New Release -- December 22nd, 2009 [Archive] - Page 2

ed's farm123

Dec 22 2009, 08:30 PM

I'm enjoying the new version. Thank you so much!!! I think the trick is to click on the field that is next to our avatars instead of going to a field that is far away from your avatar when you begin clicking. Some players like to begin their clicks in a pattern, and they always loved to begin clicking from the top of the farm and then move down as they click. But everyone knows that now this method doesn't work well when you go into a farm to harvest with multiple farmers there. Everyone just clicks randomly without any patterns, thus causing the well-patterned players to do the same.

I like the new version because if you just click the field next to you to begin your clicking, you will be working on your own speed. How fast you want to click to the field next to it and thereafter is of your own makings. You can make your avatar go faster by clicking faster to the next field and the next, or you can go slower is you wish. You control you own clicks and your control your own speed.

The trick is when you finished clicking a block of fields, then take the closest block of fields that is next to you. Don't try to click on a field that is at the opposite end of where your avatar is, or far away from your avatar, as it will take time for your avatar to walk over there to begin clicking. ALWAYS click on the closest field and then begin clicking away. Now there is no doubt that YOU ARE getting your XP points and your pay, as you can clearly see that every time you click a field.

The seeding is also an improvement. I like it when I can see the picture of the crop that I'm planting, so there will not be any mistakes. I had personally made so many errors with planting seeds in my second farm, I could be planting beets in the beginning, and then someone said something, and I had to refresh the screen. When I came back I would be picking the wrong seed to plant. This happened at least two or three times when I first got my second farm.

Now with the new seeding tool, I can see the picture of the crop I;m planting, and I really like this. The only thing is to watch out for your fuel, when you think your fuel could be running out then refill it before proceeding, for this new version does not tell you that your fuel are out' but you always know how many fields your farm has, and how many fuel you've got left to seed, so there's no mystery there.

I LOVE THIS NEW VERSION!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

Sandie Angel :)

That's quite humorous actually, if you click too fast, then you've clicked two plots over before the avatar gets there so you miss one in the middle and have to go back and click again, then he has to lolly gag around skipping over the third one. In short, you can't 'speed up' by clicking faster, clicking faster SLOWS you down.

platnm6309

Dec 22 2009, 08:31 PM

I hate this new upgrade. What are people getting blind not being able to see these HUGE ICONS.. come on.. developers. Then now the queing up of the clicks.. nothing. we cant work fast at all. I am leaving fields not waiting and waiting to click then wait, then click, give us a break! You developers are ruining what used to be a fun game and making it terrible. I guess I will go to farmville or some other game then wait for this **** to get fixed that you ruined.

jesuslover1

Dec 22 2009, 08:31 PM

Everyone i have talked to hates it too. You are gonna lose alot of users if you keep it this way!
I am an avid user of farmtown. I absolutely love it, or did until the harvesting was changed. I gave up farmville but plan on going back. Please please please change it back!1

dianasimmons

Dec 22 2009, 08:32 PM

This is absolutely worse for me- I cannot work at all- it goes way too slow and I keep getting the message 'wait-i am busy". It will take 5 times as long to harvest or plow. I can't play it this way. Please put it back to where it was!!!!!!!!

Mª Carmen

Dec 22 2009, 08:32 PM

POr favor. vuelvan al sistema anterior, realmente voy a dejar de jugar con éste nuevo sistema, no me gusta nada.
Es lento,lentísimo
Lo odio
Trabajar en otras granjas se ha convertido en una pesadilla

Nancy Crenshaw

Dec 22 2009, 08:32 PM

I am really confused and concerned. I always stayed in my own area, using straight lines; because I have harvested and plowed for such a long period of time, my speed had increased dramatically, and all the change has done is slow me down to almost snail pace. I don't think it is a realistic change for those of us who have played the game fairly and have just increased our speed over the months. After talking to others who are at higher levels, they all feel the same way, and I feel you are going to lose a lot of people who have put alot of time and effort into the game playing fairly. I am very disappointed.

Mrs Ernest T. Bass

Dec 22 2009, 08:34 PM

Are you kidding me? Way to go FarmTown you have figured out how to ruin your own game! It is way too slow...people may not be losing some of their points or coins now but in the long run were all losing points and coins because of how slow it is! Farming is now like watching the grass grow!

nettie47

Dec 22 2009, 08:34 PM

Hate the update. I joined the FORUM just to post how bad this update is. Can't hire people, they quit because I have a big farm with lots of stuff to manuever around and they get frustrated waiting for the Avatar. Only way it works is if you just have big square fields with no water or obstacles. Please change it back. I was a slow worker and got frustrated with it, but after a while I learned and now (or rather then) it worked fine. Update is bad.

lulabelle

Dec 22 2009, 08:34 PM

Today I was hired on a couple of farms and quit because I was moving so slowly. I thought it was me and came to the forum to see if there was a solution. After learning that the "problem" is not really an problem, but an upgrade, Please, Please, roll back the recent harvesting upgrade. I LOVED the queing of the harvested fields.

About the lost coins..... It seems to me that no coin was actually lost. It is simply a matter that another harvester plowed/harvested that plot before you. All you as a harvester need to do is to watch your coin and XP as you harvest or plow. When your coin and XP stop adding up, the fields are done. Quit harvesting. Since another player already got the coin for that field, no coin was actually lost. As a player, just pay attention to what you are doing.

Again, Please, roll back the recent harvesting upgrade.

Thanks.

outlawgirl3464

Dec 22 2009, 08:35 PM

this new way of harvesting and plowing is absolutely rediculous!!!! It is way too time consuming. Instead of placing all these rediculous constraints on people why don't you make it a limit of how many people can be hired to harvest a field to like maybe 3 people at the most at one time. That way there shouldn't be any "running into" each other...or overlapping. These people who think they need to hire 10 people to harvest a 20 plot field is rediculous.

bdog1963

Dec 22 2009, 08:36 PM

.Brian

Dec 22 2009, 08:36 PM

Hi there,

The issues are:

1) Lost xp's and coin
This is caused by double cliking to go faster. The first clik is a delayed register which allows for the registering of multiple cliks. This in turn allows for more coin and xp's to be delivered than the final count will allow. They are then deducted when the worker changes screens.
I have counted this dozens of times in my own efforts as a single worker. In working with other workers I have never known who got the coin/xp when over-cliking by another farmer, and therefore could not achieve an accurate count.
What people thought they were losing was not really theirs in the first place.
The double cliking to go faster has been, by far, the primary culprit in all of my counts.

2) Collisions? harvesting and plowing over work that was previously done by someone else.
Currently the game allows a plot to appear unharvested/unplowed to other workers after it has been harvested/plowed. And allows the other workers to treat it as such. Its being harvested is not showing to other workers/players and they are cliking it as a new plot and it is registering at some later time.
It is concievable that a single plot can be harvested by however many workers are on the field. There is no way to identify from the screen who/how many have harvested/plowed a single plot. We are certain that it is at least 2. So we know at least 2 people will have an errors in their earnings.

Your correction was:
Wait for avatar between each plow/plant and you have added harvest. That is what this amounts to. The avatar has to plow/plant/harvest each plot before the next plot can be done.

Should be:
Corrections:
1) lost coin/xp's - Post the action in real time on the first clik, eg: visual conversion to dirt or plow to all workers so there is no misunderstanding and no aggravation for another worker coming along and trying to harvest/plow that same plot. All following cliks won't register for another worker and do not register xp's or coin. The transaction is complete with the first clik.
The bottom line is that the first clik and the plot's immediate reaction is the key to everything.

This would also solve the problem of mouse trackers because they wouldn't be able to come through and steal harvests and plows because you allow that now by not registering the first clik. This happened to me twice this week. The speed was unblievable and she was able to take whole sections I had already harvested but that my avatar hadn't gotten to. The avatar's name was 0Lidia0, there were a number of other sigils before and after her name in addition to the 0's.

2) Collisions - See #1 under this heading

My response:
I can't play this game like this.

Well said!
*claps*

jgray3

Dec 22 2009, 08:37 PM

The new change is really bad ! Please do away with it !

rhonda adamson

Dec 22 2009, 08:37 PM

I come here to play and relax.....all this has done is make me very frustrated....it takes forever to harvest and/or plow a big field. I am going to quit playing unless things go back to how they were.....I don't need any more frustrations in my life thank you very much

MojoRuss

Dec 22 2009, 08:37 PM

DixieKaye

Dec 22 2009, 08:38 PM

Once again I tried to harvest for someone just to give you a fair chance and again, this is terrible! Terrible, terrible, terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!

DISPATCHBABE

Dec 22 2009, 08:38 PM

OK I am one who has had lost coins and I tell ya I would rather loose a few more than have this NEW way of harvesting/plowing. IT SUCKSSSSSSSSSS

nettie47

Dec 22 2009, 08:38 PM

Please change back. No one likes the change. People quit. Gotta be a better solution, or just leave it alone. Lost coin can always be made up. Hire out to someone else.

MandyW

Dec 22 2009, 08:38 PM

I'm having a FT nightmare right? This is what you call a fix? Are you insane? Did monkeys develop this game? Did yo mamma drop you on you're head when you were a baby? Did you go to school for this? Do you get paid in Ramen noodles to do this stuff? Are you guys on drugs? If not maybe you should be.

rhonda adamson

Dec 22 2009, 08:39 PM

also....who cares about lost coins/xp's IT"S A GAME.........meant to be fun., relaxing....neither of which farm town is any more

Tyler45

Dec 22 2009, 08:39 PM

pvc1961

Dec 22 2009, 08:39 PM

O boy! I do not like the way they have changed this at all. So slow and confusing! The avatar keeps getting in the way when you click, and it takes forever for it to catch up. Please change it back!!!

♥Jonny♥

Dec 22 2009, 08:39 PM

Aww man the new harvest and plow **** is so gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!im quiting farmtown!!!!!!!!!!and tellin my 22 neighbors and all my farmtown and face book friends to never use farmtown so chage it back before you lose your "19,000,000" user piece of ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

missythegreat

Dec 22 2009, 08:39 PM

change it back!!! its horrible and is not fun to play anymore!
im going to boycot FT until it changes.

skyrange

Dec 22 2009, 08:39 PM

I have enjoyed FarmTown until tonight. It was painful. The avatar will not keep up, and I had to constantly wait. Harvesting took at least twice as long. Plowing was a little better, but not good. One problem is the HUGE FREAKING HARVEST TOOL. Lose it! It gets in the way. Too much clutter where you are trying work. And the BIG SEED BAGS too. No need. They block where you are going. At least give us the option to shut them off. The concept of what you are trying to do is good, but the implementation isn't good. If you can smooth it out and speed it up... maybe.... but right now FarmTown is broken and needs to be fixed. I'll give it a day or so, but I can't keep playing if it's this hard to do.

Token

Dec 22 2009, 08:40 PM

I don't know why voicing an opinion is characterized as whining. Lots of us love this game and feel the change takes away from our enjoyment of it. The developers need to hear what we think. I wish they'd take a poll and see what their users would prefer.

♥Jonny♥

Dec 22 2009, 08:40 PM

Im done with farm town im using farm ville!!!!!!!!!

platnm6309

Dec 22 2009, 08:41 PM

I guess the developers need to fix their scripting/programing as they have truly messed this game up now. Glad I have my 2 farms and am level 60 already cause at this new rate no one will ever get there, or is that the developers intentions? Send us all to Farmville? Well, I wont plant anything now till this if fixed!

fireplug

Dec 22 2009, 08:41 PM

Hate the update. change it back PLEASE. It's not fun anymore.

Lori5167

Dec 22 2009, 08:41 PM

well, I did bother to read why they changed it...and frankly, I hate the new feature. Its very slow and aggravating ! I was not one that issues with the earlier problems that resulted in this change , so Im not too happy. I will just buy the big machinery and do it myself, much quicker, although it does take a lot of fun out of the game........It will probably cause me to lose interest very quickly!

cubble

Dec 22 2009, 08:41 PM

I have to admit, I was going to post a note to express my dislike of the new method... but after working with it for a while, I like it more and more.

I prefer to harvest/plow in blocks, forming rows in a square, outling my block and then working in the middle... this is easier for me and I think it also gives the fellow farmers a clue as to where I will be working so there are no duplications of effort. This new method of harvesting/plowing is much easier to use if you are going to concentrate on one section at a time rather than pointing and clicking all over the farm.

Personally, I hate to work on a farm and feel like I have to click really fast in order to get one crop harvested or one field plowed... it is not fun to have to fight for work.... I hope that people will give this a try and see that it can work for everyone.

Yes, I know many people hate the new method... it may force you to change your habits on how you used to harvest and plow, but in my opinion, this will help to solve many problems. I still think that a limit on how many farmers that can be hired may be needed, but for now, this will help in many ways.

To the developers, thanks for making this game so fun. I can't tell you how impressed I am with your attention to these issues and your efforts to fix things or change things that the users have asked for. I have seen so many improvements over these months and continue to enjoy the game as much as I did when I started.

