Sneak Peek Two

Yay!! 🎉🎉

I couldn't disagree more. I think new additions are what's keeping the game interesting and not letting it get stale and boring! For me anyway. 

Agree, same with the long grind on permits, blueprints, puzzle pieces, chicken vouchers etc etc. I find this game more boring with every update. You can predict the content. No high hopes for sneak peak 3, hope I am wrong.

l26 I do very much agree there are so many different ways to play the game. And every person is going to have their own likes and dislikes, different tastes, etc. I can see where new products would be frustrating. I'm not a good seller of products myself. 😉

I just remember when I played years ago and, it seemed, with every update there was nothing. Nothing new introduced, and each week was the same old same old. Now I come back years later and there's so much new stuff-- I am ecstatic and relieved. 

Yes it is definitely to each his own. Good thing about this game though is that you can pick and choose what you do and don't do, and you don't have to do any of it if you don't want to! Or you can go crazy and drink every last drop! 😋

Not excited by more animals that take forever to get or new products with lack luster demand. Black sesame smoothie, anyone? Or how about that tart dressing? I think I have sold less than 10 of these since they were launched.

A new town building or two would be nice. Expand the town so there is more area to decorate.

How about a machine that would allow us to make seasonal products like carved pumpkins, dyed Easter eggs, Chinese New Year lanterns, Diwali candles, etc. Sell them in the town and to farm visitors. Inventory would disappear if unsold at the end of the season.

Or, how about a plane that the whole NH could work on filling? Make it leave every few days so we have time to fill it.

Please do something other than more animals and products!

I think, some of us expect something big and game play changing, like for example, the town, the valley, farmpass, sanctuary, derby etc.
And what do we get? Animals, machines, plants, products. Imagine, every update or maybe every year, a new town or valley.
The game would blow up and you spend hours a day just for basic maintenance. Well, I guess, some people do already.
So the game grows slowly, that’s fine by me.
Anyway, what ever is announced tomorrow, I am looking forward to it. After all, I am a curious person. And we are all so different in game play and expectations.
I don’t see the game out of balance. I just have the feeling, a lot of people are trying the same tips&tricks, optimizing everything to move forward as fast as possible, resulting in boring offers in the daily dirt. Or stopping fishing once they reached the globe.
Have a good day.

Time to start making room for another production machine and coconut trees....not to mention barn space for new products. 😢

As far as more sanctuary animals go....I don't work very hard to get puzzle pieces...it feels odd to work so hard to get the pieces for a new animal just to make it harder to make more and more feed for them. 🤷🏻‍♀️

The pets...they are cute and I wish I could get more of them, but the chick vouchers are sooo rare/impossible to get. 😑

So at this point....updates = a lot more work on the farm!! 😆

I could not agree more.

While I still play here and there, it is quite limited. I play mostly because I spent incredible amount of time since from the intro of the game and a reasonable amount of money so I still hang on there on an irregular basis. I had app. 7 or 8 farms (I really do not remember for sure). I am now playing with only 2 farms, and I will soon play only with 1 farm. Very long time players that I know have already quitted, and our trading group is becoming smaller as people do quit. Why? A brief summery: 

- Quite boring to have new products, new crops, new machines, new animals as so-called "update" (all the same each time, nothing exciting and nothing that will make me spend money on the game, especially considering that spending money on this game is a luxury for my budget in today's economic situation). 

- Obvious imbalances: The number of products is incredible but the barn upgrade is still limited to 50 (?) There surely is a line between "patience game" and "ridiculously irrationally imbalanced". It is not a rocket science to identify the imbalances in the game and to make the game experience better provided that SC cares. 

- Town (?) Nothing is going on, no new land, no new building, but only safari animals which have no function for my taste. If SC had worked with a town update, there would have also been a balance: safari animals for those who like, and town update for those who were waiting for a very long time. Nope, I am not expecting any town update anymore. 

- SC's focus is just to "sell". Well, of course, as a business, it is normal. However, I think many people can notice that SC has become extremely greedy, compared to other reputable developers. One tiny example: they completely cut off permit events = rather, they are offering permits for real money because they know that most players do need land. Farm pass: monthly subscription + diamond decos and so on. Sure, good source of money - in turn, no customer support: if something goes wrong so forget about the money that you have spent. Terrible practice. 

And the list can go on... 

For me, as said, +1 long time player since the beginning of the game has almost faced out, like many that I know (there are balanced games out in the market in order to relax and clear mind from work). Truly, I am also glad that some or many other players are happy with the machines, new crops etc. 

Dear farmer,

I fully agree with all criticism, believe me. It's not long ago when I also was questioning several things which were not ideal. And as it stands, I think this won't change the next time. Or, in other words I don't believe in greater changes anymore. ( Such as taken care of the town, a wish so often mentioned e. g.)

On the other hand I see another difficulty. We discuss a game which is very, very old. In Germany we would say: Steinzeitmäßig, the appropriate word in English would be "stone aged". The more time goes on the more difficult it is in my opinion to add new code to the game. It's an inherent danger that it could went south, like the last update.

My point is therefore not to bother with always the same stuff we are getting but to try to find out, what suits you most. As mentioned you can do what you want and you can avoid what you want. Try to find a balance without loosing pleasure for Hayday. Be aware, how old it is, many other games don't last as long as Hayday does. Another thing what highlights HayDay obove other farm games is the beautiful design. 

The farmhouse, the machines, the animals. Everything is designed with an absolutely love for detail. I know no other game which could challenge this.

Regarding all this I think it would be a good approach for oneself to arrange with some things. Don't misunderstand me, I don't mean to "celebrate" everything which is developed by SC, meaningful criticism is always welcome. I'm sure about that. In my opinion it can't hurt to be a little bit "friendly" and lenient with our beloved HayDay. Let's be happy and grateful while it's still running.

Of course, greater problems have still to be adressed, such as the last dreadful update, no question about it.

That's my speech for Sunday.

I think that a booster for all the machines are needed! Maybe even a silver, gold and platinum... where say... you pick the 3 machines and for silver level you get 30% off time, gold 40% and platinum gives you 50% off.

Even do a "catch up" in a future up date.

You make some really good points, but the thing is SC has no trouble making additions that makes them money, but they fail to improve the overall gaming experience. I find that to be arrogant. There could be made improvements that will add to the game without reinventing it. Examples could be easier or bigger upgrades of the barn and silo, expansion of the town, more producing animals (the decorative animals on the farm are cute but I need eggs and milk etc.), and an additional machine to produce animal food. All basic stuff that would make a difference imo. These basic things have been neglected too long. 

I absolutely agree with this. I have played this game since August 2012 without taking a break and even though I work full time. There have been times when I have become a bit disillusioned and tired of the updates, but the Hay Day team in my view are absolutely amazing in doing everything they do to keep our game going for us! Keeping everyone happy is an impossibility for all of us in life in general, but they introduce little bits that will please each of us. My own thoughts on the update - I would have liked swans or geese to keep my peacocks company, not cockatoos, and toucans have no place on my farm; however, the stew kitchen pleases me greatly. I live in the UK and at this time of year comforting food like stew is something to look forward to on frosty days after long walks with the dogs 😊. I also love the design of the stew kitchen. I want to put it next to my soup kitchen and this would have been perfect if they hadn’t made the ridiculous move some years ago of “Barbie-fying” the rustic soup kitchen. Now it will look stupid, but I guess there will be people that like the soup kitchen the way it looks now. My point being, I think, as DonkeyFan said, go with the bits you like and ignore the bits you don’t. There are plenty of them 😊