Land expansions and production machine prices

Welcome, melmel! You’ve come to the right place. We may not have answers, but there are farmers here with a lot of years of Hay Day experience.

Even for those of us who have been farming for years, the slow pace of land expansion becomes frustrating. It takes me months to get enough LEMs (land expansion materials: deeds, mallets, stakes) to open a plot. I think that the reason the HD team makes it so difficult is because years ago, before permits were introduced, when a new batch of land plots arrived quite a few farmers were able to open them quickly. That meant that the “When will we get more land??” posts would begin again almost immediately. Now, there is no way to get permits except through working the game, so things have slowed waaay down. I had a bunch of permits stacked up from a period when I wasn’t opening plots, so I have been able to concentrate on the LEMs since the newest plots arrived. However, after I open the next plot, I’ll be back to having to decide between permits and LEMs for my derby prizes.

I can’t imagine having to save enough coins for all the machines that are available now. When I started, I assumed that new machines would be introduced at progressively higher levels. What has happened, is that some machines are introduced at levels between existing machines. For example, I just checked the Hay Day wikia, and their list of machines shows that the omelet station is available at level 77 between the taco kitchen at level 77 and the tea stand at level 80. It’s no problem for those of us who have millions of coins stacking up with nothing to spend them on except the occasional new machine. (I have 18 million coins, and that is nothing compared to some.) In the olden days, there was breathing room between new machines for us to accumulate coins if we didn’t rush to level up. I think the HD team has a dilemma — do we only introduce machines at high levels to give the newer farmers a chance to build coins, or do we frustrate the newer farmers because all the new machines won’t be available to them for ages?

Hay Day has gotten progressively more complex. Hugely more complex! There are so many aspects where the HD team has to balance keeping newer farmers from getting frustrated and feeling left out and keeping long-time farmers from getting bored and feeling ignored. I probably should start a baby farm to revisit the “new farmer” experience. Good luck, melmel, and hang in there. Coming to this forum for a chat can be a satisfying addition to your farming routine.

I agree with donkeyfan entirely. Don’t try to do everything. “Farm management”, making choices, and patience are what it all comes down to. There’s always something I want NOW that I have to be patient for. Often it’s some decor in a locked land plot that I know I won’t access until next Christmas.

There used to be a forum where new farmers could ask things like “do I need more than one smelter?” Or “what should I open first, the fishing area or the XX machine?” Maybe we need to add something like that to JustHayDay. We are so lucky that new farmers are joining!! Without them, Supercell would have “sold the farm”.