Happy Holidays to you all.
Cara

granana

Dec 22 2009, 08:42 PM

5 mins and 3 plots harvested! by the time my avatar was not "busy" every plot around me had been harvested! I HAD an addiction to this game, investing several hrs a day, the new change has CURED me, I will check back after the holidays, and if it is STILL this way, it's BYE BYE Farmtown. I have tried several time to harvest for others, and to hire for my own farm. the market is jammed with people that do not realize that the "extra" plow jobs created by layering are aGONE. The level of frustration the change has caused me has even affected my real life satisfaction. That being said, like any other addiction, i was in need of intervention. Thank you for helping me out. keep the change and loose me and several of my family and friends, go back to the other way and we might be back.

nettie47

Dec 22 2009, 08:43 PM

free_a_spirit

Dec 22 2009, 08:43 PM

And then you would have to wait........and wait..........and wait for your avatar to finish. Now once your finished, your finished and can go on to the next job.

i believe thats what the save button at the top is for. if you use it, you save it. if you don't, you might lose it, or wait wait wait.

pdegler

Dec 22 2009, 08:44 PM

I read the explanation and I still do not feel like the developers "fixed" anything! Before one could just press the save button and you would not lose the Xps or coins. I think a lot of new users just never read the rules, etc. and started complaining. The new system is difficult to use. I tried it all day. I am at Level 60 and will quit playing altogether if it remains this way. The folks who "punched holes" in the fields were few and most people behaved properly while on other's farms. Please change it back. I realize it is beta, and we aren't paying for it, so we really have no say in this issue. It was fun while it lasted. Looking for a new game now.

MrLosli

Dec 22 2009, 08:44 PM

OMG, You really Mucked thing up this time! If you are going to try and "fix" thing just because there are STUPID people playing the game, we better ad training wheels to the seeder too..

General views of the "Upgrade" look bad for Farmtown. This is what we complained about before and you fixed it once with letting us plow ahead (and harvest). This is not the answer to the lost coin/Exp point problem.. I can see why people are going to stop farming.. I am one of them!

wy2298

Dec 22 2009, 08:44 PM

This new upgrade has made it very slow for me to harvest and plow for my friends. I don't usually go to farms with multiple people to harvest so this upgrade has just made it frustrating for me.

strick

Dec 22 2009, 08:45 PM

The new changes have slowed harvesting and plowing down. I hate it, a limit should be on the number of people hired. As far as lost points, I would rather it like it was before.
The new Farm Town will make you search for other games to play. Looks like now is the time to check out what my friends are doing since they are not going to play Farm Town again.

mcmom2005

Dec 22 2009, 08:46 PM

In 3 words I HATE IT!!!!! I have a toddler and when I have a few minutes I play, but trying to harvest or plow now takes forever. I will have to stop playing because I cannot be hired to do a job and it takes that long. And Yes I have loss xps and coins too but I would rather do that than deal with the so called upgrade you have made.

If nothing changes, I am GONE...

momgoose72

Dec 22 2009, 08:47 PM

I don't like the new updates. I thought we had gotten rid of the avatar saying "I am Busy". I like the old way. This new way is the PITS!!

PLUS - I can't hire people to plow with this new system. What can be done to fix that?

I always waited for my XP points to add up before I moved on. It is relatively simple to do if people weren't so impatient for all those points and $$.

momgoose72

LambChop

Dec 22 2009, 08:47 PM

Okay, first off (not firstly...hate that expression), I do appreciate all the hard work you & the other Developers put in to Farm Town.

Second...I have to say, I despise, not just dislike, but DESPISE this upgrade. Seriously, I do NOT work in freaking slow mode...never have...never will..not even in my "real life" job have I EVER worked this slowwwwwwly. I would never get anything done if I worked this slowly.

I loved being able to click on every plot, then be able to go get laundry done, get lunch, read the news, etc. Why bother having a preference to let us opt out of being able to "Wait for Each Plow/Plant" if we can't use it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

This morning it was great, I was able to get my farms taken care of and MOVE ON with my life. Now, it has taken me 15 minutes to do what took me 5 minutes...& good god, I have a 2nd Farm with a sh*tload of crops on there! Course now this gives me a reason to not hire anyone and just harvest the freaking crops myself...profit be darned.

Nope, not happy..funny thing was, I was playing on FarmVille today and thinking "gosh, Farm Town is so much more fun than this". Yep, I was so freaking stupid and idiotic for thinking so.

No, I am not one of those who "just has to get the most XP's or coins" I just love playing the game...You guys made it so much more better than FarmVille...the chat box, being able to mail our buds, the rotating of buildings...for God's sake the Farm Town animals actually move and have more personality!!!! Not to mention, you didn't charge us Farm Cash to get Fuel (as they do in FarmVille). All the added crops you gave, so freaking cool!

Now I have a sickle that is bigger than freaking **** to look at and I actually have to WAIT for my avatar to get off her patooty and move to the next plot!!!

No, not happy...Merry Freaking Christmas to me :(

Token

Dec 22 2009, 08:47 PM

I also have a Farmville farm and I dreaded going there to harvest and plant because it was so painful. Well, FT just caught up with Farmville in this area.

DixieKaye

Dec 22 2009, 08:47 PM

please, please, please revert!

BrendaBrown

Dec 22 2009, 08:48 PM

i'm level 43 with no chance of 44 in site since the CHANGES. i would have to spend my entire life on farmtown in order to make any progress. The so called issues of lost xp and coins was nothing more than a bunch of cry baby's not moving there navigators fast anough. The race for xp and coins have been taken away from the sport of this game now and sadly I to will also be saying goodbye to what was my favorite online passtime. Thanks slashkey!

DISPATCHBABE

Dec 22 2009, 08:48 PM

Ok developers will you listen to the cries of the masses or will you see a mass exodus of your game. EVERYONE I have talked to HATES it and I for one will not be playing until you have un-fixed this down grade.
SO VERY SAD THAT YOU ARE RUINING YOUR OWN GAME!!!!!!!!!!!

♥Jonny♥

Dec 22 2009, 08:49 PM

They ruined stupid farmtown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me and everyone else will quit farm town untill you change it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
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FireAngel0923

Dec 22 2009, 08:49 PM

Ryta

Dec 22 2009, 08:50 PM

I do not like it, it is way to slow, plowing a solo job takes forever. Please undo the change.

uvafan42074

Dec 22 2009, 08:50 PM

LOL, a free game in Beta and I have never seen so many crybabies whining. Raul explained why the change was made. Deal with it. If you want to quit, then quit. Farmtown is still head and shoulders above any other app on Facebook.

Not anymore LOL... And since when is expressing grief with obvious dumb changes a form of crying.
Being a level 60 and having played quite a while, I have NEVER seen "collisions" of people working on a farm. And this is an obvious waste of time as compared to fixing the real issues.

dixiegirl

Dec 22 2009, 08:51 PM

I really really hate these new changes. I am a farm town addict... but I think I may be cured. I cant believe how angry I have gotten over this... my guess is it is time to stop. This is supposed to be fun, but its not anymore. Im not going to the other one, ive never played it. I want my fun farmtown back. I hate this

Grannie2Chey

Dec 22 2009, 08:52 PM

I have had problems with FT in the past but have never felt a need to complain but this is awful. I tried to work on two farms. What a nightmare. Now I have two fields ready to be harvested and dread even hiring anyone. One poor farmers lost over 100 blueberries while I was harvesting. She only got credit for 17 and that is all I got credit for. We tried everything and nothing worked. On the other farm it took nearly 5 minutes for two plots. WHAT?
I love FT, way more, than FV but this is ridiculous. :mad: Please do something. Like someone suggested make it to where a farmer can only hire 1-2 people if bumping is that much of an issue. I have never hired more than one person at a time and that works great for me.
I am going to try and harvest my own crops on two fields now and pray that I do not lose them all. I do not want to put others through the aggravation I have had tonight, while harvesting for others.
:(:(:(:(:(:(

boskherder

Dec 22 2009, 08:52 PM

kieransmummy

Dec 22 2009, 08:52 PM

I hate it, it's way to slow I won't both get hire again, it took me way to long to plow. I don't think I will bother to play much longer with the nre changes.

12meme12

Dec 22 2009, 08:53 PM

I understand the need to fix the lost coins and xp but I would rather lose those than the speed and ease of harvesting the way it was. I will no longer harvest for someone else. Since I only hire one person to harvest and plow for me that situation is not an issue.

Kim81685

Dec 22 2009, 08:53 PM

the theory is good... I have a thought for you

what if... it que's "close" plots (like up to a 5-10 polot RADIUS and follows but "teleports" to the distant ones....

i think the theory is right but the method is backwards...

think about it

chunkybutt

Dec 22 2009, 08:53 PM

I personally play this game more than 8 hours a day. It was quite fun. Was being the main word. You have taken the fun out of Farmtown. I liked being able to speed through the fields while harvesting. So what if you lose a few coins? This new way you lose the time.
Bad up grade. Please change it back!!!
Chunkybutt

starmaster

Dec 22 2009, 08:53 PM

ok, this is my third attempt to post something since the other 2 threads got deleted. I normally hire ONE person to do my whole farm unless I am rushed. Then I hire TWO. The problem was the people that hired 10+. I normally take 10 minutes to click a whole farm and then do other things checking back to avoid the 10 minute disconnect. It doesn't take longer than 25 minutes to do a whole farm. Tonight it took almost 2 hours. I don't have that amount of time to be frustrated by playing a game to relax with. It needs to be changed back because the coin/xp loss will be higher with the longer times than it ever would with glitches. I definitely don't have time for raspberries anymore!!!!!

teejcee44

Dec 22 2009, 08:54 PM

This upgrade needs to be completely reversed. It has messed up EVERYTHING worth while. I think this one is going to cause lots of people to stop using Farm Town. You can't do ANYTHING anymore without a drag on getting anything going. I personally would give up the lost xps and coins because this SUCKS BIGTIME. I can't see any one agreeing with this upgrade. Your program just fell off a cliff for me.

maggied

Dec 22 2009, 08:54 PM

I dont mind the new way for harvesting but plowing is a pain it is just to slow. I so reminds me of how it was when I first joined months ago.

kbry18

Dec 22 2009, 08:54 PM

because now my mini me has to be right there it takes twice the time to plow or harvest when working on someones farm, it is not faster, who cares if it takes your mini me to catch up. There was really nothing wrong with the way it was before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I use to like this game, thinking about quitting, not only the new stupid plow/harvest issue, lets talk about the ridiculous price of upgrade on farm, 3,000,000, how stupid. Do you not want people to upgrade and have more farms and play more or are you just at the point you could care less. The prices on most of the things on here are too high. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE FUN, ITS A GAME NOT REAL LIFE. MAKE THINGS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hlaveli

Dec 22 2009, 08:54 PM

Well, true - there may be 70% less issues - mostly becuase the people who were losing their XP's and Coins were leaving the fields before their avatar finished counting up...hmmmm...sounds like that was user issues rather than code issues. So now, to fix something that wasn't really broken, they've hobbled the majority of users out there. I would say that they fixed something that wasn't broken - cause the users having the original issues are still out there...

OldMcDonna

Dec 22 2009, 08:55 PM

Ok..I thought..Hmmm maybe this "will" be better, so I went and got hired (alone) to harvest and plow...When I was completly done I looked up and had not earned even 1 coin or XP point!!..So my point is; You tried to fix loosing coins and XP by slowing down the process but it obviously didn't work....PLEASE GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY!! PLEASE!..

I don't care about the coins or the XP..I just love the creativity and meeting and chatting with folks from all over the world..

I do like the suggestion made by others when they recommend that any person hiring people can only hire for example; 2 people to work the farm..Maybe one to harvest and one to plow?? That way it would eliminate the "running over others" problems.

PLEASE CHANGE IT BACK..PLEEEASE!

cjordan

Dec 22 2009, 08:55 PM

Way too slow...if this change is kept, I will not be farming for others. It was pure torture plowing a small plot. I was embarrassed at how long it was taking me. Don't like the new change at all. I would rather loose pts and monies than have it drag out like it is now!

TxsRedhead

Dec 22 2009, 08:55 PM

Please, please, please change it back the way it was....! People are not so patient this way...very frustrating!!! Please....this is way too slow...!

IzzysGirl

Dec 22 2009, 08:55 PM

i like you :D

Originally Posted by MojoRuss
LOL, a free game in Beta and I have never seen so many crybabies whining. Raul explained why the change was made. Deal with it. If you want to quit, then quit. Farmtown is still head and shoulders above any other app on Facebook.

