With players recently flocking away from Zynga's Farmville by the millions, some wondered if the top social gaming company had lost a little bit of its luster. Well, if the early success of Farmville successor Frontierville is any indication, that luster is still plenty shiny, thanks very much.
According to AppData (via InsideSocialGames), Frontierville has gaining an incredible 5.4 million monthly users over the last week, a 656% increase from the partial-week launch of the five days previous. Most of the gains came between between June 17 and 19 when Frontierville's users shot up from about 1.5 million to over 6 million, possibly due to a recent change in the way Facebook reports active users.
Among other notable gainers, EA Sports/Playfish's FIFA Superstars continues to capitalize on World Cup fever worldwide (though possibly not as much as EA would have liked) with over 600,000 new users, a 52% jump. And somewhat long-in-the-tooth game School of Wizardry saw a surprising jump this week, gaining over 500,000 users after weeks of anemic growth (we suspect the aforementioned Facebook data reporting change).
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
FrontierVille Jackalope Society Missions: Everything you need to know
After teasing us with these yesterday, FrontierVille has finally released a new series of goals called the Jackalope Society Missons. These missions are a little different than others because if you complete these, you will unlock the new FrontierVille Badge system, which will reward you for your regular in-game activity. And, who doesn't want a little recognition for their efforts?
So, to unlock those stinkin' Badges, you'll need to finish all four of the Jackalope Society missions. Here's a look at what you'll need to do to get the job done:
Mission #1: Jackalope Society Initiation
frontierville jackalope society missions 1 - games.com
The illustrious Jackalope Society has heard of your exploits, and wants to extend an invitation to you. Welcome them to your homestead with a shindig.
Harvest Five Corn
Sell Five Adult Chickens
Buy One BBQ Grill in the Market (2,000 coins)
Rewards for completion: 50 XP, 150 Food
Pro Tip: This mission should be pretty easy to complete. Seasoned FarmVille players already have plenty of chickens, corn doesn't take that long to grow and the BBQ grill doesn't cost big bucks.
Jackalope Society Mission #2: Invite Friends To The Jackalope Society
frontierville 10 jackalops rsvps
You're about to become the newest member of the Jackalope Society, but first you need to tell yer friends about it!
1. Collect Ten Jackalope RSVPs
2. Visit Two Friends
Rewards for completion: 60 XP, 750 Coins
Jackalope Society Mission #3: Learning The Secret Handshake
Every club has a secret handshake. Get yer friends to teach it to you.
jackalope society mission III
1. Collect Ten Secret Handshakes
2. Buy Jackalope Lodge in the Market
Rewards for completion: Coming soon
Jackalope Society Mission #4: The Jackalope Lodge
Congratulations! You're the newest member of the Jackalope Society. Now it is time to build the lodge!
jackalope lodge
1. Build A Jackalope Lodge
2. Buy Four Goats in the Market... Don't ask why.
frontierville jackalope lodge - games.com
frontierville jackalope lodge build-games.com
The Jackalope Lodge costs 950 coins and 10 wood, and can be found in the Market in the Buildings area. Once you place it on your property, you will need to whack it nine times (at the cost of 10 wood each whack) to get the frame ready and then -- you'll have to start collecting building materials from your friends.
frontierville jackalope lodge materials
You will need 40 items in all to complete your lodge, and here's how that breaks down:
5 Shingles
5 Mallets
5 Pegs
5 Cement
5 Windows
15 Level
You can collect all of these materials from friends or -- if you don't want to wait -- you can buy all of the items using Horseshoes. Once your lodge is complete, you will be able to harvest it every day and complete the new Jackalope Lodge Collection.
farmville jackalope lodge completed
Rewards for completion: 80 XP, 500 Coins, and you have the option to share goats milk with your friends.
jackalope lodge completed rewards -- click for larger pic
frontierville jackalope missions
Once you complete all of these, you will be able to access the brand new FrontierVille Badges, which -- IMHO -- are a pretty nice addition to the game. You can access them by clicking on your Lodge or in the game menu. Working on a list of badges while you read this -- stay tuned! See the entire list of badges right here.
