Expansion & Reputation Questions / Discussion Archive

[TottenKing]

I'm at 16x16 right now and I want to expand to 17x17. I want to do this without spending gold. If I have less than 35,000 silver, the requirement to expand is to pay 35,000 silver. If I have 35,000 or more in silver, the requirement instantly changes to having 13 neighbors.

I call shenanigans.

[mpasakarnis]

The next person to say Shenanigans is going to get pistol whipped!

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[TottenKing]

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love it!

[AngieDawn]

It's confusing and very poorly setup, but nothing is changing. To expand you have to have enough silver, neighbors, and sometimes level. Once you meet a requirement that part is removed so you can focus on the next part. The neighbor requirement is low in the beginnings so that's why a lot of people never saw that part. This could be all cleared up by putting all of the requirements minus gold on one tab instead of separating them out, but until that happens just keep in mind that there may be more than just silver needed.

And to mpasakarnis, meow :)

[TottenKing]

It's confusing and very poorly setup, but nothing is changing. To expand you have to have enough silver, neighbors, and sometimes level. Once you meet a requirement that part is removed so you can focus on the next part. The neighbor requirement is low in the beginnings so that's why a lot of people never saw that part. This could be all cleared up by putting all of the requirements minus gold on one tab instead of separating them out, but until that happens just keep in mind that there may be more than just silver needed.

And to mpasakarnis, meow :)

Meow that was a thorough explanation. Thanks, meow.

[mpasakarnis]

"I am running videos to get more gold"

Huh? Is there something I missed to gain gold?

tell me right meow!

[heathercsoccer]

I think for the price we pay either way to expand it should expand more than it does.

[Brendalynn]

Hello Everyone,
I was wondering how I can move my existing hedge/fence that came with the initial layout to fit my new expansion and how I can start moving my decos/paths/buildings/artifacts etc...onto my new expansion. As of right now I am only at level 10. Do I need to be at a certain level ???
Please let me know :)
Have a great day ;)

[Deb1234]

Under your build mode click the expand tab, right next to your storage box. You need to have a certain number of friends and silver for each expansion and the requirement increases with each expansion.

[Perman]

See this is the weird part because sometime it comes up and ask for only silver. It happen twice today for my friend. Is there a special time limit on that? She is on level 31 and grid size 23X23.

[KermieD]

The game will list the resource you are short on, defaulting with silver. For example (and these numbers are just for example purposes -- I don't know the requirements for any particular expansion), if you need 30,000 silver and 19 neighbors for an expansion and you only have 20,000 silver, it will say that you need 30,000 silver. Once you have the 30,000 silver, if you only have 15 friends, it will tell you that you need 19 more neighbors. Please note that even though it says "more", that you only need 19 neighbors total.

[Perman]

Thanks. That was what I thought. Problem solved.

[restlessimage]

I hope this is the right place to ask this.

Is there any way to move your entryway? I could really use it being in a different spot.

Thanks!

[AngieDawn]

It's a bummer, but no we can't move the entryway & it is killing my sense of balance, lol.

[restlessimage]

Darn. Thanks.

Yeah, I'm a symmetry type person and it's killing me. My husband calls it my pixel problem. ;)

[lprinaz]

I am a new player..expanded my area, but can't move the fences, etc. to be able to use the new land! help please!!!!!!

[billiejosunrise]

I am a new player..expanded my area, but can't move the fences, etc. to be able to use the new land! help please!!!!!!

land expands inside the fences - did you see an extra row anywhere when you bought?

[rich72]

I'm now at level 18 and I can't progress any further in the game as I've no room to buy anything else. I cannot expand my garden as I need 13 neighbours. I have 11 at the moment and cannot get anyone else on my friends list to join. I'm not prepared to start accepting friend requests from people I don't know (no offence!) just to play this game further.

Why can't this silly rule be dropped, and you just pay money for expansion?

I know there's the gold option, but i'm not paying for that!

[AngieDawn]

I'm now at level 18 and I can't progress any further in the game as I've no room to buy anything else. I cannot expand my garden as I need 13 neighbours. I have 11 at the moment and cannot get anyone else on my friends list to join. I'm not prepared to start accepting friend requests from people I don't know (no offence!) just to play this game further.

Why can't this silly rule be dropped, and you just pay money for expansion?

I know there's the gold option, but i'm not paying for that!

This isn't a popular answer, but it's because this is a social game on a social network.

[karensflowers]

Just joined today......already expanded the grid for the 10,000 silver, but cannot seem to use it. Why?

[Bearicuddly]

I wonder if they will ever fix it so you can expand with out having to have all those neighbors. And without having to buy gold. Already spent my limit on this game.

[gardenclutch]

They keep adding chapters so my advice would be dont sell anything from your garden if you want to make it pretty. store items, make it pretty and when next chapter is added youll have to make it cluttered again. I sold a bunch of stuff once I had enough rep to complete chapter 8, then 9 was added. I had to purchase a bunch of stuff all over again. Im keeping my garden cluttered and ugly just incase they add 10, which will probably happen. Hopefully! and hopefully they add an expansion beyond 30x30! It would be nice if we could have enough space to make the garden pretty and be able to level up at the same time.

[Becca916]

I would like to be able to expand my garden bigger but it said i have reached the capacity. this makes it very hard to continue placing items in my garden in order to build up my reputation. If i can't build it anymore then what is the point in continuing with this game? I play daily and really don't want to stop but if I can't do anything with it then I may have no choice.

[billiejosunrise]

I would like to be able to expand my garden bigger but it said i have reached the capacity. this makes it very hard to continue placing items in my garden in order to build up my reputation. If i can't build it anymore then what is the point in continuing with this game? I play daily and really don't want to stop but if I can't do anything with it then I may have no choice.
You do have choices. One choice is you can just spam the best rep item (the left and right tuileries wings) and then leave them out and have no creativity in your garden. OR, build them then once you unlock new scenes, put them away and return your garden to the way you really want it to look.

[AllyBrown]

And EVERYONE is begging for more space! LOL!

LOL...yep! I am finally one of those, now, too. I was doing okay for awhile being a bit further behind than most folks on here, but I finally got the max size and filled every single last space. I've got some things that are easily replaceable when I unlock more items, but for now I'm not in much of a hurry since I'm at the end of Ch. 8 and don't want to get to the point where I am waiting impatiently for the next chapters...lol. Though I suppose that's only a matter of time, now....

[barb0427]

I have reached the expansion that is allowed.Now at level 30 I do not have room for more buildings :confused::confused::confused:

[AngieDawn]

That seems to be high on the frustration meter for a lot of players! You can always replace lower end items with higher rep valued ones. Bulk build high rep items and either leave them out like a junkyard or store them when not needed so you can decorate how you like. Use items as walls/partitions instead of having so many paths (as long as you keep at least a 2 wide path at the garden entry gate). There's another thread here with discussion & suggestions on ways to increase rep with the size we have now that you may find some tips & tricks in found here: My great idea for increasing reputation (http://forum.playdom.com/showthread.php?48145-My-Great-Idea-for-Increasing-Reputation)

[topazcat]

i just can't expand my garden at all stuck , even when had enough to purchase still said i needed more neighbours... so bit lost ..

[billiejosunrise]

i just can't expand my garden at all stuck , even when had enough to purchase still said i needed more neighbours... so bit lost ..

There are 3 requirements for land. Level, silver and neighbors. So if you have not met the requirements it will show you one to attain to. Then when you get that (money) it will then let you know how many neighbors. (or vice versa)

Oh, if it says you need "x" more, ignore it. The "x" is how many you need total. So if you have say 27 neighbors and it says you need 29 more , you really need just 29 total.

[smarty58]

Good morning GoT'ers!!

I got some inspiration last night to replace my trees with the hera's Oak... I managed to increase my REP over 4000 points last night!! and I hardly had to store many low rep items with another "re-arranging marathon!" I still want more room though...I've painstakingly flipped and flopped daily to get my garden this way... I do however like changing it and find it a challenge to see how much more REP I can get by doing something simple like switching out my trees... thanks for the tip!

[billiejosunrise]

Good morning GoT'ers!!

I got some inspiration last night to replace my trees with the hera's Oak... I managed to increase my REP over 4000 points last night!! and I hardly had to store many low rep items with another "re-arranging marathon!" I still want more room though...I've painstakingly flipped and flopped daily to get my garden this way... I do however like changing it and find it a challenge to see how much more REP I can get by doing something simple like switching out my trees... thanks for the tip!

woot woot!

[reggierhy]

Seriously i could be happy with an even 3x30

[barb0427]

I look at my Garden and think 'What a mess" No room for anything else. I wanted sections, all I have is a junk yard that has no organization. Guess I am through too.

[billiejosunrise]

The game is doable with the current size limits (even keeping a pretty garden most of the time) . It just all depends what one is willing to do for it. Some players do not mind, some do mind. It all depends on your play style. Many players will leave over it, and many others will stick through it.

[cfccgirl]

I look at my Garden and think 'What a mess" No room for anything else. I wanted sections, all I have is a junk yard that has no organization. Guess I am through too.
Im at max land but i found there was plenty of room i have completed all quests and am at lvl 36 but iv been able to make mine look quite attractive depends what ya want out of the game iv seen loads of players gardens some cram as much as they can on there others make them look quite attractive and organised i agree more land is gonna be needed especially if they come out with new wonders and quests but for now as im as far as i can go i think theres ample room if you organise it properly :)

[billiejosunrise]

Im at max land but i found there was plenty of room i have completed all quests and am at lvl 36 but iv been able to make mine look quite attractive depends what ya want out of the game iv seen loads of players gardens some cram as much as they can on there others make them look quite attractive and organised i agree more land is gonna be needed especially if they come out with new wonders and quests but for now as im as far as i can go i think theres ample room if you organise it properly :)
You can get over 330k in reputation on a 27x27. It would require you placing 723 tuilieries, lol, but it can be done. Thank goodness we can still play a scene once we unlock it, regardless of what we drop our rep to in order to have a pretty garden.

[sms1307]

You can get over 330k in reputation on a 27x27. It would require you placing 723 tuilieries, lol, but it can be done. Thank goodness we can still play a scene once we unlock it, regardless of what we drop our rep to in order to have a pretty garden.

thanks for that idea, I didnt think of that.

[ChaosNth]

I've found that once you max out your rep.....unlocked all the scenes....you can remove anything you want and make it look nice. You can keep adding items and replaying scenes to level up.

[Claire sweeny]

Done anyone know if you can decrease the size of the garden???

Thanks.