As much as it is a free game, not everyone on here is a crybaby....when you spend as much time on here as I DO....I don't want to spend EVEN more time because greedy jerks wanna ruin a FUN AND RELAXING game!! I think that everyone has a right to their opinion as you do...apparently you have triple time to spend on farmtown working your way up on coins and xp to get things you want or to move forward. I have been playing this game for several months have really worked hard and never stepped on someone else to get where I am. I enjoy Farmtown because it is a great app....I think it sucks that I now have to spend anywhere from an hour or two on one persons farm, then it taking me on average 10-20 min harvesting and plowing. So if that makes me a crybaby then so be it! It took me at least 45-60mmin to harvest and plow my aunts farm and well it just plain sucked. How can I lvl up or get coins when I will be too tired to go anywhere else and do it. I think its very unfair! Good Luck to you leveling up or getting coins, its gonna take FOREVER!!! :(

chicalita

Dec 22 2009, 08:58 PM

Well, I've just harvested and plowed a field. Harvest not too bad but the plow was painful...gave me a headache...had to click some squares 3 times before it would complete. So, I have gone from awful, to harvest is better than before, to awful again!!! The concentration is too much for something that is to be a relaxing pastime :(:(

Suz60930

Dec 22 2009, 08:58 PM

I just tried the new harvesting and found that, with the exception of having to walk to the first field in a section, that it is almost as fast as before. I don't understand why everyone is so unhappy with it. I worked a neighbors farm and harvested and plowed from the marketplace without any problem at all. It took a little time to get to that first field but, after that, everything went very smoothly. Thanks guys.

kmanley57

Dec 22 2009, 08:58 PM

I have to say that I now have more trouble with people being dropped or leaving than before the 'fix', and I had the one or two people that I have working on my farm lose coins and points before. So the 'collision' theory does not cover my occurrences. I do click faster that the network can transmit, so the change for me is BAD! Plus the pause slows things way too much, thus losing a fair amount of the fun of the game.

D.S.

Dec 22 2009, 08:58 PM

I have just read a lot of posts about how much everyone dislikes/hates the changes made. I have to agree, it is slower and is not a good implementation of code.

I make that statement with 33 years of programming and design background at all levels.

With that said, I believe the developer team and designers had the right notion but perhaps not the correct solution.

I harvest and plow for friends and buddies, as well as via the MP. Not sure I will be using the MP until this implementation is rolled back, corrected or enhanced.

I play FT for the design of my farms and the challenge of making the levels so I can see what items I can purchase via coin or real dollars. Yes, I have used paypal for green dollars, so I can get that special something I have to have for the farm.

I will give this update a day or so, then see how I feel about going on to the next levels.

Currently I'm a level 53, not sure when I will make 54 if I have to do all my own harvesting and plowing with my FT machines.

D.

If I had a vote, I would vote this change out. :mad:

chrism878

Dec 22 2009, 08:58 PM

This is really bad, i liked it as it was before.. please put it back.. I would like it it if you could just hire 1 person to harvest and 1 to plow per farm, then there would be no troubles...

Please put it back

primrose711

Dec 22 2009, 08:59 PM

I wholeheartedly agree - hire one or two people only

silvia8917

Dec 22 2009, 08:59 PM

Personally, I hate to work on a farm and feel like I have to click really fast in order to get one crop harvested or one field plowed... it is not fun to have to fight for work.... I hope that people will give this a try and see that it can work for everyone.

No, I was still fighting for work with another person a couple of minutes ago. The fighting is especially fierce when two workers work very near to each other (we were working at different places at first, but then we met). With the old arrangement, I can find somewhere further away from my "opponent" and work, but now the opportunity cost of changing the working location is too high, because it takes too much time.

Also, there is less chance of a harvester getting hired to plow, too. Again, speed is the key.

LoreneC

Dec 22 2009, 09:00 PM

Moderators: Do your job. This is a forum. Don't close threads when you disagree, but when people have valid points.

They are closing threads and directing people here where the devs will see it. They are doing their job.

dine.murray

Dec 22 2009, 09:01 PM

this is like farmville now I hate it. I really liked it before the change . I don't think I will be playing much anymore

granana

Dec 22 2009, 09:01 PM

I completely understand why you changed it but for people like myself who have older slower computers we will lose more xp/coins anyway because we dont stand a chance now. I love farmtown but with it like this I am like others its slow and frustrating so if not changed I will go back to playing in pogo.....and No I'm not whining I'm voicing an opinion...that is what a "forum" is for right .....TY
Thanks for the reminder! I left pogo to do Farmtown, and didn't realize how much I Missed it UNTIL TODAY! Pogo, here I come, see you and all my Farmtown buddies there! ;-D

IzzysGirl

Dec 22 2009, 09:01 PM

ladylarson

Dec 22 2009, 09:02 PM

HATE HATE HATE it!!!!!!!!! To frustrating almost thru my mouse at screen want to quit if stays this way! Ladylarson farm

rwilli1

Dec 22 2009, 09:02 PM

I haven't been on here as long as some of you.Thought my computer caught a virus today when the changes went into effect.I do realize now the reason it was acting the way it was.Thanks for making the changes for the better.It's better to gain some of our coins back .Nobody likes working for nothing.I guess everyone will just have to get used to it while changes are being made to make this game better.Needs to be a little faster though takes longer to load up when going to another person's farm to work.

D.S.

Dec 22 2009, 09:02 PM

One additional note: I have noticed a bug in this code.

When harvesting, I sometimes get XP when harvesting. As well as it deducts coins like it thinks I'm plowing versus harvesting.

This may have been a bad release that has been updated again, this was about 4:30 Mountain time, U S, if anyone in the developer team is taking notes.

D.

teejcee44

Dec 22 2009, 09:03 PM

What I would like to let you know is that I never hired more than 1 person to do my fields. I think anyone who was hiring 10+ people to harvest 3 trees were nuts, and WAY out of line. the only thing i would have liked to see was that you couldn't hire 100 people to work a 12/12 farm. It was just getting out of hand. Put the program back. get rid of this one. it is worthless to all of us. and, we don't WANT to live with this "fix", because it is going backward, WAY backward.

bobmik

Dec 22 2009, 09:03 PM

Harvesting and plowing is extremely hard now. It is more work than fun and takes way too much time to finish a farm. Maybe it is time to call quits to Farm Town. It was harder than necessary before the change and now it appears to have been designed by a non user. Idiotic!

swordsman

Dec 22 2009, 09:05 PM

I hate to say this, but this change is the worst I have ever seen. I don't see the fluid movement of the avatar, just jerky harvesting and plowing now. Takes longer and is frustrating. I agree "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". You broke a system that needed some improvement, not a total breakdown. I waited a long time for improvements and challenges, now the challenges are here, just harvesting and plowing, but I don't see any real improvements. Just my opinion, which I'm sure will be ignored, as always.

melwhatever

Dec 22 2009, 09:05 PM

If you had bothered at all to read why they changed it, you'd see that they are doing to fix something that was broken; people were not getting coins or XP in some instances, and it was clearly stated that there's been 70% less problems regarding these. Read the OP before you reply.

70% less problems in one day? It's right before Christmas so how many people are actually playing? And most of the time people thought they weren't getting their XPs because they didn't realize they were adding in while they were clicking and not after they stopped.
I predict that there will be less complaints because they will quit playing. One plot at a time? No different than farmville now. I hate it.
Oh and when I was plowing with another player tonight - he was no where near where the plow marks were showing up at. Then the next field, I kept getting a "wait I'm busy signal" when I would try to click on the next plot. Lousy game.

Trixie Farmer

Dec 22 2009, 09:06 PM

I have seen lots of improvements to the game since I started a few months ago, never felt a need to voice a complaint or ask for improvements. I really like the game and have some cool farmer friends I play with. All of that has just gone downhill today :(. Hate the changes, you just took the whole game and turned it backwards. I put up with the 3,000,000 price for farm two and the equally high price to upgrade that to 24X24, having to level up again from 34 to 60, the expensive prices on most all new items added to the store, and the other complaints that others have expressed here. I put up with all of it because I truly love the game and social aspects. This upgrade has really ruined my day because it is taking forever to harvest and to have my place harvested and plowed. Most people I hire are stopping in to take a look and then they leave because they are not willing to put in the time unless it is a high profit crop. You have really messed up the game this time. It may be free, but we should still have access to a good quality product. We are the players who will be buying it once it enters production or whatever you do once you leave Beta format.:mad:

janet.burnham1

Dec 22 2009, 09:06 PM

It is sorry; I have over a mil XPs from being able to plow fast. Can't plow fast now, and don't care to hang out on farms all day to clear up missed spots. Forget about the top XP list for me. I won't be spending my time on any farm unless this issue is reverted.

teejcee44

Dec 22 2009, 09:08 PM

thanks for the hard work. i was one of the few once i tryed it who realized how nice it was i just didnt like the wait to walk when i clicked away but now that you explained it for us i know why its done and understand thanks again. but i do love the speed and easyness when you click crops next to eachother

It doesn't work right. It isn't faster for me. It is a DRAG. How can you say it is nice? There is NO WAY this is nicer than before. It SUCKS!

vales

Dec 22 2009, 09:08 PM

Glad that the lost xp's and coins is being addressed, and hopefully corrected soon.

This new harvesting and plowing, might help that issue, but it sure has slowed me down. Instead of a steady hand with these task, I have to hesitate for each plot. Also, the wait I am busy, block where I am at.

As for collisions, farmers need to limit on how many they hire for the size of crops they have, along with having harvesters and plowers going at the same time.

With this new method I have left several jobs tonight, very frustrating.

Hopefully, I dont' get carpel tunnel with this new method, right now my wrist and hand is aching, so will end this message.

FireAngel0923

Dec 22 2009, 09:09 PM

Its harder and I have to fight for points even worse now just because I have an older computer. This is frustrating Please change it back ....Thank You:)

Betsy8833

Dec 22 2009, 09:11 PM

Normally I just let things slide, but today's update was bad enough to make me register here just so I could comment about it!

I also only ever hire one person to harvest or plow my entire farm. That way there are no collisions, no greed, no fights. It just took 45 minutes for someone to harvest my farm! [insert sarcasm] But that's ok, because it also just took me 45 minutes to plow a small farm for someone [end sarcasm].

I understand this is a beta game and that it is free, but nothing free is worth this much hassle! The fun has left with this new update!

scarecrow moe™

Dec 22 2009, 09:11 PM

Thanks for ruining this. Now it takes 10 times longer to harvest/plow. Good work <claps>
I'm done! Farmtown must be government owned. :-(

Sandie Angel

Dec 22 2009, 09:11 PM

I like the thought behind what you did, I do agree that there really were some rude people who just started clicking away. However, I am (well I guess i should say was) a very fast harvestor and plower, I was always courteous and worked in a pattern to stay out of teh way of others, however now it is very slow and time consuming... It definitely isnt as much fun as it was before. BUT..... I do have an idea for a compromise if you plan on leaving it this way....

The tractors and harvestors basically go to waste because most of us hire it out done, so how about making it possible to use our tractor and harvestor on others farms so at least we can do four squares at a time to make it a little faster?!?! Mine just sit on my farm now to look pretty all I use is the seeder...

Thanks

Mark

I went to a farm once to harvest, and there were only two harvesters. Me and this other girl. I tried to stay on my side to harvest, divided the farm from the middle, so she could stay on her side and I could stay on my side; and believe me the crops on both sides were the same!!

While I was working a pattern from top to bottom, or sometimes from left to right and right to left on my side of the fields, this woman got some nerve to intrude on my side while I was working on the pattern from top to bottom. When I got to the bottom I saw that she was clicking away the fields on my side of the farm. I was so mad!!! You try to be fair and divide the farm in the middle, but this rude and greedy woman came and clicked away on my side of the farm. So in order to get back at her, (I could click a lot faster than her), so I went to click on her side of the fields to see how she liked it.

I'm also very good in sharing work, because I can click fast and I noticed some harvesters click very slow, so at some point in time I would stop harvesting and leave the rest of the fields for the other harvester so she could catch up with collecting the coins that she should be getting. I stopped harvest, and the employer thought that was fair so she gave me the plow tool to plow. I began plowing the fields that I had harvested, then this other harvester got mad because I got to plow the fields first, she just left and didn't even continue on with harvesting the rest of the fields.

So I don't know what I should do to be fair. I thought I was being fair because I was clicking faster and so I left some fields to the other harvester to harvest, so she wouldn't feel I have got all the harvests. Isn't it a courteous thing to do? Then why was she upset and left the farm when I accepted the plow tool to plow? Is not that I wouldn't leave her any fields for plowing; or perhaps that's what she thought, and that was why she left?

What's a fast clicker is supposed to do for others without others thinking that we are going to get everything in the farm??? You try to be nice, and others don't think you're so nice.

Sandie Angel :confused:

squeakers55

Dec 22 2009, 09:12 PM

not liking this at all, it is much to slow. I used to hire just one person but now I need grab more then one. Also moving between fields is a pain with the new set up you have to wait for the avatar to cross the farm with rivers and bridges this take way to long. I have always enjoyed the game understood it was "beta" but not sure how long I will keep playing without getting bored

Prada

Dec 22 2009, 09:12 PM

chicalita

Dec 22 2009, 09:13 PM

Hopefully, I dont' get carpel tunnel with this new method, right now my wrist and hand is aching, so will end this message.

I know exactly what you mean by this. My wrist really ached after plowing and the tension in my shoulders due to frustration of re clicking plowing plots.

TurkEclipse

Dec 22 2009, 09:13 PM

I hate this update and I dont know why someone would call this an upgrade?!?!? It is horrible and will run many people away. I cannot even get people to harvest my peppers and pineapple now and its not worth my time trying to harvest other farmers crops. I dont care if I missed occasional xp or coins; however I will now be missing MORE because of this upgrade!! This should be removed unless your goal is to reduce the number o participants.

