Feedback from diamond confirmation test group

So having tried out the double tap to confirm diamond usage here are my thoughts. It does not impede my gameplay in any way. When I want to spend diamonds i am not in the least put off or deterred from doing so by having to tap again. It actually makes me feel more secure in spending them because I am sure I won't waste more a couple taps or swipes later. I think the double tap option is a great solution to such a common problem everyone has. I would love to see it implemented to everyone soon. Wish I had it a few months ago when I spend over 300 diamonds in a single tap buying nails on my hubby's farm, but so glad to have it now.

To sum up i have spent more diamonds since the update than I had in months previously. I think it is great and I would feel much more comfortable now buying diamonds since i know they will be spent on things that actually benefit my farm. Thanks SC for working on this. Hope to see everyone having it soon.

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

So having tried out the double tap to confirm diamond usage here are my thoughts. It does not impede my gameplay in any way. When I want to spend diamonds i am not in the least put off or deterred from doing so by having to tap again. It actually makes me feel more secure in spending them because I am sure I won't waste more a couple taps or swipes later. I think the double tap option is a great solution to such a common problem everyone has. I would love to see it implemented to everyone soon. Wish I had it a few months ago when I spend over 300 diamonds in a single tap buying nails on my hubby's farm, but so glad to have it now.

To sum up i have spent more diamonds since the update than I had in months previously. I think it is great and I would feel much more comfortable now buying diamonds since i know they will be spent on things that actually benefit my farm. Thanks SC for working on this. Hope to see everyone having it soon.

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Good to hear they are testing it!!! :-)

I've had the diamond test button for a couple of months and I completely agree with the op, it's great and doesn't diminish my game play at all.

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

Hope to see everyone having it soon.

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Can't agree more. Thx for update :)

Great thread. I hope more testers add to it.

How does one get to test this? I'd love to test it. It would save all those diamonds i have lost by being so hasty. Roll on theimplementation of it soon

I too got the double tap feature to spend diamonds and i love it. It has saved me several diamonds already that i would have spent by accident and then when i was ready to use my diamonds it didnt interrupt my game play. Once you know its there you know to double tap the button. I hope they make it permanent.

I would love to get that confirmation also, but we may all get it, or in some form be part of the "test program" but i believe that no one will try and spend some more "non-accidentally" diamonds to see if it's part of the program.

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Originally Posted by Lornamay

How does one get to test this? I'd love to test it. It would save all those diamonds i have lost by being so hasty. Roll on theimplementation of it soon

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People who get to test this is a random group of people so there isn't anything someone can do to have this test. If someone does get it you see the scarecrow pop up with a short message about this feature.

I am pretty sure the test is not to see if confirmation works, or how best to implement it, but how it affects the purchase of diamonds. If everyone in the confirmation test group would buy a bunch of diamonds, and everyone NOT in the test group would STOP buying diamonds, I bet it would roll out system-wide in the next update!

Im one of the lucky ones to be chosen for the second round of testing, and I have to agree with this...

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

I have spent more diamonds since the update than I had in months previously. I think it is great and I would feel much more comfortable now buying diamonds since i know they will be spent on things that actually benefit my farm.

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When I first began playing I had no idea how precious diamonds were or what they were used for, so when I lost them by speeding up crops or placing/scrapping DD ads, I didn't realize I was literally throwing money away. Once the lightbulb came on, I've jealously guarded every one like....well...diamonds! I've only had one major loss which made my stomach do backflips and that was 80 for tapes when I wasn't ready for an expansion. Ive been VERY careful since. It was a tough lesson.

Since I got the CB, I too have spent more diamonds than I have in months. I've no problem spending them on items that I want when I want them, but just not on tapes right after a barn upgrade or instant wheat. Double tapping hasn't impeded game play at all, instead it has given a sense of security for not having to be extra watchful of those shiny little rocks! I say thumbs up and time to let all players benefit from this much requested feature!

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Originally Posted by rugrats2001

I am pretty sure the test is not to see if confirmation works, or how best to implement it, but how it affects the purchase of diamonds. If everyone in the confirmation test group would buy a bunch of diamonds, and everyone NOT in the test group would STOP buying diamonds, I bet it would roll out system-wide in the next update!

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Exactly how I view the "testing".