So, to unlock those stinkin' Badges, you'll need to finish all four of the Jackalope Society missions. Here's a look at what you'll need to do to get the job done:
Mission #1: Jackalope Society Initiation
frontierville jackalope society missions 1 - games.com
The illustrious Jackalope Society has heard of your exploits, and wants to extend an invitation to you. Welcome them to your homestead with a shindig.
Harvest Five Corn
Sell Five Adult Chickens
Buy One BBQ Grill in the Market (2,000 coins)
Rewards for completion: 50 XP, 150 Food
Pro Tip: This mission should be pretty easy to complete. Seasoned FarmVille players already have plenty of chickens, corn doesn't take that long to grow and the BBQ grill doesn't cost big bucks.
Jackalope Society Mission #2: Invite Friends To The Jackalope Society
frontierville 10 jackalops rsvps
You're about to become the newest member of the Jackalope Society, but first you need to tell yer friends about it!
1. Collect Ten Jackalope RSVPs
2. Visit Two Friends
Rewards for completion: 60 XP, 750 Coins
Jackalope Society Mission #3: Learning The Secret Handshake
Every club has a secret handshake. Get yer friends to teach it to you.
jackalope society mission III
1. Collect Ten Secret Handshakes
2. Buy Jackalope Lodge in the Market
Rewards for completion: Coming soon
Jackalope Society Mission #4: The Jackalope Lodge
Congratulations! You're the newest member of the Jackalope Society. Now it is time to build the lodge!
jackalope lodge
1. Build A Jackalope Lodge
2. Buy Four Goats in the Market... Don't ask why.
frontierville jackalope lodge - games.com
frontierville jackalope lodge build-games.com
The Jackalope Lodge costs 950 coins and 10 wood, and can be found in the Market in the Buildings area. Once you place it on your property, you will need to whack it nine times (at the cost of 10 wood each whack) to get the frame ready and then -- you'll have to start collecting building materials from your friends.
frontierville jackalope lodge materials
You will need 40 items in all to complete your lodge, and here's how that breaks down:
5 Shingles
5 Mallets
5 Pegs
5 Cement
5 Windows
15 Level
You can collect all of these materials from friends or -- if you don't want to wait -- you can buy all of the items using Horseshoes. Once your lodge is complete, you will be able to harvest it every day and complete the new Jackalope Lodge Collection.
farmville jackalope lodge completed
Rewards for completion: 80 XP, 500 Coins, and you have the option to share goats milk with your friends.
jackalope lodge completed rewards -- click for larger pic
frontierville jackalope missions
Once you complete all of these, you will be able to access the brand new FrontierVille Badges, which -- IMHO -- are a pretty nice addition to the game. You can access them by clicking on your Lodge or in the game menu. Working on a list of badges while you read this -- stay tuned! See the entire list of badges right here.
Friday, January 13, 2012
FrontierVille Toy Factory Contest: Win an iPad for Christmas
Toy Factory Christmas
The giving spirit has clearly overtaken Zynga as the company will be giving away an Apple iPad to one dedicated pioneer in FrontierVille this Christmas. From now through Jan. 3, 2011 the Zynga team will be watching us like Santa does the little girls and boys every year, but for a far different reason. The player who has hoarded the most Toys by Jan. 3 will be awarded a 16GB iPad in the FrontierVille Toy Factory Contest.
However, everyone who wants in will have to specifically register via e-mail including their Facebook profile link and other important information. This way, Zynga will be able to track your Toy-gathering prowess over the next two weeks and declare a winner on the FrontierVille fan page and forums that day. Thankfully, the team will also be counting Toys turned in the exclusive items that the Pioneer Toy Factory, so feel free to spend like normal. Though, you'll have to hoard if you want to keep track of your own progress and to be prepared to break a tie. Check out the forums for the official rules and how to enter. Now, get to sending those Toys if you want the toy of the Holidays.
