[SueW170]

I hope that the debate over the 4x4 tools and use of same will conclude in the very, very near future. The developers have set the rules and I doubt, unless there is a massive exodus from FT as a result, that they will change those rules. Thus, this debate is, in all likelihood, moot.
I don't have the 4x4 tools, nor do I intend to purchase them when I gift myself with 10 or maybe 20 real dollars end of next month to purchase an increment of FT cash. I'll muddle along without the FT Cash tools and expect to pick up at least a few coins from time to time working at the MP. There are other items on my FT Cash "wish list," so no super tools
Debating what is fair or unfair is pointless. The situation simply is what it is.
If it takes me another 6 months (or more) to fully enlarge farm 5 and maybe most of farm 6 and then another 6 or more months to enlarge farm 7, no problem. It's merely a game.
That said, it would sure be pleasant to come onto the forum and find discussions returned to the generally civil tone that prevailed prior to this latest controversy.