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q0h7sio201aq
Seasoned Novice
2 months ago

Egypt Season Feedback

Really disappointed with how this season ran.  I was really excited, buildings look great and sand storm sounded interesting.  I paid out for Premium Pass. 

Buying excavation tokens with season money definitely a step too far.  No information shared on how many you’d need to unlock the ridiculous 25 upgrades of the pyramid. No information shared on how much seasonal money we could earn over the 4 weeks.  I hedged my bets in week 1&2 and “just” bought 20 batches of excavation tokens plus buildings required to complete season.

the reward tracks became ridiculous too. Normally you do all 60 tasks, maybe even 15 bonus ones and you complete. Occasionally when you drop a few tasks I build a few RZ.  Hospital one was ridiculous and at a minimum mathematical required 50 top level upgrades.  I did loads more because I had 8 RZ tasks and because some bright spark changed the points for upgrades the first ones only get 5 measly points!   It’s taken all the fun out of the game and made it a grind, shan’t be doing it again and thinking about quitting. 
Anyway I ploughed on through, got the 150000 season money, bought all the excavation tokens in the store…and managed to upgrade to level 21.  I’ve got 109000 season money left plus what I win this week but can’t upgrade, I’m gutted and annoyed at EA for messing up a beautiful game.

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  • Couldn't agree more. The biggest letdowns are the uncertainty about the total amount needed to upgrade the pyramid and the absurd amount of event points required to get the Egyptian hospital. This will go down as probably the worst CoM season ever. 

  • Thank you for making this post. I was pondering this all night - seasonal currency alone was one of the worst ideas ever to come to the game. But then you throw in having to upgrade the Giza pyramid... 25 times!

    Did you know it takes 150,000 excavation coins to upgrade the Giza pyramid from level 24 to 25? I have no way of earning 150.000 excavation coins (I already redeemed the 150,000 counts from the Season Collection reward). Even if I spent money to get more seasonal currency, there is not enough excavation coin things left in the seasonal currency showcase 4 that I can redeem to cover the 150.000 excavation coins

    This season was terrible even though the buildings look amazing. Next season is Chicago, which I'm not really excited for, but if season currency is still a thing next round, I will not be playing very actively. I've already decided the premium season pass is no longer worth any dollar figure. Yes it gives you a lot of seasonal currency.. BUT THE BULK MAJORITY OF SEASONAL CURRENCY IS NEEDED TO UPGRADE A PYRAMID I DO NOT WANT.

    Dear TrackTwenty, I do not want the Pyramid of Giza. Please take it back.

  • Perfectly said, no information about pyramid upgrades or total points for 4 weeks to plan ahead. It’s completely disappointing, and i have upgraded the Pyramid to Level 21, and bought  premium pass, collected all buildings and 150,000 extra points, still not enough to complete the pyramid, i have that green seasonal currency stacked upto 40k, but couldnt buy anymore pyrmid points (brown points) since they limited each category for 10 stocks! This is the worst season i have ever played in SimCity

  • NewGoodland's avatar
    NewGoodland
    New Adventurer
    2 months ago

    Dear EA, 

    ‘What were you thinking?  An entire season dedicated to the Giza pyramid , with the goal of completing the Pyramid..only to find out there is not enough currency available from completing tasks to accomplish the goal of the season?

    This is incompetence on a planning level I have not seen before in the years I have played this game.  What is the point of purchasing a season pass when one cannot achieve the goal of the season?

    Many players will be 110k short in the required currency to complete the pyramid.  

    EA SHOULD NOTE TO PLAYERS THAT AN ITEM IN THE GAME CAN ONLY REACH FULL VALUE WITH ADDITIONAL IN GAME PURCHASES.

    That is simply called Full disclosure, and we the players at least deserve that!

    New Goodland Mayor’s Office.
    Disappointed and ripped off player.

     

     

     

     

     

  • If seasonal currency is the new approach from EA / Track Twenty for the game - then I would rather the game be shut down.

    I repeat and echo the sentiments of the replies in this thread, this is probably the worst round I've played since the back to back Rustic / Farm seasons a few years back. The train season is the second worst round I've played since those back to back seasons.

    A new season every month is exhausting, I think the game should revert back to 6-8 week seasons.

  • Paroxium's avatar
    Paroxium
    Seasoned Vanguard
    2 months ago

    I hadn't seen this topic here. I've been writting in another topic about the unreachable egyptian hospital where players have this same feeling.... I've been more than 24 hours out of the game. This has gone too far and I think this time I will be able to quit it forever. This game makes me miserable, tired, unhappy, stressed... I can't bear it any more

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