What Did We Play Yesterday?

If you heard delighted shrieking at any point yesterday that was me. They released decorative trees, so I got my beloved willow trees back, and promptly put them EVERYWHERE. Then I unlocked dragonfruit trees. It was truly a bounty.

I psychologically and emotionally prepared myself to move my banana and mango farms, and did so yesterday. Not only was it crazy cluttered over there, but I figured out having my coconut trees, avocado trees, and prickly pears all in that general area worked better. I need to build a different area for the other tropical fruit.

I recently discovered I like building certain fences with gates only so I can pop in and out at any point without triggering the climb animation. It is VERY fun to run in circles around these. Whee!

Finally met the Clover Parade unlock goals. For some reason, this one felt a bit grindier than the last, maybe because the last one had less event plants. I wanted the event area to be a little different so I made a hidden leprechaun grotto tucked away in the NE corner of the map.

Continuing to expand cramped areas as I unlock more lots. Cows are probably next, I've stuffed them all onto their own island and most types are 20ish animals. I'd like to get it up to about 60 per type, so the 120 cow goals are hit in 2 harvests rather than say 6. I think the game tries to encourage larger herds of animals like that. I ran out of diamonds which was EXTREMELY HORRIFYING but hopefully I'll replenish by the time I get my next land unlock.

Yesterday was a lot of event silliness. One of the event rewards is a harp, which looks just like the harp statue you craft to earn points. The difference? The real harp plays music! I experimented a bit with the clover parade road pattern, trying to find ways to isolate the horseshoe and clover, and ended up using them to top-off other roads.

I also grabbed a screen of a megafarm so you can witness the absolute craziness that is possible. This farm was so loaded with llamas, money trees, crops, and special decorations my PC was whirring like crazy trying to keep up. I wasn't entirely sure I'd get all 60 points by the end of the event so I grinded out a few goals just in case.

I experimented with ramps. I wish two ramps side-by-side merged, because it would help visually even out even-space-wide plateaus and whatnot. As it is, it just places 2 ramps side by side and you can actually get stuck in that tiny gap if you aren't paying attention.

Lately I've been expanding existing areas so I can up my livestock numbers, a lot were in groups of 20 or 30 and I've managed to double most of them by rearranging areas or filling up dead space. I was originally pretty resistant to having lots of square grids of animals for aesthetic reasons, and I've tried to come up with creative ways to fence or otherwise section these areas without it being a major PITA to harvest.

I got the idea to do a chicken/shrub "checkerboard", the idea is to use trees, flowers, etc., as natural fences. At the very least, it provides visual interest and helps break up the sections. With the pigs... IDK man I don't really like pigs! But I came up with a grid area that can be expanded easily when I unlock the plots on either side.

The Clover Parade event has a LOT of cool unlockables, it's basically a mini-DLC. The pot of gold generates diamonds, ribbons, and puzzle pieces every 18 hours and is by far the best passive building I have. I unlocked a bunch of frankly cool fences and a much needed extra border. The stuff is all clover/celtic-knot themed and it works well as normal decorative pieces, whereas some of the event stuff like the valentine's day path is a bit too holiday-centric to really fit in as general decorations. I would say this is the second best event I've played so far, next to the Halloween one which was so cool I devoted nearly a whole plot to event unlockables and that theme area is one of my favorites on my farm.

I've begun experimenting with the sidewalk ground texture with mixed results. I was over-engineering the little garden by my blue house and noticed a weird bug when you're layering ground textures near curved land areas. I'm sure the devs are aware of it but I might pop into the discord and share a screenshot at some point. I had to terraform the area a bit to avoid getting a weird pavement pattern diagonal to the corner. If you stand on that paved area it is identified as "grass" but shows the paved icon.

Lets see what else. Oh I finally found a reasonable aesthetic solution for my koi ponds, for now. I've fussed with that area a great deal, originally playing around with linked bridges and other things. Having a peninsula terrace works for now.

I'm primarily focused on unlocking lots so I can expand, which means grinding out my farm level. I don't care to grind in this game, so I've begun looking into which crops/animals will give the most XP when boosted. Poinsettias are the obvious choice but 1 to 2 day waits are Not It so I'll think some more about how I want to do this.

BIG DAY. Finally unlocked golden poinsettias, which matters because I was waiting patiently for all those level 150-152 unlocks and now it's a fairly long stretch before I unlock more anticipated stuff. Most of the poinsettias take 1 to 2 days to mature, but they give a lot of XP, so it's a good time to invest in boosts and grind. I have way too many marble poinsettias, which are event flowers and therefore offer middling rewards, but there's no point in ditching them until I need the space.

I finally moved the Christmas section to to upper right quadrant, which was something that was really bugging me. I'm probably gonna turn that whole upper right corner into a snowy area, assuming I have enough stuff that "belongs" to warrant that much snowy terrain.

Had to expand the rabbit area. Slowly but steadily filling in the map. Etc. Etc. Just lots of moving things around, making my happy places, with the occasional grinding when high level items are available.

I am once again reorganizing my farm. This time, decided to stuff all the Valentine's day event into it's own tiny section, since there isn't a lot of it.

It's event time in Farm Together 2 again, which I just happened to notice by accident, and the rainbow llamas are probably the best thing that has happened to me all week. For this one they've updated how they display the quests which is kinda overwhelming but that's ok. There's a crap ton to do so I'll probably need to hop onto a megafarm at some point. This time, they've added new favor unlocks after you unlock all the items as a nod to the mega grinders, which is nice even though I am obviously not one of them.

They recently added some floor and rug items, which are GREATLY appreciated, and I'm closing in on level 150. This is a big deal for me, because I will unlock new varieties of my favorite things: sunflowers, koi, and peafowl. I am extremely excited about this.

There's also a new DLC!! They started offering these as a bundle on steam, so you get a discount of 25%, which is honestly a great way to let people decide if they wanna do the $5 or pay a discounted rate. I actually don't care too much about the winter theme, except it helps round out the christmas decorations. It also comes with 5 crocus variations and 3 holly trees which is welcome. I'll probably grab this one after I finish up with the event stuff.

I beat the second mode, which is the 8-level adventure mode. I expected the boss to pull a "dead nah just kiddin!" so when it didn't I was relieved as I had like 1 heart left. I also unlocked the Shinobi class, which I like a lot better than the Warlock. Shinobi has lots of fun upgrade options. There's an old man who asks for food or a sleeping aid (?) and I never have any. One day. In the meantime, I continue to enjoy scampering about dying.

Still enjoying this game quite a bit. Managed to unlock two classes, the warlock and the digger. Trying to remember to grab a screencap whenever I see a new doorway or between levels room.