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[beckerbell]

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[sherryillk]

I haven't gotten another of the Spring Egg ones either... I figure it'll be a matter of time though, with all the new trees since that's usually how it works. For a long while, I couldn't even get one Sour Apple and now I have a whole orchard full because they seem so very prevalent nowadays.

I never used to keep trees for trading. I'm all for equal opportunity even though I never get them myself but sometimes you just know a neighbor who has been really wanting a certain tree and you can't help but put one aside. I guess part of the reason is also that I know how I play and how I never get trees off the feeds and sometimes you just work and work at getting trees and it just doesn't happen. So when that happens, I'm always so very grateful when someone offers me their tree so I kinda want to do the same.

And LOL, I try not to keep anything in my gift box that I can use immediately since I absolutely abhor having to flip through the different pages of the gift box. Everything either gets used or stored away so I'm generally at about 300-400 at all time.

[beckerbell]

I swear some trees become more prevalent faster--the Giant Dark Cherry Tree wasn't released that long ago, was it? Yet, I have half an orchard full of those already. (And I love the Giant Sour Apple Tree! It's such a cute tree! Though, the Pink Dogwood ones are probably still my favorite.)

I know exactly what you mean! It seems unfair to save the good stuff aside for friends, because I remember starting out and not having friends to trade with, and depending on people sharing with everyone! But... I've had people do so many nice things for me! It seems like the least I can do is set aside something they want in return!

Half my problem is that I need to keep stocked on everything--about 100 SDs, about 40 Farmhands, 40 Arborists, hopefully about 30 bottles, about 25 potions (more or less depending on if I've just gone breeding), etc. That takes up half of the room right there. And I keep holding my snagged foals in my giftbox because I keep thinking, "Once I design a really cute horse area, then I'll need them! In the meantime, I don't want STILL MORE stuff cluttering up my farm!" And... on it goes. ;__;

[sherryillk]

I actually keep a lot of Farmhands, Fertilizers, bottles (usually around 80) and 40 potions too. But I got rid of all my Arborists since I don't have any fruit bearing trees outside of orchards. That was so nice to get rid of since I had a lot from when I used to breed my horses.

The Giant Dark Cherry Tree has been out for over a month, hasn't it? It was during the time of all those other apple trees, if I remember correctly... I never had trouble with them though. The Pink Dogwood is a favorite of mine too. It's pink and tiny and seriously, I've always loved the Dogwood tree in real life. I think I only have 10 of them which is weird because I have many more of all the other trees released around the same time.

FV really isn't a game you can play with only a few neighbors. I think the least people need are 50 regularly playing ones or otherwise you're going to go very slowly and you'll end up missing out on a lot of stuff. Right now about a third of the people I used to play with have suddenly dropped off the face of the earth and I definitely feel the impact. Still, I have just enough that I don't think I need to get new neighbors.

[beckerbell]

I only have about half an orchard full of the pink dogwood trees, too, now that you mention it. I've gotten a handful from my own seedlings, though, so I guess it doesn't feel very rare to me--but, I suppose, they're a lot of people's favorites, so they get saved to the side fairly often, I suspect. I'm so glad they put that tree out, though! I remember the collection that had the white dogwood trees and being so disappointed that they weren't actual trees! I wanted a bunch of them! But the pink dogwood trees are even prettier!

I agree completely about neighbors--you absolutely can't play without neighbors, not unless you want to miss out on 90% of everything. Even just getting the pieces to build your horse stable or sheep pen! Even to expand your farm, you need neighbors! I can't believe I used to try to play this game without a good 50-75 active neighbors. orz

(I'm always tempted to get more neighbors for more stuff, but I don't want to become one of those people with 1,000 neighbors so that I'm actually pretty useless as a neighbor. I like that some of my stuff lasts up to an hour at times!)

[sherryillk]

I don't want to be one of those people with 1000 neighbors either. Although, there are times when it does get very tempting (usually when my dairy farm expansion has failed for the third time and I see those people get theirs done in a matter of minutes). Still, I have more than enough for what I need to do and with the 200 daily item limit, it's not like I can grab anything more from them if they were more numerous. And it's not like I use my SDs either. Every couple of days, I have to consciously use some of them up as watering cans just so I don't go over my gift box limit.

[beckerbell]

Same. It'd be nice to be able to grab from an even wider variety, but... honestly, I'd blow everything in two hours, grabbing a bunch of watering cans and bottles to go make trees and sheep, then I'd really be screwed when something awesome came along.

But still. Sometimes it's tempting to go find more players who are really into breeding, just in the hopes of being able to snag more animals off them. orz

[sherryillk]

Yes, exactly! Where are those people hiding who actually buy stuff from the Market with FC and breed every single variation of illegal animal out there? Because they're certainly nowhere near me...

I actually generally get all of my items in about a two hour span at night... I'll grab everything until I hit the 25 item warning and then use the rest of it to try and grab the really rare good stuff. Which I usually don't get but nothing smarts like knowing a rainbow egg has been posted and you can't get it.

[beckerbell]

That happened to me tonight! I knew I was at my limit, but... potions... what were the chances of much else good... so I was down to about 5... okay, I can live with that... then BAM!, a bunch of eggs and foals. I think I actually made a frustrated noise when I realized I missed a dark cherry foal because I was out of rewards for the day.

I know I should be happy with what I have and that much more than what I already have would only lead to faster burnout when something NEW AND EXCITING!!! wasn't happening 24/7, but... OUR LIVES, THEY WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER. orz