Feedback Septemberfest 2015

Howdy Farmers,

Please post your constructive comments, positive and negative, regarding the Septemberfest 2015 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.
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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.

Don't forget: You are also more than welcomed to join us and give your Feedback, or ask your questions in Chat!

We are looking forward to your feedback!
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Best regards,
Your Farmerama Team

 

1st look I lv that I can grow the crops that fit my sedual the need to grow trees and crops I Love that I can pick the prize

 

I like this game inspite of the drop rate.
You can take your own sweet time to hit.
You can choose the target.
You can chose your rewards.

Well thought & Well planned game. Let there be more of such mini-games in future to keep us excited.

Please increase the drop rate. Because such a lot of rewards(3 cloud rows & their items) & one wishes to get all of them.

The above observations were made after I started the game & the below are when I finished the event.

Things which need to be improved.

The game was good. But playing the mini game took time as double coins would not appear. It drained our energy. Many a times in our busy schedule it is not possible for us to spend more than 10 mins in the game or to concentrate more on it. Playing 2 or 3 premium balls take longer time as we have to wait for double coins. Since the drops are not good, one cannot just brush aside the double coins and go for single one. So I think the mini games time should be adjusted & also it should not make us tired. After a particular time I got stressed and was happy that I was not able to make more premium balls. I think there would be many players like me who might feel drained after their real life work. We play this game for fun & as a recreation. So please consider this aspect.

 

love love love this event dynamic. No event crops to grow, but plenty of strategy required. The target shooting itself is just fantastic, and the prizes are wonderful. Am a little concerned about the drop rate, only because there is soooo much good stuff available as prizes.

Edit Sunday morning, about halfway through the event:
Loved being able to pick what prizes I wanted. On reflection, I like the offering of three cloud rows, not because we should all expect to get all three, but because there is a realistic opportunity for players at nearly all levels to be able to get one. This is finally the answer we have been asking for, of making events a little bit level-sensitive. To me, this is another example of BP listening to the players, and I appreciate it!

One problem I see again and again and again, is that all players expect to be as accomplished as all other players, at a very early point. I've been playing for over four years. It is much easier to advance faster now than it used to be, and I think that many newer players think that within three months of playing, they should be able to do everything that us long time players can. This is not that kind of game. I call it my hobby, not a game, because to succeed at it, you have to put time into it constantly. I get really annoyed when players (of all levels) want to finish a six day event in two days. If it was easy, where would be the fun in that? We think we want prizes for nothing, but if that's the way it was, we'd quickly lose interest. It's the planning, the strategy, and the waiting for drops to accumulate, that makes it exciting. I think the drop rate here is just fine - it just takes some calculating to figure out the right balance of crops and trees, and a lot of players don't want to have to do that. But from the discussion thread, you can see that plenty of them are thrilled with this challenge - it's different from plant, harvest, donate, plant, harvest, donate... love the variety, BP!

 

I really love this event, nice to see a different type of event and the ability to work towards and choose your own prizes. Only negative is the drop rate but hopefully this will pick up.

 

The drop rate is appalling. I can't really test the rest of the event because I haven't had the opportunity to make any balls yet.

 

When you see Difficulty: Hard..it's gamespeak for drop rate: Baad, Awful, and Worse still
From now on I'm going the call the drops by their first name: Hens Teeth.
Edit
Day 2: For all their work they've created the slowest most tedious time I've had on here yet. No interactive, just waiting for a long crop and trees. I got three made and over 5 days it will probably be 7...half of what I would need to get a row with items.
This stunt is boring and putting me off a bit more from the game each time it happens. They had best read these posts on here, I sense a missed target in this thread.

 

I absolutely love this event
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It has all the things I liked from the fishing event, and none of the things I didn't like!

