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Update - March 5th - The Bazaar - Discussion

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  • amaprincess1 (US1)amaprincess1 (US1) Posts: 636
    edited 07.03.2014
    Omar would have me believe that 2,000,000 farm cash costs 66,667 gold, regular price. What's that, 60 US dollars?

    I might have been born at night, Omar, but well you know....
  • cariberrycariberry Posts: 87
    edited 07.03.2014
    no clue hear theres free thing even if you do not spend gold but i have been online as much as i can ( and thats ALOT) checking it often and not missing offers and still have not seen one free one but others in my coop have seen the free offer :(
  • Twiglet (GB1)Twiglet (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,174
    edited 07.03.2014
    for god sake how many ads on page now exclusive offer, prime day, prime spending and prime sale on top of that we have Omar's Bazaar, wheel of fortune and an accident this is getting pretty ridiculous
  • thelma25thelma25 Posts: 4
    edited 07.03.2014
    Artmaker wrote: »
    All the pop ups when I log in are a pain. ONE (the newspaper) was bad enough. Now there are three!
    I have to log out and in all the time and this is a real pain in the butt.

    And instead of the one, once in awhile flashy thing in the upper left corner of the game when your doing some gold deal, NOW THERE ARE THREE!!!!

    I want to lodge the same complaints. Too many pop-ups are annoying on any website and these are pop-ups we can't turn off...!

    And with all of the icons being added to the top-left of the screen, I would really appreciate if these could be put in a tab we could pull in and out like some of the other menus. I understand that you want to keep them in front of us because they are 'opportunities' for us to spend gold, but it's really gotten out of hand. What was once a fairly sleak design is turning into a cluttery mess.

    I come to this farm to get away from the chaos of my real life and now the chaos here is starting to mirror the rest of the chaos of my world. Can we please go back to the farm environment where we can gaze at green fields, breathe clean air and listen to birds chirp?

    PS - there was much discussion earlier in this thread about cultural sensitivity. Is it possible to change out the Aunt Jemima farm resident? That's always bothered me...
  • montuosmontuos Posts: 1,275
    edited 07.03.2014
    thelma25 wrote: »
    And with all of the icons being added to the top-left of the screen, I would really appreciate if these could be put in a tab we could pull in and out like some of the other menus. I understand that you want to keep them in front of us because they are 'opportunities' for us to spend gold, but it's really gotten out of hand. What was once a fairly sleak design is turning into a cluttery mess.

    THIS. Cannot agree more!!!
  • All4Fun (US1)All4Fun (US1) Posts: 224
    edited 07.03.2014
    uksharon3 wrote: »
    for god sake how many ads on page now exclusive offer, prime day, prime spending and prime sale on top of that we have Omar's Bazaar, wheel of fortune and an accident this is getting pretty ridiculous

    It's Too Much!!!
  • CM NafaruCM Nafaru Posts: 1,325
    edited 07.03.2014
    Hey everybody,

    just some quick statement about the current 'advertising'/popup/offer situation as described in these and even more posts:
    jaystarr2 wrote: »
    There is way too much advertising on the farm with this update.
    woepsa wrote: »
    3 prime times at the same time? Really? Wow -.-

    This situation should not happen too often and was only caused by us enabling the exclusive offers for all sorts of players at once in order to enable you to get all decorations you could not previously get (e.g. the bird bath and light chain decorations).
    Once these offers expire, everything should return to normal. ;)

    Furthermore we are currently thinking about merging the offer icons if there are more than x offers at the same time. I cannot promise you anything yet, but the team is aware of the tight space up there. ;)

    Regards,
    Steffi
  • shabana1 (IN1)shabana1 (IN1) Posts: 13
    edited 07.03.2014
    u have any updates with out gold i want to play but dont buy the gold if u really interested to mange the game players then do some thing good one of update without gold always gold gold gold sorry i just play.
  • DoomDark (US1)DoomDark (US1) INT1 Posts: 25
    edited 07.03.2014
    Nafaru wrote: »


    Once these offers expire, everything should return to normal. ;)

    Care to explain why I just got the ¤%& birdbath offer 3rd time in the row???
    Definitely not normal in my opinion.

    DoomDark
  • Nellie3 (NL1)Nellie3 (NL1) Posts: 163
    edited 07.03.2014
    is it possible to say no to the pop ups once and then you don't have to see theme no more,it's so annoying ! And it takes my pleasure away from the game :(
  • woepsawoepsa Posts: 26
    edited 07.03.2014
    Thanks for your reaction Nafaru. I hope the team will decide to reduce the pop ups at login.
    I didn't get something free from Omar this time, but i like him anyway :)


    Edit: Maybe it's a good idea to move the offer buttons/timers to the right of the screen, under the "next harvest" tab. That way they will still be very visible (GGS happy) but not in the way of gameplay (players happy).
  • EricaJ (US1)EricaJ (US1) Posts: 202
    edited 07.03.2014
    Nafaru wrote: »
    Hey everybody,

    just some quick statement about the current 'advertising'/popup/offer situation as described in these and even more posts:


    This situation should not happen too often and was only caused by us enabling the exclusive offers for all sorts of players at once in order to enable you to get all decorations you could not previously get (e.g. the bird bath and light chain decorations).
    Once these offers expire, everything should return to normal. ;)

    Furthermore we are currently thinking about merging the offer icons if there are more than x offers at the same time. I cannot promise you anything yet, but the team is aware of the tight space up there. ;)

    Regards,
    Steffi

    It was nice of you to respond to this, but my tolerance for twinkling "buy buy spend spend" icons covering up the playing area has officially dropped to zero.