[billiejosunrise]

Done anyone know if you can decrease the size of the garden???

Thanks.

There does not seem to be an option like that in the game. Forgive if this sounds rude, but why would you want to decrease it?

[fubar8]

Why do you need to know new neighbors, they're not coming to your real garden or house. I didn't have anyone who was playing the game but I recruited new neighbors from the Gardens of Time facebook page. Two guidelines that will serve you well is to utilize 2 rows at the top or left side of your garden for construction only.When they are completed move them into the garden where you want them. The other guideline is only to store an item in your inventory that was in your construction area, if you can replace it with one that has at least 3x the rep. I have not had any problems with Gardens of Time neighbors and I have 77. visit my Garden Deborah Wellman.

[Pamster00]

Speaking of expansions and repeats, while I was waiting for a few more neighbors to add so I could expand, I started ransacking my garden looking for my gramophone. As I was ripping stuff out with both hands, a message would pop-up periodically telling me I had completed some quest. The pop-up listing the prize, however, had no text and no picture. I figured it was null and ignored it. Found the gramophone and started removing things from inventory. In addition to the dozens of apartment houses, I had three Eiffel Towers in there. I laid them on next to the one already building. I REALLY need that expansion now!

[AngieDawn]

Holy toledo on the 3 Eiffel Towers, lol.

[salamanda]

Speaking of expansions and repeats, while I was waiting for a few more neighbors to add so I could expand, I started ransacking my garden looking for my gramophone. As I was ripping stuff out with both hands, a message would pop-up periodically telling me I had completed some quest. The pop-up listing the prize, however, had no text and no picture. I figured it was null and ignored it. Found the gramophone and started removing things from inventory. In addition to the dozens of apartment houses, I had three Eiffel Towers in there. I laid them on next to the one already building. I REALLY need that expansion now!

How do you get more than 1 wonder in your garden as I want two of the Panda thingies?

[billiejosunrise]

How do you get more than 1 wonder in your garden as I want to of the Panda thingies?

glitch

[salamanda]

glitch

Thanks for the speedy reply! Pity that let's hope I get that glitch some time!

[billiejosunrise]

Thanks for the speedy reply! Pity that let's hope I get that glitch some time!

Well, if they weren't so poor in value - the only one I'd want duplicates of would be the Tomb of Horus at 460 reputation per square..

[mschris32211]

all of this add neighbors is fine...BUT, when you ask and ask and beg friends to reply to your neighbor request and they don't, what then? Do you just forget about expanding and replay old levels?

[salamanda]

Well I totally agree with you for rep but I'm thinking of my pretty garden when not needing rep and that is my favourite one so I'd like it bigger by having 2 lol!

[billiejosunrise]

Well I totally agree with you for rep but I'm thinking of my pretty garden when not needing rep and that is my favourite one so I'd like it bigger by having 2 lol!

Yes, it IS one of the prettier items in the garden as far as wonders go....heck, it is the prettiest really.....

[mmsmcmillen]

I have expanded as far as I can, so I don't see the point in adding more neighbors. The only reason to add them is so you can expand.

[AngieDawn]

I have expanded as far as I can, so I don't see the point in adding more neighbors. The only reason to add them is so you can expand.

I agree that they aren't really needed (at least at this time). For me, I like being able to see what they've done to their garden, maybe steal a few ideas (thanks Ryder!, lol), and see all the different floating heads wandering around my garden. As you can see, I'm easily entertained :D

[debydawn]

Thank you sooooo much! I didn't know that you could store items and still get credit for them (if that is what you are saying), in any case, I will give it a try. Thanks for responding!

[billiejosunrise]

Thank you sooooo much! I didn't know that you could store items and still get credit for them (if that is what you are saying), in any case, I will give it a try. Thanks for responding!

No no don't take me wrong. Once in storage they no longer count. I build up in advance and then bring them out when new content is available. Only rep in garden counts BUT you can still play a scene if you have unlocked it. You could unlock a scene, and drop down to 0 rep and still play that scene.

[nlada]

Only rep in garden counts BUT you can still play a scene if you have unlocked it. You could unlock a scene, and drop down to 0 rep and still play that scene.

The problem I found with that is there are 5 scenes per chapter to open and each require a higher rep count. If I open a scene and then put my garden back the way I want, it is only one or two days before I need to open the next scene. As I tried stating most of what I like are the BC historical items which are also the cheapest in reps. If I had my way 100% then my garden would only have items from Egypt, Babylon, Rome and Greece. The most experience of those items it is not possible to come up with enough of them to cover the rep cost of things like that dreadful drive in or the Chinese items, wonders are excluded. I tried and ended up having to put the drive in back in.

[billiejosunrise]

The problem I found with that is there are 5 scenes per chapter to open and each require a higher rep count. If I open a scene and then put my garden back the way I want, it is only one or two days before I need to open the next scene. As I tried stating most of what I like are the BC historical items which are also the cheapest in reps. If I had my way 100% then my garden would only have items from Egypt, Babylon, Rome and Greece. The most experience of those items it is not possible to come up with enough of them to cover the rep cost of things like that dreadful drive in or the Chinese items, wonders are excluded. I tried and ended up having to put the drive in back in.

I had enough time during the down times to store high rep items. I had about 50 or so empty spaces and every night I would build 20 or so high end items and then store them. Before it was the water tower and now it is the tuileries. When chapter 8 came out I had enough stored to open all of it up within moments. Then I put my garden back. I would build up more stuff during the downtime. 9 came out - I pulled all my high end items out of storage and had all of chapter 9 unlocked. Then I put my garden back. While waiting for 10 I built more stuff. When 10 came out, I pulled all my high end stuff out and unlocked it all within moments. Then I put my garden back. I have roughly 50 empty spaces and 131 paths. Paths are so nice to pull up to spam the high end stuff briefly. The paths go back down so nicely (no build menu closing each time). I haven't had to pull up ALL my paths yet - probably when chapter 11 comes out, I will be ready for that too. I have built 20 more tuileries today and I think about 40 more will do it...

FYI - while the wonders have the largest rep overall they are very poor per square. Roughly 150-230.

I understand all may not want to go through the hassle of pulling up stuff briefly (25 minutes or so is how long it took me to pull up paths, put out water towers and tuileries, post all the scenes I had opened and then put the stuff back and pull my paths back out of storage), but as it stands if you want a pretty garden that is the only choice. With people clamoring for more things to do - this at least gives one something to do.

[AngieDawn]

The problem I found with that is there are 5 scenes per chapter to open and each require a higher rep count. If I open a scene and then put my garden back the way I want, it is only one or two days before I need to open the next scene. As I tried stating most of what I like are the BC historical items which are also the cheapest in reps. If I had my way 100% then my garden would only have items from Egypt, Babylon, Rome and Greece. The most experience of those items it is not possible to come up with enough of them to cover the rep cost of things like that dreadful drive in or the Chinese items, wonders are excluded. I tried and ended up having to put the drive in back in.

Ah, ok I see the confusion here. What players like Billie and I do is put out enough to open even the highest scene in a chapter. For Chapter 10 it was 160 or something like that. We put out that and all Chapter 10 scenes opened. Then we put all the spam items back in storage. When we did that, we had a pretty garden in the 100's range and all 5 free scenes open. Chapter 11 probably won't be out for at least 2 weeks so we have time to play around and build even more high rep spam items for the next one. And for that one, we'll do it all at once too.

Technically this means for most of the time we can have a garden with nothing but 2 path squares and pink orchids if we wanted, but come new chapter day we would have 2 path squares and 200 spam items. 30 mins later once it is all unlocked, we are right back to our pink orchids.

[DebFoster]

Does anyone know if the makers plan on adding more expansions or multiple gardens? It's just not big enough now that Chapter ten is done. I have no idea where I'll put things when Chapter 11 opens up.

[billiejosunrise]

Does anyone know if the makers plan on adding more expansions or multiple gardens? It's just not big enough now that Chapter ten is done. I have no idea where I'll put things when Chapter 11 opens up.

other games that have "multiples" the extra areas do not count toward your totals. City of Wonder and Social City have multiples but are separate entities. The only workaround for a pretty garden is discussed in this thread. It is possible to get 350k in rep as it stands right now.

[billiejosunrise]

Ah, ok I see the confusion here. What players like Billie and I do is put out enough to open even the highest scene in a chapter. For Chapter 10 it was 160 or something like that. We put out that and all Chapter 10 scenes opened. Then we put all the spam items back in storage. When we did that, we had a pretty garden in the 100's range and all 5 free scenes open. Chapter 11 probably won't be out for at least 2 weeks so we have time to play around and build even more high rep spam items for the next one. And for that one, we'll do it all at once too.

Technically this means for most of the time we can have a garden with nothing but 2 path squares and pink orchids if we wanted, but come new chapter day we would have 2 path squares and 200 spam items. 30 mins later once it is all unlocked, we are right back to our pink orchids.

Since I have loads of paths I just took those up (not all) and my pretty garden was still there just had a few extra (130 or so) items around them :)

[DebratheBee]

in another thread, they have asked us to post a picture of our garden. altho' I have adjusted mine to look halfway decent, I wouldn't want a picture of it! too many duplicated items just to get my rep up. I realize this is a Playdom game, but they ought to look at what other venues are doing, like Farm Town which I LOVE. I'll quit the game b/f I'll spend the time to put many spam items like the tuiliaries on the board just to open up chapter 11, and then have to remove the spam items to make it look decent again. What a waste of time!!! beyond sitting in front of my computer and playing this game!

They should either increase the value a LOT for some items in each civilization, including the wonders which are ridiculously low in point value, or they should give us another expansion or garden that counts towards our points, like in Farm Town.

Sorry, but this game no longer rates the 5 star I gave it when I first started.

[magpie01]

how do you use you coins ? and can you not buy expansions if you cannot get any neighbours to join? I am having this problem as alot of my friends don't like these games and won't join So this might be a short game for me as i need help any suggestions please

[billiejosunrise]

how do you use you coins ? and can you not buy expansions if you cannot get any neighbours to join? I am having this problem as alot of my friends don't like these games and won't join So this might be a short game for me as i need help any suggestions please

If you do not mind adding people to your FB you can get neighbors there. And if it makes you feel better once you get your 33 for the final expansion you can remove them all from FB. But keep in mind you need them to help build wonders unless you want to spend gold. There is a guide written by Valendaria (uber mod) showing you how to set privacy settings to keep your account protected.

