visitors

[Devs]

hmm think im missing something,how do we get visitors and why is sand teepee etc needed?

[YuffieG]

I'm not sure what you mean regarding the sand teepee to enable visitors. The only thing you need to do is to set your farm to local/public/private depending on what settings you prefer. Local is for offline play where you get no visitors, public is your farm is open for anyone to visit and Private only allows people on your friend list to visit.

Also you'll need to set the type of permissions you want visitors to have. There are different types of permissions, all of which are explained in the "How to play" section of the pause menu.

Also, just a side note, but to change permissions of your farm, you must be logged out of your farm and on the main screen. Navigate towards My Farms, (I'm sorry but I play on a controller so I'm not sure what the keyboard option is) chose the "details" option and then below your farm details there are the options to change farm permissions.

Another thing to let you know. If you're a low level you might not get many visitors. I didn't start getting any visitors until I hit around level 80. And even now, I may get one or two visitors but I don't get loads. I think it's because there's not really much of an incentive to visit other farms apart from a lightning boost that gives you more xp and resources as you're harvesting stuff on your own farm.

[cynergy]

The higher level your farm is, the more visitors you'll receive. Players find that lower level farms have less jobs to do.

None of the decorations is necessary. They're optional, only.

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by Devs:

how do we get visitors

Either you have a big large farm that may get interest for visitors just in need of a quick boost, or by showcasing a nice looking farm by pics on your Steam profile and / or in the showcase your farm forum.

I personally visit farms that are ONLY set to plant AND harvest, because farms with harvest only, depending on your luck, you may find only empty fields, should the owner beeing idle...
Ofc setting your farm to plant and harvest may lead you with some desillusions with what visitors have planted, so that's a difficult choice, but also I have seen nicely organised farms with signs of what is wanted in each fields, and I love those, because by following those signs, you never feel bad about what you do.

Originally posted by Devs:

why is sand teepee etc needed?

Not sure to understand, because sand - teepee etc are purely decorative. So they have no use, thus not needed.
But players like me love to play a game of a decorative farm, instead of a [functional] & [efficient] farm. While I like to visit those for my boost, I personally would have no fun at all playing on boring large squares of fields and the same rectangles of trees in line...

My forrests are a mix of trees and a nightmare to harvest, but damn, do I love the look of that.
Example of that :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1572946992
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1572947075
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1572947032
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1565771093
EDIT : My farm is currently set to [Local] because I want to be very proud of what visitors will be able to see, thus mine is not vailable for any visit yet.

[Shady Dog]

I find visitors are random, some people think they know what attractss visitors. But the fact is some visitors want to get the xp bonus and others want to look for interesting farms. Personally I like interesting farms and not necessarily flat boring farms for xp bonus, this is not a type game that you really need to level up that much, once you reach a certain level you get everything unlocked. To me it is more a 'make things cool looking' game.

[Vips]

Your Level doesnt even matter... I'm 70 and had never visitors. It's all about the Guest Book, I think <.<

[Chief Kay Strongbow]

My farm is level 71 and I have only had 3 visitors. If people are going to get their boost they are likely to only check out the highest level near the top of their list. I myself barely ever visit anyone besides my real life friend to receive a boost. I;d rather play on my own farm the boost isn't so great that I need it all the time.