Frustration with machetes

[Ashleighirvine]

I think you should get more machetes when you level up. I have 3 goals to do which are to explore the forest, yet i cant because i dont have any. Or, we should be able to buy some that dont require gold, it should be the coins.

[SlyDawg]

I think you should get more machetes when you level up. I have 3 goals to do which are to explore the forest, yet i cant because i dont have any. Or, we should be able to buy some that dont require gold, it should be the coins.

I agree! Machetes should be much more accessible than they are. They should be able to be purchased with silver coins and they should be giftable.

[Kemala]

Am also having trouble getting enough machetes to complete quests - they have been waiting a few days now :)

[sparky9194]

I agree and I don't agree. I do think we need to get them just a little more often. But if they were available for coins and/or giftable everyone would have 3,000 and we would be 'exploring' faster than we could manage what we came across. I noticed that we don't get them each time we level up. I think if they just added 2 each time you leveled up, along with giving them as quest rewards periodically, that would be good. Perhaps at around level 20 increase it to 3. Maybe add one at level increments of 5 or 10.

[ActivC97]

I agree and I don't agree. I do think we need to get them just a little more often. But if they were available for coins and/or giftable everyone would have 3,000 and we would be 'exploring' faster than we could manage what we came across. I noticed that we don't get them each time we level up. I think if they just added 2 each time you leveled up, along with giving them as quest rewards periodically, that would be good. Perhaps at around level 20 increase it to 3. Maybe add one at level increments of 5 or 10.
You've been providing the correct way of providing criticism. Keep up the good work!

[sparky9194]

You've been providing the correct way of providing criticism. Keep up the good work!

Thank you :)

[nangel547]

I think you have to give us more machetes or it is impossible to keep playing the game.I am out of them and all the quest tell me to use machetes.Or you need to give us more gold bars.The game is cute and I like to play it but I am stuck now.The price of the Machetes should be lowered too.

[Tre]

we would be 'exploring' faster than we could manage what we came across.

Only if you keep "exploring" before clearing away debris from previously explored areas.

[ActivC97]

I think you have to give us more machetes or it is impossible to keep playing the game.I am out of them and all the quest tell me to use machetes.Or you need to give us more gold bars.The game is cute and I like to play it but I am stuck now.The price of the Machetes should be lowered too.
There has been suggestions like having machetes as a free gift and etc!

[suggsbird66]

I think this is a good game but the silly thing is the machetes, you should be able to buy them with silver as you could be waiting a very long time to proceed.

[ActivC97]

Soon there will be.

[Monica xx]

I totally agree with Ashleighirvine !!

[Breezamil]

I think you should get more machetes when you level up. I have 3 goals to do which are to explore the forest, yet i cant because i dont have any. Or, we should be able to buy some that dont require gold, it should be the coins.

I currently have 4 missions which require machete's. Not to mention that when I do get the rare machete, I don't seem to be getting credit when I slash about in the forest. It's been a week and I cannot uncover any of the things I need to finish. At this rate I'll be 70 by the time I get anything done. And one of them is simply to use one for clearing debris and I didnt' get credit for that one either. The lost soul I am tasked with finding must have crossed over!

[lothandra]

I have been enjoying this game But I feel the machetes should be more available then they are. I agree with someone above regarding machetes for silver. I think you should be able to buy them for ingame moneys instead of having to pay for them with real money. to be honest if i wanted to farm i would plzy other games lord knows i dont need another farming game. might want to rethink your machetes. ex gm from multy role play game knows how it works.

[ActivC97]

I have been enjoying this game But I feel the machetes should be more available then they are. I agree with someone above regarding machetes for silver. I think you should be able to buy them for ingame moneys instead of having to pay for them with real money. to be honest if i wanted to farm i would plzy other games lord knows i dont need another farming game. might want to rethink your machetes. ex gm from multy role play game knows how it works.
Good idea. Paying them with in-game cash. But soon the daily bonus will be rolled out to everybody and 2 machetes per 5 consecutive active days. :)

[VickieS]

With out the ability to get machetes in a timely manner, the game becomes slow and boring. Not much fun playing when all you can do is harvest and not be able to explore the forest to get the things you need to finish quests. Only thing left to do now is find another game to play :(

[Vickiew]

Well it would just be nice to get them when you level up. and would be nice if when you contact support about an issue they would respond. this is an okay game but its getting real old real fast with all the screw ups.

[ActivC97]

Well it would just be nice to get them when you level up. and would be nice if when you contact support about an issue they would respond. this is an okay game but its getting real old real fast with all the screw ups.

kinda agree lol

[Gnomebody]

How about a repeatable quest that gives you machetes. Mine 2 silver nodes for the blade, harvest a pincone for a handle.

You could also have a machete forge that can make them, but you need neighbors to help run it. Say you need 5 neighbors to visit to help pump the bellows of the forge. this would increase the need to visit friends every day.

You could also have a petition to the King, and need 5 neighbors to sign it to give you a machete, limit one per day.

[ActivC97]

How about a repeatable quest that gives you machetes. Mine 2 silver nodes for the blade, harvest a pincone for a handle.

You could also have a machete forge that can make them, but you need neighbors to help run it. Say you need 5 neighbors to visit to help pump the bellows of the forge. this would increase the need to visit friends every day.

You could also have a petition to the King, and need 5 neighbors to sign it to give you a machete, limit one per day.
good point there.

[peliarzel@aol.com]

I enjoy this game, but the main thing I enjoy is exploring the forest. There needs to be a way to get more machetes. Perhaps paying silver for them. If there is not another way to get more machetes besides paying real money (which I never do) then I will find another game to play. Which is sad, because I think this game has potential. But again, the main thing I enjoy is exploring the forest and to not be able to do that means it's not really fun to play.

[ActivC97]

I enjoy this game, but the main thing I enjoy is exploring the forest. There needs to be a way to get more machetes. Perhaps paying silver for them. If there is not another way to get more machetes besides paying real money (which I never do) then I will find another game to play. Which is sad, because I think this game has potential. But again, the main thing I enjoy is exploring the forest and to not be able to do that means it's not really fun to play.
Well said.

[Chrisr27]

could also make them purchasable with silver. first one is cheap and go up slightly on the price with each purchase. That would really make the game better and be a challenge to get the silver required for the next machete.

[Gnomebody]

You could also make them a random drop from cleaning up debris... you clean up some leaves and under them you find a rusty machete..then you need to pay some silver to clean it up.

[♪Shiney♪]

You could also make them a random drop from cleaning up debris... you clean up some leaves and under them you find a rusty machete..then you need to pay some silver to clean it up.

I like this idea a lot :) If you do this with a limit to how many one can get a day it would be amazing. [And I say limit because I know personally every time I check it I'm cleaning more and more]

[ActivC97]

You could also make them a random drop from cleaning up debris... you clean up some leaves and under them you find a rusty machete..then you need to pay some silver to clean it up.

Wonderful! :D

[AshleyHowington]

i still have not found the forge so i hardly ever have machetes and i always have explore quests i can not do. i think they need to make them a bit more accessible. i do not mean give us all a way to have like 300 always but a bit more would be helpful

[PackerBacker77]

i waited 48 hours to forge a machete and only got one? almost useless. it needs to be a little easier to build them or make it a good number of machetes for a 48 hour wait. other than that the game is a blast.

[ActivC97]

Machetes has been causing a great deal of problem here and there.

[realmccoy18]

i understand that you want to make money by making us by the machetes...but it would be great if there were more ways to accumulate them for those of us who may not have the means to spend money on these games ...i am stuck with no machetes and am unable to finish one of my tasks...

[ggnome23]

absolutely TOTALLY agree with you... especially with the economy the way it is, some people don't have the money to spend...

[Debi2]

i understand that you want to make money by making us by the machetes...but it would be great if there were more ways to accumulate them for those of us who may not have the means to spend money on these games ...i am stuck with no machetes and am unable to finish one of my tasks...

You don't have to spend $, if you are able to collect enough gold, from buildings, leveling up and such, you can buy them for 7 gold. I'm in the same situation..but finally was able to buy some last night..now, all I need is a map to find what I need and I'll be happy :) From what I hear, the forge is useless..with as many mushrooms as they have growing...I say, cut way back on the mushrooms and when they do grow, they grow machetes..:)

[ActivC97]

Well this idea has been repeated a lot of times, and I must say that the team needs to do something about it.

[Wild Ones rulz101]

Well this idea has been repeated a lot of times, and I must say that the team needs to do something about it.

totlly agreed! Everyone's complaing about this they should do something about it!

[Jo333]

I too have used my gold for machetes to clear a quest which has not cleared out from the beginning of the game, all I have to do is explore the enchanted forest once however it never clears out. And the forge is useless, takes way too long just to get 1 machete. I mean 2 days just to make one, what a joke.

[ActivC97]

I too have used my gold for machetes to clear a quest which has not cleared out from the beginning of the game, all I have to do is explore the enchanted forest once however it never clears out. And the forge is useless, takes way too long just to get 1 machete. I mean 2 days just to make one, what a joke.
Forge is useless indeed. I would rather have 3-4 machetes produced than only 1!

[Heather Willard]

I agree that there are not nearly enough machetes given in the game. I have two tasks that I just can't complete because I have none and I don't have the means to buy any.

[ActivC97]

I'm apparently stuck in the game with no machetes and lots of mushrooms, reeds and silver mines.

[TLDavis]

I agree not everyone can spend the money and will end up leaving the game because they can go no further, i think they should make it where we can gifted machetes to each other that would help, also like some of the other people where saying when we clean up we find more of them and when we level up give more then just one. there are lots of ways they can make where we can earn more machetes they can also make it a quest as well.This game is so much fun i sure hope they can help us so i can keep playing!!!!

[rc.Gromit]

I'd like a "Use Silver" option to buy machetes instead of gold. Perhaps the price would be doubled, but since everything you harvest, tend, or clear gives silver, it wouldn't be a big deal.

[ActivC97]

That'd be great. Buying machetes with silver.

[lothandra]

Hey Devs


You know I really do like Gnome town BUT I really do believe that machetes should be more available then just for real money. I believe they should regenerate or atleast be given out every level gained. im gonna say it I will never pay for machetes If you want me to pay for something make it something special something that would be cool to have and dangle it like a carrot instead of cutting your own foot off with selling machetes. It makes you look like you are in it for the money you can get for the machetes verses hey come enjoy my game just food for thought I am a long time gamer of many multi role play games knows you would make better moneys if you changed this around a bit with more thought into it.

[starberly]

I agree. I think there should be a daily supply of machetes. Once the daily supply is used up, then it is the player's decision whether or not to purchase more with gold bars/real money. If there is a way to make machetes once a building is constructed, that building ought to be one of the first we construct allowing us to make machetes on a regular basis. Ideally, however, I think there should be a daily supply.

[Rocky723]

I also agree we should have a daily supply of machetes I play this game all day and night and I'm lucky if I get three a day this is getting really frustrated with playing this game and getting nothing in return.So please give us more machetes soon please.:mad:

[Sharkbait]

You are meant to get 2 machetes each time you level up, there is also a mission for a machete forge once the mission is complete you recieve the machete forge in your inventory, however i have completed the mission and NEVER got the forge, i know this forge is out there my best friend has it and recieved it after the mission, we did this mission together.. Im peeved that i never got it and thinking bout blocking this game

[Jamdog]

You are meant to get 2 machetes each time you level up
Not every level, see this page (http://gnometown.wikia.com/wiki/XP) on the wiki to see what you get at each level.

there is also a mission for a machete forge once the mission is complete you recieve the machete forge in your inventory, however i have completed the mission and NEVER got the forge, i know this forge is out there my best friend has it and recieved it after the mission, we did this mission together.. Im peeved that i never got it and thinking bout blocking this game
Not everyone gets a machete forge (myself included), but you probably in a different 'test group', and so have another feature that other players don't have. What's the point in blocking a game just because you don't get something your friend did. Variety, as they say, is the spice of life. Vive la difference!

