New Release -- December 22nd, 2009 - UPDATE 2 - Page 20

Sapai · #**191** Dec 24 2009, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by silky

This is horrible for the people that LAYER FARMS!

When you hire to plow you will NOT see your fields being plowed at all. You will be making xps and so is the plower. You do NOT need to REHIRE since its not showing it being plowed. The DOWN side is the plowers can stay ALL DAY LONG AND PLOW! Because the fields are not showing as plowed the person can continue over and over ! Watch who you hire to plow! There is no fire button remember that! You also do not need an entire harvested farm to plow at all. They can plow in one little area all day long.

Advantages are fine as long as they are yours. But let someone else have an advantage, and it's "horrible". Did you ever plow your layered crops more than once to get extra points? Hire your friends to do so? This is no different, other than, the advantage is out of your control. Except it really isn't. You can delete the square and their plowing time is over. Unless you're saving it for one of your friends to come over and plow to their heart's content.

Sheila Buttercup · #**192** Dec 24 2009, 05:53 AM

I am very pleased with the speed of harvesting now....the only thing is, although it's nice to see what you are actually planting, more clearly...it is a bit too big.....I plant in patterns and I can't see where I'm planting....but thanks for all your efforts just the same.

Mishy · #**193** Dec 24 2009, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by missjackie19

Love the new update, this is so much better than the first update you all did.

Rubbish!!

Will see how much you love it when you've harvested/plowed and haven't had a coin or exp for your efforts because what you were seeing was a figment of your imagination & had already been harvested/plowed by someone else.

susan gardner jimison · #**194** Dec 24 2009, 07:05 AM

thanks u thank u, it is working again and i love it!!!! now if u could keep the screen from freezing, ha ha ha every time i clicked on the other avatar to hire to plow it would ask me if i wanted to send a message. good thing it was my sister cause it took me 20 mins to hire her, it would freeze on me every time, thanks again

anotherfarmer · #**195** Dec 24 2009, 07:06 AM

I dont find it fun wasting my time clicking items just to be told later that already done, what a waste of time, i not got time to click them all just to test if ready or not......... this makes you just leave a job half way and jobs dont get finished as it is so **** frustrating !!!

cmoore388 · #**196** Dec 24 2009, 07:09 AM

The issue I have had and I am still having is with the so called "BLINKING". That has everything to do with the flash/static banners at the bottom of the page,,. All these issues started as soon as Farmtown added them. Get rid of them and solve the problem.

This game takes alot of flash to play so you add those banners and it takes it all for them to run and makes the game "BLINK/STAGGER/LAG".

I dont have or have had any problem with this in the past with the Facebook ads on the side of the page. It has all to do with the bottom of the page you can tell that with every move the banner makes your FT game stagger. Understand?

It seems to me its all coming down to the banners placed in the footer of the game page,,, JMO

jasper61 · #**197** Dec 24 2009, 07:54 AM

Do you know that a virus called bloodhound is being downloaded onto my computer everytime I access the marketplace? My software puts it in quarantine. Is this a know issue?

peter32 · #**198** Dec 24 2009, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jasper61

Do you know that a virus called bloodhound is being downloaded onto my computer everytime I access the marketplace? My software puts it in quarantine. Is this a know issue?

be more specific about the virus name and its probably a facebook add

capricorn1 · #**199** Dec 24 2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by willow1962

new release
The new harvesting symbol is a nightmare-with the ready to harvest signs and the coins sigh as u harvest u cannot see the crops at all-rubbish

Those huge tools - harvesting, seeding - do not let the player focus on the field he intends to work on.

Farm town project team probably needs to refresh their knowledge of "Human factors in Design" .

If the huge tools are meant to help those having poor eyesight and the elderly, offer them as an option to those that need them.

Do not force them on those who have good eyesight.

Regarding the "ALREADY DONE" message when multiple harvesters work on a farm, the issue is timing and my guess is that balancing of queues is dramatically off. This has gone out of control, as a result of trying to fix other problems.

The result is loss of feedback; the worst problem for an interactive game. The team probably thinks that they will fine tune the queuing parameters and the timing parameters "on the fly". Releasing this version is not good judgment.

In any event, the timing parameters are hugely off. This is not beta testing - this is alpha testing, better left for in-house testing.

Last but not least, Fixes are meant to actually improve the game experience; not degrade it.

Hey fellows, keep up the good work:
PLEASE DO NOT RELEASE FIXES THAT DEGRADE GAMING EXPERIENCE.

maewest · #**200** Dec 24 2009, 08:34 AM

I don't think i like this new way........just lost a ton of xp this morning.......i plowed and then someone else plowed over the top of it and got the points......all i got was..."already done"........not sure how long i will keep playing if it stays like this. Luv this game..........i know it takes alot of work to make this game work, Hopefully it won't take too long to get it back into working order again. Thanks