Feedback Reach for the Stars

Howdy Farmers,

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Please post your constructive comments, positive and negative, regarding the "Reach for the Stars" Event in this Feedback thread. We are looking forward to capturing your initial reaction to the event, as well as the final opinion after participating in the event.

Please be sure to bring arguments for supporting your statements, simple comments saying you like it or hate it will not help the Team understand what goes great, and what needs to be looked into, when planning future events.

The FAQ of the Event can be found here. If you have any questions, please use the General Issues section or the Technical Issues section for technical problems - this thread is for feedback only. Thank you for understanding.

We are looking forward to your feedback!

Best regards,
Your Farmerama Team

 

Love the graphics and the event looks do-able though I dispute the difficulty being "medium" - that's still an awful lot of crops and drops, especially if the drops are as bad as they have been lately.
Still, I am hoping it is going to be less chaotic and maybe even fun.


On the negative side, yet again, a mill product needed. I can't keep up with any of my animal feeds any more. I am having to buy more than I mill. Why do we need to have to mill each and every time? If it is make more money, I don't see how. People who usually buy baskets will buy them anyway, it won't make people who don't normally spend real money change their mind. So why for every event do we have to mill something?
Also, twenty four hours between events. I suppose I should be grateful it doesn't start today!

We have repeatedly complained of back to back events. We all used to look forward with anticipation to the next event. I can even remember when there was no prior warning, just all of a sudden we were told that an event was starting in one hour! My memory's not all that clear how it happened but I know we didn't have time to prepare. No preparing the field, no getting ready for drops - just grab your pitchfork and farm like crazy! It is hard to enjoy our farms when we are always ripping it up, planting the same crops for a week and waiting with bated (or should that be baited? ) breath for the next drop to drop. Only to start all over again the next day.

This is supposed to be a feedback thread but for all the feedback along these lines, I can see no changes in the events ... is there anybody out there listening?

 

Well said, illy1996!! I completely agree!!! Time to give us a longer break between Events, and change the crop/drop format, BP!.....p-l-e-a-s-e!

*And three-day Events, over the weekend, would be just right!!!*
...and fair for those who actually do work!...​

As they are now, they have become more like a job/going to WORK every week...no longer a special fun EVENT.
....and they used to be so much fun....

 

I only have one complaint about this new event. Either we need to put mill item in Bahamarama mill or put power feed in Bahamarama mill. I need to stock up on my powerfeed but cant if i have to stop to make event item.

 

I agree about the mill issue. Add PF to bahamarama mill or stop doing repeated mill events. Bleh. I also agree about the back to back events. Again, it feels like they are not listening.

Also, can we stop having events that target the same locations? This is the second one on mainland right in a row. I have more stuff that needs done on my mainland than bahamarama. Of course if they would listen and give us breaks.................................

Edit: Well the crate is not that great. I bought six and only received 175 crops. Pretty lame return. I understand it's random. Six getting the lowest rewards possible is pretty bad return IMO.

 

Cons: Not enough rest time between events -- this one should have coincided with MM so that we could get some rest. I switched from playing "Whack-A-Mole" to the "Strongman" during Renzo's Fair just because it takes less time even though I usually end up with fewer chips for Renzo's Market.

I am already having trouble keeping up with mill requirements for my animals without having to mill an event item.

Pros: Graphics, CR with EP's as rewards

Concerns: I am a little wary of the special crate being offered in the store for 2 BB because it offers items needed for the event. Is this a type of product advertising where players will learn some of the benefits to buying baskets offered during events or is this the start of a new trend where you can't complete an event unless you buy a special item in the shop?

Some of us missed out on the BB trees when they were offered or started playing the game when they were no longer available to win/purchase. We also have continuing problems with the cinemas so it is difficult to earn them (plus there are already a lot of things that require BB's).

UPDATE: I bought a couple of Grazing Crates for each farm to try them out. Most were for the 25 each of the event crop but I did get one with telescopes and one with lenses. I don't normally buy the baskets so I can't really compare them; but the crates seem reasonable in price to get you started in an event. I still have my concerns about whether they will be required in order to finish an event because those bonus bucks are hard to come by unless you buy them with real money. I guess time will tell.

UPDATE 2: Farms 1 & 2 finished with 34-1/2 hours left. Farm 3 will be harvested 1-1/2 hours from now and will be finished then. The Gazing Crates helped a lot to get the event started. If I hadn't purchased a couple for each farm I would have 1-2 more harvest remaining.

 

Yet another grow and throw with milling Again ... which is becoming boring

Toooo much work for rewards that are not that great...
And YET another EP giving cloud row That also gives stars ...have only got two things left on the tree to get and have enough stars to cover those already plus more
But thats ok because it is good for new players

Love the graphics ...BUT that's about it...Time for me to look for another game I
think
Have never ever played a game like this before and never will again ...i am fed up with getting STARS..It's so boring
I Get enough lens and then don't have enough crops to mill to make a telescope

 

I loved this event, at last an event with a lot more drops. I was actually waiting for crops not drops. Good graphics and a fairly relaxing event. A cloud row giving us stars, how great is that, especially for newer players.