[fubar8]

I'm wondering the same question, If I had 2 -3 rows of extra blank squares I could pull out rep material and build in that area. It is nice to come out with new scenes and objects but without additional space it is hard to place them. @billiejosunrise, I submitted a ticket to get 2 quest problems resolved so I can continue to play, do you know where or how they will reply or fix the problems? Thanks.

[billiejosunrise]

I'm wondering the same question, If I had 2 -3 rows of extra blank squares I could pull out rep material and build in that area. It is nice to come out with new scenes and objects but without additional space it is hard to place them. @billiejosunrise, I submitted a ticket to get 2 quest problems resolved so I can continue to play, do you know where or how they will reply or fix the problems? Thanks.

You can go to playdom.com and look at your account history as far as tickets and you will also get an e mail on it. Your guess is as good as mine on a time frame on fixing them. If they had it their way they would have been fixed already - but it could be a simple line of code messed up that is like looking for a needle in a haystack...

If you have enough coins you could pull up low rep per square and build high rep per square (tuileries) items and bank them for new chapters

[DitsyD]

how do you use you coins ? and can you not buy expansions if you cannot get any neighbours to join? I am having this problem as alot of my friends don't like these games and won't join So this might be a short game for me as i need help any suggestions please
I was the same way. Only a handful of my friends played, and I didn't want to use real $ to buy gold, so I went to the "Find Friends Forum" and asked for FB friends. I got gobs in just a couple of hours (then I edited my post to delete my FB link). These are friendly gamers. Before I accepted any new friends though, I made sure that I knew how to protect my privacy on FaceBook. There is a thread on the forum that details how to do that, too. The game is way more fun with more friends. Good Luck!

[auntcindy]

First, let me apologize for not reading the entire 28 page thread, but I do have a question about expansion.

What is a person supposed to do when they have reached the maximum expansion and still have to build in order to open more scenes? I am aware that I can store some roads, paths, but am wondering what I should do after that? From past experience, I have found that moving items to storage.....at least those items with large reputations, that amount of rep will be deducted in order to reach the next scene. Any suggestions?

[reggierhy]

it is on GOT FB page bigger gardens are coming soon!!!! Woohoo!!!!

[Every1sSweethart]

First, let me apologize for not reading the entire 28 page thread, but I do have a question about expansion.

What is a person supposed to do when they have reached the maximum expansion and still have to build in order to open more scenes? I am aware that I can store some roads, paths, but am wondering what I should do after that? From past experience, I have found that moving items to storage.....at least those items with large reputations, that amount of rep will be deducted in order to reach the next scene. Any suggestions?

I just keep my items with higher rep in storage...... then I will temporarily store all my road pieces and bring the big ticket ones out to fill it up and generally open up all the scenes in a chapter at the same time...... then I put them all away again til I get maxed out on my stars for that whole chapter...... it works for me to do several scenese at once so that I don't have to re-arrange my whole garden too often to do the rest...... to me the decrease in the rep when you put things back in storage is no biggie cuz you have a pretty garden and that rep going down isn't going to lock those scenes I just opened back up so who care lol

[auntcindy]

I just keep my items with higher rep in storage...... then I will temporarily store all my road pieces and bring the big ticket ones out to fill it up and generally open up all the scenes in a chapter at the same time...... then I put them all away again til I get maxed out on my stars for that whole chapter...... it works for me to do several scenese at once so that I don't have to re-arrange my whole garden too often to do the rest...... to me the decrease in the rep when you put things back in storage is no biggie cuz you have a pretty garden and that rep going down isn't going to lock those scenes I just opened back up so who care lol

Thank you so much.....now, that sounds like a good strategy! Have a good day.

[sleadbetter]

I too am at my max expansion and haven't even gotten to chapter 10 yet! In order to get the rep needed to progress I'm building a lot of items I don't need or want and then rearranging everything to find room. It would be great if you didn't lose rep once you put it in storage-after all you have purchased it and spent the time building so the rep points should remain.

[Michael]

It looks like the new expansion size (or sizes) might be out. I have 28x28 coming up for... ouch... 60,000 silver or 60 gold.

Glad I kept getting friends past what I needed for the last one - that requirement's likely been upped too.

[billiejosunrise]

woo hoo - better than the millions it costs in other games....the silver amount that is :)

[Michael]

True. At least the cost is scaling along with the rising amounts we get for the scenes. That's something.

Looks like 28x28 is it for now.

Off I go to rearrange my garden again XD

[reggierhy]

I just got home from shopping and sure enough not only some new artifacts cute little Chinese stuff and now a bigger garden, be still my heart!! LOL Looks like I will have some fun this weekend after all.

[Chudley]

Hi all, New here and loving the game. I would have posted some time ago but was locked out because sadly, I had the wrong email address. :( One quick question that I have. I've looked thru several threads but can't find an answer on my own. Do we get xp for expanding?

[billiejosunrise]

Hi all, New here and loving the game. I would have posted some time ago but was locked out because sadly, I had the wrong email address. :( One quick question that I have. I've looked thru several threads but can't find an answer on my own. Do we get xp for expanding?

nope...it would list it on there before you bought it...

[Chudley]

Thanks for the quick answer. That would have been cool .

[goosnguns]

nope...it would list it on there before you bought it...

I've said it before but I think we should definitely get some kind of reward (xp, rep) for spending that much silver.

[billiejosunrise]

I've said it before but I think we should definitely get some kind of reward (xp, rep) for spending that much silver.

no kidding. It would take months to save on other games (just for one expansion) and no XP there either....

[goosnguns]

no kidding. It would take months to save on other games (just for one expansion) and no XP there either....

We should picket the Playdom offices and demand some changes! lol

"No more Mandarin Ducks!"

[nlada]

28x28 Yee Haw!!!! Is that it for a while, I don't think so. While it does help, add more chapters and we're back in the same fix. I was look at mine and some of my neighbors who are in the upper levels and it looks like (off in the green area beyond the garden walls) there is a slight variation in the green color. I saw this before when we were in the lower levels and could expand. It seems like they already have it programed to expand more but will only make it available when needed.:D

[AngieDawn]

We should picket the Playdom offices and demand some changes! lol

"No more Mandarin Ducks!"

I'm not ready to picket but I approve the sign :D

[goosnguns]

I'm not ready to picket but I approve the sign :D

I'd have to hire someone to hold my sign for me.

I think mine would say "No more Temple Walls" tho. Seriously...what were they thinking by offering that as a gift and why oh why does one of my neighbors insist on sending it every day??? What am I going to do with 30 Temple Walls??

[billiejosunrise]

I'd have to hire someone to hold my sign for me.

I think mine would say "No more Temple Walls" tho. Seriously...what were they thinking by offering that as a gift and why oh why does one of my neighbors insist on sending it every day??? What am I going to do with 30 Temple Walls??

good barricade in your mandarin duck tossing war.

[Ghostie]

What am I going to do with 30 Temple Walls??
I've been selling them as soon as I have them. The ducks too. I expect that within two weeks I'll be having a clearance on little topiaries and cretan plane trees as well.

[rich72]

I've been patiently saving up coins, waiting until further expansions are available. Finally, I notice today there is a 28x28 which I bought, but thats it? Doesn't really serve any purpose. Back to saving coins again I guess!

I'm on level 31 and Garden looks pretty good, but i'm not destroying it and cramming a ton of the same stuff in, just to move up levels. My patience will continue :)

[Tamara Lynne]

30x30 sounds like a nice round number to allow people to expand to. I am about as full as I can get. I keep putting items in inventory to free up space so that I can purchse more to increase my reputation. I am also changing out less valued items like trees and flowers (a big no-no in gardening I think) to more expensive items so that I can keep my level on reputation increasing.

I've read that some of you are selling items back. Doesn't this cost you extra coins to do that? Is there a limit on the items you can have in inventory?

[Ghostie]

I've read that some of you are selling items back. Doesn't this cost you extra coins to do that? Is there a limit on the items you can have in inventory?

You never get back what you paid, but there comes a point where you have enough silver that it's not an issue. And so far there doesn't seem to be a limit on inventory. I'm just one of those people who doesn't like browsing through too many items to find what I want, and I just can't see ever needing 100 temple walls or mandarin ducks, I figure I can use the silver to buy soemthing else, and since those were gifts, the lower selling price isn't an issue anyway, I never spent the silver in the first place. :)

[goosnguns]

good barricade in your mandarin duck tossing war.

Then I'd have to buy a Seige Tower.

I was thinking that maybe she's sending them out cuz she wants some returned...maybe to surround her whole garden with but they're pretty cheap...so maybe not.

[AngieDawn]

Then I'd have to buy a Seige Tower.

I was thinking that maybe she's sending them out cuz she wants some returned...maybe to surround her whole garden with but they're pretty cheap...so maybe not.

Is she has a lot of lower level neighbors she might be doing it to help them level up with items they couldn't normally get.

Great idea for the Siege Tower!

[goosnguns]

Is she has a lot of lower level neighbors she might be doing it to help them level up with items they couldn't normally get.

Great idea for the Siege Tower!

I have to visit her and see if she's using them. lol
She could be sending them to lower level neighbors but every day??

[AngieDawn]

I have to visit her and see if she's using them. lol
She could be sending them to lower level neighbors but every day??

I did that back before the energy glitch had started letting everyone use all their cans. The cans got wasted anyway before that so i figured why not send something that the newer players could use and the older players could at least sell. Now I just send energy and let the chips fall.

[goosnguns]

I did that back before the energy glitch had started letting everyone use all their cans. The cans got wasted anyway before that so i figured why not send something that the newer players could use and the older players could at least sell. Now I just send energy and let the chips fall.

I sent out mystery gifts yesterday but I always send energy.
I have 55 energy gifts in my message center buecause I don't want to lose them by going over 99 and it takes so long to use them. It's a never ending suggestion/frustration but they REALLY need to let us use more per day!! It should be up to us if we want to use them sparingly or all at one time. That popup about asking neighbors for energy is a joke! We all have so many we can't use, why ask for more?

[DrJazzyExplosion]

Is there anyway to make the entrance to the garden be in the middle, it's very uneven. The left side is shorter than the right and it is kind of annoying. Thanks.

[AngieDawn]

Is there anyway to make the entrance to the garden be in the middle, it's very uneven. The left side is shorter than the right and it is kind of annoying. Thanks.

My OCD mind really really wishes there was a way, but alas there isn't.

[dollkey]

To those with the biggest expansion, may I ask where the two tiles for the entrance is located? Like how many tiles are there before the entrance? Thanks so much!

[goosnguns]

To those with the biggest expansion, may I ask where the two tiles for the entrance is located? Like how many tiles are there before the entrance? Thanks so much!

