Harvesting a field, until which month????

[Shaldoryn]

I see harvesting part of Autumn (sept-nov)... as it's my first year, I could only seed very late... like too late... wanted to wait Nov to force harvesting... oh what a surprise that I lost all the crops because they prepared the field for 2nd year but.. already beginning October.
The info is REALLY unclear.
I'm also an idiot, but it's unclear, still.

[redhongkong]

i think the game says before winter
(i didnt pay attention, but i guess most ppl will miss the harvest in first year if u build field way too big)

[Shaldoryn]

winter is december....
I built the size the "tutorial" tooltip said, size was ok, it's just I discover the game, and from the month the game starts and the time I find my marks and decide to make a field, it's way too late in the season already... needs extra guidance for newbies I think, Or start the game earlier in the season

[solarism]

well you learned it by doing wrong, what's the problem with that?

[Shaldoryn]

Originally posted by solarism:

well you learned it by doing wrong, what's the problem with that?

It's one word: frustration :)
The best is to learn by doing it right, because there was a good teaching. That's a big fail in this game, but as it's AA, I don't mind for now.. especially because the game overall looks like a quality product, something rarely seen these years.

[yuemoon06]

I don't start farms till after a few years and I got my population up. If you have enough people it should be around November at the latest you plant a new crop. Before the snow falls. If you plant it early in the year after the snow melts (February/March) you'll only get about half of what you wanted to grow if you pull it in September.
I did try to the farm right away method during beta and didn't get very much the first year of growing anything and if i remember right, almost died cause i wasn't doing anything else for food right away.

[OWL]

Yeah exact same just happened to me.

[redhongkong]

ok i just tested,
it seems u have to harvest at Sept
oct will rotate out, and start plowing and sowing for next year

[Trien]

sad thing is, all the familes seem to do nothing but wait in between. I mean wtf do they do when you have the 1 field fallow and you only have 1 field atm?

[redhongkong]

i think for first year farming, u wait till oct and then throw in 1 or 2 farming family.
u make total of 9 fields at size of 0.5 morgen
(plant each vegetation on 0.5m field and fallow for 2 years, rotate them so u get to plant 3fields each year)
1family should be able to do 0.5 morgen each month

dec when snow drops, they stop working, u can remove them til next spring, and throw them back into work

not 100% sure (im still testing atm)

[datCookie]

You're not going to be farming in your first year. Focus on foraging, hunting and housing extensions to get you through until you can set up a farm in your second year to maximise its yield

[PY5RA]

Maybe get 2-3 fields ? And rotate their fallows

[Ronin]

Originally posted by Trien:

sad thing is, all the familes seem to do nothing but wait in between. I mean wtf do they do when you have the 1 field fallow and you only have 1 field atm?

Don't have them employed once the crops are sown. Send them to construction or another job.

[Jerrymooncock]

From my experience for 2 years now, I had like 3-4 fields FULL, when September hit, they all ran out to harvest with 10 families, then all of a sudden the second it hits October ALL of the fields just die and the thousands of grain i had just dissapear.

[redhongkong]

the "sept only", harvest mechanic is really bad atm. u cant harvest at aug if u plant them early. they all push into sept even if u planted them oct last year.

for maximum efficiency u have to focus on 2 months march and september

throw in 8 family at Mar and recall them when they are done with plowing and sowing, throw in 8 family at sept to harvest and recall them again.

its bit too much micro management

[OWL]

Originally posted by Jerrymonrock:

From my experience for 2 years now, I had like 3-4 fields FULL, when September hit, they all ran out to harvest with 10 families, then all of a sudden the second it hits October ALL of the fields just die and the thousands of grain i had just dissapear.

Yeah this is the main problem, its instant.