Wrenry
I'm playing and though I don't have a load of friends, I've got 5, 4 from accepting invites from Gaia and one FB friend from another game, I like how the game so far is set up that you don't need your friends to send you supplies to build items, send you energy, and/or things to complete quests.
The only real uses I've seen so far for having friends is to get bonuses from their farm, some great rewards when they post bonuses, and to help expand your farm. (A feature that in itself can be bypassed if you have the money to pay for the farm expansion.)
Oddly I'm wondering when they're going to make a General Announcement that the game is now available and how much of a tie in they will do with it for the site like they do for Monster Galaxy.
Maybe they'll at least let the cat and dog, Yoyo and Toto, become companion pets on this site.
I agree with you, I like how this game works. It's very good to have friends and cash but not having much won't get the player stuck forever. And the cash payoff for doing quests is nice too.
Probably the announcement will take long cause the game still in beta.
But I don't think advertise it as much as Monster Galaxy. MG was Gaia's creation, now Summer Springs is just a localization of a Korean Game. Hm, well, at least I hope there's some bonuses for Gaians and connecting both accounts.
Btw, anyone who wants I neighbor send me a PM and I'll send you the link to my facebook. Don't worry I won't dig up your personal life, hehehehhe.