It doesn't matter what size expansion you have. The entrance path must be in front of the gate.
I'm not sure what you mean by "how many tiles are there before the entrance?"

[goosnguns]

Is there anyway to make the entrance to the garden be in the middle, it's very uneven. The left side is shorter than the right and it is kind of annoying. Thanks.

You don't know how annoyed I am with that too!! Oh, how I wish we could move that entrance!!

[billiejosunrise]

To those with the biggest expansion, may I ask where the two tiles for the entrance is located? Like how many tiles are there before the entrance? Thanks so much!

The entrance is in the same spot regardless of how big it is...if by before you mean to the left of it, the same # for everyone...

[DrJazzyExplosion]

The entrance is in the same spot regardless of how big it is...if by before you mean to the left of it, the same # for everyone...



Yeah I kind of noticed, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't some sort of secrets to move the darn thing more to the right. Thanks for answering.

[DrJazzyExplosion]

You don't know how annoyed I am with that too!! Oh, how I wish we could move that entrance!!


I'm glad their are others that feel the same with the unevenness.
Thanks for replying.

[DrJazzyExplosion]

My OCD mind really really wishes there was a way, but alas there isn't.

Gah I know. I wonder I can mention that under "Suggestions". Doubt they'll even look at it, but what's the hurt in trying?
Thanks for replying.

[billiejosunrise]

Gah I know. I wonder I can mention that under "Suggestions". Doubt they'll even look at it, but what's the hurt in trying?
Thanks for replying.

I believe that suggestion has been made in the general suggestion thread AND in many many threads started simply to suggest that. We ALL want it :)

[goosnguns]

I believe that suggestion has been made in the general suggestion thread AND in many many threads started simply to suggest that. We ALL want it :)

And unless they fix it, we all have to deal with lopsided gardens. :-/

[billiejosunrise]

And unless they fix it, we all have to deal with lopsided gardens. :-/
It makes me twitch! I want symmetry!!!!

[goosnguns]

It makes me twitch! I want symmetry!!!!

Me too!! It drives me CRAZY!

[VTUMIA]

I have added all the friends I have who are going to play...so right now I cannot add any more.
I can't expand my garden without more gold but I'm not willing to spend real money to get gold. Is there any way to progress in this game? Already my garden is a joke because there is not any decorations...every square is a building to allow maximum points.... no paths, no trees, nothing nice at all. Am I just at the end of this game? No way to move forward?

[AngieDawn]

I have added all the friends I have who are going to play...so right now I cannot add any more.
I can't expand my garden without more gold but I'm not willing to spend real money to get gold. Is there any way to progress in this game? Already my garden is a joke because there is not any decorations...every square is a building to allow maximum points.... no paths, no trees, nothing nice at all. Am I just at the end of this game? No way to move forward?

Welcome to the forum! The best (cheapest) way to move forward is unfortunately to add more friends. There is a Find Neighbors forum just a few down from this one on the main page that has a thread to get neighbors. You can either add your name so others will message you or go through and pick up a few who have already posted their info. If you don't want a bunch of strangers seeing your FB info there's a great step by step guide put together by VAl in that forum also on ways to limit or block their access.

[vuutricia@yahoo.com]

I know you just upped it to 28X28 but I still need more. Due to the amount of reputation needed, all the gardens start to look like warehouses with dozens of the same item. I have many lesser items in storage and would like to keep my garden looking like a garden and at least have 1 of each item - plus lay things out in a way where you can actually enjoy looking at the different zones (i.e. I have an Egyptian area, a Chinese area surrounded by the Great Wall, etc). But in order to do that, I need more space.
Thanks!

[magpie01]

How can you expand and keep building if you have no neighbours that want to play this game. I can't expand am ready to give up this game or it says you can buy with the coins and it won't let me even buy to expand. you should have a better option for cases like this or people will leave. How do you use the coins you collect. I am frustrated with this game and I enjoy the hidden object games. You should be given more gold bars as it takes forever to get them and then can't buy anything until you have a bunch, don't like this part at all, I hope I am not the only one disgrunted here thanks

[eviedechant]

how large will gardens expand? I am asking because I want to get all my expansions before i decorate

[goosnguns]

how large will gardens expand? I am asking because I want to get all my expansions before i decorate

As of now it's 28X28.

[tannalee007]

I know you just upped it to 28X28 but I still need more. Due to the amount of reputation needed, all the gardens start to look like warehouses with dozens of the same item. I have many lesser items in storage and would like to keep my garden looking like a garden and at least have 1 of each item - plus lay things out in a way where you can actually enjoy looking at the different zones (i.e. I have an Egyptian area, a Chinese area surrounded by the Great Wall, etc). But in order to do that, I need more space.
Thanks!

Yes I agree I need more space also, I am at the max. I also like to keep my countries seperated and in perpective of where they are to each other on the globe.

[eviedechant]

thank you...ok. 1 more to go

[AngieDawn]

How can you expand and keep building if you have no neighbours that want to play this game. I can't expand am ready to give up this game or it says you can buy with the coins and it won't let me even buy to expand. you should have a better option for cases like this or people will leave. How do you use the coins you collect. I am frustrated with this game and I enjoy the hidden object games. You should be given more gold bars as it takes forever to get them and then can't buy anything until you have a bunch, don't like this part at all, I hope I am not the only one disgrunted here thanks

Hi magpie! No, you're not the only one that wants a change. You may find more people who share that opinion in the Suggestions and Feedback forum here though. For neighbors, we have a Find Neighbors forum where you can pick up more neighbors than you ever thought you wanted, lol. Val has even put together a great guide on how to set your FB settings to show as little or as much to new friends. Hope that helps you find a way to make the game work for you :-)

[tannalee007]

I need more room, and yes I wish we could make our entrance in the middle also, but I guess they want us to use our imagenations, I've seen some great revised entrances in my neighbors gardens. Can we at least expand to 31x31, especially if you are going to add my countries. I like to keep my countries together. I also like flowers and trees in my garden not just buildings. Thanks

[goosnguns]

thank you...ok. 1 more to go

You're welcome.

[ltwill]

Yes I agree I need more space also, I am at the max. I also like to keep my countries seperated and in perpective of where they are to each other on the globe.

I need space also, I have completed all quests, except the premiums, I don't have enough gold bars for them, Does anyone know what the advantage is to completing the premium quest?

[AngieDawn]

I need space also, I have completed all quests, except the premiums, I don't have enough gold bars for them, Does anyone know what the advantage is to completing the premium quest?

You have the opportunity to earn more stars making it easier to complete the star quests since the first couple are always smaller point amounts to achieve. In general it's a way to keep earning xp/coins instead of playing the last free scene over and over. They usually give a bit higher xp also. I haven't done them, but I've been told that there's a bit extra of the storyline too if you're following that.

[Drumstick]

I know you just upped it to 28X28 but I still need more. Due to the amount of reputation needed, all the gardens start to look like warehouses with dozens of the same item. I have many lesser items in storage and would like to keep my garden looking like a garden and at least have 1 of each item - plus lay things out in a way where you can actually enjoy looking at the different zones (i.e. I have an Egyptian area, a Chinese area surrounded by the Great Wall, etc). But in order to do that, I need more space.
Thanks!

You and Tannalee sound as bad as me. (Okay, you're worse - I do have my sections separated, but not positioned globally. :D) I'd love to see more space. And please try to not require that more friends are added. I make it a point to click on the ads, but I really hate bugging my real friends who don’t have time to play games online.

[casandra]

I too am out of space and to fit anything else in I would have to start cramming things together. I used up the last expansion which went no where. Come on we need more room especially if you keep adding new levels. have loved playing but i seem to be hitting a brick wall now

[terramundi]

I fourth the motion for more space! :-)

[marianmarian]

I am on level 33 still in Ch 7 with a 14x14 grid and have victorian houses over all the grid but 4 entry paths. I guess I'm done? ( I don't have more friends nor opportunity for gold) any suggestions? I like this game but I don't want to add people I don't know.

[jood42]

I didn't want to add people I didn't know either, so I figured I had two options:

1. Spend money and buy gold (which, to be fair, is why the company is in business, so I don't feel entitled to be angry about that).
2. Add people I don't know and then lock down my Facebook security so they can't see anything at all about me. I created a friend list filter called "GoT players", added them all to just that filter, and then in my Facebook privacy settings, added that filter to the "hide from" list for everything. It's not perfect, but it's a decent solution. I then just block their news feed updates, and they're pretty much invisible to me and I"m pretty much invisible to them.

[Esgaroth]

I would like more space as well. I try to put a lot of thought into how I design the garden...one of the reasons I love this game is because of all the different cultures and time periods and I like to be able to group items that belong to each other. I hate having to resort to buying up items fill up space or because I need to up my Rep.

[flem6534]

We need more expansions or a second museum. I have no more room to expand to the next level without getting rid of some of the stuff I have already and when you do your reputation goes back down even if you just store your items. Please give us more room. This has become my favorite game. thanks very much.

[tims]

first of all thank you for the new expansion but please could we have some more too many people just filling there gardens to look like storage yards and not placing things in there correct places eg london in london area egypt in egypt area really dont want to go down that garden path excuse the pun
thank you for your time

[sparkling]

Yep 28x 28x was good but no joke right now we need at least 31x 31x. Please hurry up and add several in, 1 doesn't come close to cutting it. Thanks

[IvyKay]

jood42......your #2 is exactly what I did! I created their own friend list, hid everything from them and then blocked their news feeds. Pretty good way to have strangers for expanding your garden.

[pfish72653]

i've already expanded to 28x28 but now that chapter 11 is here i need more room. when will GOT add more expansions? (if you need more neighbors do like i did... i went to the forums and clicked on the sub forum Find Neighbors and ended up with approx 70 neighbors.)

[DeeDeeGardener]

YYYYYYYEEEEEESSSSS please................more expansion!!! I have been working through the last four XP levels (long stretch) hoping for more expansion....come on, we really need this available. I agree with all the comments above. I'm at XP level 27, 28x28 grid size, and only at Chapter Seven and I will just stop playing if there is no immediate expansion to larger than that. It's not worth going through it all if I can't keep progressing with building the garden at the same time. I don't want to store my items and lose the Reputation points at the same time. It equates moving backwards at the same time you are trying to move forward. Frustrating! Come on developers, you can see that......

[Michelle B]

Same here-- My 28x28 is full and I can't fit another thing on it to open other chapters. I've sold off lower rep items to replace with higher rep items, but am still out of room.