Like:

• No event crop, just collecting drops!
• There is a strategic element in getting the balancing between crops and trees right.
• The premium balls require twice the drop items, not more.
• The FAQ was out early enough for double auto tree harvest, made a big difference!
• Great prizes, and most of all: Being able to choose the prizes yourself! I think we have had too many events lately with random prizes.
• Love the 10 hour cool down time for the cloud rows!
• The graphics are great once again
• The mini game:
  • Not the frustrating hit and miss the fishing was
  • But still not dependent on the kind of skill required in wack-a-mole for instance (I don't think a Farmerama event should require that sort of skill)
  • Like most things in Farmerama: You get the best result with a bit of patience
  • I think the length of the mini game, with 15 throws, is good
  • I am glad we got the info about the best possible results in a regular vs premium game

Don't need a dislike list, but one can always wish for more drops of course. My only problem is wanting all the wonderful prizes

 

I like the idea, but can't put into practise as the drop rate is dreadful.

I love the red panda in his little circus suit - Wish I had one of him on the farm

 

My heart and enthusiasm just isn't into this event. That being said, I will give it another day or 2 and see how drops continue to be. Is there an event that is rated "Just about impossible" ?

 

I really like this - not too much skill involved. I can farm normally and not waste resources such as SG etc. I love that we can choose our own prizes so for those that hate cloud rows they don't have to have them. So far, thumbs up.

 

Crappiest event, so far (no drops to work with) ????

 

I am at a higher level, grow crops that are 12-18hrs to mature, and have tons of trees. I have only been able to make ONE ball so far. The drop rate is horrendous. I have taken 90% of my animals out of play (so all my fields are crops and trees, other than the minor 10% of animals I left up on the edges), and I am frustrated at how hard I am having to work to get any result at all.

I read the posts above, and I want to know what crops those successful people are growing (to get the blossoms) because its as hard as sucking hind teat on a boar hog for me to get any!

 

Interesting that you have an event where animal pens and workshops did not provide event drops. I've put out every last tree I own to get the field bobble drop and have my LL trophy up to 25% but those drops are coming very slowly. I'm not as worried about the festival blossom as I have mainland overnight crops that will get those for me. I do like the target shooting. I think you are finally on track on that one. Like that we can choose our prizes. Wish that the "Misc." prizes could be won more than once. Not sure about the cloud row. I may wait until close to the end to decide what to do on that. None of the "Old" deco items interest me as I haven't been around long enough (June 7, 2015) to need any of them for old themed cloud rows but I'm glad they are available for those that might need them.

 

Just went to the market to sell the manure from the few animals I have. There was two pages when I looked and by the time I put in a offer there was only mine and it went in a flash. For those that have given up or just not high enough level to have high level trophies, manure is the way to go. Cha-Ching

Edit: Forgot where I was. I like the event in general, however the drops are not being cooperative, not crappy, but not good. So far, I can only make one premium ball a day.

I do like that there are NO event crops.
I like the miscellaneous category, I just wish it wasn't only buy once. Since I was away for about 8 months, I really, really like the trees and stables.

With the drop rate like it is, I probably will not get enough to get a cloud row, we'll see though.

 

Mini game ie the shooting is like waiting at the dentist to have your teeth pulled if you are trying for the maximum points - the first 10 2* targets aren't too bad but waiting for the last two takes too long... and I feel sorry for peoples that try to wait beyond the twevle 2 star targets as they don't exist... Shooting tedious...

 

Just one small comment. Early on, I noticed during the event game in the background noises a childlike voice going "Nah nah nah, nah nah". Could have lived without this sound effect.

 

Prizes look good -- just wish I could get all of them instead of having to choose.

 

Dislikes...
1) The drop rate is too low.
2) Mini game has a coin maximum.

By my calculations it is impossible to finish this event. In order to earn the ability to BUY the gold prize pack, I need 770 coins. At 54 coins per mini-event, I need to complete 15 mini events to get the 770 coins. Since I am only getting enough drops to make one pack of premium balls a day, and the event is only 5 days long, I will only be able to make 5 packs of premium balls.

It is interesting that the video clip on the event FAQ page shows the mini game score as being 99,000+ coins. How is that possible?

I don't mind rearranging my farm, planting trees, using super grow etc to partake in an event. But when doing such things still can't complete the event due to mathmatical improbability.....

 

just found 20 more gray hair's waiting for the drops, cannon way slow, all an all i need a nap