Just finished all 20 assignments in the contest of mayors. I chose every one with the highest value, and successfully completed each one. Now why in the fuc am I not even in the top 20? It is obvious this game is rigged and other, more important ($$$) people are being rewarded with higher payouts offered. Good luck with your game after over a year and more than 2 million people (level 76), I quit. By the way, I was here before the airport was!!! Thanks for all free play.
Hello @Toby-G-211 and @MiniSaigon,
This type of name calling and bickering is not acceptable on Answers HQ.
Please familiarize yourself with the rules on Answers HQ: http://answers.ea.com/t5/help/faqpage
I will also be sending you two a private message.
Thank you,
EA_Kristi
@EA_Kristi I expected this as well, but couldn't resist, sorry :D
My sincerely apology, Toby.
Yes, people play this game for many reasons, some for total population, some for "aesthetic" reasons. Whichever way you choose, is not right or wrong. No one way is right, the government is not forcing you to play. This game has many "know-it-alls" their knowledge based on their perceived success. Just because you have something that someone else doesn't, doesn't make you better. Opinions are like a--holes, everyone has one. Our inalienable rights that we are born with protects our right to have different opinions.
i too started using these forums to learn things about this game. I thought that by learning the nuances would allow me more enjoyment from playing. Why make the same mistakes others have made when you can learn from them? And although that worked well and shortened my learning curve, what I quickly discovered is that some people did nothing but complain. The game is fixed, people are cheating, EA sucks, it's too hard, it's too easy, etc. this has caused my participation in these forums to be sporadic. There are enough problems in life without having to listen to others constantly complaining about a video game.
i have been accused at times of being an EA apologist, working for EA, liking EA, cheating and causing the financial collapse in 2008. These couldn't be farther from the truth (including the financial collapse.) I have questioned EA's actions many times, I think That some things in this game are ridiculous, I think the game sucks all your resources, attacks your weaknesses, all of which contribute to making the game challenging. It is unfortunate that EA doesn't write the code to each of ours standards and preferences. The bottom line is "you can't fight City Hall" meaning they are not going to change it so your only method of attack is to quit playing. If that is not an alternative then bite the bullet, suck it up, quit bellyaching and play
Two things stand out after reading these forums that I don't understand. The first is the concept of "winning." I have never found a finish line nor have I seen where the game actually ends. I assume people are referring to the COM, and help me understand this. Does finishing 1st in a weekly COM constitute winning? Winning what? The trophy you earn must be lost in the mail and although it feeds one's ego to finish first, that gratification last about 3 seconds. Isn't it about getting promoted, earning season points, earning those season-specific free buildings? At least it is for me, I got plenty of gold keys with nothing to spend them on so whether I finish first or 29th this week doesn't matter. Keep the keys and the turtle tokens
The other issue and I have addressed this more than I want to, revolves around the "money-sucking" behavior of EA and/or players spending "real" cash to play and buying their success. My understanding is that EA is not a non-profit company, meaning they try to earn revenue by producing a product that consumers purchase. I have never found in any of their literature where they guarantee you can play this game for free. It clearly states "in-app purchase." To me this means you can buy stuff if you want or play the game without and possibly achieving lesser results. To compare, I assume that many of you playing this game actually have jobs. You go to work, perform some kind of function and are rewarded for this by receiving money. Your employer must generate revenue in order to pay you, you certainly wouldn't continue to work for free, right? Why would EA be any different. Yes they are money- sucking beasts whose only motivation is to grab every dollar from you that they can. And so is every other company that is in business today. Can you go to the movies for free, or a sporting event? Probably not. A company can't give away its product for free and make up the difference in volume
The last issue concerns spending cash to play. It's as if you buy simcash, you are on the level with child molesters, nazi sympathizers, air polluters or any other kind of low-life criminal. I have been playing since June 2015 and probably average spending $10 a week. I have chosen to spend, not forced, and quite frankly I could not play this long without buying simcash regularly.The game would slow to a crawl but my point is now that I have admitted that I do spend, I haven't shown up on the FBI's most wanted list. People use this as an excuse why others are doing better. "Oh you only got to level XX because you spent so much money". The trick would be to figure out how to maximize your dollars and receive the most bang for your buck. Anyone can throw wads of money at something and achieve less results
i really would like to start a thread which would not allow complainers but I think it would not get many posts. One last thing (finally). It is my understanding from reading many posts here, that EA does not participate in these forums. So any posts that attempt to get their attention fall on deaf ears.
i am going to crawl back under my rock for awhile now. Play nice, children...
