New Pig Breeding Patterns Coming Soon!

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FarmVille and Zynga have added in a new Loading Screen tonight showing off that there will soon be the same “Conga Line” as with sheep breeding as well as new Patterns to Pig Breeding. We have already shown you the 8 UNRELEASED Pig Patterns earlier in this week.

Some off the patterns include Flowers, Checker, Moon, Heart, Racing Stripes, Zig Zag, Spiral, Tiger Stripes. You can see them all Here.

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FarmVille Sheep & Pig Breeding Conga Line Now Live!

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Are you ready to Conga?

Yesterday on Farm Rockers we shared with you an exclusive video provided by Zynga (see video below) about the Conga line coming to Sheep and Pig breeding. This feature is now live!

The Conga line feature allows you to preview the possibilities of offspring that your chosen breeders may produce. To see this feature in action, simply click on a Ram and an Ewe as you would normally. This will trigger a Conga line of the breeders that you selected. Additionally you have the option of changing your choices, make a new breeding selection and then see that pairs offspring possiblities.

This should clear up a lot of confusion as to what your Lamb or Piglets can grow up to be.

To see a demo of the new feature, watch the video below provided by Zynga’s FarmVille Community Manager Grimwell.

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Masked Ram Available In The Market!

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FarmVille and Zynga have released the Ram (Masked) or Masked Ram into the Market! You may remember we showed you this particular animal as Unreleased Here. Just as we thought, the Masked Ram will allow a new pattern (well, not so new, but now “Legal“) into sheep breeding. You can now pick one up for 30 FVC for the next 14 days and is not locked to just the English Countryside.

Masked Ram (Released: May 19th 2011)

• Masked Ram - 30 Farm Cash

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FarmVille Sheep & Pig Breeding "Conga Line" Preview!

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Soon when you are breeding sheep and pigs in FarmVille, you will be able to see some of the potential offspring from the pairing. This will allow you to decide if the match is the right one for your farm!

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FarmVille And Yet Another Breeding Update!

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FarmVille released a statement via the official FarmVille Forum addressing some recent breeding issues and bugs. There has been some amount of confusion as to the inheritance pattern of sheep purchased from the FarmVille Market as well as the large amount of White Sheep being produced from unlikely parents.

Read below for all the details.

"Hey Farmers,

We have been made aware that current in-game messaging regarding Sheep Breeding is inaccurate and confusing to our customers. This messaging implies that the success rate for color/pattern inheritance is 100% guaranteed, when in fact, it is not.

This messaging was unintentional, and we sincerely apologize for any confusion or frustration.

The text will be updated to reflect the feature’s intended design as soon as possible. If you purchased a Ram and/or Ewe from the Market under the assumption that the success rate was guaranteed due to this messaging, please contact our CS department and they will refund your account accordingly. (This means your purchased Rams and/or Ewes will be removed, and the equivalent amount of Farm Cash will be restored to your account.)

Due to the volume of emails from customers during this time, it may take longer than normal for a CS agent to assist you, but they will respond to your request as soon as they are able.

Breeding and White Sheep:

Please know that the intended design of this feature was never a 100% success rate for color/pattern inheritance. We have seen reports from the community indicating that prior to the release of Pig Breeding, the pattern inheritance success rate (from Rams) was unusually high (80 – 100% success rate). This was a bug and the feature is now functioning as intended.

We have also seen reports from players indicating that an unusually high amount of White Sheep are being produced when breeding. As white is a color, it is possible to produce white sheep when the feature is operating normally.

However, we are investigating player reports to determine if more white sheep are being produced than anticipated. Please know that this process is not an easy one and will take time for us to address.

Chameleon Sheep only producing White Sheep:

Currently, the Chameleon Ewe and Rainbow Dots Ram are producing almost exclusively plain white sheep. This is a bug that we are actively working to resolve. We will be releasing a fix for the Chameleon Ewe and Rainbow Dots Ram sometime this week which will result in the color/pattern inheritance success rates to be on par with the other Rams/Sheep in the game.

As always, we appreciate your feedback! If you would like to share any thoughts or opinions, please make sure to follow the FarmVille Forum Rules and Rules of Conduct when posting.

Thanks!”

Source: [Official FarmVille Forums]

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New Information On Pig And Sheep Breeding!