[MeriahSpellins]

I have gotten the machete Forge....IT SUCKS!!! it take 48 flippin HOURS to forge 1 machete. Now you get daily bonuses after 5 days you get a supply of machetes, and there are tabs at the bottom that show how many helpers are busy, Why didn't I get this upgrade?

[Jamdog]

I have gotten the machete Forge....IT SUCKS!!! it take 48 flippin HOURS to forge 1 machete.
Yep, this is a 'test group' feature, only available to a 'test group' of players.

you get daily bonuses after 5 days you get a supply of machetes, and there are tabs at the bottom that show how many helpers are busy, Why didn't I get this upgrade?
The Daily bonus is also a 'test group' feature. I haven't seen (or heard of) the tabs that tell you how many helpers are busy. This sounds like a new 'test group' feature.

[Eritrea]

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Now it must 21 bars for 10 machetes!! This is a joke ??????
Already, even with the possibility of forging one machete every 48 hours, it's very hard and now it takes over 21 bars and whereas before they could be charging 10 machetes to 7 bars. It's impossible !!!!! Silver more money, we take as cash cows ?????
The game began to falter at level 25 but now it will become completely stultifying and I think many players will defect.
Anyway, I'll put a message on my wall and the effect is almost immediate.
It must stop taking people for idiots!
I would suggest that at least once a day, we receive one machete and we are now with the impossibility to find unless paid It is the flight manifest!
I am greatly disappointed !!!!!!!!!!!!

Maintenant, il faut 21 lingots pour obtenir 10 machettes !!!! C'est une plaisanterie ??????
Déjà que même avec la possibilité de forger une machette toutes les 48 heures, c'est très difficile et maintenant il faut des lingots et en plus 21 alors qu'avant on pouvait avoir la recharge de 10 machettes pour 7 lingots. C'est impossible!!!!!Argent toujours plus d'argent, on nous prend pour des vaches à lait ?????
Le jeu commençait à s'essouffler à partir du niveau 25 mais là, cela va devenir complètement abêtissant et je pense que beaucoup de joueurs vont déserter.
De toute façon, je vais mettre un message sur mon mur et l'effet sera quasi immédiat.
Il faut arrêter de prendre les gens pour des cons !
Je voulais proposer qu'au moins une fois par jour, on reçoive une machette et nous voilà maintenant avec l'impossibilité d'en trouver à moins de payer, c'est du vol manifeste !!!
Je suis très fortement déçue !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eritrea]

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Now it must 21 bars for 10 machetes!! This is a joke ??????
Already, even with the possibility of forging one machete every 48 hours, it's very hard and now it takes over 21 bars and whereas before they could be charging 10 machetes to 7 bars. It's impossible !!!!! Silver more money, we take as cash cows ?????
The game began to falter at level 25 but now it will become completely stultifying and I think many players will defect.
Anyway, I'll put a message on my wall and the effect is almost immediate.
It must stop taking people for idiots!
I would suggest that at least once a day, we receive one machete and we are now with the impossibility to find unless paid It is the flight manifest!
I am greatly disappointed !!!!!!!!!!!!

Maintenant, il faut 21 lingots pour obtenir 10 machettes !!!! C'est une plaisanterie ??????
Déjà que même avec la possibilité de forger une machette toutes les 48 heures, c'est très difficile et maintenant il faut des lingots et en plus 21 alors qu'avant on pouvait avoir la recharge de 10 machettes pour 7 lingots. C'est impossible!!!!!Argent toujours plus d'argent, on nous prend pour des vaches à lait ?????
Le jeu commençait à s'essouffler à partir du niveau 25 mais là, cela va devenir complètement abêtissant et je pense que beaucoup de joueurs vont déserter.
De toute façon, je vais mettre un message sur mon mur et l'effet sera quasi immédiat.
Il faut arrêter de prendre les gens pour des cons !
Je voulais proposer qu'au moins une fois par jour, on reçoive une machette et nous voilà maintenant avec l'impossibilité d'en trouver à moins de payer, c'est du vol manifeste !!!
Je suis très fortement déçue !!!!!!!!!!!!

[jedi_master_sal]

Another person is reporting having to pay in the 50s gold bar range for 10 machetes. That is really ridiculous.

If Playdom wants to kill their game fast, then they are well on the way to doing it.

KEEP machetes at 7 gold for 10 FOR EVERYONE.

Folks, the only way that they are going to listen is if we STOP spending real dollars for the machetes. Sure, bringing up the issue here helps, but holding back our money speaks MUCH louder.

[blueeyesmomma]

Why dose it go from having to use 7 gold for 10 machetes to having to give 56 gold for 10 ? thats crazy ?

[Eritrea]

J'ai osé donné mon opinion et maintenant tous mes bonus sont enlevés. Voilà la réponse que j'obtiens.

I dared to give my opinion and now all my bonus is removed. That's the answer I get.

[Jamdog]

No, it's not because you reached level 20, the pricing of machetes has changed.

Playdom appear to be testing 4 different prices to see which gets the correct game balance. Some players still pay 7 gold, but others pay either 15, 21 or 56 gold for their 10 machetes. Obviously, if no-one is willing to pay for enough gold to afford the high rates, then Playdom will get no income, and be forced to drop the price back down.

I'm being offered the 15 Gold rate, but that's too much for me - I won't be buying gold until the price comes back down.

[Pagonia]

Yep- no more money from me.

[Pagonia]

I'd just like to point out that we don't know why they are doing this - it's speculation to say they are "testing". They certainly haven't advised us of that. For all we know they could just be doing it because they think they can charge 4 different prices for the same thing. I agree with you on not paying any more. Sheesh - I can't afford 56 gold for 10 machetes anyway.

[pshyc]

all i can say is i agree. my sister my nephews and my daughters all started to play on my advice. how humiliating that this game that is supposed to be free really is a fraudulent statement!!!!!!!!!

[AngieDawn]

They could, but that would go against their history in all of their other games.

[Pagonia]

We still don't know though. And even if that's the reason it doesn't justify it.

[CindyDemers]

I agree that the machete business is getting annoying and frustrating. I have so much stuff in my town and no where to put it in order to win my current challenges which consist of a ridiculous amount of wins in the party's, brawls and journey's. I haven't gotten a machete in almost a week and my newest challenge is to find the key but I can't go look for it because I don't have any machetes or enough gold to purchase any. I have several different towns and have spent a ridiculous amount of money buying gold to expand on two of them. I refuse to do it any further. I enjoy the game, but I am not about to go bankrupt playing it either.

[CindyDemers]

I am stuck on level 40 so I can't level up to get gold and I can't get any more machete's unless I buy them. I do not have a forge but I did buy several blacksmith shops with the hopes that they would make machete's. There really isn't much of a point to me continuing to play because I can't do anything except continue to do these ridiculous challenges (harvest 400 kumquats for example) then the rewards for completing said challenges is a minuscule amount of food, coins or wood. I think the powers that be need to sit down and re-evaluate the game. They could add more characters (that you don't have to spend 399 gold bars to get), more items (for coins, not gold) and allow you to be able to get gold bars/machetes when you reach the higher levels instead of leaving you stuck with no where to go. I have every item available (for coins, used all my gold for machetes). I think greed is getting in the way of the game.

[CindyDemers]

WTF 56 gold bars for 10 Machete's kiss my butt on that. I don't think I will be playing this flipping game anymore.

[Jo333]

I too think we need a better way to get machetes, I have the forge but it is almost useless since it takes 2 days to just get one. I just ranked up to lvl 25 and got no machetes or gold just a few cupcakes which doesn't help either. I have been a player of playdom games from way back when and will not spend real cash on them due to the fact that they cancel so many of the games they have, ie Isaland Life, Legendary Treasure, lil Farm Town just to name a few and the list is a lot longer. When they came out with My Vineyard was when things started to get way overpriced using real money but people paid, so it is only normal for them to think people will pay real money just to be able to have machetes. I still play the games but will not spend real money on them as I know they are here today and gone tomorrow.

[auntystephie]

it's getting to very about not having machetes. i level up and i got 1 machete and went to use it then said i need gold to more i about to stop. i well not pay real money to get fake money well stop frist thay need to fix this and thay to fix the bug so you can use the gifts your friends gave you too

[faegnome]

I think that there should be mini games we could play each day to earn more machetes. I think that there should also be a way to purchase machetes with our coins and not real money. I recieve the daily bonus, however there are many days in a row that it doesn't actually calculate and give me the days bonus so I keep going back to day 1. I just think there should be more opportunities for the machetes that way we could save our gold bars for some of the other items that are only available if bought with gold bars and not always spend the little amount we accumulate on machetes.

[lothandra]

Ok no one has responded that was a dev or otherwise so this is what I am gonna do. Myself, my sisters and my kids are removing ourselves from this game If you are all as frusterated as i am with this game i suggest you do the same also I am gonna tell anyone and everyone I know about this game and NOT to play it it is the biggest waste of time there is. No one responds to emails regarding the devs here im done wasting my time with a game that goes nowhere. time to make big changes or have your players leave waves im OUT!!!

[realmccoy18]

i was just coming here to complain about the very same thing...it seems to be the trend with all these facebook games to favor players who are willing to pay for things no matter who it alienates...

[candy3008]

i have to tabs on my game. there pretty convenient to now whos where and what there doing.

[xbabsyx]

i have just levelled up and finally got 2 gold bars after a week so i could get myself 10 machetes and to my horror they have changed it to 10 machetes for 28 gold how can this happen when my mum plays this and on her page she can get 10 for 7 this isnt fair please reply

[wendya]

I was just playing the game when it malfunctioned when i reset my browser I went from being level 26 to level 25, I lost 5000+ coins and 900+ food. this pisses me off I will not play a game that is going to rip me off. If you want people to keep coming back and playing your games you really need to make it so that the games are not ripping people off. I have also lost machetes for no apparent reason throught out my play. Please fix the issues. I really like the game it is one of the very few I play but if not I guess its your loss.

[deserthunder]

I hear your sposed to get 2 machetes every time you level up. I have not gotten one. also after 5 days of logging in in a row your sposed to get 5. i got 2! whats up? it told me i got 5 but only got two! no level up machetes at all. I dont care for liars and i feel it lied to me! and 48 hours to make 1 on my forge?
if you are thinking this is a way to MAKE people BUY them your wrong this is a good way to make sure no one plays your game. not everyone can BUY them! myself included... you need to get it straight and make sure your game does what it says it is going to do! (5 machetes after five days of logging in) I will never buy them I cant buy them! and if the game is not going to give them to me when it says i get them then guess it is time to find a new game that does what it says!

went back to the game and it had the log in thingy up again this tim it said 2 machetes! got them too however I got the other one less then an hour before! so what gives???

[candy3008]

there still testing out what works best for the game not everyone has the forge, myself included, and not everyone has the daily bonus either, again, myself included. you also dont get machetes for every level. but your right on the part about this game is going to not be played because of all the glitches and bugs and everything else thats wrong with it. i understand that it takes time to make the game good, but it doesnt seem like there doing anything to fix it and spending all there time adding new stuff that keeps going wrong. FIX WHATS WRONG BEFORE ADDING NEW STUFF!!

[GranieGus]

The problem I have with machetes is that when I am moving around Gnome Town, I hit the edge of the forest and have used a machete that I didn't mean to use. I have lost many of them this way. I have played 3 days with out a machete, and am still a long way from leveling up to get any more. One of the quests is to explore with a machete and obviously I can't do that. There just isn't much more to do, except clear the weeds, silver mine, fish, and cut the mushrooms everyday and collect the bonus from the condos, barns and apartments.

