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[Vector]

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[variablenonsense]

Honestly, the whole fun for me was as I stated before - doing everything as I wanted, but with the only buy seeds once rule. I think restarting I am gonna start from mixed seed only - it seems fun! And kind of a pain getting the seeds you want. I was just offering opinions on the rules as stated, but I think that rigid of a ruleset honestly just drags things out a lot.

[Sanctume]

The game is fairly balanced in the beginning, where the struggle is ok, and the gains to overcome those seems more rewarding. 

Then I find an easier combo to make almost passive-gold and my focus isn't in farming anymore, but more of mining to get ores.

Then after a few upgrades, an almost daily grind to get hardwood, and eventually upgrading some buildings and finishing the greenhouse. 

After the greenhouse, it seems natural to maximize the high profit plants by planting them in the greenhouse. 

So at a certain point, money is no longer an object once the setup to do minimal work to gain most gold is done. 

What's left is mining, combat, fishing, and social heart gifts, and maybe all the achievements.

They can all be done casually without getting burned out.

I actually make the fortunes dictate when I do mining: when it's extra luck or great fortune.

[Djohaal]

Seems like the whole "challenge" is just... "make everything take longer." It doesn't actually make it harder, just slower. There doesn't seem to be any room for strategy or anything like that. I mean, I like doing it where you only use the seed maker, because it makes it more fun. It feels like I'm running around doing actual farming. But I've already put 48 hours into the game (which on my schedule is basically every second I'm not working or engaged with other responsibilities since the game came out) and I'm only in my second summer and just starting to upgrade my barn and coop. I don't have any irridium tools yet and only two gold ones. I don't need the game to take any longer than it already does. So... I'll be sitting this one out.

I do think it could be fun to start with a seed maker and only use mixed seeds you get from cutting down weeds, never buy seeds from the shop. That would be an actual challenge... If only I had the time to enjoy it. But I figure by the time I reach all my current goals, I'll probably be burnt out on this game for a good long time anyway.

I second your thoughts, that challenge seems solely for the purpose of making it take longer and be more boring.

[Vector]

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[Akura]

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Demetrius just gave me a shovel talk o_O

That was ... not... what I expected...

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I remember getting that, despite romancing Abigail, and in fact not really doing much except talking to both of them on my trips to the carpentry shop(which is their home).

Can you really blame the man for looking out for his daughter?

[Vattic]

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Demetrius just gave me a shovel talk o_O

That was ... not... what I expected...

Never heard that phrase before. The scene really threw me too.

[Vector]

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[MaximumZero]

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I am romancing everyone and everything, and yet... >_____>

I always have fun doing that, but for entirely different reasons.

[Glloyd]

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I am romancing everyone and everything, and yet... >_____>

I definitely have the least <3 with Maru's family. I guess he's just keeping his bases covered!

I thought I was the only one doing that. I've handed out bouquets to 4 people so far. I just want to see everyone's scenes!

[Sergius]

So, uh, aerobics class

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Harvey: Look... don't tell everyone in half the town that I'm doing dance aerobics with the other half of the town, okay?

[variablenonsense]

So, uh, aerobics class

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Harvey: Look... don't tell everyone in half the town that I'm doing dance aerobics with the other half of the town, okay?

Yeah, I got that scene and all I could think was "But ... half of them..."

Then I just smiled and nodded.

[Vector]

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[Solifuge]

Was trying a bit of the Stardew Valley Sustainable Farm challenge on Twitch with other Bay12 folks, if anyone wanted to see a LP. Just set it up and starting now!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/solifuge/

[Tnx]

I wish this game had standing orders where you'd enter into a contract to supply nearby towns with certain goods within a certain timeline, quicker you do it the more money you get.  Or, have it so the price of goods spike and drop randomly based on demand due to events like festivals, droughts, etc.  For this to work they'd probably have to add in spoilage/refrigeration and lower the current sell prices of all goods.