The giving spirit has clearly overtaken Zynga as the company will be giving away an Apple iPad to one dedicated pioneer in FrontierVille this Christmas. From now through Jan. 3, 2011 the Zynga team will be watching us like Santa does the little girls and boys every year, but for a far different reason. The player who has hoarded the most Toys by Jan. 3 will be awarded a 16GB iPad in the FrontierVille Toy Factory Contest.
However, everyone who wants in will have to specifically register via e-mail including their Facebook profile link and other important information. This way, Zynga will be able to track your Toy-gathering prowess over the next two weeks and declare a winner on the FrontierVille fan page and forums that day. Thankfully, the team will also be counting Toys turned in the exclusive items that the Pioneer Toy Factory, so feel free to spend like normal. Though, you'll have to hoard if you want to keep track of your own progress and to be prepared to break a tie. Check out the forums for the official rules and how to enter. Now, get to sending those Toys if you want the toy of the Holidays.
Friday, January 6, 2012
FrontierVille: 37 x 37 land expansion coming March 1?
At the beginning of February, Zynga launched the 35 x 35 Land Expansion in FrontierVille. Along with that, all of the supposed details concerning the 37 x 37 Land Expansion were released as well, but the expansion itself was never made available to players, even those who had finished expanding to 35 x 35. So, when exactly will users be able to expand again?
Up until now, it's been anyone's guess, but we've come to learn that, according to FrontierVille Legend, the 37 x 37 Land Expansion will be made available on March 1. This seems to be more fact than fiction, as even the official FrontierVille forums users have decided upon that date as the release date. Is it 100% factual? Of course nothing can be known for certain until Zynga officially announces a date, and details are always changing up until the release of new features. It does get us to thinking, though...
If you believe the 37 x 37 Land Expansion will release on March 1, then make sure to check out our guide to the mission goals to complete the expansion, and start saving up on the required materials therein (lots of Pigs, Cacti, Groundhogs, Fire, Grass, and so on, all need to be tended, removed, crafted and more). If the details remain unchanged, this looks like it will be an even more difficult set of missions to complete than when we expanded to 35 x 35, so it never hurts to save up items either way, even if the land expansion turns out to be released a bit after the expected date.
Up until now, it's been anyone's guess, but we've come to learn that, according to FrontierVille Legend, the 37 x 37 Land Expansion will be made available on March 1. This seems to be more fact than fiction, as even the official FrontierVille forums users have decided upon that date as the release date. Is it 100% factual? Of course nothing can be known for certain until Zynga officially announces a date, and details are always changing up until the release of new features. It does get us to thinking, though...
If you believe the 37 x 37 Land Expansion will release on March 1, then make sure to check out our guide to the mission goals to complete the expansion, and start saving up on the required materials therein (lots of Pigs, Cacti, Groundhogs, Fire, Grass, and so on, all need to be tended, removed, crafted and more). If the details remain unchanged, this looks like it will be an even more difficult set of missions to complete than when we expanded to 35 x 35, so it never hurts to save up items either way, even if the land expansion turns out to be released a bit after the expected date.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
FrontierVille Detective Agency: Everything you need to know
Zynga must really be getting desperate for users to come back to FrontierVille (after leaving for any number of reasons), as they have created an entirely new building that is focused on the task. Making their current players work for them, the new building is Finkerton's Detective Agency, and it will have you, quite literally, searching for lost players.
This building, just as with all others, is on a slow rollout, so if you don't see it in your own game just yet, have patience as it will come to you with time. You'll know that this building is now available on your land when you see a screenshot like the one above appear at your next login.
Before you can track down lost players, you'll need to place your Detective Agency and then whack the frame 20 times in total, with each whack costing 7 Wood. From there, you'll need to collect six new items to complete the actual construction of the building, so meet us behind the break to see what those items are. The six new items are Desks, Curtains, Large Hings, Coat Racks, Frosted Glass, and Floorboards. The first three items (Desks, Curtains and Large Hinges) are earned through general news feed posts, asking all of your neighbors simultaneously to send you an item, while the other three (the Coat Racks, Frosted Glass and Floorboards) are earned through individual gift requests sent to those neighbors that you think will be most likely to help you.