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Originally Posted by LadyJEM5

Im one of the lucky ones to be chosen for the second round of testing, and I have to agree with this...



When I first began playing I had no idea how precious diamonds were or what they were used for, so when I lost them by speeding up crops or placing/scrapping DD ads, I didn't realize I was literally throwing money away. Once the lightbulb came on, I've jealously guarded every one like....well...diamonds! I've only had one major loss which made my stomach do backflips and that was 80 for tapes when I wasn't ready for an expansion. Ive been VERY careful since. It was a tough lesson.

Since I got the CB, I too have spent more diamonds than I have in months. I've no problem spending them on items that I want when I want them, but just not on tapes right after a barn upgrade or instant wheat. Double tapping hasn't impeded game play at all, instead it has given a sense of security for not having to be extra watchful of those shiny little rocks! I say thumbs up and time to let all players benefit from this much requested feature!

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Hi LayyGem5 , I've a question for you ( as I know your a regular on here & I love reading your poems )
Since you've been testing the CB , have you purchased more diamonds than usual ?
My philosophy on this is, if we all had the CB I'm sure SC would sell a lot more diamonds ( well at least to the pro farmers).
By pro I mean not newbies.
I've not bought any sine Xmas because of the accidental loss of many. I've worked hard for the ones I've got now ( well did have pre update). And although I've lost my free ones it's not been as tough as to the lost of the purchased ones.:cool:

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Originally Posted by rugrats2001

I am pretty sure the test is not to see if confirmation works, or how best to implement it, but how it affects the purchase of diamonds. If everyone in the confirmation test group would buy a bunch of diamonds, and everyone NOT in the test group would STOP buying diamonds, I bet it would roll out system-wide in the next update!

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Originally Posted by rugrats2001

I am pretty sure the test is not to see if confirmation works, or how best to implement it, but how it affects the purchase of diamonds. If everyone in the confirmation test group would buy a bunch of diamonds, and everyone NOT in the test group would STOP buying diamonds, I bet it would roll out system-wide in the next update!

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Yes! EXACTLY!!

I have only had the confirmation button since the newest update and love it. I've used it to add slots to my new machines and it worked perfectly, no accidental spending of diamonds whatsoever. Makes me more confident when working around my farm! SC I think you should implement this game-wide in your next maintenance update. If you do, I think I will spend some real $$$ to buy diamonds so I can add that Holiday tree to my collection of seasonal decorations before it disappears for a year. It would be a wonderful Christmas present for all those faithful farmers out there. Thanks for listening!

I got the double tap confirmation button after the recent update, ( I think earlier testers have a press and hold button) I love it, it works really well.
I haven't bought any diamonds for about 6 months, as I had a decent supply which was constantly topped up by finding them during the game. So i havent really needed to buy any.

So I wonder if SC will be less generous with the diamond winnings if they do roll out the confirmation button to everyone?
but when I do use them up, I would feel more secure in buying another lot.

I am considered a fair minded person so when I complain about something, it isn't trivial but when I get results, I also share that.

I just got an answer to my long over due trouble ticket about diamonds disappearing after logging off. They apologized for the delay and said my ticket got lost in the system, and asked me to confirm the number that I lost. Since it had been some time I couldn't remember and told them that. BUT i also told them that I was just as pleased that they responded and also pleased that they were working on a confirmation button and that was enough for me, for now. However I also told them that until a button was released I was not likely to buy anymore diamonds because the added stress of worrying that I might accidentally spend or lose them wasn't worth it since I play to relax.

So that's my story so far. My question to the testing people. Are they asking you for feedback? What feedback are they looking for? How will they know that it is working. Have they shared that with you. Any of you who had the first type of button. Did they communicate with you to get your feedback? i wonder how that all works. When I was alpha/ beta tester for a pocket pc game we were given access to a spreadsheet to report bugs and problems. Is that being done here?

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Originally Posted by Tiggerr129

I am considered a fair minded person so when I complain about something, it isn't trivial but when I get results, I also share that.

I just got an answer to my long over due trouble ticket about diamonds disappearing after logging off. They apologized for the delay and said my ticket got lost in the system, and asked me to confirm the number that I lost. Since it had been some time I couldn't remember and told them that. BUT i also told them that I was just as pleased that they responded and also pleased that they were working on a confirmation button and that was enough for me, for now. However I also told them that until a button was released I was not likely to buy anymore diamonds because the added stress of worrying that I might accidentally spend or lose them wasn't worth it since I play to relax.

