User blog comment:Oioiaussie/Aaaaaarrrrggghhhh!!! Gifting is driving me mad/@comment-173.180.210.75-20120901171956

psyph here, i agree the gifting can be a hassle and it would be nice to have a less annoying way to deal with it. on android i also get repeats, if i clear it and gift back - the darn thing returns as if i had never touched it, sometimes 3-4 times and i have not found a way to ignore a gift. today a new twist is that people on other platforms can gift me with a small amount and i can gift back with the new larger amounts [or should we call them pittances? lol ] so i'm playing along to help lower level friends and to get more stones legitimately...and that is one of the reasons i asked tinyco to put gifting in, to allow us to show support for players at lower levels, to be encouraging and helpful. frankly, when i suggested it, the inventory i meant to refer to was the buildings and decorations, not warehouses. i'd rather give away some old trees or other non-quest items, a sort of private recycling instead of selling it.

the other reason i hoped to gift people was to show appreciation for the village they have made, as a step above a mere common tip, for a "thanks, great village!" pat on the back. i never dreamed they would implement it like this where the recipient is penalized for being gifted and basically forced to gift back. i had a simple vision of a second button beside tip that would open dialogs for choices. i also did not expect to get stones for gifting, i was taught that altruism was its own reward.

some day, Oioiaussie should be showered with gifts from her admirers and not have to do more than click OK once to a message that says "20,000 admirers each gave you 12 flowers today!" and those pittances would add up in a way that titans+ can appreciate. i believe/hope that tinyco can fix this so that genuine compliments are possible and desireable.

in the meantime i can tip people but not scroll around their villages anymore without risking a loss of some type on my own village so my tips have become meaningless, i never see the full extent of the villages i tip, and if that keeps up i will stop that completely. with re-gifting approaching meaninlessness as well, it all seems broken, unless we offer tinyco a wee gift of patience. good luck to all, i'm spending this doldrums hurry hatching!