New Release -- December 22nd, 2009 - UPDATE

[Myklaila]

I am a newbie here at the forum only because this is the first time that I have felt the need to say something. I am VERY glad that you are going back to the old plow ahead model for Farmtown. I would like to see a limit to hiring... however I dont think that limit should be set to 1 plowing and 1 planting.

My idea would be

Limit the number of total hires to 4 -- 2 plowing and 2 harvesting

I would be happier with the 4 limit than a 2 limit, due to the fact that sometimes I am simply not able to stay and wait for someone that i have hired who turns out to be slow.

So, if there is a limit to how many we can hire, we should also be able to fire someone.

SPECIAL NOTE: I rarely hire more than one... so this is not coming from someone who hires the entire marketplace to harvest 100 plots. I am a lvl 60 with 580,000+ xp points under my belt. I have two full size farms and run crops on both full time. I rarely hire more than one person unless the situation that I mentioned above comes up (someone is just slow)

This is a game. In any computer game, learning skills and getting good at that skill set is a part of the game. If you dont learn to control spyro, you die. A long long list of examples could be used, but spyro was the most simple I could think of. As in any game, those who learn the skill sets are going to advance while those who dont will not do so as quickly.

It could be said that those who can go really fast are considered greedy. I am one of the people who can fly through a farm. IF the people that I am working with are not "clickers" (my name for the folks who land and start clicking randomly all over the place), I wont ever get into their line or their area of the farm. It is entirely possible for 2 people to work together on a farm in a calm and easy way while getting the work done quickly and efficiently. Clickers though... I dont feel the need to avoid. I work in order, in rows, and I do so quickly. When a clicker interupts a row that I am working on, I simply continue on my row and ignore them. When that row is done, I go to the next row. The fact that harvesting, plowing this way gives me more of the farm than they end up with, is proof positive that the way that I am doing things is more efficient than the way that they have chosen. Simple conclusion.

I am sorry that some people have a slower connection than others. However, that is the way things are. I dont know of another game where the playing field is leveled to accomodate those with slower connections. Maybe those games exist... I just haven't seen them. There are system requirements on every piece of software that you buy. There are system requirements on almost all online games. While those on a slower computer are able to play Farmtown, this doesn't mean that they should be able to do as well as those with a quicker connection.

While I understand the wish to accomodate as many people as possible, this is a game. If you make everyone equal by force, then you are running a group activity not a game.

So... my dreamworld solution ...

***Hire 1 person to plow and 1 person to harvest (on each of my two farms 4 total) with the ability to FIRE that person if they are not doing what I need them to do.

***The ability to HIDE all decorations (including and maybe especially animals) While the new stuff is really cute to look at, when you are planting plowing or harvesting, they are just awful... especially the decorative trees