IMPORTANT - Hay Day 10th Birthday Feedback to Supercell

Dear member, Admins, Mods, Community Managers,

again....

THX very much for that great opportunity. It's very appreciated. I need some time to collect my thoughts. For the time being I'm looking forward to the thoughts and inspiring contributions from other members. 

I need a bit of time also to gather my thoughts and respond.  Back later.

I’m going to be disappointed if I don’t get a cake, though! To go with cakes from previous years!

Kind of player? Casual, but daily player with limited time who still tries to do everything I can, with a single farm.

Feedback?

To start, I’ll state the obvious. The 10th birthday is HUGE—congrats to Team HD! 🍰 😊🎉🎉🎉😊🍰

There was a lot of excitement in the air, and I think a lot of the fun is derived from that. The fair theme was a great choice, imo! It has been much talked-about, probably for years, iirc.

Lasting the whole month of June, the red-white-and blue colours seemed timed to fit perfectly with the US celebrations on July 4. People celebrating that might even keep their deco up the few extra days longer than others might, just for that. As was noted before though, some of the red/blue was just too saturated and too much, imo. A little more white on the house, maybe? But that’s done, so….

The red/blue is also kind of funny-looking with the other birthday deco, like the orange, pink and yellow balloons, etc. Of course it’s nice to have a different choice of colors for celebrations! 😊 But then I feel like there needs to be quite a bit with a matching color scheme to make it work. The Ferris Wheel was really cool, and the good number of (mostly white) fences helped, as would the carnival games, etc, I was actually half-hoping for a few little bunches of red white and blue balloons, lol. Anyway, this made me really want to get those current deco. What’s a country fair without the carnival games?

But now add the cost to get the set…. For me it’s close to $50.00 In a time of unprecedented inflation probably globally, I’ve already spent more on the games this month than I usually would in a couple of months, it feels like. (Clash included, with its birthday recently, seasons pass, now summer deco—I wish that could have waited until July rather than hitting at the same time as HD’s big thing, for those of us who play both.) So I was really hoping that more of these carnival items would be derby rewards, event rewards, gifts from Greg, nets, etc.

I’m enjoying most of what has come up, but like others was kind of surprised to see (in the case of old deco being brought back), a somewhat plain-ish one with the beach umbrella picnic thing. Have people requested that one a lot and I just missed seeing it? It seems an odd choice for a time capsule, which is to try to preserve kind of “defining” elements of a time and I wonder why they chose that.

I was thrilled 😃 to see the hot air balloon in the farm pass because I couldn’t get it before. I’m hoping as others have said, that some of the current diamond deco might come back in future months via the pass. So now it’s a matter of decision—I think I still want to get at least one of them now, so…which one will most likely result in me having two different ones later, instead of two of the same? Or will it all be “exclusive, exclusive” because it’s the 10th birthday event, in which case I’ll only have whichever one I choose now. Bleh. Will it be chicken tent all over again, which I cannot get my hands on for the life of me? 😢

I wish we could get a choice (not “chance”, but actual choice) between say, one of three older decos for an end of the road reward or something like that. Hey, carnival games let you choose what prize you want, (given a specific size). 🐮

We saw a lot of cute things from Greg just prior to the birthday (or very early?) with the chicken/sport balls, snail race, horse race, and bucking bronco chicken. Really cute. 😊. Only managed one of those, in spite of shuffling derby rewards, etc. We shall see what happens tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it isn’t more gnomes. (I like them but thought there were more of them, but the ones that come up for me have all been repeats for a while.)

Why *did Greg have 8 gifts for a 10th birthday?

The wheel of fortune. I’ve seen the coloured path, a scroll, a puzzle, and a few such things I had hoped to get, up there. No olympic paths, cactus fences, southwest style fences, etc. Didn’t get *any of those—even with a couple of added spins. So that was, meh…. Some things I could sell for coin, so that was ok, others I couldn’t really use at all, as usual.

Even EMs as gifts. I usualy love those, but my space is limited so I’m saving up barn ones while selling the rest to make room. It kind of lessens the fun of getting 4 marker stakes when I can’t keep them but know I will need them in a while, lol.

