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  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 23.06.2015
    Hey, I like the candy farm. I expected it to have problems as so far every single new thing that has come out started out with problems. Been reading the forums and am glad to see them being addressed fairly quickly this time.

    As for the ship issue, mine took off without the last two special items being filled. Which is FINE with me.


    The only real problem I have with all these special month long farms, is the ultimate reward. Yes there is some cool deco to be had. For which I have no room to use. (I like deco too much I think.)
    The only other reward is the special seeds we need to grow for the ship. And really the only reward for having them is
    1. The ship leaves as soon as it's filled, so can return that much faster.
    2. Horse shoes.

    Well since I got totally frustrated with the horse farm I have basically just ignored it. Horse shoes mean NOTHING to me. So sending the ship off a little quicker is my only incentive to grow the special seeds. Well at my level, it really doesn't make that much difference how long the thing takes. I don't really need the cash that bad. If I have the seeds, great. If not, it doesn't matter all that much.

    I really wish somewhere, (in game preferably) there was more information with the horse farm. EXACTLY what do things mean? Let players know AHEAD OF TIME that breeding their favorite horse they spent hours training means you have to "set it free" which is beyond stupid. NO HORSE FARMER would "set horses free."
    Why does my horse lose time after time when it has higher level training than the one it's up against? There are a list of questions I have about it and never got answers. So phoey. It's not fun, and to me is just wasted space.

    I'd like to see the ship rewards for special seeds be plain old cash. Let people earn horse shoes with horse related stuff.
  • FilipeczekFilipeczek Posts: 275
    edited 23.06.2015
    I like the animated alpacas, so cute! :D
    And nice to see updated times on sugar mill, great. :)
  • CM NafaruCM Nafaru Posts: 1,325
    edited 23.06.2015
    Lexiatel wrote: »
    Level 1
    Sugar: 1h30m, Syrup: 5h, Feed: 3h
    Level 2
    Sugar: 12m, Syrup: 40m, Feed: 1h30m
    Level 3
    Sugar: 4m, Syrup: 10m, Feed: 1h
    Level 4
    Sugar: 1m, Syrup: 3m, Feed: 30m

    Note to GGS: Seems a little off on level one. Syrup should probably take 3h and not 5h? In every other level it's faster to make syrup than the feed. Why does it take longer to make syrup on level 1 than it does alpaca feed when it's faster on the other levels? Is it supposed to be like that...?

    Hey Lexiatel,

    we just had another quick chat with our Balancers and 6h production time are indeed intended at this stage.

    Whoever would like to produce syrup quicker should definitely consider a sugar mill upgrade. ;)

    Regards,
    Steffi
  • SAUGATA4SAUGATA4 Posts: 59
    edited 23.06.2015
    india server down for nearly 3 hrs now. When do we get to start again ?
  • CM NafaruCM Nafaru Posts: 1,325
    edited 23.06.2015
    SAUGATA4 wrote: »
    india server down for nearly 3 hrs now. When do we get to start again ?

    Hey SAUGATA4,

    there have been some technical issues with the update process on au1 and in1. We're working on the issue to get it resolved as quickly as possible.

    Thanks for your patience. :)

    Regards,
    Steffi
  • jello (AU1)jello (AU1) Posts: 1,040
    edited 23.06.2015
    I was about to say the exact same thing ryn, why do GGS do maintenance during their lunch break. Makes the event alot harder now since it's midnight here and still can't get on
  • edited 23.06.2015
    I was very very very VERY frustrated yesterday over trying to make enough FEED to feed those animals. SPent all day trying to get enough to keep them running. This is my first TEMP farm and I was hating it. Just totally disappointed.
    But that ship really frustrated me. I was spending all my vochers on seeds, just to keep up with the ship. And then I found out that it would not matter from now on if I participated in another TEMP Farm, that ship would just keep asking and asking for seed production.
    I had made up my mind, that I would not feed that ship anymore. That I would provide the items from the main farms and that seed thing could just sit there for 5 hours, I did not care anymore.
    I hate it.
    So when the ship did not ask for it all, trust me I was totally DELIGHTED.
    I think that ship should only ask for seeds if the player opens any temp farm, other wise it doesnt
    Just my thoughts.
    BTW I really really seriously doubt that I ever open another temp farm,,,, but we shall see
    and I was so looking forward to doing my very first Temp Farm,, I waited till level 72 to play

    Maybe this will help.

