New Release -- July 7th, 2012

[Docperk]

I purchased a Long Sliding-Door Car to send to my son as a gift. I got an error message that recipient has to have the spinning mill to use train car. He does have one and it did take my FC, but he has not received the car. We both have reloaded the game with no change. I am in the process of contacting support but I wanted to post it here too. I think should be able to send anyway especially since the Spinning Mill is a Coin facility. Hopefully they will get my son his train car soon or me my FC back.

[123grandma]

Originally Posted by Tony D

Hi, just checking,are you sure you didn't add the sheep to storage instead of the building ?

You have got to be kidding me. That's exactly what has happened. Glad there are some around here smarter than me. lol Thanks for your input.

[Mohena]

gracias por tan valioso aporte raul, muak dtb......

[RFMad]

Originally Posted by bvoyce

Awh, I was really hoping for an update on working factories.

While you are increasing production...how bout the semi truck production. I bought 3 semi trucks and only own 1 of each factory. I should easily be able to maintain enough meats and leather but come no where near what I need.

I still have enough FC to buy the new factories so I will get them, but come on! Seriously? Please, I WANT to keep loving farmtown. I really do. I have spend so many joyous hours over the last 3 years. Please don't make me go. Please? I've hit the point over and over, but I love this game and I just keep hoping for that excitement I always felt when the updates started coming. But the facility idea has been tired out for a while. I know many still loved the new factories coming out, but I'm sure people have got to be getting close to agreeing with my by now. No more factories! I know as long as they are making money on it they will continue to make them so I may have been a minority when I got tired of them a few months ago. But its so out of hand now. Other people have got to be over the factory excitement. If I can't fit one of every factory on 1 farm, then it has gone too far. When are they gonna stop, when we have 2000 facilities? Yes, the factories was an amazing idea when they came out. It brought a new life to the game. Getting new factories was exciting for quite a while. But now its just getting so dull. The time I spend trying to keep my factories going, the hours I spend trying to work for other people so they will return the favor; more factories means more time focused on them. Is it Farm Town or Factory Town? Games die when they don't evolve. Yes, I agree we need new or I would have gotten board a long time ago, but you are using the same idea over and over and over again and so these updates are feeling like the same tired thing.... they are not evolving the game they are overusing this idea. And the trains that could have provided that evolution are only supporting the factories idea. Dull.

I'm still so bitter about the trains too. The train idea would have been awesome if it had some something different. What it does I seriously find offensive. So now what, they are going to start coming out with 4 cars every month until people have hundreds of trains on each farm too because their factories can't meet what they need? So much potential wasted on support for what we already have going on our farms instead of exciting us to the game again. But hey, if people are happy with that, whatever, I just won't put my money there. It was a nasty way to make more money off of us to get stuff we already spent money to get. And BTW, That was horrible to come out with something to make us pay a second time for items we have already purchased. Shrimp, scallops, tomato juice, lemon juice and petrochemical barrels are all things we ALREADY paid for. You should have just increased production on those items.

I still love FT, but as I use up the last of my FC today, I'm done spending money. I'll bow out until there is something that makes me believe the game makers deserve it again. I know they work hard, and they have given us a game that I have invested so much time in because I really love it. But when they overuse the same tired ideas, they are basically being paid to keep things update technologically and add different faces to the same ideas. (Gosh, those trains really did me in. Such an amazing feature with endless possibilities wasted to get something we can already get elsewhere.) I'll pay out the cash when they catch my interest again.

Ok, my rant being over I'll go ahead and throw out the positive things I DO like...

-YEAH again for that increased production on things....(please please please increase the semi truck items as well).

-I'm excited to see the people decorations. Those will be cool.

-I do often forget about the great work of the minigames. I personally don't get into them, but I appreciate the addition and will try them out once just to see what they're about. I've got no complaints about them. They are cool, just not my thing.

-Glad for Farm 15. Not that I needed another farm because I have everything just the way I needed it. But it was really driving me mad having that last row one farm short of being an even grid up where we click to get to each farm. I feel like its complete now. :-)


Ok, now I would really like to see

1)Once again, because its so bad right now... the "working neighbors facilities" issue fixed. Someone had suggested you set it up like our current facility managers so we can work it all right there. I like that idea. But something needs to be done about it really soon. Its a huge problem.

2) The diversification ranks actually beginning to come into play. We were told it would mean something when it first came out and still its just a meaningless number up there.


3) The quests to start giving us the occasional FC and product as promised (hopefully a high demand one). I like the coins but after doing pretty much a quest a day since they came out I'm tired of seeing say "eventually will give..."

4) And just another little OCD quirk of mine, when everything is full and things are being worked, you can no longer see your Best diversification rate because the production and done numbers are too high and it is difficult to click the filter for which facilities are shown in the facility manager.


Even though I have some pretty big disappointments in the game right now, I still play because I still love it. Thank you for a great game. And I am hoping that you can start updating us with some exciting features.

