[Please note this is an Andy Imagination post. I do not have ANY information about future plans etc, this is all in my head]
I've been having a little think about our homesteads, partly from seeing shots etc from the Halloween Ghost Town.
Something sprung into my head that would do two things that I'd quite like. Open up a chunk of homestead and allow me some more design flair.
It's no secret I love to design my homestead, in fact I've always been a fan of urban planning type games. Sim City, Zeus, Emperor etc, etc. City builder games.
By now my homestead design is becoming more limited with the amount of new buildings etc we're getting. It means everything is becoming very utilitarian, all business, no pleasure. And SO... here's my Andy's Imagination Idea for October.
A separate "Town" map.
We've seen the precedent, the greenhouse and the Trail both take us to separate maps that allow us to do different things, so why not have a second area for "Town" leaving our original areas as the Homestead.
The thinking is simple. The Homestead would be our "Farm" (I know, I know, folks hate the Farmville reference but that's what it is.) It'll have crops, farm buildings such as the barn, rodeo etc. It would be where we grow crops, tend our animals, it'll be where we and our families LIVE.
The Town area would be for the town buildings, Saloon, Inn, Church, Shops etc. It would be where we go to shop, to use amenities, to have a little drink...
So Homestead to work and live, Town to use buildings and shop.
The town wouldn't need to be very big, in fact it would only have to be, at most, the size of our very first homestead, only about 65% or so of a fully expanded homestead at the moment.
It would clear all the room off the Homestead that "Town" buildings take up, and let us explore our design flair. As well as being able to design our Homestead we could have a lot of fun designing "Town". It would be a much more logical place for statues, flowers, all those random decorations we've picked up.
We could design a main street, a school district with a playground, a church area with a proper design... Personally the increasingly tight surroundings of the homestead make me less interested in playing, tell me I have a 20-25-a-side Town area to design and I'd be as happy as Larry on nitrous oxide.
The other great thing it would bring is realism. Back in the Pioneer days you'd often not get a big town attached to a farm, they'd be split, at least partly. We're pioneers after all, not town planners, so why not let us have our pioneer homestead, all farming and self sufficiency AND a town to go to for fun etc.
In one fell swoop it would (well, for me at least) make the game better and stop folks worrying so much about homestead space, simply by moving stuff to a Town it would open a heck of a lot of that up.
I don't for a minute expect it to happen, but as with most Andy Imagination posts... I'd really LIKE it to...
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SO agree with you!
ReplyDeleteI think that's a great idea! You need to let the developers know about this - it makes so much sense.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea! Boy do we need it too.,
ReplyDeleteAndy Do Not mind farmville comments as this is also a zynga game and anyone who plays both Knows they are very similar! And as Farmville does things Than things get done here. SO with that in mind your idea is not far fetched as Farmville has its English country Side and main farm and now has a Cove something?? SO I DO NOT SEE WHY they cannot do it here! Only posted anynomous because site was being pest lol
ReplyDeleteNow that would be cool!!
ReplyDeletewow this is such a smart solution to our space which even with things like the pond and big barn , is becoming crowded
ReplyDeleteAndy, I agree, I love to lay out and design my estate, but there is no place to put all the stuff currently in my storage shed or in inventory and still have place for debris, trees and crops and all the animals that we can not store... Thanks for the great idea....
ReplyDeleteUsing this concept, why not more than one town? I can decide to go to Dodge City or Morgantown or whatever and each can be a totally different place (like one is full of bars and gunslingers and the other full of church going folks) just like real life. Heehee!
ReplyDeleteI think its a great idea, I would also like to see them take the animation off the animals. I hate waiting 4 minutes or more to load some of my neighbors homesteads. I have a brand new GAMING system and it can't handle the animation of 3,000 animals on one homestead. (Seriously, my old bored a** sat and counted one farm, 3, 217 animals on her homestead) Sighhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
ReplyDeleteI have incorporated both in my one homestead and it is not too shabby. But you are absolutely correct, I do not have enough room to put the "chairs, water pitchers, bbq roasts, buckets and all the other little gadgets that make the homestead a REAL HO-DOWN farm. I have always had a school YARD - and I even made the church from painting white a school bldg, BEFORE they came along with the church. SO MANY of my FRIENDS comment "Look, she actually designs it as IF SHE LIVES THERE". THey tease me, but it is true. Getting crowded is not the word.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea!!!! Things are way too crowded now. No place to put any of the new buildings.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, it is so restricting the now and although they say you can store the buildings it mans you cant get the bonus's collected, hope they see your ideas and get started on it :o)
ReplyDeleteI love your idea , it sounds great , my farm is very well organised and I love the fact I have spread out my buildings to try and make it a ' wonder round town ' rather than everything stuck to the sides , but would love to be able to plan a town and make it pretty xx
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea! but at this point i'd be happy with more room!
ReplyDeletegreat idea!! I soooo agree!!!
ReplyDeleteyes!!!
ReplyDeleteCool idea, but why not just "buy" more land!!! Most people i know have millions of coins, and you really dont use that much. Now you deposit them, but what does that really do for us. We could use the coins and buy more land. Just another thought!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Why couldn't this happen? Can't you pass this on to Zinga? Lately I do things like the Capital One band stand and then delete it immediately. Silliness. It's getting too crowded, to repetitive, too one dimensional. I also get tired of the random objects they give us that should be indoors, like a table with settings or a hope chest or stove, that you just have to sit in the fields. What the heck? It would be cool to have an inside farmhouse too though I know that won't happen, like Simm's I guess. You should pass your idea on to Zinga....PLEASE!
