I never liked this game to start with, as unlike cafe world on facebook, there are no instructions of what to do. The first four or five things you do on the game a pop-up box will tell you how to do it. As with any game, you start off with hardly any money, and as you get further into the game you earn more money and medals. You have to pay to increase the size of your farm-but can make the farm exactly how you want!
I'm now on level 27 and have got quite a few neighbours-which means I can get more points and freebies from them! If you check on your friends profile pages and they have clicked to share their bonus points or give away animals which they have found on their farm then you can earn extra money and points that way.
The more money you earn on this game, the more land I would advise you to buy as you will make the money back when you plant seeds. I always plant seeds which make me the most money so that I can double and triple my money.
It can be quite time consuming visiting other peoples farms and fertilising their crops, but you will soon reap the rewards.
There aren't many games you can get all your friends involved in at once-so I think the idea of farmville is great!
For a couple of weeks I was clicking on each plant of land individually to plant seeds etc-until I realised that i could buy a tractor etc for £30,000 each. The tractor will plow up to four plots at once, the seeder will seed four plots and the harvester will harvest them when the final product is ready. When you reach level 20, you can work with your friends to complete jobs, earning you far more points, coins and prizes.
I send my friends lots of gifts because they send me them back. The gifts are free to send and allow you and your friends to build up your farm. You need to look after the animals-but if you purchase farmhands then they will do this for you, all at the click of one button. The best time to use farmhands is when you have lots of animals to sort out at once, as once you have clicked to use them then you cannot use them again. The same applies for your trees when they need harvesting-except for this you require an arbatorist.
At the moment you can send your friends spring eggs-and ask them to send you them back. These eggs are also redeemable for prizes. If any of your friends send you an egg request then accept it because you will then be rewarded with your choice of coins, fuel (for your tractor, harvester etc).
I've found that unlike other games you can sened your friends free gifts up to three times a day-once in the morning, in the afternoon and then at night time.
Increasing the size of chicken coops is done by publishing that you need help to do it. Then everytime your friends click on your profile and say that they want to help you, that counts towards your coop being increased. Normally you require ten friends to help you.
I have no interest in farming whatsoever-but I still find this game really enjoyable. I do find it annoying though if you plant seeds and they have withered when you go back to them-so when you plant them, plant seeds that will harvest around the time you go back to your computer. Withered crops still needs to be plowed-so will waste lots of your money for nothing.
Due to the level of interest in farmville, sometimes it can run quite slowly or crash-farmville always keep you updated with changes to improve the running of the game though.