Let me process the information first :) Your comments are welcome :)
The new stuff
FarmVille introduces Dairy Farms
This is the first in a series of buildings "that have a purpose".
The dairy farm can take 20 cows and the benefit is that you collect milk from them all at once. It costs either 10.000 coins or 20 FV (excluding the cows). Note that the building is non-rotatable, so you have to pick a spot where it is most logically placed e.g. the northern border or against another building.
It works like this: after you have placed it you drag your cows into it or, if you buy a new one, you simply click no the building to add it to that building. With each set of 5 cows another cow head appears in the building:
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| Added 5 Cows | Added 10 cows |
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| Added 15 cows | Added 20 cows |
Note 1: that even if you put pink cows in it, somehow the head of the cow will still be the "normal cow" (I think the designer found that idea over the top).
Note 2: if you put cows in it that are already in a state of ready then it will mix the ready state of the dairy to a certain percentage in between.
Profitability
Now… cows used to be extremely unprofitable / square:
| Pink Cow |
$ 3,13 |
| Brown Cow | $ 2,09 |
| Normal Cow | $ 1,04 |
When compared to e.g. swans ($ 27,83 per hours per square). They only made sense of putting on your land if you wanted to collect the Zoologist Ribbon.
With the new building we have to calculate the room it takes and the profit it makes. That leaves one question open: does the dairy take into account a mixture of pink, brown and normal cows? Or will it deliver just 20* $1.04 ? I have to test that in a day).
So… let me update my spreadsheet and I will come back to you :)
New FarmVille Mystery Boxes! The Complete List
hey! :I notice Google searchers coming here. This post is about the FIRST mystery box. Look in the left hand column (scroll down a bit) to see the complete list of all mystery boxes with contents. No problem. Thank you.
Today player were greeted with a new message:
You can find them under decorations and they cost (slik!) 15 FV:
Hmmm….. of course I could not stop my curiosity… after buying it….
I could see a little twinkling cursor to indicate where I can could place the mystery box….
It said that these items are nowhere else available.. so I think there will a number of unique items out there in the community….
And what was in it?
I opened it and … I got a striped tent :)
Some more player message boxes (as opposed to the wall messages):
In the meanwhile…on the forums the first reaction is that 15 FV is a bit expensive for such gifts.
The complete table:
| Object | XP | Sells For |
| Red Bike | 30 XP | 150 coins |
| Lounge Chair | 50 XP | 250 coins |
| Striped Rest Tent | 60 XP | 300 coins |
| Country Picnic Table | 60 XP | 300 coins |
| Fire Pit | 80 XP | 400 coins |
| Tree Swing | 150XP | 650 coins |
| Hot Tub | 200 XP | 1000 coins |
| Gold Gnome | 200 XP | 1000 coins |
Unless there is something out there that I haven't seen?
The official message:
Howdy, y'all! We released Mystery Crates today and you're going to love the great decorations that come out of these things. Check 'em out when you get a chance, you can even get up to 200 EXP whenever you open one! We wish we could ke...ep 'em to ourselves but they're just too good not to share.
The reactions are however not that good:
- people complain that the costs are too high (FV = real dollars) for this gift
- people complain that they can not place them anywhere since there is no room
- people complain that instead the server performance should go up
Out of the 1000's of reactions that pretty much summons it up :)
Lightchan posted a picture with all items:
New Animal indicators in FarmVille: good or bad?
Today Farmville introduced new animals indicators. Previously when an animal was "ready" it had a pink glow. Now it has become a sort of small arrow (which looks a bit like a heart).
I think in general for the wide open spaces it is definitely an improvement. It also makes it easier when you have large groups of animals. However there are also some bad reactions:
Because the arrow is above the head of the animal, if the animal is occluded (e.g. by a tree) then the sign is not visible while previously the complete body was visible. So for some farmers it needs some re-arranging of their farms. (An example is given below:)
Farmville introduced new animals indicators. Previously when an animal was "ready" it had a pink glow. Now it has become a sort of small arrow (which looks a bit like a heart).
I think in general for the wide open spaces it is definitely an improvement. It also makes it easier when you have large groups of animals. However there are also some bad reactions:
Because the arrow is above the head of the animal, if the animal is occluded (e.g. by a tree) then the sign is not visible while previously the complete body was visible. So for some farmers it needs some re-arranging of their farms. (An example is given below:)
This sheep is ready! |
Proof! |
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Overall reports
96 Seed
194 Buildings
33 Achievements
35 Mystery Boxes
234 Animals
40 Trees
864 Decorations
12 Vehicles
7 Collections
100 Levels
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