[juliette.01]

I am in total agreement with you its taking me ages to get anything done it seems as though ive been on the same task forever although i really love the game please please give us more machetes when we complete task and level up

[spaceyj13]

The machete issue is getting quite annoying. When I do level up and have machete's part of level up, I don't receive them, and another issue that I have is that when it is time for my daily bonus to be machetes, my daily bonus disappears. It would be nice if we could gift them after you reach a certain level. I am at the point where I am considering blocking this game.

[blueeyesmomma]

yeah thats right 56 i also used to pay 7 gold, its just stupid that's how i see it i've all ready haven't been credited a few time by doing the surveys, i'm not spending my money on this game to many bug's, it's the only game i've played on facebook that i've ever had problems with n they r just about making money n thats it... n don't want to please us the player's there's so many of the same complaints on here all about the same thing's they should give us all 50 free machetes just for the frustration.

[Eloise1]

I got a quest to find new things & have used 10 machetes but got nothing! Now I have a 2nd (similar) quest but didn't get machetes on my last 2 'level ups'! The amount of gold I now need is far too high & I'm using food to speed up the forge!
I have 296398 coins, but very little to spend them on cause I just don't have room!!!

[Molten]

I think this is a good game but the silly thing is the machetes, you should be able to buy them with silver as you could be waiting a very long time to proceed.

I agree about the purchasing options, if an item is a "requirement" of the game, they should be made more easily accessible. I am also stuck due to the lack of machetes and I don't have the budget to buy FB credits or the gold bars to purchase them. I was also reading on another thread that there are increasing prices of the machetes. I currently have a 10 pack for 7 gold bars, but some folks are paying 15 and another one says 56 bars for a 10 pack... It doesn't appear that I can afford to play this game, which bites because I enjoy it.

[darkangel73]

it now takes forever to get anywhere in the game and lack of machetes is a big deal, they need to make it easier for people to get machetes,, you need the feedback from players to improve the game, please listen to the players Gnometown makers,,this game has so many faults and issues that need resolving,,
Fix the problems so life is so much easier for game players,, having machetes is such a big issue,, find a way to provide them quicker and easier for players please.

[DLK]

I agree I too am finding the lack of machetes frustrating I can't even make any at my forge it tells me I have no metal pieces when I have 17 in my bag and it will only let me buy some for 5 gold soooo frustrating I am going to stop playing this game soon if you don't do something I am getting no enjoyment from it

[Jamdog]

I agree I too am finding the lack of machetes frustrating I can't even make any at my forge it tells me I have no metal pieces when I have 17 in my bag and it will only let me buy some for 5 gold soooo frustrating I am going to stop playing this game soon if you don't do something I am getting no enjoyment from it
This is a known glitch in the game. Any Polished Metal pieces that you had in your inventory when you placed the Machete Forge are not counted. So, for example, if you had 7 when you placed the forge, you'll need 27 in your inventory before you can make another.
Also, you said you can't make any machetes, even though you had 17 Polished Metal. You need 20 Polished Metal to make 1 Machete.
You don't have to pay gold for Polished Metal, I never have, and I have over 100 pieces in my inventory. Gift some to all your friends, and they will probably click the 'Return Favour' button, so you will get a load back. Click the 'Return Favour' button when you get them back to get even more.

If you don't have any friends who play Gnome Town, then you could use the Find Neighbours (http://forum.playdom.com/forumdisplay.php?467-Find-Neighbors-(GT)) forum to get some. Just post your Facebook link in the Official Gnome Town "add me" thread, and you'll soon have a lot of friend requests. What most people do it to put these strangers into a 'Gnome Town Players' friends group on Facebook, and then you can tweak your Facebook security settings to hide stuff you don't want strangers to see. Just be careful not to block their incoming gift requests.

[rebelrenegade1]

What they could do (which will probably never happen) is allow a player to be able to gift 1 machete a day and have it set where you can only recieve a certain number of machetes per day. For example, Lets say You can only recieve 5 machetes as gifted items and after that you won't recieve anymore until the next day. Maybe have it set to where when you reach a certain level the gifting a machete option becomes available. Maybe at the levels where machetes are harder to come by. The option to buy machetes for me is still at 10 for 7 gold, but I have a feeling it will go up on me sometime soon. I do agree that trying to get machetes is a hassle.

[Torri]

Have to totally agree with all comments about the machetes, takes far to long to get them, I currently have 3 quests requiring machetes and cant do any of them, I have in the past bought them with gold but will not be doing that again as sick of clicking on the area to be cut down, it taking a machete away but not actually cutting anything down, am sad to say this will probably be another game that gets blocked because of the difficulty in getting anywhere with it unless you are prepared to spend ridiculous amounts of REAL cash, which I will not be doing.

Shame because this could be a really fun game

[sunbug33]

i have the forger and it takes like 48 hours to make one flippin machette. I also think we should be given one daily. it seems they go in short supply when u have to explore the forest..lol then it takes forever to find or get one. I also think the times on some of the stuff r way to long and rediculious.

[Diane Triggs]

I have the Machete forge and have yet to receive even ONE machete from it, also I'm supposed to get a machete each time I level up (never happens) and also after playing for so many days in a row (again, never happens)! Why can we not send and receive machetes from the gift bar? Think that would make everyone happy and the game more of a joy to play. Gotta say, I'm leaning toward the same way as my friends and neighbours and just playing when I can be bothered or when I've got a little bored of the other games I play (which, by the way are much more rewarding) Come on mods, listen to us, your players, as after all, without us, you don't have a game!

[SpiritC]

You are meant to get 2 machetes each time you level up, there is also a mission for a machete forge once the mission is complete you recieve the machete forge in your inventory, however i have completed the mission and NEVER got the forge, i know this forge is out there my best friend has it and recieved it after the mission, we did this mission together.. Im peeved that i never got it and thinking bout blocking this game

You are not missing anything by not having gotten the forge..you have to tie up one of your limited characters for 3 days!!!! to get one lousy machete!. The did NOT do anyone any favours with that bit of wisdom.

[candy3008]

i think it should ask you if your sure you want to clear an area before it wastes your machetes. i've used like at least 10 on accidental clearing. and it should show you the area highlighted that will be cleared. i HATE when you go to clear a spot and it clears next to it cause the board is'nt flat and it looks like your in the right spot. and i still think that because you HAVE to have the the machetes to play the game, they shouldn't be so much. i understand the game is still new and your still trying to figure out what works best for everyone, but get real, anymore then 7 for a 10 pack is ridiculous. if some part of the game is going right, then don't change it, offer it to everyone in all the test groups. like the daily thing i've heard about that some have i think that's a great thing. i've heard some asking about different ways to customize your gnome. again, great idea. and one last thing, are any of these suggestions getting looked at? or are these just up here to keep us all out of your hair? i hardly ever see replys from those in charge.

[lijfinney]

I like most everyone else simply can't afford to use real money to buy machete's. When they are a necessity for the game i think they should be quite a bit easier to get than with gold bars or real cash. I missed out on receiving a lot of machetes even though the quest says i will receive once i finish. They never seem to show up in my game. I used my gold today to buy 10 machetes. i used up 6 so i should have 4 left. I left the game for a few hours then came back and there are only 2 machetes left in my little icon spot. I have no idea where the other machetes went but they have disappeared. Really I think the people who are the developers or owners or whatever they're called should really take a hard and long look at this problem as its a biggy!!!!

[Betty27_2]

Since you need the matchete's to clear the forest to find things why not just make it so that you can purchase one with your coins and you can use that like weapons in other games?

[KittyKatVenom]

I agree with most people here who say the machete price in gold bars is ridiculous. I can easily get 7 gold bars quicker than I can get 21. I still have about two missions that need me to explore and I can't because I don't have any machetes. If you want more people to play the game, change it back!

[babs48]

I also have the machetes forge, but once its complete they expect u to buy the polished metal, why cant the polished metal u recieve as gifts be used?. I agree matchetes should be issued once a level has been completed and gold bars should be issued more often too. Come on u guys get ya fingers out or people are just gonna block the game out of frustration.

[GRANDMA2003]

I did not receive the mission for the machete forge. My daughter and son-in-law both have it but i am on level 23 and still have not received the forge. I wish you could gift the machetes they give out plenty of missions that you have to use them for and it is almost impossible to receive them. I am disabled and live on a fixed income so i can not afford to spend my own money. I love to play but it is getting frustrating.

[moinkski]

anyone help machetes cost me 56 gold bars for 10 whereas the six friends who i play with only have to pay 7 gold bars this is kinda ridiculous some one sort it out please =]

[vgailj]

I am super PO'd. :mad: :mad: :mad:

I thought this was a really cute game, that I could play with my little cousins. A Disney game with no real violence. Instead it turns out to be this giant rip-off.

I get that this is a business and these people want to make money, but... I mean this just isn't right!

[sapphire7]

Im just wondering if you can please let us have on each level at least 2 new machetes as they are proving to be impossible to get & we dont all have endless money to pay for things.
I also think if we have to get so much of the metal & then wait so long we should get at the very least 5 machetes.
Anyway thats just my humble opinion as Im so enjoying the game but as it goes along its getting boring to have to wait so long for the stuff.
Thanks
sapphire7

[Wicked100]

I have been playing for a while but most of my missions require me to explore with machetes. I am NOT buying gold, do NOT have the elusive forge some players have & do NOT get machetes that magically regenerate like some do. I understand this is a beta version but seriously, if machetes continue to be impossible to get, I will be removing this game entirely. I haven't seen any change in the game recently so how long does it take before the developers listen to the players & make adjustments??? Very annoyed at the whole game!

[seekerk]

Its odd that I have money to buy stuff but no room to put it in. It would be nice If I could spend some off my money and decorate things. As it is I tore up my cute town and just shoved stuff close together so I could have more space for my helpers to walk around in. I think that maybe if the forge made three or 5 macheties in 24 hours the game would be more fun. Then I could actuly have a pretty layout. I usually buy my macheties with cupcakes when it the speed it up gets to 2000 and something.

[PaulG85]

why is it now costing me 56 gold bars for 10 machetes? you've got to be having a laugh. logged into my mothers page and its only 7 gold for 10 machetes. why the big difference? JOKE

[njc863]

I like this game but after playing for weeks/days etc and cannot do anything but cut mushrooms and such it has become BORING!!! Cant get machettes and when I do 1 a week MAYBE I hit to search forest and get nothing but stuff to clear. I cannot complete goals because it needs machettes and I am not BUYING THEM!! Ridiculous amount wanted. I also went weeks without the DAILY BONUS why is that? I have the forge as well and hours beyond hours needed to make one RIDICULOUS!! And hours to harvest your crops be reasonable please. FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT is all I can say or people will also choose to stop playing.

[Msjewels]

lol i totally agree with all if u dont buy their buildings then u go nowhere... the time on things is way to much and 75 watermelons really??????? your nuts lol so got to level 37 and calling it quits . PD You should join another company, their losing players massive...... GREED does not sit well with most ppl...gl PD your gonna need it

[meema2four]

I am getting really tired of not having any machete's. I will not buy them with my own money. I cannot afford it. I feel that there should be an easier way to get them so we can finish our quests. Give us one for leveling up or as a bonus for finishing the longer quests. Something or anything is better then what it is now...

[lavenderfairy]

I agree, and why can't we just forge them???

[ladybraveheart]

I totally agree with you meema2four...I am going to drop this game if changes are not made. It is very frustrating. I refuse to spend my own money on any of these games. They are for entertainment value not profits.

