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Latten has made a couple of posts over on this thread if it helps.... http://en.board.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/showthread.php?122260-No-buying-products-on-the-way
EDIT: Samty you type too fast, you beat me to it lol ^^
Nope, sorry everyone, it seems we're expected to play the game as the programmers see fit. For whatever reasons there are, the way we are playing ON OCCASION, IN A PINCH, is causing some type of problem to the flow of their game.
Like someone said before, REAL FARMS likely have to purchase goods when they are in short supply to meet demand. It's a real life strategy too.
Latten stated:
I don't understand why there would be an option to buy products then. And not to offend my fellow North American players, but that's kind of the way we are. We actually do buy everything in sight, consumerism is pretty high here which kind of fuels the economies around the world. You'll end up creating a game that has no interest to our "immediate gratification" mindsets and lose probably quite huge portion of your revenue because I'm hoping more people are smart enough to not waste their gold on speeding up produce. I'm not trying to create an empty threat here, but you aren't marketing a game that fits our lifestyles.
This change is truly just a way to hurt those players who choose to not have a single garden or field on their gourmet or flower farms. That's so unfair and bogus to the rest of us that are are upgrading fields to create products in our bakeries and flower shops, yet still have happiness with decorations. We are playing your game the way you want it, we buy gold and now we're getting punished for it because a small percentage of players somehow run farms at +300% running costs?!
I got it! Here's your solution. Want to make those factory farms actually play your game?
Create a feature that automatically kicks in when someone hits +200% running costs for more than 3 days that makes it impossible to buy products grown on the gourmet and flower farms. Then you will force them to build fields and gardens. They won't be able to make things in the bakery or flower shops. Voila. End of mass panic! Case closed. Done.
Seriously, I always go with the flow, stay upbeat and positive, and will make the best of the situation. However, this one needs a little more thought. I see players as being creative, not trying to beat the system or misuse the game, just playing the way they have fun. This is a game for fun, right?
HEY i got an idea for you guys. why dont you just give me the farm you want me to have, with the decorations you want me to have, and give me a production button that will produce what you want me to produce when you want me to produce it so i can save some time!! (Please enclose photograph of how my new communist GGS farm will look!)
Edit by PINJO: merged posts, please use edit button
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So, umm. If YOU KNOW it will negatively affect the game and YOU KNOW that players will HATE IT, whyyyyy are you force-testing this change on YOUR CUSTOMERS???
I didn't really think GGS would shoot themselves in the foot but here they are, loading the gun & aiming it! Sheesh. UN. BE. LIEVABLE.
We do not need any programmer or developer to tell us how to play the game! We have had many inconveniences pressed on to us and we have stayed loyal and continued to support all the necessary things required to play the game and now this!!
Test or not the powers that be will do as they deem fit and the heck with all the rest of us... but from what i have read here tonight there is sure to be an even increase in the number of good people who will leave the game because of this lunacy.
I am disappointed that I had to find out this information as an aside... from fellow players and not the powers that be .. testing or not it should have been stated it was happening. Knowledge is power and I guess they did not want us to know.. well now we know and I, for one, totally disagree with this new "game design".
Here's to failure!! Let your voice be heard!!
EDIT: Uh oh, spoke too soon lol... Something is still broken with the Flower Farm next harvest indicator. Haven`t figured out what is triggering it, it might be the end of a mission, but the GF one keeps a time showing and the FF changes to a... " - " and when I hover cursor over it it says "No current production". ;(
Just tested another mission & its not that causing it, its also not a production on FF ending...Not sure whats knocking it out, but mine has gone 3 times in last hour...most weird lol
how many more nails needed ?
i think this is the last one
Best, most logical suggestion. Don't fix what isn't broken people.
I would really like to know the story behind the GoodGame Farmer! What happened to them? The same thing going on here? I'm sure it was the same people, messing up a good thing. If that is the case, they obviously don't care. So why not shut down BigFarm and just start another one where everything goes JUST HOW YOU WANT? I'm sure you'll get new customers. Just like you did when BigFarm came along. I'm also sure that most of your Gold Buyers here won't return. Just as they may if this is implemented on all servers, for good.
Edit by PINJO: merged posts, please use edit button
Probably all due to low income earnings in Good Game Farmer....
They should see the pattern here, you think?
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You either have bad game designers or you can't let people play a game how you designed it. Which one is it, hmmmmm?
''Bye, Bye Ducks!!
I understand the game planners are going to get rid of DUCKS sometime just before or right after Christmas. It seems players are winning Egg and Dung contests to easily now and not enough GOLD is being spent on those games. Also top teams are complaining about how teams are moving up the board to quickly using Egg games. They also plan to eliminate Honey Cream because it's making too much money for players which is why they eliminated Ice Cream earlier this year. Not enough Gold for Dollar trading going on with Omar or the Trading Floor thing.
If what I'm hearing is true why don't they just do everyone and favor and change the name of the entire game from BIG GAME FARM to BIG GREEDY FARM?''
They don't need to get rid of ducks, just have two separate products - chicken eggs and duck eggs, so only the chicken eggs count in projects though they could also have new ones for duck eggs. You could also distinguish different kinds of dung.
They don't have to eliminate honey cream either but maybe lower the amount it gives or make it take longer or add more ingredients.
JUST BECAUSE I COULD.
Except gold.
And I'm with you, rhinana - no buying gold for me, I've been ignoring all of the 100% offers since the island v2 debacle and won't be starting again soon if this is how GGS will treat me as a player, as if I'm too stupid to play the game "properly" (which means, I guess, *their* way).
JUST BECAUSE I COULD TOO!!!!!!
Today i bought 1000 corn for chicken feed to help with a co-op project, or was it 2000 ? ok, some dandelion too for the ship, ooops!!!! Not very 'nice' of me... 8|