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Anonymous
10 years ago
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Contest of Mayors is a joke

WTF how can this be happening? Last week I was beaten by players who put up more points than I had available if I did ALL 28 assignments and now this!
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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@TroyParry74 wrote:

Someone mentioned EA's model creates unfair advantage.

It surely does, because the fact is, the task values are completely random, making it a contest of almost pure luck. I got word back that this is changing soon, however I don't know how soon.

Quote: "We understand your frustration. A balancing of the tasks will arrive shortly & it will make it more fair for everyone."

Soon from a programming aspect can easily mean anywhere between 2 weeks and 3 months.  Although I'm sure EA has a team working on the game and not just one person, so I would think sooner than later.  Although when my boss is asking me how soon is soon, I usually mean, It's done when it's done, don't rush me or it'll be buggy. 🙂

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9 years ago
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I'm guessing the task assignments are issued server-side, so it could change much sooner than you think.

It would be poor programming if it were client side, because that would make it very vulnerable to exploitation.

I'll start the city league again today, but if it's not looking promising i'll abort early. Fingers crossed!

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    Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    @TroyParry74 wrote:

    I'm guessing the task assignments are issued server-side, so it could change much sooner than you think.

    It would be poor programming if it were client side, because that would make it very vulnerable to exploitation.

    I'll start the city league again today, but if it's not looking promising i'll abort early. Fingers crossed!

    Small patches/downloads can be passed in-game too that don't require an entire update.  I've been thinking they do this sometimes and it goes in when it initially opens your city that's why sometimes it takes longer to load.  

    There was a bug in some people's contest that would crash the game last week and an EA rep said it was fixed and to close the game and load it again.  How else could a crashing bug be fixed if not but for a downloaded patch?  Is it possible a server-side bug crashed only some devices?  Anything is possible, but I think it more likely that when loading the game small patches are downloaded at that time.

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