[auzie342]

Hey here is an idea...the silver pebbles instead of giving us coin how about giving us metal so that we can forge more machetes.....and also how about 1 machete every 24 hrs from the forge...I really love this game but the difficulty in getting machetes can be frustrating.....please please improve this area of the game :-)

[tigerrose]

i have two accounts plus i play under my daughter and sons account. why is it that the machetes are not the same price in any account. i go from 7 to 56. 7 gold is great but at 56 you could lose a few players. i know i wont buy them at that price

[tigerrose]

i have one account at 56 one at 7 and one showing 16 go figure

[SusieSmith13]

I agree. I refuse to pay real money to play a free game. I was getting 2 machetes every 5 days as a daily bonus, but not anymore. The forge is a joke. You have to have 10 metal in order to make 1 machete, then it takes 3 days or almost 7000 food to complete. Since they are absolutely necessary for playing the game, the machetes should not cost real money. Needing gold bars to buy them is the equivalent of a farming game charging real money for the seeds you need to plant.

[clairewasfarnelljohnson]

you only get 1 machete for 48 hrs work on the forge im afraid

[lis081]

I am also very frustrated with the machetes. We definitely are not given enough to even finish some of the quests. An example of this is when I went into the briar patch and it gives you some machetes to find the raccoon family, I used all the machetes that I was given and I never found the raccoons.. seriously? lame. I read somewhere that you are only given so many machetes so "use them wisely"... well even when I only use them to complete quests that require exploring, I still am not able to find the things i am exploring for! I find it ridiculous.

[thumper197456]

i agree with the other players about the machettes and if you are supposed to get 2 machetes each time you level up this doesnt happen. and i dont get machetes even once a week from the daily bonus either, rip off! also the forge takes forever to give you just one machete. and now ive gotten to the briar patch and the price of machetes has gone up, also a big rip-off! really like this game but come on this is getting ridiculous

[kmar]

yes i agree too, this extreme machete costs are unreal, to forge takes you a day and a half to make 1, the amount of times that you need to buy gold are ridiculous when you buy gold you need to use the majority for to finish tasks, that take a very stupid amounts roughly 100 at a time!! , Playdom say that they need to charge for to keep the game going but if everybody is buying gold, then surely the amount for buying it should in theory be cheaper, but we're getting ripped off for buying gold, if you buy something from the store in gold? then if you sell it then you should again in theory get gold back for it!!! BUT NO!!! what do you get (SILVER). what good is that!!!

[midnyght222]

I liked this game & even spent some real cash on it but now that the matches are more than double the cost will block this game. It's too bad that all they wat is to make $$$$ so the thing we need the most they jack up to 15 gold! People tend to spend real cash when it is a good deal to do so. Now I feel it is a rip off!

[miriamjd1]

They said they have now permanently changed the price of the machetes to 15. both of my games were requiring 7 gold bars and I thought that was high. I am finally getting some food when I go to another's player town which is helpful at least. Please change the game so we can get things easier. I also think there should be a limit on the number of gifts sent each day, sometimes I am spending all my time accepting and sending back gifts which I don't even want .

[rwga]

I also think there should be a limit on the number of gifts sent each day, sometimes I am spending all my time accepting and sending back gifts which I don't even want .

This is going to seem obvious but,
if you have excess gifts remember to reject them. Other wise the same unwanted stuff gets bounced back and forth forever. Who needs 100 snail saddles.
I tend to only return food, quest items or very new collection items.

[dmerrymccuan]

:mad:wth?!?!?!
i know the complaint about machetes not being readily available, for those players that don't spend "real money" to play. i agree w/ them whole heartedly. but charging us players that do spend "real money" 15 blocks of gold for a 10 pk?!?!?! this is ridiculous! 7 blocks of gold for a 10 pk was perfectly acceptable. the powers that be that have made this decision really need to reconsider! i will no longer spend "real money" to play my game!
this is too much. this very well be my last straw! i may have to stop playing this cute little game i have become so fond of:(

[Cinnbunn]

Machetes are rare and hard to come by, we can all agree upon this, right? That being said, I have some comments and suggestions that are pertinent to all players:

You should be able to cancel the use of a machete before it is used. For example, you are cleaning up parts of the town and come across a leaf pile, acorn, 'shroom, etc. close to the edge of the forest. If you accidentally click when the machete is active, your helper "helps" out by wasting a machete.

Let's say, as this seems to be the case, you need at least 3 machetes in order to find something in the forest, and you just accidentally wasted one of those 3. Now imagine this happening several times, merely because you can't somehow cancel this accidental action.

With everything else but using machetes, it really doesn't matter. So you cleaned some debris you didn't mean to at that moment. You clicked on the wrong bush or crop or whatever. Big deal, you can pause. But click to use a machete and you are committed to being down one, whether you want to be or not.

Yes, the popups have become a bit annoying as of late, but perhaps a popup asking if we are sure we want to use a machete similar to the one that comes up when you wish to sell something?

That being said, based on my gaming experience so far (I'm level 20), there is no way to complete several of your tasks without using gold to purchase machetes. Past the first few levels, gold is a rare reward, and what am I supposed to do with the 1 or two machetes I was given for the task? Buy more so I have at least 3?

The machete forge takes waaaaaaay too long for just 1 machete. You'd need almost a week just to have three. This also means that you have, permanently, one less helper because someone will always be working the forge. Plus, it often takes 4, 5, or even 6 machetes just to find one object. Imagine my dismay at having to find 5 medicinal mushrooms. I have found two, and that took 9 machetes.

I have done so many of the free offers for gold. I didn't mind that most are boring and take an exorbitant amount of time when machetes were only 7 gold bars. At 15 gold bars, do I fight sheer, extreme boredom and junk mail and spam for twice as long for those same 10 machetes? Besides, I have done most of the surveys and such so it won't be long before even those are no longer available to me.

Also, you fail to explain to a new player just how crucial and rare machetes are, so the newbie goes around for awhile hacking away at stuff without truly realizing until later that they should have held on to some.

The machetes should regenerate over time, say, 1 every 12 hours. Or get 10 on day 5 of the Daily Bonus, if you bring that back. Or make Gnomespeditions more interesting and worthwhile by offering some after so many wins or as one of the prizes for winning. You should not have to buy machetes to progress. Period.

And the player should know how many machetes will be needed in order to find an object or complete a task. No randomness should be allowed here. This 3 machetes then 1 machete then 6 machetes stuff needs to go. Especially since they do not regenerate. As I said earlier, I am currently looking for 5 medicinal mushrooms in the briar patch. It was bad enough that the instructions were not very clear, so I wasted several in my town instead of in the patch. And I have only found 2 mushrooms so far, and that took me 9 machetes, 3 for the first one and 6 for the other. Not fair.

Now, I know life isn't fair and all that, but this is a free Facebook game. As such, developers and programmers have complete control over the fairness aspect here. Tempt us to purchase gold with things that can enhance game play, not force us to need gold in order to complete tasks and progress. That is what creates player loyalty.

A loyal player will spend money, not just on this game, but others as well. Angry players that feel cheated will quit, complain to you and ultimately turn others off of your games. And believe me, a player that has a legitimate complaint speaks in a much louder voice than a player that is just bored with harvesting crops.

*UPDATE* I just got a new quest. I was given a couple of machetes and had a few left over, making 5 machetes total. I just used all 5 machetes to clear some of my forest and guess what I got? NOTHING! I assume I am looking for something, but the quest only says to clear more vines in the forest. I just wasted all of my machetes and didn't find anything, so this task obviously takes more than 5 machetes. See, this is what I am talking about. Either I buy gold to purchase more machetes or earn gold with the surveys and such. Either way, I have to do it now, because if I log out and come back later, the game doesn't remember that I already whacked 5 times. So, something like "clear the forest by using a machete 6 times" would keep players from beginning a task before they have the necessary 6 machetes. I understand that Playdom wants to make money, but, again, you are forcing players to spend money if they want to complete tasks. If I like a game, I am willing to spend money in order to ENHANCE my experience. Force me, and I'll just stop playing this game and go find another that is not made by the same company.

[Crazy wench]

My biggest complaint with this game is that the developers do not listen to what the players want.

The trash grows faster than the food items, not that big a deal until it comes to the huge mushrooms that take an hour to clear, even with 7 helpers I can't keep them clear unless I use food to speed it up.

Machetes now cost 15 gold??? That is just rediculous, what kind of deal is that? Not even one machete for a bar of gold that is so hard to earn you have to wait sometimes weeks to get one? What a rip off.

The daily bonus now gives me a mystery gift, and works every time...whoopy....It didn't work for over 20 days when it gave out machetes not a real good fix.

It is a fun game and I like it alot, but the balance of gain versus pain in the umm machete is so not worth it.

In order to get enough food to make machetes I have to let those huge purple muchrooms take over....

I have so much silver I can not spend it all and I would sure love to spend it on something useful....Like MACHETES

and what exactly am I going to use 38 thousand pieces of wood on?

I know that in spite of the fact that it is a free game the hope is we will spend real money on it, but come on guys get real, now a days most people choose to buy onther things with real money like say....food for their family....

I play these games on a borrowed signal, can't afford my own internet so I am sure not going to spend real money on gold, and if I did I would be pissed at having to spend 15 bars of gold for 10 machetes....again I say what a freekin rip off!!

[flaminmamie]

Lucky if you get 3 a day???? Wow...I would be lucky to get 1 a day! I quit playing another game for this game....now so frustrated I'm thinking of quiting this one and moving on to something more enjoyable! What the heck is the deal??? I NEVER get machetes!

[flaminmamie]

MORE machetes please!!! This is ridiculous! I am about ready to call it quits! :(

[SusieSmith13]

I agree completely. Just to complete the frog quest by finding the first pond I used 45 machetes. I used 30 to find Mr. Squeakers. The least I've used on a quest was finding the second petrified mushroom for the fort, and that took 6 machetes. My forge takes 3 days to complete instead of 2. Yes, 72 hours. I can use food to speed it up, but it takes almost 7000 in food to complete.

If you guys made machetes completely free, you would make a load of money on the buildings we have to buy with gold in order to get the bonus quests. Right now I wouldn't buy a building for more quests I can't do because of lack of machetes.

[tattyanne11]

Please post your comments below if you are thinking about leaving the game
because of the stupidness of the Machetes,

I am trying to find mushrooms, i need to find 5 i had used up 13 machetes and only found 3
and THENNNN... it takes 8hrs to collect them

This game is seriously becoming a JOKE now, and really dont feel like playing it anymore.

If the makers of this game see everyones frustrations in one thread maybe they will think about giving them us more often.. if only they could change the forge to making more machetes or even reducing the time it take to make them because 48hrs for one is a flaming JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!

please everyone if you have the same frustations as me
please comment below

lets start a pertistion to get this changed!!!!

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[SusieSmith13]

I did some serious complaining because my forge was taking 72 hours to make 1 machete. I just tried it and the time has been reduced to 50 hours. It still takes 6840 food to speed it up though. This does not make up for it taking so many to complete quests, or for the increase to 15 gold bars for 10 machetes. If you've only used 13 to find 3 of the mushrooms, consider yourself lucky. The second one only took me 6 machetes, but the other 2 took about 20 a piece. Finding my first pond took me 45. When I complained I was given 5 free machetes, but treated like an imbecile and told it's completely random how many machetes it takes and I have to actually find something in order to complete the quest. Like I didn't know that.


Dear Playdom;

I keep hoping things will get better, but they are getting worse. It's not like we are asking for the gold bars to be free or the extras we buy with gold bars to be cheaper. Machetes are crucial to game play. We can not play the game without them. If we can't get machetes without spending real money, we will not play the game. Period. That means we won't be buying anything at all from the game. Think about this a minute. Now, is it cheaper to give us more machetes or keep trying to force us to buy them.

