Is it currently possible to have someone get to the last step of happy? I had a hearthling with about 6 buffs, dropped the tier 2 celebration and it made it about 3/4 of the way then stopped.
Nope. Maybe with new hearthlings, if they get all the good things at once (cooked food, own bed, etc), you might see a happy hearthling.
At the moment is it more about keeping your hearthlings content, trying that they don’t get sad.
In the future we will add more types of thoughts and balance all of this so that you can get happy hearthlings and feel rewarded about it.
Will the negative effects of being cramped be altered in any way once the bug is fixed? My hearthlings are currently all perma-cramped, and the effects are completely negligible when it comes to keeping them content.
Ok, that helps a lot. So I don’t go trying to achieve something crazy. I have one town right now they stay more on the happy side than content. So I guess I’m winning at something. Lol
I opted into the steam beta to see how Alpha 20 has been coming along. One thing I’ve noticed is my farmers always seem to be complaining about cramped environment, but they are in the crop fields at least 20 blocks away from any buildings, mines, etc. The fields are one block away from a lake, but I wouldn’t think that would matter. Is this intended behavior? Seems rather odd to me.
how many farmers do you have? and are they working side by side on the same fields?
Two farmers on 8 fields. They are on the same field occasionally, but are more often on separate fields or doing something else when there aren’t any crops to harvest and replant.
Have you ever been in a corn or wheat field? fully grown… That is quite cramped.
Whether intended or not that is a different matter. Makes sense to me when the crops are fully grown though since it is like a messy room that is organized in rows; you have to watch where you step. Which can result in a similar feeling of be restricted in movement; being somewhat the root definition being cramped would more likely come from.
It is odd though for a sprouting field though, since there would be more room to move around. So I find it half odd. 
This is a bug with the ‘Cramped Environment’ thought not being removed from the UI.
Let me merge the reports…