So that's my story so far. My question to the testing people. Are they asking you for feedback? What feedback are they looking for? How will they know that it is working. Have they shared that with you. Any of you who had the first type of button. Did they communicate with you to get your feedback? i wonder how that all works. When I was alpha/ beta tester for a pocket pc game we were given access to a spreadsheet to report bugs and problems. Is that being done here?

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We've only had the button for a week, but they haven't asked for feedback yet... And can't imagine how they would personally contact each and everyone of us.. So I reckon they will just monitor us? See if we buy and use diamonds?
I wonder for how long the trial is for, and will they take it off us if they decide its a no-go?

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Originally Posted by HappyHelen

Hi LayyGem5 , I've a question for you ( as I know your a regular on here & I love reading your poems )
Since you've been testing the CB , have you purchased more diamonds than usual ?
My philosophy on this is, if we all had the CB I'm sure SC would sell a lot more diamonds ( well at least to the pro farmers).
By pro I mean not newbies.
I've not bought any sine Xmas because of the accidental loss of many. I've worked hard for the ones I've got now ( well did have pre update). And although I've lost my free ones it's not been as tough as to the lost of the purchased ones.:cool:

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Hi there, Helen! To answer your question, no, Ive not purchased any more diamonds than usual. In fact, I'm one of the ones who has never purchased any. My cache is the hard won free ones and from SC's generosity in naming me the monthly contest winner in October, but with the CB, I would definitely be more inclined to spend real world coin for diamonds now than before. Your last sentence pretty much sums it up for me. It's less a loss if the freebies disappear than if real money paid for them.

oh, and thank you for the compliment! Very much appreciated!

aw I want the test wasted about 20 diamonds already ( is that like nothing)

I just want to say that while I am not upset about the diamonds I lose (because I don't spend money on this game) ...

I have lost more diamonds, cumulatively, than I have earned for achievements and my fishing book, combined.

This is the ONLY reason that I have not, and continue to refuse to, spend real money on this game.

I am waiting until I have confirmation among all areas of the game before I EVER spend real money on it.

It's an excellent game, and I know SC is doing their best to appease everyone while still not throwing their business under the bus.

But for folks like me, we will either be playing for free and supporting the community the best we can, or we will get a confirmation button and contribute real money to the company.

Either way, we are supporting SC.

And personally, I will never get upset about losing free diamonds. Sometimes I seem to get more of them than should be normal, as well. SC giveth and SC taketh away, I suppose ;)

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

So having tried out the double tap to confirm diamond usage here are my thoughts. It does not impede my gameplay in any way. When I want to spend diamonds i am not in the least put off or deterred from doing so by having to tap again. It actually makes me feel more secure in spending them because I am sure I won't waste more a couple taps or swipes later. I think the double tap option is a great solution to such a common problem everyone has. I would love to see it implemented to everyone soon...

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I was lucky enough to have been chosen for the testing and I agree with all of the above. I think it's great!

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Originally Posted by LadyJEM5

Hi there, Helen! To answer your question, no, Ive not purchased any more diamonds than usual. In fact, I'm one of the ones who has never purchased any. My cache is the hard won free ones and from SC's generosity in naming me the monthly contest winner in October, but with the CB, I would definitely be more inclined to spend real world coin for diamonds now than before. Your last sentence pretty much sums it up for me. It's less a loss if the freebies disappear than if real money paid for them.

oh, and thank you for the compliment! Very much appreciated!

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Thank you LadyJEM5 for your reply. You've also answered one of my theory's I did have ( oh I've really got to stop thinking so deeply about this CB )lol. :cool: I thought that SC may have been just testing it only on the farmers who DID buy diamonds , but obviously this is not the case .
Well until SC have done their testing on this , we"ll all have to be extra extra extra careful ! My heart goes out to all the farmers who play on iPhones & iPods , as I could not endure this. I play on my iPad & when I nip onto my sons iPod to help him out, I find it a nightmare.In fact he's always asking to have a look at his farm on my iPad so he can get a good overall view of it. :cool: Bless him, I can see Santa's maybe bringing him a mini iPad next year, he did actually say this year for his birthday he wanted anything with an i in front of it ! I mentioned an eye patch , but he was having none of it . Lol:cool:

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Originally Posted by NeoTurtle

I was lucky enough to have been chosen for the testing and I agree with all of the above. I think it's great!

