in my opinion it has to be some kind of typo, bc wdym we get a 30MINUTE event 😭

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+not everyone can play at said time like what the h*** is going on

+1

I'll prioritize sleep more than this game.

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Half day would at least give everyone some leeway on when they can check the game, this is just ridiculous…

I mean do I have to set an alarm to the middle of the night or what? It's even funnier when you remember that they held a poll with a question of "3 days events vs 7 days events"

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I really hope this is a mistake...

энтони, любимый мой, верни всё как было

So, 2 months from now, I get an extra worker for 30 minutes on a Tuesday Morning?

I dont understand why it is all at the same time, when you do it 3 times on 3 following days why not creates times that are more accessable for people in different timezones, I feel sorry for everyone living outside of europe

is this kind of joke?

The current event schedule overlaps with my work hours, which makes it impossible to play during those time other than the weekend events. If I have prior weekend commitments, those become inaccessible as well. Extending the duration of events would allow more players with varying schedules to participate and fully benefit from them.

As a Japanese player, these events are effectively non-existent. Whether it's 1 AM or during working hours, a 30-minute window is impossible to catch. Even if I could login, what can we actually achieve in just 30 mins? It feels like we are being told to quit the game.

I thought this must be a mistake but, based on this, this is true. Half an hour to 2 hour events. What on earth? The events had some sort of a point when they were a week. Now, there is none - even if one happens to live in a time zone and have schedule where they can be online at a certain time. Please do not do this!

Are we all in some sort of terribly different and non-rational time zone and it is already April the first for the FMV development team?

Like, I know that's not how time-zone works. I know that's not possible. But the new event makes me want to take my brain out of my skull and kiss it goodbye

UK time is 4pm, so if you work or have kids you won’t be participating 😆 I can barely remember to sign in every 4 hours to collect my rewards, or play the same time every day to start my dailies 🫣

I respect you work super hard for this game and the community, but this idea is absolutely not it 😆

The community asks for the dailies to be easier on the energy fiesta and you come back with this? Madness, you have taken the enjoyment away from this game. 👍

they could make it like daily challenges, so the timer starts going down when u first log in

Whoever came up with this event schedule idea... goshdarn it is a bad one.

This event time cut is absolutely insane 🥲 Echoing what many others have said, we genuinely don’t understand where this decision is coming from, as it seems to negatively impact UX far more than it improves it. Players who strongly dislike this change will likely quit because it feels completely disrespectful of their time. Players that are continue playing are now forced to deal with added stress just to make time for the event. This event update comes across as dismissive to a very large player base, and we strongly urge the team to reconsider.

I really dont get why fmv treats their players like this. First off cutting the entire week of for a simple 30 min a day to 2 hours a day is ridicilous. Why cut events at all? At least make it worth 1 day then if a week is impossible so that players from around the world can play at ease. Or go back to the poll with 3 days. Whats the fun in a event for 30 min while people work and sleep during that time. This makes no sense at all

event went from 168 hours to 3.5 hours....seriously

I'm happy that we finally get events back. I know I can be considered as a little crazy, but I'd wake up in the middle of my sleep to use double exp. Anyway getting extra worker for 30 minutes sounds a bit weird for me. 30 minutes events sounds a bit weird for me. But the most crazy thing is the hours of the events taking place, cuz many people will dislike this cuz they can't play the game during this hours.

hahaha this must be a mistake, this is ridiculous

What are we supposed to do with an extra worker that only lasts 30 minutes lol

WTH is a person suppose to get done on a tuesday morning with only a 1/2 hour... Then on thursday you get 1 hr to wait for Saturday and the massive 2 hours of WTH... This is a road map...!!!! We are Cooked!!!

Oh my, they just confirmed this is not a mistake

Get reaL!!! 1/2 hour of extra worker I get 2 timers started that is it only started. Then wow even with the 2hr portion... Hm... 2 choppers 2 hr timer on the largest treee!! Again only get 2 trees started!!! WTH..

Lucky charm... what am I merging in 1/2 hr... I can't even drop that many things!! Give me 2 hrs.. I drop what 400 crates.. What time is left to merge that stuff. So again, forgetting the time window restrictions, We are all getting nothing now.

What, you want me to hate my fellow players for complaining all the time.. Geez! Cancel all events. You are not giving an event!!

