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Sunday 2 September 2012

Clickety, Click...

[Please note: this is an Andy's Imagination post, purely my own thoughts and will likely not appear in game]

OK, let's start by stating two pretty certain facts.

1) We could do with more clicks.

2) It doesn't look like we'll simply be given them.

So, what could be done? Get my imagination out for a compromise of course! I've thought of three ways we could see this clicks issue change that are... Zynga style ideas.

The Building Version

I know, I know. We've got a Pavlovian reaction to the word building these days, be it for space reasons (although it's rare to find a really tight space issue these days of storage and expansions) or just for building issues.

But let's be sensible, not only do we know it's a favourite of Zynga, it's also not so bad if we're building it with a view to a good outcome, like we did with the Irrigation Station. A convoluted build, sure, but with the excellent end product of something that makes a difference to our gameplay.

One building, and when completed we get 50 extra clicks per day.

I think we'd ALL agree a manual build would be far better than a Horseshoe Purchase, yes?

The Boost Version

Option two is inspired by the Clock Tower, a building with a good boost that affects gameplay.

As we don't use the Bulletin Board for the Favours any more, it can be re-purposed. After all, people post wants and needs on a bulletin board, not just requests for help...

From the Board we craft a boost that, once a day, resets our clicks. Used your 50? Just click the Board, select "Click Reset" and bam, 50 more clicks to use on the wall.

Make the boost craftable from something on the homestead and a request, either DR or wall, and we're paying 2/3 clicks or sends to get 50, pay small, get big, and with the chance to stock up.

The Mission Version

The simplest of all options. Clicks and requests are basically mail, right? So, we have a mission thread where we use new technology, including the railroad, to streamline the Frontier Mail Service.

It's a five mission thread with each mission giving us an extra 10 clicks, so we get more and more help towards the missions the further we go through them and feel we're really achieving something.

A couple missions based around the Pony Express that are a mix of things including a nice amount of Homestead... say:

Mission: We need to make sure those horses for the Pony Express are the best we have!

Tend 30 Standard Adult Horses on your Homestead to find the fastest for the Express
Collect 4 Blacksmith Bonuses to get Perfect Horseshoes
Ask your friends for 10 Freshest Feed to give your horses energy!

Then a couple missions based around the Railroad to get mail cars up and running, maybe a couple of those mailbag poles that they used to use that trains picked up as they drove through...

And bam, at the end of the mission thread, 50 more clicks, 10 per mission.

I don't doubt they'd need to be tricky missions, but c'mon... wouldn't you be happy with some tricky missions if it was giving extra clicks?



Bottom Line, we need clicks, so maybe it's time to tell them we'd happily work for them instead of just being given them, after all, it's got to be a better reward than some more coins and a decoration, right?

31 comments:

  1. sounds fair 2 me

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  2. bottom line...they need to stop rolling out new missions until at least half of the old missions are done!!!

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    1. I agree I have so many going I never get anything completed..

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    2. I wish they would time the new mission releases with how long it takes the average person to finish the last one plus a couple of days downtime to give us time to actually work on our homesteads instead of this non-stop hustling for parts as it is now.

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    3. I agree. I have a lot of older missions that I just can't ask for enough stuff to finish them. Hubby had over 60 old missions he can not complete. stress and more stress instead of enjoying the game.
      Maybe there is a way to earn a "finish mission boost" that we can choose which mission to have finished for us ?? But don't make it too hard or we will still be in the same mess, too many missions to ever finish. Thanks for considering it.

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  3. i thought the 50 clicks were facebooks regulation...not zyngas???

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  4. Andy..you're brilliant.sounds terrific to me. 50 clicks is not sufficient with the missions. I use more than my 50 everyday and 100 would be great. Would we be able to carry over any unused clicks?..LOL..Thank you for sharing your ideas..Have a great day!

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  5. great idea! How about purchasing more clicks? Coins, not horseshoes. I've got 32,000,000 coins & nothing to spend it on that is worthwhile. Clicks would be great.

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  6. I agree wholeheartedly that is one building i would be happy to upgrade for !!

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  7. Oh, YES! And while you're at it, see if you can convince them that begging for SO MUCH JERKY is NOT the way to keep gamers happy!

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  8. Loved the ideas :) I use my 50 for my personal needs & way much more after that without getting any back :( Great thinking there ;) Would be lovely if it did happen.......

