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Post by kat on Nov 2, 2021 12:11:01 GMT
This month especially if you bought the farm pass you get the choice of adding extra slots to the dairy, bakery or ice cream maker twice and very early on. Which slots do you choose and why ?
For the first I unlocked I always go with dairy because who can keep up with dairy right ? For the second choice I went with the bakery and find myself often choosing that option if I get to choose between these buildings a second time in a month. I was wondering if that was just me or if more choose the bakery. ? I find it’s sometimes hard to keep up with bread and cornbread needs for making other products and all the other stuff we need to make on the bakery.
For the other combo I used to choose the sugar mill often but now with a second mill I don’t choose that one anymore at all and like to make popcorn or snack mix for selling.
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Post by thisistheway on Nov 2, 2021 12:34:20 GMT
I am the same, I pick the dairy then sugar and then bakery. I use a lot of sugar, even with the other machine.
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Post by BauldersGate on Nov 2, 2021 12:38:46 GMT
Always dairy. Always sugar.
😅 I've become so used to the extra slots, especially in the dairy, that it feels weird when they're not there 😆
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Post by donkeyfan on Nov 2, 2021 13:20:46 GMT
I think I'm an exception, my first choice was the bakery.
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Post by JuneRain2019 on Nov 2, 2021 16:00:19 GMT
Dairy first.
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Post by Cowslips on Nov 2, 2021 19:39:02 GMT
Always bakery for me. The sugar machine and dairy do not need extra slots when you have Rose and Ernest on hire. Bakery items are generally quick to make, so more slots make that machine more efficient for me.
If we had the option to choose which machine could have extra slots I'd go for the sauce maker every time!
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Post by BauldersGate on Nov 2, 2021 19:47:33 GMT
Always bakery for me. The sugar machine and dairy do not need extra slots when you have Rose and Ernest on hire. Bakery items are generally quick to make, so more slots make that machine more efficient for me. If we had the option to choose which machine could have extra slots I'd go for the sauce maker every time! I hate Earnest and Rose. I like having control over my own farm and they just annoy me far too much with their methods, despite the optional tweaks to the way they work. 😆 So on my farm they're permanently sat on their hill with their 0% Flag raised and waving till the end of time 😅
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Post by Mom’sCar on Nov 2, 2021 19:49:14 GMT
I get the extra slots on the bakery and on the popcorn machine.
Rose and Earnest are usually on the payroll, so I don’t need the slots on the dairy and sugar.
I’m curious, if you get the extra slots on the sugar mill, now that there are 2 machines, do you get the extra slots on one or both?
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Post by BauldersGate on Nov 2, 2021 19:56:18 GMT
I get the extra slots on the bakery and on the popcorn machine. Rose and Earnest are usually on the payroll, so I don’t need the slots on the dairy and sugar. I’m curious, if you get the extra slots on the sugar mill, now that there are 2 machines, do you get the extra slots on one or both? Both 😁
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Post by Mom’sCar on Nov 2, 2021 20:12:04 GMT
I get the extra slots on the bakery and on the popcorn machine. Rose and Earnest are usually on the payroll, so I don’t need the slots on the dairy and sugar. I’m curious, if you get the extra slots on the sugar mill, now that there are 2 machines, do you get the extra slots on one or both? Both 😁 Thanks for letting us know! That might come in handy if those helpers ever start misbehaving.😃
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Post by Dibzie on Nov 2, 2021 22:13:50 GMT
I added the extra slots to my Dairy too!
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Post by kat on Nov 3, 2021 1:01:31 GMT
Always bakery for me. The sugar machine and dairy do not need extra slots when you have Rose and Ernest on hire. Bakery items are generally quick to make, so more slots make that machine more efficient for me. If we had the option to choose which machine could have extra slots I'd go for the sauce maker every time! I hate Earnest and Rose. I like having control over my own farm and they just annoy me far too much with their methods, despite the optional tweaks to the way they work. 😆 So on my farm they're permanently sat on their hill with their 0% Flag raised and waving till the end of time 😅 thanks everyone, love reading all the insights. BauldersGate, some players do love Rose and Ernest and hire them all the time. I’m a cheapskate so I don’t hire them but I’ll use the free trials and and occasionally the free boosters for them. However I also understand some players don’t like them at all. I remember it being discussed on the forums quite a bit after they were reasonably new and in the beginning they came with the wrong default setting for lots of people. After they got some setting choices they improved. However what I have found to be the single best tip for working with Rose and Ernest is to leave them to it and don’t interfere with them all too much. Just make sure you use your animal products and the stock is never full and they keep at it. Just keep an eye on those crops for animal feed and sugar mills though. The more a player interferes the more sand they throw into their gears.