Token

Dec 22 2009, 09:13 PM

Please roll it back and give it some more thought. Lots of us are off for Christmas break and it seemed like a good time to do a lot of farming. You can always put it back if you really think it's the right thing to do. (doesn't appear your users think so)

AngelGram

Dec 22 2009, 09:13 PM

Hey, Y'all.....appreciate your work at trying to keep things working well. I like that this method of plowing/harvesting keeps things a little more orderly, but it is taking a VERY long time to harvest and plow. Too long. If someone has a large farm and is kind enough to hire just me, it can take 15 min. to finish. Would appreciate some change. Perhaps our avatars have to catch up, but once they do, when we plow/harvest adjacent plots, we can keep clicking quickly and let the avatar catch up later.

Thanks a bunch!

skoocher1999

Dec 22 2009, 09:14 PM

70% less problems? Could it be because you now have 70% less players! This is a downgrade not an upgrade.
Please change it back.

IzzysGirl

Dec 22 2009, 09:15 PM

aluft

Dec 22 2009, 09:15 PM

When I first started playing, I got xp points, got the money when harvesting for others and dealt with the "Wait, I'm busy" balloon I'd get if I tried to go too fast.

Then FT upgraded and everyone was able to zoom through fields.

But the cost to many of us was we no longer got our xp points and could no longer level up.
Not to mention the people that randomly picked fields like a checkerboard to make it impossible for the more sane people that like a relaxed game to have any fun.

The last upgrade before this, I was finally able to once again begin to level up. As someone suggested, it was not us, it was something in farmtown. That was remedied in the Previous upgrade...for me anyhow. I once again began to enjoy the game so I would again harvest and plow for others, which I had stopped doing because it was futile in any attempt to level up.

The fallout to the speed was the "hogs" that would checkerboard a field you were working or blindly cut you off when you were working in some reasonable manner. If anyone is to blame for the newest upgrade, blame them.

I once again became frustrated when I would get hired on a farm and some individual would just cut me off when there is a whole field to do, and they took it upon themselves to be greedy.

This is a game folks...not a race. It's something to do at leasure, not something to do to aggrivate others because you want to get to the next level so fast.

Chill out, relax, have some fun...be social.....

I for one like the pace and not having that wacko checkerboarding a field. That has become all to common.

So for all you speed demons out there that like to get ahead at others expenses...HA!!!
I can now once again enjoy a GAME!.
Al

vlburden

Dec 22 2009, 09:15 PM

i always tried to harvest and plow in a straight line but this having to wait for the avatar to keep up slow me down so much that I continually get booted off because my farm times out and disconnects after 10 minutes. Never had this problem before no matter how long I would stay and chat

rainbowspirit22

Dec 22 2009, 09:16 PM

To Whom It May Concern:

I have read and completely realize why this latest update occurred, however I feel the fix only created another problem that essentially put the game back to the way it was at first. SLOW!!! I can understand the worries if I were one who sat and counted or watched every coin or experience point I collected. However, I never noticed any big loses on any regular basis WHAT SO EVER! In fact, I never noticed even ONE loss of coins or XPs. However, once again, I did not set and watch for every coin to be added. I have over 9 million coins, and I am a level 50. In all of the work I've done to achieve this I experienced only ONE OCCURRENCE of plowers plowing over one another. So, in all honesty, which is the worser of evils?
Myself and five of my neighbors gathered on one farm, and we ALL agree that this new "fix" has caused the game to loose ALL of it's appeal. I realize the developers or moderator's have seen a 70% decrease in complaints of those losing coins/XP's. I would like to know the % increase of complaints this newest fix has created?
I appreciate your hard work, but Farm Town messed up royally with this "fix".

Sincerely,
Hummingbird

Denali

Dec 22 2009, 09:16 PM

I also do not like this new upgrade at all!!! i've never had a problem loosing coins well now I'm not getting coins for harvesting at all! Also, It takes forever to harvest/plow now, it was faster and mroe fun before, you might as well just turned it back to how it was before, waiting for every single field!!! I have never not liked an upgrade before, but this one is BAD!!!!

toolmantim1965

Dec 22 2009, 09:16 PM

I also am an expected complainer. I am level 53, my wife is higher and we agree that these new methods are a downgrade in the game. If the designers are trying to "cull the herd" and lose players, they are doing the right thing. I think my Farm Town addiction is weakening. Also, I never randomly click to harvest or plow, but play along with those that do without a problem. Bring back the previous way and figure out a different way to fix the problems like limiting the number of workers to a field.

suerexy

Dec 22 2009, 09:16 PM

This certainly is not a fix to any problem... Before my only major complaint would have been to loose the box on the plow feature and just use the cursor.. Losing a few xps... or coins always figured it was my computer or me.... didn't even realize it was some FT glitch.. This change today however to put it bluntly is ****. I wasn't the fastest nor was I the slowest... Now at least I'm on par with everyone else.... I'm nothing! Change it back and quickly.. or like others have posted you will lose this farmer too...

smokinjo

Dec 22 2009, 09:16 PM

This update completely kills the wonderful social aspect of this game.

Normally, when harvesting for someone solo, you can click a few squares, get ahead, and chat a little with the farmer, then click some more, then chat a little more, etc.

Now you have to concentrate on your clicking, and it is hard to get the timing right so you don't miss squares.
I found it very stressful - not fun.
I won't be playing again as long as it is like this.

Thanks for the voice here!

Tony G.

Sapai

Dec 22 2009, 09:16 PM

I must say....well done!!

Most of the issues with coins and XP that were taking place have been addressed in one fell swoop. I experienced this new harvesting/plowing procedure and I must say it is functioning VERY well for me. Gameplay now seems to have a level playing field for the people with slower connections and those people playing the game WITHOUT CHEAT PROGRAMS.

I would think that the majority of the complaints you will get is from the people with faster connections and/or cheat programs that allowed them to walk all over the people that didn't use the cheating programs and/or are only able to obtain a slower connection to the internet.
My response to that is......"Awwww, poor babies. NOW you actually have to play the game as it was meant to be played."

Thank you Raul and ALL the developers for your hard work and solutions to this particular problem. Awesome job!!!!

This is not the case at all. I have less RAM than recommended. I do have a broadband, but that did not make up for the slow RAM. People who hired me, waited, as did I to get the game loaded.

Sounds like you are in favor of the all too prevalent method in the world today? Set up everything to the accommodate the lowest common denominator. If ALL can't excel, no one should? Farm Town isn't even a Competition. It's for fun. Just call it Red Communist Farm Town?

vlburden

Dec 22 2009, 09:17 PM

You are right eveeryone will just do there own and there will be no more socializing

southernpride079

Dec 22 2009, 09:17 PM

please change this back... or at least find a way to speed it up... i know that on the plots themselves it has only greatly slowed down the harvest/plow work but on trees it is basically stopped... if they are spaced you have to wait between each and every tree. it took me so long to do half of a farm that i just stopped and left.
it has taken the fun out of working for others and having people work for you.

starmaster

Dec 22 2009, 09:17 PM

I love this new way . thank you .

yes a little slower but at least we get things done properly.
maybe people will stop hiring 5 people to harvest a field .

no more mouse trackers to gobble all the fields, no more collisions, yes there was a lot of them two's .

people just ruined it for themselves. so there .

suck it up .:D

wrong answer. Now instead of hiring one person I will hire at least 3 to cover the one person that will quit. And instead of waiting for them to get done harvesting so they can plow I will hire new people to plow. It is definitely gonna suck but I can't take 3 hours to do my farm. To top it off, you can't que ahead so you can actually chat with the owner. So much for the social angle. And that was the best part of the game. :(

chris13bing

Dec 22 2009, 09:19 PM

:confused:I find these new updates to be good in one aspect that you won't have to worry about others clicking on what you are clicking on. I have all ready experienced harvesting with these updates. It goes so slow that it makes you not want to do the harvesting. What would have taken five minutes actually took twenty minutes or more. now the problem is you'll be finding people hiring 20 people on a farm instead of 1 or 2 just to get their farms done in a reasonable amount of time. I really wish that they would go back to the old way or find a way to speed up the avitars movements to go with the mouse clicking. Maybe somebody will get a clue and rectify this problem that made a fun game a tedious one.:mad:

ironrosefarms

Dec 22 2009, 09:19 PM

Please go back. This is not working... now I am loosing coins as I am having to replant over and over on the same plots, XP's are not consistent anymore. The game charged me coin to plow for someone tonight... limit the number of people that can be hired... messing with the whole game the way you have only punishes those who play in a fashion that is fair to the one person they hire at any given time is simply wrong... I only hire one person at a time and when I am on a farm that has hired a gob of people I harvest off on my own and if the competition is too great I leave...

wicheemom

Dec 22 2009, 09:19 PM

I understand the reason why this change was implemented but, I still do not like it. Soooo slow!

ljersey

Dec 22 2009, 09:19 PM

can you make the size of the bag when planting smaller, i can't see where to click as the bag is in the way.

Jackarse

Dec 22 2009, 09:20 PM

The new system for harvesting and plowing has to go.

Bottom line. Until it is fixed I will not spend any of my real world cash buying farm cash.

silvia8917

Dec 22 2009, 09:21 PM

I love this new way . thank you .

yes a little slower but at least we get things done properly.
maybe people will stop hiring 5 people to harvest a field .

no more mouse trackers to gobble all the fields, no more collisions, yes there was a lot of them two's .

people just ruined it for themselves. so there .

suck it up .:D

No, I won't stop but START hiring 5 people to harvest a field, to get things done faster.

If FT wants to limit the number of employees, then limit the number of employees, not going to one field at a time.

On a further note, I was still getting timed-out and received no coins with this new arrangement. Oh joy.

joysboys3

Dec 22 2009, 09:21 PM

I DO NOT LIKE IT!!!! Takes too much time. I like to get on a farm and get it done and move on to another farm.... This needs to change back or I'm not going to play anymore....... I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way.

MDreamer

Dec 22 2009, 09:22 PM

I HATE THE NEW WAY TO PLOW AND HARVEST!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE change things back to the way they were...I can guarantee tons of users will quit and I'd hate to see that happen!!! The fun was the interaction and the fun of being hired to work somewhere else. Now it's a REAL drag! I'd rather loose a few points and coins versus the extreme slowness of harvesting and plowing!!!

Petey's Mom

Dec 22 2009, 09:25 PM

Hi There,

First, the Bert account was hacked recently and there were some posts made on his behalf, we are researching this issue now.

Second, we just released a new version of FarmTown a while ago. As stated before, we were going to focus mainly on the lost XP/Coins issues which are critical at this point. However, in order to minimize the lost XP/Coins issues, we had to make some changes to the way harvesting/plowing works when you are hired.

Before, when multiple people were hired on a farm, everybody starts clicking randomly on every field, and there are a lot of collisions, people harvesting/plowing on the same fields, as you don't see clearly where other people are working.

The new way is this, if you harvest fields that are close to where your avatar is, then your avatar will be teletransported and will be a very quick transition, it should be as quick or comparable to what it was before, however if you click on a field that is farther away, then you will have to wait until your avatar gets to that field to continue working.

This change will make that on some instances you work slower, on the other hand people get more dispersed while working on a farm, you can actually see them where they are working, and there will be much less collisions between them. This will also add another component to the game, now it's not just blindly clicking on the fields, you have to also consider the position of other players and your chances to avoid collisions and to get more work done. Now, when you click on a field that another player did before you, then you will see a message saying "already done", before, there was no feedback at all.

Of course, we know this release will cause a lot of complains as well, because in order to improve one area we had to change the behaivor on another area which some users will not like it, but compared to the issue of frequent losing more XP and coins, we just decided this was the way to go.

So far we have detected that there are 70% less issues with lost XP/coins that before, and it should improve with time even more.

As a separate note, the cursors on the game have been made larger and they don't get overlapped by other items on the game.

Thanks

--Raul

Since you have tried and fix the harvesting and plowing..why don't you fix it to where we don't have to wait on coins to load? I miss a lot of jobs waiting on coins to load from either plowing or harvesting. We should get coins as soon as we do a job not wait.

John J

Dec 22 2009, 09:25 PM

as with all change... some of it good and some of it is bad. I'd still like to be able to click on multiple fields and be able to wait for them to get done. I like getting paid for the work that I do though. Couldn't you simplify the overall results and let only one harvester be hired at a time...? Then it wouldn't matter about the speed... or the crashes...

Robin47

Dec 22 2009, 09:26 PM

This makes my plowing/harvesting MUCH slower. If I miss ONE square and have to go back and grab it, I have the then go through all the "Wait...Im busy" mess and it makes me wait until my avatar catches that ONE square. It is very dragging and slow now. I don't like it one bit.

bettycoleman20

Dec 22 2009, 09:26 PM

I understand the concept, but my experience today with harvesting and plowing was frustrating. I was the only worker and it took me, forever, to get finished. I hesitate to hire out - my work is so slow! The last farm I worked, workers around me flew by and I was still trying to even get started. DO NOT LIKE THIS!!!!

steenhoven

Dec 22 2009, 09:28 PM

You tried to fix something that wasn't bothering the majority of FT users. You failed. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Carrying around the seedbag when planting is a big hassle. It looks like a holiday hog.

