Frustrated with game

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I am a level 77 player who has been playing for several years. I have a great neighborhood, although we aren't very fanatical. I have starting growing very annoyed at the increase in what I assume is bot activity in the game. For me, the newspaper is a joke! There is no way to actually look for what you might need as it will already have been bought by bots! And this is no longer confined to expansion materials. It applies to literally everything available. I just needed to vent and was wondering if I'm the only one feeling this way. I am seriously considering quitting the game as it seems impossible to advance or open land anymore. Any comments or suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Axraz

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I am a level 77 player who has been playing for several years. I have a great neighborhood, although we aren't very fanatical. I have starting growing very annoyed at the increase in what I assume is bot activity in the game. For me, the newspaper is a joke! There is no way to actually look for what you might need as it will already have been bought by bots! And this is no longer confined to expansion materials. It applies to literally everything available. I just needed to vent and was wondering if I'm the only one feeling this way. I am seriously considering quitting the game as it seems impossible to advance or open land anymore. Any comments or suggestions?

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There are many avid shoppers in the newspaper. You need to be quick. When I go on a shopping spree, I go for anything produced.

If if you see a suspicious farm, you can take a screenshot and report the farm to in game support. Likewise, if you suspect you are a victim of the bot buyer.

Welcome to the forums. It is easy to feel like things are not as fun as they used to be. Since your NH is not fanatical (I assume you mean in the derby), change the way you play. Concentrate on things you have control over. If you haven’t earned all your achievements, pick a few to work on. Work on earning full mastery on your machines. You still have a few machines to buy, so work on earning coin by selling in your RSS. Your neighbors and friends will love you. Choose more carefully the boats and trucks you do.

There is so much that you still can have fun with. At level 139, I still change up my game. I rarely use the DD, not because of bot activity, but because my barn is always full.

From what has been discussed here, SC is aware of the bot farms and they are trying to get rid of them. With the impending update, maybe working on bots is not in the forefront for several more days.

Why do you know that bots have bought?

Most of the time I am too slow / my internet connection is too slow.

I'm an avid shopper. I have not really noticed a decline in the percentage of the time I'm successful in getting a certain item, whether expansion tools, rare food items, fruit, etc. It is always hit or miss and the percentages are not high for anyone.

If you only go to the paper occassionally and only try one or two times, your luck will not be good. I rarely get anything on first paper, as I might not have opened it as soon as it was available. Close that one and wait patiently for the mail box to start wiggling and then immediately open the new paper and move quickly. Lather rinse and repeat. It is certainly possible to get good items if you stay at it, assuming you have a good Internet connection speed.

Edited to say I think it is too easy to blame all problems on bots. There is undoubtedly bot activity, but there are a great number of people looking for the same items you are and they may just be quicker or have a better connection.

Hay day is a Game of Frustration?
It's like you are frustrated from your best friends

I understand your frustrations. A player even Don't start selling his planks but somebody Bought it. I don't know if its botting of something. Second is expansion materials that IMO are too much to store in my 125 spacing barn. Or else maybe I'm wrong?

SamirMishra, you may want to look in the “New to HayDay?” Sub-forum. There is lots of information there that can give you ideas of how to build your barn and silo. It sounds that you may have leveled up too quickly. This game is not about speed but resource management.

Lots of posts in bugs and problems about so called "dog bots" that grab upgrade items.

Some ideas on how to rid your own game from infestation, but nothing material about removing the problem within the game as a whole.

Samir what level are you?

I'm level 96 and have been playing this game on multiple farms for over 3 years. There most definitely has been a change in the newspaper situation, I started to notice it about 4-6 months ago. There is nothing wrong with my internet connection, I have the same internet provider/connection that I always have, and there is no issue except for when I'm trying to buy from the newspaper. Even when I time it to open the paper to be the first in, all of the "good" items are already sold. The only reason I even bother anymore is because sometimes people will continue to add items and I can luck out and be the first to grab those, also it's great if I need low-demand items like chili popcorn and bacon & eggs, I never keep those in my barn because they are so easy to just buy when I need them. I don't know if the problem is "bots" or what it is but something definitely has changed. The bright side is that these recent changes had me come here to this forum to try to figure things out, and I have learned a lot including about the trading system so now I am going to try to do some trading instead of focusing so much on the newspaper. :)