[Bboopgrl1960]

Yes I agree with everyone else...I need some more space please!!!!!!

[carmiekins]

Great post! I apparently can't post a thread, so I will just agree with you on here! Lol. I am at the max 28x28 as well, and new items just keep coming every day. I am also sectioning out my garden and trying to make it look as though it would run efficiently as a real garden. I am getting frustrated with the space confinements because I keep leveling up and have to place items in the incorrect area just to get more rep.

[Greycat]

My garden is cluttered up with excess buildings that I needed to advance through the story line. It would be nice to allow the garden to expand up to 40x40. Please give us a second empty garden or allow buildings to be stored WITHOUT the loss of reputation points. As it stands right now I will not have the necessary room to advance to the next part of the story.

[Michelle B]

I agree-- We definitely need more room in our gardens in order to be able to gain the reputation we need to continue. OR please don't take our earned reputation points away for storing items to make room for more either to gain rep so we can advance to the next story, or to have the space needed for quest items we need to have.

[danava0056]

If I can't expand, I'll get bored with this game and leave like I always do. I was happy to see the new scenes and levels, but I also want to build more and keep it looking nice. Right now I just keep putting up buildings to gain XP. MORE EXPANSION PLEASE!!!!

[d0lphina]

just wondering IF GOT is ever going to get MORE land? I would like to get MORE land....Iam running out of room already...& my garden says "You have expanded your garden to the maximum size allowed." :( :( I would like MORE land space IF possible!! ;) ;)

[timandgina]

I have almost 300.000 reputation, over 2.000,000 XP, and 444 items in storage. We truly need more room to expand our garden. You let us buy these things but we can't use them. I think the expansion should be unlimited since we either buy them with the silver we earn or we buy them with gold that people can purchase. I have finished all the quests, have all the wonders, and have nothing else to do as there is no room and no reason to continue.

[sjschrei]

This is a fun game, but have expanded all that I can. Can't store or sell items to make more room because you lose your reputation points which makes NO sense what so ever!!!! I already paid for items so should be able to sell or store with out a penalty!!! Playdom you need to change that!!!! I have run out room and will quit playing soon because of this stupid loss of rep points when selling or storing items. WTG Playdom!!!!:mad:

[nanaterri]

I think we should be able to use our coins to expand our gardens, it is very hard to find neighbors,or people who are willing to play this game. we should'nt be penalize for putting our stuff into dtorage to make room, I myself will proably quit playing this game because of the problem!!!

[W.A.]

I, too, had trouble getting friends to join the game, and I was concerned about adding strangers as FB friends just for the game. However, over on the Find Neighbors forum is a terrific tutorial called Facebook Privacy Settings: A How-To Guide (http://forum.playdom.com/showthread.php?47785-Facebook-Privacy-Settings-A-How-To-Guide). Read that, then go to the Official "add me" thread (http://forum.playdom.com/showthread.php?43378-***Official-quot-add-me-quot-Thread-Please-Read-First-Post!***) and find some new neighbors.

[mysheba]

i can notexpand says i reached my limit.come on lets go bigger .you know bigger is better !!!!!!!!!!!

[Michelle B]

I agree... I can't fit anything more into my garden, and am therefore unable to advance to the next scenes. Please either let us expand, or make it so we don't lose reputation for storing items.

[lsgenie]

Add me to the list of those that need a larger grid! I'm at level 34 and at the maximum and have now started to sell off my smaller items to make room. I'm going backwards in my rep level! My Garden will soon look like my friends that are at levels above me - warehouses. Let's rename the game "Warehouse in Time". I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be mean, I do appreciate all the work that the developers put into the game and I reciprocate by buying gold. But this is an upgrade that is seriously needed ASAP. Thanks for listenening.

[Norway]

Just wondering if I understand all this right...
I want to expand my garden to 24x24 but it won't let me, it is saying that I need 27 neighbours (I have 26 according to the game) and/or 50000 coins (not sure what the game mean with this) I have over 100000 coins so that's not a problem...
My question is this... do I have to add another friend to the game in order to expand my garden?

[susannamuz]

More land, please!! I have the cash and I have the neighbors--please let us expand larger so we can arrange our gardens nicely!!

[Zara]

I agree, I ended up having to sell most of mine anyway as it won't give me one of the scenes. We need more expansions tokeep up with what they want us to place on there, I had 200 items in storage, now selling off

[W.A.]

Just wondering if I understand all this right...
I want to expand my garden to 24x24 but it won't let me, it is saying that I need 27 neighbours (I have 26 according to the game) and/or 50000 coins (not sure what the game mean with this) I have over 100000 coins so that's not a problem...
My question is this... do I have to add another friend to the game in order to expand my garden?

Yes, you need a total of 27 neighbors and 50,000 coins to expand to the next size.

[taadaa]

since it only gives me a REPLY TO THREAD option..thats what i'm gonna use...

how do you expand on BOTH sides of the garden, keeping it even on either side of the garden enterance?

[MauveMelon]

I couldn't agree with you more "gardens start to look like warehouse with dozens of the same item" because sadly in order to get all of the points and move up to each level this has to be done. Eventually there are no trees and nothing esthetic about one's garden at all. Like everyone, I have enjoyed playing the game but I am now at level 40 and just yesterday realized that I was playing the 'adventures' only to find that I had 'maxed' out on the points and I was basically playing for 'nothing'. I am at 1,763,472 on the level points and have played dozens of adventures only to learn that there were no points being given. Also, the other isn't moving either because there is no where to go and it has stopped. The closest neighbor to me is now at my level and I guess they will soon discover what I have discovered....no more moving up....even with the addition of Chapter 11

[billiejosunrise]

since it only gives me a REPLY TO THREAD option..thats what i'm gonna use...

how do you expand on BOTH sides of the garden, keeping it even on either side of the garden enterance?

you can't.

[Norway]

Yes, you need a total of 27 neighbors and 50,000 coins to expand to the next size.

Thank you :)
Might just delete the game then as I don't like games that force me to add people and I don't have any room for more buildings so guess I will never level up :(

[casandra]

I agree. This is my fav game but now have a full garden even with the expansion and don't feel like playing till I get more space. Come on we need at least 4 more expansions just to keep pace with the game!

[Jackie Katz]

I too am rapidly losing interest in a game which I once loved. I am at the highest level with a full garden and nowhere else to go. Why bother playing? The game writers really do need to do something quickly.

[JamyeP]

I totally agree!!! 28x28 is simply too small. Your "garden" looks like a warehouse and you end up just sticking stuff wherever you can. It needs to expand to AT LEAST 31x31 but I think it should go as high as 40x40 so you have the room to really *design* it to actually LOOK like a garden.

[autumnfire39]

Can't expand anymore! I'm finished Chapter 11. Level 38 now. I want to expand again in case they open chapter 12 but now getting that I have expanded as far as I can go. I friend of mine who is level 35 is already fully expanded in G.O.T. as well. I hope Chapter 11 isn't the end! I really don't plan on spending tons of money to pay for the special games at 45 gold bars a piece!

[rker321]

Unfortunately, you need to put things in storage, are you at the top of buying land? I am, and the only thing that I have been able to do is to put things in storage one scene is opened and put them back when I want to increase reputation. I don't think that unless you stop playing your garden is not going to look polluted.

[CinfullyGood]

I totally agree! I don't mind adding one or two randoms but why should I be "MADE" to add more and more? Love playing but since I'm out of room to add any more artifacts or decorations I can't advance so I will not be playing as much.

[TNnana]

:o Seems like I have hit the limit. I am at Level 37 and have 37 neighbors. I am almost done with Chapter 9. It states that I am at the maximum allowed expansion. I've tried to locate other areas within this forum which addresses the maximum expansion but could not find anything. I have plenty of room in my garden so there are areas that I can place additional Wonders as I achieve them. Will there be an extended capacity coming soon?:)

[Butterfly2]

Okay, I am not getting any expansions at all, I am on level 32, have 61 neighbors, should I be able to expand more, or am I stuck in a glitch?

[Linda Sue]

Same here. This is one of my absolute favorite games and I hardly ever play anymore because my grid is so full I can't do anything, at least not without selling countless items that I like and want to keep. I realize that there has to be a limit somewhere, but it should somehow correspond with the amount of items we have to add to the grid in order to get to the next chapter. Like many others are saying, once you reach a certain point, your garden looks more like a junk yard than a garden. I ended up removing more than half of of my footpaths so I could place things that raised my experience points, and now everything is all crammed together. Why not give us additional expansions so that our gardens, as the above poster and a million other players have said, will actually look like gardens? Or at least, as others have also suggested, allow us to keep our experience points when we put our items in storage.

[Butterfly2]

I have over 543,ooo coins by the way, if that matters

[AngieDawn]

Okay, I am not getting any expansions at all, I am on level 32, have 61 neighbors, should I be able to expand more, or am I stuck in a glitch?

The largest expansion we have at this time is 28x28 so if you've already got that one then you're not in a glitch, you've just hit the limit ;-)

[Butterfly2]

I don't have a clue what size expansion I have at the moment, however, my garden isn't as large as most, don't know how to tell which size I have.....call me a dummy, but I don't know this...lol......I just know that I cant go any farther, have no place to put anything without deleting, and rebuilding other things.....maybe I should just stop for a while......I am getting nowhere fast!

[TNnana]

The largest expansion we have at this time is 28x28 so if you've already got that one then you're not in a glitch, you've just hit the limit ;-)Thank you!!!

[billiejosunrise]

I don't have a clue what size expansion I have at the moment, however, my garden isn't as large as most, don't know how to tell which size I have.....call me a dummy, but I don't know this...lol......I just know that I cant go any farther, have no place to put anything without deleting, and rebuilding other things.....maybe I should just stop for a while......I am getting nowhere fast!

go into build mode and try and buy an expansion, it will tell you if you have maxed out. You can also (in build more)count the squares across one side and see if there are 28

[Tazz316]

We need another way to expand rather than just friends. I am stuck. No more friends will be my neighbor and I don't have enough gold to do it. NEED HELP.

[KermieD]

We need another way to expand rather than just friends. I am stuck. No more friends will be my neighbor and I don't have enough gold to do it. NEED HELP.

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[mazlo]

why cant i expand my garden... I am at level 24 and have been stuck at 15 x 15 for ages.....how many neighbours do you need????????

[AngieDawn]

why cant i expand my garden... I am at level 24 and have been stuck at 15 x 15 for ages.....how many neighbours do you need????????

