New Release -- December 22nd, 2009 - UPDATE

[bradwill]

Originally Posted by Wild

A word of caution here.... they did not say that they WERE going to change it back, they said "most likely we will be reverting to the old version" and since making that announcement many more have expressed the desire to leave it the way it is, so we are not sure what will happen at this point.

According to what everyone sees at the top of their FarmTown screen, the above you just stated isn't accurate:

Hello Farmers! In order to minimize lost XP/coins we did some changes to the way the game works when you are hired, but we are restoring the old version sometime today due to popular demand. Thanks.

[Efwis]

Originally Posted by Crazydee332

I'm very disappointed that Zygna has gone back to the "old way" I absolutely hate that way. I find it way too slow, it really drags, and takes forever to harvest your crops and plow. The new way, i could hire 2 people to harvest my crops and plow, and now i have to hire over a dozen just to plow and harvest so the job gets done quickly. Not everyone has time to sit and harvest and plow their crops for more than an hour or longer. You have now taken the fun out of playing the game! Some of us do work, and have other commitments that take up our time and actually enjoy the new way...It use to take me hours to harvest and plow and now it only takes about15-20 min now (the new way). I've never experienced lost coins or exp points. I will not be playing this game as much anymore, Zgyna, you have ruined this game for me!~

umm, zynga makes farmville not farmtown. i think you meant slashkey. if not then you are in the wrong forum. lol.

[Lynjoe]

Personally, either way is fine with me. I didn't like the change at first, but it's kinda growing on me. You guys have brought us such a great game and I'm sure you know what is best for the overall concept. It's fun and all of the ups and downs, in and outs, are like real life. It happens.

I personally do not enjoy working on a farm where too many farmers have been hired. I try not to do it myself with hiring or working. It becomes a circus. When I am hired from the marketplace, I would like to have confidence that going to that particular farm will be worth my time. The new way works fine unless there are too many workers on the farm.

But...forget about it for now and spend Christmas with your family. Thanks for giving us Farmtown.

[Lttlfarmgal]

The old way sucks! Please don`t do it! You can`t go to the next plot until the one you`re on is done. Now we`ll have to deal with that "wait I`m busy" message or the "saving...saving...saving..." problem all over again! The new way is so much better.....click ahead, it enques, and your on your way. I never lost coins or XP...it all caught up whenever I left the farms I was working on. Please don`t go back to the fricken stone age. And....I think it should be up to the farm owner as to how many workers they want to hire.

[Phnhh]

Limiting the amount of workers hired is not a bad idea. What is frustrating with hiring just one worker is the fact they have to either harvest or plow one plot at a time. If you hire one worker, at least give the option of having them work on 4 plots at a time - using your fuel reserve so they do not get penalized for their own fuel store.
Just an idea....

[Stormy Gail]

Hello Farmers! In order to minimize lost XP/coins we did some changes to the way the game works when you are hired, but we are restoring the old version sometime today due to popular demand. Thanks.

I just harvested after being hired from the MP...geeeeeeeeeee, back to the old slow as a snail way of harvesting and plowing....

I have a suggestion, maybe give everyone a choice of the way they want to play the game..the old slow way or the new version of fast as lightening...I really don't care how many ppl the other farmers hire to harvest and plow, it's my choice to either stay or leave...tis the American way eh..????

[mshboop]

I think there would have been less complaining had we had some instruction or notice about the changes that were taking place. Actually, I found myself quite liking the new method. It sure kept my movements very organized and economical. I found that by the end of the night, I was able to do just as much work as before (and as fast). Just planning a little was all it took. Going to the far side of a farm initially was all that was needed. No bumping or fighting other farmers. What a joke.

Maybe there should be a cap on hiring. Say a ratio to what is available on the farm to be harvested or plowed. Maybe that is a technical nightmare. Or the amount of hirees could be limited to what level you have achieved. Personally, I don't mind hiring just 2 or 3 at a time. I know I appreciate not going to an "ant den" to work.

I agree that the avatar was a little distracting moving and counting all along the way. Maybe if it could be turned a little transparent while it moves along with you. But I dare say, we would have all gotten used to it. Why, I remember when I used to have to trick the avatar into staying under the trees while I worked!