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Me too.

And I've only bought diamonds once and that was when I first started playing many many many moons ago and then it was just the smallest pack because my husband "helped" and filled truck orders for me using my valuable sugar so I was two short for my boat order for captain iii!

i like the double click, no interruption to game play and much more difficult to accidentally spend. It works great supercell, time to roll it out to all!

the confirmation button is great, and you would hardly notice it if you tap too fast though! i almost spend diamonds on soybeans yesterday night and did a double take at the second tap... anyhow it did saved some of my diamonds...

so, if you are aiming for seamless, you definitely got it SC...

Also have the confirmation button since last update, it's fantastic, no more accidentally speeding up wheat as I harvest. I am also one of those players who doesn't spend real world money on diamonds, though I might reconsider now that I know I won't accidentally waste them on something trivial.

I learnt from a forum that the confirmation button now available and was so happy. Then I tried with a wheat field and...lost 1 diamond feeling like fall from heaven to hell without any clue. Now I see that only a test group were selected. Hope we all soon have the button :)

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Originally Posted by Joyfultrees

I learnt from a forum that the confirmation button now available and was so happy. Then I tried with a wheat field and...lost 1 diamond feeling like fall from heaven to hell without any clue. Now I see that only a test group were selected. Hope we all soon have the button :)

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I dont have conf button! How come?

OK - so we all have begged for the diamond confirmation button ...... Forever. Many of us have doubts that SC is really serious about ever changing this. When things get rolling on these threads, SC or the moderators, are quick to close down the thread and point us to the link where we can vent ..... To avoid 'clutter.'

So I will not complain about the button, or lack of it, but rather ask some other pointed questions about the current testing of a confirmation button.

1) we have heard that a random selection of users received this test version. How were those random users chosen? From what I have read of people who have it, they appear to be lower level farms or baby farms to much larger farms. Was that a Coincidence or Planned? Many do not spend or have no intention of spending on diamonds - button or no button. Many appear to be infrequent players too.

2) Exactly How many people are included in the test group? If SC does not want to divulge specifics, then what is the percentage of the total farms that received the button.

3) Is there a formal process for these test farms to report their opinions and findings (follow up survey, dedicated site to report pros and cons, etc) or is SC just going to wait and see if anyone comments on the forum boards? A lot of the testers did not know they had it. If you do not try to spend diamonds, how would you know?

4) And last but not least, it does seem very odd that other changes which impacted the way the game is played and are almost evenly divided as to if it was good or bad for the game (help on the DD ads, shaded boxes, names of buyers) are implemented with no warning or similar test group. The UI issue that Nick mentioned just before our new moderator took over (that they may have to go back to square one) rings a little hollow to those of us who have a more than passing knowledge of IT and programming. It looks like a set up to set expections very low on a rollout to everyone in the very near future.

So, those are my comments. I (and others) would welcome any feedback from SC, to this thread. Or ..... You can just close the thread and point us to the same link to avoid 'clutter.'

Excellent post. And I hope it doesn't get moved but responded to with specific and true answers to your questions, not by a mod, but by SC

I'm not sure about SC's motivation either. I dont see that it would be a 'back to drawing board' necessity. If the trial can be sent out to some players, why not all of us? Do it for a set period and then look at the findings. Seems more fair than just a random number- how many? What criterior was used to select the lucky few? Hopefully we will all have a great surprise when we find that we all have a confirmation button in our Christmas stockings- no harm in wishful thinking eh?

In case you want to merge threads Cricks here's a link to the first one...

Feedback from diamond confirmation test group

1). I don't know how many you're talking about but personally, aside from my own baby farm, the only person I've read mentioning their babycalso being invthe test group is MarySC. So with only 2 baby farms, I do think it's a coincidence. Also, although I don't know what level Mary's baby farm is, mine in level 64 and although it's not super high, I wouldn't call it low. I might not be playing on it nearly as much as my pink farm, you can kind of get a hum of how much it's been played on for it to be level 54. I think many farms that's within the test group is around this level as it somehow represents an "average leveled player".

2). Idk.

