New Tweaks?

It seems to me that in the past few weeks the items dropped , rewards for events and even derby prizes changed.
I noticed it most on a 103 level farm, it is not so noticeable in my level 65 baby farm. I hardly get Bems , fewer Sems and an enormous number of Lems, mining tools or vouchers. My last prizes for event were ridiculous. This week, with only one goalpost to go there isn't a single Bem in prizes and about 4 Sems. This is seriously annoying, as you all know there is always one tool you get less than others, and now it is a lucky week when I get 2 of those.

Another change I noticed, but am not sure if it is a tweak or not are truck orders. They are very low in points and ask for absurd stuff. Last truck task I did set me down 30 lobsters (and I deleted a lot) and had my dairy working non stop for 2 days to try and re stock itens that used butter and cheese. I think SC did not compensate for the number of new products for higher levels that demand dairy products , but I wonder if it was not on purpose

To my knowledge there has been no balance tweaks done in a looooong time. :saywhat: I can check back with Cam, but at least I am not aware of any such changes.

Cheers,

Nick

Thanks for prompt response. If this is not a tweak then I'd better go find good luck charms, for then my farm is jinxed :).
In other threads I have seen mention of the truck orders

I concur... BEMS and SEMS have become scarce for me too. Green vouchers, mallets, stakes, TEMS, etc seem to be the predominant reward my farm generates now. Makes it kinda pointless but I'm hoping it's just part of a temporary thing and that it will soon balance out.

I do think that lots of people are getting unwanted items because the hours after the derby has finished have turned the Daily Dirt into a shopping mall for some expansion items.

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Originally Posted by anagfm

It seems to me that in the past few weeks the items dropped , rewards for events and even derby prizes changed.
I noticed it most on a 103 level farm, it is not so noticeable in my level 65 baby farm. I hardly get Bems , fewer Sems and an enormous number of Lems, mining tools or vouchers. My last prizes for event were ridiculous. This week, with only one goalpost to go there isn't a single Bem in prizes and about 4 Sems. This is seriously annoying, as you all know there is always one tool you get less than others, and now it is a lucky week when I get 2 of those.

Another change I noticed, but am not sure if it is a tweak or not are truck orders. They are very low in points and ask for absurd stuff. Last truck task I did set me down 30 lobsters (and I deleted a lot) and had my dairy working non stop for 2 days to try and re stock itens that used butter and cheese. I think SC did not compensate for the number of new products for higher levels that demand dairy products , but I wonder if it was not on purpose

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Regarding the truck,,,, I have notice that too,, low points for hard to do items,,and an increase in the products amount,,, I'm not liking it.

I've noticed a higher drop rate for LEMS from farming and harvesting animals, but Ive received more BEM and SEMs than usual from derby and last week's event

My drop rates are just heavily biased towards certain items - in my case, land deeds, bolts and screws. I haven't noticed a lack of BEMs and SEMs, just that they're always the same ones. But according to the forums, that's normal. I've hardly had any axes in a while.

I've noticed the truck orders are very hit and miss. Sometimes I get good ones, sometimes there's a whole board of low coin, low XP ones asking for ridiculous stuff, like 25 bags of sugar (for less than 300 coin + 300 XP), 15 pots of honey, 18 beeswax, numerous lobster tails, duck feathers. Or two to three jams PLUS a handful of other items for sometimes less than 300 XP. So yeah, I have wondered if there's been a tweak there too.

I don't think my drop rates have changed. Lotsa planks, lotsa screws. Panels and tape are rare. Many TEMs and LEMs to flush but it doesn't seem like any more than usual.

I haven't noticed much difference after the optional update and I have been hyper-harvesting for a couple of days.

My saws gave dried up and I am getting a lot more LEM than usual. I am also short tapes, which for 3 years had been my most plentiful BEM drop. Something happened, I think, about 3 months ago to the rates.

I don't see any change. I seem to get the same one's. Saws are rare these days though. Tapes and panels have always been rare. This has never changed for me.

I have to say I've gotten a high number of panels and tapes as derby rewards. I've been wondering if the game knows that those are my rare items or if it learns from the fact that I always choose those. I guess it's more likely that it's pure luck and the fact that there are options in the prizes so it's more likely. If so I hope my luck continues.. Wasn't as lucky this week as usual though.