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Post by Mom’sCar on Nov 3, 2021 1:14:12 GMT
I hate Earnest and Rose. I like having control over my own farm and they just annoy me far too much with their methods, despite the optional tweaks to the way they work. 😆 So on my farm they're permanently sat on their hill with their 0% Flag raised and waving till the end of time 😅 thanks everyone, love reading all the insights. BauldersGate, some players do love Rose and Ernest and hire them all the time. I’m a cheapskate so I don’t hire them but I’ll use the free trials and and occasionally the free boosters for them. However I also understand some players don’t like them at all. I remember it being discussed on the forums quite a bit after they were reasonably new and in the beginning they came with the wrong default setting for lots of people. After they got some setting choices they improved. However what I have found to be the single best tip for working with Rose and Ernest is to leave them to it and don’t interfere with them all too much. Just make sure you use your animal products and the stock is never full and they keep at it. Just keep an eye on those crops for animal feed and sugar mills though. The more a player interferes the more sand they throw into their gears. Absolutely the best advice is to leave them alone. I do for the most part. I will occasionally hijack one of the feed mills to make sanctuary food. I remember the problems with the helpers in the beginning. Didn’t we all get tired of seeing only eggs in the DD?? It was really crazy.
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Post by greenleaf on Nov 3, 2021 2:38:46 GMT
I always choose dairy first. Then sugar as it applies to both machines. I transfer the extra sugar to my baby farm. I also like the bread or pie oven. I love rose now that I've figured out how to use her to best advantage. Ernest, well he's okay but I like to be in charge of my dairy as it's so critical for completing so many different products. But like someone else said, sauce machine would be my second choice to add slots to!
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Post by 🌼GymGirl🌺 on Nov 3, 2021 4:49:52 GMT
I don’t use Rosie and Ernie as I also prefer to run my farm my way. I always get the extra slots on the dairy and the bakery. Sometimes I get 4 extra on the dairy and I sometimes add them to the popcorn machine. Depends on the state of my barn.
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Post by kat on Nov 3, 2021 11:00:24 GMT
thanks everyone, love reading all the insights. BauldersGate, some players do love Rose and Ernest and hire them all the time. I’m a cheapskate so I don’t hire them but I’ll use the free trials and and occasionally the free boosters for them. However I also understand some players don’t like them at all. I remember it being discussed on the forums quite a bit after they were reasonably new and in the beginning they came with the wrong default setting for lots of people. After they got some setting choices they improved. However what I have found to be the single best tip for working with Rose and Ernest is to leave them to it and don’t interfere with them all too much. Just make sure you use your animal products and the stock is never full and they keep at it. Just keep an eye on those crops for animal feed and sugar mills though. The more a player interferes the more sand they throw into their gears. Absolutely the best advice is to leave them alone. I do for the most part. I will occasionally hijack one of the feed mills to make sanctuary food. I remember the problems with the helpers in the beginning. Didn’t we all get tired of seeing only eggs in the DD?? It was really crazy. Haha yes I remember that. Nowadays eggs sell pretty well. Whenever I do have Rose and Ernest I sell eggs regularly so Rose can keep collecting animal products and the expansion items can keep dropping. I sometimes hijack the feed mill also usually I would do that at night with a few slots or I hijack the dairy at night with the longer items. Once you get a feel of how they work you can certainly interfere with them a bit. But yea usually if you have problems with how they work then leaving them alone to do their thing is the best option and will often lead to better results. I remember a few on the old forum getting this tip, trying it and coming to the conclusion that it worked well with this tip.
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Post by donkeyfan on Nov 3, 2021 11:50:27 GMT
Hi kat & Mom’sCar & greenleaf This confirms what I read mostly about Ernest and Rose. Either you "like" them or you "dislike" them. I for one don't get used to them. But I think it's my fault. I didn't feel like to get familiar with their possibilities, so I failed, of course. It was always a mess when I used them.
But this doesn't bother me as I decided like 🌼GymGirl🌺 to run my farm in my way. No interfering. Despite from that I don't like delegating things. I prefer to do it myself. Not always fitting, but that's my way.
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Post by misspoufy on Nov 5, 2021 18:05:28 GMT
I choose the dairy, the bakery and the cake oven.
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