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Originally Posted by SparkleSprite
What if you just remove the avatars altogether? I mean, maybe some people will scream over that too but seriously, if there is no avatar, the crops can just instantly delete when we click, allowing them to disappear as fast as we can possibly click and no need for the avatar graphic to be involved and slowing us down at all.
if it could be set up so that the game automatically divides the number of crops by the number of harvesters/plowers? but each harvester would see (only) their portion of crops to harvest, and they would be required to actually do the clicking to earn their share. While harvesting/plowing their own section, it would be the same old "click ahead" system so they could go as fast or as slow as they want.  |
I really like the first idea. Maybe not get rid of them completely, but being able to turn them off. They could be turned off automatically when you are hired by somebody, but left on for when you are talking to people in the MP, inn etc Then it wouldn't ruin the social aspect of the game, but (I assume) would make loading times faster.
As a side note which I might suggest elsewhere, the hiring farmer could have a list on the side of their screen with the names of everybody they have working on their farm. They could click that person's name to rehire for plowing or if a fire button is brought out in the future. Sometimes when you are trying to hire someone their avatar is moving to fast to click on them, or they are behind a building.
I think the 2nd idea of giving workers an allocated number of plots to harvest could be a compromise if people are worried about how fast they can harvest. I have a fast connection and know I can do it faster than someone on dialup. I wouldn't mind getting less plots, doing it at my faster speed and leaving the rest for people on slower connections. It would be frustrating for the hiring farmer to have a slow worker, although they would have the option of not hiring them again and the job
would get done, albeit slowly.
Anyway, thankyou for listening to us regarding the problems with this update and I look forward to playing the game in the future
