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No buying products on the way?

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  • Strange BrewStrange Brew Posts: 34
    edited 08.10.2014
    I can see this turning a lot of people away from this game. Personally, I think we should be able to run our farms and strategize the way we see fit. These are supposed to be our farms. First, things were changed for those who chose to go full production, and happiness was harder to achieve. Now this? Not a good idea GGS! In a game where things are geared toward gold buying, this is going to push people over the edge!
    X(

    If you're seriously seeing what the feedback will be before making decisions.....I seriously hope you're listening!

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  • mystie71mystie71 Posts: 59
    edited 08.10.2014
    please do not take away the buy option!!
    i agree with Yakoska!! this update will fumble the strategy that various co-ops have,,especially us at tyson chicken!!!!!!! we do eggs,,thats our strategy
    and what about members trying to finish events on time,those with small farms or large who dont use gold,,that will hurt them,,
    sounds like ggs is trying to get more gold somewhere again,,like the reworked missions,and island rankings,,
    this sounds like we r gonna get penalized for not playing big farm
    please figure a different way to achieve yr objective
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  • pizza1235pizza1235 Posts: 36
    edited 08.10.2014
    No dont take the buy button away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Lanette (GB1)Lanette (GB1) Posts: 17
    edited 08.10.2014
    Latten wrote: »
    Big Farm is a game built around production. In the last few months, this shifted more and more towards "let's just buy everything", which is absolutely not how the game was intended to be.
    Greetings,
    Timo

    Humm ? But when they're "Buying Everything"For the Ship, it's at a very high rate. And that means they aren't actually making any profit from doing it. They lose their profit. Or Just break even at best. So what if it wasn't planed to run that way?
    It's a Strategy game isn't it ?? & That's what make it enjoyable . & when GGS Jumps on Someones Strategy, it ruins the fun of the game.. and annoys people. Games are suppose to be fun.. :) Not a No Win Situation!
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  • mystie71mystie71 Posts: 59
    edited 08.10.2014
    i personally am not buying everything at high rate,,,i cannot buy feed which is made in the mill,,i have to use the mill!!!!
    i cannot buy poo!!! i have to harvest stables
    i cannot buy leaves!!,,i have to harvest the orchards
    whats the idea big farm behind no buy,,because a lot of us spend a lot of time here playing this game,,not just buying!!
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  • fari8 (US1)fari8 (US1) Posts: 3
    edited 08.10.2014
    NO NO NO Thank you No dont take the buy button away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    fari8 @ us 1
  • edited 08.10.2014
    In another thread I read that GGS now will eliminate the possibility of the game dollars to buy the things we can produce. (it is already being tested on a few servers)

    The reason is probably that some players have built their farms in such a way that such purchase all the products they need to make fodder instead of growing them things.

    For about 1 ½ years ago made ​​GSS on the formula of happiness due. that some players had factory farms with no decorations, and others had farms with 100% happiness.
    - Neither was GGS's intension of the game.

    Now therefore so this "brilliant" contrivance to force us to build our farms by GGS's intentions.

    When GGS obviously want to kill any free building our farms, I now I ask GGS on the not enough will be kind enough to give us some maps or drawings showing exactly how GGS want our farms to look.

    When in so're at it, can of course also just as well at the same time dictate to us when to grow different crops, and what we must do feed when the mill is finished with a feed-production.
    Well, remember also right to dictate to us when and how we should spend our dollars and gold.

    What takes GGS us?
    Robots or citizens of a totalitarian State?

    May it be permitted to suggest that the game's name is changed to "Dictator" or something similar to suit the conditions GGS is gradually introducing the game?

    I do not want this change, my co-op is hanging by a thread as it is and this change will definatly finish it off. It has been one change after another and none of the changes make the game more interesting. How many people have to loose interest and quit playing before they figure it out that no one wants these stupid changes.
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  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 08.10.2014
    It is certainly confusing as to what harm its doing to have some people demolishing their fields/gardens & buying produce instead? It may not be the way the game was designed, but was the game designed to have people end up with farms & coops with massive mountains of cash & nothing to spend it on?

    The people that are "buying everything" must have made the cash in the first place to be able to adopt that strategy, as the only other way to get it would be to buy it with gold & I can`t believe GGS would be changing the format to stop people using gold. So again I ask, what harm are they doing, either to GGS or to other players? :S

    I mean this as a serious question, because I assume there must be some genuine underlying harm being caused somewhere, for GGS to make such a move, knoowing full well how much drama it would cause & I am failing to see what this problem is.
     
