Latest Announcement by Farmville: Plain Sheep and Pigs are Not a Glitch

In an announcement on the Farmville forum, the Farmvile Community Manager stated that the recent high occurrence of plain sheep is not a glitch and that this is what Farmville players should expect now from breeding sheep and pigs.  Though it was speculated that the high number of plain white sheep may be a glitch, the community manager specified that the 80-100% certainty of pattern adoption which was the norm when sheep breeding was launched was actually a glitch. 

The announcement went on to assure that if you are disappointed in the low rate of patterns being passed on in breeding, you can request a refund of farm cash for the purchase of rams or ewes and that Farmville would remove these sheep from your farms.

Though the option of refunding farm cash for bum sheep is a generous offer by Farmville, without the prospect of ever having sheep that produce, the idea of sheep breeding has lost its appeal.  Many of the responses to this announcement were that of disgust and disappointment.  Many players pledged they would return their rams and never waste farm cash on a sheep or pig again.  Players also expressed disgust with Zynga in general for how they handled the whole sheep breeding issue and vowed that Zynga would never get any of their money again. 

So, though I was waiting patiently for Zynga to work out the bugs with sheep and pig breeding so that it would once again be exciting, I regret to bring you this news since it appears that this will not happen.  So if you are someone who has no problem collecting bottles, you may enjoy trying over and over and over again until you finally get a patterned sheep or pig to breed the pattern.  However, if you are like me and probably like many other players who can never get enough bottles, then breeding sheep and pigs may just be too much work for so little possibility of a favorable outcome.  So, though I continue to hope Zynga will bring the excitement back to sheep and pig breeding, it appears that they are adamant about their decision and do not seem to care about what the players really want.

Link to Forum Announcement

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Farmville Official Statement: Illegal Sheep Pardoned

Though rumors have been circulating among Farmville Players that Farmville will be removing the so called, "illegal" sheep from the farms of players, you can rest assured that your sheep are safe and that FV will not take them.  On 4/14/2011, Farmville released an official statement about the existence of the illegal sheep.  FV clearly expressed that most players are likely to have obtained the unreleased sheep designs and colors by legitimate means.  They also indicated that they were unaware of how someone was able to hacked the unreleased design codes and that it would be somewhat impossible to determine whether or not someone had used a hack to placed an illegal sheep on their farm.

Furthermore, Farmville's announcement indicated that the source of the illegal sheep has been stopped so hackers will no longer be able to produce new types of sheep and place them on their farms.  The announcement also stressed that, FV recognizes the innocence of the masses in this issue and will not punish regular players by taking the offspring of these illegal sheep. So rest assured, you can keep all of your beauties and continue to breed them.  However, since FV has patched the source of the illegal sheep, you should not expect to see any new types of sheep mysteriously appear until FV has officially released them. 

Farmville's Official Statement on Illegal Sheep: http://blog.farmville.com/ (4/14/2011)

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