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FarmVille March 5th Official Podcast!
The Official FarmVille Podcast was on time as scheduled for March 5th!
FarmVille Freak Summary of Podcast
-Pot of Gold
- For every 5 pieces of gold you collect, you will be able to post a “sharing” option in your Facebook newsfeed that will allow your friends to collect.
- Collect gold from neighbors gifts and newsfeed. Up to 10 people can collect from one sharing gold link.
-Fuel Changes
- Free Fuel can be found while plowing, fertilizing neighbors’ farms, and in Mystery Eggs or Gifts.
- You are limited to finding fuel on your farm while plowing once per day.
- When you find free fuel on your farm you can share by posting a link in your newsfeed, up to 150 neighbors can collect free fuel. The amount of fuel they get depends on the size of their farms. (More plots, more fuel).
- While fertilizing you can find free fuel once per neighbor. At a certain point of fertilizing you may notice that you are no longer finding fuel and will need to use up some of your current fuel, to find more.
- The rate that fuel naturally regenerates has been changed to slow down.slowed down. The bigger your farm, the faster it will regenerate.
-FarmVille Game Cards
- Now available at 7 Eleven and Best Buy
-Player Submitted Questions
- Farms of the Week (Zynga’s) are selected based on being “good looking” designs, hay bale, etc.
- FarmHands are a consumable item that harvest all animals that are not in a building instantly. One time use.
COMING SOON to FarmVille:
- New feature that will allow better in-game communication with your FarmVille neighbors.
- Fine tuning Mastery, Achievements, and Leveling. There will be permanent changes made to Mastery and Achievement requirements.
- More St. Patrick’s Day themed Mystery Box and Limited Edition items.
You can read the official transcript here:
“FarmVille Podcast – March 5th:
Hey Farmers! Welcome to the Official FarmVille podcast! My name is Lexilicious, and I am the FarmVille Community Manager. This week, we are going to be going over some of our newest releases, I will be answering some User Submitted Questions about the FarmVille team and you guys are all going to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.
Well, St Patrick’s Day is just about here, and this week, FarmVille was really celebrating in style., On Thursday, we introduced the new Pot of Gold feature, bringing with it the ability to send your friends and Neighbors Gold Pieces! Now, I’m sure you guys will be extra excited to know that these Gold Pieces can be redeemed for special items.
Upon opening your Gift Box, you will find a free Pot of Gold waiting for you. Simply place your Mailbox on your farm and let the fun begin! If you “look inside” your Mailbox, you will be able to keep track of how many Gold Pieces you have collected and how you compare to your friends.
In order to collect Gold Pieces, you’ll have to receive them from friends. Clicking the ‘Ask for Gold’ button will allow you to send a single Gold Piece to any of your friends and give them the chance to send you one in return. You can also send Gold Pieces to your friends via the Free Gifts Page.
As you collect Gold Pieces, you will be able to redeem them for special St Patrick’s Day themed items. The more Gold Pieces you collect, the better the reward!
For every 5 Gold Pieces you collect, you’ll be able to post a Feed to your wall that will give your Neighbors a chance to collect a free Gold Piece. 10 Neighbors will be able to collect one free Gold Piece when clicking on the feed within 24 hours.
As you collect Gold Pieces, you will notice that your Pot of Gold’s progress bar increases. As your progress bar increases, your pot will change appearance. If you’re interested in seeing how you compare to your Neighbors, clicking ‘Progress’ in the Pot of Gold menu will show how many Gold Pieces you have in comparison to your friends.
There are also now new ways to find fuel for your vehicles! In addition to purchasing fuel and discovering it in Mystery Gifts or Eggs, you are now able to find fuel while plowing your Farm and when fertilizing a Neighbor’s farm.
When plowing on your own farm, you have a chance to find fuel once per day.
When you find fuel on your farm, you can share this fuel with your Neighbors by posting a feed to your wall. Up to 150 of your neighbors will be able to click this feed once to get fuel of their own.
After clicking the feed, they will be taken to a page that will inform them of how much fuel they have earned. The amount of fuel your Neighbor will receive from clicking on a feed is determined by how many plots they have on their farm. The more plots they have, the larger the amount of fuel they’ll receive. This fuel is added directly to their overall tank.
