apathy for events?

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Originally Posted by LaneLily

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...

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

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Another good idea, LaneLily!

As it so happens, another farmer & I were discussing this very thing in an OT thread a week or two back. Here's a portion of what was said...

"...We've become accustomed to regular events every Thursday (my time zone), so the only true speculation is which one is it going to be. Perhaps as players we'd be better served if SC would give us a heads up in order to prepare. They have no problem with alerting us to minor or routine maintenance breaks which occur on average about once a week, so why not the same notification for an upcoming event?..."

We get four hours lead time on incoming boats daily, so why not for an event? When one event ended, then a notice could go up for the next one. A full week might be considered too much, but having a week to prep for 21 million cakes or whatever the item may be would certainly wreak a lot less havoc to stockpiles & production schedules than no notice at all...then again, we might be hearing cries of 'my barn is full of cakes! The event needs to hurry up & get here.' :)

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Originally Posted by d2l5p2

Yes, usually each Thursday a new event comes out.

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Okay. Thank you :-)

Lady JEM5 (I only JUST noticed that that's a "5" and not an "S" at the end of your name. Doh!!), lead time would be great, I agree, but that might cause people to be prepared enough to not need to spend the diamonds that they currently spend now. Having said that, let me be clear that I'm not one of those conspiracy theorists that thinks SC is out to squeeze every last nickel and dime out of us by forcing us to buy diamonds, not at all, BUT we all know that a lot of diamonds are spent on these events, especially the global ones, and I'm betting SC counts on those kinds of events to earn a few (million) extra bucks. Of course, this doesn't count for those who spend hundreds of diamonds on the events, those top achievers that always garner attention in the forum, because no amount of lead time would allow enough prep time for that kind of volume. Still, I would bet a goat cheese or two that giving lead time would cost SC some money. And somehow I can't see them rushing to make that happen. :)

I do agree, though, that lead time would be great. I'd have participated in the Valentine cookie event if we'd had it. And the cream cake event. And so on and so forth. I wouldn't have had ALL the products made, but I'd have had a running start. :)

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Originally Posted by Shealie54

Lady JEM5 (I only JUST noticed that that's a "5" and not an "S" at the end of your name. Doh!!), lead time would be great, I agree, but that might cause people to be prepared enough to not need to spend the diamonds that they currently spend now. Having said that, let me be clear that I'm not one of those conspiracy theorists that thinks SC is out to squeeze every last nickel and dime out of us by forcing us to buy diamonds, not at all, BUT we all know that a lot of diamonds are spent on these events, especially the global ones, and I'm betting SC counts on those kinds of events to earn a few (million) extra bucks. Of course, this doesn't count for those who spend hundreds of diamonds on the events, those top achievers that always garner attention in the forum, because no amount of lead time would allow enough prep time for that kind of volume. Still, I would bet a goat cheese or two that giving lead time would cost SC some money. And somehow I can't see them rushing to make that happen. :)

I do agree, though, that lead time would be great. I'd have participated in the Valentine cookie event if we'd had it. And the cream cake event. And so on and so forth. I wouldn't have had ALL the products made, but I'd have had a running start. :)

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I agree with Jem and Shea that some advance notice, even if it is just four hours, of special events that require one type of product would be very helpful. Boat events, i just do what I would do anyway, for visitor events I just throw scads of wheat at them to keep them busy, because I don't need the coin and truck events I basically ignore completely, unless i see a rare jewellery order. However, one item events require strategy, and prep time would definitely help with those events.

I remember one special event for woolly garments that was great because you could choose which garment to supply, hats, white or blue sweaters or scarves. Because of the diversity of product, it was easier. I think they might have been of different value in the challenge, but I don't remember with certainty. Perhaps events for a type of product, rather than a specific item might encourage participation?

My favorite event was and still is the fishing event. Not because I like fishing (I don't, it's annoying and tedious) but because we all need fish anyway, and I always end up with so much fish I can make fish pies and soups to my little heart's content without worrying if I'm low or running out of stock. It's not competitive in that it doesn't deplete the DD of any one product, nor does it tie up any of the machines MAKING that one product, and I don't have to spend time flipping through the DD trying to find whatever the subject of the event is.

Other than that, all of the other events are a big snooze anymore, though after focusing on chaps for the last visitor event I just focused on eggs instead and sold a ton of them and felt like I had money in the bank because I had so many in my barn. :)

And lead time wouldn't be necessary if the goals were more realistic. Now I understand that the goals are probably set based on previous performance and number of active players SC has, but unfortunately recent changes haven't yet been taken into account. I imagine they will get the goals adjusted eventually. But even before it became apparant that the goal was not reachable, I'd be willing to bet, some of us had already decided it wasn't worth it.

Here's my question. Consider the following givens
Many have agreed that the XP and coins offered in the town isn't currently adequate for the amount of work required to make them.
And also a given is that coins aren't an important consideration for most of us.
And after a certain level, the NEED (notice I didn't say desire) to level up is less.
What seems to motivate us, other than the sheer enjoyment of the game, are the gifts and reputation points.
Those motivating things become less and less important after the town is fully expanded.

Ok all those things leads to many of us being disgruntled ,BUT. (Finally the question). How are lower level players managing? They need money, XP, TEM etc. more than we do. Is the town slowing them down? For many coins are very difficult to get and to constantly get less coins from the town while tryng as hard as we are to just keep up, has to be taking a toll on them. Will they give up before they learn to love it like we do?

I know my leveling has slowed and my coins while still way up there are actually going down. Not a problem,but a trend.
Anybody have any insight?

So will there be an even expected today?

Tigg, I can't imagine being a new farmer and having to deal with the town along with all that's required just to run a farm, make money, and level up. Running the farm in the lower levels is a full time job all by itself, and adding the town, while fun, is a large drain on the resources of those lower level farmers. I mean, imagine the town asking for premium items of a low-level farmer who so badly wants those gifts but will lose money giving the items to the townfolk rather than selling them in the RSS for max. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I feel for new farmers now and the added pressures on them combined with the reduced rewards (green vouchers, for starters). With the new town draining resources, it HAS to be more difficult to make money for the machines required on the farm. I would think it would be a constant struggle to balance the two.

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Originally Posted by pheebz90

So will there be an even expected today?

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We'll know in about 75 more minutes. :)

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Originally Posted by Shealie54

We'll know in about 75 more minutes. :)

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I hope:).........