A random comment on my farm layout made me rethink everything

Someone on the Stardew subreddit said my sprinkler placement was wasting 3 tiles of space and I got defensive at first. Redid the whole thing and now I harvest an extra 40 crops per season without any extra effort. What's the smallest critique someone gave you that actually improved your game?

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jamesf417d ago

Wait, isn't that part of the fun though? @carter.casey I get what you're saying but having a slightly imperfect farm feels more like mine, you know? Who cares if I lose 30 blueberries if I like how it looks.

carter.casey7d ago

I used to be the same way honestly, I thought my first farm was perfect until someone pointed out I was wasting a whole row of sprinkler coverage because I put them too close together. I got a little salty about it at first like "my farm works fine leave me alone" but then I actually counted the spaces and they were right. Now I get like 30 extra blueberries per harvest in summer and it took zero extra effort once I shifted things over a tile. Little things like that really do add up over a whole season.

leodavis5d ago

Wait, has anyone actually mathed out the income difference between an "aesthetic" farm and a min/maxed one over like 3 years? @carter.casey I feel like 30 blueberries per harvest is small potatoes compared to the setup time you save by just embracing a little chaos. I'd rather spend that extra tile placement time fishing or exploring the mines, honestly.