Once you complete the construction of the Detective Agency, you'll be able to actually use the building to help bring missing players back to the frontier. Before this goes any further - yes, this building has been created with the goal of asking you to get your friends who have stopped playing the game to log back in, even if just for a moment. You will be rewarded for each friend you get to come back to the game (via a request), with different friends being worth different amounts of money.
FrontierVille Legend has an image of the interior of the completed Detective Agency, and we can see that you'll have three tabs - Missing, Open Cases, and Claim Rewards. Missing lists all of the players that you're friends with that have quit playing the game, with different amounts of Dollar Signs representing their worth if you can bring them back. Open Cases shows which ones you have attempted to bring back (but have yet to respond), while Claim Rewards allows you to claim your reward for successfully bringing back players. You'll be able to track your score for "finding missing players" on a leaderboard of your friends.
It doesn't take a FrontierVille veteran to know that this building will likely be the cause of a lot of controversy. While there are new quests available to complete along with this new building, I doubt many players will want to go through with either constructing this building or finishing the quests since it will undoubtedly work its way into the "spamming" of friends with unwanted requests to come back to the game. After all, if your friends no longer play, there has to be a reason for them to have left in the first place, and we doubt that a single request is suddenly going to make them forget about whatever issue they had with the game that causes them to leave.
As usual, though, whether or not you go through with building this new structure, or even completing the goals associated with it will be entirely voluntary. We can see pros and cons to completing most of these missions, even if you don't use the building for its intended purpose afterwards, but I'm not sure that many others will think the same. For a complete walkthrough to the five new Detective Agency missions, check out our guide.
[Missing Persons Image Credit: FrontierVille Legend]
Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.
What do you think of this new building? Will you work to earn rewards for bringing back "missing" players, or will you leave your friends alone, regardless of how blatantly Zynga is begging you to "spam" them?
This building, just as with all others, is on a slow rollout, so if you don't see it in your own game just yet, have patience as it will come to you with time. You'll know that this building is now available on your land when you see a screenshot like the one above appear at your next login.
Before you can track down lost players, you'll need to place your Detective Agency and then whack the frame 20 times in total, with each whack costing 7 Wood. From there, you'll need to collect six new items to complete the actual construction of the building, so meet us behind the break to see what those items are. The six new items are Desks, Curtains, Large Hings, Coat Racks, Frosted Glass, and Floorboards. The first three items (Desks, Curtains and Large Hinges) are earned through general news feed posts, asking all of your neighbors simultaneously to send you an item, while the other three (the Coat Racks, Frosted Glass and Floorboards) are earned through individual gift requests sent to those neighbors that you think will be most likely to help you.
Once you complete the construction of the Detective Agency, you'll be able to actually use the building to help bring missing players back to the frontier. Before this goes any further - yes, this building has been created with the goal of asking you to get your friends who have stopped playing the game to log back in, even if just for a moment. You will be rewarded for each friend you get to come back to the game (via a request), with different friends being worth different amounts of money.
FrontierVille Legend has an image of the interior of the completed Detective Agency, and we can see that you'll have three tabs - Missing, Open Cases, and Claim Rewards. Missing lists all of the players that you're friends with that have quit playing the game, with different amounts of Dollar Signs representing their worth if you can bring them back. Open Cases shows which ones you have attempted to bring back (but have yet to respond), while Claim Rewards allows you to claim your reward for successfully bringing back players. You'll be able to track your score for "finding missing players" on a leaderboard of your friends.
It doesn't take a FrontierVille veteran to know that this building will likely be the cause of a lot of controversy. While there are new quests available to complete along with this new building, I doubt many players will want to go through with either constructing this building or finishing the quests since it will undoubtedly work its way into the "spamming" of friends with unwanted requests to come back to the game. After all, if your friends no longer play, there has to be a reason for them to have left in the first place, and we doubt that a single request is suddenly going to make them forget about whatever issue they had with the game that causes them to leave.
