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Update Nov. 17th - Island farm additions, naughty or nice changes and a moving tree! - Discussion

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  • Mammas Baby (US1)Mammas Baby (US1) US1 Posts: 45
    edited 16.11.2014
    Just lovely... got to love the fancy talk full of riddles that equals MORE GOLD. The island is a rip of and a disappointment as is the horse ranch. You have to do the island to get seeds for the greenhouse to make your boat float to have shoes for your horse ranch. Hey GGS when are you going to understand the 3 other farms are the main reason why anyone is here on this game?????? Do away with the island make something out of the horse ranch that is not non stop gold and waiting 4 hours to train for nothing. Get the tree back where it was and leave it alone. Make the main farms side missions more worth it and PLEASE stop making this all about buying gold to make you rich.
  • Solmar (US1)Solmar (US1) Posts: 72
    edited 16.11.2014
    I will play the island farm again. I already played the island farm twice, and finished only chapter 1 each time, and that gave me enough seashells to buy good seashell decorations. I will play it again to get a third sand castle, and more seashells for my horse training and I hope to get a few more oasis of idleness.
    However, I would prefer a future update to make it easier to finish all the chapters, by letting you access all the quests simultaneously. That way the island farm would be more time-efficient, as one would be able to work on multiple quests at the same time, and thus finishing the quests would be easier. As it is right now, it is unreasonably time-consuming, so I cannot possibly hope to get it all done without spending gold, and I am unwilling to spend gold on it to speed things up. I have to spend my gold wisely, and speeding production up is not one of the ways...
  • MikenfrankieMikenfrankie Posts: 2
    edited 16.11.2014
    agreed this is very old having to redo every time. I think the island is there only for us to spend gold on. I sure can't get it done by not spending. I think I am over the island. And the big thing about the island is I can now have horses that are also a huge let down. The island needs redone. You build it stays. The quest are all about getting you those horseshoes. Island can go away but comes back just as you left it. just my 2 cents
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 16.11.2014
    Does this announcement mean that the island farm will start again on the 17th?
  • djgreeneyes (US1)djgreeneyes (US1) Posts: 1,766
    edited 16.11.2014
    Last time they announced a change to the island farm, it showed up! I sure hope that isn't the case tomorrow!
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 17.11.2014
    It seems only courteous for them to announce it. I understand keeping some things a secret, but the island farm is different due to its size and what it means for the whole game.
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 17.11.2014
    Are there going to be any fixes to the underlying problems that cause the island farm not to be reasonably winnable? Such as adjusting the happiness formula or upping the conversion ratio for dollars. As a software executive myself, I find it mind-blowing that they would make changes without addressing the the obvious problems in the scenario's anti-competitiveness, especially when the changes needed to balance out the island farm are actually so very small both conceptually and in terms of implementation. I will look at the changes with great interest and hope that I am wrong, but the announcement reads like when someone spends a lot of money upgrading the interior of their car and no money on the engine.
  • luna839 (IN1)luna839 (IN1) IN1 Posts: 153
    edited 17.11.2014
    any clues about when the island will arrive would be great... ;)
  • afi3afi3 Posts: 54
    edited 17.11.2014
    waiting for island event
  • vikingur1- (NL1)vikingur1- (NL1) Posts: 149
    edited 17.11.2014
    so the tree is replaced, but it is still out of sight when playing, :(:(:(
  • anvesh.pathakanvesh.pathak Posts: 48
    edited 17.11.2014
    Island farm coming or not???
  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 17.11.2014
    New postion for tree & flag looks GREAT!!....Thanks GGS :thumbsup:
  • samson7 (IN1)samson7 (IN1) Posts: 12
    edited 17.11.2014
    should be in next few hours^^
  • Seeker1 (US1)Seeker1 (US1) US1 Posts: 571
    edited 17.11.2014
    New postion for tree & flag looks GREAT!!....Thanks GGS :thumbsup:

    Yeah but NOW if you have an upgraded library it will look cramped and out of place... and compare to the flag which now seems to have so much space.

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  • SAUGATA4SAUGATA4 Posts: 59
    edited 17.11.2014
    So no island this time. So why update it ? Could have been done at one go when it appears next time.
  • rhon (GB1)rhon (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,542
    edited 17.11.2014
    Has it been confirmed the island handbooks are permanent or last the 30 days of the island?
  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 17.11.2014
    Seeker1 wrote: »
    Yeah but NOW if you have an upgraded library it will look cramped and out of place... and compare to the flag which now seems to have so much space.