I'm at level 60, own two farms, and run 6 farms, but this will kill FT for me.

babybumblebee

Dec 22 2009, 09:28 PM

I have to say that at first I didn't like this new change, but after harvesting and plowing a few times, it really isn't all THAT much slower. If you get into a clicking "rhythm" you can still go fairly quickly. The major difference is that people cannot randomly click all over the place and run you over - I don't see why that's a problem as I always found that super annoying. I have a fast computer and can harvest and plow quickly, yet I never felt the need to blast right over other people. With this change, you really have to pick an area and stay in it if you want to have a shot at getting coins or XP. They just made things a little more even if you ask me. For all the people who hate it, just give it a shot, you might end up liking it!

cburg3670

Dec 22 2009, 09:28 PM

I love this game and spend alot of time on it. i relly dont like how slow this new update nuns. My avaitor gets in the way and makes harvesting and plowing difficult. It takes alot longer and seems to create more confusion this way. please chang it back or make some much neede adjustments.Thank you.

Betty_Jo_Brown

Dec 22 2009, 09:28 PM

Thanks for trying to fix a problem that I personally have not experienced but I have to agree. I TOTALLY love FT, but this is ridiculous. It takes forever. I trade with my neighbors all the time now it takes SO LONG to do a job. I am with the person who said that we hire to save time and this sure doesn't help with that at all.

Please please please change it back!!!!!!

wskibnt

Dec 22 2009, 09:28 PM

Denali

Dec 22 2009, 09:29 PM

I would hope the developers would look at 38+ pages of almost all complaints about this, and take into account that they JUST released this "upgrade" and this many people hate it..... Either we're all big crybabies or there's something wrong here...

BettyBelle

Dec 22 2009, 09:30 PM

I think my post disappeared so this is the shortened version:

I respectfully ask these changes be rescinded. It has reached the point of absurdity when we're forced to use Fisher Price icons and taking an hour to do one field half the size of my own farm.

cactusjac

Dec 22 2009, 09:30 PM

I do not like the change.... it is VERY slow. It is like it was months ago when one had to wait for each field to harvest or plow before moving to the next field. I have not tried to plant yet, but see there are complaints regrading that also.

brigarkee

Dec 22 2009, 09:30 PM

The people who are posting about how happy they are with the changes, are WAY too happy.. and gleeful! I'm going to assume they are the monitors... no problem... lol... crack me up...
To the maker of this game... change it back!
If there are people complaining about losing coins or exp... tell them to work more farms! They must be way too consumed in this game. Losing a few exp points or coins only matters until you get a change like this... then you wish you had just shut the h*ll up!

Skeeter23451

Dec 22 2009, 09:30 PM

I love this new way . thank you .

yes a little slower but at least we get things done properly.
maybe people will stop hiring 5 people to harvest a field .

no more mouse trackers to gobble all the fields, no more collisions, yes there was a lot of them two's .

people just ruined it for themselves. so there .

suck it up .:D

Most people who have new computers would love this but not all players are fortunate enough to have those..thats why some players like it..I am a fast clicker but if my computer dosen't respond as fast then the one who does gets it so...and I know because I was harvesting a field today with a lady who had a duo core computer she ran me almost off the job moving so fast so plz don't go there...I think FarmTown will suck this one up unless they can figure out how to be fair for all and not just the elite players!

toolmantim1965

Dec 22 2009, 09:30 PM

I just tried again, got hired to plow and hated it. I am done for the night and really don't see myself getting over these new "upgrades". When you start to plow, the second person can effectively cut you off from the rest of the farm and gain position to keep you from getting a good share simply by starting close and working away from you. You have punished the fast and accurate players.

tammie@getedges.com

Dec 22 2009, 09:30 PM

I personally think it works great! It keeps others from clicking randomly around the fields and jumping into your spot. As a polite farmer, I do not like to jump in and harvest/plow on other hired hands areas. This fix has helped that as well as the XP points! Thanks!

Twintoes

Dec 22 2009, 09:31 PM

Fact is, it's a game. Some are faster than others and get more coins and xp. I absolutely hate the change. It's entirely too slow,and I may not be on farmtown near as much,if at all.

cindy l commisso

Dec 22 2009, 09:31 PM

Hello,
Well this upgrade is actually somewhat the same as when I began playing farmtown almost a year ago.
It seems fast enough and you are right this way there is less random harvesting and plowing. By having it this way you can see your xp points accumulate with much less questions about loosing points. Thank you for continuing to improve Farmtown.

Cindy

dianasimmons

Dec 22 2009, 09:32 PM

worst christmas present ever!!! send it back

_Weeder_

Dec 22 2009, 09:32 PM

This just means everyone will try to harvest/plow from wherever they are on the field rather than waiting for their avatar to cross to somewhere else. I understand about the harvesting and plowing having become some sort of competitive sport but the people who were doing that were in the minority.

Actually, the lost XPs has improved a lot in the last couple weeks going from a regular issue to almost never happening. I'm not sure this latest tweak improves anything right now. It is certainly slower for me even when working alone.

Soozy

Dec 22 2009, 09:32 PM

this new way is ridiculous for workers who are consistenly fast and accurate

I totally agree. I actually quit a harvesting job tonight because it was so slow. I had no clue what was going on. This is horrible and will slow MANY people down that they get bored.

crzypal1

Dec 22 2009, 09:32 PM

I under tand why you did it, but the speed is gone. now i find even if I am right beside the field it will not let me click it unless the other field has been plowed or harvested. it was as it was in the beginning of this game annoing to see.... "Wait I'm busy". I did not have any problems not getting my coins, if you waited around for all your fields when they were done. Some people leave before that was done, hence they were peobably the ones complaining. If you can make it speedier... i would really appreciate it.

DixieKaye

Dec 22 2009, 09:32 PM

I gave it one more try just now - got hired to harvest and boy was it awful. PLEASE revert to the last version. This if absolutely awful!

Doll Bateman

Dec 22 2009, 09:34 PM

I do not see the fix in this one at all. I have read all the information listed and have to say it really is broken now. It takes much longer to harvest and plow when you are hired. You cannot click on another square untill your avatar is teletransported to the square and is finished. If i can click faster than a computer avatar then there really is something wrong. All of your other upgrades and inhancements have been great, but I liked it the way it was before this one.

Twintoes

Dec 22 2009, 09:34 PM

I am very polite to those I hire or to those who hire me. But I'm also going to get what I can when I am working. Why? Cause it's a freaking game!

silvia8917

Dec 22 2009, 09:35 PM

I tried to hire and get hired again, and that's what I discover:

Some people are still going to work faster than others, because they have better computers.

It's like:
Before the change, A's speed is 120 fields/minute, while B's speed is 60 fields/minute.
After the change, A's speed is now 60 fields/minute, while B's speed decreases to 40 fields/minute, and then there is a C with speed 50 fields/minute coming in, because the employer wants to get things done faster.

I don't consider it an improvement.

Token

Dec 22 2009, 09:36 PM

The big seed bag blocks your view when you are planting left to right.

dixiegirl

Dec 22 2009, 09:36 PM

LOL, seems like the "super clickers", one's that hog all the harvest with their quick click mouse are the one's complaining. I find it just as quick as it was before, but then I don't splatter click all over the field. Thanks for this, as it was annoying trying to harvest when they hit the field your working as they would run around you and try to make you leave. BIG THUMBS UP!

I am not a super clicker so to speak. It is not as quick as it was before. I always harvest and plow in order, i hate the skippers. But this is way to slow for me and my laptop now. I love this game and have always said I was addicted. I think I just got cured

tlc_24_88@yahoo.com

Dec 22 2009, 09:37 PM

I don't like that this new/old harvesting and plowing stuff is a bit slower and it allows me to click on spaces that appear to have not been done then tells me it's already been done. If it has already been done, it shouldn't still be there for me to click. That is my major complaint for this release.

BUT

I LOVE that it stops the crazy people who just skip all over farms getting in the way of other people working there. I've always worked in straight lines anyway so this is not much slower for me. I love that it will force all the others to be more organized and less greedy! AND it solved the harvesting problems i was having on my farm. for the first time in weeks, I only had to harvest once! Amazing!

LoreneC

Dec 22 2009, 09:37 PM

The new way is this, if you harvest fields that are close to where your avatar is, then your avatar will be teletransported and will be a very quick transition, it should be as quick or comparable to what it was before, however if you click on a field that is farther away, then you will have to wait until your avatar gets to that field to continue working

If someone hires five people we can't all start close to where the avatars land and it does take quite awhile now to walk to the other side of the field.

Kim1964

Dec 22 2009, 09:37 PM

I tried to have an open mind, I really did. I just got hired to harvest and plow and I did a TINY little patch of harvesting in the length of time it would normally take me to do half a field. The other person who was hired bailed on the plowing and I tried and it was horrible. I have never voluntarily left a plowing job before, but I apologized to the owner, explained why I was leaving, and left.

If it stays this way, this Level 60 is done with Farm Town. It will take way too long to get anything done. I'm really disappointed. The loss of XPs and coins in recent weeks has been fine...I had a lot of trouble with that back in Oct/early Nov., but lately I've been cruising along without incident. This was my first Facebook game and I am sorry to see this change. I really hope the developers can find a way to fix this, because IMHO, the game is now broken.

ETA: I am a fast clicker, but I click in order and don't take the scatter shot approach across the field...I hate that, too. It doesn't make me a "harvest hog" because I am faster than other players...it means I've played a lot and gotten good at it.

aunties em's farm

Dec 22 2009, 09:37 PM

Well the new changes are not good.
The harvesting is some what ok but the PLOWING sucks.
As soon as my farm is ready to harvest i will do that and then go play on Farm ville. It has been a fun ride. If you do change it back or make it better then what it is let me know.
:mad:

Denali

Dec 22 2009, 09:38 PM

worst christmas present ever!!! send it back

HAHAHA!!! Agree.

Iteach80

Dec 22 2009, 09:38 PM

Oh we can read Metallicat, so let's not get crappy toward each other. The new change "fixed" an existing problem. But...it caused another problem with which a lot of folks are not happy. It is no longer as much fun to work for another farmer because things move so slow. The more graphics and stuff a farm has, the slower it goes. The avatar has to go around things and invariably takes the long way to get to the fields he/she is working. Regarding lost XP and coins...get over it and keep working, I say. It's only a game, but now it isn't quite as much fun as it was before today's change.

To the developers: You are amazing, and I wish I could write these kinds of programs. You've given us what we've asked for, listened to our whining, and added the coolest things to the store. It's just that this change isn't one of the greatest things you could have done. Yes, I experienced losses of XP and coins occasionally, and worked fields for literally nothing at times, due to some glitch. But I just moved on and kept vigil in the Marketplace to get as much work as I could. The most recent fix just took a lot of the fun and challenge out of the game.

crzypal1

Dec 22 2009, 09:39 PM

OhComeNow

Dec 22 2009, 09:40 PM

I went to a farm once to harvest, and there were only two harvesters. Me and this other girl. I tried to stay on my side to harvest, divided the farm from the middle, so she could stay on her side and I could stay on my side; and believe me the crops on both sides were the same!!

While I was working a pattern from top to bottom, or sometimes from left to right and right to left on my side of the fields, this woman got some nerve to intrude on my side while I was working on the pattern from top to bottom. When I got to the bottom I saw that she was clicking away the fields on my side of the farm. I was so mad!!! You try to be fair and divide the farm in the middle, but this rude and greedy woman came and clicked away on my side of the farm. So in order to get back at her, (I could click a lot faster than her), so I went to click on her side of the fields to see how she liked it.

Sandie Angel :confused:

With all due respect, who on earth made up the game rule that all harvesting and plowing must be equally divided among all players on that farm? I've never heard of anything so ridiculous. So if I'm a fast accurate clicker, by your rules, I have to be "nice" and share 50/50 or 33/33/33 or 25/25/25/25 even if the other players are slow, "freezing", don't know how to play, etc.? And if someone gets more than their share, you label them rude and greedy? What do you do, count the squares just to be sure??

Welcome to the Socialist Republic of FarmTown.

allylace

Dec 22 2009, 09:40 PM

Although I understand the logic mentioned above, I still do not like most of the latest update. I have to agree with most the it takes too long to get everything done now. I had gotten used to doing the farms that I worked quickly as not to time out but now that is just not happening at all. I greatly appreciate the time and thought that went into this upgrade but I think some of the bugs will need to be worked out again. Although this will not deter me from playing Farmtown specifically because I have to farms and I am at the highest level.

brener34

Dec 22 2009, 09:40 PM

It seems that Farm Town is getting more and more complex. I loved this game in the beginning but now it's beginning to be a thorn in my back side. The cost upgrading your second farm seems to be too much as well as trying to harvest/plow now. It's very aggravating to us that have been playing this game diligently, countless hours trying to progress in this game to now be receiving "i'm busy when trying to plow or harvest". I agree with some of the changes you have made but this one by far the most "messed up" the game has been.