As usual, though, whether or not you go through with building this new structure, or even completing the goals associated with it will be entirely voluntary. We can see pros and cons to completing most of these missions, even if you don't use the building for its intended purpose afterwards, but I'm not sure that many others will think the same. For a complete walkthrough to the five new Detective Agency missions, check out our guide.
[Missing Persons Image Credit: FrontierVille Legend]
Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.
What do you think of this new building? Will you work to earn rewards for bringing back "missing" players, or will you leave your friends alone, regardless of how blatantly Zynga is begging you to "spam" them?
FrontierVille Detective Agency Quests: Everything you need to know
Along with the release of the already controversial new Detective Agency in FrontierVille comes a series of five new missions that can also be completed. Just as with the Detective Agency building itself, these missions are on a slow rollout to users. While you may receive these quests within a few hours, you may also have to wait until tomorrow or later, so if you don't see them in your game, please be patient. Also keep in mind that as these missions are incredibly new, these details are subject to change at any time.
The first of these missions is called simply "Finkerton's Detective Agency," and it has you placing the new building on your Homestead.
Purchase Finkerton's Detective Agency from the Market
Clear Ten Grass on Your Homestead
Harvest 15 Apple Trees
FrontierVille Forums user Thanisa has an image showing off this first quest, which gives us a sneak preview of what the completed Detective Agency will look like, if you don't already have it on your land. Remember, if you don't have 15 Apple Trees on your land, simply harvest the ones you do have and come back to finish this step 30 minutes later. Your rewards for finishing this quest are 250 XP and 250 coins.
From there, you'll unlock Part II of V, which has you collecting some new items that are themed quite well to this new building.
Tend Ten Adult Pigs
Collect the Detective Agency Bonus
Get Ten Missing Person Posters
You'll receive the Missing Person Posters by asking your friends to send you the ten you need. At this time, we believe the request is a general wall post, but this is subject to change to individual gift requests in the future, if Zynga so chooses. Your rewards for this mission are 500 XP and a Trackin' Pig, which is a themed animal, all dressed up to search for the missing players.
Part III of V has you completing similar tasks, in terms of animal tending and item collecting.
Tend 15 Sheep
Have 25 Cloth
Have 15 False Mustaches
The False Mustaches are another item you'll have to ask your friends to send you. Completing this mission gives you a reward of a Sheep and 750 XP.
From there, you'll move onto Part IV of V, which primarily asks you to collect two new items.
Visit 10 Neighbors
Have 3 Invisible Ink
Collect 15 Decoder Rings
As you might have guessed, you'll need to ask your friends for the Decoder Rings, while the Invisible Ink is a new collection item in the Detective Agency collection, and can be earned either when whacking the frame of the building, or by collecting the Daily Bonus as it drops at random. Your rewards before the finale of this mission series are an Old Time Camera and 850 XP.
Finally, Part V of V will unfortunately force you to use your Detective Agency to bring back missing friends, so I hope this is a time when you're willing to ask friends personally to come back to the game long enough to help you out. Either that, or have some Horseshoes on hand to skip this step altogether.
Buy 3 Breakfasts
Have 3,000 coins
Recover Two Lost Settlers
For finishing this mission, you'll receive 1,000 XP and Finkerton's Detective Suit for your in-game avatar.
We can understand if users wouldn't want to work their way through the first four goals only to have to resort to begging their friends to come back to the game, but if you're picky about completing things, at least you know what to expect before going in.
[Top Image Credit: Thanisa]
Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.
What do you think of these new goals? Will you complete these goals and never use the Detective Agency for its intended purpose afterwards, just to receive the coins, XP and other rewards, or will you skip both the missions and the new building entirely?
The first of these missions is called simply "Finkerton's Detective Agency," and it has you placing the new building on your Homestead.