    For the two items from the temporary farms for the ship there is a green bar/arrow at the left side. It will always show sending the max amount that you have to the ship, but if you click on the arrow,you can give the minimum, still get the bonus and have the ship coming every 6 hours. Yes, you do get more horseshoes depending on how many temp. island items you donate. I am doing the minimum-unless I forget to change it. You can use the bar/arrow at the right to change it upward. There are 3 levels to donate as I recall.
  • SAUGATA4SAUGATA4 Posts: 59
    edited 23.06.2015
    well this is now stretching my patience a bit too far. Just cant keep waiting any longer. Hope GGS fixes the indian server soon.
  • samridh2002 (IN1)samridh2002 (IN1) Posts: 86
    edited 23.06.2015
    Same here SAUGATA
  • jwllmsjnb (US1)jwllmsjnb (US1) US1 Posts: 409
    edited 23.06.2015
    I didn't notice that you can make multiple recipes at the same time either. I went back to see and still can't see or figure out how. Can you tell me how you are making multiples at the same time? Please? Thank you.
  • LexiatelLexiatel Posts: 146
    edited 23.06.2015
    Nafaru wrote: »
    Hey Lexiatel,

    we just had another quick chat with our Balancers and 6h production time are indeed intended at this stage.

    Whoever would like to produce syrup quicker should definitely consider a sugar mill upgrade. ;)

    Regards,
    Steffi
    That's just really strange, lol, but alright :)
  • Dara (SKN1)Dara (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 2,638
    edited 23.06.2015
    Is there an update in US server still going or what ?? I just tried to ho in my US farm, chanced server and cannot go anywhere now....;( There is just an old George with his tractor again.

    And now i cannot go back to skn !!! Help ;)

    For now on, i never ever try to go any other server than "my own", when it's an "update-day"...;)
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 23.06.2015
    Dara15 wrote: »
    Is there an update in US server still going or what ?? I just tried to ho in my US farm, chanced server and cannot go anywhere now....;( There is just an old George with his tractor again.

    And now i cannot go back to skn !!! Help ;)

    For now on, i never ever try to go any other server than "my own", when it's an "update-day"...;)

    Both the us and skn server are up running again :)
  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    edited 23.06.2015
    I think it's admirable for GGS to acknowledge their error and compensate the players 1 million sugardollars. It will be a boost for the lower level players who are tackling the Candy farm. But to the higher level players who already have tens of millions of farmdollars and who knows how much gold invested, it's just a drop in the bucket.graphics-rain-815161.gif
  • Maryann57 (US1)Maryann57 (US1) Posts: 90
    edited 23.06.2015
    The link to facebook is not working. Maybe you can fix it. :D
  • mum17 (IN1)mum17 (IN1) Posts: 9
    edited 23.06.2015
    Ariel_96 wrote: »
    Hello everyone!
    We were told that this was the way the sugar mill was intended to work.
    Now, you say it is a bug, and you will fix it tomorrow. Great!
    But do we get some compensation for this so called "bug" in the sugar mill?

    i did not get the compensation. it showed me in dialogue box, but is not added in my candy farm. i am in india1 server. level 61
  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    edited 23.06.2015
    mum172 wrote: »
    i did not get the compensation. it showed me in dialogue box, but is not added in my candy farm. i am in india1 server. level 61
    They are still having problems with your server, mum, as Steffi says here:
    Nafaru wrote: »
    we're unfortunately still experiencing some issues with the au/in1 servers.

    These issues are being worked on, though, and we hope to be back soon.
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 23.06.2015
    mum172 wrote: »
    i did not get the compensation. it showed me in dialogue box, but is not added in my candy farm. i am in india1 server. level 61

    Mum17: we were told to log out/log in again (maybe even several times) if the Sugar$ wasn't added to our total. I remember Nafaru giving us this advise somewhere.
    So, just try to relog - hopefully this will solve it.


    Edit> FarmerJohn beat me to it... :p
  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 23.06.2015
    When I got back from my mini-vacation, I saw the 1,000,000... and I thought it was vouchers, and I thought. Well that's still low for such an egregious, extensive error, but okay.... I don't really want to post what I thought when I realized it was Sugar Dollars. Which, is less than 1 million dollars... which for some of us, is less than 1/5th of a day of work.

    So... 1/5th of a day of work for 13/14 days of error. So, thanks, its better than nothing.

    -Y
  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 23.06.2015
    Gees people, the whining here.

    Every single time they come out with something new, it's buggy. To all of us who have played for awhile you KNOW THIS!

    So they clearly have been watching the forums here. AND acting on the complaints. Doing their best to compensate but that is never good enough for everyone. Fixes also means the server goes down and sometimes it also means other bugs, like the ship turn up in the process.
    So the servers go down to FIX IT. And still the complaining goes on.

    It's just a game. The world will not stop turning if you don't get your harvest in on time.

    I'd say to everyone complaining, anytime something new comes out, don't spend all your gold and invest countless hours the first time out. Play it to see how you like it and get a feel for the new feature. The NEXT time it comes around, (and it will, again and again.) It will be better. Always is.
  • SaraBF7 (US1)SaraBF7 (US1) Posts: 34
    edited 23.06.2015
    Hear, hear! Thanks Artmaker. :)
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    edited 23.06.2015
    Thanks for the million dollar compensation but as stated previously it benefits the lower level players more. Most high level players are cashed up already so this compensation doesnt cover the time lost in this event. A few days added to the candy farm would be a lot more appropriate in my opinion.
  • Its Me (US1)Its Me (US1) US1 Posts: 266
    edited 23.06.2015
    I would just like to say that the Candy Farm is the first interesting thing to be introduced in a long time. I like that it doesn't have set tasks, that you can challenge yourself to figure out how to accomplish your end goal whatever that might be. I also like the fact that it is very different from the island farms. I don't even care to do the Viking Farms because they just mimic the Tropical Island Farms. The names of the products and bldgs have just been changed, very boring. At least with the Candy Farm, it will take you several tries to figure out what works and what doesn't and to come up with a strategy. Thank you for that. The only negative thing I can say about the Candy Farm is that the County Fair is just an enhancement to the environment. I hope that it will be developed more in the future whereby you could play fair games and get prizes that you could use on your farm.