When fertilizing your Neighbors’ farms, you have a chance to find fuel that you can use on your own farm.When this fuel is found, it will appear as a fuel canister rising up from the ground, much like the coin you see when plowing or seeding your land. Fuel that is found from Fertilizing is added directly to your overall fuel tank. The amount of fuel you receive is also determined by how many plots you have on your farm. Essentially, The more plots you have, the larger the amount of fuel you will receive. You can find fuel once for each neighbor’s farm that you fertilize. However, at a certain point while fertilizing your neighbor’s farms, you may notice that you are no longer finding fuel. In order to find more fuel, you’ll need to use some of the fuel that you’ve gained to make room for more.
However, In order to balance out the new ways that we’ve added to find fuel, we’ve slowed down the rate at which fuel naturally regenerates. All farms will be able to regenerate a full tank of fuel over time, but now this rate is determined by how many plots of land you have on your farm. The more plots you have on your farm, the quicker your fuel regenerates.
The new fuel feature is a pretty big change to FarmVille, and as with all of our big releases, we want to hear your feedback. If you have any opinions you would like to share, please make sure to visit the official FarmVille forums or www.farmville.com.Now, before jumping into some questions from our users, I have some exciting information about the new FarmVille Game cards! In addition to Gamestop, FarmVille Game Cards can now be found in 7-11 and Best Buy! These cards are not only an easy way to get some extra Farm Cash, they are also great gifts for any friends or family you may have who love FarmVille.
And once again, it’s time for some player submitted questions. Players from our forums submit questions to us everyday, and the best ones get answered here. So without any further adieu, onto our first question, from Onrie. Onrie writes, “Is Farm of the Week judged based on fancy designs with hay bales and stuff or are you looking at overall good-looking farms?”
This has been a pretty hot topic ever since we started our Farm of the Week event, and to answer you, the Farm of the Week can be just about any of the things you mentioned, so long as it’s a very well-done farm. So far, the farms that we have select have not used any haybale art, but if we happen to see farm that makes something with haybales that really stands out with, then they could be eligible to win. The only hard and fast rule to winning the Farm of the Week is to have a good-looking farm, but there are many different ways to make a farm that’s good-looking. With the Farm of the Week, we’re looking for all of them, so everyone has an equal chance to win. If you’d like to enter, just visit the FarmVille Landscaping section of our forums for more details.
Our next question comes to us from, HenryRex. “I opened a chest, which gave me “Farm Hands”. What does that mean? Do I get people, (Farmhands) to help me? Are these “hands” that will milk my cows, manually? What is it?”
Well Henry, Farm Hands are a special consumable item that instantly harvests all the ready animals that you have on your farm that aren’t in a building. But they’ve only good for one time for each Farm Hand you have. So, if you’ve got lots of animals to tend to on your farm that are ready to go, just click the Use button and all your animals are harvested instantly. You can find them from tending to your Horse Stable, and they can be purchased from the Market for 5 Farm Cash a piece. Just as a reminder, whenever we release a new item or feature in FarmVille, you can get more information about how it works from the Game Updates subsection of the Updates and Announcements section of our forums. There are guides and other important notes on every one of our major releases.
Alright everyone! I think it’s just about time to get into the coming soon segment of this week’s podcast!
Now, do you guys ever find yourselves looking for new ways to communicate with your neighbors? Are sign posts just not cutting it for you anymore? Well, never fear Farmers. We will soon be releasing new features that will allow you to better communicate with your neighbors in-game!
In addition to this, we are also putting a lot of effort into fine tuning Mastery, Achievements and leveling. You will notice in the near future that the requirements to master crops and gain Achievements will be adjusted.
And lastly, we all know St Patrick’s Day is fast approaching. In order to celebrate accordingly, we will be releasing new St Patrick’s Day themed Mystery Box Limited Edition items!And I think that’s about it for this week! Again, my name is Lexilicious and I will see you guys soon! Happy Farming everybody.”
(Source: Official FarmVille Forum, March 5th Podcast Lexilicious)
What do you think about this Podcast?
Tags: farmvile freak, farmville, farmville.com, march 5th podcast
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
sounds exciting!
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
wow the second question was pretty much the dumbest thing of my life…wasn’t there a better question than that they could have chosen? Really? Plus she kept saying mailbox rather than pot
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Boooooooooooooooooooooooring!!!! Thanks for putting me to sleep Podcast!
