Mentor Strategy Guide and Advice

Too funny....broke.... a few players are jealous that I have had you 2x as a chickie!
Yes everyone, broke is an ideal chick. He sends me double the gifts. What a generous guy!!!
Of course, I feel like the roles are reversed...since he knows much more about the market, strategy than I do.
meba - LOL...just kidding. I hope/wish you another chick just as devoted as broke! Same for you FionaSky!!!
I was actually hoping more regular players would go to the EN Farmerama facebook page and gush about the game...so possibly people looking for a fun & relaxing game would join.

 

Oh no, not a broke chickey.

I should have said I want a Broke chickey.

You are right Broke, so much has changed since many of us started. And when you get to the higher levels you tend to forget the struggles with no land, no stars, no pantry full of things. Some of the things we take for granted.

 

if you have extra milk or egg trees for your chicks for gift exchange tomorrow

 

I agree about the craft products. Its not to be stingy, but yeah.. you want them to go to people who will actually use/want them. I would not hold back if a chick asks for them though. Another issue, though is that while using the products is easier now, it can still be confusing to chicks.

I tend to send EP boosters to lower level folks (whether neighbor, chick or just someone I see posting), but I am also working on leveling up my crafts, so am making some extras here and there.

 

Oh Mentor Brooooooooooke ham. You know it's G&T time. Your old chickadee must take care of Mentor. hahahaha I think you will like this gift. You earned it putting up with me for so very long.

Mentor Brookeham took care of this farm all the way to Number 14 I think, TOP 1000. The best award of them all is an ep giver giving 30% extra ep on everything. I think it has a four hour cool down period. So I don't see where I cannot give it and to my wonderful mentor it shall go.

 

Whaaaaat???? Oh No mud_pie_man!! I can't accept it....it's too too generous!!!! You worked so very hard for it!!!
Your friendship and you continuing to play the game & write in our forum is all I need or want!

 

Well blame it on teddy.bear. (I wish I could send teddy a mud pie!) I seem to be having real problems with my mentor. Well you should not have been so nice is all I can say. I was only playing with teddy until you took over as mentor.

I was not even concerned about keeping the farm active until I was assigned Mentor Brookeham. The kindness and sincerity motivated me to keep the farm active. And this is just what happens when mentors simply be themselves with their chicks.

 

I have a question if anyone can help.
I have a chick who is playing but only level 4. I was going to send them some things during this G&T but I can't seem to add them to my buddy list. What am I doing wrong? Are we not allowed to do this?

 

They should already be on your buddy list @JJenks just below your neighbours - that's where mine appeared.

 

Thank you chookie, there they are I was trying to add them through the post office....no wonder...doh

 

so to get the little love box I need to tell my chick about it and tell them that they can click on thebig chicken to gift me? I didn't know all that

 

Have asked my chicks to send that Lil Box of Love a number of times! Received it once from the chick that actually responds to my IGM's or Airmail.
One chick is getting close to flashing me with red...hasn't played since day 2 and is at level 4 still... and one is almost at level 40!
What I find frustrating is not gaining social pointsbecause the chicks don't respond....

 

But you do get the points from sending gifts or messages to them. Certainly getting them back as well would be a help

 

Yes to getting the points.....not enough to mention. It is best if they IGM and send Lil box of love points!! I have been sending free gifts & game tips etc via IGM's for about a week or so and I only have 300 social points out of 1000

 

I hear you 007Farming. I told mine all about G and T in an IGM, then asked them if they needed anything and nothing. If I'd been a chick I'd have been all over that like a rash!

 

I do not think that this Mentoring System is going to get any Better. Since it is not a Priority on Big Point lists of Improvements and Update things to do.

We do Everything we can to help Chickadees but is now appears to be getting far more Frustrated that many Chickadees are not doing there share of Effort.

These Chickadees are missing out on Many Things such as Special Gifts, Special Assistance, Advise, Daily Gifts etc. I have more or less not Bother with IGM to Chickadees. Since one Chickadee did IGM me first as i respond to it. I would suggest let them IGM you First as we are unsure they are logging into this game often.

Most of them do start shortly after a brief while give up or quit playing this Game. It would be a Great Suggestion feature that any Chickadee quits playing should have flagging system. That tells the Mentor that this Chickadee is no longer playing this game.

There is new Problem there is shortage of Chickadees ....Like that saying but in reverse too many Chiefs and No Indians !!!

 

Mooboy-- I agree that we cannot get hung up on inactive chickadees, really cannot take it personally. That is just how it will be in a game like this, plenty will try it out, few will stay. However, per the message bit -- if you send a message through the roost, it moves their love meter up, so I would say a brief message each day is worthwhile for our benefit, whether the chicks pay attention or not.

Per the lack of chicks.... I am slowing down a tad on dismissing chicks. I am only dismissing them when they are truly red, since there is no longer a backlog of chicks waiting in the wings. That way, I keep getting a few points. That is rather more self-serving than I like, but there is no use bemoaning the lack of chicks. It will change in time.

My only real concern on that part is that mentors who are not actually doing a good job (no one here, obviously), don't wind up with lots of chicks, but other than language issues, I see no real way for Big Point to change that

I actually started when a G & T was ongoing, and had a very nice, still active mentor (won't mention the name in case they wish to remain unknown). BUT.. even having played other BigPoint games, I was wary of what I saw as outside links, just plain did not get what to do. I think I may have even given away a howie donut!!!

I think we need to be patient with chicks. Each has their own learning curve. Some will accept help right away. Others, for a variety of reasons will not. In fact, some people will be thrown off by too much contact, rather than attracted by contact. I like the welcome message that was suggested, but am always unsure about sending any links, even to the farmerama forum. These people don't really know who we are, may not trust that the links we are sending are OK, may not know the difference between a real farmerama link and one that is not farmerama. I know of more than one person who is afraid of posting in the forum at all. Sending someone like that a link will not help, it will make them hesitant.

 

Hi!
I need some good advice, Last week I received an owl message that I had become a mentor ! I am only level 76 and my farm is not at all where it should be for the level I am, heck I'm still trying to get the M6 FSQ finished in time.... I Have been thinking about what I should do, should I take on a chick and "wing it" with all of your helpful advice or should I go back to basics and learn correctly by starting a new farm & becoming a new chickadee again?
R/L at the moment is putting me through some ups and downs, and I will be away a few days coming soon...I would like to mentor a chick but only if I can truly do a good job in helping them.

 

twinkle - I would say go for it. 1st you know more than you realize...and if you don't, you know where to find the answers. The forum! That's much more than a true newbie knows. Plus we are all here to help! Feel free to igm me with any questions.
You will probably get a few duds(non playing new chicks) as most of us are experiencing lately. Good luck...and don't worry about being away for a couple of days....this is a low key game(LOL...for those immune to FOCD!).

 

Whether you want to start over or not is up to you. The thing to consider is that even if you might have gotten to where you are not faster doing things differently, if you start new, you will be starting from scratch. You won't have ANY of the cloud rows, pets, pens or other goodies you have gotten. You can always change tracks now, but even a bad start puts you way ahead of a new person. Starting a new farm is really more for people who can do more than one farm.

Per mentoring. I would say that you know enough to help other people. Truth is, as you can read here, most probably won't take help anyway. And, you can always ask others -- I have. You already know people here are nice and helpful. You mentioned time constraints. That would be my only hesitation. If you cannot give them daily gifts, then I would say you may not have time to be a mentor. An occasional miss is one thing, but if you are going to miss lots of days then maybe not.