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EA StaffClub wars - Feedback
Hello Mayors,
Today SimCity BuildIt was updated with a new feature - Club Wars.
Do you have any feedback to share about Club Wars with the game team? Please, use this thread, we will be happy ...
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I've waited to give the Club Wars a few goes before providing feedback, and I think it's a big mistake to have added it to the game.
I've been playing for over a year, Level 53, 2 million plus population. Our club has evolved over time, but includes people from the USA, UK and Japan. I really enjoy the CoM and the club members cooperate really well to help each other out, and we consistently get the third chest reward. We're also good at helping other members out with expansions.
The Club Wars seems counter to everything that the game is based on - buildit not destroyit. I know we have the Vu disasters but I only ever use them as part of the challenges.
It seems a strange philosophy to shoe horn in a war element into an existing game when competitors have it as the core of their game, and therefore will always be better. Why are EA using an existing successful game with a different philosophy to compete in that market ? Make a new game.
The main downside is that my Club is now split down the middle by those who like the Wars and those who hate them. We've tried to all participate and complete both CoM and a War, but it's too time consuming to do both. The result is that we've dropped a reward level in the CoM, which for those members who put in the time is very disappointing.
if Club Wars continues in the game, I may stop playing, or at least play less.
The developers should have concentrated on solving and improving existing elements of the game.....allow trade of omega supplies between players.....greater variation in epic building design......greater variety of design in Paris, London & Tokyo buildings.....and how about allowing players to actually trade real estate....
- Hello again,
After reading the great feedback recently I was particularly intrigued by one piece of information that @Gilberto1i1 added. It was mentioned in his post that within the club that he is a member of there seems to be a division within the team to proceed with participating in ClubWars or not.
I'm curious if there is any type of possible connection occuring within this division with the players advancment in the game, player level, population and/or amout if time invested in game time?
Any addition information that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
ThanksThere's no trend (and if there was it's too small a sample to be meaningful !). But FYI we have 18 team members from Levels 27 to 56. In our current war we have 11 active players, but I know a few, like myself, are contributing to support the team even though we don't like the concept.
We stay private as a team, (it's a kind of rule), but we once shared our ages, and they range from early 20's right through to 60+. Again it's a mix of ages that are participating in the war.
For what its worth my theory is that everyone who chose to play SimCity to any reasonable level, has already pretty much rejected the war games. People are playing Club Wars at the moment because it's a new element, but I think interest will drop off.
- Thanks for all the information
I have been following this thread trying to gather information to determine if there is a player demographic that possibly has trouble engaging in ClubWars. The reasoning used by many that ClubWars is violent or destructive considering the gameplay and city damage reset after battle makes this reasoning seem unlikely to me and the many others I have shared this thought with.
I belong to a reasonably full team of players, over 75% or an average of 17 players of our team, like ClubWars and when life allows are ready when we engage an opponent. Our club is a lot of newer players and we also include a vast age range of men and women.
Most of us play daily and we all compete successfully in the mayors challenge, again when life allows. Our team has an extreemly broad demographic of individuals, without exaggeration from daisy pickers to headbangers, fiancial advisers to loading dock workers and we all play, communicate and enjoy eachothers company while we play. No joke. Regardless of individual personallity type and/or career path every member is valuable and all members contribute to our team effort as equally as time allows.
Myself, I race our other many team leaders to press the war activation button at every opportunity. Only winning said race once to put our clubs enthusiasm for ClubWars in perspective. Eventhough competition accross our battlefield has been weak, as many others throughout this thread have pointed out, the game play during every battle has been enjoyable on a team level. A lot more exciting than the semi independant and somewhat repetitive mayors challenge in my opinion. With the game mechanics nearly requiring a team effort, the new feel every new opponent creates, combined with my team members broad opinion base enjoying every battle, I'm at a complete loss why anyone couldn't enjoy this new addition.
I don't feel I have quite enough information to make a steady determination for this great divide but so far I am seeing a trend toward rejection from high level, long term players vs excitment and accepting the new addition from newer and/or growing players.
This assumption is however based on the limited amout of information I have collected over a very short timeline but I thought it might be helpfull to share my early findings for others who might be following this thread.
If anyone has any additional information that they could share on this subject if appropriate to do so please post it here for others to consider or if not P.M me.
Thanks again.
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