Aunt Jane

Dec 22 2009, 09:41 PM

The new harvesting and plowing is horrible. I worked hard to learn how to do it faster, and now it takes forever to get anywhere. I don't care for Farmville because it takes ages to get anywhere and now this is getting just like it. I have lost LOTS of XP points and fixing it this way is not fixing it at all. Thanks for nothing.

Denali

Dec 22 2009, 09:43 PM

Of course, we know this release will cause a lot of complains as well, because in order to improve one area we had to change the behaivor on another area which some users will not like it, but compared to the issue of frequent losing more XP and coins, we just decided this was the way to go.

Some users will complain? You have over 40 pages of complaints on the first day...... was there more than 40 pages of complaints about XP ad coins missing????

MandyW

Dec 22 2009, 09:44 PM

LOL, seems like the "super clickers", one's that hog all the harvest with their quick click mouse are the one's complaining. I find it just as quick as it was before, but then I don't splatter click all over the field. Thanks for this, as it was annoying trying to harvest when they hit the field your working as they would run around you and try to make you leave. BIG THUMBS UP!

I am not a "super clicker". If I am working a farm by myself I click as fast as I can to get the job done as fast as I can. When I'm working with others I try to keep pace with them and If I finish my area before someone else I back off. I've had people harvest and plow over me too but I don't whine about it. No it's NOT as quick as it was before. The majority of the post about this say it's not.

lynne0754

Dec 22 2009, 09:44 PM

I really don't like this 'upgraded' or 'new' system. It slows everything WAY down and it takes forever to harvest and plow! I wondered what happened. What I don't understand is why some people seem to be able to harvest and plow faster than I can? HELP!!~!

Twintoes

Dec 22 2009, 09:44 PM

I know that just because I'm fast doesn't make me greedy. I always harvest and plow in a straight line. I am a stay at home mom,and I enjoyed a few moments a day on farmtown. Now with the changes, I'm not gonna have the time to do it.

snoopy2009

Dec 22 2009, 09:45 PM

this new update might mean I quit farmtown... it is terrible!!!!!!! please please please change it back!!!!!!!!!!!! please? pretty please????? who cares if I lose xp and coins??! this way, it works 10 times slower (at LEAST) so I lose them anyway.
did I mention that I hate this new update?

DDinki

Dec 22 2009, 09:45 PM

Hi There,

First, the Bert account was hacked recently and there were some posts made on his behalf, we are researching this issue now.

Second, we just released a new version of FarmTown a while ago. As stated before, we were going to focus mainly on the lost XP/Coins issues which are critical at this point. However, in order to minimize the lost XP/Coins issues, we had to make some changes to the way harvesting/plowing works when you are hired.

Before, when multiple people were hired on a farm, everybody starts clicking randomly on every field, and there are a lot of collisions, people harvesting/plowing on the same fields, as you don't see clearly where other people are working.

The new way is this, if you harvest fields that are close to where your avatar is, then your avatar will be teletransported and will be a very quick transition, it should be as quick or comparable to what it was before, however if you click on a field that is farther away, then you will have to wait until your avatar gets to that field to continue working.

This change will make that on some instances you work slower, on the other hand people get more dispersed while working on a farm, you can actually see them where they are working, and there will be much less collisions between them. This will also add another component to the game, now it's not just blindly clicking on the fields, you have to also consider the position of other players and your chances to avoid collisions and to get more work done. Now, when you click on a field that another player did before you, then you will see a message saying "already done", before, there was no feedback at all.

Of course, we know this release will cause a lot of complains as well, because in order to improve one area we had to change the behaivor on another area which some users will not like it, but compared to the issue of frequent losing more XP and coins, we just decided this was the way to go.

So far we have detected that there are 70% less issues with lost XP/coins that before, and it should improve with time even more.

As a separate note, the cursors on the game have been made larger and they don't get overlapped by other items on the game.

Thanks

--Raul

These changes are nearly impossible to deal with. I used to be able to harvest and plow ahead of my avatar. Now it is back like it was in the beginning with harvesting and plowing a single plot at a time waiting for the avatar to harvest/plow before moving to the next plot!!! It appears that other avatars are harvesting/plowing all around me and I can't get moving because my avatar keeps saying "wait I'm busy"! This is just awful....It is terrible!!!!! Please help!!!!

Token

Dec 22 2009, 09:46 PM

Please give us a reprieve at least until the holidays are over.

lynne0754

Dec 22 2009, 09:47 PM

That may be true, but it has slowed it down so much I almost don't want to play anymore. Isn't there a way it could have been fixed without slowing everything down SO much?!?

volskat

Dec 22 2009, 09:47 PM

it was working ok. I know points are lost sometimes we all have lost them at one point ..But this new change has slowed down the game so much I would say you will have allot of people stop playing it..I myself don't have time or want to stay on a twice as long as i had to before..As for people running it to other peoples spots it is a game don't be a cry baby about it get over it some people are just faster than others, and to be honest most people that are faster can harvest & plow a farm alone in no time at all (before the change) , I know I like to work by myself..The change is not going to work for most people !!!!!!

tjleers

Dec 22 2009, 09:48 PM

I never NEVER had a problem and the way the fixed it just sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I now do my own crops. If i wanted to wait like on farmville i would play farmville MORE. THIS SUCKS CHANGE IT BACK. Thank you.

pamfosterling

Dec 22 2009, 09:50 PM

I love this new way . thank you .

yes a little slower but at least we get things done properly.
maybe people will stop hiring 5 people to harvest a field .

no more mouse trackers to gobble all the fields, no more collisions, yes there was a lot of them two's .

people just ruined it for themselves. so there .

suck it up .:D

Are you serious? Hiring more people to get the field done in a reasonable amount of time is just going to slow the system, stretch the server, and create more lag time. People aren't going to hire less people...they will hire more. There are more races to a square the way it is now. And more people tripping over each other and competing for fields. Most of those who harvest and plow quickly are courteous workers. Why has Farm Town catered to those who gobble holes in fields? Ridiculous

wskibnt

Dec 22 2009, 09:50 PM

I am not a super clicker so to speak. It is not as quick as it was before. I always harvest and plow in order, i hate the skippers. But this is way to slow for me and my laptop now. I love this game and have always said I was addicted. I think I just got cured

I understand your problem with a laptop, those things are useless unless you use them for work, which I think is the point portable. I have a desktop fully loaded and I don't have a problem with the way it is now. I have large fields on my farm's, two of them are linked. This is what happens when a game is expolited, the fix's fix the exploits, and the exploiters get mad, "can't plow my fields" because you have 2,3,4,5 layers? This is a great game that evolves and you don't have to spend money on it if you choose. Very few things today you can say that about. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

lawngnome25

Dec 22 2009, 09:50 PM

I don't like this feature at all. It took forever to plow for someone. This is very disappointing. I hope you reconsider and go back to the way it was. :(

Snowman0oo0

Dec 22 2009, 09:50 PM

and it was going sooo well, snow patches and all, I LOVED that & storage facilities

hawlers

Dec 22 2009, 09:50 PM

It ISN"T slower any more... and I hate to complain, but this is one of the worst "fixes"
You click along... and if there is a field far away, you have to wait for your avatar to arrive there... this was an old problem that most people did not like and it was fixed, now its no longer fixed. Plus, when people hire more than one person, you can click, click click waiting to get coins and "hope" it wont say, "Already done" That is a waste of time.

Token

Dec 22 2009, 09:50 PM

I've lost points at times, but I just continue to work and get as many as I can - made it to level 60 that way. As slow as it is now, I don't think I'd be anywhere near that level. Even if I was only getting 80% of 10,000 plots it's more than 100% of 5,000 plots.

Sandie Angel

Dec 22 2009, 09:53 PM

YES... I LOVE THIS NEW VERSION!!! WE CAN NOW STAY ON OUR OWN HARVEST FIELDS AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ANY GREEDY FARMERS COME TO INTRUDE ON THE CORNER THAT I'M WORKING AT. EACH WILL BE WORKING IN THEIR OWN LITTLE CORNERS OF THE FARM!!! AND EACH WILL BE PROPERLY PAID, AND THE XP POINT WILL BE PROPERLY AWARDED!!! NO MORE CONFUSION.

I LOVE THIS NEW VERSION!!!!

Sandie Angel :)

Msshopper47

Dec 22 2009, 09:54 PM

It now takes for every to harvest and plow. I understand People are upset they don't get the points. TO BAD, if you would take the time to watch when your point stopped moving forward, you woulnd have no problems. I'm down with Farm Town until this goes back the way it is. Several of my friends will be leaving also. To bad, it was a fun game before.

Tom95210

Dec 22 2009, 09:54 PM

Lou4804

Dec 22 2009, 09:54 PM

I read the upgrade data, and tried the program with absolute disgust. If this is the way it's going to be, can't harvest or plow with ease, I dont' have time to play the game anymore. It takes too long to do anything, and I'm sure many folks feel the same way. You guys gotta undo this Dec 22 fix, ar lose a lot of game players.

wesnipes

Dec 22 2009, 09:54 PM

I really loved the last upgrades but i really hate this one, I cannot plow my layered fields now?!?! this is so frustrating. Please change it back to the original

If you do not like this upgrade and wish for it to be changed back, please post in the thread below
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285118

This new change has ruined the game for me. IT'S SLOW !!! That avatar statement is not working. It used to be a game of speed and skill. Now it would be great in a nursing home. PLEASE change it back. My goal had been to reach level 60 in a few weeks. Now I'll be 60 y.o. before I get there.
Regards,
A Long time Farm Town Addict

tjleers

Dec 22 2009, 09:55 PM

This change SUCKS my hubby is gonna quit playing playing because of this and i enjoy challenging him on who has more points. I HATE THIS !!!!!!

Snappy Dungarees

Dec 22 2009, 09:55 PM

Please change harvest and plow back to the old way!!!new way is so stupid and slow,,,everyone at the market is complaing about it and for a good reason, It is not good and who ever came up with this should be fired !!!

They should be fired because they're trying to improve the game for ALL? Yeah that works. Thank goodness you're not running Slashkey eh? :rolleyes:

raynorcp

Dec 22 2009, 09:55 PM

Dear Developers:

I love the game (level 60 with two full size farms). I play every day and appreciate all you have done to make FT a great game. I have read every single post here tonight.

Your fix seems to have caused more problems than the lost xps. I used to be able to tell what I had harvested or plowed and could judge once the points had calulated that I was done and could leave the farm. Now I have no idea if I'm even close to being done. Before the farmer doing the hiring could see the harvest disappear first. Now the harvester sees all the plots harvested before they are really done. Likewise the plowing.

I will still play the game because I do love it - but please change it back. The people who don't like sharing the field with others can leave. The people who threaten to leave the game can leave. There are so many of us that just want to have fun here. I enjoy socializing after I have clicked the plots. Now I am forced to deal with the "sorry I'm busy" notice.

We are begging you to change it back.

Rosysue

Dec 22 2009, 09:56 PM

It is appreciated about the Xp and all that but for us that do not have high speed ... it just got much worse .. When there is someone else with me in the field forget it I can't do anything ..even alone it is hell... I had just re started to play again after many weeks of absence .. well guess what I am gone again ... It is a game after all and I do not want to be frustrated because I cannot do anything... May as weel play something else ...

thefarmislost

Dec 22 2009, 09:56 PM

:mad::mad::mad::mad:
I have not had a problem with losing XP in quite some time. As soon as the XP were tallied at the time we clicked a plot, the problem went away.
This new "improvement" is horrible! It takes some getting used to in order to click and not lose your mind; however, I have not been able to finish a job yet. I harvest about 50 crops and then lose my connection. This has happened on the last seven jobs I have been hired to do. I would lose my connection before, but only randomly. This is EVERY job I have been hired to do since this update!
I have never been so frustrated with a game! I don't think I will be playing this one anymore. I can't get anyone to hire me to plow (which is what I need to do to level up) because I can't finish harvesting!

tlthomas1024

Dec 22 2009, 09:56 PM

I kept thinking something was wrong with my computer until I checked the forum. I just got cured from my addiction. Like many others have posted. This ruined the game for me.

I am very fast and curteous. I work with a friend most of the time and we cannot get one field done in the time it used to take us to do 3! We WON'T be playing anymore!!!!

We are both Level 60 farmers with over 4m each. There are a group of 8 of us who will no longer be playing unless harvesting and plowing are changed back. We HATE this!

Lou4804

Dec 22 2009, 09:56 PM

Well YAY!! For you!

But for the rest of us non slowpokes, this just BLOWS!! :mad:

I agree, many folk will quite the game, don't have time for "slow pokes"

John J

Dec 22 2009, 09:56 PM

I will have to quit then...I understand...I didn't mind the XP thing...but two hours to harevest a field is not going to work...It was fun when you could fit it into a few breaks but this is not at all fun now. Thanks for the nice time, but this was a great game and one I could enjoy. The teleport does not work at all. I had to go back three or four times per fielld to try again. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.

