Some of you will disagree upon this method because it's kinda cheating, but you can gather more coconuts and crops than the remaining number indicates. When you have crops remaining less than 10, switch to x2 speed and drop all your workforce to the field. They will gather crops 10 each, no matter what the 'crops remaining' indicates. Coconuts can be exploited the same way.
I know that methods like this are frowned upon among devoted gamers. But I'm the type of person who just closes her eyes and hopes for the best when a ball flies toward her - in other words, I'm SLOW. To make matters worse, I'm a COWARD. I couldn't play VV1 anymore since one member of my tribe died. It's not that I cared a lot about them. I simply didn't have the guts to go on and see more of them die. Pathetic, huh? That's why I prefer the game to be easy & slow, pure and simple. I don't mind cheating. I cheat a great deal while I'm playing computer games. I'm good at finding this kind of flaws and don't bat an eyelid about using them. I know, I know, challenge is good and rewarding and all, and sometimes I play without cheating and that makes me feel good, but I usually play games to have fun, not to be frustrated with.
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