  • Farmer Sam83Farmer Sam83 Posts: 4
    edited 08.10.2014
    GGS is going to do what GGS is going to do. However, I believe this to be a very, very bad idea - unless GGS has bigger plans for game farmers that will actually be beneficial to GGS and us gamers overall. But, if this is just a ploy by GGS to ensure greater purchases of gold to advance crops and thus game level, then it isn't wise on their part as they will likely lose a large segment of players in the process, thereby cutting into their bottom line.
    Farmer Sam8 @ us 1
  • Rusty Farmer (AU1)Rusty Farmer (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,698
    edited 08.10.2014
    Rather than stop buying products, you might be better with some kind of free market system, where the price goes up the higher the demand over the server. That would be far more interesting. There could be a shared market over the server where players would put their products up for sale. This could create a completely new aspect of the game, and it has been done with other games, particularly empire building ones such as Evony.
    This would create a whole new strategy.

    You could have a new market building with different levels, each one giving a better product price or higher quantity to be allowed to buy/sell on the market.
  • mariachi (RO1)mariachi (RO1) Posts: 7,850
    edited 08.10.2014
    This would create a whole new strategy.

    You could have a new market building with different levels, each one giving a better product price or higher quantity to be allowed to buy/sell on the market.

    A whole new strategy indeed. Let me explain what will happen: hundreds of players will make secondary accounts, by the dozens. Then, from the master account, they will put products for sale with enormous prices. From the secondary accounts, they will buy those products, pushing dollars to the master account. Multi-accounts and pushing-accounts will flourish. Now they exist, but have little impact on the game. Creating a free market will give a whole new dimension to this phenomena.

    From all the stupid and crazy stuff GGS does and will do with this game to test our nerves and our pockets, this is the only thing I pray the God they will never do. Never.
  • Tankerspam2Tankerspam2 Posts: 8
    edited 08.10.2014
    I play multiple games and I am going to use an exemplar, World Of Tanks/ WOT.
    They have discounts with their tanks and equipment, e.g 30% off tanks 50% off equipment, then you sell it back and you would make mega bucks doing it with expensive tanks and equipment they would put a limit on tank selling but not buying, so people still do it. What if we implement lets say, no buying too much stuff during a sale. that fixes one problem, but what about the reset esepecialy gold! Obviously some come back in cash, which is a rip off. Any ideas there?
    Alex_mosu wrote: »
    A whole new strategy indeed. Let me explain what will happen: hundreds of players will make secondary accounts, by the dozens. Then, from the master account, they will put products for sale with enormous prices. From the secondary accounts, they will buy those products, pushing dollars to the master account. Multi-accounts and pushing-accounts will flourish. Now they exist, but have little impact on the game. Creating a free market will give a whole new dimension to this phenomena.

    From all the stupid and crazy stuff GGS does and will do with this game to test our nerves and our pockets, this is the only thing I pray the God they will never do. Never.

    Hold your tractors.

    You do realise that you will only be able to increases it by 50% from the ORIGANAL not what you got from the last guy but the ORIGANAL.

    GGS probably hasn't thought about that though. So yes and no.

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  • mariachi (RO1)mariachi (RO1) Posts: 7,850
    edited 08.10.2014
    Hold your tractors.

    You do realise that you will only be able to increases it by 50% from the ORIGANAL not what you got from the last guy but the ORIGANAL.

    GGS probably hasn't thought about that though. So yes and no.

    I don't understand what you're saying. What's ORIGANAL? sounds like a drug...
    And what is with those 50%? 50% from what? an ORIGANAL pill? :)
  • FloGamer32FloGamer32 Posts: 35
    edited 08.10.2014
    Emma663 wrote: »
    It is is likely to impact gold usage in my co-op however as occasionally we do the Swimming Upstream project and speed production to see how fast we can do it. We buy corn to achieve this. If this update goes ahead we just won't do that project again, which will reduce ingame gold spending.

    Yes, I can't see our co-op doing Swimming Upstream again either if this is removed, and that's probably the one we spend the most gold on.
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  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 08.10.2014
    I like the Market idea, but I don't think it will happen. Right now, you can't really 'cheat' by having more than one account. Its against the rules yes, but even if you did it, what benefit could you get? Sparkle yourself? Making a market means they'd have to actually police it, and that seems like more work than GGS is willing to do.

    -Y
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  • Latten (DE1)Latten (DE1) Posts: 6,246
    edited 08.10.2014
    Yakoska wrote: »
    I like the Market idea, but I don't think it will happen.
    -Y

    I would so love to say something about this, but I can't. Yet.
  • mariachi (RO1)mariachi (RO1) Posts: 7,850
    edited 08.10.2014
    Latten wrote: »
    I would so love to say something about this, but I can't. Yet.

