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Superion777's avatar
Superion777
New Scout
1 month ago

Services upgrade question

If you upgrade the services (power, water, waste, etc), will you need less utilities buildings? Fewer utilities buildings when at higher levels?
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oracle2867's avatar
oracle2867
New Hotshot
1 month ago

NO THIS IS NOT TRUE

the solar power plant, for instance had capacity of 35 and residentials had demand of 1

now, fully upgraded solar power plant reaches a capacity of 180 but residential zone demand is now 35

so demand raised by a factor of 35

BUT capacity raised only by a factor o 5

in other words, you need 7 solar power plants instead of 1.

that's only for the best case (Rz), all the other building are even worse.

A lot of utilities had similar downgrades, the most remains similar, and only some omega utilities are actually better.

Oh, and if you look some months before the service update was released, they actually decreased a lot the demand of the residentials.

Basically, they let players progress further so that, when the update arrived, it created more problems to fix in a shorter time, thereby increasing in app purchases of Simoleons.

It is a deceptive and unethical practice that is subject to legal action in many countries.

andreaseelye105's avatar
andreaseelye105
New Rookie
1 month ago

If I deleted my original power plants and used the ones they provided, they were upgraded usually 8/10 or 6/8 so the population coverage was there.. no need to spend the extra simoleons on the upgrades. However, they didn’t provide enough. Therefore I spent massive amounts upgrading ones I had across my cities. Very scared to do my main city, will most likely cost 1mil. I used up the “free” service buildings they provided. My advice is upgrade all omega that you can (control net + drones) while the grace period is still here, it’s the hardest to get omega in my opinion if you are a free playing user. That’s where the scam is! Also feel horrible for those who may only have 1 mil in the bank, it’s not feasible to put your city back to original servicing without massive amounts of cash. Don’t even get me started on the population losses. 

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