"Hey Farmers and welcome to this week’s installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast! As per usual, my name is Lexilicious and I am in charge of all things community over here on the FarmVille team. This week, we will be discussing our latest releases, I will be answering some user submitted questions and you guys are all going to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.
FarmVille Recent Releases: This week proved to be another really exciting week for the FarmVille team that was jam packed with some great new features and releases.
Limited Edition French Chateau Themed Items: First and foremost, we continued to release more items from our Limited Edition French Chateau theme, including the new Museum, Restaurant and Pavillion that can all be purchased from the Market for varying amounts of Farm Cash.
FarmVille Winged Mystery Box: The new Mystery Wings Box made its debut this week, introducing some very special new winged animals to FarmVille. So far, this box appears to be a big hit with you guys so if you haven’t had a chance to get this new and improved Mystery box yet, make sure to grab one from the market before they disappear.
FarmVille Spring Themed Items: And as things start to warm up over here at the FarmVille offices, spring themed items are slowly starting to make their way into the market, starting with the new Chick – n – egg and the Egg Fence. Both of these items can be purchased for Farm Cash and coins from the Market for a limited amount of time.
FarmVille Spring Basket: We also released our first spring themed feature this week. The new Spring Basket allows you to collect Spring Eggs from your friends and redeem them for special items.
Now, this feature works almost exactly like the Valentine’s Day Box and the Pot of Gold so many of you may be familiar with how this event works. But for any of our new users who might be looking for some guidance, here are some quick tips to get you on your way.
Upon opening your giftbox you will find a Spring Basket waiting for you. After you place the Spring Basket on your Farm, you will be able to start collecting!
Now, in order to collect Spring Eggs, you’ll have to receive them from friends as gifts. Eggs can be sent to Neighbors via the free gifts page. One key difference to the Spring Basket is that you are able to find Eggs when fertilizing a Neighbors Farm. Clicking the ‘Ask for Eggs’ button will allow you to send a single Spring Egg to any of your friends (just like the Free Gifts page), and give them the chance to send you one in return. (Note: You can only Ask for or Send Love to 10 Neighbors every 24 hours.)
As stated in the message you receive when first opening the Spring Basket, new farmers that have been playing for 7 days or less can send out more Eggs at a time. New farmers can send three Spring Eggs to a single friend.
Upon receiving and accepting a Spring Egg it will appear in your gift box. Clicking "Use" will place the gift in your box automatically. As you collect gifts, each item you can unlock will be revealed as you collect the proper amount of gifts, and the "redeem" button will become available for each item. Clicking "Redeem" will award you the gift in return for the proper amount of Spring Eggs.
Every 5 Spring Eggs you collect, you’ll be able to post a Feed to your wall to alert your Friends of how well you’re doing and give them a chance to collect a free Spring Egg. 10 Neighbors will be able to collect one free Spring Egg when clicking on the feed within 24 hours.
For each notch on the meter of your Spring Egg progress bar, your basket will change appearance, overflowing with more and more gifts.
Clicking ‘Progress’ in the Spring Basket menu will show how many Spring Eggs you have in comparison to your friends. We all know that a little bit of healthy competition always makes things more fun, so make sure to keep track of your friend’s progress!
Now, before I get into answering some questions from the community, there is a quick change to Horse Stables that I want to fill you guys in on. Previously, the Pink Haired Ponies and the Brown Ponies would only produce brown foals when placed in the Horse Stable. As of March 25th, Brown Ponies and Pink Ponies will now produce Pony Foals when placed in the Horse Stable with a Stallion!
FarmVille User-Submitted Questions: I’m sure this will make all of our pony lovers out there very happy. Ok, so let’s go ahead and get into answering some questions from the FarmVille Community!
1) Our first question comes to us from Calyr Elf and they'd like to know if they'll be able to finish their La Maison building once the materials are no longer available in the market. Once the buildable La Maison has expired, you'll no longer be able to send out its building materials, and the frame will no longer be available for purchase in the Market. If you've got any gift requests for the La Maison building materials that haven't expired yet, you can still accept them before they do. If you still can't finish the La Maison in time, you'll be able to purchase the rest of the construction for Farm Cash in the same way you can purchase an incomplete Chicken Coop expansion. The base cost to finish will be 50 and each piece of the La Maison you have in place already will subtract 1 Farm Cash from the total. So if you've already collected 25 pieces, you'll be able to purchase the rest of the construction at a cost of 25 Farm Cash.
2) Ms Nee would like to know 'What are those floaters that appear when plowing? They look like golden potatoes.' This is a question a lot of our new users have, and to answer you, the coins are a random chance for players to win 100 coins while plowing, planting or harvesting. It happens completely randomly with any kind of crop. If you see the coin above your head, 100 additional coins should be added to your balance. You can find answers to questions like this in the New User Support section of our forums, specifically tailored to help our newer Farmers get their bearings.
