Topic

number of veggie items and piggy plops

Not a bug exactly...
I was feeding my piggies to make piggy plops (as you do). When I click on a veggie item of which I have lots (over about 30?) the lowest number of items you can feed your piggy is 10. Given that it only takes 3 item to produce a piggy plop, I don't really want to be feeding it 10 every time - it really makes a dent in thr inventory when you're making piggy plops for a project.
It would be helpful to have an option for a smaller amount - say 3 or 5.
I couldn't find a way round this unless you keep slipping veggies into separate smaller amounts in your inventory - which could be an issue if you don't have much space.

Posted 20 months ago by Twoodle Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Depending on the item, splitting stacks doesn't work. 

    You can have a small stack of grain but if you have a large total amount of grain you still only get the 10-20-30 options when feeding a pig. 

    It's not that big a deal given how fast grain accumulates at higher levels of AK, unless of course you're the only one trying to fulfill the plop requirement on a street at the ass end of Chakra Phool and have to generate 100 plops yourself. Then losing 10 grain per plop when you have 600 means you're in clicking hell, have dropped 570 grains on the ground (aka just another version of clicking hell), or you have to pillage all your other stacks of vegetables. Thankfully I'm a bit of a packrat with veggies.
    Posted 20 months ago by Catari Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Plus, if the other thread I read is correct: feeding the pig more than 3 of an item results in no plop (weirdly).
    Posted 20 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I fed a piggy 10 cabbages and got the plop and seeds.
    Posted 20 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I routinely feed 10 items and get plop (or grain seeds). I filled in 100 plops on a street project on Sunday so I tested that rather thoroughly :)
    Posted 20 months ago by Catari Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I generally drop the stack, then pick them up again in 10s as necessary. Simple and it works. Any number 20 or less should allow you to select 3 to feed, so every time it gets below 10 I pick up another 10.
    Posted 20 months ago by RealJimBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • RJB that's one version of clicking hell. 

    While I think CCP has a lot of lessons for Tiny Speck, using a bad UI to troll customers and make the game more difficult, time consuming, and error prone is one thing I hope they don't take onboard.


    Good UI design is in fact Good for the game, the company, and customers. Challenge and balance should come from within the game, not from the interface.
    Posted 20 months ago by Catari Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have definitely fed my pigs more than 3 items and produced plops - erk I can't believe I'm even thinking about this!
    There are one or two items that don't produce plops though - cherries and beans being the main ones to spring to mind.
    Posted 20 months ago by Twoodle Subscriber! | Permalink