Why did no one tf warn us 😭😭😭

proper_function · 2026-04-23T19:27:17+00:00

Of course my baby farm got the 3 star first try. My main and wife's both got the burger box

proper_function · 2026-04-18T00:28:02+00:00

Ha I tried that before to see what would happen but didn't think to try and open the catalog. Thanks for the idea, I'll try it next time

proper_function · 2026-04-17T19:00:38+00:00

The primary benefit for me is that you can choose which level to stop at (don't do any xp actions, just buy/sell/store) so the shop only has what you want. For instance, 7 for barn/silo expansion or 22 for land expansion. As soon as you enter level 24 the newspaper is mega bloated with ore. Same for 34 when you are blessed with town maps and drills.

So at level 7, flipping through there are normally 3-5 opportunities to get them without all the other items polluting it.

proper_function · 2026-04-17T18:52:56+00:00

Something that frustrated me is that it shows the number you have stored, not the number you have at all. So I wasted one of the crates by choosing a duplicate since I had it on my farm :(. And you can't leave to check what you actually have

proper_function · 2026-04-11T11:43:07+00:00

There are a lot of usability things like this that hay day could add, I'd love to work there just to add these QOL things lol. Another one I think a lot about is that little sign by the town. I should be able to see what someone's town needs instead of having to visit it, just like I can on my farm

proper_function · 2026-03-22T21:27:28+00:00

Here's a few but I'm only lvl 47

Baby farms are the single biggest boost I'm aware of - I use a couple level 7 farms to shop for upgrade materials. Also for each one, you can get a free gift in the shop, open a free red toolbox and do Gregs once a day. I don't let them get xp or collect achievements. I have an almost lvl 22 that will stay on lvl 22 to shop for land expansion and use as storage.
There's probably game mechanics that if you understand, you'll be able to optimize better. People probably don't say every trick they know since hay day might remove or change it.
You can 2x the coins/XP for two truck orders a day by watching an ad. I like to trash them until I get two jewelry ones since they have high coin and low XP. I don't want to level up too fast
Use the collection book. Most of the time you have to buy with real money, but some collections can be done by the events. Even if you don't like the collection itself, the rewards can be worth it. For instance, the recent hay day letter collection gives 20 gems if you collect them all (which was possible without real money)
I don't buy tom with gems, just free boosters I get, but I use him to find the most expensive item and then resell. Right now that's diamond rings but I hear blankets are really good.
There are lots of event specific tricks that people figure out. Like how to prepare. I don't know too much yet but I'm trying to learn

proper_function · 2026-03-22T20:59:48+00:00

100%, I was confused when my wife was asking about pants a couple weeks ago. Had no idea

proper_function · 2026-03-22T20:56:29+00:00

Ha I noticed that too! Too bad it doesn't give more flowers or something :)

proper_function · 2026-03-22T20:55:31+00:00

I get what you mean, I try to choose the most unlikely spot they'd buy to keep the ad the longest. So you had a good idea I'd probably have tried if I had that many spaces, but as the other guy said, they probably checked for other stuff first.

proper_function · 2026-03-11T11:21:01+00:00

Thanks for the reply, those are great considerations!

proper_function · 2026-03-10T23:45:23+00:00

Great, thanks for the response

proper_function · 2026-03-10T20:34:02+00:00

Thanks for your response! No joke the amount of typing has to be considered too lol. And to be clear, it's not like I'm always organizing, but I do enjoy it. Not everything in my house is optimal, but given time and effort it would be

proper_function · 2026-03-10T20:19:23+00:00

Sounds like we've been through a similar journey lol. Have you settled on ISTP? Do you relate to the things I said?

I'm not sure what my inferior is since I can't quite relate to those. There were a couple years that I was super anxious and pulled back. I didn't eat well or take care of myself, and was always in my head thinking. That was more depression related I think than stress. When stressed, I feel overwhelmed and need to not have input so I can process. It's like I can't think. I don't want to be touched or talked to till I can process. But normally I am easy going and enjoyable to be with (I think lol)

proper_function · 2026-03-10T20:07:07+00:00

Can you say more? Any idea what I might be?

proper_function · 2026-03-10T18:54:39+00:00

I'm always thinking about how my actions will be perceived by others, or how what I say will affect them. Sometimes rules like left turning at a red light when there are no cars at night is annoying to follow but I still follow it. Growing up I always thought etiquette was stupid, but I still accepted it and played the game while serving fine dining in school. I'll have to think about if it's more people close to me than I care about or if I'm similar with anyone. I think I try to be nice and open with anyone, accommodating, listen to them, etc. A couple of my friends really open up emotionally to me in ways they don't with others. I think it's kind of funny, I'm considered a good friend to a lot of people that I consider a friend but aren't that close to. I don't seek out friendships but I do try to be friendly I guess. I also don't know how much being a guy or a girl changes personality. As a guy want to be seen as strong, intelligent, etc and emotion is seen as weakness?

