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Poisoning on tree menu

Now that "Apply poison" is on the tree menu - some of us have accidentally poisoned trees by clicking the enter key when tree poison is in one's inventory. Anyone else having the same problem? 

An "Are you sure?" might be helpful here.

Posted 18 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I ended up dropping my poison rather than taking a chance of accidently using it. Maybe they will implement something like your suggestion and I can carry it again.
    Posted 18 months ago by Gizmospooky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yup have to agree there, not keen on the poisoning being on the pop up.  I did need to poison one on my garden, but would prefer to click the bottle to avoid a mistake!;)
    Posted 18 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I see no need to have it on the menu.  You can poison without that (or could).  All this does is make it easy to accidentally poison.  Thumbs down on this.
    Posted 18 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • -1

    in fact, -1000

    Love the action menus for most things, but not this. if someone wants to poison a tree, make them deliberately get out the bottle, plz. :)
    Posted 18 months ago by zeeberk Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's what Tree Poison Antidote is for.
    Posted 18 months ago by Maximus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't want to waste antidote on an accidental poisoning when it shouldn't have happened in the first place. 

    +1 There is absolutely no reason for it to be there.
    Posted 18 months ago by Leithwyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yeah, uh.

    former tree-poisoner extraordinair here. this at least needs a confirmation box so people don't actually do it. i'm all for making tree poisoning (and antidoting) a bigger part of managing the ecology of our streets, but lelu's point is a valid one.
    Posted 18 months ago by proxy metafax Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for a confirmation at the very least, I tend to pet, water and harvest by just whacking enter very fast, never look at the options. Don't make me think! Not about tree menus, anyway...
    Posted 18 months ago by mintimperial Subscriber! | Permalink
  • pls take it off the menu
    Posted 18 months ago by 1padme Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And a please remove from me too.  I accidentally poisoned 2 trees because it was on the menu while I was carrying tree poison; one tree died because I didn't have antidote on me and couldn't run to a gardening vendor in time to get antidote to it.  (Normally the death of a tree isn't a huge issue, but it was a spice tree in Groddle Forest, and you can't plant spice over there anymore.)  :/
    Posted 18 months ago by Marebito Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love it one the menu but am also in the favor of a "Are you sure?" pop up.
    Posted 18 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like it on the menu but agree that it needs an are you sure.
    Posted 18 months ago by HarleyQuin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • iff you catch it in time, you can click the X to stop the poison... but you do lose the poison
    Posted 18 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like it!  you should be paying attention to what you're clicking anyway, rather than mindlessly mashing return  :)
    Posted 18 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • katlazam - I agree we can learn it's there, and change our behavior.  I'm just putting this suggestion out there to see if there's a good/better/best way. :)
    Posted 18 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It is new.  Many people accidentally clicked it because it was unexpected.  We had no warning.
    Posted 18 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Still don't like it on the menu that way. It should be something that takes a more deliberate action than that. 

    It's not a matter of paying attention, it's just too easy to click by mistake. I know poisoning is necessary at times but it shouldn't be that easy.
    Posted 18 months ago by Leithwyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like it on the menu.  Beats rooting through the bags looking for the poison jar.
    Posted 18 months ago by Blitz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I generally don't talk about annoyances for a test until it's over, just to give myself time to get used to them.

    Adding poisoning to the tree menu has really messed me up a lot. I've poisoned a lot of trees I didn't mean to, which isn't so bad except for the mood hit. It hurts so much every time. I'd love to see an "are you sure".
    Posted 18 months ago by ss Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't like it at all, cant see any need for it. You want to use things you find them in your inventory.
    Way too easy to poison by mistake, so the only safe option is not to carry poison at all! Needs a fix please.
    Posted 18 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *BUMP*

    The 'apply poison to' menu option is too easy to use if you are carrying poison. It needs a confirmation dialog at the very least, to avoid accidental tree death. I just killed two trees for no good reason because of this. :(
    Posted 18 months ago by mintimperial Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I accidentally poisoned two of my trees before it was time (grow 5 or 6 trees to maturity badge or some such nonsense) - thankfully I had the antidote in my closet and was able to save both of them.  So I am all in favor of having it removed from the tree menu 
    Posted 18 months ago by MzMunchken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Confirmation would be really good.
    Posted 18 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like others, I'd like to see an "are you sure" confirmation option (with the default choice being No).

    I accidentally poisoned a tree yesterday when a new player startled me by kissing me multiple times (he was doing the garlicky kiss quest and didn't realize he needed to kiss _different_ people, not the same person many times). I was in automatic water/pet/harvest mode while this occurred, and before I realized it I had poisoned the tree.

    Same problem as others - by the time I managed to get antidote from the vendor and got back to the street, the tree was dead and gone :(
    Posted 18 months ago by Live Your Dreams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • two days ago i accidentally poisoned four trees.

    since i do not usually carry poison, on the rare occasions i AM carrying it, all it takes is a quick slip of the finger and that tree is GONE.

    i do not always carry antidote.

    oh. i accidentally poisoned five trees, but i had ONE antidote. not a good use of my resources (not to mention poisoner's guilt) just because of a muscle twitch.

    so.

    can you take it off the tree menu and make us have to use the poison directly?

    or at lest give us a confirmation box?

    that'd help a lot.
    Posted 15 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Didn't there used to be an option like that? But I did accidentally almost poison a tree the other day. I managed to cancel it, before it happened.
    Posted 15 months ago by Jia-pop Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for confirmation - I accidentally poisoned two trees in the last test because I forgot I had it in my inventory and felt very sad.  I'd prefer to have to confirm poisoning for sure.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fleep Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, I think it's great that you can cancel it, but it wastes an entire bottle of poison to do so. You get confirmation screens before canceling auctions, reaching shrine donation limits, and smashing street trophies. I second the idea of a confirmation screen before poisioning...

    ... unless the goal is to make us be aware of what we're doing with our keyboards rather than going on Auto-pilot harvesting streaks, in which case, carry on. XD
    Posted 15 months ago by LitaPie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • side argument FOR autopilot harvesting: when i'm out harvesting i can either concentrate on what i'm doing with the keys, OR i can concentrate on the "world". i like looking around and not having to think too hard about hitting that key makes me more able to feel present in the game.

    i my real life i DO harvest as i walk along, and that feels natural. i nearly never have to worry abotu accidentally killing things as i go.
    Posted 15 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just make sure I don't have poison on me :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ideas forum
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    P.S. I agree.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink