[KnightRider]

Originally Posted by anglnwhite

Question: When awarding help given points for sending gifts, is one point given for each gift that is sent to each person or 1 point given for the single act of sending multiple gifts (i.e. batched) to multiple people at one time?

The reason I ask is because I've been sending batched gifts to the max number of players which should increase my help given points by at least 35 and it has not.

Second question: Are help points calculated and added continuously during the day or at a specific time?

The help points are really only used for the people that are in competition with other neighbors and just want to be able to say that they help neighbors more than their neighbors.

2nd question first, help points are calculated whenever you do the specific action required to receive the help points as long as you don't duplicate actions for the same neighbor, see the example in the quote below.

1st question, according to the release notes from October 8th, I would say that it is suppose to be points received is per neighbor per action, so if you gifted 35 gifts to 35 different neighbors you should get 35 points, because it states "A particular helping action only count once per friend in a few hours period". So that is why I would say you can gift to multiple neighbors and it count. With the exception of gifting Farm Cash gift cards, I have gifted approximately 5 to a close neighbor and have never received any points. I had reported it and since I don't really go by those points, I just ignore the help points.

Originally Posted by raul

The rules for computing the Help Given to Your Friends by You are:

1 point for CLAIM_BONUS, SEND_INGREDIENTS, SEND_GIFT and WATER_FLOWERS actions
5 points for WORK_IN_FARM, WORK_FACILITIES, WORK_SERVICE_FACILITIES, WORK_RAILROADS and SELL_PRODUCTS actions
FarmCash Price * 20 for each SEND_FARMCASH_GIFT action, this include ALL Farm Cash items, Certificates, Facilities, etc.

A particular helping action only count once per friend in a few hours period. For example, if you work in user X farm you get one point, if you work in user Y farm right after that you get another point, but if you work again on user X farm right after that it will not count, you will have to wait a few hours for it to count.