    "Yet"? LOL.. I see a "Yes" coming up soon :)

    So let me enrich the idea of a market even more:
    - let us sell/buy gold from the market, with dollars. it will be so much fun to buy gold and share it with our fellows, sell it with a dollar or so.. I can't hardly wait :)
    - let us sell/buy decorations, both with dollars/gold. Why buy a new Tree when you can buy a used one at half price? Really, what's the point?
    - let us sell/buy buildings, like Irish chicken or other special things, with dollars/gold. Maybe the original owners are bored with it and what to share it with their friends. What do you think? A dollar a piece? Nice price, maybe I'll have one :)
    - let us sell/buy tokens for the Wheels of Fortune. Take a chance, you might actually win 100 corn. Yupyyyyy!

    Let us, why not? It will be so much fun to see this game die. It's been around for two years, time to move on. You are bored with it, obviously, since you produce stupid ideas like this new "no buying" policy.. So, do a market! It will save you the effort of killing the game slowly in about a year, it will speed up the process to around 6 month :)

    Of course, you could control the market prices and/or quantities, like suggested before. This will prolong the agony, if desired... But why? What's the point? Give us all (FREE market) or nothing (like it is right now). Why bother controlling, calculating, percents and such heavy things that makes your programmers empty the coffee can more often? FREE for all, power to the people!! :)))
  • sdfktgksdfktgk Posts: 140
    edited 08.10.2014
    Latten wrote: »
    I would so love to say something about this, but I can't. Yet.

    Timo, you've got to stop with veiled hints like that. I don't think you realize the damage you do when things like that are said. It's half of our gripe, really. Hints if at all, within the game.


    Let's try this...... There are two issues at play here. I really want you to read what I have tow write because I am trying to help you. If anything, we are ALL trying to help you and GGS is you really read into what is going on here lately.

    ***** read this aloud at your next round table meeting if you dare*****

    The communication here from GGS to the playership is sub-par. It really is. I don't know if it's you who have your hands tied by upper management or what, but it needs work. We see what saying and doing nothing gets. Try it another way for a change. If you don't like the results, you can always go back to what you are doing now. I am telling you though, it is NOT working. WE understand GGS is a business. If we didn't like the product and want to see it and you succeed, we wouldn't be here. I dare say if you want a focus group of game testers which pay you instead of paying for it, it's a major business advantage. Example : Horses. Actually put it out there what the issue is. "Hey guys, we are having issues with the long term forecase on this one. We want some input for the down the road "what if" and possible issues". Do you honestly think you wouldn't gather valuable data and ideas that you cannot see? Of course you would. In doing that, we would all stop hating the fact that we don't even know where this game is going and actually spend some money prepping for it. Think about that.

    This whole not buying goods thing. Ok, you said you guys didn't anticipate some people playing the way they do. Admit it, either the design team was not good at thier job of creating a balance, or you are trying to find a way of making a profit from a bad planning structure. Either way, it's ok to say such. If anything, it adds a level of humble humility to say these things out loud and want to change it for the better of ALL.

    Communication ..... I don't know if the management there is limiting you, or you guys just naturally don't want to be here to deal with it. But, you MUST be more of a presence on the message boards. I assume it's part of your job, so we are only asking that you DO YOUR JOB, ok? Add us in the fold and be a part of us. Make us feel as though our money is spent on a product and people who believe in us as we believe in you. Like I said, clearly what you are doing is not working. Try something different.

    Algorythm.... Fine, a style of play is not leading down a path you desire. In order to get something ( which we want to give. Read : money ) you have to give something. ASK US WHAT WE THINK. Let us be your test bed instead of surprises and ignoring for sake of just doing things. In my business, I'd kill for a group that pays me and makes my product better in order to pay me more. You would be fools not to take advantage of that.

    Graphical design team..... DEMAND you be allowed to be more creative. You guys are really onto something with the sounds of the boat, island music, etc. I've heard nothing but positive and we all like what you do. Stand up and demand you be allowed to go deeper into that. Add a .wav file of a moo when a cowshed is harvested. An oink when pigs are getting clicked. Give some different decorations even if they are the same value and size. You people keep it fresh and interesting. DO MORE OF IT.

    CFO.... I can't stress this enough. We want to increase your profits and spend MORE on this game. Give the people something to spend it on. I understand it's a business, we all do. We're not stupid. Toss in a bonus of 200% within the structure. Make a prize here and there to drive competition and desire. Look at the way the world works, even in your own back yard. Would you buy a Mercedes from Stuttgart if the model never changes or gives something new to buy? Pattern yourself against some of the world's most lucrative businesses and do what they do. Mc Donald's, DuPont, Daimler, Boeing. They all equally find ways to make us want to buy new product by instituting "new value". Yes, it's a business. A proper and successful business has a "loss leader" in the mix. You have NONE.