I don't remember the exact number but I can try and help you find out :-)

When you click on the expansion tab what does the requirement say? There should either be one for silver (if you don't have enough coins) or one for neighbors (if you don't have enough neighbors). If the coins is an issue, once you get enough you'll see the neighbor requirement to have your answer. Good luck!

[lsgenie]

I am going to jump out on a limb here and say that I'm guessing this game is in it's early infancy as far as full development goes, even though I don't know how long this game has been available to play on facebook. I joined a few weeks ago and am at level 35. I've already posted my feelings about expansions. I think that the players are going faster than the developers can keep up. I have found this in other games as well sometimes. We sometimes forget that we get the priveledge of playing these wonderful games for free and I really do enjoy this game and the graphics are wonderful! So, I'm going to play as much as I can as far as I can and then I'll sit back and wait and come back periodically and give the game a chance to catch up.

[Aus]

Yes........definately more expansion needed!!!!

[AngieDawn]

I am going to jump out on a limb here and say that I'm guessing this game is in it's early infancy as far as full development goes, even though I don't know how long this game has been available to play on facebook. I joined a few weeks ago and am at level 35. I've already posted my feelings about expansions. I think that the players are going faster than the developers can keep up. I have found this in other games as well sometimes. We sometimes forget that we get the priveledge of playing these wonderful games for free and I really do enjoy this game and the graphics are wonderful! So, I'm going to play as much as I can as far as I can and then I'll sit back and wait and come back periodically and give the game a chance to catch up.

That's a very good guess, lol. It was started mid to late April so we're just barely 2 months old :)

[Lorelay]

I agree with land expansions and I also want that stored things don't lose their reputation :)

[mazlo]

so how do you get expansions in the first place.....I click on the grid button but it has been on 15 x 15 for soooo long....I am currently level 25, have 28 neighbours and more than enough coin to expand....ANy help on the frustrating topic would be appreciated....... I would like to put more into my garden, I have too many items in storage and want to use them........

[billiejosunrise]

so how do you get expansions in the first place.....I click on the grid button but it has been on 15 x 15 for soooo long....I am currently level 25, have 28 neighbours and more than enough coin to expand....ANy help on the frustrating topic would be appreciated....... I would like to put more into my garden, I have too many items in storage and want to use them........

you click on the build menu, go to expansions, and choose the left hand option (the right one is gold)

[Cinamdere]

I agree with land expansions and I also want that stored things don't lose their reputation :)

yep, i agree! please!

[Lindaaclay]

I know you just upped it to 28X28 but I still need more. Due to the amount of reputation needed, all the gardens start to look like warehouses with dozens of the same item. I have many lesser items in storage and would like to keep my garden looking like a garden and at least have 1 of each item - plus lay things out in a way where you can actually enjoy looking at the different zones (i.e. I have an Egyptian area, a Chinese area surrounded by the Great Wall, etc). But in order to do that, I need more space.
Thanks!

I totally agree. If I am limited to 28x28 once I have it filled I dont see any reason to continue. I do not want to have a warehouse looking garden. (Espesially because you lose your points when storing items.) If thats the only way to keep going I will soon have my garden filled out and will be at around leval 30 and will quit playing the game.

[sgreenlee]

I know you just upped it to 28X28 but I still need more. Due to the amount of reputation needed, all the gardens start to look like warehouses with dozens of the same item. I have many lesser items in storage and would like to keep my garden looking like a garden and at least have 1 of each item - plus lay things out in a way where you can actually enjoy looking at the different zones (i.e. I have an Egyptian area, a Chinese area surrounded by the Great Wall, etc). But in order to do that, I need more space.
Thanks!

I think most of us are of a similar thought: Need to expand and wondering when they are going to release an upgrade to allow us to expand beyond the 28x28.

[sparkling]

Come on developers! Please please please can we have several more added in, dragging and mouse clicking further to get to where I want to be on a 35x 35x wouldn't bother me at all compared to the way it is now.
Adding 1 is good but it's not going to go close to cutting it. I need at least a 31x right now and surely a 40x would be easy for you guys...shrugs!

[RogueFiccer]

We need to be able to expand way beyond a mere 28x28. I'm finishing Chapter 5 and just expanded to that size, and now I'm capped? I do not want to end up with wall-to-wall items, like it's an overcrowded junk yard. If I hadn't read that there's hope of going to 30x30 (which is still way too small), I'd be temped to sell everything, empty my garden, and quit a game I'm otherwise enjoying.

[patlewin]

I would like to know why they give you an option to sell items so you can make room to rebuild and up your score to view the next level but when you do it takes off your points. This sees stupid to me. You have paid for the items in the first place. And then you have to go all through the bother of building lots more buildings etc to get back to where you were before. Can anyone help me in finding a way to build other then put items in storage.

[ZombieGorilla]

I would like to know why they give you an option to sell items so you can make room to rebuild and up your score to view the next level but when you do it takes off your points. This sees stupid to me. You have paid for the items in the first place. And then you have to go all through the bother of building lots more buildings etc to get back to where you were before. Can anyone help me in finding a way to build other then put items in storage.

Your reputation is based on only the items that you have on display in your garden. To increase your reputation as you progress, you will need to expand your garden and/or replace items in your garden with ones that have higher reputation.

[josiane]

I can understand that new quests bring fun to all but i can not understand why there is no expansion with all the quests that we do and the items to place to advance in the game they should also think to expand the gardens more i am already 28/28 i am level 35 almost and i have 3 quests open that i can play but the last item i will be able to put in will be the Eiffel tower .... now i don't want to offend any one i could do like allot others and build and build but that makes no sense for me a garden is a place where u walk in since we have different country"s it seams normal for me that each of them are apart you don't put items from Egypt in the French part or items from Greece in roam part i love it that each item goes there where it belongs i had already to put my drive in in the British part and i don't like it.
This game is fun i like the quests but i am doing chapter 8 now and then for me the game will end because i have no place to put more stuff so i cant get the points to go to next chapter and yes i have stored the items that give few points and put more temples and other stuff .
And i know i am not the only one to claim we need more space

[HildegardH]

right now it's at 28x28 and we really need much more than that considering that some of the artifacts are pretty large and so take up quite a bit of space in one shot.

[argylescribes]

I have the 28x28 grid which is no where near big enough. My garden is full, yet I have nearly 600 items in my store. Please increase by more than 1 at a time.

[marchioness60]

I'll echo pretty much what everyone else is saying here...I'm at level 38 and for a while there I was able to keep my garden looking reasonable while still maintaining the rep I needed. Now, though, that's not the case - my garden looks like garbage and I'm fed up. I'd LIKE to have a garden that looks nice, with trees, flowers, paths...not just buildings!!!! I also agree with the poster right above who says we need an increase of more than one grid expansion at a time. What's the issue with expanding more if that's what everyone wants, anyway? Grrr! :(

[mcomisiak]

I agree with what many have said. Although I think I would prefer a second garden rather than further expansion. That way I could make sections reflect the various cultures they've created, include the walking paths, flowers, and such. As long as I could put my current items in a second garden, it would be a great improvement! And I feel like it wouldn't cause as much of a hitch in the program...just like "adding" a new person (except it's still my account).

[marchioness60]

I like the suggestion of more than one garden too. Good thinking :)

[spotpups2]

I agree.We need more space. Our gardens are so jammed trying to get reputation points.
The concept of the beautiful garden is great, but what's the us of trying to have it look beautiful when we have to jam it full of repetitive items.
The designers need to think this through and come up with a better plan.
I am already at max space at level 8 and there are so many large items that have to be added until there is no reason to keep on playing unless I want it to look like a jammed up warehouse...Well, I don't and if you don't listen to what we are saying you will be losing a lot of players.Why purchase with real money the items if there is no space for them.

[dreamgarden]

PLEASE add more expansion options. It doesn't have to be just the usual expansion either. It could be two rows on one side, a 5x5 block (or any number), anything. Bottom line is we need more space. My garden looks so cluttered and messy now and I am out of room for anything else. I have things in storage but we don't get any reputation for those items, so it's frustrating. If I am unable to continue to advance in the game then I'm not going to keep playing.

[trillium]

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!!!
We NEED lots and lots and lots! more space otherwise what is the point of playing the game and collecting all the new buildings and artifacts if we can't put them anywhere? I have only been playing for a few short weeks and I am already at the max and having to just dump stuff anywhere to get more points.
You need to expand immediately or let us have more than one garden until you can merge them. At least then we could have some eras in one garden and some in another.

[mzlokid]

PLEASE MORE SPACE!! It is needed very much

[mcomisiak]

Many have complained and begged for garden expansions. I suggest multiple gardens. That way I can distribute various items that are sorted together (by country) and make my garden look nice, rather than a junkpile, crammed with buildings.

Thanks.

[SJF]

Please add additional garden expansions. I have expanded as far as the game will allow and I find myself running out of room. In order to build up the reputation points so I can progress through the chapters I am going to need more space to put everything. Thank you :)

[MsLadyB]

Please I need more space too. I am up to the limit of 28x28. My garden is getting crowded. I want to have a lovely showcase.

[Brezentrager]

Agreed! PLEASE add more space!
I also like the idea of block expansions (e.g. 5x5 blocks of new space). This would make the gardens look even more individual.

Thanks!
Brezentrager

[Jannieb]

I'd much rather have several smaller gardens than one large one. It's easier to decorate and keep things together. I've also noticed that the amount/speed of the animation is faster with a normal size screen. But with a screen that small and my garden fully enlarged - I can't see very much of it.

[Samwyz]

I am all out of room and cannot expand any longer. There is so much to put in the garden and I am stuck. I am wondering if more space can be allowed as there are more items than space and you want the garden to look nice. I have seen some scenes where things are being piled up, rather than looking like a garden. So, yes, lots more space please.

[TopCatHerder]

I know you just upped it to 28X28 but I still need more. Due to the amount of reputation needed, all the gardens start to look like warehouses with dozens of the same item. I have many lesser items in storage and would like to keep my garden looking like a garden and at least have 1 of each item - plus lay things out in a way where you can actually enjoy looking at the different zones (i.e. I have an Egyptian area, a Chinese area surrounded by the Great Wall, etc). But in order to do that, I need more space.
Thanks!

Same here. I agree with everything in this comment.:rolleyes:

[sandy56]

I am new to the game I have 11 neighbours but now need 13 to expand, I have tried all my friends but they are not interested!! how can I expand

[Jannieb]

There is another thread in this forum for adding neighbors. I used it and quickly had about 50 people join my team. There are tutorials available on how to adjust your privacy settings to protect your personal information. So far, this has been a very positive experience for me.

