On the topic of boat preferences or etiquette

Ok, long and opinionated rant coming up ..

Before the leaderboard was introduced, I have to admit that I rarely filled jam crates. Same goes for juice, cake and ice creams in big quantity crates. Mainly because I used majority of my stock for truck order and is lucky enough to have a few available. The reason why I would prioritize truck order over crates is because I could get more xp out of choosing good truck orders while crates always give a set amount of coins and xp per item (with a ratio of around 50/50). Because of my limited resources, I would never fill sugar or dairy boats as these majority of the time won't be completed and I rather see my investment on a boat with bigger chance of being completed.

With the leaderboard, I've decided to stop using my good stock for truck orders and prioritize filling my neighbours crates instead (I don't fill any of my own anymore so my neighbours can get the points for filling instead). However, with my new "generous" mindset I made a terrible mistake, I've been filling any crates I could, needing jam, juice, ice cream and cake. Many of these crates having cream or sugar and ending up not being completed in time. After using up all my good stock in these cursed sugar and cream boats, I would see other neighbours only missing 1 crate of ice cream or something else. A few time their boat didn't make it because of that 1 crate and I would get so upset with myself for putting all my stuff of those darn sugar and cream boats.

Therefore, I'm now officially withdrawing all my aid to sugar and dairy boats for the greater good. I'm not gonna force or tell other people how to play and make then discard sugar and dairy boats if they don't want to. However, unless they're willing to fill their own sugar and dairy crates, I don't understand why insist on keeping them and hold their breath hoping others will. Never the less, sugar and dairy boat keepers, you will now be on your own. I'm not going to continue "wasting" my good stock on boats that 90% of the time won't make it when I help other boats with a realistic chance of being completed in time so the owner can get his/her voucher and all the other bonuses.

Please join me in boycotting these repetitive sugar and dairy boats (especially cream and brown/white sugar) that lingers on our exclamation tab an entire day and 90% of the time end up leaving docks not completed. It's for the greater good! You're not being selfish by using your good stock to help boats that actually has bigger and better chance of being completed in time! Who's with me?

I'm surprised you were filling them at all.

I haven't put any on a boat since I finished Captain 6 months ago.

Welcome aboard! :)

I, 100% completely agree with you. Every time I see a boat that needs help with sugars, cream, I usually ignore them and move onto someone elses boat and see what they have. I do this for my own boat as well. If the boat is asking me for sugar or cream I never fill the boat and just send them right off. So everytime I see a neighbor asking for sugar or even cream, I will just ignore those crates and move on to someone elses boat who needs help with other good items.

I only fill sugar and cream crates for Captain lll candidates.
I myself cast off sugar and cream boats.. they're not worth it..

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Originally Posted by Holidae

I'm surprised you were filling them at all.

I haven't put any on a boat since I finished Captain 6 months ago.

Welcome aboard! :)

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Yeah, me too. Being a strategic and calculative person that I am, I'm way too clueless sometimes -____-"

Agree 100%! OK-so I went to help my neighbors, and after a few boats I saw a major pattern so I went back to the beginning and actually started counting. So 63 neighbors needed boat help at that time-46 were sugar boats-I felt bad but the other 17 got my help. And since I'm opening up all my crates for my neighbors to fill-well, it was a really boring Hay Day day, lol.

i swore I wouldn't mention the "thing that happened to the game 5 days ago", lol on the forum today-I was going to be cheery and happy, but it seems more people are hanging into those boats then they used to-so they don't have to wait 4 hours for another.

But notice how I still didn't mention that thing , lol?

I support this dairy/sugar boat boycot

I want to help my neighbors/friends but if I fill those boat orders i find myself having a hard time producing food items for myself. Also I want to add that whenever I get one of those boats I send it away and wait patiently for a new one to arrive that its not so hard on other people or myself to complete.

I never loaded Dairy and Sugar boats even before the leader board. I would send them on their way and then spend a diamond to bring in the next one in. Now that boats cost 10 diamonds I send the sugar boats on their way and then have to wait a few hours since I don't want to spend 10 diamonds on something that was only 1.

BTW I have 52 bags of Brown Sugar right now if somebody wants to trade for Bolt, Planks, or Nails. :)

Hear, hear! I agree, I simply cannot put that much sugar or dairy products into a boat! I need them and want to use them to make ice cream and other things. I've had this policy for a while now and I personally turn away all sugar and dairy boats, for I will not ask someone else to do what I will not, leaderboard or no leaderboard! Double sugar boats, IMHO, should be sent off ASAP as well. I don't even think they should send out boats asking for that much in sugar! By they, I mean Supercell. I also, personally, hate it when the only crates that people leave for others to fill are the sugar ones! That's a pet peeve of mine. Like I said, that's just my opinion and goodness knows it isn't worth much!

As it is, I cannot keep up with the jam and ice cream boats. I send off the ones that ask for double ice cream as well. I will still fill crates, but not to the point where I have very few jams and ice cream, vanilla ice cream and apple jam in particular, although raspberry is becoming a problem for me also. Why can't they just reduce the amount they ask for? Not the players, but Supercell. 3 apple jams=18 hours of production! 2 raspberry jams=14 hours in production time! That's just ridiculous! And a lot of those crates you only get 1 wheel!

I think sugar boats should only be opened if you are going for Captain I-III. And the people on that thread are simply awesome at helping out with that achievement. So yes PinkStarbelly, I agree wholeheartedly! Too many items require sugar and dairy to make and I need all the sugar and dairy I have to make those items. Understand that I am not criticizing those who do open those boats but also understand that I cannot help with those orders.

I'm not telling anyone how to play and if you want to open those boats, that's your own personal choice. But I am saying I can't help.

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Originally Posted by Kendra1168

Agree 100%! OK-so I went to help my neighbors, and after a few boats I saw a major pattern so I went back to the beginning and actually started counting. So 63 neighbors needed boat help at that time-46 were sugar boats-I felt bad but the other 17 got my help. And since I'm opening up all my crates for my neighbors to fill-well, it was a really boring Hay Day day, lol.

i swore I wouldn't mention the "thing that happened to the game 5 days ago", lol on the forum today-I was going to be cheery and happy, but it seems more people are hanging into those boats then they used to-so they don't have to wait 8 hours for another.

But notice how I still didn't mention that thing , lol?

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Haha! You didn't mention what it was but you still mentioned that something happened in the game 5 days ago.

I also understand that no one likes to wait 8 hours for another boat but if it's 8 vs. 13-16 hrs, I'm choosing 8 any day!
i think it's time you add me and we become neighbours :)
think we've come far enough for this next step in our relationship ;)