New Release -- June 1st, 2012

[jcassemjr]

Originally Posted by Texas Belle

The trees get a white line across them when you are harvesting and they go kind of like the train opaque and when you finish harvesting they are back to their green color.... no problem with that... people from the market tried to do as many as they can as fast as they can and then move on, in my farms I do the trees and the fishing, its therapeutic, like pulling weeds, better than a psychiatrist..... lol

I find it hard to harvest trees for other players. They might have taller trees in front of shorter trees, or they haven't used an 8x8 pattern for me to sweep through them with the harvester. Or they mix in chopping trees with the harvest trees, but have tall trees in from of the chopping trees. I try to be very thorough when I do get a tree harvest job, but someone hiring needs to be sympathetic to a player that may not have the big tools, and if they haven't placed the trees in easily harvest-able patters.

I find it especially difficult to clean up after someone without the 8x8 or a smaller tool. They leave scattered trees, that are hard to pick up.

I to do not hire for the trees, since i can sweep through my massive tree farm very quickly. I laid them out in height order (except a small patch that was replaced after I reached the 6th degree Dan for a tree that isn't used in production). They are planed in rows of 8, with an empty row in between. Really easy with the 8x8.

[Texas Belle]

Originally Posted by jcassemjr

I find it hard to harvest trees for other players. They might have taller trees in front of shorter trees, or they haven't used an 8x8 pattern for me to sweep through them with the harvester. Or they mix in chopping trees with the harvest trees, but have tall trees in from of the chopping trees. I try to be very thorough when I do get a tree harvest job, but someone hiring needs to be sympathetic to a player that may not have the big tools, and if they haven't placed the trees in easily harvest-able patters.

I find it especially difficult to clean up after someone without the 8x8 or a smaller tool. They leave scattered trees, that are hard to pick up.

I to do not hire for the trees, since i can sweep through my massive tree farm very quickly. I laid them out in height order (except a small patch that was replaced after I reached the 6th degree Dan for a tree that isn't used in production). They are planed in rows of 8, with an empty row in between. Really easy with the 8x8.

I do the same Jerry, not hard at all to the trees and it breaks the monotony of harvest and plow and seed, lol

I am trying to put all the trees or at least the majority of them in one farm so when I go to that farm get all the trees needed for production at one time instead of going through all the farms. And it is true that people just put trees wherever and with no pattern at all and that makes it very difficult to harvest and more difficult to know if you have missed some or not.

[SeniorCornwall]

Originally Posted by Texas Belle

I do the same Jerry, not hard at all to the trees and it breaks the monotony of harvest and plow and seed, lol

I am trying to put all the trees or at least the majority of them in one farm so when I go to that farm get all the trees needed for production at one time instead of going through all the farms. And it is true that people just put trees wherever and with no pattern at all and that makes it very difficult to harvest and more difficult to know if you have missed some or not.

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Well, putting all your trees on one farm may slow down the game - an chances are you will run out of space for all the trees you have....

I have all my chopping trees on farm 6 (Cork at the right, and others heading left by size). Pretty much fills that one.

For other trees, I have put them on 4 different farms - by harvest time. So all 5 day harvest trees on farm 2, 4 days on farm 3, and so on (3 on 4, 2 on 5). I again placed them from the back of the farm heading to the middle by size using both the top and right sides to make a long line of each. I increased the trees untill such time as I never run out of items. Some required only a line or so, others needed many lines of trees. For the trees not used, I added a full line and keep them in case they are ever needed.

This way all the trees on one farm are abvailable for harvest on the same day

Had just finshed rearrnaging all my trees and Cashew trees came out So put them on farm 1 for now

Check it out if you want - Senior Cornwall

[Ellen Betty Nelson]

Originally Posted by Texas Belle

The trees get a white line across them when you are harvesting and they go kind of like the train opaque and when you finish harvesting they are back to their green color.... no problem with that... people from the market tried to do as many as they can as fast as they can and then move on, in my farms I do the trees and the fishing, its therapeutical, like pulling weeds, better than a psychiatrist..... lol

But I am talking about the owner of the farm checking to see what has been harvested and what has been missed.
It is hard to know if it has been done unless I load up my tree shaker and go over each tree individually. Except, as I mentioned, trees like the cherry and apple, and oranges where you can see the fruit.
And yes I do harvest most of my own trees and flowers, and some of the fields, except for the ones that I use for Quests.
I also have some farms that I use for Quests for the trees, that I do not ask anyone to harvest them.

[Texas Belle]

Originally Posted by Ellen Betty Nelson

But I am talking about the owner of the farm checking to see what has been harvested and what has been missed.
It is hard to know if it has been done unless I load up my tree shaker and go over each tree individually. Except, as I mentioned, trees like the cherry and apple, and oranges where you can see the fruit.
And yes I do harvest most of my own trees and flowers, and some of the fields, except for the ones that I use for Quests.
I also have some farms that I use for Quests for the trees, that I do not ask anyone to harvest them.

You see when you hire to do trees and fish and so on, the hired person does not get xpoints for doing that, you only get points for harvesting and plowing so they don't worry if they got them all or not. And that is the reason I do it myself, like I said its good therapy.

[hurican]

With the new facilities requireing more meat an chicken ........ i request you increase the meat an chicken deliveries, i have 14 trucks ......... those 2 run out in 2 days ........
Love the game ....... trains are great!

[Mantis]

well here is my view on trains. i like them its a nice add on to an already great game but i can see it ruining it if they go to far with them. why buy facilities when you can buy a train, as long as facilities stay important and you still need to plan for basic resources its a good add on. once you start to leave the old facilities then you lose a lot of the fun. (EG: why buy a rubber factory when you can get a train to do it for you, you then lose the uses for trees why bother getting them). If you carry on down this road you will start to lose a lot of the fun. As of this moment they in my view haven't gone too far and is great for the game just be careful.

I would just like to say thanks for the great game over the years please carry on the good work.

[TerriFlynn]

Ever since the new facilities last night, it is next to impossible to farm (harvest, plow and plant) and to use the facility manager if you can get it to load. Also, harvesting the animals. I sat waiting 13 minutes to just see one dairy harvested! Have spent half hour using the h/p/p 6x6 on one farm. Please fix this!

[debcorley]

got the new ones in storage now want to know when we're getting the rest of the farm extensions and farm 15 and new levels ??? can't wait !!

[djb1nurse]

You know, I have been playing this game for more than 3 years so you know I am addicted to the game. However, I will tell you that I have talked to MANY people who are really upset with the trains. First of all, they are much too expensive. Secondly, and probably most important, it doesn't give you anything you really need that you can't get any other way. For instance, why doesn't it give you what you really need like milk, eggs, sheep and llama wool, and all of the other animal products for instance? And lastly, it only works half way...you put out a tool that that was not ready to be distributed. As far as I am concerned, I will NOT buy anything else with farm cash until you make this right. The trains are a rip-off and I wish I could get my farm cash back! If you want to make a tool that is worth that kind of money, then make more one-click tools like one click to harvest, one click to plant, one-click to plow. Come on guys, this is a great game and the last year it has really been going down hill. It is all about money now.