Looking for a demotion !!!
Well, after looking at the prizes in the Mayors contest I've decided I'd like to be demoted from the City League back down to Suburban League. I want Gold keys, and only 9th & 10th positions are off...
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@Toby-G-211 wrote:
SomeSimGuy, do you know what would happen if you took the repair disaster, but had no damage, would it just get instantly finished? I've seen this before but didn't take the assignment because I don't do dr. Vu missions at all, never will. It could be a major weakness in future contests I know, but I can't do it. Thanks
I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you saying that you launched a vu disaster before, but it glitched and there was no disaster to repair? In the case of "Repair X Disaster areas" it would not recognize as complete until you actually repaired the amount of disaster areas required. In the case of "Launch X Vu Disasters" It would accept the launch even if the game were to glitch and not actually have buildings to repair.
I don't understand your aversion to Dr. Vu. I don't see it any different than upgrading a building one time. They're super easy and get a gold key out of it, but with as high as you are, you don't need gold keys, so I guess it doesn't matter. With where I am, gold keys are my bread and butter to Specialization placement and Vu is the fastest way to get gold keys. Since I've been saving Vu Items and buying them whenever I see them between contests, I blew threw 3 different assignments within the first hour of new contest and got 12 keys from 3 disasters. Even if I got 3 keys per day from the shipyard it would take 4 days to earn the same amount of keys.
For those who need keys, the damage is temporary, they're quick and easy to repair and the only thing it functionally does to cause any harm is a momentary dip in population and taxes, but that dip is so insignificant to the overall population that makes the key return far outweigh any slight loss of tax income.
One could actually argue that it actually increases tax revenue faster where the momentary dip (at most a couple hours) in loss of taxes if offset by being able to place a high population boosting specialization relatively quickly and completely negating the loss of tax income in the first place.
Gotcha, I was afraid of dr. Vu (lol) and thought that his damage was more severe than that, (not so easy to fix or even worse permanent). Thanks for explaining that it's quite simple to fix his damage. I still don't know if I'll ever use him but it's good to know. The Contest is going lousy for me, took a few low paying jobs, a few higher ones, but nothing really big yet, oh well it looks like another bad round for me. Maybe next time. Thanks for the info. and good luck.
- ApprovedBack on topic, doesn't this answer the question? It's in the rules (FAQ) section at the bottom, how do leagues work. Seems to me you could just get 0 points, and probably get demoted. Off topic: SomeSimGuy if I use "Vu" and he destroys say the Empire State Building or the Eiffel Tower, I can just rebuild it? Sorry, I feel stupid for asking this, but as stated I've never used that feature and am clueless, just trying to learn more.
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Vu doesn't destroy Specializations. Only sim inhabited buildings. I get irritated when it hits my Epic buildings and the world stops till they're fixed again. LOL That's the extent of it though. I can usually fix it all right away, but sometimes I don't have an item and it could take an hour or two to make. I was afraid of what damage he would cause too until after I started using him. Now it's no big deal. I delayed until I hit level 32. Had I known as soon as I unlocked it I could have expanded specializations a lot faster than I have been. They're slowly coming along now, but a whole lot faster than they were with just shipyard keys.
- ApprovedDr Vu only destroys residential buildings, never anything else. Repairs depend on Dr Vu level and which disaster you play. Repairs are equivalent to one upgrade of a building (generally speaking).
In the mayor contest, you should drop a level if you are the lowest scoring. I've never played (I'm concentrating on epic challeges, > 50 cheetah buildings now). - Approved
The Vu Tower only damages Residential buildings. How many varies with the Level of your Vu tower and the type of disaster you launch but so does the reward i. e. a Level 7 Meteor III Attack damages 4 buildings but provides 3 Keys and 500 Semolions upon repair, while a Level 7 Alien Invasion I damages 2 buildings and returns 2 Keys no cash. Repair requirements are on par with the final upgrade of any building, they do designate the disaster repair requirements as Easy, Medium or Hard, I really can't tell much of a difference just a slight variance in the items needed Easy more Steel and Wood and Hard more Donuts etc.
You're definitely missing out on an important asset if you are not utilizing the Vu Tower. The only downside is collecting enough Vu Specialty Tokens which can be hard to find at times and an additional strain on your storage if you have not kept up with upgrading it. I try to keep at least 10 ea. of the 3 styles of tokens on hand at all times. The amount needed to launch an attack varies with disaster type and level. A level 7 Meteor III attack requires some combination of 5 Tokens, so you can see how quickly you can expend them.
- ApprovedThanks everyone for the great information.
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