Who at Cool Games do we actually need to contact about this? Zynga are not in the business of losing money, and losing players for profitable games. Are we, as a community, missing something here?

the rest is so fudged

the 3 day duration was the perfect amount IMO

yes exactly! im tryin to quit but i cant 😂

I played the entire two years before without events and I can continue like that

I couldnt quit either but with a taste of no events, i've been so bored with it and i'll probably actually quit lol

If the events for the whole week were too intense, then organize an event for, for example, 24 hours so that everyone can take advantage of it, regardless of the time zone they are in.

or me the best event

I’m sure if people had the option to, and chose to, pay for extra workers and bonuses then that’s something you might enjoy, as a person who chose to pay to make the game easier on yourself.

Events must be limited to 10 players only and last 5 or 10 mins. Or even better, players must compete in deathmatches to get the event.

Is the goal for us all to forget about it? Or, they want to refresh their all playerbase from time to time, trowing out the old players with strange behind update?

Next time, that will be
you need to build up a whole Jenga tower with live cows (without their consent) to be able to merge some in game?

I am writing this as an active player who feels deeply affected and sidelined by the recent changes to event durations. To be honest, cutting events from a full week down to just 30-120 minute windows feels like a slap in the face to those of us living in different time zones. 🌏❌

Here is how this change impacts me personally:

1. Time Zone Exclusion: Because the event windows are so narrow, they often occur in the middle of the night while I am sleeping or during my core working hours. It is unreasonable to expect players to set alarms at 1 AM 💤⏰ or risk their jobs for a 30-minute boost. This system is clearly discriminatory toward the non-European player base. 🗺️🚩
2. Pointless Gameplay: What is the actual value of an "Extra Worker" for only 30 minutes? 👷‍♂️❓ By the time I set up my production lines, the event is already over. These are no longer "events"; they are mere blips that offer no real benefit to our farm's progression. 📉
3. Added Stress vs. Relaxation: This game is supposed to be a way to unwind. 🧘‍♂️ Instead, it has become a source of stress and FOMO. I feel forced to constantly check the clock, making the game feel like a demanding second job rather than a fun hobby. 😫💼

My Suggestion:
Please restore event durations to a minimum of 24 hours. ⏳ This ensures that everyone, regardless of their location or life schedule, has a fair chance to participate. Alternatively, implement a system where the event timer only starts when the player first logs in. 🚀

We love this game, but please respect our time! 🙏❤️

Well it does feel like a taste test for selected few that are in the "right" time zone
A taste test that, in no way, will give anyone a full stomach nor a good ability to give out valuable data about the bite sized event that we will be having

I sorta look forward to seeing how this whole thing will be turned in a way that is supposed to convince us that it was a good idea

The bootlicking in <#1272493486217629718> is really something to behold…

It feels like an humiIation k!nk at this point

FMV : Battle royale mode soon

man.... who the F is going to remember all these 30min/1hr/2hr timeslot... even i WFH, i could be in mid of meetings/work that i completed missed the event, so NO EVENT!

So which of my comments were removed @staff?

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My feedback on the upcoming Boost Events Calendar: Most of these events are completely useless if they only exist for 30 minutes to two hours at a time. I enjoyed the week-long events, and had thought that if your plan was to cut down the times, that they might become 2-3 day events, on a continuous loop of some event existing at all times. Not 30-120 minutes at a time with mostly downtime! At that rate, why even have events at all? Games like this shouldn't have times that are better to play than others. It should be equal for all players regardless of when they play. Plus, if the servers get stressed during the time of these events, that's just a recipe for disaster and everyone getting upset.

Una semana triste para los jugadores de FMV.

Maybe, the goal was to make the farm valley community is angry with these 30 to 2 hours event then step back and make us agreed to 24h or 3 days even if the community prefers 7 days..

A sad week indeed for FMV players.

Shoe is the door situation with "oh, ok you don't wanna lose your whole arm, so you agree to lose some fingers, as it's not that bad?"

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I agree, events need to be longer at least 24h or 3 days preferred…. I came back to FMV after while and was glad to find the events, they actually got me engaged enough to keep logging in to take advantage of the event boosts. These windows are too short and not worth it and wouldn’t do anything to retain new or older players.

I just realized for a 30 minute event where I plan to open lots of gold chests, I'm going to need to schedule to have enough chest there because chests expire after 72 hours. So 6 days before event I need to start merging bronze to silver then 3 days silver to gold, so that they can be available for the 30 minutes. sheeeez

for 5 chests or so not a problem, but I'm hoping to open 30 gold chests. i think the chests themselves will be my limiter not the keys as usual

Been saving up keys and stuff for a month, now I will get the privilege of stressing out between classes and then waiting another month.

