I got it last Thursday, but I wound up spending a few donuts to finish it up. 18, I think. But getting fertilizer for it was a lot of work. I spent a lot of donuts buying seeds to put down in neighbor's villages in order to up my fertilizer intake since getting seeds in my own town is way, way too difficult. I have easily spent 200+ donuts on buying seeds alone, so this event is really costing me for items that should technically be free/earned. And most of the time staring at the screen because some mutant green glob just ran by and I didn't click on it fast enough. gah!
I just finished building the cane crop yesterday, not big on the sani-john, and hoping for another crop before tomorrow's constructables are uploaded for another few weeks of exhaustive building.
This just may be the impossible event for the casual player. Confusing, complex, and a lot of work involved to complete anything!
I'm about 3/4 of the way there currently.. surprised to see this thread on the first page.
I'd probably be all the way there if I was still obsessively playing the game every few hours, but since I got the required spades, I've basically stopped going on.
I'm down to 38 donuts so hopefully I'll have my farmers market pretty soon :-)
I don't want to wait till phase 2 so hopefully I'll get them fertilizer quickly!
This is one for patience. It definitely took awhile to get the farmers market and I'm not even close to getting the cane field and smokehouse but I haven't had to spend donuts on the seedlings either. I stop into the game at least 4 times a day to move through the daily tasks and visit all my neighbors. Just collect, collect, collect and when you get seedlings be smart about who's neighborhood you dump them in so they don't get squished. Best that can be done without starting to spend lots of donuts, at least in my case. Anyone have a different approach that is saving them from spending donuts?
Still need another 5000 or so fertilizer. And given that I'm assuming the Monsarno building will start to get upgrades again that I might need, I'm betting that means I'm even further off than it appears right now. :?
I'm down to 38 donuts so hopefully I'll have my farmers market pretty soon :-)
I don't want to wait till phase 2 so hopefully I'll get them fertilizer quickly!
I'm about the same pace as you, 33 donuts away now. So I don't think I will craft anything before Phase 2 starts. I'll wait and see how upgrading the building goes now and craft the Farmer's Market later. I have not spent any donuts, and was trying to avoid doing so on craftable items or rushing anything.
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Now to spent it all on Monsanto building upgrades tomorrow and start saving for it again.
I just finished building the cane crop yesterday, not big on the sani-john, and hoping for another crop before tomorrow's constructables are uploaded for another few weeks of exhaustive building.
This just may be the impossible event for the casual player. Confusing, complex, and a lot of work involved to complete anything!
Yes
The FAQ is a good event stress reliever.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10327516.page
I'd probably be all the way there if I was still obsessively playing the game every few hours, but since I got the required spades, I've basically stopped going on.
I don't want to wait till phase 2 so hopefully I'll get them fertilizer quickly!
I'm probably going spend all for the corn and fertilizer on the Research building upgrades.
I'm about the same pace as you, 33 donuts away now. So I don't think I will craft anything before Phase 2 starts. I'll wait and see how upgrading the building goes now and craft the Farmer's Market later. I have not spent any donuts, and was trying to avoid doing so on craftable items or rushing anything.