apathy for events?

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Originally Posted by Darcelle

Well, at level 46, I would hate dairy products as a reward. I can appreciate they must be in dire need at higher levels, but I sell stacks of goat cheese all the time. I produce way more than I have any machines/recipes to use, so that as a reward would be as insulting to me as getting TNT.

Someone in this thread said they hated getting TEMs as a reward and I would love those! I am in desperate need of TEMs, especially paint buckets and maps that the townies rarely seem to want to give me.

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LOL!! Of course the lower levels wouldn't love getting feta cheese as a prize, but just you wait, your day is coming. :D

Another wonderful prize would be LOBSTER!!!!!!!!!!!! HELLOOOOOOOOO, SC!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by GladeMaid

Good thinking, Tiggs, good thinking. Readjusting boat orders and truck orders might also be beneficial. Three boats in a row all asking for 8 pots of jam, truck orders wanting jam and visitors to the grocerywanting jam all at once ​is just too much when it takes SO LONG to make one pot.

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Yes, this is exactly why I couldn't participate in the event more than I did...too many of those high quantity, long to produce items were wanted. I actually haven't been able to fill more than 1 boat SINCE the last event...still getting ridiculous quantities of rare items.

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Originally Posted by Shealie54

The boat orders...has anyone noticed that the crates are now asking for MORE items per crate? Not only are the boats focused on requiring mostly premium items, but the number of items per crate has increased too.

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YES! I may have mentioned that upthread somewhere, but yes, I've definitely noticed.

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Originally Posted by ilovehayday

As far as events, they are each week. But why? They are the same old events rotated on a very predictable schedule. Who decided we need events each week?

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It may be because the few times that they skipped a week, they had quite a few people asking where the event was, lol. There's no way SuperCell can please us all I guess, but I'm thinking either making the events a little easier or maybe every other week might help. It might not be a bad idea to just make a monthly event, and extend out the time a little...maybe make it a full week long. I don't know...I'm sure many people would not like that, but at least the event would be a little less mundane...maybe something to look forward to.

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Originally Posted by GladeMaid

Thank you to all those who have said nice things about my posts in this thread. ��. Here's a thought: I would much rather receive 5 feta cheese, or even 5 cream, as a reward for meeting a global event goal then 5 mallets or 5 TNT. That would really have me dancing for joy!

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I would LOVE that as a reward, lol!!

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Originally Posted by Darcelle

Well, at level 46, I would hate dairy products as a reward. I can appreciate they must be in dire need at higher levels, but I sell stacks of goat cheese all the time. I produce way more than I have any machines/recipes to use, so that as a reward would be as insulting to me as getting TNT.

Someone in this thread said they hated getting TEMs as a reward and I would love those! I am in desperate need of TEMs, especially paint buckets and maps that the townies rarely seem to want to give me.

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I don't know what they can do about this...there are just so many of us with differing ideas on what would make a good prize. It seems like an impossible task for them to please us all. (This is in no way making less of your feeling...just musing on the subject.)

Lady JEMS, THANK YOU for that comment. Actually, this thread is full of excellent give and take and is probably the very best thread/conversation I've ever read where so many have weighed in. I would like to wrap this entire thread up with a pretty red bow and present it to SC and say "please take note."

They will. I'm SURE they will take note. How could they not?? Sure hope they're enjoying their vacations because there's some work to be done when they get back. Haha! :D

Gee guys, i thought I was alone in feeling a bit "whatever" about opening up the farm. I don't really stress about not having enough of those premium items the townies seem to prefer (pizzas! Feta salad! And lobster soup, oh my!!). I just depleate my stocks and then send them packing until I can replenish. But Tiggs, you really nailed it when you pointed out that muffins, e&b and easier items are really under utilized. It is totally UNBALLANCED. Also completely out of w h a c k is the compensation we are offered. The xpoints are pathetic. But I'm willing to accept this and keep farming with a smile because Supercell always seems to have something new up its sleeves. Even if they make us wait AGES for it (ahem, clothing shop). Glade was right, the fact that I have made such great connections with such wonderful people makes it all worth it. But it is still a game and we want to have fun playing it for crying out loud!! My biggest contention is that I have reached the "leveling-up cliff". In both the town & farm. What is there to look forward to? A bigger barn? A few diamonds? Meh... I understand the reasoning behind making the town accessable to a reasonable level, but what about us seasoned players? Those of us who are 70+ on the farm and 13+ in the town? For this reason the events were so exciting but....they are now a bit old hat and ridiculous when you consider the items required and the time it takes to make those items. Just not worth it...

Thank you for the thanks, Shealie!:D

I have to agree that this thread is one of the best ones in recent memory, & it's been a pleasure to contribute to, though I admit to finding it a bit ironic that a thread about apathy has generated so much passion among its many posters. :rolleyes:

Still, the mere fact that the OP's query has gotten people speaking out about what they see as game imbalances in a civil & constructive manner in a multi-page thread rather than a typical 'lodge a random complaint' post that gets buried in countless others like it, hopefully will get SC's attention, & help shed some light on the issue.

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Originally Posted by Shealie54

I would like to wrap this entire thread up with a pretty red bow and present it to SC and say "please take note."

:D

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....and make 'em wait 3 days before they can open it? :D

It would be worth waiting for.

I started to reply to this thread yesterday but got called away mid typing by RL and wow! Did it grow while I was gone.

lots of good ideas and input so here's mine...

I DID feel that as soon as the boat event started, the boats got harder which was frustrating. I guess for an event the goal has to be possible to achieve and this time it seemed set up to fail so I didn't even try. And yes the vouchers should come closer to rewarding the complexity of the input, with a few extra gold ones thrown in for the lower levels for fun.

It's good when the prizes are desirable and difficult to say what desirable is as we all want something different so maybe for the later goals SC could offer a choice? I love getting axes as there seem to be so few buried on my farm but am up to my ears in saws. Would love to be offered 5 things to select from.

I would be be interested to know what others think of a temporary prize, for example, as I like to decorate my farm, I would work hard for the ability to grow spring flowers on my roadside for two weeks, flowers then to fade away or to make sand castles on my beach or even to try out some of the different paving on a temporary basis. I might even display an ugly prize proudly for a couple of weeks!

lastly maybe events could be less often but signalled on the notice board as coming soon.

clearly I am not at all a techy person and have no idea how hard this would be. Look on it as a challenge SC !

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Originally Posted by madge

....and make 'em wait 3 days before they can open it? :d

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OMG, HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a fairly new player.. only been playing about a month

How often is there an event? Every week?

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Originally Posted by pheebz90

I am a fairly new player.. only been playing about a month

How often is there an event? Every week?

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Yes, usually each Thursday a new event comes out.