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Albanax
Newcomer
4 hours ago

Global Trade HQ is overwhelmed by expansion items – market balance issue

I think the current Global Trade HQ is heavily unbalanced.

I checked 10 different market refreshes and, out of 120 visible offers, around 85% were land, beach or mountain expansion items. On some refreshes, almost every single offer was one of these items.

Expansion items should obviously remain tradable, but they currently take up so much of the market that regular factory and commercial goods become difficult to find.

It would be great if the team could review the advertisement distribution system — for example by limiting how many items from the same category can appear at once, or by increasing the variety of offers shown.

I have attached screenshots of the different refreshes.

Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?

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  • thesimcitycity's avatar
    thesimcitycity
    New Traveler
    4 hours ago

    The problem is too many people advertising those expansion items. What they should be doing is putting them into their depot unadvertised.

    I can see you recently started playing. At level 26 you still have some items to unlock so you aren’t seeing as much variety in the depot.

    The trick to this game is to produce a variety of items so you are not reliant on buying them. Join a good club so you can trade or buy items when you get stuck.

    This issue has been known for over a decade so you are better off finding a workaround solution. EA developers do not read this forum.

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