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  9. option 4 (true zynga style): pay now to get 50 extra clicks for only 200 horseshoes!

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  10. stop limiting us on everything and what are we going to do wil all these coins you so nicely let us collect all the freaking time and use less stuff in are inventory come on think about it it all about horseshoes anymore this game use to be so much fun please dont kick me out just for voicing my opion either try giving us some mission we can use the stuff we have and the coins you took are food with the canning mission now we are begging for that too all we do is beg anymore stuck to this game thank you for listening

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  11. Sound good to me....also they need to fix the neighbors list....If we have neighbors that don't play any more we can't get rid of them and get some that do play...That alone makes me want to quit playing this game....my neighbors list is full and I can't get the help I need to do the goals they want us to do...I get maybe 0 or 1 click of each post I post......not enough of my friends still play this...I do love this game but they need to FIX the Neighbors Tab!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  12. Any of the above would be amazing!!! , BTW I Loove how your imagination works Andy ;o)

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  13. There's no point in going down this road because we'll need so many clicks to complete their ridiculous mission requirements it would take a month to get the 50. Sorry to be so negative but I can't see why they just cannot increase our clicks without any palaver.

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  14. I like your boost idea best. Most like what they'd actually do. I've read, however, that it's actually Facebook regulating that and not Zynga. Something about never of players affecting the numbers of posts we can click.

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  15. I'm good with any of these ideas. How do we get Zynga to work with us? Thanks, Andy.
    BYW, you're a very good writer.

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  16. I'm wondering with all the new Trees coming out, is there an Orchard Expansion available or will be offered? Theses are all great ideas! Let's hope for a good change!

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  17. AM WITH CHERYL FIX THE NEIGHBORS TABS MY BUTTONS GONE MISSING IN ACTION !
    AND THE NOTES BOARD WELL IT`S WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO NOT WHAT WE NEED !
    I THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE HELPING OUR FRIENDS !
    MISSION NO WE WOULD USE 50 CLICKS TO EARN 50 WHATS THE POINT IN THAT !
    NUFF SAID THANKS XXX

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  18. I love all your ideas. I'm not sure if you read all the comments but I would like to put a bug in your ear. I would like to see the developers add a line at the end of each mission that after 60 days from mission release that the items needed can be gifted from others inventory. That is one way for everyone to get help on old missions.

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  19. there should be no reason why they can't put the clicks back on a renewal every 12 hours like it used to be. would be great if we could use some of the excess in our inventory at the barter shop and exchange it for parts we need. (mostly the ones we have to keep requesting from neighbors over and over and over and over.) use part coins and part excessive inventory.

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  20. I think we should earn more clicks without having to do anymore work than usual. it could be based on level. the more you play the higher your level the more clicks you need to keep progressing.

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  21. Ok Andy,The job is yours sounds like you have more sense about it than the the ones who actually create the game.You have a brilliant idea there.

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  22. fantastic idea, i agree 50 clicks with missions in which we have to collect about 500 things to get them finished is ridiculous! and than those very short time to finish a mission it is more like a contest! we want more clicks and the suggestions you made are fantastic.


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  23. Great ideas but I do agree they should just give us more without having to work. If you think of it from the perspective that I currently have 60 missions in progress and 16 buildings to build AND upgrade, not to mention the endless crafting and animals to heal or grow! That's a hell of a lot of items to have to beg for and collect so 50 is never going to be enough! On a side note - please tell them to take a wee holiday and stop rolling out missions for a bit so some of us can make a futile attempt to catch up. :)

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  24. Requests. Alternating the method. First is a feed post next time a Direct Request, then back to feed post. Add Real Active Players tab to all Direct Requests & Gifting lists.

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  25. well i dont know why we should have to build anything for the extra clicks,yes they are necessary to have with all the requirements they give us to complete a mission.seems to me that if they give us or we work for them it will never be enough as they will increase the requirements for the missions,as it it we need 6-7=8 of 1 item to make 1 thing and so much to make or craft.why dont they just resest every twelve hours with the option to buy more with coind or have us do favors for them without building

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  26. ALL IDEAS HAVE MERIT, MY SPECIAL BEEF IS THE CLICKS AND NIEGHBORS TAB.. BUT GREAT JOB ON THIS SITE, LET'S HOPE ZYNGA TAKE IT ON BOARD, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY LISTEN TO US ANYMORE... BUT KEEP AT IT, BEHIND YOU ALL 100%

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