3) Our last question comes from IILtdesq, and they actually have a question about a feature that was mentioned in my last podcast. They want to know that if you get a foal from your stable, does that mean you'll never be able to get another consumable? Just so it's crystal clear, finding a foal does NOT affect your future chances of find any consumables. It just means that you will not find any consumables at that time. The next time you collect from your stable, you still have a chance of finding consumables as well as producing a foal.
Remember Farmers, if you have a question that you would like answered by the FarmVille team, please make sure to visit the official farmville forums or www.farmville.com for more details.
FarmVille COMING SOON Segment: And for this week’s coming soon section, I actually have some more information for you guys about a feature I briefly discussed in last week’s podcast.
FarmVille Co-op Farming: I’m sure some of you may have seen our loading screen image teasing the new “Co-op Farming”. As I said in last week’s podcast, FarmVille will soon feature new jobs that you can complete with your friends. Folks in FarmVille will ask for help completing various farming jobs. You will be able to team up with your friends and Neighbors to tackle these jobs for various rewards. Each one of these jobs will have a timer. If you and your friends finish the mission before your time expires, you will earn a Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal upon completion, depending on how quick and efficient you all were. The Faster you finish, the better the medal. In addition to this, if you and your Neighbors are savvy enough to earn a Gold Medal, you will unlock a very special prize.
This new feature is sure to add a very exciting new aspect to a game we all love. Since you guys have gotten a good peek into the details of this feature, it would be greatly appreciated if you could provide us with some feedback. Please make sure to visit the Official FarmVille forums if you have an opinion about this upcoming feature that you would like to share with us.
FarmVille New Limited Edition Items: And lastly, we have some very cool new Limited Edition items heading your way in the coming weeks. In addition to a regularly scheduled Mystery Box, there will also be a very special April Fools Mystery Box available for a Limited Amount of time. And as mentioned last week, our Spring Themed Limited Edition items will be coming soon, including a Chocolate Cow, Egg Shaped houses and some very cute bunnies.
Alright Folks, that’s it from me this week! I will be back this coming Friday to give all of you your latest FarmVille news and updates. Again, my name is Lexilicious and I will see you guys soon! Happy Farming everybody."
Hey Farmers,
Currently Facebook is experiencing some widespread technical issues are preventing players from accessing various game applications, including FarmVille. We are currently working with Facebook to alleviate this problem as soon as possible, but in the meantime, please be aware that you can still get to FarmVille via our Farmville.com address.
We'll be updating you with more information as soon as it becomes available to us, but for now, please visit www.farmville.com to access FarmVille. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you profusely for your patience with us.
Update: In addition to accessibility issues with Facebook, we are also currently experiencing some technical problem with accepting gifts. With our current problems, there is an extremely high possibility that any gift accepted right now will be lost. Until our technical issues are resolved, we strongly recommend that you do not accept any gifts at this time. When it's safe to accept gifts again, we'll be sure to let you know.
Also, in light of our current issues, Unwither has been activated for all Farmers to make sure that none of your crops are lost if you are unable to access FarmVille at this time.
"Horse Stables:
Periodically, you will receive a pop-up informing you that a “Wandering Stallion” has appeared on your farm. This pop-up will allow you to post a feed to your wall. Ten of your Neighbors can click on this feed to give shelter to the Wandering Stallion.
Unlike other “Lonely” animals, the Wandering Stallion is an event, and is NOT a permanent animal that can be kept on your Farm.
If you choose to give the Wandering Stallion shelter, he will automatically be placed into your Horse Stable. If you have a Wandering Stallion, you have a chance of receiving a Foal the next time you collect from your Stable.
If you already have a Wandering Stallion in your Horse Stable, you will not be able to get another. Clicking on multiple Wandering Stallion feeds from your Neighbors will not increase the chances of a Foal being born.
When a Foal is born, you will receive a pop-up informing you that your newborn is eager to explore the world. This pop-up will allow you to post a feed to your wall. Five of your Neighbors can click on this feed to receive a Foal.
The type of Foal you receive is determined by the types of horse in your Stable. Please note that the Pink Pony, Brown Pony, High Kick Horse and Spectator Horse will produce a Brown Foal.
Once you harvest from your Stable and find a Foal, you will have to click on a new Wandering Stallion feed to have a chance of making another foal.
The Limited Edition “White Stallion” can be placed inside your Horse Stable and will act like a permanent Wandering Stallion. Each time you harvest from your Stable you will have a chance to find a Foal. If you receive a Foal, you will not get a consumable. If you do not get a Foal when collecting from your Stable, you still have a chance of receiving an Arborist, Farm Hand or 100 XP.
Baby Foals can be brushed every 24 hours and cannot be placed inside your Horse Stable.
If the Wandering Stallion does not give you a Foal and you also do not get a Consumable, you will receive a coin bonus."
"Pets Teaser:
A small percentage of our users will see the new Golden Retriever Puppy in the Market for varying prices. Some users will see the Puppy with a “coming soon” message below the icon in the Market.