3). All testers SHOULD show that they have it. The scarecrow which usually pops up for tutorials popped up telling us about it so it's quite hard to somehow miss it. From what I've read around the forum it's the people who ARE NOT testers that are confused if they have it or not, understandably, as the scarecrow didn't visit non-testers to rub it in their face that there's a test group but they didn't make the cut. Idk about follow up serveys but I think they do moniter feedback from FB, twitter and here at the forum. Or maybe they can collect data of how much this function is being used.

4). I'm not sure on how long you've played so maybe you don't how bad things can get if something is added to the game (for everyone) and then taken back but I've been playing for over a year and once upon a time, it wasn't possible to ask for help with boats. Then it was and all crates could be open, it was awesome and that period of time was my all time favorite because I was having so much fun being busy filling crate. Then they changed itand limited it to 3 crates per boat and the form as a REAL mess for over a month, I kid you not. People were furious, the forum became hostile and so many people stopped playing. So I do understand why they choose to proceed carefully with a test group first, although I wonder how long this will be tested as I think it's great and would like for everyone to get to utilize it.

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Originally Posted by TonysFarm

1) we have heard that a random selection of users received this test version. How were those random users chosen? From what I have read of people who have it, they appear to be lower level farms or baby farms to much larger farms. Was that a Coincidence or Planned? Many do not spend or have no intention of spending on diamonds - button or no button. Many appear to be infrequent players too.

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by definition Random users are chosen "at Random" once you introduce criteria, i.e. lower level, infrequent etc, the process is no longer considered random.

Has any tester ever been contacted by SC for feedback?

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Originally Posted by dls881

Has any tester ever been contacted by SC for feedback?

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As I posted earlier today in the wrong thread, I have not been contacted for feedback.

I'm not sure exactly when I got the confirmation button. I started playing Hay Day right before Halloween. I ended up at these forums when I ran a search on how to get friends besides facebook. It was after reading the forums that I discovered I had accidently been using diamonds myself.

Shortly after that I got the confirmation button and still have it. I love it, have not lost a diamond since. I have accidently hit it numerous times, but then this little blue and yellow exclamation point pops up and it says tap again to confirm. I have not once(at least not that I am aware of)tapped a second time by accident. I always tap somewhere else on my farm and then the exclamation point goes away and your back to having the lighting thing. I tap elsewhere, just to be sure I don't accidently tap that exclamation point again.

It's a bit different then the box that asks you to confirm on the diamond ring. Either has a chance of you accidently still hitting it by either confirming(diamond ring)or tapping again(exclamation point).

I have had no problems with it at all, and I don't foresee anyone else having a problem using it. While still possible to accidently use diamonds by taping again, that to me would be more of a user fault issue. I'm not sure if they could make it anymore dummy proof(pardon the expression), when the IPhones and IPads are made to swipe with fingers. I have small fingers, but I have troubles with the whole swipe thing. I hate my phone, I don't like the IPad any better because of it. But that is an apple issue and until they change that, I don't see how SC can make this totally dummy proof.

So that is my 2 cents on this, it works wonderful and I don't believe I have accidently used a diamond since I got it.

PS-I feel guilty that I have it, while some of my neighbors who have been playing longer and are at higher levels then me do not have it. I don't think they should have sent them out at random, should have sent them to players who have been playing the longest and most likely have lost the most diamonds.

I started playing in December. My farm has a confirmation feature. If I want to use a diamond I need to press the button and hold it. If I just tap it, I get a message to hold it down if I want to use diamonds. Even with this feature I did accidentally use diamonds to speed up something one time. But it has saved me a lot of other times. I think this is good to have and I did not realize it was not on every farm.

I edited this as I went off topic and my rant was pointless

Tgan

Just a reminder that, despite some older posts, this thread is for those who were lucky enough to be randomly chosen to test the different types of buttons to give their feedback. It's not a place to post anything not directly related to the feedback.

For those wondering, I can't say for certain, but I suspect that it was a programmed random generator that did the choosing. No special criteria, just a program picking at random, like pulling names out a hat.

Thanks for the cooperation in not turning this into another complaint thread and forcing it's closure. This feedback is too important to to everyone fo:)r that to happen.

My son's farm, which is on my phone, has the confirmation button. It works great. Please add it to everyone!

-the mom whose son accidentally spent 14 diamonds hurrying a lobster on her farm, which does not have​ the button!