[twinkerbell13]

I am very close to ending my play. It's a shame because this game is cute and I have been enjoying playing it. I cannot afford to buy a lot of machetes, and forging them is a pain since you only get one, and it does take a really long time, or way too much food to speed through.

:mad:

[kontessa]

This has turned into a horrible game of glitches and greed. You must be insane to charge for items that are NEEDED for the game. A game that is filled with glitches and issues.

[kontessa]

Paid really $$$ for gold for machetes. Stupidly. I thought the game would get better, not worse. It is clear this is a dying game with bad programming and a worse business plan.

[kontessa]

Yep, this is a 'test group' feature, only available to a 'test group' of players.

The Daily bonus is also a 'test group' feature. I haven't seen (or heard of) the tabs that tell you how many helpers are busy. This sounds like a new 'test group' feature.

DON'T CHARGE PEOPLE FOR NEEDED ITEMS!

DON'T CHARGE PEOPLE FOR A GAME WITH SO MANY DARN GLITCHES. No other gaming company does public test groups. Never mind charges for it. Most actually OFFER something for the time to de-bug such issues. Pathetic.

[kontessa]

Agreed! I spent money as well and it was waist. They are killing this game. Let me know if you find a better game, not by this company though. They are clueless!

[sister sue]

I agree although i have over 100 gold bars i will not spend it for machetes. also i think there should be some way for people that do buy gold to exchange some silver to gold:(

[Michelin1977]

So, I'm confused: Is the option to "earn gold" via surveys and special offers not available to all players either? You don't *have* to spend real money on this game, just time. I have time to sit here playing this game and I have time to answer a few surveys.

[Raki]

I should have known when I saw the Disney name tacked to this that there would be something unappealing about it . The game constantly asks you to go exploring for things, or to find things that require a machete, yet they do not give you enough to do the tasks your requested to do. They want you to pay to complete the task in a free game....if you really need the $$$$ up the advertising on the right hand side of the page. I still haven't found the Raccoon family first it cost me 15 gold bars to get fireflys then I used 6 machetes and still no raccoons . I'm not spending any more $$ on this game.
AS far as answering surveys for gold You 1st have to qualify then complete 2 surveys for 4 or 10 gold bars (depends on company).
The machetes

[tilly08]

hi kontessa ,
like you i use to love this game but now its seems you have to pay for every thing .
which is probably what PD planned otherwise i have to wait ages .. just when i think im gettting somewhere i either need to wait 42 hours ( machete forge ) or need a really stupid amount of fruit which takes days sometimes just to water then days to harvest. im just about over this game , and i really thing PD dont gives A rats bum about it at all.

[Michelin1977]

Well, maybe there are differences there as well (regarding earning gold). In my experience, 1 survey was worth 10 gold, with a max of 1 survey allowed per day per company. This changed just a day or two ago and now they vary from 9 to 15 gold. "Tasks" from CrowdFlower are worth 10 gold each and are unlimited. Unlike surveys, you don't have to qualify for them. Generally, I earn about 30 gold every day.

[seekerk]

The game is cute, and really slow. Its not a game you can play for long in one day. It seems that I spent more time dealing with a closed socket then playing game. The odd thing to me is that I have lots of silver coin and nothing to really spend it on. I don't have enough open space to buy more homes or even put out all my inventory. I even sold a few times today that were cloging the whole place up. I did not see a way to put them back into inventory. It would be nice If one could buy machetes or if the fordge took less time. I had considered buying machetes but this is really only a $9.99 game and only spending that on Machetes would be usless. I figured i realy needed to buy 40 bucks worth to beable to lay out a town and this is not really a $40.00 game due to the slowness. But then I do not get the point of a game you can really only play for 20 minutes a day. It seems like I just get into it then am blocked by either needing a machete or having something that needs cut down or watered for 8 hours.

[dbrcrose]

I have to say I agree with my fellow players here. I was so excited to win the thing that makes machetes, only to find out it takes 48 hours for one. Then I bought MORE gold to get MORE machetes this morning, ONLY to find out that it went from 7 gold for 10 machetes to 15 gold! Im ticked off at that. Now I have 12 gold left from my buying, and I can't buy more. NOW I am on this quest with the briar patch, which takes me to another town or place all together and asks me to find certain things using machetes and I won't get one but every 48 hours, and if I don't hit the right spot? Im out of luck for another 48 hours. Even if you reach some levels you don't get them!

Here is my suggestion. Intead of giving us topiaries and (possible) machetes in prize packages (which I haven't gotten one yet), how about we get one machete for day one, two for day two, and so on. I mean, it costs 199 gold to buy the machine that makes one machete every two days. WHY wouldn't I just take the gold and buy 130 machetes with it then buy the tool to make one every 48 hours? Doesn't make sense!

[Raki]

The machete issue HAS to be addressed, I just stared playing this game over the past weekend and I am already thinking about giving it up because of the machete issue along with a few other problems. It does take entirely to long for most of the crops to grow and harvest, the time wouldn't be so much of a problem if the gnomes weren't tied up at the particular plant for the amount of time it takes to water/harvest. The same thing goes for building the structures,,,,this also ties up you critters and you either have to pause the activity or not play at all . All this on top of the fact that you have to fork over cold hard cash (something I cannot justify for a syms type game) to complete tasks in a "FREE" game is just getting to be to much greed for my tastes.

[mrsroche3]

We need more machetes! If we got 10 machetes (like you do when you purchase them) when we forge them, that would be fair. We can't play the game well without more machetes - something must be done about this or people will not continue the game! The price for my machetes more than doubled!! I am not a happy camper!

[kontessa]

Raki, they do not want to address the machete issue, they set it up this way on purpose so people must spend money to play their glitchy game with support for it, and programmers who are just running players in circles as they are out of ideas or on vacation for a few months.

[Ammieegray]

New cost of machets
Wow.. 15 gold now??

I can't advance because I need more machetes and I AM NOT PAYING FOR THEM..

Please respond if you agree that machetes should be easier to obtain!!!

If the developers do not change this, I am leaving the game..
Please respond if you agree.

Too many other games to play that I don't have to spend my grocery money on.

[Ammieegray]

NOT spending money to buy machets.. Change it or I am going to find a new game to play!!!!!!!

[sammie127]

I too find this retarded. I really did like this game. I don't see myself playing much longer. Gave developers have greed in their eyes and now are completely over looking the fact this a game...

[maidenemmy]

Do not understand WHY the cost of machetes went up so much. If it is necessary, then provide a way for gnome town players to EARN more gold through the GAME and not through our wallets. The forge is a big joke. It takes forever to make one little machete. I am truly ready to quit. Just like I did with 2 other games. In my mind, the definition of a game includes the word FUN..and when it is no longer FUN....It is time to go and do something else that IS fun.

[maidenemmy]

I 'fell' for the stupid EARN more gold, and bought a couple of things I really did not need. Just to get machetes so I could 'advance' in the game. NO MORE! No, the machete is the only way to get through this game, and now it costs even MORE to get a few. I too, am so ready to quit. Like I said in a different post...it is a GAME. Games by my definition are FUN. When it stops being FUN...it is time to quit and move on with something more meaningful and fulfilling. Like going back and READING BOOKS. That can take my mind to many more places and costs me nothing!!!

[Nicky719]

Yep have to agree here and I don't complain much, as I have been playing these games long enough to know how their system works. However, I have been stuck for over a week now and really can't play the game at all - except to clear things and harvest food...which does get boring after a while. 3 of my quests require machetes and finally today I had three, which I always wait until I have 3 till I clear....pfffttt no luck did not get one thing in my quests....oh well. This is a cute and refreshing change to some of the other games but....ahhh I'm rapidly getting bored and find that only visiting once a day sufficient to do anything!!!!

If I knew I was going to get something when I purchased machetes I wouldn't mind. I finally broke down because I don't buy items with gold and had enough to buy some machetes...well that was a waste, because I used all of them and didn't get one blasted thing I needed to complete a quest. So guess what - I wouldn't spend real money to buy them now if my life depended on it

I'd say something needs to change here or people will be dropping like flies...as I'm just about there.

[kontessa]

Sadly the Mods have already made it clear that the developers of this game insist you spend money now to advance, they want money. They want to charge for a glitched beta game for NEEDED items. They think they have a good business plan. However the leading gaming company NEVER charges for needed items, just bonus times and shock of all shocks they have their gift cards in so many stores and are making great profits!

This game however has horrible customer service, bad glitches, many complaints, and yet they still want to charge for this crap.

Another player or two bites the dust sadly.

[FullHouseMom]

I suggest allowimg neighbors to send machetes as a gift. You can limit the gift to one a day. That will allow for more machetes and encourage players to recruit friends to this game.

[rkysksc]

You have made it harder to get machettes. You have made it cost more to get them. And you are requiring more and more of them within the quests. There has to be a line here somewhere or everyone is going to leave the game. I love the gameplay, but its tiring waiting all week to get a single machette when you usually need a dozen to find anything anyways. How about a change for the better to encourage people to play.

[kontessa]

I had submitted a ticket a long while ago about machetes going missing after I paid for them and how I spent over 30 looking for items that I never found. The response finally came, asking for a screen shot. REALLY Of what? Not like I thought to take a before and after. Support is crap crap crap. Never got help with it either.

[Caitlin14]

I have played other playdom games and play for awhile, but don't stick around long. This was the first playdom game that I was really interested in, it had a story and that story just didn't vanish soon after starting. Like other facebook games.... I even used my gold to purchase of the machetes, not that I purchased gold. Now that they've made it nearly impossible to play this game, cause they stop giving them out, many of these games are on the verge of breaking facebook tos. Our economy is suffering and you're going to encourage people giving you millions of dollars by increasing the price? I know you're a big company, you're suffering realizing that the economy has changed and you won't get millions... However, things have changed, remember that if you charge decent prices and go back to what you were doing before.. people will play. People will play and people will buy your gold. I would rather earn a penny a day, double, than earn a set amount. I loved this game, but I won't stand for a game that has is about begging or being unable to play without real cash. If you do this, I will just go back to buying games, that's the end, your game isn't worth it. I don't believe in renting graphics.

[kontessa]

Caitlin, I agree with all you have said. You are correct.

I think that this company, these developers, are living in a fantasy world that is not reality and they are the bad guys in that world. No eithics, greed, bait and switch, horrid customer service, a very glitchy game, abusing customers an using them as beta testers and trying to charge them for it. Pathetic business practices. Most of my neighbors no longer even play. Most just stop after mentioned it on their walls and thats it. Most don't come here to voice the issues. I am thankful to those who do. It give me hope to see others saying NO, this is not ok. Not that they are listening.

[Caitlin14]

Yeah, I don't blame them for wanting to earn money, but there's an easy way of earning money, going by the demographics of your user base. Whose playing your game, how much are they willing to spend, not how much they us to spend. There was an old game that you sold lemonade and that's the best way to earn about business. o.o Not that I remember what it was called, but it was produced by someone else, so I couldn't mention it anyway. People who play these games may be willing to purchase cash, but the practice should be nickel and dime, most of the time, you never realize how much it costs in the long run. A huge amount, it might make you scratch your head and do the math.. It's an ifie game of adjusting the price so your people on both sides are happy, if they want more people running people who are playing the game isn't going to increase their numbers. People talk. On a positive note, no one is, none of these companies are listening, it's a giant bubble waiting to....POP! -panic- I don't want to lose my pets, my gnome city, because I'm aware of what happens when these game close down, they disappear taking everything with it. Hmm, am I trying to save these games or convince myself why I should be buying games instead? Laughing at my own statements!!!

