Farmville is just plain fun. I've mentioned it before, blog. It's a new game on Facebook and I play it every day inbetween my actual work. One of the benefits of working online for most of the day is that I can stop, harvest crops and go back to work in a manner of minutes. I guess that's one of the big reasons that I have leveled up fairly quickly. At least, I think it's been quick.
I can remember when I first started -- just a few weeks ago. I didn't even know how to move a plot of land. My sister clued me in and I've been movin' and grovin' every since. I love to "arrange" my farm from my buildings and decorations to the fences and animals. Although, I am not a tree enthusiast and I do not collect a yard full of animals, I do love the plow, plant and harvest. I also like to make my farm look like a real farm. That's difficult, because land is precious. Waste it with a disorganized layout and you lose the opportunity to build up coins and XP.
I wondered about XP for the longest time. Now, I know that it basically means 'experience.' The more farming experience I have, the higher I level up. The higher my level, the more opportunities. It's a game and as games go, it might feel competitive to some. But I feel it is a collaborative. I have fabulous neighbors. I easily recognize the ones who are in the game. They play hard, send gifts and buy crafting goods regularly. They level up due to their play.
Crafting goods helps a lot. It has made it possible for me to practically never worry about fuel again. I have so much fuel, it may last until Christmas. Crafting stores allow me to make goods from my harvested bushels. So I added a second crafting store. I now have the winery and the bakery.
I buy goods from my neighbors, and I get goods from samples. All these, I trade for fuel. Voila! Fabulous. I buy buy buy… but I do monitor my buys and mostly buy from neighbors who also buy from me. I also have a buying strategy that helps me gain fuel and party with my best neighbors (although all my neighbors are really great… some reciprocate more than others can). I am truly fortunate. I make sure I am a good neighbor, so I invest the time to visit and gift my neighbors at least once a day. Mostly more.
This past weekend I decided that only a percentage of my plots goes to 'things.' This insures that I have the majority of my plots for planting and harvesting.
Basically, I counted the plots. 26 x 26 = 676 plots available. If I use 25% for buildings, animals and trees, for example, that means I have 169 plots these items and 507 plots for planting. Since my main focus is planting and harvesting, I use this as my benchmark.
Using more than 169 plots for non-seeding plots is just not going to meet my goals. I guess you could call me a farm freak. (That's the term for people such as myself who count plots.) GAD! I am a farm freak.
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