    Those offers did not need to all be there at the same time. You could have made them available one or two at a time.

    Having recently purchased the last 2 expansions for my main farm, I was planning to build and upgrade some additional gold-only structures. I have always supported this game with gold purchases - and have never complained about the steady stream of updates designed to elicit more gold purchases. Until now.

    Going forward, I'd like to see all current offers viewable from a click of a single icon, one that is off to the side, not covering the farm's playing area. They have become a real irritant, and I simply can't look past them anymore.
  • Thelma4Thelma4 Posts: 8
    edited 07.03.2014
    Nafaru wrote: »
    Once these offers expire, everything should return to normal. ;)
    Furthermore we are currently thinking about merging the offer icons if there are more than x offers at the same time. I cannot promise you anything yet, but the team is aware of the tight space up there. ;)

    Thanks! Nice to know someone is listening!
  • Suzy832Suzy832 Posts: 10
    edited 07.03.2014
    I wanted to complain about having to click to many adds away everytime I log in or refresh my browser window, but I see a few people already did that. I had 4!! offers at the same time today and someone that needed feed.
    It was annoying with one offer, but now it is impossible to log in and play for a short time (les then a minute), since it takes way to long to load everything and click everything away.
  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 07.03.2014
    I'm glad to hear the admins are working on, or possibly rethinking the need to blast us with pop ups, icons, etc.

    I just want to add...

    I'm hooked on this game and therefore more willing to put up with all this garbage in hopes that the designers find their way.

    But...
    If I just found this game? With all the pop ups, and pathetic ploys to make me want to pick up my credit card?
    I WOULD RUN AWAY!!!!!

    There are plenty of really good computer games that can be purchased ONCE! Many can connect with other players on line. FREE.
    A much better deal than this flash based thing.

    Yup, been here long enough to have made friends, and spent countless hours advancing so my tolerance is high enough to hang in there and see what happens.
    But... you folks really need to rethink what your doing.
  • montuosmontuos Posts: 1,275
    edited 08.03.2014
    Nafaru wrote: »
    Furthermore we are currently thinking about merging the offer icons if there are more than x offers at the same time. I cannot promise you anything yet, but the team is aware of the tight space up there. ;)

    THANK YOU! Cannot. Happen. Soon. Enough!!!
    DoomDark wrote: »
    Care to explain why I just got the ¤%& birdbath offer 3rd time in the row???

    Because they are 3 different birdbaths — Stylish, Ornate, and Luxury — with different amounts of happiness.
    EricaJ wrote: »
    Going forward, I'd like to see all current offers viewable from a click of a single icon, one that is off to the side, not covering the farm's playing area. They have become a real irritant, and I simply can't look past them anymore.

    Ditto!!! Bonus points for making that icon movable with the cursor control, because what GGS thinks is out of the way for me has consistently failed in that regard for the last 9 months.
  • EricaJ (US1)EricaJ (US1) Posts: 202
    edited 08.03.2014
    A little note for the marketing folks at GGS:

    In a world / environment that is saturated by ads, people learn very quickly to tune them out.

    This game has taken on the feeling of so many ad-sponsored sites - with little videos constantly trying to play, and the page content sliding around to force you to notice the ads they insist on showing you. My behavior at such sites is pretty consistent: I view the content I went there to see as quickly as possible, and get out. If the ads weren't so intrusive, I would probably stay longer, and end up viewing more of them.

    And thus, I've been trained to ignore the ads in Big Farm. I immediately dismiss them without even reading them. It might mean that I will miss an offer I may have liked, but I can't be bothered to read them anymore.
  • Paige1018Paige1018 Posts: 1
    edited 08.03.2014
    Omar would have me believe that 2,000,000 farm cash costs 66,667 gold, regular price. What's that, 60 US dollars?

    I might have been born at night, Omar, but well you know....

    yeah very funny its true lol!!!!!!

    at least we have freedom
    LOL LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!!!!


    Post edited by Kat Nip: Merged posts, please use the edit button
  • jaystarr2jaystarr2 Posts: 1,657
    edited 08.03.2014
    Wow, I logged in today and got like three ad popup things all clambering over each other. I mean, a girl likes the attention and all, but really?

