the bees are a game breaker.

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September 30th, 2014
slantyr

the bees are a game breaker.

hopefully supercell is reading this thread... I don't want more axes I want the bushes upped to 500 per collection or the amount of nectar needed reduced to 50 or the bushes revive 4 times. all three would equate to the same thing. but that may not be enough either have to try it to see. how about making a way to recharge the bushes using watering cans or something. charge three or four times more coin for the bushes, whatever. but the game wants us to produce honey as if it were a renewable resource like bread or cream or cheese and its not. installing x number of bushes is a short sighted fix to say the least. the bees collect what they collect and it leads to a grove of dead bushes down the road. plus looks tacky in my opinion. it also leads to boat orders no one can help with because everyone is waiting to have axes. the bees are making the game completely lopsided and soon anything that needs an axe will be more valuable than deeds or diamonds. the bees are a game breaker point blank.

edit: coelho suggested making nectar a growable item this would be a good solution as well.
edit: jenhon06 suggestion, allowing the bees to feed on flowers and other things that attract butterflies makes sence
edit: rcx2 suggested.Why not have a more 'natural' approach and allow the bees to also gather nectar from fruit bushes and trees and pollinate them to get fruit produced as in a real fruit farm?

sorry for the repost but I wanted to get this in the proper place in hopes that some one at supercell might actually see it.
ps I used to have no less than 20 axes on hand at all times before the bee update. now I cant keep up even though they only run part time. I placed fires all around the tree with wood and hay for the pitchfork gnomes to feed the fires with it totally looks like im attempting to burn the tree down. i have received 4 likes in two days without any solicitation. just saying.

make that 6 likes in two days
October 2nd, 2014
angie722

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Originally Posted by slantyr

hopefully supercell is reading this thread... I don't want more axes I want the bushes upped to 500 per collection or the amount of nectar needed reduced to 50 or the bushes revive 4 times. all three would equate to the same thing. but that may not be enough either have to try it to see. how about making a way to recharge the bushes using watering cans or something. charge three or four times more coin for the bushes, whatever. but the game wants us to produce honey as if it were a renewable resource like bread or cream or cheese and its not. installing x number of bushes is a short sighted fix to say the least. the bees collect what they collect and it leads to a grove of dead bushes down the road. plus looks tacky in my opinion. it also leads to boat orders no one can help with because everyone is waiting to have axes. the bees are making the game completely lopsided and soon anything that needs an axe will be more valuable than deeds or diamonds. I only read half the thread so I appoligize if any of what I said has already been spoken. the bees are a game breaker point blank.

edit. someone suggested making nectar a growable item this would be a good solution as well.

sorry for the repost but I wanted to get this in the proper place in hopes that some one at supercell might actually see it.
ps I used to have no less than 20 axes on hand at all times before the bee update. now I cant keep up even though they only run part time. I placed fires all around the tree with wood and hay for the pitchfork gnomes to feed the fires with it totally looks like im attempting to burn the tree down. i have received 4 likes in two days without any solicitation. just saying.

make that 6 likes in two days

You are so right. Axes are RARE. Dead trees/shrubs are unsightly and take up SPACE. :)
October 2nd, 2014
traquy

I completely agree with this. Please fix.
October 2nd, 2014
jenhon06

temporary fix

I know this doesn't solve the axe problem but there is a quick fix solution.

Instead of only having a few nectar bushes have as many as you can allow. Yes there is a limit on space and on money but the bees don't return to the same bush every time. So therefore their consumption gets spread out making it less of a chance to have multipke bushes needing help or cut down.

Yes I know this doesn't solve the axe shortage but it will help in the mean time.

And I do agree that if the bushes are only going to have one life plus one revival then they need to increase the nectar count to 500.

Would also be smart if they can pull nectar from planted flower like the ones that attracts butterflies? Would make sense.
October 2nd, 2014
Mags434

I agree that the nectar bushes should have a longer life span in some form. I have plenty of them to spread out the load but it is still causing major problems.
I have always enjoyed the part of the game that requires you to finely balance your production against what materials are available but it now seems impossible to maintain a healthy balance because so many honey based products are required leading to many dead nectar bushes because axes have always been one of the rare tools to find.
Please, please, please make some sort of alteration so we can continue to enjoy our addiction 😃.
October 2nd, 2014
Leimanaang

I agree it needs to be rebalanced.
October 2nd, 2014
HenneryTheEighth

I agree with everything that has been said and am also impressed by the analytical skills of all you guys. I truly hope something will be done, as the bee concept is SO cute!
October 2nd, 2014
slantyr

thanks for the replies, if enough of us speak out it will hopefully speed up a fix. it's already started and the berries are becoming increasingly scarce. it wont be long before anything made with berries does the same. meaning its not just items associated with honey that people wont be able to help each other with but any item that has an axe in its life cycle.
October 3rd, 2014
dmofalterak

Agreed. 500/500 nectar would be nice, but then the honey yield would be higher profit than blackberries which could throw off the prices of all items in the game. I like the 500 idea, but the price of nectar bushes would have to be increased to compensate. Otherwise 300/300 would be closer on the profit margins. Anyway, valid points. Thanks for posting this.
October 3rd, 2014
DruidHills

Is it me or are anyone else's nectar bushes no longer being revivable? My bushes are no longer asking to be watered. They are all going to the chopping phase.
October 4th, 2014
slantyr

I haven't experienced this but I quit using the bees altogether a week ago. though I have watered nectar bushes today. has anyone else noticed this kind of thing?
October 4th, 2014
Robinecklund

You should at least be able to revive them twice like all the other trees and bushes!
October 4th, 2014
MiniGardener

Quote:

Originally Posted by slantyr

thanks for the replies, if enough of us speak out it will hopefully speed up a fix. it's already started and the berries are becoming increasingly scarce. it wont be long before anything made with berries does the same. meaning its not just items associated with honey that people wont be able to help each other with but any item that has an axe in its life cycle.

I've noticed this with berries on my own farm. My willingness to harvest berries is now dependent upon having axes in stock. Prior to the arrival of the nectar bushes, I always had enough axes to cover my own usage AND spares to sell in the RSS. Yesterday, for the first time, I hired Tom exclusively to stock up on axes. What a bore for me, and heavy loads for Tom.
October 5th, 2014
deaks

Totally agree. Nectar bushes need to last longer in one form or another.
October 5th, 2014
Rcx2

Why not have a more 'natural' approach and allow the bees to also gather nectar from fruit bushes and trees and pollinate them to get fruit produced as in a real fruit farm?