Belt System Updates -- June 2nd, 2011

[Badlands Farmer]

I collected my 1 million this morning and patiently waited 13 hours and now there are no posts to collect from? I even tried going into game requests on facebook, scrolling past the pending gifts and clicking on Farm Town stories so I only see Farm Town feed. It says 'You have no Farm Town stories.' So I can't see ANY Farm Town posts. Is this a facebook issue?

[Badlands Farmer]

Originally Posted by Badlands Farmer

I collected my 1 million this morning and patiently waited 13 hours and now there are no posts to collect from? I even tried going into game requests on facebook, scrolling past the pending gifts and clicking on Farm Town stories so I only see Farm Town feed. It says 'You have no Farm Town stories.' So I can't see ANY Farm Town posts. Is this a facebook issue?

Okay, after harvesting my own farms, I see why there are no Farm Town posts for me to help with. I just harvested everything on all 9 of my farms and got the pop up that said I achieved many brown and black belts. But after I clicked on the checkmark, it didn't bring up the next pop up to post to the feed. So I missed out on being able to post many of them and once achieved, you don't get a second chance at posting them.

[Deanna J. Lloyd]

I thought I asked this question before, but obviously I just previewed my post and then signed out, forgetting to actually post!

I don't quite understand the use of the word "chance". If I were to achieve the 6th (or 7th) dan, does that mean that 72% of the time I will get some random extra boxes of product -- or does that mean, if I harvest 1000 fields of, say wheat, I will get 1,000 plus a 720 bonus?

Also, how does this work with fertilized fields. If I harvest the same 1,000 fields, I actually harvest 2,000 units. Does this then double the size of my bonus?

Sorry if I sound like an idiot, but this is a totally new concept to me -- and I haven't done the math on products where I've earned belts or dans. I have crops on every farm to harvest tomorrow, so I'll try to "do the math" and figure this out.

[ridgie247]

Originally Posted by Deanna J. Lloyd

I thought I asked this question before, but obviously I just previewed my post and then signed out, forgetting to actually post!

I don't quite understand the use of the word "chance". If I were to achieve the 6th (or 7th) dan, does that mean that 72% of the time I will get some random extra boxes of product -- or does that mean, if I harvest 1000 fields of, say wheat, I will get 1,000 plus a 720 bonus?

Also, how does this work with fertilized fields. If I harvest the same 1,000 fields, I actually harvest 2,000 units. Does this then double the size of my bonus?

Sorry if I sound like an idiot, but this is a totally new concept to me -- and I haven't done the math on products where I've earned belts or dans. I have crops on every farm to harvest tomorrow, so I'll try to "do the math" and figure this out.

The word chance imho means that you may or may not get the extra box, but the odds of getting one has now increased to a 72% chance of getting one for the top level black belt.

Having harvested my flowers my chance to get the extra boxes worked. I "nerdily" know how many flowers I have on my farms. It was nice to see for this week I don't have to plant another rose to max out my flower shop for a day and have a small surplus. it doesn't hurt to have the belts, it will never take away crops but sometimes it may give you a nice surplus.

Someone mentioned the counter for receiving a new belt was based on one non-fertilized field, while we can only guess at this point, the chance could also be based on this since not everyone has the manure spreader.

[Deanna J. Lloyd]

Originally Posted by ridgie247

The word chance imho means that you may or may not get the extra box, but the odds of getting one has now increased to a 72% chance of getting one for the top level black belt.

Having harvested my flowers my chance to get the extra boxes worked. I "nerdily" know how many flowers I have on my farms. It was nice to see for this week I don't have to plant another rose to max out my flower shop for a day and have a small surplus. it doesn't hurt to have the belts, it will never take away crops but sometimes it may give you a nice surplus.

Someone mentioned the counter for receiving a new belt was based on one non-fertilized field, while we can only guess at this point, the chance could also be based on this since not everyone has the manure spreader.

Thanks for the interpretation, Ridgie. It helps clear my fuzzy understanding of this whole process. Still cloudy, but am hoping at some point Raul will speak and explain this along with all the other fuzzy bits about the belt system -- which seems to be basically the whole system.

I like collecting the bonuses when I reach new belt/dan levels, and I like being able to collect extra product while I help my neighbors out -- but as far as understanding how this whole thing works, well -- I'm mostly in the dark.

Please, devs, work out the kinks and bugs and then give us a clear set of parameters of what we can expect and when! Please?