@tobyg211 wrote:
In my opinion Here's the best comment: By: lazywaste1
★★★★ NOVICE
lazywaste1
02-14-2017 07:13 PM - edited
I just want to drop in and give my 2 cents so that you all understand some very important issues about those with complaints and those that don't understand what the problem is. First and foremost, your individual contest experience is first and foremost totally dependant upon your city level. I know this because #1 I am smart enough to know that those that think the contest is great and have no problems are typically cities under level 40. Don't believe me? Well then go back and look at those complaining that it's rigged, all over level 70, the higher the city level the more the complaints. And of course #2 - I have 2 cities. One low level and my main is level 76. And I can tell you right now, the contest is rigged. My low level city only needs to complete 2-3 assignments per week to not only be promoted but to finish in the top 5-20 (depending on the league) but to reap massive rewards. And In complete contrast, my level 76 village was this past week in the Metro league. With 1 day to go in the contest I was in 1st place with a 2090 average assignment value, I only did the highest level assignments. By the time the contest was finished I would have finished outside the top 40 if I did not burn golden tickets. I only burned golden tickets to see if I had a chance to get into the top 10. I burned 2 - both 1680 assignments which were the highest value assignments I had. Instead I finished 26th, 8,000 points behind #10. Doing only the highest point value assignments plus adding in golden tickets, I never had a chance to compete. That is the problem that everyone has, they spend a lot of time doing horrible assignments that take a massive resource and time sink only to get nothing out of their efforts. As a special note i will tell you that of the 10 cities that finished in the top 10, not a single one of them was in the top 20 within 12 hours of the contest finish. Forgive me for saying it, but that is a consistent theme amongst high level cities. How is it that my Clan of 20 members all reports that not a single top 10 finisher was even remotely close to sniffing the top 20 with less than 12 hours left in the contest? It happens every single week. How are they getting massive assignments and everyone else isn't? The contest is rigged and anyone that argues otherwise is simply misinformed. I have never finished in the top 5 - ever. To do max value assignments and never finish in the top 5 tells you something. And how is it that a Chinese player has 80,000 after the contest is less than 10 minutes old? Seriously - wake up and see the truth.
He knows what's going on here.
Hold on here a minute, Sparky. My comments are directed to lazywaste1 as I would like some clarification on some of these statements. First, are these your opinions or have they been researched and verified, and if so by whom? Are you even qualified to formulate a hypothesis concerning how code is written and which algorithms EA uses for this game. How large is your sample size of cities above and below level 40 that you used to reach these conclusions? Or really is it just a guess based on your experience with your 2 cities? Are you even in the computer or gaming industry where you could be considered an expert or even knowledgeable above the level of hobbyist? You state that you are smart enough to make these statements, what are you basing that perception on? And if in fact, the contest is rigged, by whom is doing the rigging? EA? Hackers? What would be the motivation for EA to rig this? Why would they want to make a handful of people happy at the expense of the millions who would be upset and possibly quit playing? That is not a business model that would succeed in the marketplace. I'm not an expert but it seems to me that a game producer would need people to play their game in order to survive. I too am at level 76 and I have not experienced everything you are claiming. And even if the game is rigged, so what? What do you hope to accomplish by making it known to everyone? If you are really bothered by it, you have a powerful tool at your disposal to combat it and send a message to EA.. you can quit playing. Maybe you are trying to incite others to join you in your protest of EA?
Lastly, your comment about a player having 80,000 in less than 10 minutes, could that be a slight exaggeration? I find that impossible even if you had all the pieces to complete enough tasks, I don't think the game could register it that fast.
Could all of your observations be prone to exaggeration?
I am am not trying to argue or insult anyone here, in light of the actions which occurred today. I am very interested in your comments, especially if they are valid. The problem is that human beings will believe 38% of what we read and only 7% of what we hear. So 1/3 of the people who read your post are going to believe it's true, and that's dangerous
Happy trails...