Purchase Finkerton's Detective Agency from the Market
Clear Ten Grass on Your Homestead
Harvest 15 Apple Trees
FrontierVille Forums user Thanisa has an image showing off this first quest, which gives us a sneak preview of what the completed Detective Agency will look like, if you don't already have it on your land. Remember, if you don't have 15 Apple Trees on your land, simply harvest the ones you do have and come back to finish this step 30 minutes later. Your rewards for finishing this quest are 250 XP and 250 coins.
From there, you'll unlock Part II of V, which has you collecting some new items that are themed quite well to this new building.
Tend Ten Adult Pigs
Collect the Detective Agency Bonus
Get Ten Missing Person Posters
You'll receive the Missing Person Posters by asking your friends to send you the ten you need. At this time, we believe the request is a general wall post, but this is subject to change to individual gift requests in the future, if Zynga so chooses. Your rewards for this mission are 500 XP and a Trackin' Pig, which is a themed animal, all dressed up to search for the missing players.
Part III of V has you completing similar tasks, in terms of animal tending and item collecting.
Tend 15 Sheep
Have 25 Cloth
Have 15 False Mustaches
The False Mustaches are another item you'll have to ask your friends to send you. Completing this mission gives you a reward of a Sheep and 750 XP.
From there, you'll move onto Part IV of V, which primarily asks you to collect two new items.
Visit 10 Neighbors
Have 3 Invisible Ink
Collect 15 Decoder Rings
As you might have guessed, you'll need to ask your friends for the Decoder Rings, while the Invisible Ink is a new collection item in the Detective Agency collection, and can be earned either when whacking the frame of the building, or by collecting the Daily Bonus as it drops at random. Your rewards before the finale of this mission series are an Old Time Camera and 850 XP.
Finally, Part V of V will unfortunately force you to use your Detective Agency to bring back missing friends, so I hope this is a time when you're willing to ask friends personally to come back to the game long enough to help you out. Either that, or have some Horseshoes on hand to skip this step altogether.
Buy 3 Breakfasts
Have 3,000 coins
Recover Two Lost Settlers
For finishing this mission, you'll receive 1,000 XP and Finkerton's Detective Suit for your in-game avatar.
We can understand if users wouldn't want to work their way through the first four goals only to have to resort to begging their friends to come back to the game, but if you're picky about completing things, at least you know what to expect before going in.
[Top Image Credit: Thanisa]
Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.
What do you think of these new goals? Will you complete these goals and never use the Detective Agency for its intended purpose afterwards, just to receive the coins, XP and other rewards, or will you skip both the missions and the new building entirely?
FrontierVille: Detective Agency Collection rewards muddy Footprints as prize
As usual, along with the release of a new building in FrontierVille comes a new Collection that can be completed by earning the appropriate items when whacking the frame of the new building, or when collecting that building's Daily Bonus. Such is the case with the new Detective Agency, and this new Detective Agency Collection.
There are five new items to keep an eye out for:
Badge
Invisible Ink
Walkin' Shoes
Notebook
Handcuffs
Once you complete this collection, you can trade it in for a set of Footprints, as seen below. This item is purely decorative, and would make a perfect accompaniment beside your new Detective Agency building. Check out our full guide to building the Detective Agency, if you've yet to do so already.
What do you think of this new collection? Will you build the Detective Agency in FrontierVille, even after you learn what it's used for (that being recruiting past players to come back to the game)?
There are five new items to keep an eye out for:
Badge
Invisible Ink
Walkin' Shoes
Notebook
Handcuffs
Once you complete this collection, you can trade it in for a set of Footprints, as seen below. This item is purely decorative, and would make a perfect accompaniment beside your new Detective Agency building. Check out our full guide to building the Detective Agency, if you've yet to do so already.
What do you think of this new collection? Will you build the Detective Agency in FrontierVille, even after you learn what it's used for (that being recruiting past players to come back to the game)?
