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Old May 11 2010, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MaryLouW View Post
I have gotten to a point where I don't want to hire people from the market place anymore. As soon as they arrive and see you have a low paying crop like peanuts or sugarcane, they harvest half a dozen plots, then disappear. Yesterday, I had that happen twice with the same plot! These people end up on my "do not hire" list, which I DO check before I hire anyone. I finally found one person who was pretty slow, but DID do the job.

It has been my experience that those who refuse to do the lower paying harvesting are those at the higher levels. This is why I would like to know the level of a person before I hire them. Those who are just starting or are down there in the under 60 category are willing to take any job. Those who are already at level 80 only want to plow or do pineapples.

I tried to hire 4 different people today to harvest - they each saw I had grape tomatoes, lettuce, and squash, and immediately left. I only hire one person per job and always give them the option to plow, but if they are too good to harvest the lesser crops, then I don't want to hire them just to plow either. I ended up doing it myself.

I am at level 80, have 3 farms, and all the facilities, and a huge sum of cash and I've been playing almost 3 months. I got this by taking any and all jobs that came up. Even now, I spend my evenings harvesting low value crops because it seems no one else wants to be bothered with them.

I don't know what to do to solve the problem but - I do think knowing a person's level would be most helpful. I would be hiring those who NEED the work and won't walk off in the middle of a job.

Okay.. I'm getting off my soap box.. going to harvest some goodies!!

i found a few things i want to point out here.. if someone dissapears during harvest it may not be because they just left may be server issues and they got kicked off i have been having problems allday on the server luckily i didnt do any jobs today because of it..


as for the levels i find the opposite then you suggested i find the lower players are picky and the higher ones are willing to do lower crops.


as for the do not hire list its easier to just block them then remember their name because user names are not unique in the game there can be hundreds with the same name.. today when hiring in the market there where 3 others with the name jeanie as well as me
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