I usually don't comment on posts, but you mentioned a couple things that you don't give your ideas on what could be improved. Like the train, what were you thinking the trains would do? Why are you bitter about them?
What about the factories? What is your idea to make them better or what would you do instead of factories?
The game is what you make of it. As people are always saying, you don't HAVE to buy all of the factories. If you want only enough factories to go on 1 farm, you can do that. No one is "making" you buy anything.
I'm sorry that I "ranted" back, but if you're disappointed in the game, make constructive ideas to the devs. I know they listen - it may take a while to implement but at least they listen and produce unlike other games.

[gillc]

Is 358 the last level as my thingy is not moving again.

[Tony D]

Originally Posted by gillc

Is 358 the last level as my thingy is not moving again.

Hi, no 360 is the highest level now.

[KnightRider]

Originally Posted by bvoyce

I had commented on last months update about the trains. I'm not the creative type so I don't have a lot input as far as ideas, but trains could have created a whole new element- traveling to special feature places or something. I wish I had more ideas to add, but I am just not good at that, I just know when something is very wrong.

Right, no one is "making" us buy anything.... except if we want what we already bought to function at its full potential (which is what my goal is in this game and what I strive to achieve). I am the type that doesn't shop at WalMart because they don't deserve my money. I'd rather pay more and know that a company deserves my money than put it in the hands of a company that is only focused on the dollar and could care less about providing great service, quality products, and being socially responsible. I have never spent a dime on any other FB game, but I really enjoyed FT. I have no problem purchasing FarmCash for great items. I began having an issue when I was so wrapped up in the game and then they would come out with something great and then stretch it for every penny they could get. For instance- the tools to Start ALL and Load ALL. That was a great idea and I gladly payed for that privileged.... but they only did a few factories. You had to buy 16 tools to be able to have that privileged on all factories! That was pushing it. I began to feel like FarmTown was becoming greedy. I've been struggling with that ever since. Especially with how much they charge for the tools and factories. (count it up all the functioning items alone and see how much money it would take to do everything on this game. Is that really necessary? How many people just can't afford to do that and so have to miss out on such great features? That's not right. Make it a little more affordable for people...especially in these days.) And now the trains that are FC to get us the same products we should be able to make enough of on our own- especially the ones we've already purchased instead of increasing those productions in their original factories- I just see that as an ugly way to charge us for what we should already have. I want to keep playing, but I want them to deserve my money or I can't keep giving it to them.

For me, owning all the factories is important (OCD issue I think). Really, the minute I don't buy the next factory that comes out I will lose interest and stop playing. The idea of not being able to complete a quest on my own or not need an item that stays when you sell all your items that are not needed at the market would just make me not want to bother. (yes, I'm a little nuts that way I know) I want to be able to do everything in the game. That's why I play and that's why I pay money to keep playing. I don't have a problem with paying.

OK, bottom line, I know this may not make sense, but I really love FT and am torn because they are taking great ideas and breaking them up to get every dime they can get (which I see is greed- not innovation) and overusing ideas making it impossible to do everything on the game (and the factories are just getting boring anyway). Hitting my "moral" center and my "ocd" nerve are going to force me to give up the game. The only reason I ever say anything about it is not to just throw up my rant, it is that I am hoping that they listen so that I can keep playing. I need them to "earn" my money rather than "take what they can get" from me.

First, I do shop at Walmart, just because you spend more money on something doesn't mean it is better or they care about you, it just means that they are making more money, and the way you say "they don't deserve my money", why is your money better than other peoples money. Now back to the game, the reason they keep adding facilities to the game is because people keep asking for more factories. I asked the question about your other post, you said the trains was OFFENSIVE, so I was just wondering how the train OFFEND you, I don't think they are offensive, if you don't like them don't buy them . You also said "I began to feel like FarmTown was becoming greedy" and "they are taking great ideas and breaking them up to get every dime they can get (which I see is greed- not innovation)", how do you think they get their money to pay their employees for creating and maintaining this game, this is the only game that Slashkey has so they have to get money some how.

[Tony D]

Hi everyone, please keep this thread on topic. This thread is on feedback on the new release and all views are welcome. Personal debates may be removed without notice.

Thanks

[aceyducey]

I have a question I can't seem to find the answer to. Can we add the new train cars to the train we now have in place? Or do we have to wait until we get further word?

[StoneFace]

Originally Posted by aceyducey

I have a question I can't seem to find the answer to. Can we add the new train cars to the train we now have in place? Or do we have to wait until we get further word?

Yes you can add them and move any train around on the same farm.....

When you open click to show the Train, only the freight cars that are out making their rounds will show as "active". Freight cars which you do not own will be shown in very faded images.

At the PENDING box (the option of the two status info boxes on the right), your new purchase will also show... but you will not be able to DISPATCH it by itself.... you need to await the return of the other dispatched cars.

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