[nuttyinnewquay]

I have leveled up twice from level 25 and 26 and received NO machetes. the only way i can get them is by the forge which takes 48hrs just for 1? i have five quests that need machetes and another quest is for pumpkins which take 48hrs too. what the hell is the point. so i am going to delete the app as its a waste of time. also the houses, inns and bakeries what do you get for waiting 16hrs? 20 coins and 3/5 xp? its a joke. same with most of the other facebook games. so bye bye gnome town, ill stick with pogo games from now on lol

[bunnykisses_4_u]

I agree with most out there. This was a cute game but the creators of this game appear to be more interested in forcing you to give them your hard earned money rather than appeal to their audience. You'd think that with all the machete bashing, they would clue in. It is quite obvious that they do not care what we think.
There is so very little to purchase with your coins as 90% of the items require you to use gold bars.
I'm at a stand still for the next 2 days until my forge has completed my 1 machete. Only to use it, and have to wait another 2 days. Ugh, why I've been wasting my time on it is beyond me.

[SpiritC]

The game is a joke and not a good one. Ive basically already left it..my village is becoming overrun with red and magical mushrooms...I sign in every so often...IF I think of it..but am no longer wasting time with quests...the ones I have partially done require machettes to search for something....It will be a damn freezing day in hell before I waste real money on a game that blatantly gives a rats ass for what the players ask repeatedly for. I just cleaned up debrit and leveled up..and guess what..you no longer get machettes for levelling up now.....if you want a similar type of exploring, cleaning, building game that actually is NOT demanding real money and IS fun........btw GnomeTown devs..I understand you will have to look up that word "FAIR" in the dictionary, because there is noway in hell its in your daily vocabulary! There are a ton of new games starting every day or so on FB....so do yourselves a favour players...and check out your choices.....they actually know how to devlop games that are FUN without expecting anyone to put out real money for something designed by nobodies........afterall...IF the designers of this game were actually worth the price of a single machette...they wouldnt be designing free games for a free site.

SpiritC

[kontessa]

Another one bites the dust. -sigh- GnomeTown is taking out players left and right.

On another note, I have noticed a few here defending the game happen to be those who made it to 50 or close to 50 before the machete choke hold the developers put on us. Nice for them. Hope they choke once if ever new levels come out and they can't move without paying a lot for basic items!

[Jerolyn]

Cannot believe what it takes to acquire machetes. This could be a fun game if you could get the supplies quickly and easily for the tasks you need to complete. And to have a task take 48-72 hours is just ridiculous. About ready to give this up!

[Magieme]

I agree the time for the chopping and completing tasks it really too long. Also have tried for more friends thru that forum and got none. Think it is harder than it should be to get neighbours. Also GOLD well I think so many SILVER should make 1 gold so I can actually do things. With 2 friends and 1 gold how the heck do I save Private Squeekers. I enjoy the game but soon I will have so many things waiting for machets/gold/staff that it wont be worthwhile playing. Give your players a bit more incentive to continue PLEASE

[bebechat]

Yup, I quit last month because I refuse to pay their ridiculous price for both machetes and for special items. The costs are outrageous!!!!!! I had bought game cash before when the machetes were 7 gold bars. Once they went up to 28, I quit playing. They might think they have some people fooled in to paying that, but I refuse. And 15 is even ridiculous....they lowered the price because they probably seen they had a decrease in active players and less people buying them. I don't know anyone in their right mind that would spend that much on a pack of machetes....they don't last no time...what's the point!?! I was at level 38 when I stopped playing, which is a darn shame because the game is cute....

[bebechat]

Yup, I quit last month because I refuse to pay their ridiculous price for both machetes and for special items. The costs are outrageous!!!!!! I had bought game cash before when the machetes were 7 gold bars. Once they went up to 28, I quit playing. They might think they have some people fooled in to paying that, but I refuse. And 15 is even ridiculous....they lowered the price because they probably seen they had a decrease in active players and less people buying them. I don't know anyone in their right mind that would spend that much on a pack of machetes....they don't last no time...what's the point!?! I was at level 38 when I stopped playing, which is a darn shame because the game is cute....

[kontessa]

So many people leaving.... :( The developers really killed this game.

[kontessa]

The developers have done this on purpose they have made it so you can not really advance without paying for needed items with real cash.

The have also slowed the game down so they do not have to make more than 50 levels right now.

They want people to play to test a glitchy beta game for them with bad programming, bad support, and now bad basic quests.

[billy lytle]

it seems to me that most of the quest in the game have to do with searching the forest, but it is hard to do when machetes are so hard to come by, i love the game but am getting turned off because of the lack of machetes

[Ali332]

I feel the same and to make matters worse machetes for me have jumped from 7 gold to 15 gold for 10 This is really not fair

[Ali332]

I totally are with all the above. A good game being ruined by greed. One machete is nothing and to take so long at the forge. Even when you are rewarded at new level you only get 1. Get a grip developers and give us a good deal

[Karroll]

I agree that it should be easier to get machetes, I can only play the game for about 10 minutes twice a day and have to wait two days to explore. And then there are the staffing glitches! No wonder that I am losing neighbors! Hope I can keep some of the new ones to complete some of my quests. I don't have real money that I can spend on play gold, so I have to just play a few minutes a day. That's the way it is.

[kontessa]

They developers have done this on purpose they don't want you to be able to lvl without buying Machetes with gold = Cash. This is not on accident, not a mistake. They want you to spend money on a beta game full of glitches and horrible customer support.

That sounds ethical right? Right?

[kontessa]

I agree Ali, but really it is pointless as they don't care what players think. I think they have given up on this game too.

[dmerrymccuan]

i agree to all of the above. i think it's bs that they raised the price of the machetes, that they are not listening to our concerns, they just want us to spend money! most of the cute holiday stuff costs gold bars, not fair!!! oh, & the coins we get for finishing a quest is pointless!!! 5 coins as a reward, really?!?!?! wth?

[kikekke]

We have now settled the pricing of machetes for all Gnome Town players. Machetes will now cost 15 gold for a 10 pack. We apologize for the inconvenience & appreciate your patience.

the machetes were 7 gold bars

the daily bonus was a joke never got a machetes

cant do anything with out them so i no longer will be playing so much for a free game

they need to lower or let you find or make more machetes easer

[kontessa]

I actually paid the 7 for them and spent real money, have gold left even. However I am not going to pay 15 and when it comes to how many I would need the game is simply too broken and poorly managed for me to bother anymore. -sigh- So many people have quit.

[Arlydia]

I agree I haven' t gotten any where in a long time! with no machetes there is no use in playing this game! I am not going to spend my money on it! Take it off face book! I am going to delete it on my face book home page!!!!!!!!

[Stromfirth]

Have to agree here - thinking of giving up due to using loads of machetes and getting nothing in return!

[Stromfirth]

Same here - I would'nt mind so much if you bought machetes and they were o fany use. I have gone through 30 and found nothing - stuck now with a "explore the forest" quest, a spellbook and the games says i have a roof object, but it is'nt there! Pants! Thinking of leaving - shame as I enjoyed it...

[kontessa]

And the game looses yet more players. This sucks.

[Magieme]

I wanted to actually send a complaint direct to them re Matchets and finding enough people to staff what built. Had to join Playdom which thought already was then they sent me a survey re Gnome Town. I told them what was wrong and that not do anything. I also asked for a direct reply to my complaint to my email which I gave them. (I did this 2x in the survey) Be interesting if they actually listen but I am doubtful but live in hope. Yes after finish my Beacon I am out of here for a while then will see later if improve. Another player who like the game 'hits the dust'

[Jerolyn]

I loved this game in the beginning too, but now it is just boring. I can't do anything because I can't get machetes. I can't staff my buildings because I don't want to invite my friends to this game. I don't want to go on and only be able to clear debris. And come on, why does it have to take so long to clear some of those. And 48 hours to forge ONE machete...........

[miriamjd1]

Please, please cut down on the amount of mushrooms we have to clean up or let us clean them up faster than an hour.

And I don't want all those frog ponds and reeds!!!! Help.

[VickieS]

Another one bites the dust. -sigh- GnomeTown is taking out players left and right.

On another note, I have noticed a few here defending the game happen to be those who made it to 50 or close to 50 before the machete choke hold the developers put on us. Nice for them. Hope they choke once if ever new levels come out and they can't move without paying a lot for basic items!

I won't choke but thanks for your concern. I've never purchased anything with real money for two reasons, 1) why would I spend real money on a game that is still in Beta? That would be like going to a store and buying half of a video game and waiting months to buy the other half. and 2) why would I spend real money on a game I will never own and can be removed at anytime from FB by the developers or FB itself? I have moved up slowly but surely with no problems at all not buying anything with real money. I don't need instant gratification. I don't play the game for hours on end. I just visit it once or twice a day and move on. I also play other games on FB and earn FB credits by doing so to which I can use on any game including GT if I choose to. I have purchased many machete packs at 15 gold per pack. So no I doubt very much I will "choke" like you wish.

Do I defend the game? Nope not at all. I think the game has hit it's peak and will eventually fade away due to lack of communication, care or concern from Playdom. As a matter of fact, I have complained many times on here about the game. Don't mistake my opinion of your obvious bitterness due to wasting money on a game, as a defense of the game. It's not. It's an opinion and as they say, everyone has one. You claim to not be playing the game yet you feel the need to come to Playdom's forums almost everyday just so you can tell others how horrible you feel the game is in almost every topic. We get it, you spent real money and are now having buyers remorse. That's not Playdom's fault, that's yours. You made the choice to spend money they didn't force you. Many people have complained about the game and many have moved on from it.

I just don't see why you feel the need to come here and tell others how they should file useless complaints with the BBB because you feel cheated on a decision you made to spend your money on a Beta game. If you want to call that being defensive of the game so be it.

[roblsnead]

I think the forge should produce at least two machetes as well as give you two for each machete mission completed.

[Wild Ones rulz101]

Trying to get machetes has always been a struggle in this game. The developers have put quite a few new ways though. Now if you come on 5 times in a row you get two machetes which I don't think is bad. Some of the quests also award you with machetes. I know it is hard to get a lot of them, but if you play the game wisely it won't be that hard.

[Dragonfly46]

No we do not all get a bonus for coming on 5 times in a row - that option disappeared some time ago. That seems another unfair thing that some get a bonus for coming on every day and others do not.

[AngieDawn]

Part of the reason it's not out to everyone is because it's still not working right even for those who have it. I've got it and it seems the only day it works is on free topiary owl day, lol. Unless you just really really like topiary owls, then it's kinda useless in my opinion until they can get it fully functional.

[Wild Ones rulz101]

No we do not all get a bonus for coming on 5 times in a row - that option disappeared some time ago. That seems another unfair thing that some get a bonus for coming on every day and others do not.

Really? That's odd. I still get mine! I got mine yesterday. :confused:

[groovy deb]

still getting pissy about the machetes, i just earned two for levelling up and they disappeared. the one i got for forging for two days is still there, but as you need machetes for EVERYTHING i am not sure when i am going to use it. also can't staff my tavern. click on it, then click on to send the friend request and it won't do anything. getting kinda fed up, i love playing the game but have lately been harvesting crops and stuff just to pass the time for 24-48 hours because without machetes can't do anything. hopefully it will get fixed soon....
still don't get the daily bonuses either, and the gold situation really sux. haven't given this game a star rating yet because i like playing it but really don't like the pain in the ass bugs. don't want to give it a "1" but right now that's how i'm feeling....

[SusieHogie]

Is it possible to change the forging time from 48 to 24 hours and get two?

