Hourly Events

After having the time to complete an event I got to receive some of the prizes that others get who compete on a regular basis (Cloud Row Items, Power Feed, Party Spins, etc.). These items really help farmers progress in the game.

I was thinking that we could have timed events where you had to provide certain harvests within a 1-2 hour time frame. It could be run similar to the Noah's Ark quest (where the farmer decides when they will start it) and in order to make it interesting the Quest Tasks could be supplied at random. By making them available randomly this would not permit the farmer to know the quantities required to complete the task (a lot of farmers have more than one farm). More Tasks could be added to the Quest as time went on or if the players liked it.

If a player fails to complete the task in the time allotted they would not be given another chance (not like Noah's Ark or comics).

 

This sounds like a really fun idea, as long as there was a big enough time frame in which to start the event timer. A lot of us work or have other issues. I would like to see something like this with a frame of at least 24 hours, but 48 would be much more reasonable... or more, since the event itself will be timed.

 

I also like the idea

 

This sounds interesting! I wonder if the events could be keyed to farm levels? That would allow lower levels to compete with crops and such they can produce, while higher levels would be challenged to do items available to them.

 

I really like this idea.

And this is also a great addition. I, for one have only a few quests left to work on in the FS. It would be nice to have something new to do at my leisure. But please not like the comics, the rewards are so poor that I won't do any of them.

 

I like your idea too nlm24
But I believe we should be given another chance if we don't complete the task by our first try.

 

I thought it should be like the regular quests where if you don't finish you don't finish. The difference would be the amount of time allowed and that you could start it whenever you wanted to (for people who have limited computer usage).

 

Whether like a normal event or one that we can restart if not finished this would be great (note.. there have been a couple of events, harvest events specifically, where a restart was allowed if the full donation amounts or a set amount were not reached).

Also, it might bridge the "too many events" issue. People like events, but not having to put their lives on hold and not having to hold up doing regular quests, etc.

PS, per the "varied start" issue.. I suggested special event start blocks, something like comfort fields that would auto-plant the event crop for one round only. I don't want to hijack this thread -- I have a thread on it already here: https://board-en.farmerama.com/index.php?threads/new-field-type-for-events.18237.

 

I like the idea of a One Hour event but it should be able to be restarted if not finished in time. Perhaps a 48 hour window from start to finish and we try and complete one 'one hour' round in that time. I have very 'iffy' internet connection at times so my hour might be spent trying to reboot etc. I would therefore like to be able to restart at a later time.

 

Doesn't have to be one hour -- one hour was just to indicate that it would be short term for people that only use the computer an hour or two a day.

 

I think this hour idea is something like what I was kind of hoping for in the comic bit.

Per the repeat of all quests... that is already a suggestion, made several times. I don't think a full repeat would fly, other than the comic versions, because these items are limited by design, to keep people playing constantly, buying stuff, etc. (though I am one of many who think its gotten excessive.. that is apparently not going to change at all).