Suggestion: make it clear that Cow from Prize Machine is a decal

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I feel stupid.
I genuinely thought that "Cow" prize-for-ticket is an actual cow.
And was about to ask the community about what would gonna happen if I'll claim it without Barn slots available.

[Bnn1]

Its sad to see that the prizes from the prize machine are trivial rewards, I catch myself more often than not just hoarding these tickets just because the rewards are so useless. Farming tickets for getting mostly cosmetics and a few sprinklers isn't really worth it. Now it would give you 2 or 4 iridium sprinklers early on it would be a different thing

TLDR rewards need to be better in general.

[ChrillBill]

lol

I knew it was a decal, because it was used in a twitter post from CA long before the update came out. Still, I can see why some people are disappointed...

Though, I can't help but to giggle about it

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by Ben1:

Its sad to see that the prizes from the prize machine are trivial rewards, I catch myself more often than not just hoarding these tickets just because the rewards are so useless. Farming tickets for getting mostly cosmetics and a few sprinklers isn't really worth it. Now it would give you 2 or 4 iridium sprinklers early on it would be a different thing

TLDR rewards need to be better in general.

There seems be pool of one time rewards (including books) and at the end the reward is +/- reduced to repeated list:

- indoor flower (useles decoration)
- pirate treasure (5k g)
- stradrop tea
- iridium sprinkler
- 15x large bomb
- 4x mysterious box
- 5x iridium bar

For me it is pretty worthy and thsoe rewards are quite good addition most of time, I got the 5x bars and sprinkler somehwere mid y1 first time and it was well welcomed among many other things.

[red255]

sigh, give someone extra free stuff and they still find a way to complain.

I'm sure theres some RNG manipulation speed run guide to get hundreds of sprinklers out of the prize box before summer year 1.

[Dlanor]

Originally posted by Ben1:

Its sad to see that the prizes from the prize machine are trivial rewards, I catch myself more often than not just hoarding these tickets just because the rewards are so useless. Farming tickets for getting mostly cosmetics and a few sprinklers isn't really worth it. Now it would give you 2 or 4 iridium sprinklers early on it would be a different thing

TLDR rewards need to be better in general.

It's literally free bonus rewards tacked onto a game where you had plenty of rewards before the system even existed. You have more money than you know what to do with before long, if anything they need to lower rewards.

[ChrillBill]

I still can't get over that the OP thought they were getting an actual cow

[red255]

I haven;t gotten over the fact the game got a free update close to a decade after its release

[ChrillBill]

I was just picturing myself them sitting there thinking;
Ooh, a cow! Finally some milk to the farm! ... WTF it's just a sticker?!

[JVC]

Some of the things are ok. The wiki has a list of the possible rewards:
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Prize_Ticket

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Goodness gracious... Just when I decided to take a nap...

Originally posted by red255:

sigh, give someone extra free stuff and they still find a way to complain.

If it looks like a cow and have assumed cost of a cow, then it should be a cow.
I don't wage war against Common Sense. As a matter of fact, I have indefinite peace treaty with it.

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

I was just picturing myself them sitting there thinking;
Ooh, a cow! Finally some milk to the farm! ... WTF it's just a sticker?! :twopointrage:
:laughing_yeti:

I've built T2 Barn and started saving for Auto Grabber instead of pimping my Coop further or grinding for Iridium Sprinklers / Bus repair / proper sword / whatever because of this oddity :| Didn't turned in any tickets for months (it's still Year 1 on this save) :|

[Queen Droxxanna]

its a picture of a cow you can put on the wall in your house. There is also one of a large fish you get from somewhere.

[TamanduaGirl]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

I was just picturing myself them sitting there thinking;
Ooh, a cow! Finally some milk to the farm! ... WTF it's just a sticker?! :twopointrage:
:laughing_yeti:

I was watching a streamer last night and he tried to put it in his barn. Chat had to inform him.

Originally posted by DrinkFromTheCup:

Goodness gracious... Just when I decided to take a nap...

Originally posted by red255:

sigh, give someone extra free stuff and they still find a way to complain.

If it looks like a cow and have assumed cost of a cow, then it should be a cow.
I don't wage war against Common Sense. As a matter of fact, I have indefinite peace treaty with it.

I assumed they were referring to the subsequent comments saying the rewards are disappointing. Rather than your confusion with the cow.

The rewards can be pretty good on a new game. I can see how they might not seem like much when sticking with an old farm. But it's something you get extra on tasks you were already doing in a new game anyway.

[V.V.]

Imagine how insulted Marnie would be if you could exchange TICKETS for a real cow? She might just have to murder Lewis...

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Well, Pierre is OK with Lewis giving (VERY costy) tree saplings left and right.
Willy is OK with Lewis giving away smokers (10k Gold for just a recipe).
Mr Qi himself is fine with Lewis's premature issuing of blue boxes.
If Marnie would go grouchy on this situation, Lewis sure can calm her down. He knows how.

[ChrillBill]

Originally posted by TamanduaGirl:

I was watching a streamer last night and he tried to put it in his barn. Chat had to inform him.

l...m...a...o!