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Originally Posted by
zenobia42
If I do not plant any glimmerbulbs, and do not place & collect from a purple cow, can I begin the Magic Garden quest line and not be forced to have my fruit trade "upgraded"?
As I understand from reading on this forum, "upgrading" means a forced replacement of the 1-hour (25 strawberries + 5 sugar) Fruit Trade with the 2-hour (40 strawberries + 25 glimmerbulbs + 3 sugar) Rare Fruit Trade. I MUCH prefer my easy to complete 1-hour exchange. In fact, like pretty much everyone I have seen post on the subject, I really see the "upgrade" as a penalty not a reward for anyone who is saving up trade tickets... which is typically a primary reason for using the exchange. As it stands now, I need 4 hours to grow 25 sugar cane + 1 hour to grow 25 strawberries while making sugar + 1 hour for the exchange = a start to finish time of 6 hours. Instead of that, when "upgraded," it requires 8 hours (glimmerbulbs) + 4 hours (sugar cane) + 2*2 sets of 20 strawberries + 2 (exchange) = 18 hours. This is assuming one wants at least a few plot free s to be growing other needed stuff, like carrots. Alternatively, use all my plots; I do the 25 glimmerbulbs alongside 15 plots used for sugar cane then 3 sets of strawberries, then 2 hours for the exchange = 10 hours.
So which is better:
A) 2 trade tickets and 5 energy (and random food items) every 6 hours using 25 plots? (This option means the Eggs & Dairy exchange is doable while sugar cane is growing).
B) 1 trade ticket and 10 energy every 18 hours using ≤25 plots?
C) 1 trade ticket and 10 energy every 10 hours using all 40 of my plots?
I don't see why anyone would consider B or C an "upgrade" from A. And I don't even know how much worse it gets the second "upgrade - couldn't find that exact info on the forum.
I would very much like a Tinker Camp. Since I have 28 trade tickets now (after unlocking the Royal Chateau), that won't happen for MONTHS if my fruit exchange is "upgraded." So... If I do not plant any glimmerbulbs, and do not place/collect from a purple cow, can I progress at least a bit on the Magic Garden / other goal lines before losing my ability to get the Tinker Camp before the end of the year? And would the game devs please consider letting the good fruit trade remain an option alongside the "upgraded" one?
ETA: Please someone tell me my Mr. Pigglesworth won't ever drop glimmerbulbs or I'll have to stop tapping him too!