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I guess the glitch with mastery is just that it was premature. Sounds like it’s really going to happen. That sucks, I’ll probably go over on several.
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Did farmville like forget about the dog or something??
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
@Dude
I know!
What happened to it? One week they are all excited about it then the next, who cares?
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
I need a freaking Chateau! not a bistro or barn… a chateau… chateau chateau chateau!
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Ok so nobody has said what you can buy with the gold. I am seeing after 10 gold items you get a green shamrock sheep, with 20 gold items you can get a spring flower cart and with 30 gold items you can get a Leprechaun. What else is there?
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
New and better ‘in-game communication’? Are they serious? More importantly, are they stupid? On FaceBook they have INSTANT MESSAGING. Why just earlier I was having a riveting conversation with someone about farmville while playing farmville! It’s outstanding how they’re going to give us something WE ALREADY HAVE.
And am I the only one that notices the ‘pot of gold’ is really just the valentine’s with a different coat of paint on it?
I really like the new fuel options. I really like being able to get a few full tanks quickly rather than wait for one to finish filling it’s self. I really wish I hadn’t refreshed earlier, though. I’d gotten close to 5 more tanks, I refreshed, and they were gone.
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
No mention of why we keep losing our gifts when we “send gold” I lost so many mystery boxs today because of this. and I also had friends tell me that they never received the message from me when I asked for gold.
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
@Amy I know that would have been nice to hear about…I wish they would at least put a message at the top saying they are working on it! I really want some mystery gifts so I can get the new prizes!!
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I am more curious about the fine tuning of the mastery levels and leveling. I want to know which crops will be changed so I can plant so I do not to go over, not to mention to try and not lose my FV buck due to the level adjustment. Would anyone have a clue?
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
these podcasts are pretty useless we pretty much learn most of new updates while playing and from farmville freak all they do is repeat and after the dog comes out a week later it will get boring just like the other animals that were cool like the tiger , panda , etc
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Do you know what would be good IF EVERYTHING STOPPED BEING FRIGGIN FV CASH THAT WOULD BE GREAT GEEZ IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK!!!!
I’m done…
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
if everything was coins everyone would have the same things on their farms no uniqueness. villa for example mostly every player has it on their farm and not seen as something rare anymore so farm cash makes the game more interesting with limited choices saving up for what you really want and something different that your neighbor or friends dont have
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
I’m still confused about the fuel, because even though I have the largest farm my fuel is taking FOREVER to refill.
Posted on March 5th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
No dog?? GAY! again.. I just wonder what in the world “near future” means to farmville? weeks? months? year?!?!? ahhhh sometimes these podcasts are a waste of my life (person who asked the idiotic question what farmhands are!)!!
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 12:05 am
i liked the podcast with channel zero better
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Hopefully they can fix what is going on with the “Send Gold” function..
I haven’t received any of the mystery boxes I should have..
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 12:28 am
. . .this is the most nonsense podcast farmville has ever released…
where are the dogs???
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 1:19 am
cool
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 2:16 am
@Jeremy – saying “gay” as it is a bad word is so gay …..
i hope you understand my double meaning
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 3:47 am
I would like they will release a way to share the fuel I have, I’m a level 70 and through collections I have something like 2800 fuel refills.
I look more at graphic so not a lot of plotting, and it raises and raises…
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 3:49 am
and I’m not the only one, a few neighbors are like me.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 4:12 am
I Want again FarmVille Koi Pond and FarmVille Waterfall I can’t purchased last time.Please we want again Donkey buy it with farm coins.Please alternate seeds,trees,animals, buildings and decorations always are the same things.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 4:43 am
that will be great =)
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Do u know if we can discover collection items from the farm the fram hand?
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 6:20 am
I´d like to know if Farmhands also transforms your baby turkeys and ugly ducks. Cause i dont wanna use it if it does. Anyone know?
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 6:29 am
excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 7:08 am
“the requirement to master crops will be adjusted”, what does it mean ? good or bad news ? easier or harder to get the mastery ? im half way already n planning to mastered all crops… now im worry
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 7:12 am
@Borgetas : no,.. the farmhands dont transform the duckling, neither harvest the chicken coop n stable, u need to do it manuallly
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Excited for the new items and mystery box! But WTH happened to the dog >=O
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Perhaps the dog will be an Irish setter, and that will be the top prize for all of your gold. I’d settle for a 6 pack of Guinness and a bottle of Henesseys!
