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Anonymous
8 years ago
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SimCity BuildIt: Reports and Feedback.

Dear Mayors, Many thanks to those who have already provided constructive feedback about SimCity BuildIt. Your feedback is seriously taken into account and as a result our developing team wil...
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    EA_Lanna
    6 years ago

    *edited to add more information

    Hi folks,

    Thank you for using this thread to date. We originally created this thread year's ago and for a while it worked great for feedback and reports but it no longer serves it's initial purpose as we are now taking a different approach from this thread. 

    For current issues, we have since found it's more beneficial to have a dedicated current thread for new issues as it allows everyone interested in a specific issue to find all the current/relevant  information in a single space. 

    This doesn't mean you can't still let us know when there's an issue to report or share your feedback with us. Please use the General Discussion board for sharing feedback and for crashes, loading issues or technical issues in general please use the Support board.

    Thanks, 

    EA_Lanna

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moramoney
6 years ago

I know there’s a thread dedicated to Fixing War Issues, but I’m not sure if it’s read by EA reps, so I’ll Post some suggestions here.

Clubs hiding under bubbles/dome are making these 2-day wars boring and predictable. It also gives clubs with more than 10 members an unfair disadvantage, since there are more cities to attack, while a 10-member club will get attacked and stay under a bubble for the remainder of the war if they are ahead.

Wars used to be fun and I believe encouraged active participation. I’ve noticed that more and more of our team members are less active during non-war periods and we’ve had members leave because they’re frustrated over this tactic used by small teams.

We typically have 15 club members participate in wars, yet we almost never stand a chance against a 10-12 club team (which has only 7 member usually participate.)

RECOMMENDATIONS

Here are some recommendations that I think would restore the competitiveness of Wars and ultimately increase player engagement, which I’m sure EA would be want.

-Match clubs to a club with equal or near equal club members when war is initiated. Gives both teams equal opportunity at earning points and will give clubs w/best strategy best opportunity to win..

Or

-Amount of damage needed to get put under a bubble/dome is related to size of city or number of buildings for each city. (Larger cities essentially will have to be attacked more to get bubbles).

Or

-Bubble Time-Out . When a city is put under a bubbles after 13 war damages, make the bubble expire after an appropriate amount of time (12 or 18 hours). If a city doesn’t repair any or all damage before bubble expiration, then the don’t receive the War Items damage that cities don’t repair. This will not allow for Clubs to hide under bubbles for essentially 90% of the war period. Will penalize clubs with non-participating team members and will make war more engaging. 

Or

- Shorten wars by a day or more. Most of the war period is ‘dead time’ when a city is just sitting under bubbles until the end. At least this way a club can initiate another war once defeated with this inactive strategy versus being bored and discouraged from playing the game more. 

MY FAVORITE: Bubble/Dome time-outs after receiving maximum war damage.

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Superpraesi
6 years ago

@moramoney 


@moramoney  schrieb:

Clubs hiding under bubbles/dome are making these 2-day wars boring and predictable. It also gives clubs with more than 10 members an unfair disadvantage, since there are more cities to attack, while a 10-member club will get attacked and stay under a bubble for the remainder of the war if they are ahead.

We typically have 15 club members participate in wars, yet we almost never stand a chance against a 10-12 club team (which has only 7 member usually participate.)

This is only one side of the medal. Yes, the smaller club has the advantage to have more targets, but on the other side, the larger club has more potential attacking power because they have more energy in total at the start of the war and their energy regeneration rate is higher in total, too.

I maintain that the advantages and disadvantages nearly cancel each other.

A well organized team of 15 using a good strategy has good chances to win the war against a team of 10.

  • LuvsHorror8's avatar
    LuvsHorror8
    6 years ago

    Do we need domes? Why not just keep hitting. Real wars don’t have time outs. Eliminate the domes all together. 

    • l3rainzone's avatar
      l3rainzone
      6 years ago
      What happens when all your buildings are destroyed. Also, cities with fewer buildings would have the advantage as they wouldn't be able to be attacked as much.
      • PinnacleValley's avatar
        PinnacleValley
        6 years ago

        I like the concept and gave it an xp in the General Discussion section. I suspect the attacked city would only receive the equivalent damage as they do today, regardless how many times attacked. Although, this would create an interesting dynamic...all applicable buildings destroyed would result in a wealth of cheap war items and would drive the “strategy” boys crazy.

        I picture it now, they’re in their parent’s kitchen stomping their feet, tears streaming down their cheeks crying out for Mommy, knowing full well they’re getting ready to tote a whuppin’ cause there’s no where to run, no where to hide...serves these (pick your own adjective(s) and noun) right for the damage they’ve done to the war games. What makes it even more hilarious is when you recognize they are most likely old enough to be an adult.

        Thanks for bearing with me as I have a good laugh...

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