    Also--and this is pretty important for how the deals work--is there actually any set exchange rate anywhere between farmbucks and gold? If that rate is actually variable, then the fact that Omar (or Monica, or anyone else's) deals say they are "[some amount]% off" doesn't actually mean anything if we don't have a means by which to measure the discount.
  • Jingoku2Jingoku2 Posts: 1
    edited 09.03.2014
    I agree...all these pop-ups for gold related stuff is getting really, really annoying. It seems the company is more concerned with making as much money out of us as possible and it's really taking the fun out of the game. No wonder I don't spend much time playing as I used to!!

    I now spend my time playing name edited ...it's a lot more fun, heaps to do, much more challenging than this. Yes, they do have things that you can buy but it's nowhere near as bad as this!!!!!

    If you want to keep your players keep the gold items to a minimum and put more stuff out there for players who only use farm dollars!!!!


    Post edited by Kat Nip
  • Woodstock MWoodstock M Posts: 110
    edited 10.03.2014
    The amount of popups are really annoying these days..

    Additionally, I don't need 2-3 days of offer for the pretty lights when I decided it is not worth 3x my minimal purchase of $4.99 or $15. Others get min 1.99 offer and big spenders get min 9.99 offers so GGS is trying to get us to spend more.

    I was waiting for the gold mining bonus offer since it is a 2x offer but spread out so I will think about what I spend the gold on. Guess what, when it finally came, it was for minimal purchase of 50K gold ($50 in really money term since no bonus offer) rather than the 8K gold I got when I first started. Guess I passed so GGS missed out on my normal monthly spend and I only bought a min offer early this month and might hold off..

    Actually I played **** games for a little while since some good friends and their kids were playing and invited me but I stopped playing due to the annoying buy offers. I played **** for a couple of years and were spending decent money each month but it got to be too much time so I quit. There are saturation points in terms of time requirements and annoyance that would turn people off.


    Post edited by Kat Nip
  • PopaGamer2PopaGamer2 Posts: 39
    edited 10.03.2014
    when can we expect bazar activated again?
  • montuosmontuos Posts: 1,275
    edited 11.03.2014
    When it shows up on your screen again, PopaGamer. Events have never had published schedules, and GGS actively tries to vary the start times to keep us on our toes. Players have been able to deduce some of them from tracking previous occurrences, but the bazaar is brand new and so far we've only had it once.
  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 11.03.2014
    Ok, someone please tell me exactly how much gold it will cost to install a PERMANENT POP UP BLOCKER?????

    NO more useless newspaper that doesn't change for days/weeks....

    NO MORE STUPID OFFERS!!!!! Put them in that area where events and such are and let ME decide if I want to explore.

    NO MORE here, you get this what ever today. Just give it without the pop up in my face. Maybe a tiny thing like with the achievements. A little explanation mark out of the way would be plenty.
  • mariachi (RO1)mariachi (RO1) Posts: 7,850
    edited 11.03.2014
    Nafaru wrote: »
    This situation should not happen too often and was only caused by us enabling the exclusive offers for all sorts of players at once in order to enable you to get all decorations you could not previously get (e.g. the bird bath and light chain decorations).
    Once these offers expire, everything should return to normal. ;)

    Will these offers for Bird baths and Rope Lights come again? maybe repeatedly?
  • PopaGamer2PopaGamer2 Posts: 39
    edited 11.03.2014
    montuos wrote: »
    When it shows up on your screen again, PopaGamer. Events have never had published schedules, and GGS actively tries to vary the start times to keep us on our toes. Players have been able to deduce some of them from tracking previous occurrences, but the bazaar is brand new and so far we've only had it once.
    Thanks, I know this. I asked because I liked buying gold mining licence for 1500 gold as I am not gold player and this gave me 800 gold more on my account.
  • woepsawoepsa Posts: 26
    edited 11.03.2014
    Like Artmaker said in post #136, if i would start this game right now, i wouldn't continue it. And the gameplay itself is now better than when i started.

    Also, the only 2 pop ups i liked are gone now. The "coop finished project" is not so important, but the "coop finished research" was very handy.

    Also, i've been getting offers for books with 20% discount. From 400 gold to 392 gold. Oh hey, that's 2%, not 20%... A mistake can be made, but not a week long, on various offers. This smells fishy.

    GGS people, you have a fun game here, that keeps improving, but please treat it well. Thanks.
  • monica79538monica79538 Posts: 1,932
    edited 11.03.2014
    I thought original price on the library was 490 gold, not 400? OMG so confusing you people can make this!
  • Cloud Dancer (US1)Cloud Dancer (US1) US1 Posts: 51
    edited 11.03.2014
    Monica …. it is 490! People who are reading it as 400 can not read it clearly because of the line through the 90. Steffi I believe it was said in another thread that they hope to make this clearer in the next fix.
  • woepsawoepsa Posts: 26
    edited 11.03.2014
    Oh, my bad. Good to hear it :)
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