ReplyDeleteIt would be wonderful to have a separate town. Never made much sense to me to have to crowd the town around your homestead. Hope they pick up on this one soon!
ReplyDeletewhoooo lurveeee this idea how cool would that be..simple but beautiful!! xx
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea love it that would be so much better. Zynga should take this idea and run with it. I hope u gave them this wonderful suggestion.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great idea. I love playing and advancing in the game,but I also love to decorate and make my land look good!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought this so long ago. I totally agree. Originally, that is why I left farmville and came here because I thought it would be closer to what you are describing.. I try to leave my homestead seperate from town, but have found it limiting recently. Good idea! Hey Zynga! Listen to the man!
ReplyDeleteMost of my decorations went into storage & then were sold. What's the point of having these things if you can't use and enjoy them? Same is true in the real world.lol Great ideas, Andy..perfectly logical. Give us breathing room.
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome, no matter how many times we expand we always seem over crowded with buildings
ReplyDeleteI think that would be a terrific idea. I like it, go for Andy. LOL
ReplyDeleteI think this would be the best idea of the month! I appreciate all the recent options to plant, feed more animals with the barn, fowl pond, green house, animal hospital, etc. But you are so right that there is little to no room to do what we want to do with our homesteads!! While I am on the subject why are we still calling it our 'homestead'?? It is so crowded with 'town' things, right Andy??
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful idea cant wait
ReplyDeleteLove it What a GREAT idea. I too like to try to make it real but space is a problem. You never know the powers that be just might consider it. We can hope:)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful idea to me.Maybe Zynga will grab it and go.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a fantastic idea... however, would like a little more space to plan the town, there are so many decorations. there are many toys and items for just the play ground alone. maybe a space for camping too... so we can put out all those tents. and finally keep some trees!! yes.. this would be terrific!!
ReplyDeleteBeen thinking along the same lines, but rather than having another add on I'd thought about:
ReplyDeleteChanging the storage shed to allow you to still obtain daily bonuses from buildings stored there.
Making all animals storable, especially moose.
Making trees, and even buildings, be able to be see through so you can see what's going on around them.
It's all about making the homestead a more homely place - at the moment mine just looks like a dumping ground!!
I really like this idea. AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea. If they can build that useless trail and fort surely they can give us a town. Like little house on the prairie, the town was not on their homestead
ReplyDeleteWell said, Andy! This is something I've wanted ever since we got the first town building.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeletecool idea
ReplyDeletePlease keep us informed Andy-it sure would be nice to have ZYNGA say... GREAT IDEA-lets do it !!! let's go back to the FRONTIER ~
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, hope they go for it and do it
ReplyDeleteAndy, you have the start of a good idea there. I have so much in storage and can not enjoy it, no room for it. What I do not like about PT, is they have lost the idea of the "old west" and became a fantasy land like Farmville did.
ReplyDeleteHow many pioneers had pink and blue sheep, and foreign animals. There are so many things now, that do not belong in the old west, it's shameful. The missions take so long to do that we have them backed up and try to complete.. it is very hard to do. Some folks spend all day in the game. Most of us do not have that much time. So many items cost horseshoes, we can't afford that either. When Frontierville started, things were more like olden times, now Pioneer Trail is getting too greedy for my liking, and no time to finish all missions and just enjoy the game, visit neighbors to HELP them instead of take from them for missions. Maybe a train ride could take us to a big city for excitement, or ride a stage coach, which would be more realistic. A cattle drive, an auction where we can sell excess animals for coins letting our neighbors buy them from us ? I would really like to see all of our inventory items to be giftable we we can help new players. Most all my newer neighobrs give up the game because they can not keep up and we can not help them with the things they really need. Slow down the missions so we can actually enjoy playing again.
Keep up the good work Andy, we appreciate your help.
Every time I start fixing my homestead over I wish for that...
ReplyDeleteI too like making my homestead beautiful rather then untarian. I've kind of done the same thing within the parameters of the current game. I have a town with a town square and I have the farm. I also have the "woods" with woodland animals, trees, flowers, "debris". You are right on track! Wish they would do exactly what you suggest.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea. The reason I quit FV was the excitement of the frontier life. This plan is realistic and fun! Hope the developers are listening! WTG Andy!
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea hope it happens
ReplyDeletecompletely agree....i never wanted my pioneer to grow into a metropolis
ReplyDeleteTotally agree! Keep expanding my storage shed to put things in out of my inventory. We get some really neat rewards but can't place them all. I want to decorate. I'd like to build a town but they need to let us transfer the buildings we already have and maybe introduce a few more. I used to play Petville. I love the fact that you can decorate INSIDE buildings there! It would be really neat to decorate inside the Ponderosa Lodge, The Cabin, Hank & Fanny's house. I was relieved to store certain buildings in the new Storage buildings but really it's a shame that we need these. Some buildings look neat and all took a lot to build. It doesn't matter if neighbours can see inside too but it would be nice if we could.....just to see & get ideas. We have CityVille so there's no reason not to be able to do similar here. The less non wild west items are really starting to grate on my nerves. They need to stick on theme. Good idea and I hope you'll present it to them, Andy :) Signed Seth Miller (couldn't work out the url thing lol)
ReplyDeleteI'm just the same I love making my homestead realistic. I keep my school out with a proper play yard and I still have my church with all the flowers and set up for the wedding and some gravestones round the side. It's all getting very squeezed though. I totally would love your idea to happen. I'm still having fun doing the separate Gold Rush bit and making a mini frontier lol :)
ReplyDeletecan you please take over the game Andy, because all your ideas are what the players want... never mind what Zynga say.. Maybe you should set up your own game as you know exactly what would make it fun and keep us all interested!
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