Scrolls…I need a LOT of them for the next pieces of land I want to open. It’s literally taking a couple of months to open a single plot, even though I try to do everything I can in the game. I miss a few derbies, but this month I’m going out of my way to try do most of them, in the hopes of yes, deco and permits, etc. So when I put in that extra time and get rewards I already have or can’t use, it’s….less fun. (Well, I *think 12 more champs derbies and I’ll have that one finished, lol.). I like the diamonds in the valley, but will likely have to give those up to get the scrolls and puzzle pieces. Three offered, but chicken valley, so….won’t be able to get both. So again, the diamond deco helps there, but it’s all giving me a “wallet-ache”, lol. Would be nice to have *all of the rare things, less rare if only for this month…

…Like the mystery nets. That was a nice (and different) surprise. 😊 I got the cannon from the first set of five I dropped. 😊

The global events…nice to see some changed up (town), and as a friend said on another thread, SC did a good job making an event they don’t usually do (trucks?) one that they felt was worthwhile. Thanks also, for making sure the goal was reasonable. If people worked hard at that and didn’t get the mark….well, we’ve seen the disappointment with that before but for the tenth birthday month, it would have been a disaster. So good calculating there. 😊

Oh, finally got one of the cute rustic decos from a gift card mystery package. Don’t know whether that’s a birthday thing or not, but here’s hoping that continues to happen from time to time. 😊

Thanks for an overall fun event, with a little way to go, yet.

Thank you for asking for the feedback. I am level 226, town level 66 and play most days. I do have a baby farm, level 40 something but I really only open it if we need extra town visitors. I don’t have time to play two farms. I am not on social media at all nor am I interested in that area.

I liked the overall concept of the celebrations but I did not like Maggie’s offerings. They were more a USA theme I thought and as an Aussie they did not appeal to me. Nor did I feel they fitted into my farm. However I am glad others liked them. I did purchase the life buoy decor but that was all. The fair ground decor was quite expensive and I did not need diamonds so I didn’t buy any of those. I am starting to find that much of the decor I like or have purchased appears in the farm pass.

I appreciated the gifts on Greg’s farm, especially the land permits, not so much the seemingly inevitable Rosie and Ernie boosters as I don use them and really only keep them to swap out for any others . I have more boosters stored (for free) than I can use. The beach umbrella decor was a bit disappointing as I already have several of those.

The global events have been great and so nice to see the town involved as I feel it is neglected. The town, not the sanctuary which is full of permanently sleeping animals. The mystery nets were a good idea but so far I have not had any decor or special items appear in them.

I will probably think of other things so may edit this later. Thanks again for this opportunity.

Good Morning !

Thank you all for your time and effort to share your opinions here with us. We really appreciate it and it helps us to keep Hay Day exciting and creative. We will use the days also after the big day (21 June) to read and analyze all your great feedback here.

Thanks again!
~Chris

Finally my thoughts to the above theme.

I play every day, my main farm is level 163, town level 52.

I'm committed to play stressless, without pressure. I prefer serving townies always and with everything they want and I avoid mostly ship and truck orders, hence. In addition I'm fastidious with derby by selecting only those, which suit me. I'm a player who rarely asks for help, I prefer to manage all requests by myself. Those I don't like will be deleted, I don't expect those orders to be fulfilled from someone else.

Basically I was very excited when I heard and read the first time about a 10 year anniversary. Remember that, 10 years for a game. That is something, I think! Subsequent many expectations were raised by SC, we got many announcements as well. Like Lily77 stated already, sometimes it was over the top.

I truly believe that SC put much time and energy in all occurring events, and I appreciate the work for this. It seems to work, we got a big hit - 50 diamonds - as the first present. Awesome!

The event for the farm visitors was for a greater good, so of course very appreciated as well.

The far theme event was/is nice, I loved it. The colors were a little bit too much eye-catching with red and blue. Nevertheless I bought it for my babyfarm. It's very nice. Additional we got the wheel ferris, nothing to complain, just the opposite. Great!

The gift picking on Gregs farm was at first very good, especially the diamonds, the permit and the chicken voucher. However, the Ernest, Rose and Tom booster were a little bit disappointing, as already mentioned. It's nothing special for a 10th birthday event, and in my opinion it didn't fit the event. The last reward was disappointing, too. Why given an old sun-umbrella deco?

