Retire the chickens,cows, goats, pigs, sheep

The following proposal is inspired by a post written by HD Game Designer camicami on March 11, 2016.

"Quick game design 101:
In game design, there is a concept called inflation. As players advance in the game, their means of accumulating currency increase. In Hay Day, the prices of the buildings go up because of this. But with decos, we prefer to keep them all relatively affordable, regardless of in which level they unlock. But they still need to be able to remove significant amounts of currency from the economy, which is why they increase in price per unit purchased. So initially they might be a breeze, but as you accumulate them (if you so wish) they become more effective in balancing out the surplus in the economy..."

https://forum.supercell.com/showthre...=1#post6835004

As players progress in the game, they will reach a critical point in the game when they have bought all available machines and accumulated a big pile of coins. We high level farmers play less often because there are no more mountains to climb. I would like to make the following proposal to remove significant amounts of currency from the game economy and motivate us to play often to make and sell goods, contributing to the diversity of the Daily Dirt.

Retire the chickens, cows, goats, pigs, and sheep and send them to an animal sanctuary to live out their lives. Now high level farmers must buy replacement livestock but at a higher cost than the original price. Team Hay Day knows how much coins we have stockpiled so they will set the price accordingly to remove significant coins from the game economy.

We may visit our retired livestock at the sanctuary appropriately named Animal Farm and feed them to get item drops.

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Originally Posted by LynnK2015

Retire the chickens, cows, goats, pigs, and sheep and send them to an animal sanctuary to live out their lives. Now high level farmers must buy replacement livestock but at a higher cost than the original price. Team Hay Day knows how much coins we have stockpiled so they will set the price accordingly to remove significant coins from the game economy.

We may visit our retired livestock at the sanctuary appropriately named Animal Farm and feed them to get item drops.

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What a novel idea, Lynn!

As a keeper of ex-commercial chickens IRL it really appeals to me. The HD chickens can lay an egg every 20 minutes; that production rate makes my hens look like freeloading slackers!

Having the opportunity to retire farm animals may also appeal to those farmers who have come to regret having bought certain ones. They could perhaps retire some or all of the goats, for example, and not replace them.

Interesting idea indeed ... but after how long time you retire the chickens for example ?

... after they lay 1000 eggs ? or 10000 maybe ?

... or does it depends on your farm level ?

... from a programming perspective you can add a timer (or a counter) on each chicken ... but all this
adds up to the overall processing time ... almost everything in HD have a timer attached from this little
piece of land with wheat on it to this jelly beans inside your candy machine ... And I am not talking about
those banana trees :smirk:

I think that there are better ways of removing coins from the game, such as adding new decos that are available for coins. Also, there have been requests new for decos to be bought with coins.

In addition, I don't like the idea of constantly needing to buy chickens and other animals. I would rather buy golden path pieces and golden fence pieces.

Thank you,

Susanna

I would pay a million coins to not have clothes on my animals ALL SUMMER LONG and ALL WINTER LONG -- I like my natural animals the best.

And I would be happy to buy A BOATLOAD of different fall-colored trees at 10/20K coins each, even if they increase with each purchase.

Laugh! I love the summer and winter themes! They crack me up!

Although my animals do seem a bit nekkid when they go back to *normal*.... ;)

Retire the sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, and goats? Have you gone mad!?! We need the milk, cheese, and eggs for gameplay!!!

Also I like those decorations on them in the winter. Granny goats--with the scarves around their necks. The earmuffs on the chickens ears, because their ears get cold and there's no way to cover them when it snows. The sheep with antlers, so when you sheer them, they look like reindeer. I forget what the pigs and cows have on them. Do cows have scarves on them too?

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Originally Posted by Midori669

Retire the sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, and goats? Have you gone mad!?! We need the milk, cheese, and eggs for gameplay!!!

Also I like those decorations on them in the winter. Granny goats--with the scarves around their necks. The earmuffs on the chickens ears, because their ears get cold and there's no way to cover them when it snows. The sheep with antlers, so when you sheer them, they look like reindeer. I forget what the pigs and cows have on them. Do cows have scarves on them too?

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They do! The cows wear a green scarf around their neck, while the goats wear a purple scarf over their heads. And the pigs wear Santa hats!

PS -- I also love the themes!

While this is a novel idea I'm not sure how having to replace something that I have already been using actually adds to the enjoyment of the game. I don't mind paying money, even diamonds where it makes playing the game more enjoyable. But to feel forced to replace something isn't what I think Hay Day is about.

If I have to buy new chickens they better lay me some special eggs!

I also think the costumes are rather silly. Maybe special costumes for a few weeks at Christmas or Halloween are okay.

Lol! Can't stop picturing a retirement home for the animals, with the cows in wheelchairs or chickens on Zimmer frames. They could come on day trips to the farm ( or the new zoo,/campsite whatever it might be), sit on the beach and eat ice cream.��