I bought some of the Graze crates (2 BBs each) as soon as the event started and was lucky to get over 1000 crops, some lenses and a telescope. This meant I could fill all my fields immediately with event crops.

The Baha mill needed to be used for milling the telescopes. The Mainland mill is always busy.

 

I bought 5 crates. All I got were event crops, mostly small amounts. Really not worth the expense to me. I'll be lucky to get the GBs on the last constellation. At least I won't have to get the sticker. Probably won't make the CR.

 

I knew Better bought 4 crates i'm so done chasing your carrots only to have my Hat handed to me every time, = 100 farsight flowers.
stick your crates.

 

i just finish event. yay.

 

Another one on the stalk

 

Graphics were lovely ...the Concept of the event was good ...but that was about it ...Have never ever played a game in farmerama that has given a reward of one measly star ..that is an insult to someone that has sat for hours playing this game to get that
Without players there is no game ..Maybe you will realise that when people start leaving.
Would you like to get this as a reward ?...I dont think so And neither do we
It's unfair

 

Try putting some farm coins into the mix, not just 1/2 ata time but try 10/20 rizo is going now and not a stinkin coin anywhere, dont forget the stinkin bb's your so darn cheep you squeak. (pikers and money grabbers) thank you.

 

I loved everything about this event EXCEPT the milling - the graphics are great, I loved building the constellations, the requirements were very achievable, I completed it with zero stress, drops were plentiful (thank you) and the prizes are quite nice. I don't need stars at the moment, but I am sure I will someday and my first crate o' stars gave me 25 so that was a big plus. For newer players, this cloud row is an absolute dream.

Have said before, will say again, and concur with the above comments - too many events, too close together. I do see this month's preview calendar shows a greater variety of event types, so that we can have something of a break. With regards to the milling requirements - with SO many requirements for PowerFeed these days, if you are going to require us to mill an event product, you've got to either allow PF to be milled in Baha, or the event crop to do so.

All in all, an event I'd like to see repeated.

 

I am one of those farmers whom have got huge excessive amount of Stars. The Cloud Row can rewards us Stars from 1 up to 50 Stars. Which just add to my huge amount of Stars with no more runes to unlock using Stars.

It would help me or be of good use to have more Runes to Wisdom Tree to unlock. Just posting here from High Level Farmer perspective as i know quiet a few Farms have skipped this Event, due to the fact not giving very meaningful rewards..

Again nearly all of us have dislike having to Milling Events Feeds during Events. Which we have send feedbacks from other events

The Event Graphics was nice. I like the Idea of Crate o Gazing that cost 2BB, with the chance to win Stargazing Giver. Which i was unable to win. But i did win fair amount of Farsight Flowers, Which helps me reaped enough needed to complete this event Sooner

I know Bigpoint is not going to listen to have less events during a Month list of Events as it has doubled compared to few years ago, due to the fact it is under new management which is aiming to make more sells of BB !!

 

Nice easy event. Great graphics Prizes okay for requirements.
NOT at all impressed with the bonus crates. I purchased a lot of them and the majority were 25 crop. How is that random when the odds are stacked one sided?? Will not be doing that in futue events.

 

having got my fingers burnt with the Snake Eyes event with its lack if adequate drops I havent bothered with this event. I have nearly 3000 stars, dont need anymore cloud rows as they are a chore to harvest when you have 100+, dislike milling events and also the deco items offer a low EP to bother going for those alone. Graphics look good and I do own a telescope and go to an atronomy club but really these events are too close together and I am happy to spend some of the summer doing leisurely farming thank you. I would like to see more prizes of one deco item which you can work to increase the EP to a very high amount also I think we all want more farm coins to open the new island.. I would also like to know why some events give lots of drops and some not enough?

 

Great theme and graphics!

Easy to complete!

As far as the human figure that substitutes our cute animals I don't know if I like it or not

 

That's a human? I thought it was some sort of evil pirate monkey. shudder.

This was a nice event. It was doable, even for those of us who don't spend a lot of money on our farms.

I especially appreciated the "crates o' gazing" at 2BBs - absolutely reasonable price for the chance to get something nice, and the 'least' one could get - 25 of the event plant - was at least a boost towards milling another telescope. I want to thank the staff at BigPoint that thought that up and may we have those type of crates for other events? Those crates made the difference between finishing and not finishing for this farm, plus even though I didn't spend many BBs on them, I got one of the giver items. THANK YOU!

I also liked the fact that the event crop was a six hour crop - the shorter crop times for event crops make it easier for me to at least get 2 harvests in during the day, then plant a longer crop overnight (better drop rates, cough cough).

Big Thumbs Up all around from me! Way to go BP!