The town event was my personal favorite event, as I love the town. The rewards (diamonds) in the thresholds were great, too.

The idea with the fishing event was also well-thought-out, due to the possibility to complete the fish-book with rare fishes and gaining diamonds. 10 Mystery nets as a reward is very nice, but the outcome was mostly a sad one.

I refer again to Lily77 who stated that SC could have given 1 guarantee for 1 (!) nice deco at least. As it stands it was mostly a waste of time. Ok, you can't have your cake and eat it. Obviously.

Conclusion:

Overall it was ok, but not outstanding. I quote greenleaf at this point:

"Overall, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 bring blech, and 10 being outstanding, I rate the celebration a 6. This is because I expected more decor, better prizes, and something new and different".

FullAck!

Chris and Ice ask "What did the Players like about the Birthday? Social Posts, Video, Events/Rewards?"

1st and foremost CONGRATULATIONS! 10 years! I liked that you thought about the celebration and shared with the farmers! Yes 50 Diamonds! Awesome!

I play everyday, since the pandemic, I’m at level 96, like others I do town, puzzle boats and trucks when needed (I’m trying to slow my level up because no room in barn or silo! The wood panels were everywhere just a short time ago, they’ve since dried up!!)

I liked the colors! They stand out and that blue is great!

I liked I could watch YouTube video to see hints and excitement!

Events - well thought out…. I don’t know how to find those rare fish, is there an algorithm and I’m not fishing enough? (I got more than 150#s!). 10 mystery nets, I’ve used only 6 or so in the past and never anything special…are decos a possibility? Those are 2 areas I’d like to see

Reward - I like when you give more than one fence post. I have no idea why they don’t at least come in pairs btw. The Ferris Wheel makes me want more decorations! But please, be aware sometimes fast motion (ie windmills) can cause motion sickness! 🤪crazy I know!

Please realize your creative features of more machines, crops products, = = less and less space in barns and silos, please consider a barn just for expansion materials (or any other solution)

Overall I loved the events. Oh, level 167, playing since 2013 with a hiatus of some years when work got crazy but back with a vengeance now since retirement last year. I have some baby farms too, levels 42-116.

I can’t remember all of the events but I loved the multiple events spanning years birthday month. The names of some of the events were kinda confusing vs what actually happened during them but that’s no biggie.

I LOVED the truck event and LOVE LOVE LOVE the Ferris wheel.

It didn’t buy Maggie's theme decos because it would be too much of a hassle getting back to my perma-fave designs. In future, perhaps an option to revert with one click post-event would be nice and encourage more of us to put up the event deco.

The Greg event was nice, esp the scrolls, puzzle pieces, and voucher. I'm okay with the picnic deco as I didn’t have it on some of my baby farms. And have 2 on my main farm is fine with me.

I liked the mystery nets as something different for the fishing event and look forward to using them. I appreciated that there was lots of time to fish (and truck for that matter), bc I hate fishing and it took me a while to fish on all my farms. (Trucks we’re done pretty much asap tho 💕).

I also like the hay day cookbook and downloaded it to my iBooks. Very cute idea!!

That’s all I can think of right now. Thanks for a great event.

Agreed with Mom’sCar .

Despite all criticism it's important to point out how lucky we are to be able to play HayDay for such a long time. It's not self-evident, all the more to be appreciated.

Thank you for this! 

Update on first post. I downloaded the cookbook but only the first 2 pages show print, the other 76 are just white sheets. I'm on my phone. Did I do something wrong. Or miss a step? I love to cook and try new things so really want the cookbook. 😁

Thank you for a truly amazingly fun game that has been around for 10 years! That says a lot about player commitment to a wonderful game!

Greenleaf,  maybe try to download it on a tablet and/or with wi fi connection??

I have a Wi-Fi connected IPad and had no problem.  It is PDF format.  

greenleaf

kanta is right. I made the same experience with my tablet, and it's a fast one. ( Samsung Galaxy S7+) It takes some time until all pages are loaded.

Give it a new try and be patient, this will work.

Thank you kanta and donkeyfan! Will be patient and try opening again! I'm all excited now! Love recipes!!! ❤