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    I like it...I just watered 63 of them and its good that there is nothing behind it or next to it that can accidentally get clicked on & it looked ok with all different size Libraries.
    I think if it was where the flag is I would be clicking the garage & library when I have my manic 5 mins watering them all. lol 8|
  • SystemSystem Posts: 106,969
    edited 17.11.2014
    :huh: Well..i never played the island farm.
  • luna839 (IN1)luna839 (IN1) IN1 Posts: 153
    edited 17.11.2014
    the duration for the island farm is reduced... 27 days:( it would be great if that could be changed...
  • rhon (GB1)rhon (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,542
    edited 17.11.2014
    The amount of shells you receive from selling produce on the island farm has been rebalanced a bit: Oranges were reduced to 9 shells per piece (down from 12 shells), whereas the value of peanuts has been increased to 7 shells per piece (up from 5) to compensate for the aforementioned change.
    IS this to discourage only growing oranges and grapes overnight? Making the island fun and worthwhile would be a better to solution to this perceived problem
  • Andy128 (RU1)Andy128 (RU1) RU1 Posts: 2,526
    edited 17.11.2014
    Why we have only 27 days for the island event?

    It was 30 first time and 34 second time, and it wasn't easy to complete, now it's even more difficult.
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    edited 17.11.2014
    So they give us library books to make it a tad easier to complete the chapters but then reduce the time limit......seriously??? Personally I dont care because my work hours make it difficult to complete island anyway but it seems GGS is deliberately trying to annoy people
  • gavinfarms (US1)gavinfarms (US1) US1 Posts: 2,273
    edited 17.11.2014
    I don't see the seaweed yet. Where is it?
  • Latten (DE1)Latten (DE1) Posts: 6,246
    edited 17.11.2014
    gavinfarms wrote: »
    I don't see the seaweed yet. Where is it?

    It'll be available during certain events and deals, not permanently.
  • Latten (DE1)Latten (DE1) Posts: 6,246
    edited 17.11.2014
    Volty wrote: »
    Why we have only 27 days for the island event?

    It was 30 first time and 34 second time, and it wasn't easy to complete, now it's even more difficult.

    Hey guys,

    as you already noticed, the island farm runs a bit shorter this time around. This is due to some surprises for this year's winter season, for example the winter event - we can't give you too many details yet. We're sorry for any confusion this may have caused and we already added one additional day to the currently running island farm.
  • Jamojello (US1)Jamojello (US1) Posts: 4
    edited 17.11.2014
    •In case goods or decorations can only be obtained for a certain area of the game, e.g. the island farm, a new indicator in the offer window will now show which dropbox they will be put in


    I don't like this change. I have items saved here for my other farms that I am waiting to put in but don't have the land yet. Please let us pick the farms we can move our saved decos to.
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 17.11.2014
    so the tree is replaced, but it is still out of sight when playing, :(:(:(

    Same problem here. :(
    - my screen is only a 21"... not a 50"

    About the shorter time for the Island, I only can say that, last time the Island was here, I completed the last book 1½ hours before timeout, and I did not do all the side task.
    -So I don't think I can complete all the books this time. :(
  • anvesh.pathakanvesh.pathak Posts: 48
    edited 17.11.2014
    Some of my Cooperative members named their Island farm as 'useless farm'
    hahahaha
  • luna839 (IN1)luna839 (IN1) IN1 Posts: 153
    edited 17.11.2014
    Latten wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    as you already noticed, the island farm runs a bit shorter this time around. This is due to some surprises for this year's winter season, for example the winter event - we can't give you too many details yet. We're sorry for any confusion this may have caused and we already added one additional day to the currently running island farm.

    it would have been great if the tasks were readjusted according to the 27 days time limit:rolleyes:
  • edited 17.11.2014
    Latten wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    as you already noticed, the island farm runs a bit shorter this time around. This is due to some surprises for this year's winter season, for example the winter event - we can't give you too many details yet. We're sorry for any confusion this may have caused and we already added one additional day to the currently running island farm.

    Will not playing the island hamper the winter event in any way?
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