New Release -- August 30th, 2011

[paulcr]

I really like the idea of the red sprinkler...I actually asked for something like that a couple of years ago. BUT the way it is setup to work just isn't logical. Fine if you can water only 1 time per day, but the double growth speed should continue through that day so if you harvest before the day is up and plant again the new plantings are on double growth too. Not knowing when you can water again and it will double the growth again (no I don't get the time to water pop-up when I hover over the sprinkler) is extremely frustrating....the whole thing is just too complex of a system to actually increase the enjoyment of the game. Also, the initial description of how it worked wasn't clear enough. Had it actually said that the double growth didn't pass along to the next planting if you harvested before that 24 hours was over. If it had been clear how difficult of a tool it is to use and you really don't get 24 hours of double growth if you havest and replant within that 24 hours I doubt I would have actually spent money to buy the FC to buy both sprinklers. Double growth speed....great concept. How it was presented and how it actually works...this is the first time I actually feel ripped off in all of the times I have paid for FC. I'm thinking either you need to change it so that the double growth speed applies to everthing planted on that farm within that 24 hours or offer a cash refund for those of us who paid for the sprinklers and they aren't working as advertised.

[SeaJay]

Originally Posted by paulcr

I really like the idea of the red sprinkler...I actually asked for something like that a couple of years ago. BUT the way it is setup to work just isn't logical. Fine if you can water only 1 time per day, but the double growth speed should continue through that day so if you harvest before the day is up and plant again the new plantings are on double growth too. Not knowing when you can water again and it will double the growth again (no I don't get the time to water pop-up when I hover over the sprinkler) is extremely frustrating....the whole thing is just too complex of a system to actually increase the enjoyment of the game. Also, the initial description of how it worked wasn't clear enough. Had it actually said that the double growth didn't pass along to the next planting if you harvested before that 24 hours was over. If it had been clear how difficult of a tool it is to use and you really don't get 24 hours of double growth if you havest and replant within that 24 hours I doubt I would have actually spent money to buy the FC to buy both sprinklers. Double growth speed....great concept. How it was presented and how it actually works...this is the first time I actually feel ripped off in all of the times I have paid for FC. I'm thinking either you need to change it so that the double growth speed applies to everthing planted on that farm within that 24 hours or offer a cash refund for those of us who paid for the sprinklers and they aren't working as advertised.

Also, I do remember reading that if we got the red sprinkler, that we would be able to water non-neighbors farms!!! What happened with that ..or did you make a boo boo releasing wrong info to soon??

[driverdave]

ok....heres how a humble colonial see's the new red sprinkler....

1 it can be used for ONE planting of crops PER FARM PER DAY (and does increase the crop maturation rate )
2 it also enables the speeded up growth of flowers (which only need irrigating once per day anyways

3 it was primarily designed to be used on 2 ,3 and 4 day crops (not so you can harvest a zillion raspberrys evrery hour ) of course it will work on shorter time crops but only at the usage rate in item 1

it allows the watering of non neighbours flowers but as stated does not increase the non neighbours crop maturation rate
It does work as advertised and is well worth the farmcash if used intelligently

and yes while i am here...THANKS RAUL for another great release keep em coming and may we please have a gift token system with an in game gift shoppe to redeem the tokens for what we really need/want

[KayGee]

Originally Posted by driverdave

ok....heres how a humble colonial see's the new red sprinkler....

1 it can be used for ONE planting of crops PER FARM PER DAY (and does increase the crop maturation rate )
2 it also enables the speeded up growth of flowers (which only need irrigating once per day anyways

3 it was primarily designed to be used on 2 ,3 and 4 day crops (not so you can harvest a zillion raspberrys evrery hour ) of course it will work on shorter time crops but only at the usage rate in item 1

it allows the watering of non neighbours flowers but as stated does not increase the non neighbours crop maturation rate
It does work as advertised and is well worth the farmcash if used intelligently

and yes while i am here...THANKS RAUL for another great release keep em coming and may we please have a gift token system with an in game gift shoppe to redeem the tokens for what we really need/want

I actually resent the implication that the desire to use the red sprinkler for crops of less than 2 days of growth time indicates lack of intelligence. If, in your opinion, it works well, that is strictly an opinion. There is no question that it is frustrating to use, even with a 2-day (20-hour) crop. Either it should irrigate newly-planted crops with no time restriction or at the VERY least match the time in terms of FarmTown days. I saw something about mousing over it to find out when you can water again, but I am not getting that. As I stated in a previous post, you can't even replant a 2-day (20-hour) crop and irrigate it right away. You have to wait 4 hours. Makes no sense. It needs tweaking, and the more people state that, perhaps the more likely it is to happen. If you're perfectly happy with it, that's great, but I don't think you need to disrespect the opinions of others.