FrontierVille: Detective Agency Badges offer free Fast Hand Boosts
If you're one of the (presumably few) players that go through with finding "lost settlers" in FrontierVille's new Detective Agency - that is, you use the building to ask your non-playing FrontierVille friends to come back to the game and are successful at doing so - you'll be rewarded with one of four new Badges in the game depending on just how many players you can bring back to the game.
This new Badge starts at the Private Eye level, which asks you to find 10 "Lost Homesteaders." Your rewards for doing so are 250 XP, 200 coins, and 1 Fast Hands Boost. Of course, this badge has three other levels, and they are as follows:
Super Sleuth: Find 25 Lost Homesteaders - Rewards 500 XP, 500 coins and 3 Fast Hand Boosts
Incredible Investigator: Find 60 Lost Homesteaders - Rewards 1,000 XP, 1,000 coins and 6 Fast Hand Boosts
Dashing Detective: Find 100 Lost Homesteaders - Rewards 2,000 XP, 2,000 coins and 10 Fast Hand Boosts
I'd imagine that it would take an incredibly persuasive individual to convince the full 100 people to come back to the game, although it is unclear right now as to whether or not you could find the same person more than once; that is, find them once, wait for them to leave the game long enough to be considered missing again, and then bring them back a second time and so on.
Good luck if you attempt this Badge - I have a feeling you're going to need it (that and lots of understanding, helpful Facebook friends).
What do you think of this new Badge's requirements? Will you try to bring lost players back to the game, or will you respect your friends' decision to leave the game?
This new Badge starts at the Private Eye level, which asks you to find 10 "Lost Homesteaders." Your rewards for doing so are 250 XP, 200 coins, and 1 Fast Hands Boost. Of course, this badge has three other levels, and they are as follows:
Super Sleuth: Find 25 Lost Homesteaders - Rewards 500 XP, 500 coins and 3 Fast Hand Boosts
Incredible Investigator: Find 60 Lost Homesteaders - Rewards 1,000 XP, 1,000 coins and 6 Fast Hand Boosts
Dashing Detective: Find 100 Lost Homesteaders - Rewards 2,000 XP, 2,000 coins and 10 Fast Hand Boosts
I'd imagine that it would take an incredibly persuasive individual to convince the full 100 people to come back to the game, although it is unclear right now as to whether or not you could find the same person more than once; that is, find them once, wait for them to leave the game long enough to be considered missing again, and then bring them back a second time and so on.
Good luck if you attempt this Badge - I have a feeling you're going to need it (that and lots of understanding, helpful Facebook friends).
What do you think of this new Badge's requirements? Will you try to bring lost players back to the game, or will you respect your friends' decision to leave the game?
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Thanksgiving Guide: FarmVille, Pioneer Trail, The Sims Social & More
Next up in the holiday 2011 lineup is Thanksgiving! Hot on Halloween's heels, this festive feast holiday brings on the brisk weather and kicks off that cozy winter feeling. But family bonding and delicious food aren't all Thanksgiving 2011 has to offer. As usual, Thanksgiving items are appearing in all your favorite Facebook games such as FarmVille, Pioneer Trail, The Sims Social, and more! So to see all the latest Thanksgiving updates, features, and goodies; check out our complete Thanksgiving Guide for FarmVille, Pioneer Trail, The Sims Social, and more below!
Make sure to check out the Ultimate Black Friday Deal Guide for social & casual gamers.
Jump to:
FarmVille Thanksgiving | Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving
Cafe World Thanksgiving | CityVille Thanksgiving
Other Thanksgiving Updates
FarmVille Thanksgiving
FarmVille: Double Mastery on now for Thanksgiving celebration
FarmVille Mystery Game (11/20/11): Thanksgiving animals and decorations celebrate Turkey Day
FarmVille Thanksgiving Items: Sheep Balloon, Pilgrim Chicken and more
FarmVille Harvest Bonfire Goals: Everything you need to now
FarmVille Harvest Bonfire Thanksgiving Basket: Everything you need to know
FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Thanksgiving Goals: Everything you need to know
FarmVille: Purchase a Zynga Game Card from 7-Eleven, receive Cornucopia Home
FarmVille Harvest Hoedown Goals: Everything you need to know
FarmVille Harvest Hoedown: Everything you need to know
FrontierVille Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving
Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving Animal Collection: Collect feathers for six new animals
Pioneer Trail Gravy Train Meals: Everything you need to know
Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving Feast: Everything you need to know
cafe world thanksgiving
Cafe World
Cafe World Fall Feast Event: Everything you need to know
cityville thanksgiving
CityVille
CityVille Harvest Festival Timed Goal: Everything you need to know
The Sims Social Thanksgiving
Coming Soon
facebook games thanksgiving
Other Thanksgiving Updates
Turkeys go on Thanksgiving vacay in Island Paradise, or do they?
