Being a Good Neighbour

There is a political controversy of some magnitude with respect to this topic.  Some players believe that a good neighbour is one who regularly sends Gifts, visits the farms of his/her Neighbours and responds to all requests in a timely manner.  There are others, however, who become EXTREMELY CROSS with Neighbours who send unrequested items such as Special Delivery Boxes or even the item that is worth 30 OP if they did not request any such item.

The fact of the matter is that there may be a limit to the number of items any single Neighbour can receive on any given day.  If you send the Neighbour an item he/she did NOT request, any actual request he/she made may not reach you.  This is important usually if a Quest/Mission requires a specific Item that only can be obtained through Neighbour Requests or if the player needs to complete a building project and needs specific materials.

This situation may be determined by the number of Neighbours that a player has.  I have been able to request an Item from a Neighbour and receive not only THAT item but the one he/she sent unrequested on the same day.  Furthermore, I have been able to receive a Special Delivery Box from that player as well.  I have few Neighbours, however, compared to Players with over a thousand.    Initially I had posted that the number of items any signle Neighbour can send to another specific Neighbour on a given day was limited but I changed that to declare there was a limit to the number of Items a Farmer could RECEIVE on any given day.

It is interesting to note that the Players who complain of unrequested Gifts tend to be at very high levels and have significant numbers of Neighbours.  I would be interested in the experiences of other lower level players like me who did not appear to have the same problems.

The game itself may encourage you to send 'free gifts' to all your Neighbours as well as 50 Special Delivery Boxes to a random group of Neighbours.  If you do not know that the Item you send in effect may replace an Item that your Neighbour actually may have requested, you may be considered a less than sterling Neighbour by players who fail to receive the Items they need.

On the other hand, as previously indicated, the Players who shun and avoid Neighbours who send gifts to every one usually are those at very high levels with over one thousand Neighbours.  Most of us are not at those elevated heights and the number of Players who will delete you as a Friend simply because you sent an unrequested Gift are in the minority!