    It starts with presence and grows in positive direction from there. You need better customer service and it has to start immediately. Timo/Latten, get together with marketing and tease us a little better. Let us know the wonderful things we should start saving up for. Make us WANT it instead of making us regret we bought your product in the first place. After that, CFO/accounting steps in and peppers the deal with ways to spend money that help you in the name of LONGEVITY, not short term sales. Design and programming steps in with fresh changes helped along by your suggestive team within the paying community and wraps it up. Return back to the beginning and keep doing it. 3 easy simple steps which you do not do.

    In closing, we are BEGGING you to change your business model a little bit here. We're doing it because we want to keep putting more money in your pockets. Ignore us, and we will find a different product to invest in. It's a competitive world out there. Gaming is even more cut throat. Be the ones to take the crown, or be the jester. It's your choice.
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  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 08.10.2014
    I think I'm on your side, at least as far as the current issue, sdfktgk, but even I didn't read all that.

    -Y
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  • sdfktgksdfktgk Posts: 140
    edited 08.10.2014
    Yeah, I get kinda long winded, but the issues are not simple one-line solutions here.

    It all boils down to this "we the buying clients feel we are not getting a viable product of value and wish it to be that way. We are willing to help and wish to be heard" I guess would sum it up.

    We feel lost.
    We feel cheated
    We feel we can help
    We feel unheard
    We feel our money is better spent elsewhere at this current rate

    the end.
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  • Kitty ReedKitty Reed Posts: 80
    edited 08.10.2014
    If ggs think gold spending will go up
    something is very wrong here
    instead they will be losing gold spenders
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  • zeke 25 (US1)zeke 25 (US1) US1 Posts: 5
    edited 08.10.2014
    If this happens I will leave, there are other farm games out there. These people just want more money from gold and they are going to try and force us, just like that stupid island.
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  • nana28282nana28282 Posts: 133
    edited 08.10.2014
    I just feel let down, and feel like GGS just keeps tripping us up at every turn, just to try to get deeper into our pockets. I find I am signing in with less and less enthusiasm lately, and can actually see myself quitting altogether if they take away even more of our choices.
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  • Alexia76 (IT1)Alexia76 (IT1) Posts: 508
    edited 08.10.2014
    In the Italian server GGS has been done the update . I am very disappointed . You do not listen at all the opinion of the players. I will not spend more euro in any game of BGS . You've ruined another farm game, compliments a nice record .

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  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,713
    edited 08.10.2014
    In the Italian server GGS has been done the update . I am very disappointed . You do not listen at all the opinion of the players. I will not spend more euro in any game of BGS . You've ruined another farm game, compliments a nice record .

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    FarmerAlexia, thank you for showing us all that this is NOT a rumor, but a FACT. It's like some kind of horrible nightmare! How can they do this to our game?! I left the image in the quote because EVERYONE needs to see this! X(
                                               
  • rhinanarhinana Posts: 561
    edited 08.10.2014
    Yakoska wrote: »
    I like the Market idea, but I don't think it will happen. Right now, you can't really 'cheat' by having more than one account. Its against the rules yes, but even if you did it, what benefit could you get? Sparkle yourself? Making a market means they'd have to actually police it, and that seems like more work than GGS is willing to do.

    -Y

    I just want to say that people multiaccount all the time and get away with it. They lie to support and tell them the accounts are for different people in the same household. They use multiple emails to back their lies up. Why I don't really know, seems silly to me as well, but it does happen quite a bit.
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  • Maria899679 (US1)Maria899679 (US1) US1 Posts: 133
    edited 08.10.2014
    I play on one of the servers on which GGS has tested their new “great“ update. And after 2 years of playing I'm thinking of quitting the game completely. Only thing that still keeps me in game are people I met in it. I stopped buying gold quite a while ago because GGS is obviously doing what they want without caring for their players. I'm very disappointed not beacuse of the update itself than the way GGS is running this game. This is no longer a strategy game as we almost have no choices of how to run our farms. I'll just find another game to play and spend my money on.
  • mariachi (RO1)mariachi (RO1) Posts: 7,850
    edited 08.10.2014
    You've ruined another farm game, compliments a nice record .

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    I'm torn between two feelings here:
    1. taking the next plane to Hamburg and start something there (like.. you know.. a close encounters of the third kind).
    2. taking the next tab to Google and find something there (like.. you know.. another game?)

    What do you advice, my suffering brothers? :)
  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    edited 08.10.2014
    I buy for flower farm,mainly honey for honey cream,always seem to be 10 batches short am off to bed do not want to wait up for next batch and bakery,same reason. I choose to pay over the top prices for honey,cherries,apricots out of money I have earnt. I play the island to get shells to buy seeds to try fill the ship but I would rather not . Taking my right to pay over for priced goods is not right.

  • Bweatherholt (US1)Bweatherholt (US1) Posts: 359
    edited 08.10.2014
    One bad update after another. With a few small good changes. This game seems to be a complete let down. After two years of playing.
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