The big icon that appears while planting makes it a little hard when using the seeder at a distance. It takes up the vision of where you are trying to plant and that makes it a little cumbersome.

Just a little (not so critical) feedback. Love the game. Can't wait for more levels past 60 now. And Thank YOU!

[sunide]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Guy

A job well done, the new update is great. If the developers let themselves be pushed around by a few unhappy players then that's just to bad. It seems everyone who is complaining is complaining about the speed. I've had more compliments about my speed tonight than ever before. The speed has not changed at all and now you have to make every click of your mouse count. You have improved the game for the masses and that's who the game is for right?

It will be a mistake if you go back to the way it was before 12.22.2009. With this update you have leveled the playing field and made the game more challenging and interesting. Do you want FT to be fair and challenging, the same for everyone or is the game for the few who wine the loudest. The new update does take the hop-scotchers out of the picture, some folks call them harvest hogs or plow pigs. We all know who they are, they don't know how to have a strategy with the game. The new way you had better have a strategy or you will work your way in to a corner and take forever walking to get to your next plot to harvest or plow. If the developers spend some time in the markets listening the players they will see some complain sure but the masses are still playing the game, just like before. As a matter of fact there happen to be more new names in the marketplace tonight. Raul, this game is for everyone, not just the whiners who can't really play. Make every mouse click count, have a strategy and really learn how the game works, not just wildly clicking here and there. If other games were that way think of the chaos it would cause in a shooters game, or any game for that matter. Leave the new upgrade the way it is if you really want the game to be for the masses, for the every average person who wants to play it.

I've only been able to score about 500,000 coins tonight and about 7,000 XP points. It is just like any other night if you really want to play. Give the new system an honest try before you cave in to the whiners. You've got millions of players, don't make a decision for everyone on what a few dozen have to say in this forum.

Because of a few people coming ot the forum complaining....

[JonVDB]

Originally Posted by L'il Srek

I first thought there was something was wrong with Farm Town. After I read on the Forum that this was a new release I just went back and played the game. I actually found that my plowing and harvesting speed was the same or a little faster. The biggest plus was that there wasn't any other plowers and harvesters just clicking all over the screen to get as many points/coins as possible, i.e. not plowing and harvesting in a logical manner. Please don't change it back.

You haven't played the game long enough evidently. "Speed-harvesting" is a very special technique, used in response to the introduction of "cued" harvesting. It allows harvesters who were "good", to be "good" again. Contrary to what you may see in some fast harvesters, a good "speed harvester" is an asset to a farmer. He/she will clean the farm fast, leaving no stray crops. A good "speed harvester" does not start blasting from the entry point, but rather start as close to the top as possible... right to left, top to bottom as fast as you can to get 70-80% (minimum) of the crops. After clearing a large section, you go back and clean up your misses. It's a very fast and competitive technique. If you are not into competitive games, go to Pogo and play Old Maid!

[MsEbonique]

I love the new way.... it keeps people from cutting you off. You will be in one corner and before you know it they are right up under you and there is a whole field to be done. They will go up the middle so you have no wherre to go. I think the new way can be done a little better, but please do not go all the way back to the old way. People get greedy and try to get the very last one. All I ask for is remember there are other people on the field with you and let them have a chance to. The ones that do not like the new way are the ones that will cut you off in a minute. Yesterday was WONDERFUL I was able to plow or harvest and have no one trying to push me out of the way. Just try to meet everyone in the middle, but going back to the old way. Not good. Yes, I have left many rooms just for that reason being in the bottom left cormer, by myself... the top half no one is working, but they will come and work where I am. Why? You can come back and say well leave... Why should I. Everyone has a right to work on a farm, but to put up with rude people... We shouldn't have to. The only thing I saw that could have been worked out better was waiting for the AV to get started. But having the AV with you I think it is the coolest thing. It really shows you who the rude people are. Thank you facebook for trying to help the underdog. Some people computers are faster than others and not everyone can go out and by new ones. And please don't come back on me because everyone knows I'm telling the truth. Thanks for listing, but don't go back just make what you did a little better.