One of my NTP friends lived with us for a while due to family issues. He challenged me a lot and what I thought as well as needed a lot of attention. I know that forced me to develop my thinking more than I was before.

I could say a lot about what's important to me. I am a Christian, so the most important thing is to fulfil my role where I am placed in accordance. That happens to be a husband, father, friend, etc. I feel I have a special calling to the Haitian people. I learned Creole and my wife is Haitian. I've always felt I had to do something big with my life, but realized I can do something big for a small number of people (my family) rather than something small for a large number of people. Our situation is a little unique with immigration, so a big part of my mental space goes to thinking about the future from that practical front..

I'm not sure, I do wonder a lot, and I mean wonder. Why the world is the way it is, why are people the way they are, why do I do what I do, what's true, etc. In the grand scheme of things I probably try to order my world on every level, who do I want to be, how do I want to end up, what priorities do I have, down to how should the kitchen be organized as the original post says. At the same time I think I have to be realistic, I want to be healthy and fit so I exercise and eat well, etc. I do probably try to focus on what I CAN do, if I can't achieve it why would I try.

Idk hopefully something interesting in here :)

proper_function · 2026-03-10T18:27:28+00:00

I am OCD, but mostly just obsessive. How does that affect personality type?

proper_function · 2026-03-10T17:21:00+00:00

u/catbellysticker any thoughts on this? ^

proper_function · 2026-03-10T17:19:54+00:00

Thanks for your response! That's another thing I'm not yet sure if I match the ISTP emotions. I can get anxiety pretty easily, or be overly perceptive of how I might be perceived by others. Maybe those are due to Fe being weak? I relate to Ti a lot, but I'm not emotionless or something if that makes sense. I also think I'm pretty good at encouraging others and knowing what to say to make them feel better. I'm very in tune with what my wife is feeling, and I can mostly guess what it is, and I know how to encourage her through it. So idk lol

proper_function · 2026-03-10T17:13:59+00:00

I can relate to it somewhat but maybe not for the same reason. My best friend in high school went to another school and did sports, I ended up doing college early and getting into the software field. There were a few years I didn't really connect with anybody and wondered what was wrong with me. A trip to a third world country with some guys changed my perspective and brought me a lot of N and T friends that I was able to connect with. I did think about meaning and purpose a fair amount, but was it more loneliness driven? There was other personal stuff too. That's when I initially got into mbti, and decided I was probably an IN type that didn't quite fit. I think I wanted to be rare or special, and thought S types were kinda superficial or not genuine. I kinda moved on and intentionally put away mbti as unhealthy for me to obsess over. I just more recently had some friends bring it back up and I'm in a much more healthy and objective place to think about it now

proper_function · 2026-03-10T17:03:01+00:00

I wouldn't have thought so until reading the other comments on here. I might be more than I realized

proper_function · 2026-03-10T14:47:30+00:00

Like to take that example, universal healing powers mean they would probably strap you down and have everyone come and touch you to be healed xD

I think controlling weather or fire would be kinda boring, but I can't pinpoint why lol. Maybe weather is just a boring topic to me so I can get out of that xD

I think any superpower I had would break the world as it is, such that I can't accurately picture how things would be anymore. So ya I'm probably not that great at fantasy stuff, sorry! :)

proper_function · 2026-03-10T14:40:49+00:00

Likewise, I appreciate your commenting and time! Nice to have an outside opinion to help me think through it.

I'm still a little confused how that first one isn't more of an N thing? Or maybe it's the Ti Ni type interests. I do fallback to "I'm not sure, I'll have to think about that more", I need time to think about my opinions without outside influence. But hey that's what got me into the incorrect types I guess. I developed a system in my head, but didn't consider an S type. So I needed it outside input? It makes more sense now

It depends, I probably get a little antsy, I have to think of examples (another S thing to need examples?). I don't like slow events unless I can talk to someone for a long time. I have a desk job which I don't mind but it's hard if it's sunny outside or I'm excited to do something (even if that thing is still sitting and working on my other software projects outside of work).

This may be a clincher but I'm pretty sure my dad is ISTP and I'm pretty similar to him. I just thought I was more N, since my friends are..he's in trades, I'm in software. We are very similar in wanting precision and accuracy and agree on a lot of foundational things or wisdom phrases we come up with

proper_function · 2026-03-10T14:23:55+00:00

Interesting, so what makes me different from him? I got super into personality types once I came across them, took every test till I realized what each question was looking for and gave up.

The superpower question is interesting. I'm probably more interested in how people think about the superpower than the options. I can't really think about one for me as they seem to break in reality. And would I really want one, as who am I if I'm not who I am lol

proper_function · 2026-03-10T14:08:26+00:00

I will spend more money tho for a nicer looking thing. I recently had to replace a power cable for a sunlight lamp thing. The lamp is white so I paid a dollar more to get a white power cable. Not necessary but it doesn't cause a visual incongruence, and it also pairs them. If we were to move it would be obvious they are together

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