[tree777]

I am so tired of not getting anything. I have reached level 50 and now I get stupid quest. grow 400 of something and it takes 8 hrs. Not getting gold no machettes (spelling) Yea I am about over this game!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hbkm0mdee]

Is it possible to change the forging time from 48 to 24 hours and get two?

That would be awesome!!

[Torrent]

Had to laugh when I saw machete forge available to buy in market for 200 gold. With one machete every 48 hours it would take about 260 days to break even vs buying them directly for gold. Reminds me of payday loans or credit cards taking advantage of people who don't do the math.

[lottie8]

Get more friends, send them candy bags and polished metal. Use them to make machetes faster on your forge. Just note that the food count for speeding it up is the same for the first 24 hours so either do it right away or wait until the amount goes down.

The polished metal amount for my forge seems to vary from 10 to 20.

Someone posted about using 3 machetes in a row, not one or two at a time. It makes a difference. Move to a new spot if you don't find something after 3.

[melissa82686]

OK question...
since these are impossible to get.... what exactly am I looking for with the following missions? They seem pointless to me and I need to complete these...


1. Making Use of the Machetes - Explore the Enchanted Forrest
2. Searching for Mysteries - Explore With Your Machete
3. Into The Enchanted Forrest - Explore the Enchanted Forrest


anytime I use my machete I never get rid of these missions sooooo what am I searching for???

and it sucks because the other missions I have are
1. Finding a Fortress - Find a Fortress in the Forest
2. Find A Family - Find the Raccoon Family


So I'm also supposed to complete all these missions with 1 machete every two days?

[Vistal]

Why cant you make 5 machetes per 48 hours? wouldnt this make up for something? I dont get why you need 50 of these to complete like 3-4 quests but get 1 per 48 hours and 10 for 15 gold which is 15 lvl or so.

[AngieDawn]

With just those descriptions it's unfortunately been too long for me to remember exactly what they were. Jamdog has all the quests set up on his wikipage (http://gnometown.wikia.com/wiki/GnomeTown_Wiki) though so that may have the answers :-)

[melissa82686]

ok I'll check thanks :)
I feel like I'm just wasting machetes trying to find whatever it is i need to look for
thats all the game says!

[AngieDawn]

It can definitely feel that way! One thing to keep in mind is that no matter what the item is, there's no set place for it. I may find it on the east side of my town but yours may be on the south side. No matter where you use the machete, it will eventually trigger as long as you follow a few helpful hints (and of course as long as there are no glitches!)

- Make sure to use your machetes back to back. Using just one machete and then leaving the game will more than likely start the process all over again when you come back.
- Keeping that in mind, make sure you have at least 10 or so machetes on hand before you begin a search. You won't normally need 10 but it's a good round number to have.
- If a machete swipe brings up reeds, pebbles, or large mushrooms...cut somewhere else next. Staying in that spot runs the risk of finding a pond (or other item) instead of the item you need
- If you haven't run into any problem areas and have used 10 back to back, stop searching. Look on the known issues page or here on the boards to find out if there's a bug.

Hope some of that helps too!

[BarbaraMurg]

I agree - makes the game harder as tasks keep stacking up. Why not enable players to gift machetes, even if only 1 a day!

[Cruzin12]

Not only are they very hard to come by, taking 2 days to build one and then you click to get prizes from houses, fruit or whatever and it uses a machete that you never intended on using yet. I have lost MANY and really, come up with something to fix this, please! AND more ways to get machetes. I am NOT going to use money to buy any, not now, not ever!

[Kezza55]

At the moment I don't get any bonuses for coming back each and every day except when I visit my neighbours. But still manage to level up and eventually get a machete. Also grow stuff and hurry up production of machetes with food.

[doctor281_]

Alright....This game used to be oodles of fun, and the excitement of what I could find in the forest was overwhelming..( Im amused by small things..)..However,
the fact that machetes are hard to come by is almost ridiculous...Its made this game almost ....DUMB! ( for lack of a better word...) Everyday I clear stuff, and collect
and FOR WHAT? I beg the makers of this game ...RECONSIDER! If you think people will pay real money to play this game..YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!

[wendylf]

I agree. Everything revolves around having machetes. I have so many quests to complete because I need machetes. Lack of machetes makes the game frustrating, which means ppl quit. I don't come on FB to be frustrated.

[blahblahblah91]

I just registered to complain about the machete's as well but now my complaint are the dumb math questions that are required to join their forum! I hate math and what a way to make an adult feel stupid >:{ I stopped playing a number of months ago due to machete's not being available, I now see they are worse then before I left-a 10 pack WAS 7 gold, now it's 15-and gold was easier to come by, now I haven't gotten 1. I REFUSE to put money into a game on FB, especially with issues it has. Way to go Disney!

[dcatsrme]

Trying to get machetes has always been a struggle in this game. The developers have put quite a few new ways though. Now if you come on 5 times in a row you get two machetes which I don't think is bad. Some of the quests also award you with machetes. I know it is hard to get a lot of them, but if you play the game wisely it won't be that hard.

i play this game everyday multiple times and i have never got a log in bonus!

[lildeb52]

Has anybody heard about the 27 pumpkins getting you machetes?....I saw it on a thread but I don't understand how it works. Please help!

[mikeblaze1448]

I agree with you, but what the creators of this game really wants, is for you to spend real money to buy more Machetes, that's the bottom line. And on top of it all Machetes they sell, vary according to where you live.

[jgnome]

27 (26 1/2) in fact pumpkins = produces enough food to speed make 10 machetes - while i was waiting for levels to go up i looked in every couple of days and set new pumpkins off, i had 12 helpers doing that and 1 helper on the machete machine, it worked out at about 13 - 14 machetes a week which i saved living in hope lol.
Kumquats give the best return on food but you have to look in on the game more often and the pumpkins suited me as they where the same time as the machete maker. Now i'm moving again i'm taking it bit slower and doing the other quests inbetween. :-)

[octaviarain]

I think they should allow us to clean up our neighbors yards, with neighbor okaying this of course, and let the neighbor keep all the goodies that come from clearing, but give the helping neighbor say 2 machettes for every 200 items cleaned up, allowing you only to go there once a day, because a lot of friends AREN'T able to clean up all their stuff due to work or school schedules, so yes, this WOULD be a helpful thought. But like you, I won't pay them for the gold bars, first of all, they charge WAY too much, and second, like you, I have wasted LOTS of machettes to find nothing at all.

[Tori306009]

Is there any way to got more machetes, like when you level up, get more the one when you make them, or something! I like the game but I have about 5-7 quests waiting to be done and I can't get anymore machetes to finish them! If something doesn't change soon I'm going to stop playing because this is starting to get stupid, you give us quest to search the forest and find things in the forest and don't give us anything to do it with. Some people like me play these games for fun and not to blow money on gold to get machetes, I'm really starting to hate this game! Please do something to fix it soon!

[killerargue]

Hey Tori,

Machetes are sometimes frustrating but you can overcome this madness with a little patience. First, there's a whole thread about machete related discussions here (http://forum.playdom.com/showthread.php?67439-Machete-Discussion-Thread&p=726375#post726375). Second, there's another thread here (http://forum.playdom.com/showthread.php?57997-Guide-Machetes-and-how-to-get-them.-(1-or-more-machete(s)-a-day)&p=612657#post612657) that shows you how to get machetes in the game. In summary, machetes are hard to come by, but saving and generating them do help a bit more with the "madness."

Best,
Argue

[MrFunky]

Thanks for that post Argue! :D Now i know when to save the machetes i bought.

[kamilah]

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You need to give us more machetes, instead of having us buy them all the time. Maybe reduce the price. All these new quests and the machetes we need is getting ridiculous. Try playing it yourself and you will see what I am talking about.
Give us more machetes, or reduce the time on the forge. I love the game, but if this keeps up, I won't anymore. I'm not spending any more money on gold bars for machetes, my hubby is getting pissed off.
Kamilah

[cazbarr]

I have to totally agree with you. We are not given any machettes at higher levels, but we are given many tasks that require them.

I don't play half as much as I used to due to this fact and I know many of my friends don't play as much either.

The game has become extremely BORING now. Playdom do not care about it's players, I know this via the emails I have sent them in the past, you get a standard non personal reply regardless of your question/complaint.

All they care about is how much money they make from us. Well, they are getting no more money from me and I am now considering deleting the game totally.

[jan76513]

I really like this game but I live on a limited income of Social Security and do not have enough money to spend to purchase items for any game. I think it is not fare that it is very hard to produce machetes and it takes two days. Why is it like this? Please do something to fix this we need to be able to get them in a much easier way. I think it would be good to reduce the production time to half and then the amount that you produce each time should be 5. I know you can buy them with gold bars too, but it takes so long to get those. If you want to lose a lot of your players or only have them play once or twice a week instead of a couple times a day then I suggest you not change anything but if you want us to stay then please fix the problem. Thank You so much for giving me the time and place to blow off my steam. pleaseeee fix the problems

[momwrabbit]

i too am having issues with the number of quests that are requiring increasingly more machetes but you have increased the cost but not increased the ways to earn machetes. i have become increasingly frustrated with the game and am find that i play it less often as it has become a chore instead of a pleasant game of diversion.

[Gidget81]

I agree I'm going t stop playing cause I have been saving my gold to buy more machetes and now they have ripped me off 4 gold I have leveled up twice have even clicked on my gold that they give you every time you level up and I'm still at 13 gold I should have 17 I want my gold it's not like you gave us enough MACHETES to were losing my gold is okay!!!! OH by the way letting us make 1 Machete every 38 hours is a joke REALLY!!

[wendylf]

I'm with you. This could be a fun game, but I have so many quests I can't finish because it takes too long to get the machetes. I've tried deleting some of the Halloween stuff and mines so I have more room for "food crops", so I can at least speed up the machete production, but it seems you can't delete them. One frustration after another. As a FORMER competitor game player, I know what happens when you frustrate the players. Most everyone I know who playED that game has left now. Are you watching, GnomeTown?!

[DistressedGnome]

I think you guys are forgetting that they need to make profit some way (you must know how gnomes are up for profit...), and currently it seems they do it via selling machetes.

In my opinion the rate on how you can get machetes is okayish - not that I would complain if we got more. However, I agree that the game IS boring once you hit the spot where you gain machetes only rarely from quests & levels. They should have some things you could do while you're waiting for machetes to build up. I'm not sure what this "other" could be, but possibly all sorts of minigames. Stuff where you can waste time for some gain.

That's what this game needs if they want to be this stingy with machetes :)

[bulldog61799]

I give up! 12 unfinished quests ALL requiring machetes! DONE! Drop me a line if you ever decide to give out more machetes. PATHETIC!

[MrFunky]

I give up! 12 unfinished quests ALL requiring machetes! DONE! Drop me a line if you ever decide to give out more machetes. PATHETIC!

It's the way Playdom makes money to make it a regular game in the near future instead of a beta. I am with u there bull, but i don't complain about it. Send a ticket to playdom and tell them why it's pathetic.

That's my side of the gnome town story. :rolleyes: :)

[theebz]

It was fun until I got the machete forge and now we have to wait 2 days to get 1. Sounds pretty greedy to me to make people pay for facebook coins then to buy gold coins and then buy the machetes which i noticed they have raised the price Damn you Disney!!!!!!!!!!!!:(

[kandyluver2007]

Most of my quests in this game require me to use machetes. I'm finding it very hard to get any further in the game when I'm only supplied with one machete every other day. Is there a way we could forge more at once or it takes less time to forge them?

[marshal dillon]

I totally agree. I have been playing gnometown for less than a week. FUN game but lack of machetes will get me to lose interest in a short amount of time.

[Shirley 57]

Me too, I find that after doing my initial clear up when I log back in, there's nothing much to do. More machetes needed!!!

