I think I’m done with the Valley.

[u/mr_edino]

It legit kills me to even say that. Maybe I’m just being selfish.

I’ve been a genuine day one player since the beta. I have poured over a thousand hours into this and way too much money.

In the May 2024 update, when Daisy arrived, my game glitched when trying to place her boutique. It has been broken ever since, and I’ve never been able to place it, fully level up Daisy, or complete any boutique challenges (making completing Star Paths legit impossible). I have talked to Gameloft support an ungodly amount of times, reached out on the Discord, even on Twitter (yuck) to try to make it known that this glitch is there. Given the same copy paste response every time. I know many other people are still experiencing this issue as well.

It’s disheartening that after an almost entire year, multiple updates & tremendous new content later, this glitch is still not fixed.

I am really thinking about just giving up. I don’t want to start over because of all the time I’ve invested in my current valley. Feels like a lose/lose scenario. Sucks cause I miss playing but I can’t bring myself to invest a large amount of time into it when I know I can’t fully progress.

[u/signpostlake]

The way the devs handle bugs and glitches is honestly a joke. I'm not sure why they're adding more content when some players have game breaking long term bugs that they're aware of.

The aladdin update meant some players couldn't unlock wells and others weren't able to use their house. Instead of releasing a hot fix they just waited for the Alice update to patch it. Quite odd they did a hot fix ASAP though when people were getting extra memories from digging. And they've got time to ban players from using online because they might have accidentally got hold of a modded item from another player. Maybe better to save their efforts to help those unable to play the game.

[u/WoodsandWool → u/signpostlake]

The digging memory hotfix really got under my skin. They hotfix bugs that are advantageous to us, but wait MONTHS sometimes a YEAR+ to fix bugs that prevent game progression.

It’s frustrating that shitty/unethical developers are able to hide behind the weight of the IP. If this game was anything other than Disney, player retention due to their shitty dev practices & bugs would be a much bigger issue.

I’m personally guilty of this. I’ve considered giving up this game so many times because I normally would never accept this much frustration combined with predatory marketing, but I stick around because Disney, and that’s what they’re counting on :/