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Co-Op Farming – The Strategic Guide

FarmVilleDate 287 (Saturday, April 3, 2010) one comment

image33 Co Op Farming The Strategic Guide

So… finally I could login to see the new feature Co-Op Farming :) :) Let's see what it is all about and see if I can collect some tips for you… yeah right… well… at least maybe you can share some tips in the comments for the rest of the community ;)

The game starts with a brief "comic" in 4 simple steps explaining the basics as seen on the left:

1. basically everyone can ask for help to complete jobs
2. then you can recruit people to help you with a job
3. then you complete the job
4. and well… the faster you complete it the higher the reward.

First of all, read the official introduction here by Channel Zero, the following learning points are in there:

	1. The delete tool moved to the seeder/harvester menu item and 2. we have a new the co-op farming tool icon where (duh) you will find the co-op farming menu's.
	1. When you open it you will find all jobs posted by other players or available from start. Note that at this time the feature is being rolled out so not all users have the possibility to start them. (when I open it I see "Fashion Bug" – Grow Grapes to turn into dye, reward: a grape sheep! and some money and some XP!) (maybe a new report for adding the rewards would be handy on this site).
	2. Under "active jobs" you will find the jobs that you subscribed to and in which you participate. Here you see that "our team" has only 520 out of 1275 grapes planted and not even harvested a single one… I don't think we are going to make the Gold one….
	3. Under job history you will find the finished jobs… well obviously none yet.
	a) When you select a job you can see the description and click join to start the job or start a new job if you have the chance. I see that we are going to grow Grapes to turn in to dye :) So.. ah… well… let's grow these grapes!
	b) And once you joined a job you can get the word out to other friends to help you in your quest.
	Now… each job (I will make a report of the jobs later) has 3 levels of completion either: - Bronze - Silver or - Gold Depending on how fast you are. And with the gold level… you gain a special item! (for instance the Grape Sheep) And this makes it interesting because it is of course interesting to have those friends in the team which can help you get the gold rewards! hmmm…
	c) And while I am planting Grapes… a new progress popup shows me the progress to stress me out :) eh… oh no… It shows me in yellow the amount of grapes I have seeded and the amount we still need to seed. NICE.
	p.s. Hmmm.. while I am seeding my grapes I became level 70… game over … lol!
	There are also 3 new Achievements to earn within the Co-Op farming. I will add the details to the achievements list on the left. 1. achievement: Employee of the Month complete jobs at Gold Level as a helper 2. Fabulous Foreman Complete jobs at Gold level as a starter 3. Best of the Rest Receive MVP on job levels. The MVP is the Most Valued Person, so the one who contributes the highest percentage of work towards completion.
	Hmmm… interesting new feature. So… it probably means I have to pick my team mates wisely if I understand correctly. - To finish my gold ones I need people with LOADS of fields and some dedication. - To finish my MVP achievement I need a lot of Noobs in the team who do nothing :) So I will need to choose which achievements I want to earn first.
	And here you also see the Job Complete message after completing a job. How they completed this job in 14 minutes? Beats me!

Hmmm… I probably will have to delete some stuff (my storage capacity of 100 is full) to make room for some more farm land…

p.s. there are also 3 new little cute easter buildings:

p.p.s: Carla started the

http://farmvillechicken.com/groups/co-op-farming-636125840/ (co-op farming group)

which may an interesting place to share some tips or form some power groups !

Co-Op Farming is here (and Treasure Isle!)

FarmVilleDate 287 (Saturday, April 3, 2010) 2 comments

But…. I can't seem to load FarmVille. It just loads the frontscreen and then hangs, no matter what browser.

So luckily Kevin has got it covered :)

Well… that gives me time to try out Zynga's newest game : Treasure Isle ! (And as always Zynga seems to copy the next already existing non-Zynga game, in the game Treasure Madness (which LOTS of players were playing).

So let's see where Zynga "improved" on and let's read if Zslide likes it that their only main Facebook game is getting HUGE competition…

They state it so proudly… but this could drop …

Although http://www.pictogame.com/ is interesting: players creating their own mini games.

Well… since FarmVille is down….. Here is my just created coolest racing game ever designed on earth:

(well... WordPress MU strips out all embed tags.... no game here but here: http://data.pictogame.com/gc/gc4.swf

hmmm… I think I am born to design games :)

… Back to Treasure Isle…

	I start on a small Island and can dig for treasures!
	And ofcourse I find treasures and earn badges.
	Like Treasure Madness I can trade in sets for a prize.
	And there are Levels! I am now level 2 Beach Comber and can buy new stuff and can gift new stuff! (like in FarmVille)
	After completing Island, it gets a little bit smarter: I can jump from Island to Island via a route, this is different from Treasure Madness where I can buy a whole bunch of maps (if I have the money). Another difference is that it does not indicate much or not much treasures to be found on the islands.
	Tools needed to uncover certain pieces of land … well that's of course exactly the same as in Treasure Madness. though the game looks sharper in details.
	After finding another extra Gift I can send it to one of my friends. Let's send it to our FV God!
	Putting items out of collections that you do not have in your wishlist works the same as in Treasure Madness but it seems to be a little more under your fingers by the menu item inside the game (well… so it feels). It also looks cooler.
	And then there is …. Home Island … :)
	On the home island you actually relax, do stuff and wait for more energy to continue your quests. This is totally new and not in treasure madness.
	And well… uhmmm…. home reminds me of that other game where you have to harvest things, collect things, grow things and stuff. I forgot the name. well… try it out for yourself: Treasure Isle, probably as addictive as Treasure Madness is / was and probably another thing I need to play :) I'm VERY curious what is now in the heads of Zslide :)