FAQ about the Global Trade HQ
Greetings Mayors,
Global Trade HQ has been a very popular feature in SimCity BuildIt. Every day over 8 million transactions take place, meaning that it is busier than the New York Stock Ex...
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"Adding a search of filter functionality would make it highly unfair for those who are not able to quickly grab each new item that is put up for sale."
"for those who are not able to quickly grab each new item that is put up for sale"
That already happens all the time. I don't see how it could make it any worse.
I wonder how many people are shown the same items on the global trade hq because sometimes it seems like there could be 10 people all going for the same thing at once.
The thing is though, if you could search and buy any item you needed any time, it would probably be a lot easier to upgrade buildings and make money, making the game a lot easier.
@werslty wrote:I wonder how many people are shown the same items on the global trade hq because sometimes it seems like there could be 10 people all going for the same thing at once.
The thing is though, if you could search and buy any item you needed any time, it would probably be a lot easier to upgrade buildings and make money, making the game a lot easier.
I agree, except that I think you've under-estimated the number going for the same items at one time. EA reports that they are clearing about 8 million Global HQ/Trade Depot transactions a day in this game. Some quick math shows that this is an average of over 5500 per minute. And these are just the transactions that clear -- they haven't reported how many people don't find what they were looking for. I'm not sure they know.
Personally, I think EA would make more money on the game if it wasn't frustrating to play. They need to develop compelling gameplay and combine it with desirable premium content to get players to spend real money on SimCash. I've addressed the points made by the OP and detailed an extensive overhaul of the of the Trade Depot/Global HQ on page 6 of this thread (look for the green monster of a reply!) and won't repeat it all here.
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