Black Friday doorbusters: Coming to an online game near you?
Empires & Allies Turkey Turmoil Mini Series: Everything you need to know
Gardens of Time celebrates Thanksgiving with three premium scenes
Forget the Black Friday rush, give the gift of Zynga stock [Report]
Which is your favorite Thanksgiving update?
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Pioneer Trail Bug Report: Lost progress bug is being squashed
If you've been playing Pioneer Trail (even when it was FrontierVille) for any considerable amount of time, I'd be surprised if you hadn't suffered from a rollback issue or two, or some other form of game/fun-breaking bug. If not, you're liable to run into one now, as a widespread issue has broken out in the game, causing users to lose considerable amounts of progress on goals. This is apparently such a large issue that the majority of the game's official forums has been branded with posts and banners about the issue, but Zynga is here to let you know that help is on the way.
Specifically, we're told this by customer service:
"We have received a high number of inquiries about players losing progress in the game and seeing old missions come back. We apologize for the problem and have our developers looking at the problem now.
There's no need to submit a help ticket for this matter, as we plan on correcting this problem on our end for all affected players. We request if you are having this problem to try again in a few hours (or even later today) to see if your progress has been returned. If this problem has occurred for you, please simply click the "vote to fix" button, this will alert us that you were affected."
Essentially, what this means is that you don't need to contact Zynga Customer Support to fix this issue, as supposedly everything will be placed back to normal on Zynga's end without any input from us. That is, the "game knows" where you were when the bug first hit, and will revert you back to the proper state when the bug has been fixed. As for the time table, things aren't progressing as quickly as we would have hoped. As of yesterday morning, the issue was still being worked on by developers, but a proper fix hadn't actually been pushed out.
While you're waiting for the issue to be resolved, I'd suggest simply not playing the game (or doing anything significant, that you would be upset about having to repeat). Keep checking back with the game's official forums for updates as to the progress of the bug fix, and we'll make sure to let you know if anything significant happens between now and then.
Have you been hit by this "lost progress" bug? How far did it push you back? Let us know in the comments.
Specifically, we're told this by customer service:
"We have received a high number of inquiries about players losing progress in the game and seeing old missions come back. We apologize for the problem and have our developers looking at the problem now.
There's no need to submit a help ticket for this matter, as we plan on correcting this problem on our end for all affected players. We request if you are having this problem to try again in a few hours (or even later today) to see if your progress has been returned. If this problem has occurred for you, please simply click the "vote to fix" button, this will alert us that you were affected."
Essentially, what this means is that you don't need to contact Zynga Customer Support to fix this issue, as supposedly everything will be placed back to normal on Zynga's end without any input from us. That is, the "game knows" where you were when the bug first hit, and will revert you back to the proper state when the bug has been fixed. As for the time table, things aren't progressing as quickly as we would have hoped. As of yesterday morning, the issue was still being worked on by developers, but a proper fix hadn't actually been pushed out.
While you're waiting for the issue to be resolved, I'd suggest simply not playing the game (or doing anything significant, that you would be upset about having to repeat). Keep checking back with the game's official forums for updates as to the progress of the bug fix, and we'll make sure to let you know if anything significant happens between now and then.
Have you been hit by this "lost progress" bug? How far did it push you back? Let us know in the comments.
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