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langlucas's avatar
langlucas
Seasoned Newcomer
5 months ago

Service demand change

Hi everyone — I’ve noticed something unusual in my city and wanted to ask if others are seeing the same thing or if this is a bug:

In my Capital City and all regional cities, every residential building, including OMEGA zones, is showing a flat Service Demand: 1 — even though OMEGA buildings historically required 5 units per service type (power, water, sewage, waste), plus ControlNet and drones.

A few notes:

This is true for all buildings across Capital City and all regions.

The demand display is showing “1” for every building, regardless of type or region.

My total power/water/waste usage also seems to align with the reduced demand.

I’ve confirmed I’m on the latest app version (July 2025).

No mention of a change in the patch notes

Is this:

  1. A new balance change EA silently rolled out?
  2. A bug in how service demand is calculated or displayed?
  3. Some kind of A/B test or experimental feature?

Would appreciate it if anyone else can confirm whether they’re seeing this in their cities too — especially OMEGA buildings. Thanks!

22 Replies

  • ruraltim's avatar
    ruraltim
    Seasoned Adventurer
    5 months ago

    Total power ,water and waste have dropped by half. didnt check individual buildings or regions just capital 

  • phhdmkdaio01's avatar
    phhdmkdaio01
    Seasoned Newcomer
    5 months ago

    This has hust happened to me too- My demand is almost non existant- before everything was at the max 🙄

  • edzypgyhzgno's avatar
    edzypgyhzgno
    Seasoned Rookie
    5 months ago

    I posted the same comment earlier.  Same thing.  They seem to be tinkering with a number of variables and screwing the game up in the process.  

  • Walleyes65's avatar
    Walleyes65
    New Rookie
    5 months ago

    Same here. Would be useful to know if this is intentional or a bug.

    if it is intentional, then I can reduce the number of Power Stations, Recycling Centres etc and take back the space for other things. Likewise no need to keep saving up for more Omega Power Stations etc as they are simply not needed any more.

    if it is a bug, then the above would be a bad thing to do.

  • m652i346ez0m's avatar
    m652i346ez0m
    Seasoned Ace
    5 months ago

    I too have noticed this as my capital was using 1540 units and now under 500 units per utility. Hope this stays and not go back to how it was after this Kyoto season finishes

  • c9kswr3g87ks's avatar
    c9kswr3g87ks
    New Novice
    5 months ago

    This just happened to me today. When I opened the main city all my buildings have red message bubbles of abandoned due to (no water/power/garbage/sewage service). When I opened the power service menu a message pop up says that these are now upgradable and to loom for the upgrade arrow. But there is NO upgrade arrow. So it looks like they are messing about again but without fully testing before making the changes. I for one am tired of being the guinea pig. 

  • c9kswr3g87ks's avatar
    c9kswr3g87ks
    New Novice
    5 months ago

    Same day I made the post. I noticed it happened after I had to sign back into my city through Google Play. And that it did go away after I closed the game for a bit then reopened it.

  • f2aj5m0efycy's avatar
    f2aj5m0efycy
    Seasoned Ace
    5 months ago

    I expect that EA is preparing to roll out upgradable hot spot services. (Next season is Monaco btw).

    Also, I'm getting really sick of hot spots.

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