
Just makes me sick. I am all for sending a gift--to an Established friend, like for their Birthday. I am sure Emrys would love umm ... pile of poo to make more fertilizer. We don't even know what the gifts are to send.
Sigh ... Just wake me up when the update is over.
I think there's an additional suggestion here: how about the proposed updates are given much more ahead of time?
Right now the updates are given the week before they come out. But a week is not very long to work on an update in terms of tweaking it, fixing bugs, cleaning up how the finished product looks etc. Recoding can take a long time if you want it to work smoothly. So why not give us updates two weeks in advance, so we don't have this anticipation of something not well developed coming down the pipes?
I am grateful that the devs did not try to push through some half-baked update today that would have caused more problems, and that they are going to spend more time working on it (presumably in light of the objections we have raised).
Also as a sidenote, did anyone actually suggest that we have pranks? I know there were a lot of suggestions in the forums for when people wanted to gift their friends or help them out, but did anyone actually offer a suggestion for the opposite where you could prank people or interfere with their farms? Or is this something the devs came up with themselves?
As I stated in my post, I have known mods and still currently know them in other GGS games. Of course it doesnt state them in the job description. Its something that is discussed privately. It would look really bad for the company if a mod was putting down something the game was doing.
Again Im not putting down the mods. Most of them do an INCREDIBLE job, but they will always look at the positive side of things and not list the negative. If I was a mod and in their position I would do the exact same thing.
Monica, I would love to be gifted a pile of poop from you anytime
Em 8)
Thank you for your really kind words Emrys.
I know this is a little off topic but I do wish to reply so please let me explain my position here a bit more. I really do love this game. It's the reason why I was (and still am) happy to volunteer so much of my time to the forums so that others such as yourself can have a similar experience as I do. Are there things that I would change about the game? Yes, there are a few, however I keep in mind a couple of things:
1. I'm not knowledgeable in running a business of this size and type.
2. I'm not subject to the ultimate direction that the Dev's are working towards with Big Farm.
Because of these factors, I sit back and watch to see what's coming next. I'm really enjoying the ride so far as I feel what I believe to be wrong with the game is fairly minor in comparison with all the positives the game offers me. As for saying something negative about the game, as I've just explained, I much prefer to focus on the positives as I feel there's more than enough negativity in life without me focusing more attention on it than is required. I do have my say about the game regularly, both positive encouragement and constructive criticism where and when I feel it warrants it, however I do it directly, not on here - I have a more direct path to have my say through my contacts with GGS staff.
On here, I attempt to remain as impartial as I can though occasionally you will see me posting an opinion. My objective is to ultimately be not only impartial in the way I mod, but to be seen as being that. GGS don't demand that of me, it's simply the way I've chosen to mod.
Kat.
My main question is: Are gifts/pranks always available/running, or is it just a 'sometimes' thing? The wording of the update made me feel it would be only available intermittently, but the new icon makes me think it is a new feature of the game.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can clarify.
I'm sure, they start to work on an update before announcing it. Even if GGS gives us OAs earlier, it will not make any influence on when a bug is discovered and how much time it can take to fix it. On the other hand, this delay might be for implementing additional measures to protect players from possible bulling.
Anyway, I'm more curious and excited about the next event, the description sounds very interesting.
I thought it would be good for me to come and chip in my thoughts on some of the topics here.
Although it is slightly off topic, the issue of moderators. There is a certain amount of expectation that the mods will support the game and be careful with their posts, but that doesn't mean we control their opinions. At the end of the day thought they are still players and are as entitled to their opinions. As Kat Nip pointed out, you just don't see it on the forum because all the mods have direct contact with me. Does that mean they have to like everything about an update? No, of course not. We often have discussions about their thoughts on the game and we value their feedback as much as anyones.
Concerning the event, we never actually stated when it would start. The update did take place yesterday, but you shouldn't assume that an event will also start on the same day. After the update takes place it could be hours, days or even weeks before the new event starts.
I hope that clears up some issues.
Regards,
Ethan
Off to go buy some gold now!
Also, do the players who get gifts receive Karma?
I think that it should be that if you get a prank played on you, then you should get a karma point, if you play a prank you should loose karma points and then if you gift someone you should earn karma points and if someone gifts you, then you should loose karma points.
Much like Karma in real life.
I wan't terribly impressed with the concept to begin with - very open to causing bad feelings amongst players.
I will pass on this - thanks anyway
I dont think i would spend millions on a gift that just slightly speed up something...so....As for the pranks....i dont know anyone i would like to use it on so much that i would spend millions to do it.
I do however feel there should be something nice for everyone in a event....even if you dont buy Gold !
Some of the pranks take much longer to wait out then what was promised by one of the mods. They can deactivate our apples and cherry orchards for 35 minutes, our mill for 25 minutes, and other workingbuildings for 15-20 minutes depending on the prank you buy. Stables are 15 minutes.
If we are in a middle of a one hour mission this will of course destroy the mission for you if someone decides to use a prank on you. This will make it even harder to gain the rep poits needed in projects for the coop. I still dont like this event at all
Post edited by Kat Nip: Your welcome to state your opinion, but please keep it respectful
1 karma point per gift / prank.
And to Camii, you better go repair your meadow!
Oh and to Malreyn, thanks for your explanation
I can see why, but we never announce the exact times and dates of any ingame events in advance of it starting. I don't see any real reason why anyone should assume this one would be any different.
That isn't actually what i said though. Once pranks have been purchased they can be used no matter if the event is running or not. My statement was that any event introduced in a new update could be hours, days or weeks before it is seen in the game.
For those making comments about only being able to purchase with gold or karma, i believe Latten had already stated that previously. However, look at it from a different point of view. If people are spending gold to purchase them its less likely that you are going to be hit with a prank. Will this be changed in the future? Maybe, it's too early to say at the moment.
Regards,
Ethan
Haha, What did you do to it?
It didn't actually say what had happened to it or I missed it!
But overall I had a laugh and it was lovely to give a gift "finally" to my teammates.