Yup, I don't think I like the new way. I don't mind some of the parts but I can't get anyone hired. I click on them, they accept and i end up at my farm and wait... I waited 30 minutes once just to see.. finally went back to rehire and that person made it and we had fun but my gosh,,,, almost an hour spent harvesting one farm and replowing... it used to take only 15 or 20 minutes... I'd rather just hire one person at a time... and let em rack up points... it takes a lot to make me disgruntled but I'm getting there real fast. I guess I don't HAVE to play this game.. there ARE others... I just wonder how your going to answer to your advertisers....

Gary Bob

Dec 22 2009, 09:56 PM

All I can say is I'm glad I'm level 60. To paraphrase Scarlett O'Hara "with God as my witness I'll never plow again"

LissyBug

Dec 22 2009, 09:59 PM

my only complaint is that now i get a message saying my session has timed out. I am clearly still active on the page, and i have to wait a period of time or get rehired to continue harvesting (i have not experienced this message while plowing). Any one else encounter this problem?

rungekutta13

Dec 22 2009, 09:59 PM

I really liked the way it was before. Losing points didn't happen all that often, and now plowing or harvesting is so slow and awkward that it's just about not worth it. The entire process way too long and really makes the game a lot more hassle than it's worth. Please change it back to the way it was before the last update.

CAY

Dec 22 2009, 10:01 PM

So far I like this new update alot. Harvesting is much faster than it was. It just requires a different technique, but if you stay in the same area and work in rows, it's actually much faster than before. I just harvested a big field of blackberries and each plot vanished immediately when I clicked on it. The same with the trees when I harvested them in a row. Plowing was also good when I stayed in the same area and again went in rows. I like that you can now tell who is working in what area; I think this is much better overall, and most will like it after a couple days. Thank you developers for another improvement :)

Sapai

Dec 22 2009, 10:01 PM

Wow, Raul's post seems so upbeat. I wonder if he'd already read all of the unhappy posts in the Help section. Raul, if you read this, please try to see our point-of-view.

This new method is slow, and annoying. It takes all the fun out of the game. I don't even want to plow now. The harvesting is a pain, but if I click in rows and watch my stupid little freak of an avatar lurch along in her little plodding way, I can deal with it. I am very unhappy with it, though. I was super fast at harvesting and plowing, and now I feel like I'm being limited in my speed to even the playing field. I have always shared fairly. Even though I'm faster, I do my fair share, and then stop, letting the slower farmers get the same amount. I'd harvest, and then move on quickly to another job. I'd basically blitz my area of the field, zapping the crops so quickly that all you'd see would be the flash of my harvesting tool. Boy, is it different tonight! Where in the past, I'd be saying my "thank you" to the farmer and moving on to another job, now I'm plodding along with the slowest of the slow.....

It's like the old sci-fi story Harrison Bergeron--people who were fast had to have chains or bricks put on them so that everyone would be equal. People who were attractive had to wear masks to cover their beauty so that everyone would be equal..... you get the idea. So, here, since some people couldn't keep up with those who were faster, we all now have to be slowed down to a snail's pace.... :-(

I agree with those who say that the way to fix the problem is not to limit us all to being slow and plodding. Instead, limit the number of workers who can be hired. If there is only one worker or two in a field, the problem of overhiring is solved, and then it is just up to each farmer to work cooperatively.

Bingo. I was not greedy either. And when I hired two people at my farm (instead of one) for 600 squares, I always ask them to share and never had an issue with them. The problem may come in when someone with 200 squares hires four people. I was also in the habit of turning down plow work if there was more than one other person there. I don't need the points or coins bad enough to fight over them.

I play to have fun. This way is no fun whatsoever. I don't like wearing a brick and chain. It isn't fair to anyone. It doesn't help the novice or slower players just to slow me down. There are many farmers much faster than I am. I appreciate that. I wouldn't want them to have to suffer just because I do not have their same skills!

Tom95210

Dec 22 2009, 10:01 PM

They should be fired because they're trying to improve the game for ALL? Yeah that works. Thank goodness you're not running Slashkey eh? :rolleyes:

Yep. I would expect more out of an office temp with a bad attitude than what these "developers" have done. They've single handedly killed this game unless they change it back SOON, because 44 pages of ****** off people threatening to leave can't be good for the bottom line $$$$$$$$$$$$$

VousDeux

Dec 22 2009, 10:01 PM

I just wanted to thank the developers for curing me of my addition to Farm Town, for saving me from countless future hours of wear and tear on my mouse, and for all the mouse batteries that will be saved from not playing this game anymore.

Pretty much everything I would have complained about, over the new changes, has already been said repeatedly in this thread. If the developers have not already heard it, they're just not listening.

Sandman1967

Dec 22 2009, 10:02 PM

This sucks! to slow, no fun anymore! Glad I am level 60!!!

angelajoh

Dec 22 2009, 10:02 PM

I have something to say about this upgrade and several of the postings:
1. I hate this upgrade - it is way to slow, I REALLY find the larger icons to be distracting and unattractive.
2. I never lost any coins or experience points so why did the upgrade affect me? Can't you just fix those accounts that weren't working instead of changing everyone's regardless?
3. I find it offense that in the OP and following postings, you and others assume that once hired I automatically randomly click on fields. I NEVER DID. I was always very systematic and thorough in harvesting my and others fields. I find that assuming I'm the one that did something "wrong" is offensive and am seriously thinking about quiting this GAME. I should not be penalized because of others' rude and inappropriate behaviour. If you would simpy inable employers to FIRE people this wouldn't be any issue AT ALL!!!
4. I am at level 57 and have been through several upgrades at this point and by far this is the most irritating, annoying and just plain dumb upagrade yet.

I sincerely hope that this upgrade is redone because the way it is now, I can see why a lot of people are leaving this game to play FarmVille instead! Please redo and PLEASE give us the choice of having larger icons or not!

tjleers

Dec 22 2009, 10:02 PM

bradwill

Dec 22 2009, 10:03 PM

Oh noez...people were plowing or harvesting "sloppy" before! BOO-HOO!
You slow noobs and all you're whining....thanks for having training wheels put on everyone else who knows how to click a mouse.

I love the total dishonesty of some of you clowns saying it's now "faster" than before today's upgrade.

Ashley83

Dec 22 2009, 10:03 PM

I read the entire piece. I suppose I can see both sides of the issue. But, it is a major hassle to harvest someone else's farm. Thus, slowing the ability to harvest to the optimum potential. If this stays in place, I will consider using another farming game. It is just too much hassle.

granana

Dec 22 2009, 10:04 PM

To the DEVS.. the posts(the majority of them NEGATIVE) regarding the "upgrade" released today are coming in faster than i can get them read! 47 pages and rising!

Don't wait til its too late to revert back to the version I have been playing the past 2 weeks. Yeah there are some greedy ill manners farmers. but thats what we deal with in life. I cautiously pick my workers and ASK them if they would like other helpers, and I am selective in the jobs I accept, I like to work with likeminded farmers and have built my network of buddies from those who reflect the same values and work ethics that I have.
Please please Give me back the FarmTown I had become addicted to.

katrina719

Dec 22 2009, 10:04 PM

I only read a few posts here tonight and I can understand the frustration of many people.

I was hired tonight to plow... and once i got to the job along with 4-5 others, i went to sort of make a separation between me and them... I clicked the way I always did, and seeing "something wrong" I left the job.

Next job I realized what was happening. I must tell you that I adopted very quickly, and thought of many reasons that this was done...

I might be off base but one thing that came to mind was the cheating programs, the cheaters who plowed a whole field with random clicks, and those who hogged what they could of a job, with no regard for others.

True it's a game and it's dog eat dog... but I was not having fun while I watched a whole field get devoured by a plow program in 20 seconds.

I WELCOME THE CHANGE ! :D

Slow? I don't think so... it was way slow when I had to walk each and every block of harvest and or plow... THAT was slow. It has nothing to do with fast or slow computers... and no more SAVE hoping to keep your points and Xps... you earn as you work. I like that.

I always harvested and plowed in rows... neat . Cause it took the same amount of clicks to do neat as to be all over the place.

I WELCOME THE CHANGE ! :D

I work on the block next to me or one over... bing- bang- zoom... Job done faster than before.

Is there any change for the better approved by all? No, and it will never be.

Get used to it... threatening to leave does nothing.

I am so glad that these idiots with their cheating programs racing to level 60 just because, are over and done with.

Bravo to the developers whose job is amazing !! I can't please my boss... let alone millions of people!

Old Goat

Dec 22 2009, 10:04 PM

Some users will complain? You have over 40 pages of complaints on the first day...... was there more than 40 pages of complaints about XP ad coins missing????
Yes. About 500 pages or so. Probably much more, that was from just two threads.
About 145 pages on harvesting and about 350 on issues other than harvesting. There were more complaints about missing coins/xp points from issues other than harvesting so those here that contend that people losing coins were going too fast is sorta out the window. That accounts for less than one third the complaints.

At one point it cost me about 2500 coins plus xp points to move 3 trees. Was I working too fast? Every time I left the market it would cost me coins and cash. Did I leave too fast?
I repeat, there are considerably more complaints about losing coins and cash on issues other than harvesting.

SHELLIE19750

Dec 22 2009, 10:05 PM

I hate the new upgrade!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to be able to harvest and pplow really fast now, its back the way it was 8 months ago!!! This was no upgrade its a downgrade!!!! Yes i read why it happened, i never lost coins or xp. Please please please put it back!!!!! This is retarded!

emmersom biggins

Dec 22 2009, 10:05 PM

I am a marble mouse wizard and fast as the wind. But now, this reminds me of when i first started. Higher levels that require 10000 xp to lvl up how long do you think it will take now?

janisko

Dec 22 2009, 10:06 PM

First, I want to thank the developers who put so much time and effort into working on this game. I was one of those who was constantly timing out, losing xp's and coin, not earning anything for working, etc. BUT... that wasn't as bad as this new "fix." I have two farms, one of which has over 1000 fields. You've turned FT into a full-time job. I don't have that kind of time. Unless something is done to speed things up to a reasonable level I'll be quitting along with a whole lot of other people. I absolutely loved FT but I am now completely frustrated. This is a game and should be fun and relaxing. I was planning on harvesting and plowing my 1000+ fields before going to work in the morning. With the slowness of the game I'd have to call in sick to get it done! My avatar takes forever to just walk to the first field. I'd rather fight the lost coin and xp's than be so frustrated with the slowness of the new upgrade.

I hope you are listening to all of us.

Little Hoss

Dec 22 2009, 10:07 PM

I can see I'm in the minority here, I actually welcome the new changes.
The best part about them is that it stops the PECKERS, who'd peck into a field like a darn chicken, taking plots from all over the place. It'll keep farmers in their own areas and not sniping plots out from under our feet.
And i was no slouch either, I'm constantly being told how fast I am at both harvesting and plowing.

This way just seems fairer. Anyone can just click, click, click, all over the screen real quickly and snag as many plots as ya can, then claim to be a fast plower. coz there's no skill in that.
This new way actually takes a bit of Mouse Control and Co-ordination, it will really seperate the Farmers from the Fakers.

It's only taken me two harvests and plows to get up to speed with this method and I find it only slightly slower than the old method. Actually quicker than the old method if I was working with a peckerhead or two, who kept cutting my rows in half.
It's like all the updates ppl hated, once ya get used to it and up to speed you'll probably see how it's much better than the old way.

Thanx Bert and Raul, This is a great Update.

kennywood™

Dec 22 2009, 10:08 PM

I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. No offense to Raul, and the other developers, BUT, if you had LISTENED (listening IS an art you know and often conducive to forward progress) to your players to begin with, then you wouldn't have needed to implement these new changes. I've been saying it for the longest time.....FIX WHAT'S BROKEN BEFORE YOU IMPLEMENT ANYTHING NEW.
It's really a pretty simple concept. If you'd taken on the missing XP/coins issue months ago (as you said you were going to) and addressed everyone's concerns over THAT issue, then you wouldn't have had to create more work for yourself here and leave an even larger number of players with NEW complaints. I guess I'll go back to decorating my farm again, until I see some logic derived from something more concrete than a cracker-jack box.

tjleers

Dec 22 2009, 10:08 PM

steel_6603

Dec 22 2009, 10:08 PM

way to slow !!! it sux .takes way to long and im like a lot of people that can not stay on this app all day just to harvest and plow one farm .losing way to much money,and time.Change It Back.

aceyducey

Dec 22 2009, 10:09 PM

My only complaint is that this should be titled "22nd", not "22th". xD

I broke out with a BIG laugh from this comment. LOL
I did notice it too.

jan.steyn@pugroup.co.za

Dec 22 2009, 10:09 PM

I have been playing this game now for some time. I created 3 e-mail accounts to have more farms and players to play with. i am on levels 60(2 farms), 48(2 farms) and 30 respecively.

I ENJOYED THIS GAME

This new way of harvesting and plowing took the FUN of the game away. Because I was experienced and had a lot of practice, I could click the whole farm, "ardarly" I must say, and the while I was waiting for it to complete, I chated and meat the other people on the farms. I could get up and get tee or coffee or go and answer nature's calls.
NOW THIS IS ALL GONE
Yes, I do notice that "HILLBILLY" plowing and harvesting has been eliminated, THANK YOU, but it took the social side of it away.