Its been eventless for weeks and honestly I barely want to play without the events. There's nothing to look forward to, nothing to save up for.
The reason I strategize is because I'm able to do so around the events.
Save up crates for super drop, save my rares for lucky merge, save my obstacles for chopchop
It made the game so much more fun and I had things to look forward to every day and every week.
AND, I could play WHENEVER I WANTED !
There is nothing that s**** the joy out of a game like inaccessible events.

Its not fun, it's stressful. Just one more thing I have to schedule into my life.

I've been grinding dailies all season, currently at 95/108. That was already stressful enough.
But removing events for 2 weeks just to bring them back as a 30-min midnight?(My time zone)
Once my VIP ends, I’m done topping up.
Honestly, thanks for the lack of events and rare card drops. It finally gave me time to find other games to play. If this is the new schedule, I'll just stick with those instead.

Completely agree with everyone. This is absolutely whack. I cant say anything that anyone else hasn't said but ive put so much time energy and actual money into this game and this has made me really not want to play it anymore. Please listen to the players.

Huh, we still have events?

Well, somehow, I needed a little push to stop playing this game. But this feels more like a cannonball shot at my back. A bit overkill.

Just found the post, yeah

The choice honestly just baffles me. It's ragebait levels of nonsensical. I hope they demote whoever promoted this idea.

It's like they don't even play their own game...

This is pretty uncomfortable for a lot of people who doesn't plat in peak hours due to time zones

Timers for the events are at 9-10pm for me and this is pretty hard to follow

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Exactly.
And why should we be governed by peak hours anyway?
Not to mention you're putting a LOT more stress on the servers by forcing everyone to play all at once. So many layers of stupid.

I’m at 103 so just a formality at this point for me

Safe to say if the event change stays I'm mostly likely not.
It's depressing how out of touch it is.

Oh, please someone tell me if I'm wrong, but
One week is 24×7=168 hours. Now we are supposed to be content with 3 hours and 30 minutes of events. We had 168 hours.
Am I doing the maths wrong saying that we are supposed to enjoy 5,88% of the event time that we had before?
I know I mix up numbers easily

also chopchop and /2 events being half an hour is literally no sense considering that a single tree may take up to 2 hours so ughh

I just hope that devs see the backlash and make it somewhat better

(the same)

2 people in general see no problems with this so we just have to s*** it up!!

These both being coolgame devs

It is impressively bad.

I'm more impressed that they actually decided that this is a good idea

I mean, I see their vision on making events actually important but making them half an hour is not it

Now I just regret I haven't cut more trees when I could

The way to make an event important is definitely not to make it inaccessible
They already were important
Making something "limited time only!" Does not make it good or special.

But of course, these are the people who greenlit the infinitely refreshing "LIMITED TIME ONLY SUPER DEAL!!!"

It all makes no sense

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what the h***

What if I don't want to play in those minutes? What if im busy with irl stuff and can't play?

I haven't been playing for very long but that week of a worker and time reduction events were the best 2 weeks of this game. Please dont take that away from me

Way to start in the new year with good news 🎉 \s

Idk who approved this idea but it is guaranteed to enrage the player base just because of its inaccessability and I have to say you dont always have to change something to make it better - the old system with events for a week were perfect and didnt need to be changed... I understand that it was maybe too good? or something like that - but it really spread fun through the players and as a game studio you have to also prioritise that because else 😆 lol your players will quit the game

Games should be fun! Dare us have too much fun?!

Is it April 1st already?!

This will start at 5:00AM in the morning for the entirety of New Zealand, basically preventing an entire population (and several other countries) within the player base from utilizing these events lol

Suffice to say, as a New Zealander I do not support this change 😂

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^^ these are all at 3am for me. I'm shocked they're not spread across timezones

this is baffling

this is all insane but also, why would they want everyone to go on the game at the same time? 🤪

If you really want to nerf these "boosts" make the duration at least a day. One freaking hour is just nonsense, shouldn't exist.

I honestly can't think of a worse change you could have made. I think what makes it even worse is just the knowledge that the developers behind this game have no respect or knowledge of their playerbase. The idea that this change would even be a suggestion is laughable at best. Needed a push to never play this trash again and I finally got it.

+1

That and agreeing with everything everyone else said
I’ve got nothing extra to add besides this was a bad decision

no one from the devs figured out that at very least 24 hours special event would be the best choices????? maybe few days, but at least 24 hours to keep things less intense