Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[PowerUnit]

The fish oil pills should help. 4 carp sell for 6,000. In my books that's a big profit. Of course you lose fields, but that's no big deal.

[Scarlet]

I love fishing and have the big boat which makes it much easier. However the fish do sometimes get stuck, and then a change of farm or a rehire is necessary. Tip. when hiring to fish hire for two farms even if only one has fish on it. Then the angler can unstick the fish by going away and coming back. I also wish there were XPs for fish! )

[suemack]

Originally Posted by Scarlet

I love fishing and have the big boat which makes it much easier. However the fish do sometimes get stuck, and then a change of farm or a rehire is necessary. Tip. when hiring to fish hire for two farms even if only one has fish on it. Then the angler can unstick the fish by going away and coming back. I also wish there were XPs for fish! )

Just reload the farm and you can finish the fishing. I love that you can do this and keep the hire now.

[HelenJS22]

Originally Posted by GrahamFluet

I mean SRSLY.

I ask if anyone wants to fish, then a few will say yes, but as soon as they get to the first farm, they disappear!

Do you have a farm made up of about a million river pieces ... and absolutely no sea coasts or lakes? I always fish if that's what I'm hired to do, and I have a green boat, but I absolutely hate it when I arrive and find a million river pieces ... often no bait ... and no extra crabs or salmon for me either I was on a farm the other day when someone else arrived, and immediately called the farmer who hired him an idiot for thinking that he would be bothered with the fishing on offer with no bait ... and promptly left.

[artisanrox]

They won't even fish their own waters

I don't. Fishing without tools is more like slots or gambling than the rest of the gameplay. I only fish my own waters when someone doesn't finish it. However I always keep lots of bait on hand.

It's all the idle clicks that you have without the tools that just make it annoying. When you are plowing, harvesting, facility-ing, etc. you are GUARANTEED a kickback. This game really isn't geared for gamblers like a lot of those "other" social games (thank God above), it's much more geared for managers and decorators...so naturally you will find fewer interested in fishing without tools. I'm not complaining about fishing in general...hey, if you like to fish, knock yourself out.

I don't have any tools except the coin tools and manure spreaders, though I am seriously considering getting the boats above any other tools now because it'd be nice to have very little competition!!

[Majik Merlin]

Originally Posted by artisanrox

...hey, if you like to fish, knock yourself out.

I don't have any tools except the coin tools and manure spreaders, though I am seriously considering getting the boats above any other tools now because it'd be nice to have very little competition!!

I don't mind fishing and sometimes enjoy it because I bot the boat and it is the best investment i've ever made with this game. HOWEVER I will NOT fish stacked water-PERIOD. Even wi the boat it is a P A I N

[maddshots]

Agreed! there is NO WAY to get even most of the fish in overlapping waters, be they rivers, lakes or seas. And then folks get angry when you don't get them all and you have burned up tons of fuel trying

Originally Posted by Majik Merlin

I don't mind fishing and sometimes enjoy it because I bot the boat and it is the best investment i've ever made with this game. HOWEVER I will NOT fish stacked water-PERIOD. Even wi the boat it is a P A I N

[poetbjc64]

I don't have any tools except the coin tools and manure spreaders, though I am seriously considering getting the boats above any other tools now because it'd be nice to have very little competition!!
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I agree with you there. That and the chainsaw will be the tools I'll try for next time
I tried to get the others with cash but they didnt stick around. So maybe I'm supposed to get the others, lol
Beat the crowds is what I say.

[bluehair]

that if someone is going to hire you to work on more than 1 farm that they use the multiple hire and select the farms they want you to work on.

that way if the person hiring has 5 or 6 farms that need doing the hiree doesnt have to wait to see if there are other farms they can see which ones are highlighted and when finished work on one farm go to the next

[Deyo]

my idea relates to the possibility of designating crops, flowers, or trees that your neighbors or buddies can harvest whenever they happen to come to your farm. It would be nice to toggle the ok to harvest for each item independently, which comes to mind that it would be nice to hire for harvesting trees or flowers separate from crops. It's more a truth in advertising too, since many folks immediately leave if there are no crops but tons of trees or flowers to harvest. So, also thought if neighbors or buddies could harvest when they are there, it might save some crops from going bad if we don't get back to FT in time to specifically hire. Well that's my thought for the day. Oh yes, and if we are hired for tasks. and accidentally get bumped off but happen to be able to get right back to the farm it would be nice if the hiring authorities still applied. Happened to me today, but the person who hired me probably signed off expecting all jobs would be completed when she returned and now that won't be true. I got right back because of a communication we had exchanged, but was no longer able to work. so that's two thoughts for the day. LOL! Love the game, and enjoy meeting new folks. Deyo