Edit: I've tested the new change and I think it is a step in the right direction. At least you now have a chance to buy an item, however...I do understand the reasoning, but instead of forcing an already broken system, change it. In it's current state it might as well not be there. Either add a filter to only display items we're looking for.Or option 2, display at least one of every item choice available for your rank.Can't see myself playing for much longer if it carries on like this. I'm sure most people feel the same.

I agree, 30 second time was a horrible idea, just spend 20 minutes trying to find nails with no luck. I am about to give up on this game.

What still frustrates me is that even with the 30s refresh, the odds that the item I see will still be there when I click on it is the same. But now I have to spend more time seeing screen after screen of items I don't want. This would work if the items I see are "locked" so that I have first option to buy the item, then they are released after the 30s. Now THAT would work for me.

WHAT THE F@$! WERE YOU EA IDIOTS THINKING??!? This is the dumbest possible idea you could've implemented. Just as I thought Trade couldn't get any worse, you put a freaking timer on it. Really?? The game was almost total *, now it is for sure.I'm done. Bulldozing and deleting. You guys obviously don't play the games you make.

Completely dissatisfied with the 30 second refresh. It normally took an hour to find a dozer blade with refreshing every second, but now it will be impossible UNLESS you spend hundreds of your own cash buying parts to expand. Not to mention those parts are never given out in popups over your city once you reach a certain level. This is simply a greedy way for the developers to make money off players. It's a marketing scam and a poor reflection on EA. Disappointing.

If the idea was to give more opportunities to the player to take items... you missed itThe expansion items (for the deposit and the land part) are rare and now it's so difficult to find and buy (when you find one you have to wait to go the player city and then buy it... so it's gone).You may should start by eliminating the animation and the necessity to fly over the player market, eventually you should give a "reservation ticket" immediately in the HQ and then let just the one who reserved to fly to the market.So much time saved...

GTHQ will refresh in 30 seconds | EA Forums

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Anonymous
11 years ago
Completely dissatisfied with the 30 second refresh. It normally took an hour to find a dozer blade with refreshing every second, but now it will be impossible UNLESS you spend hundreds of your own cash buying parts to expand. Not to mention those parts are never given out in popups over your city once you reach a certain level. This is simply a greedy way for the developers to make money off players. It's a marketing scam and a poor reflection on EA. Disappointing.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I agree, 30 second time was a horrible idea, just spend 20 minutes trying to find nails with no luck. I am about to give up on this game.
Anonymous
11 years ago
What still frustrates me is that even with the 30s refresh, the odds that the item I see will still be there when I click on it is the same. But now I have to spend more time seeing screen after screen of items I don't want. This would work if the items I see are "locked" so that I have first option to buy the item, then they are released after the 30s. Now THAT would work for me.
Anonymous
11 years ago
If the idea was to give more opportunities to the player to take items... you missed it
The expansion items (for the deposit and the land part) are rare and now it's so difficult to find and buy (when you find one you have to wait to go the player city and then buy it... so it's gone).
You may should start by eliminating the animation and the necessity to fly over the player market, eventually you should give a "reservation ticket" immediately in the HQ and then let just the one who reserved to fly to the market.
So much time saved...
Anonymous
11 years ago
WHAT THE F@$! WERE YOU EA IDIOTS THINKING??!? This is the dumbest possible idea you could've implemented. Just as I thought Trade couldn't get any worse, you put a freaking timer on it. Really?? The game was almost total *, now it is for sure.

I'm done. Bulldozing and deleting. You guys obviously don't play the games you make.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I agree! If the GTHQ was mostly useless before, now it is completely useless after this latest change.
Anonymous
11 years ago
So now when we see 32 items for the same thing we have to wait another 30 seconds to see another set of 32 items that we dont want? What idiot came up with this idea?
Even with the 30 second refresh rate you cant buy anything! They are snipped out from under us.
Anonymous
11 years ago
How did you guys just made something horrible into complete sh** that was just impossible. But good job EA now trade hq destroying the game even more... really disappointed in you ☹️
Anonymous
11 years ago
Like the idea but do not think it works as harder to find rare items and I just seam to get light bulbs all the time !!!!

Like the idea of a search engine
Anonymous
11 years ago
I think is the worse thing you could do to kill this game...i agree with somebody here that said you probably dont play the game...
This 30 sec option is TERRIBLE

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