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 10:19 am
I was worried about farmhands transforming my ugly duck. But it didnt. Not sure about the baby turkey though
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 10:48 am
The farmhand did not transform my baby turkey. I’ve used the function several times.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 11:18 am
@Soso, yes you can get collection items from using the farmhands/arborists. i’ve gotten a cowbell and a few butterflies this way.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 11:28 am
but where, oh where is the actual chateau? Please tell me there will be one!!!
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 11:54 am
i just fertilized some of my friends’ farms and got some fuel but when i closed my farmville and opened it again all of my fuel that came via plowing was gone:(
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
I just turned it off halfway through. I dont care about the gold at all. The valentines day thing was annoying as hell after a day or two.
I cant believe they didnt even mention the dogs. BLAH
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
The pot of gold — wait until they give us an easter basket.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
if you want a dog, play Petville. Why would Zynga want to put something like an interactive dog into Farmville when they have a separate application designed for that. I must be the only person that doesn’t give a monkeys rectum about when the dog is going to appear or what it is or what is going to do…….. I would rather Zynga concentrate on putting out a BUG FREE update instead of gimmicks……..
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
OMG there gonna make us play petville b4 we get the dog…like to lvl 10 just like mafia wars
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
no dogs i arnt get loaded on fuel even though i only use it to plow but farmville fv cash things are geting on my nerves farmville bought me a pintio horse 20fv and a gold chunk 5fv only got one left and i am woried about the marstary got all of them the signs disaperd and i had to start again farmville sucks at the moment and it spent 200,000 of my money where did it go 35 fv and 200,000 has this happend to you
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
i reckon a giants causeway will be available soon
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
that will be good with a american caf and tumble weedcrops ready in 4 hours or they will blox of
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
I wish they would invent something that harvests and plows our whole farm. Just like they did for the animals and tree’s. It is still annoying to do it with the tractor.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Is it just me or has our animals stopped moving?
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
@ Chris
good I dont want them to move. makes the farm super slow.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
What would of been a real good question for them to ask is: WHEN ARE THEY GONNA ALLOW US TO ROTATE BUILDINGS AND DECORATIONS? I find it annoying to have them facing the WRONG! way on my farm at least *grr*
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Gem sez:
“”wow the second question was pretty much the dumbest thing of my life…”
…I agree. Who *is* this bimbo, anyway?
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
lolz glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that
No idea…Zynga seems to like staying faceless…can you imagine what they would put up with in real life if we knew what they looked like?
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Am I the only one who’s pot of gold isn’t changing anymore as it accumulates gold pieces? There’s a rainbow over my friend’s pot of gold, but, mine has just stopped changing after the little leprechaun shoes showed up. Just wondering if this is a glitch. Thanks.
Posted on March 7th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Hey Everyone!
Make sure to open some Mystery boxes they have new items such as a goat! Make sure to take a look!!!
Posted on March 7th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I’m annoyed with the mastery levels changing… some of us that are level 70 have planted and harvesterd over and over again to obtain the mastery signs and now some may be lowered?? That is not fair, as well as the ribbons… if we all did it the way that IS why change it??? I think we should also be able to gift collectible items we can not use because we have the max of 10 – sell for 5 coins – c’mon, but at least they increased the giftbox size I guess. I also suggest being able to buy FV cash for coins… and one last thing, anyone wanna buy one of the 200 golden chickens I have for 25 FV cash?? Is that a stinkin joke… I think that is almost as bad as the unwither ring for 250 FV cash!!
Posted on March 7th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Farmhands will not transform baby turkeys or ugly ducklings……no worries
Posted on March 7th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
I was hoping we would have some St. Patrick’s Day crops like Shamrocks or Bells of Ireland.
Posted on March 8th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Re: “Asking for Gold” I’ve noticed that when someone requests through farmville.com the links do NOT work and I do not receive my mystery gifts, but if they are requesting through facebook it does work.
Posted on March 8th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
When will we be finding out the next “coming soon” pot o’ gold feature… is it going to be like Vday and just keep getting stupid gold/valentines and then trading them in for a bunch of bears or sheep with stupid hats that we are going to sell anyway?
The only thing I was EXTREMELY excited about was the leprechaun gnome.