Daily Log-In Machine Rewards

Family Farm is wonderful in that faithful daily log-ins ALWAYS give Rewards.  Every few days, a Player who has logged into the game every day for weeks will receive 10 RC, the premium cash that is used in this game.  This is fairly unique among games that are found on Facebook.  This aspect of the game, as well as the fact that Crops NEVER wither or die, is one of the reasons I have been playing Family Farm loyally and regularly for over a year now.   The other very positive aspect of this game is that there are no Energy limits.  One can plant, harvest or produce and collect Products to one's heart content without ever being forced to quit because Energy has run out.  Other games attempt to force Players to purchase additional Energy using Premium Cash.  I find that strategy irritating and rather dishonourable, in all honesty.   Players who like a game will invest real money in it, but it is better to allow them to CHOOSE how they wish to invest it rather than cornering them by exhausting their Energy.

Occasionally, Family Farm will add another Reward for Players who log into the game daily for a month.  Each day that you log into the game, you will receive a small Reward in the form of an Item.  At the end of the Month, provided that you have received every daily Item, you will receive a special Reward that takes the form of a Machine or Animal.  If you did miss a day, you will be given the opportunity to purchase the missing Item for premium Cash.  In Family Farm, this usually costs 3 RC.

Is the final Reward worth it for Players who have missed Days and must purchase missing Items?  That is the question I wish to address in this Post.

For a Player who is mid-level or high-level, it definitely is worth the price, but for low-level Players, if the Reward is a Machine, it usually is a fairly sophisticated one that requires Ingredients that low-level Players may not be able to grow or produce.  Obviously, Players will advance in experience and as Levels are raised, more options become available.  Any Reward can be left in the Gift Box indefinitely.  The Reward Machines can be fun to use and they often are included in a requirement to obtain a Farm Club Reward, but they never will be required for a regular Quest or Mission.  They are 'optional' Machines rather than vital ones.

The Reward at the end of January 2014 will be a very attractive special Coffee Machine that will produce unique types of Holiday Coffees as follows:

 Candy Cane Coffee:
  Ingredients:  Sugar, Coffee Bean

Holiday Cheer Coffee:
  Ingredients:  Eggnog, Coffee Bean

Hawaiian Coffee:
  Ingredients:  Coconut Milk, Coffee Bean

Autumn Harvest Coffee:
  Ingredients:  Pumpkin, Coffee Bean

Cupid's Kiss Coffee:
  Ingredients:  Caramel, Coffee Bean

Merry Christmas Coffee:
  Ingredients:  Roast Chestnut, Coffee Bean

As you can see, there is only one type of Coffee that uses two raw Ingredients in the form of the Autumn Harvest Coffee that requires Pumpkin and Coffee Beans.  Pumpkin, however, is a Crop that is not available to low-level Players.   The rest of the Products require Ingredients made in other Machines.  Eggnog, however, is made in the Hot Drink Machine which is available to all Players.