Snappy Dungarees

Dec 22 2009, 10:09 PM

Can't wait to see the fire button get implimented. Then we can see everyone coming in to complain about the very thing they were asking for coming back to bite them on the butt when people fire workers for the fun of it. If people get a kick out of overhiring then they sure as the day is long will with firing for fun.

jan.steyn@pugroup.co.za

Dec 22 2009, 10:10 PM

BAD< BAD BAD change

CaroleSB

Dec 22 2009, 10:11 PM

I LOVE IT!!! And I wasn't even one that was still losing points and coins! :)

I usually check the forum for any updates before I start working but forgot tonight. Got hired on a 24x24 sugar cane farm. Noticed the difference on about the second click.....when nothing happened. I'd gone all the way to the top corner for my first click so had to wait for the avatar.

First thought? Dang!! something happened to my preferences....checked....nope everything okay there. Second thought? Man this is slow. By the time I got through the first 30 fields I realized my speed was almost what it had been and I could see what had been done immediately.

Then another farmer arrived to harvest and I figured the "war was on"....but it wasn't. It was such a pleasant harvest!! Ended up with two buddies out of the experience.....a little over 50% of the harvest and we split the plowing. Gee.....isn't that the way it used to be MINUS the avatar taking looooong walks around the farm to get to the next plot?

Bestest change!! Now....if you could just get rid of that red/green square when we plow on others farms. :D

Thanks to everyone that made this release happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Denali

Dec 22 2009, 10:11 PM

I am so glad that these idiots with their cheating programs racing to level 60 just because, are over and done with.

I got to level 60 without any cheating programs, just like the majority of the people on here. Don't assume that anyone who's gotten to level 60 cheated. If you knew anyting about "cheating programs" you would know that they are very complex and the majority of the people playing would not have them.

lcswdonna

Dec 22 2009, 10:12 PM

I realize that it was broken and was one of the ones complaining about lost exp points, but this is very difficult. I am hoping that I will get used to it. It may just be an artifact of comfort in familiarity, but thus far I really hate it. Thanks for your efforts though, it is greatly appreciated.

Billy Bob Dirtypants

Dec 22 2009, 10:12 PM

I have just harvested and plowed a crop of 553 plots, that i have done nearly 70 time in the past 4 months. What should have only taken me 15 to 17 minutes (including chat time) for both jobs just took me 51 minutes. THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME. If and that's a big IF, i ever lost a few coins or some xps, it was worth it to be able to get onto the next job. I can't believe i ever lost anything because i always waited until my account was savable before leaving a farm.
I wouldn't blame anyone for doing their own farms with the tractors that we can purchase. (It'll save us a bunch of time, and that's what i plan on doing, even though i will lose the premium amount of coins)
This is a horrible upgrade!!

silvia8917

Dec 22 2009, 10:12 PM

steel_6603

Dec 22 2009, 10:12 PM

if farm town does not get any better becouse the changes i will be forced to start playing farmville ,and i would had to do that becouse i liked farmtown and the time i had invested into farmtown would be wasted!!!

sandib01

Dec 22 2009, 10:13 PM

Change it back..this is awful, slow and frustrating!!!!! Its no fun this way..I will quit playing ! Thanks Sandi

___CYBER___

Dec 22 2009, 10:13 PM

I have to say, the game was fun and simi interesting, but the chnges have made it to time consumeing and not worth the effort. I will let my farm rot I suppose this was not a good change!

katrina719

Dec 22 2009, 10:13 PM

I got to level 60 without any cheating programs, just like the majority of the people on here. Don't assume that anyone who's gotten to level 60 cheated. If you knew anyting about "cheating programs" you would know that they are very complex and the majority of the people playing would not have them.

I am not assuming anything, nor am I accusing you and others. I do know programming, and also know of teenagers using said cheating programs.

momgoose72

Dec 22 2009, 10:14 PM

I just harvested/plowed for someone. It took so long for the points to add up for the plowing that the game reloaded. Who knows how many points I lost waiting like this and then having it reload.

PLUS - the person tried 4 times to hire me to plow before it finally took.

PLEASE bring back the old way. This is way to slow and ridiculous.

thanks,

lesaluv

Dec 22 2009, 10:15 PM

Personally I think the change has made the game BORING! I don't know how much longer I will play if something doesn't change. It was fine the way it was if you ask me, who cares about a few lost coins???

rockets

Dec 22 2009, 10:15 PM

I appreciate you guys trying to find a fix, but I have to tell you...I hate this new thing. It's sooooooooo slow and tedious!

kennywood™

Dec 22 2009, 10:15 PM

All i can say is the discussions i have read is CHANGE IT BACK. you have 45 pages of i hate this instead of thank you for fixing it. It was a few select people that complained about losing points instead of realizing it is just a game and sometimes that happens. Now you have alot more people saying they hate this and are threatening to stop playing the game. PLEASE change it back.

Fixed what? Nothing is fixed YET. And those "few select" comprised thousands of pages of posts in this forum stating their losses. The problem is that they don't correct issues as they arise. They're too intent on implementing new changes, instead of listening to what's actually wrong with the game and fixing THAT first. That's why they've now had to GO BACK and throw this monkeywrench into things in order to fix something that they SHOULD HAVE already fixed. I suppose, however, some sort of logical order would be too much like right.

rockets

Dec 22 2009, 10:16 PM

pamfosterling

Dec 22 2009, 10:16 PM

I HAVE given this a chance...i have worked several farms since this new downgrade....it is catering to the small bunch of users who peck holes in the fields....not to those of us who courteously work alongside others. Hiring more people to make up for the slow harvesting and plowing will only slow the system down, make more people race and jump across fences to get to new fields, and create much more lag time. Limit the amount of workers that can be hired...that seemed to be the major complaint from those i worked with. Please stop catering to a few people who didn't have the patience to wait for their coins to collect. It gave us time to chat. Go back to each click gives you coins or xps, and let us work ahead. Much more enjoyable and much less stressful. This way is absolutely ridiculous.

katrina719

Dec 22 2009, 10:17 PM

On a further note, how is it possible to distinguish cheaters from fast plowers? The speed of the fastest plower I've ever seen is quite reasonable i.e. reachable by manual clicking if the computer is good enough.

Simple, happened on my farm too. a full 16 X 16 plowed in 15 seconds...

Fast finger and mouse? I doubt that :)

momgoose72

Dec 22 2009, 10:19 PM

One more thing. My hair turned gray having to wait for my avatar to plow the fields and the points to be added up.

Who is going to pay to bring my hair back to the color it was before this lastest "upgrade"?

Kim81685

Dec 22 2009, 10:19 PM

so maybe when you first get to someone else's farm you can teleport to your "starting location" so that you don't all start from one spot...

shalou

Dec 22 2009, 10:22 PM

I used to be able to plow/harvest very fast, and level up due to that. Now, with the downgrade, it is horrible. I agree with a majority of the people posting, plow fast and then chat with the others while the points/coins add up. That is what makes this game social. Now it's boring. If it stays this way, I will no longer be farming on Farm Town.

Denali

Dec 22 2009, 10:22 PM

So you are saying teenagers cheat? all teenagers, or just the ones you happen to know? and how did you know they were teeneagers? just assume they are because you think they are "cheating"? and that's what all teenagers do, right??

I have been playing this game since it came out, hired thousands of people, and never had my whole farm plowed in 15 seconds by a "cheating teenager" with a "cheating program" and i bet if you asked everyone on here they would say the same thing. maybe you should try to get your facts straght before assuming anything.

Softail2k3

Dec 22 2009, 10:24 PM

This is a huge step back. It is like you put the glitches back in. If there is a problem try to fix it without making the game worse. This is awful.:mad:

silvia8917

Dec 22 2009, 10:24 PM

Simple, happened on my farm too. a full 16 X 16 plowed in 15 seconds...

Fast finger and mouse? I doubt that :)

Well then I never encountered any cheaters from my half a year's experience of hiring and being hired.

Also I still think there will not be a problem if the number of employees is limited, as such cheating is unwelcome to employees only. The benefit of employers actually increases.

Tom95210

Dec 22 2009, 10:25 PM

Simple, happened on my farm too. a full 16 X 16 plowed in 15 seconds...

Fast finger and mouse? I doubt that :)
'

What makes you the expert? I am one of the faster harvesters and plowers and have been asked what cheat program I use and I have NEVER used one, in fact, I use a laptop and a cheap no frills, corded $15 2 button optical mouse from Logitech that must me at least 7 years old. I am just that quick a clicker. if you're slow, that is YOUR problem, not everyone elses, so why should we ALL have to change for YOU??!

crazyredneckmomma4

Dec 22 2009, 10:26 PM

I really hate this upgrade, I would rather lose coins and xp points than have it this way. I appreciate the fact that you are trying to fix the problems, but if it stays like this I am done playing Farm Town.

i agree, if this continues I, too, am done playing Farm Town. A better fix would be to not allow multiple hiring. That would have fixed the problem. I was one that complained about loosing xp points and money but I would rather loose an occasional XP point or coins compared to this. Please change it back or you will loose alot of players.

nic1lea2

Dec 22 2009, 10:27 PM

well i hate this new way i have played the game everyday except today and if this keeps up i will not play it any more this is really stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Aussie Kate

Dec 22 2009, 10:28 PM

It has taken nearly 2 hours to harvest and plow a neighbours farm.
At this rate I wiil not be playing - apart from rsi - the game has lost interest for me

Shione

Dec 22 2009, 10:28 PM

i dont mind that it is way slower but i hate that i have to wait between each harvest/plow before moving on to the next plot ... my pc is slow enough without this causing even more slowness

nic1lea2

Dec 22 2009, 10:30 PM

:mad::mad::mad:I hate this new way its way to slow and stupid

peggysuetoocool@yahoo.com

Dec 22 2009, 10:30 PM

This had been an addicting, fun game. Now it truly sucks and I am done! I enjoyed this game immensely but it is no longer any fun whatsoever. Let the game be played the way it was, who takes it that serious anyway to be concerned over a few XP, it you're not getting them, leave the farm you are on. I was slow enough before it was tampered with, now, it just isn't any fun.

Ole Hoe

Dec 22 2009, 10:31 PM

I will not be playing either. It is much too time consuming now to harvest and plow. A great game has been ruined for me with this new release. It is just frustration now with "Wait, I'm Busy" messages. It's too bad. I will miss it. I timed out and lost half of the field that I plowed. I would rather lose some coins any day than deal with the slow harvesting and plowing. I will lose more by the slow speed than I ever lost before. It's a sad day for me.

amberdh

Dec 22 2009, 10:31 PM

I just went to the MP to see what all the fuss was about. And I don't really understand what the big deal is . Click all the plots and leave. SO WHAT.

wesnipes

Dec 22 2009, 10:32 PM

Found the change when I first started to harvest for someone. Took me a minute to adjust. I like not trying to figure out what someone else is doing--you can see right where they are. Don't be so anti-change--all from probably the same people who were complaining about missing points or coins! If it's that bad, leave. It's a free game--they developers lose nothing and there's more work for the rest of us!

The developers could lose their whole business if enough people leave Farm Town. Think on that.

ricblake

Dec 22 2009, 10:32 PM

I like the changes... harvesting, plowing much faster now except for those who want to hog all the work.

kennywood™

Dec 22 2009, 10:33 PM

Simple, happened on my farm too. a full 16 X 16 plowed in 15 seconds...

Fast finger and mouse? I doubt that :)

15 seconds? LOL. Somehow, I honestly doubt that. I don't doubt that some may very well cheat, but let's not go overboard.

shalou

Dec 22 2009, 10:33 PM

I believe limiting the number of employees would be a better fix. My input is max 3 of one type. So that would be max 6 on the farm; 3 harvesters and 3 plowers. No need for a fire button as people would abuse that too. If there is a limit, most things will be even. Putting up with random plowers is annoying, but I would rather have them than have to wait so long to harvest/plow.

indianachick

Dec 22 2009, 10:35 PM

Simple, happened on my farm too. a full 16 X 16 plowed in 15 seconds...

Fast finger and mouse? I doubt that :)

There is an app out there... it increases your click time automatically, so all you do is 'slide' over plots, that's all. I had my 24x plowed in less time it took me to get a diet coke out of the fridge and a cup of ice.
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AS FOR the change... it takes me back to the beginning of my farmtown days. Nice but terribly slow. I was at 34 and jumped to 60 on one of the changes a few back. SO i'll be here till the 12th of forever Im guessin'. Funny, I used to say "I'm gonna finish this game if it becomes the death of me" What I didn't realize is that it may just come true since it's so slow now.

I don't use cheat apps, I H-n-P nice and neat, I'm a fair player, I share, and i'm choosy about who I hire.

I was hoping that it was an issue regarding the memory each person could store (as in the queue) I'd figured it may be that every player is only allotted a certain amount of space in memory, and that would fix the probs... BUT..
Guess not. I'll not shout out "I QUIT" just yet... Been playing a long time, besides this is the only game app I play on FB :)

PLEASE hava re-look on this fix... Have a wonderful Holiday, relax and brainstorm away on how to better the game without the slow slow slow waiting. Thanks!!