    On the other hand the Invite Friends and Horse Ranch features are the worst additions to the game, for me anyway. If they went away tomorrow, it would be too soon.
  • Magic (AU1)Magic (AU1) AU1 Posts: 43
    edited 24.06.2015
    Latten wrote: »
    Addition: Since we changed gameplay details of the sugar mill on the candy farm (to fix an issue with this building), there will be a global compensation for all players who are Level 30 and above and already activated the candy farm.
    These players will get 1,000,000 sugar dollars added to their account.

    Speeding up and increasing capacity of the sugar mill is a fantastic improvement. Thanks.
    But, what about players like me who have lost 14 days due to GGS error and will fall short of collecting enough vouchers for the candy cow shed though I'm ranked 2 on the Indian server.
  • SpaceSponges (US1)SpaceSponges (US1) US1 Posts: 22
    edited 24.06.2015
    Update: Good!
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 24.06.2015
    Its Me4 wrote: »
    On the other hand the Invite Friends and Horse Ranch features are the worst additions to the game, for me anyway. If they went away tomorrow, it would be too soon.

    The horse are ok IMO, and since I have seen lots of players have a level 100 horse, I think I'm not alone liking the horse farm. :)
    But that 'friends' thing... yes, that they can put in the garbage for me too.
  • harduphardup Posts: 125
    edited 24.06.2015
    You may check the updated math here
    Maximum-Performance-at-the-Candy-Farm NEW !
  • harduphardup Posts: 125
    edited 24.06.2015
    Speeding up and increasing capacity of the sugar mill is a fantastic improvement.

    I am not so happy.
    After the super fast Sugar Mill we now have unbalance part with fields.
    You need about 10 fields level=4 with humus to feed this monster :p

    I cannot appreciate these producing times - 1 minute or half a minute per batch.
    How many mouse clicks you need to do to start a x50 batch !
    Ridiculous 8|
  • Pameow (AU1)Pameow (AU1) AU1 Posts: 266
    edited 24.06.2015
    Artmaker wrote: »
    Gees people, the whining here.

    Every single time they come out with something new, it's buggy. To all of us who have played for awhile you KNOW THIS!

    So they clearly have been watching the forums here. AND acting on the complaints. Doing their best to compensate but that is never good enough for everyone. Fixes also means the server goes down and sometimes it also means other bugs, like the ship turn up in the process.
    So the servers go down to FIX IT. And still the complaining goes on.

    It's just a game. The world will not stop turning if you don't get your harvest in on time.

    I'd say to everyone complaining, anytime something new comes out, don't spend all your gold and invest countless hours the first time out. Play it to see how you like it and get a feel for the new feature. The NEXT time it comes around, (and it will, again and again.) It will be better. Always is.

    If you like the new content bugs, good on you, but quit whinging about players' genuine complaints.

    We were robbed of 13 days and not only that we had a week of cm's saying its not broken, whilst behind the scenes the staff were busy fixing what wasn't broken. They had a less than honest approach.
  • EstreliciaEstrelicia Posts: 21
    edited 24.06.2015
    Artmaker wrote: »
    Gees people, the whining here.

    Every single time they come out with something new, it's buggy. To all of us who have played for awhile you KNOW THIS!

    So they clearly have been watching the forums here. AND acting on the complaints. Doing their best to compensate but that is never good enough for everyone. Fixes also means the server goes down and sometimes it also means other bugs, like the ship turn up in the process.
    So the servers go down to FIX IT. And still the complaining goes on.

    It's just a game. The world will not stop turning if you don't get your harvest in on time.

    I'd say to everyone complaining, anytime something new comes out, don't spend all your gold and invest countless hours the first time out. Play it to see how you like it and get a feel for the new feature. The NEXT time it comes around, (and it will, again and again.) It will be better. Always is.
    Lets get real here, what you are saying is since GGS has always had a bad performance we should just let it pass, we should just sit and wait for them fix their mistakes, because it's normal for them to make these mistakes, instead complaining of and ask for them to improve and thoroughly test the new features they add to game, the fact that it's game doesn't make it less reproachable that every up update is full of bugs and features that don't work properly, it's their job, they are paid to for it ,so they should give their best to avoid mistakes, but from where I'm sitting, I get the odd feeling that these mistakes happen, because they have a very limited knowledge of the gameplay in a live server and that extended tests of new features aren´t done.
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