[casandra]

yes please much more room

[Deborah1]

I would like the option to purchase a second garden which could be linked to the first garden by a walkway. That way, one garden could be a "housing garden" with streets, lamp posts, busses, trains... those victorian houses and apartments... and the first garden could be more of a Garden with historical monuments, trees, flowers, etc. Currently, many gardens seem to resemble truly ugly housing developments with buildings all slammed up against each other.

[WraithW]

I like the individual garden idea, perhaps starting with a 8x8 grid & allowing people to purchase a new grid when they want to do a new section or allow them to select their current grid & purchase an expansion so that they can change that grid up to 9x9 or 10x10 etc, each grid going no bigger than say 15x15 but allowing new grids of 8x8 to be purchased and again allowing each grid to be expanded if & when needed.

some cases people may be happy to keep one grid at 10x10 but decide to purchase a new grid & work with it with allowance to expand each grid when needed?? otherwise allow expansions in 7 x 7 grid lots or similar?

[litt]

Im on level 40 Chapter 12... Im needing to get more room so I can add another 5720 reputation to move on what am I surposed to do I just havent got any room to put another thing on my garden HELP PLZ

[Pebblez]

I know we all want expansions, just thought I'd show u my garden at level 40 so you know it is possible to keep adding items :)

http://forum.playdom.com/showthread.php?44888-Show-Us-Your-Gardens&p=530136#post530136

[Franna]

Ditto, ditto, ditto ... desperately seeking expansion as my once lovely garden is looking disorganised, cluttered and ugly.
I want to go to 35x35 straight away and sort out the mess!!!
I like lots of trees and grass as well as buildings but now i have had to resort to selling or storing these for more reputation value items.
Love the game but becoming disappointed.
Hope you all had a great Indeendence Day Holiday.

[bluesmama]

I agree...more land expansion please! I want my garden to look like a garden, not a storage yard. The only way you can continue to open scenes is to get reputation points and you can't continue to purchase more things if you have no place to put them. Please give us more space!

[ljsfolly]

Same here. This is one of my absolute favorite games and I hardly ever play anymore because my grid is so full I can't do anything, at least not without selling countless items that I like and want to keep. I realize that there has to be a limit somewhere, but it should somehow correspond with the amount of items we have to add to the grid in order to get to the next chapter. Like many others are saying, once you reach a certain point, your garden looks more like a junk yard than a garden. I ended up removing more than half of of my footpaths so I could place things that raised my experience points, and now everything is all crammed together. Why not give us additional expansions so that our gardens, as the above poster and a million other players have said, will actually look like gardens? Or at least, as others have also suggested, allow us to keep our experience points when we put our items in storage. We must have more space to finish the game as it appears by the storyline you plan on doing..or maybe you just want us to spend actual money and can care less if we do it otherwise?? I have earned or bough things I now have stored in an attempt to put high numbers on the game building to get to the next phase of 12 without have to pay the whole amount for the next part to open. We can see the outline of where we could expand if you would allow it so why are you making some of us angry enough to either delete the game or to bad mouth you and all of your games for the lack of response to US??? Time is what it is and if you want to have a value to game players you much see their needs and respond to them. To add another phase at 12 to only then block the ability of us to not be able to grow/expand then what response should we have than to think this is "ON purpose"???

[spotpups2]

Well, it's just great we are getting all the new items (Chapter 12)...but please tell me where the heck are we going to put them?
I am about ready to quit the game because I have totally run out of room and there are no more expansions. I am only level 8, but in order to progress you had to buy all the items and I really do not think this game was thought out very well.
What should be a beautiful garden with different themes is starting to look like a junk yard.
I use to come on this game 4 or 5 times a day..Now it's one time if I am lucky because I am giving up due to lack of space.

[nlada]

They added chapter 12 and the special feature which will gain those of us who go with it two several new artifacts and a wonder to go into already crowded gardens. Where is the expansion? I had to wreak my garden to put enough into it to get the reps to open the new scenes.At this point I have all scenes open and now are putting items back into storage so the garden can look decent again and have room for the two new wonders.We really need expansion and not just 1 x1 ft addition.When tthe higher point items are needed to make the reps they take up anywhere from 2 to 6 squares. 1'x1' increase will not cut it!

[Chawni]

I agree with everyone. I have been forced to store small reputation points items like grass, flowers and trees to make enough room for the high rep items. I'm just about done doing that. NOW what do I do?? There is just NO WHERE to put anything. I'm dead in the water if I cant gain more rep points and play the new challenges. Whats the point?

[NJGranny]

I really enjoy the game, but am disappointed in the fact that my garden now looks like a warehouse. LOL There's no more room, so I guess I'm going to have to figure out a way to redo the whole thing. Even if they give us more room, it looks yucky.

[TNnana]

Well, I've enjoyed playing this game for a month or so. I've tried to build my Garden in the Theme Concepts - kind of like "Epcot". I didn't want to jam stuff in there just to advance in the game. I made realistic paths that people could go and visit each exciting country. However (sigh) when I got to the maximum level and expansion, the joy of the game started to wane. I am now in Chapter 12 and had to 'dismantle' some of my beautiful areas to accommodate the new Western theme. I find myself doing what I didn't want to do.....just jam things in willy-nilly. I am disappointed in how my Garden is looking now. I think we should be allowed to expand when you add new themes. I am stuck putting things in and out of my inventory. My peacocks, flowers and all the lovely little things that make the garden so pleasant are "sentenced" to the box for 'bigger' items. This is sad to me as I was really enjoying using my creative skills in building a beautiful Garden of Time. :(

[galedita]

mine looked the same :(
I had to remove all paths and place high value items so to unlock chapter 12.
When chapter 13 will arrive this garden will not be enough with reputation so to unlock new scenes
we need new expand or a second garden

[sgreenlee]

I agree with everyone. I have been forced to store small reputation points items like grass, flowers and trees to make enough room for the high rep items. I'm just about done doing that. NOW what do I do?? There is just NO WHERE to put anything. I'm dead in the water if I cant gain more rep points and play the new challenges. Whats the point?

Everyone is complaining that we need more room. I would hope that the developers are listening? It's great that they opened a new Chapter for those of us who are level 40 and repeating previously scenes over and over (good way to increase coinage but one gets bored after awhile) but, with the new Chapter, the general consensus is that the gardens are now clustered in an effort to increase the reps needed to open new scenes. I've stored larger buildings to place 1 square items that will, when all totaled, give me more reps, but I can't keep doing that (thank God there isn't a limit put on our stored items!). Is there any word about when an expansion will be released??

[G-mama]

I would love to do the Fourth of July Special..unfortunately I have no room for the really nice premiums it offers..just tore up my level 40 garden to get to play 12..grrr..We need a new Garden a place to spread out and create scenes for the story line,which is impossible at this point with the reputation requirements.I love this app,but I am becoming frustrated with space issues.lol

[Zara]

at level 40 and chapter 12 it is even worse. I am just buying houses for the highest reps. no fun anymore. no room for anymore, if you store you lose, if you keep you have no room.

[timemanager]

I fear this is a lost cause and they aren't going to listen to us and refuse to add anything to make this a fun game! This has been a long over due request with no mention of any updates whether this will happen! I'm soon going to give up hoping and dump the garden dump!!

[ZombieGorilla]

Of course they are listening, and of course updates will come. New content is released every week. The game is still pretty new and these things take a little time.

[lisad]

I too am very disappointed that we cannot expand anymore and when we have been able to the expansion is still not enough. I have spent a lot of time making my garden nice and orderly for people to visit and walk around but am now having to mess it all up to be able to fit things in. Aaarrrggggghhhhh come Gardens of Time team give us more expansion :)

[Chawni]

Of course they are listening, and of course updates will come. New content is released every week. The game is still pretty new and these things take a little time.

The thing is, this has been a problem for a few months now. Everytime they release a new chapter, I quickly click on land expansion hoping that more is offered or a second garden is offered for purchase. And it wouldnt be quite so bad IF when item are stored, there wasnt point loss. But there is, which I think is completely ridiculous. You have PAYED for the item and placed it in the garden and EARNED the points. What difference does is make if its stored or in the garden? Why take away the point value? It's like punishment. If there is no more room to place anything, what are we supposed to do?

[rich72]

So many people expressing the same views, but seems the developers are so keen to keep making new chapters and items etc etc, but not bothered about vastly increasing the grid sizes to allow for it. Make no sense at all. Anyway, this is my last week in waiting for proper further expansions rather than a single 1 token gesture increase.

Fed up with waiting now.

[ZombieGorilla]

I was just replying to the post above my last, the suggestion that it is being ignored and they are refusing or not ever going to change it. Indeed, it is getting tougher and it isn't coming as fast as many of us would like, but it will come. There is a sticky thread that shows different strategies to unlocking chapters and most effectively working with that aspect of the game. It is getting tight, but is currently still very possible to do. Many players are at very high levels and able to open chapters, and have room to play. Upcoming expansions will definitely be needed as more chapters are released.

As far as reputation goes, I can understand that some people may be confused as to how it works if they are not familiar with games like this. It works like this, each decoration item you by shows two numbers, they are:
Experience: This adds to your total exp points when you buy it. You never lose them even if you sell the item.
Reputation: This shows how much it adds to you reputation when it is ON DISPLAY in your garden.

That is simply part of the game, managing what you have on display. Reputation points are not taken away and you are not being punished, they only count when they are in your garden not in storage. Experience point are what you earn when you purchase items, and they don't change or go away. Other games like this use happiness or population or something like that instead of reputation, but it works the same way. What you have in your garden and how you manage it is part of the strategy of the game and how you progress.

I hope that helps clarify it for you.

[mom2rinkrats]

I agree with what has already been said. This is the first game in a long time that I have really enjoyed other than Sorority Life and I was totally bummed when I realized that I cannot make my garden any bigger. I don't want to just throw stuff in there haphazardly and that is what I am having to do now due to lack of space :(.

[TNnana]

So many people expressing the same views, but seems the developers are so keen to keep making new chapters and items etc etc, but not bothered about vastly increasing the grid sizes to allow for it. Make no sense at all. Anyway, this is my last week in waiting for proper further expansions rather than a single 1 token gesture increase.

Fed up with waiting now.

Like you.....I'm done with it....too bad...the idea was great but the developers have failed to keep up and I'm afraid are losing members. I am not nearly getting the number of 'neighbor' requests that I used to.