[pangea009]

I have to agree with you... When I hover I don't see a clock or timer... I just for the first time planted my farm 11 and had not used the sprinkler... why would I? the farm was not in existence... and it tells me that I can only water once a day.... Ok... so if I had not ever watered it..... why can't I water?

[driverdave]

Originally Posted by KayGee

I actually resent the implication that the desire to use the red sprinkler for crops of less than 2 days of growth time indicates lack of intelligence. If, in your opinion, it works well, that is strictly an opinion. There is no question that it is frustrating to use, even with a 2-day (20-hour) crop. Either it should irrigate newly-planted crops with no time restriction or at the VERY least match the time in terms of FarmTown days. I saw something about mousing over it to find out when you can water again, but I am not getting that. As I stated in a previous post, you can't even replant a 2-day (20-hour) crop and irrigate it right away. You have to wait 4 hours. Makes no sense. It needs tweaking, and the more people state that, perhaps the more likely it is to happen. If you're perfectly happy with it, that's great, but I don't think you need to disrespect the opinions of others.

Missed my point...... i wasnt imputing a lack of intelligence at all and if you read the post fully you will see that i did say it can be used on less than 2 dayers but only as allowed in item 1 i.e one use per farm per day .
the mouseover isnt working but given that we know its only allowed one use per farm per day that should not be a problem
when i said used intelligently it was more of a '' plan ahead and make the best use of this item ""
and as far as the timing thng goes it has long been a whinge of a lot of people that the farmtown day didnt match the realtime day......what may have been better is just to quote the crop times in hours only or hours and minutes as it seems decimals are too hard for people to work out and i was in no way disrespecting the opinions of others and its not my fault if others get that impression ..... i named no names and quoted no quotes in that post so dont go pickin on me dearie its my opinion and some clarification as i see it for informational purposes

[Bonnie Jo]

Originally Posted by driverdave

3 it was primarily designed to be used on 2 ,3 and 4 day crops (not so you can harvest a zillion raspberrys evrery hour ) of course it will work on shorter time crops but only at the usage rate in item 1

Could you point me to where it says that in the release notes?

[driverdave]

Originally Posted by Bonnie Jo

Could you point me to where it says that in the release notes?

the post is all about how i see it not any copying from release notes so it wont show that there ...however there is the scenario that some people (note i didnt say you!!! ) ...if they could.....would repetitively plant short time crops to gain exps and lvls etc

[suepatches]

Ok I did not know that the other sprinkler was in storage (guess I believed the everything is in the tool box idea) so, never mind. Thanks for the help.

[SeaJay]

Originally Posted by driverdave

ok....heres how a humble colonial see's the new red sprinkler....

1 it can be used for ONE planting of crops PER FARM PER DAY (and does increase the crop maturation rate )
2 it also enables the speeded up growth of flowers (which only need irrigating once per day anyways

3 it was primarily designed to be used on 2 ,3 and 4 day crops (not so you can harvest a zillion raspberrys evrery hour ) of course it will work on shorter time crops but only at the usage rate in item 1

it allows the watering of non neighbours flowers but as stated does not increase the non neighbours crop maturation rate
It does work as advertised and is well worth the farmcash if used intelligently

and yes while i am here...THANKS RAUL for another great release keep em coming and may we please have a gift token system with an in game gift shoppe to redeem the tokens for what we really need/want

Let me just add that the devs also made it so that the crops waste in the original amount of time!! They could have made it so that it's waste time was cut in half too. That's a huge bonus. Crops in half the time.......but it's almost like having double the time before they waste!!!