[Master Craft]

Same here! This is not a new suggestion but yeah we all need more.

[nymormon]

It is hard to gain machetes. It takes 48 hours to get one, and I have at least 4 quests that require machetes. I can explore only 2-3 times a week, so it is taking months to finish these quests. We should get more machetes more often -- perhaps once a day when we log in the first time, or maybe if we've logged in every day for 5 days. Something to make it a bit easier to play. I am getting so tired of trying to finish these quests. I doubt I'll ever finish them at the rate I'm going.

[lisascott68]

im also having problems with the machetes! so much that im thinking of blocking the game!!!!!!!!! because, the quests are pilling up! ive got so many that i need and cant get! its sooooooooo frusterating!!!!!

[superfrog]

i agree with ashleighirvine machettes should be silver not gold i am hard pressed to get anywhere

[InsaneKitty]

One thing I have been doing is stock piling food, then using food to speed up the machete making process so I can explore quicker.

[midget]

At first this game seemed really fun and I had one of those addiction reactions but the bugs aren't worked out yet and I don't get my gifts sometimes when the game fritzes out... so to do quests and about anything else I have to have machetes.. you limit them so much that I have to buy them with my credit card if I am going to be able to do anything... and I have to get a bunch of people to join me so I have enough friends to staff.... NO THANKS... I don't spend real $$ unless the game has had new game bugs worked out and its not ripping me off for everything else and if it were as fun as I first thought (when I had machetes, days ago) I would be making all my friends join up to play but as it is I told them that I would try it out and let them know later ... sorry guys... its way to spendy and boring if your not spending..

[TottWriter]

I agree with the fact we need more machetes. Obviously free games need to have a way of generating income somehow, but that should be achieved by a balance, where players are happy to pay something to help keep it going because they WANT to, not because they have to if they want to enjoy the game.

Personally, I make a point of never giving anything to games which make my playing time a drag unless I constantly plough in funds. Plenty of other people are the same. I don't think that machetes should be available simply for in-game currency, because that obviously defeats the point of them being a source of income. But I do think that you should get one every day that you log in, or after two days, because exploring is such a major part of the game's core mechanic. Alternatively, make it so that you can send/receive three or four each day.

For me, it's also off-putting to know that every building needs a lot of friends to staff it, and for each position I can't muster up a friend who will reply, it's going to cost me 7 gold. That, in my opinion, is too high a fee. Either reduce the number of staff needed, or drop the fee to something more reasonable, say, three or four gold. Even five would look better.

At the moment, the ratio of items for which you need to pay real money is far too high, given how little gold you are given by levelling up or completing quests. I have paid for browser games in the past, but I would never shell out my money for Gnome Town as it is, because I feel like I'm being ripped off.

[Vistal]

I truly think im done. This whole 1 machete per 2 days and have to find like 15 more things in the woods is Dumb.We need 5 machetes per 2 days or im done with this game.I dont Suggest anyone dumping money into this .

[Kiralyn]

I'm just going to play other games. I'll check in once a day to have my troops harvest and one at the forge; maybe in a month I'll have enough machetes to do something. Really disappointing.......not even having neighbors helps.

[ann onnamus]

I am another one who is not happy with the ratio of machetes received compared to the number required in game. It is really skewed way out of proportion. In order to cure the little raccoon inside the briar patch, you have to have 5 magical mushrooms...which only show up about once every 4 or 5 times you clear the forest. That doesn't include all the times you have to use machetes just to find his family and then his cage. There are quests just to explore the forest, which is a bit redundant considering the number of quests that have you explore the forest in order to find items. Now, there's the Christmas quest...which has a time limit...which I, for one, will not be doing. Why? Because it requires machetes which I do not have and cannot afford to purchase with the gold I currently have in stock. I do not intend to spend what little money I have in order to buy gold for this game. It would require a lot of gold.
It costs 15 gold to buy a 10 pack. Which is fine, not saying it's a bad deal. However, it takes just about as long to save up that much gold (which is not awarded fast enough, IMO) as it does to obtain machetes. Why not offer packs of 2 machetes for 3 gold, or 5 for 7 gold, or other purchase options? That would be much more reasonable, and more manageable as well. I can make them, and I don't have a problem with having to make my own machetes. However, it takes 48 hours to make one machete. Why not cut that back to 24 hours per machete...or, alternatively, awarding us 3 machetes per 48 hours worth of work? Another option to make the game a bit more balanced would be to make the machetes last for more than just a one-time use. How about making it possible to clear 3 areas per machete? I'd even settle for 2 areas per machete...it would be better than what we have currently.
I don't have a problem with Playdom support answering me...they have been very good about fixing problems in a timely manner, or with providing me with a satisfactory response about why my issue isn't resolved/how long it will take to resolve. I wouldn't expect them to respond to every whinge and complaint about how the game should be set up or played...but it would be very nice if they let us know they heard our feedback and were taking the matter into consideration, or to tell us why they wouldn't be changing the situation. Not by individual mails, which would be far too much work and take up to much time, but perhaps in a weekly/bi-monthly/monthly status report posted here in the forums?
I do like the game (other than the machete issue, that is) and would really like to be able to continue playing. I just can't see any point in doing so, to tell the truth. It just isn't satisfactorily entertaining the way things now stand.
Thank you forums, for letting me make my opinion known.

[JoKo]

The problem with machetes and now pickaxes is that they come to infrequently and NO-ONE wants to use gold to buy them. I would much rather spend my gold on other items but never get a chance to because all my extra gold goes to buying machetes or pickaxes. The game is very frustrating because of this and many of my friends have stopped playing because of this issue. Please consider changing it.

[atimom]

I think this is a good game but the silly thing is the machetes, you should be able to buy them with silver as you could be waiting a very long time to proceed.

I agree. I have so much silver and only 1 gold. I have numerous quests to explore, at least 5 or 6. It would be really awesome if we could buy more machetes, or even gold, using our silver.
Thanks.

[Valerie Jean Douglas]

I came to the conclusion that this game is a waste of time because of the lack of machetes. I've now quit.

[ImMeMe]

I'm ready to quit also. It is ridiculous the amount of time to make machetes. 48 hours for ONE machete? It takes forever to get one and then it takes more than one to find anything you need to finishe a quest! :mad:

[miss_mer_mer]

I really do like this game, but I am about to quit playing. I have several quests in which I have to explore the forest....but I have no machetes. I have to find Hildegard (?) in the mine....but no pick axe and no way to buy any more. I have no gold...maybe one or two bars. Leveling up is slow in coming because I can't finish quests. I can't complete my blacksmith shop because it won't let me send requests to my friends to staff it. I have so many bases for buildings that I can't complete because I can't explore the forest. For such a crucial part of the game, the machetes and pick axes are VERY hard to come by. And, being that I just got out of college and don't have a job yet, I can't afford to pay REAL money to play a game.

[MrFunky]

Sorry to hear that :(.

[rosequilts]

I can see that people have been asking for more machetes since August. Evidently we aren't going to get any. This is a cute game, but I am "stuck" because I have a zillion quests that require me to explore and I have no machetes. I play quite a few games on Facebook and this is the only game that is impossible to play without spending real money. I do occasionally spend money on facebook games, but I do not plan to spend any money on this game, mainly due to the fact that it takes so many machetes to find one item. It's crazy. It takes soooo long to get one machete, and then, poof, it's gone and all that are found are more leaves and more mushrooms.

It would seem more reasonable to award several machetes when leveling up, and also to give machetes for finishing quests and turning in collections. It would be nice also to get more machetes from the forge.

[ashf2f]

How can a game make 98% of their goals needing machetes? This is ridiculous. I'm about to quit playing because I never move forward in the game and Playdom is apparently too lazy to answer a simple request.

[Lady Esme]

I agree! Machetes should be much more accessible than they are. They should be able to be purchased with silver coins and they should be giftable.

I'm so glad I'm not the only frustrated with this part of the game. I'm to the point where I can't complete any goals because I don't have any machetes and can't afford to use real money to buy gold to buy the, in my opinion, overpriced packages...

[Ange17]

I have about 7 quests that require machetes, just used 4 machetes and found - NOTHING!!! so annoying :(

Also have several building that need 'staffing' but do not have enough friends who play because a lot have quit for the same reasons :(

So unless I pay a lot of money to buy gold to staff my buildings and hire machetes this game is unplayable :(

[itsasne]

I can see that people have been asking for more machetes since August. Evidently we aren't going to get any. This is a cute game, but I am "stuck" because I have a zillion quests that require me to explore and I have no machetes. I play quite a few games on Facebook and this is the only game that is impossible to play without spending real money. I do occasionally spend money on facebook games, but I do not plan to spend any money on this game, mainly due to the fact that it takes so many machetes to find one item. It's crazy. It takes soooo long to get one machete, and then, poof, it's gone and all that are found are more leaves and more mushrooms.

It would seem more reasonable to award several machetes when leveling up, and also to give machetes for finishing quests and turning in collections. It would be nice also to get more machetes from the forge.

I soooo agree with al of U!
I realize all I do in this game is clear debris (a LOT of them) and collecting from the houses, that's all... No fun at all!!
I think I also be quiting to a more funny game instead, too bad, I like the design of the game.... :(

[coolncool]

I agree..its too hard to get machetes. It makes me want to give up on this game even though I like it. We shouldnt have to pay for them

[Wild Ones rulz101]

I agree..its too hard to get machetes. It makes me want to give up on this game even though I like it. We shouldnt have to pay for them

You shouldn't give up because something is hard. That make it more of a challenge! =]

[KimDe]

I have some goals that required using a machete, and when I used one the goal was never considered complete. Takes too long to get machetes and it's getting boring only to be able to clean around the place. Guess I am done playing. Sorry.

[lilem99]

i am also frustrated with the machetes, snow shovels and pick axes. I currently have 13 different quests to find a machete, 1 igloo quest to find snow shovels and 1 cave quest to find hildegarde with pick axes. I think the forger takes too long to make machetes and it should give you more then 1 when its done. I was playing my moms gnome town the other day when I found the igloo. It gave me 81 snow shovels and I was able to search alot. I was really happy. Then i was playing my gnome town a few days later and I found my igloo. I only got 17 snow shovels and I ran out quickly trying to look for things. So I now know that it must have been some kind of lucky glitch on my moms game. I was playing from the same computer. I broke down and bought the 10 pack of machetes for 15 gold and I only found 2 things. It is really frustrating where sometime I dont even feel like playing anymore. I have to wait 2 days just to get 1 machete...

[MrFunky]

wow! :eek:

[johnnykoo]

As said earlier, you're supposed to get all your helpers to grow food to speed up the machete forge. Yes, every 2 days my helper at the forge makes 1 machete. But then I also have enough food by the time the forge is ready to speed up at least 6 more (limitation on polished metal).

[GIR]

i recently got back into the game after a few months hiatus and still the machete stuff is frustrating. in 3 minutes i went through 12 machetes looking for some piece in the forest. in 48 hours i was able to make just 1 machete, which doesn't really help at all. i'm pretty backed up in missions i can't do because of machete shortage. i would like more drop rates or even machetes as a reward when finishing a task. all i can do now is keep on cleaning my town and hope for the best.

[mafia chic 1]

I agree as well, it's pretty aggravating to try and play the game when you have to wait to receive machetes. We should be able to use the coins because I have plenty of those. Besides, I'm a college student who has no money to spend on a game that is only for pure entertainment. I like the game but I do sometimes get a little discouraged with playing because it is hard to get more machetes with out having to purchase them.

[johnnykoo]

Guys, there is no need to purchase machetes. Just harvest crops/bushes for food and use the food to speed up the forge. This way, you should get at least 6 every couple of days.