[tioluis]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, if it is feel free to move to correct place ;-) Is anyone else struggling with room problems? I am at level 38 and I have no more room because I reached my level of expansion, the problem is every space is used up, I have so many vineyards its not even funny and only because they have so much reputation and help get me to the next level, I am trying to store other objects but its hard to rearrange, I just need more room, I was all set to to store EVERYTHING once I was done with cowboys and India cause I figured now I can organize and decorate the way I want and it wont be about getting to the next level because there is no more levels, and then once I reached cowboys and India they made the update and added more levels ahhhhhhh LOL! They need to expand the garden when they add new levels, cause with more levels comes more new items to place, I just don't have the room I want, its frustrating. Anyone know what I can do to make room but yet not loose my reputation?

[yralih]

I have so many vineyards its not even funny and only because they have so much reputation. Anyone know what I can do to make room but yet not loose my reputation?You need to maximize the rep per square. Vineyards are tempting, but they're not the best use of real estate at only 220 rep/square. If you replaced just one vineyard with oak trees (apologies if you don't gave access to them yet), you'd have a net gain of 760 rep and maintain the vegetational quality of the land. Some of the Wonders aren't paying their own way, either: Big Ben is really bad. If you go to Billie Jo's spreadsheets in the tutorials section you can see what the relative values of all the items are and choose higher value items.

I hope that helps!

[tioluis]

Thanks, I will try that

[turquoise]

I think for the price we pay either way to expand it should expand more than it does.

I dont think its fair we lose points if we remove items to make room in our gardens because we paid for thoes items and should be able to keep the points we have gained weather we remove items or not. This game was not well thought out and I am really disgusted with it and the fact that expansion are impossible and I havent been able to play the game in over a month. Reputation requirements are to high for the size gardens we have and its a joke getting gold to buy anything. Its ridiculas the games not fixed after people have ask and ask instead of fixing the game more and more items are add that no one can get. Balance the requirements for reputation or give us more expansions or new gardens. Fix the game.

[tioluis]

You need to maximize the rep per square. Vineyards are tempting, but they're not the best use of real estate at only 220 rep/square. If you replaced just one vineyard with oak trees (apologies if you don't gave access to them yet), you'd have a net gain of 760 rep and maintain the vegetational quality of the land. Some of the Wonders aren't paying their own way, either: Big Ben is really bad. If you go to Billie Jo's spreadsheets in the tutorials section you can see what the relative values of all the items are and choose higher value items.

I hope that helps!

I feel like an IDIOT lol, this is why I always flunked math haha, you're talking about Zeus' oak tree? Its 410 rep and yes only one square, so if I replace one vineyard with 4 trees that's over a thousand rep more than the vineyard DERRRRRRR to me! LOL, thanks so much for your brain, I owe you haha

[billiejosunrise]

I feel like an IDIOT lol, this is why I always flunked math haha, you're talking about Zeus' oak tree? Its 410 rep and yes only one square, so if I replace one vineyard with 4 trees that's over a thousand rep more than the vineyard DERRRRRRR to me! LOL, thanks so much for your brain, I owe you haha

and if you can get the victorian manor at 470 - do so. It is the best item out there for the money. The new western items are the same rep value but more expensive.

[billiejosunrise]

I'm done with it and I am good and mad about the game not being fixed.

the reputation being reduced when you store items is not a broken thing - it is game design - so it is not going to get fixed....

[autumnfire39]

We definitely need to be able to either expand further or stop losing reputation when we store things. I'm not sure I will be able to even unlock all the Chapter 12 scenes. I've already stored every decorate plant and tree of low value. If things are stored and not sold, we should not lose rep points. I love the game and want to be able to continue to play, but they are making it impossible. My garden used to look nice. Now it's just "stuff" so that I could unlock Chapter 12. Developers...help us! I don't think this game was intended just to get new players. Eventually, they will be in the same predicament that we are in.

[TriciaDixon]

I need space also, I have completed all quests, except the premiums, I don't have enough gold bars for them, Does anyone know what the advantage is to completing the premium quest?

Absolutely no point at all unless you are just into bragging rights and being able to say you've done them.

[TNnana]

We definitely need to be able to either expand further or stop losing reputation when we store things. I'm not sure I will be able to even unlock all the Chapter 12 scenes. I've already stored every decorate plant and tree of low value. If things are stored and not sold, we should not lose rep points. I love the game and want to be able to continue to play, but they are making it impossible. My garden used to look nice. Now it's just "stuff" so that I could unlock Chapter 12. Developers...help us! I don't think this game was intended just to get new players. Eventually, they will be in the same predicament that we are in.

You and I are in agreement. I once had a lovely garden....then I had to put away all the low-value pretty things like flowers, trees, peacocks, fountains, etc. Now everything is jammed together and no paths for anyone to explore. I'm at the the last scene in Chapter 12 which means I am at the end of the story. I have a 'Concrete Jungle" not a lovely Garden of Time. Come on Developers - you should have known your game was going to be popular and should have anticipated people playing and advancing faster than you were prepared. We better get rewarded for waiting on you to enable us to expand as you give us more chapters to complete. Some of my neighbors Gardens are pitiful.....just real estate "jammed" with hi-value buildings....no nature showing at all. So sad........

[Kt Giles]

I, like the others, love this game, but I need more room - my garden is now crowded and I loved how it was before I got too many levels up.

[MillieCat]

Expansions are urgently needed. Using all of the higher reputation items, there is absolutely no room for adding reputation and items required in any further upcoming chapters
How about a second garden to start working on after Chapter 12. Most other people i know who were playing are leaving in droves because of the repetitive items required to gain enough reputation and the lack of room and ability to make the garden look like a garden not a warehouse as mentioned earlier. I must say i am not far behind them myself.

[blooming_lilac]

First of all, I'd like to thank the developers for this wonderfully entertaining and relaxing game. Bravo! It's my favorite.

With that said, I do need to expand my garden. I'm currently playing the 4th of July scenes and having a blast, but my inventory is full of brick paths, cobblestone paths, and smaller items, etc. I was enjoying placing everything in its own section and making my garden look pretty. Now I'm having to buy multiple houses and apartments just to level up.

I do realize this is the beta version so I will be patient. I'm addicted to Gardens of Time and it won't be easy. :p

Having a second garden would make the game so much more fun! I had never thought of that and I'm glad to see someone mention it here.

[keith t]

When I heard chpt 12 was coming out, I "destroyed" my garden. I put all my high rep items in garden. I had 225,000 rep points. When chpt 12 came on, all 5 scenes were open. I finished all the scenes and unlocked Golden Gate Bridge. Now, with no more scenes to play, I am re-building my garden. I think this is part of the game design.......to play with your garden while waiting on new scenes. More grid expansions would be nice, but with the right items you can get over 350,000 rep points on a 28x28 grid.

[fabmiri87]

ugh, ive just had to buy about 30 victorian manors to get enough reputation to even consider progressing into chapter 11 as...yes, you guessed it, MY GARDEN IS TOO SMALL! COME ON, gardens of time, we NEED more expansions. i hate the fact that ive had to basically give myself a concrete jungle because a) the reputation levels to open the next chapter are far too high and b) because i need to use high rep items in ingenious ways because i want to still retain some vague garden detail in my garden with nooooo space to do so. *sigh*.

[Oldronbond]

Although I have over 40 Gardens of Time friends, I am stuck on 24 neighbors so I can't expand further. How do you turn unused friends into neighbors?

[AngieDawn]

Although I have over 40 Gardens of Time friends, I am stuck on 24 neighbors so I can't expand further. How do you turn unused friends into neighbors?

When things are working right, you need to click on the Invite tab and then send an invite request to those friends. Once they accept they should be actual neighbors :-)

[timemanager]

This isn't a popular answer, but it's because this is a social game on a social network.

True....but who wants to continue taking chances adding INTERNET WHACKOS??...had my share of those already over the years and will NO longer take the chance of adding strangers just to play a game with all the serious repercussions that can go along with that!!!

And let me just say...when I said I've had my share??...I'm not just talking about one or 2...I'm saying MANY!!! I used to add *strangers* for games only to end up with more problems having done so! It's not right and should not be forced upon us for a game! Think of the security issues that go along with that! We should have the right to have who we WANT as friends, not who are forced upon us!!

That is a STUPID requirement for any game and I stand by my words no matter what excuse is given!!

[alan matkin]

You and I are in agreement. I once had a lovely garden....then I had to put away all the low-value pretty things like flowers, trees, peacocks, fountains, etc. Now everything is jammed together and no paths for anyone to explore. I'm at the the last scene in Chapter 12 which means I am at the end of the story. I have a 'Concrete Jungle" not a lovely Garden of Time. Come on Developers - you should have known your game was going to be popular and should have anticipated people playing and advancing faster than you were prepared. We better get rewarded for waiting on you to enable us to expand as you give us more chapters to complete. Some of my neighbors Gardens are pitiful.....just real estate "jammed" with hi-value buildings....no nature showing at all. So sad........

I am in the same position, once my garden had a structure, now its a junk yard. no room to re-design it now, no room to but things and unlock quests.... just a joke now really, bad game design, not fun anymore..... its in the bin :) bye bye...

[akrazia]

I am in the same position, once my garden had a structure, now its a junk yard. no room to re-design it now, no room to but things and unlock quests.... just a joke now really, bad game design, not fun anymore..... its in the bin :) bye bye...

Same here.

I reached level 40 and completed chapter 11 (the latest one, then), so I started building my garden, that was a junk yard till then.
But after removing all the junk I didn't need I lost tons of rep points.

A new chapter has been added, but I'm not going to destroy my garden, that looks nice at last, to just place again all the junk I sent to storage and buy new stuff to unlock the new chapter.
I thought that there would't be more chapters until some way to keep the rep we need to unlock chapters without having to place lots of artifacts was implemented (more expansions/possibility of buying more gardens and/or keeping the rep points of stuff in storage). That made sense to me.

So I have stopped playing, but I still look at the game from time to time to see if there are more expansions or if the possibility of keeping the rep of stuff in storage has been implemented.
And when that happens I will be playing again.

I believe that this will be implemented soon. Otherwise the devs would't have called the game 'Gardens of Time', but 'Junkyards of Time'

[marykaykees]

At 6AM today I added several Victorian houses and paid 50000 to expand my garden. When I returned to the game at 10:30AM my garden had been reduced in size eliminating a row of Vict houses and about 5 vineyards and half of Trafalgar Squsre. I can not file a ticket because Support does not recognize my email -- it's the only one I've ever had. What is going on? If you're going to tell me to
clear my cache", you'll need to tell me EXACTLY what you're talking about!