Please know that this is nothing more than a teaser for our newest feature and clicking on this icon will not charge your account any Farm Cash, nor will you receive a Puppy. The prices that the Puppies will be when they are released are not yet finalized."Will you buy these FarmVille Puppies for Farm Cash? Do you reckon any of these cute puppies will be purchasable for Coins as well?
Hey Folks! Welcome to this week’s installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast! I’m sure by now that most of you know who I am, but for any new listeners stopping by; my name is Lexilicious and I am in charge of all things Community over here on the FarmVille team. As most of you know, we had a pretty crazy day today with our latest release. Because of that, today’s podcast will be a little shorter than normal. But never fear farmers, this week we will still be going to be going over our new releases, and you guys are all going to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.
So this week was pretty jam packed with new updates. First and foremost, we continued to release more Limited Edition St. Patrick’s day and French Chateau themed items. An awesome new St. Patrick’s day Themed Mystery Box also made an appearance on Tuesday along with three new Limited Edition Crops. The shamrock crop, the green hellebores and green roses can now be purchased from the Market for a limited amount of time.
As promised in last week’s podcast, we also introduced new ways for our users to communicate with their friends and neighbors. Upon signing into FarmVille, you will notice a new icon in the upper right hand corner of the application. Clicking on this button will open the new Comment Box.
The new Comment Box allows your Neighbors to leave you comments. In addition to this, you can leave comments on your own wall that you and your Neighbors can see.
If you click the Icon when you are on your own farm, you will be able to view comments that your Neighbors have left for you. Comments will fill in the comments section in the order they were placed. Clicking on the “Visits” tab in your comment box will allow you to see who has visited your farm, fertilized your crops, fed your chickens and sent gifts sent to you in your absence.
When you receive a comment or post a comment on your own farm, Avatar bubbles will appear. The avatar bubbles resemble the user’s avatar that left the comment. Once an avatar bubble is clicked they will all disappear, and the comments menu will open.
From your Comments Menu you can also place a sign post. Simply type what you wish to post and check the “Place a signpost” box. Click the “post” button and you will be able to place a Sign.
If you click the comments icon when visiting a Neighbor’s Farm, you have the option to leave a comment, place a Sign Post or Post a comment to their Facebook profile.
Our last big feature this week is something that seems to be very popular with our community. You can now build your very own decorative La Maizon building!
The Maison foundation can be purchased from the Buildings section of Market for 5,000 Coins.
Once you’ve placed the Foundation on your farm, you will be prompted with a message letting you know that you can post a feed to ask you friends for help building your Maison. Clicking the "Share" button will give you the option to post a feed to your wall asking your Neighbors for help.
In order to complete your Maison, you’ll need to finish building it. Selecting ‘Look Inside’ from your foundation’s menu will show you what you need to complete your Maison. When you first place the foundation, you’ll have one Slate Tile already. In order to build a complete La Maison you’ll need 10 of each item. You can get these items one of two ways:
Your Neighbors will be able to send you two of the five types of building components to help you complete your building.
The two components displayed on the Free Gifts Page are randomized. As such, the components displayed on the Free Gifts Page may be different for each user.
You can purchase components required to build your Maison from the Market for 1 Farm Cash per item.
When you reach 25 items, you’ll receive pop-up that will allow you to post a feed to your wall. The first ten neighbors to click this feed will receive a random building component for their own Maison construction.
You are only be able to have ONE buildable Maison on your Farm. Alternatively, you can have an infinite number of the Maisons if they are purchased with Farm Cash.
Since many of these features are quite significant changes to FarmVille, we would love to hear your feedback. If you have any opinions you would like to share, please make sure to visit the Official FarmVille Forums orwww.farmville.com. While many of our listeners are members of the FarmVille forums, I know some of you may not be familiar with them. Our official forums are the perfect place for you guys to chat with other players and get information on new releases and updates. You can find a link to the forums in the description of the podcast.
Alright, so without any further adieu, it is time for us to get into the coming soon segment of this week’s podcast!
Well Farmers, We here on the farmville team have noticed some new four legged friends wandering around lately. Now, we’re pretty sure these guys may be stopping by your horse stables soon so make sure to keep an eye out for this new feature in the coming weeks.
Now, It seems that the French Chateau items have been hugely popular with the community, so we are very excited to let you guys know that we will be releasing even more LE items that will help you continue to build out your French Chateau theme in the future.
And last but certainly not least, I want to give a quick thank you to all of the users who have participates in our Farm of the Week event. Since the release of FarmVille, we have seen some amazing farms. From the creative and unique to the downright impressive, we have been blown away by the hard work and originality of our users. We’ve had some really awesome winners so far, and we’re definitely looking forward to picking out even more as time goes on. Our winning Farms will be displayed on the Official FarmVille Fan Page and our winners will receive 100 Farm Cash. For more information on this event, or for details on how to enter, please make sure to visit our official forums.
I would like to give a big thank you to everyone for joining me this week and I will be back again at the same time next week with more updates and announcements from the FarmVille team. Again, my name is Lexilicious and I will see you guys soon. Happy Farming everyone!
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