I agree Daisey. I just commented on the Leaderboard thread. I was planning to decorate my whole island with totems. That was the only thing keeping me playing now because, apart from 2 collectibles, I have finished everything else.

Tazcat, since finishing the puzzles I only play about an hour a day - half hour in the morning & again before I finish work in the evening. I give each villager a task & then turn the game off but leave it on 2x speed. Then when I turn it on again, I find any that have reached Master status on what they are doing & switch them to a new task. I just keep working/ clicking them til they reach Trainee status & then leave them be til they reach Master in that & switch them to something else again.

My 50 elders have finally all died off. My Village People have nothing to live for, no goals to reach... except some new clothes now and then...

Okay, this is tongue-in-cheek, obviously. I'm madly addicted to VV, and will be playing it, (like another member said earlier) when we are on version 200. Thank you, LDW, for creating this wonderful game for us. Next game, let us have countless elders. That is one of my major enjoyments, getting someone to earn Elder status before they died.

(((Dawg))) I will mourn your losses with you.

I second the request for limitless Elders in future versions.

**sniffle** Thank you, Danfan. Let's also vote that the LDW giftshop sell plastic or wooden versions of the little totems. They're so darn cute.

It may take time - it depends on how you play. If you like to be active and force them forward it will go faster. Some villagers are more prone to becoming and elder. They work harder and don't spend too much time in the pond or whatever leisure they have. Keep an eye on those and switch them to a new task whenever they get master in a specific area. The runners are a big advantage: Put them in tasks like farming and building in their youth and then maybe science or parenting. Some villagers just seem to hate a specific skill, for example science. They will then try to do something else as soon as you look elsewhere. It really tests your patience.

Two more who dress their Elders all in white! I've maxed mine out too, but I still dress any villagers with three or more Master skills in white because even though they can't get a totem or have the title of Esteemed Elder they've still got all the skills.

Once I realised how to get Elders fast I ended up with TWELVE Elders running round the village at the same time!

Hint: Just about ALL of the villagers will work at three of the skill sets on their own - with great enthusiasm - but only a very few will do either of the two others without you forcing them to get down to it all the time.

Wow, okay, I didn't even THINK of that - going ahead and dressing my Elders in white even though they no longer say "elder" status or get a totem. D'oh! This will let the game continue to be a challenge to reach Elder Status... Also, when I had someone reach "Elder" status I put ELDER behind their name so that at a glance (in addition to their white garb) they could be instantly recognized as an Elder.

I've dressed my non-elder elders in white also. Last night, it seemed there were more adults walking around in white that anything else.

Well phooey limiting elders. I wondered why one didn't get it yesterday, then today 3 more that should be aren't. Oh well will just have to move on like everyone else and at least still change their clothes. My males are in white, my female are in the maroon to complement them, and because less of my females were starting off in that color.

thanks for answering. I thought I had a glitch too. They should have raised to since you can have 90 people you should be able to have more elders. But you do run out of room to put the totem. They should have made Isola bigger. I think for the next game they should have it bigger so you can build more home too. 3 houses isnt enough for 90 people.