Scarecrow

[Scoutpie]

does anyone feel that the change from a range of 20 to a range of 8 a bit drastic? can't we settle on 10? i mean it is such a nicer number.

[sdarkpaladin]

It's not a change from 20 to 8. It was 10 before but was worded incorrectly. It was nerfed from 10 to 8. That said, i would like 10 too.

[PsychGamer]

I think 8 tiles in every direction is fair enough; I've not had any issues with them, so far, and have never lost a crop to crows. If it is really an issue, just use more scarecrows. It isn't like the materials to make them are rare.

[Scoutpie]

Originally posted by PsychGamer:

I think 8 tiles in every direction is fair enough; I've not had any issues with them, so far, and have never lost a crop to crows. If it is really an issue, just use more scarecrows. It isn't like the materials to make them are rare.

actualy i think you will find it is 8 titles in a circal, which means only the four cardanal directions are 8 tiles

Originally posted by sdarkpaladin:

It's not a change from 20 to 8. It was 10 before but was worded incorrectly. It was nerfed from 10 to 8. That said, i would like 10 too.

and it was 20 even says so in the patch

the reason i would like 10 is because it makes for nicer looking layouts

[Thudd]

It's 8 tiles in any direction. I personally haven't had any issues

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by Thudd:

It's 8 tiles in any direction. I personally haven't had any issues

Not any direction; you only get 6 in diagonals.

http://stardewvalleywiki.com/mediawiki/images/f/f9/Scarecrow_Range.png

The actual area scarecrows cover is rather counterintuitive.

[PureOrionBelt]

Originally posted by Scoutpie:

Originally posted by PsychGamer:

I think 8 tiles in every direction is fair enough; I've not had any issues with them, so far, and have never lost a crop to crows. If it is really an issue, just use more scarecrows. It isn't like the materials to make them are rare.

actualy i think you will find it is 8 titles in a circal, which means only the four cardanal directions are 8 tiles

Originally posted by sdarkpaladin:

It's not a change from 20 to 8. It was 10 before but was worded incorrectly. It was nerfed from 10 to 8. That said, i would like 10 too.

and it was 20 even says so in the patch

the reason i would like 10 is because it makes for nicer looking layouts

It was 20 diameter before... that is 10 in one direction.

That being said, I think it is too large. Should be more like 5-6 block like

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Makes more sense to have a scarecrow in the middle of a field than it does in the middle of a few fields.

[Mickey]

i think they should tone down the need for scarecrows altogether - right now you need way too many and it looks kind of ugly to have so many

[Thudd]

But... I like my rarecrows.

[itssirtou]

I just don't like how they skip the corners...

[Hextravert]

In the beginning, I was under the impression it affected only the 8 adjacent tiles.

At one point I almost had more scarecrows and (basic) sprinklers than crops.

So I don't think I could ever complain about its area of effect.

Originally posted by Scoutpie:

does anyone feel that the change from a range of 20 to a range of 8 a bit drastic? can't we settle on 10? i mean it is such a nicer number.

[rincewind]

I would love two things regarding scarecrows.

1 - A grid showing the reach when placing it.
2 - Bigger radious, because my crops keeps vanishing and I suspect that crows are the culpits, but I don't want to put scarecrows everywhere. I already have too many. It's like a scarecrow farm.

[Mickey]

Originally posted by rincewind:

I would love two things regarding scarecrows.

1 - A grid showing the reach when placing it.
2 - Bigger radious, because my crops keeps vanishing and I suspect that crows are the culpits, but I don't want to put scarecrows everywhere. I already have too many. It's like a scarecrow farm.

i wonder if theres a mod that either expands scarecrow range or remove the crows because its majorly annoying and i really hate having to have so many

[Scoutpie]

Originally posted by rincewind:

I would love two things regarding scarecrows.

1 - A grid showing the reach when placing it.
2 - Bigger radious, because my crops keeps vanishing and I suspect that crows are the culpits, but I don't want to put scarecrows everywhere. I already have too many. It's like a scarecrow farm.

i love this grid idea. even if they gave use the grid as a toggleable feature so it made desighning stuff easier.

maybe a sqaure radiuse instead of a circal, as the spriklers are squares so it would make sence