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This information was just posted on the Official FarmVille Blog. It is basically stating that they have shut down illegal Sheep and Pig breeding and have reverted animals BACK to their original states. “Players who bred sheep and pigs using illicit methods have had their animals revert to their original base colors and no patterns.” also “Pigs and sheep acquired from feed posts (but at some point were generated using illicit methods) will get to retain their unusual colors and patterns. However, attempts to breed with these pigs or sheep will result in default colors and no additional pattern inheritance.”

We wanted to give an update to everyone regarding certain kinds of disallowed sheep that have been available in FarmVille as well as a similar issue that appeared with pigs this past weekend. Certain types of sheep and pig colors/patterns not yet released have been improperly distributed in FarmVille; we are currently going through the process of making sure this practice stops. The steps that we have taken are:

• The methods by which players were able to breed unreleased sheep and pig colors and patterns have been closed.

• Players who bred sheep and pigs using illicit methods have had their animals revert to their original base colors and no patterns.

• Pigs and sheep acquired from feed posts (but at some point were generated using illicit methods) will get to retain their unusual colors and patterns. However, attempts to breed with these pigs or sheep will result in default colors and no additional pattern inheritance. Should we release these additional colors or patterns legitimately then players will be able to breed that animal in the appropriate, correct manner. This is not an implication that you or your neighbors have done something wrong. This is a breeding restriction of colors and patterns that as of yet have not intended to be released.

So what’s currently allowed to breed and what’s not?

• Most current colors are allowed but the “flashing” colors are definitely NOT.

• Currently Allowed Sheep Patterns: Plain, Spotted, Striped

• Currently Alllowed Pig Patterns: Plain, Spotted

Again, the intention is to stop the distribution of colors and patterns that are not currently intended but not to punish our players who have acquired these animals legitimately. When we do release these colors or patterns, you’ll be able to breed with them just as intended.

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Love Potions Now in Crafting Pubs & Other New Crafting Recipes

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FarmVille has updated your English Countryside Pubs with the amazing ability to craft Love Potions!

That’s right you can now craft Love Potions using the Love Potion Recipe in your Pubs. It’s a good thing because with the existing shortage of Love Potions needed for Sheep Breeding, you will now also be needing Love Potions for the new Pig Breeding.

Other crafting buildings have also been updated with new limited time recipes that allow you to craft useful building materials such as Wooden Boards, Bricks, and Nails. So what’s actually in these magical Love Potions? Read below for the ingredients on all the new recipes.

Crafting Building – English Countryside Pub

* Recipe: Love Potion
* Ingredients: 4 Field Beans, 3 Pink Asters, and 5 English Peas

Crafting Building – FarmVille Winery

* Recipe: Nail
* Ingredients: 5 White Grapes, 4 Rice, and 3 Grapes

Crafting Building – FarmVille Bakery

* Recipe: Brick
* Ingredients: 5 Coffee, 3 Peppers, and 4 Ginger

Crafting Building – FarmVille Spa

* Recipe: Wooden Boards
* Ingredients: 4 Morning Glory, 5 Lilac, and 3 Sunflower

Do you like that you can now craft Love Potions? What do you think of these new crafting recipes?

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“Illegal” Sheep and Sheep Breeding Changes!

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FarmVille made a statement regarding “illegal” sheep, including ones with patterns that have not been released. The methods by which it was possible to attain these sheep have been stopped, but obviously a fair number of these are currently available, and players have been breeding them at a prodigious rate. At this point in time it would be very difficult to determine how someone received one of these sheep—and it is extremely likely that if you saw a feed post or other reference to one of these sheep, the author is someone who acquired/bred that sheep legitimately. Please bear this in mind if you think someone has “cheated.” Chances are, they haven’t been.

We also wanted to let everyone know about a change in how sheep breeding works. Previously when you got three lambs of the same gender in a row, you received a lamb of the opposite gender automatically. Currently we’ve made an alteration to this process so that the chances of getting a ram or a ewe are completely random, though the possibility of getting a ewe is higher than getting a ram.

Finally, the 100 bred sheep limit (which includes current bred lambs and sheep on your farm as well as in your sheep pen or in your Gift Box) applies for each farm. So, for instance, if you have just 75 bred sheep on your English Countryside Farm, you should still have the capability of having 100 bred sheep on your Home Farm.

Source : [Official Farmville Blog]

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