I started the 24 hour quest for the speed up tokens. As of writing I've been playing for 11 hours straight and only managed to accumulate 106 of the needed 160. I've spent all my coins several times over, bought more cash, and used that to in turn by more coins. The requirements for the points however keep getting more and more ridiculous, wanting 3 to 5 items which take 2 and half hours to make. From what I can see it would cost me at least $100 or more in real cash to be able to complete this objective. That's not going to happen.So here's the deal. If I am unable to complete this within the next 13 hours before it expires I will be done and it will be long time before another EA game of any kind enters this house. I'm not aggravated about the game as much as I am the premise. The objectives should be accomplishable without having to spend in excess of $100 to do so or the requirement should be stated pretty plainly. I'll post again at the end of the time period the results and my final decision.

My first question for you is how much storage capacity do you have? Also, what level are you currently?Your storage capacity should match your level, so if you're level 29 you need 290 storage, if you're level 32, 320 storage. If you're level 40 you need 400 storage. Max is now 500 as of the Mayor's contest update.I personally have 7 cheetah buildings right now and have never paid on dime on the game. I was originally upside down in my level to storage capacity and didn't realize it until I started doing epic projects. I was level 32 with only 190 storage. I completely stopped going up in levels at this point. It took me 2.5 months to catch my storage back up to where it should be. Once I got around 300 storage, Cheetah became possible relatively easy. It still look a long time, but it was easy to make.Your goal is this. 10 three epic point buildings. Destroy all or have very few 1 point and 2 point buildings. I only use the beach for cheetah right now. I currently have 6 pier and 4 two point buildings, I'm still working my way to the 10 buildings myself. With 6 three point buildings and 4 two point buildings I make cheetah in about 4-6 hours. I also go into it with no less than 5 of each item. Clear out by using or selling any items for Storage, beach, mountain or land. I prefer to use them rather than selling them, although lately I don't mind selling beach or mountain items since they're in plentiful supply in the store right now.If you have any turtle or llama buldings, save them up until you have 5 speedup tokens of each of them.If you build up your storage in this fashion, stock up on items and go into it with 100,000 to 150,000 coin you'll make cheetah no problem. Once you get your first cheetah building it starts to become easier because you can save up your cheetah tokens too and have anything you need to make be made faster.Also make sure your commercial buildings are clear for anything you need to make so you can start making them immediately and don't have to wait.There's a guy here that can go from 0-160 in an hour, but he's a much higher level and storage capacity than I am.I'm currently level 34 and 340 storage, so I've only gone up 2 levels since I started working on epic projects and getting my storage up to par.I've seen people who are level 43 with 120 storage and with that, No you will never make cheetah with that.Don't get discouraged. You may need to slow your game play to a crawl like I did to get your capacity up to where it needs to be, but it can be done without spending real money on the game at all.Good luck to you.

If you want something to be upset about, try this: When I first started with Cheetah tokens, you needed nine pieces to get one token. Then it became ten pieces. Then 11 pieces. Then 12 pieces. I'm now subject to 13 (yes THIRTEEN) cheetah pieces to make one Cheetah token.I can only surmise that as you get more cheetah buildings, you need more pieces to make a token. Or, perhaps, it's related to how many tokens you've earned (as I've heard of another person complaining that the turtle tokens were also increasing but they weren't adding more turtle buildings). I'm not sure as I've been adding cheetah buildings and also making tokens for use.And I too, originally complained that cheetah tokens were ridiculously challenging to attain (see one of my previous posts where I detailed the insane time required for the tasks at hand).Another person pointed out an important detail that helped me a lot: Store the long creation time items and create the short creation time items as needed.While this helped, I still usually end up having crazy requirements as I near 160 points and must deploy one or more cheetah tokens to get to 160 points. My biggest pain is creating stuff in the Farmer's Market (milk, flour, and watermelons have been in short supply and nearly impossible to find on the global trade market).I haven't spent a penny on the game - but I've sent countless mind numbing hours playing it.

There are several threads showing how you can get cheetah epic building. It's not as hard as people make it out to be. If you plan ahead and have 350 or so storage it's easily doable within 12 hrs.....On my current epic job I've gotten 80 epic points in just under 3 hrs.

@jrandomuserWith only 230 storage, No, I don't expect you would be able to make cheetah with that and hard pressed to make Llama. Get your storage capacity up to 300+ and you can do it with proper preparation.@mbrown2626I can guarantee you've been asked for 10 of single item. Happens to me all the time. It happens when two different locations are both asking for the same thing. I've had as much as 15 of the same item being asked for at the same time. 3 different buildings asking for 5 drills each. That was a pain and required a cheetah token or two to be able to complete it in time.Where it's not impossible, it makes it frustrating when you have 5 of so many other items but the game is stuck on one item across multiple locations.

@SomeSimGuy wrote:@jrandomuserWith only 230 storage, No, I don't expect you would be able to make cheetah with that and hard pressed to make Llama. Get your storage capacity up to 300+ and you can do it with proper preparation.@mbrown2626I can guarantee you've been asked for 10 of single item. Happens to me all the time. It happens when two different locations are both asking for the same thing. I've had as much as 15 of the same item being asked for at the same time. 3 different buildings asking for 5 drills each. That was a pain and required a cheetah token or two to be able to complete it in time.Where it's not impossible, it makes it frustrating when you have 5 of so many other items but the game is stuck on one item across multiple locations.I beg to differ with you regarding the amount of storage needed. I currently have 56 epic buildings: 17 turtle, 25 llama and 14 cheetah. My quickest llama was under 60 minutes, I have completed cheetahs is less than 6 hours and while some have taken me longer, the time usually included things like sleeping, eating and working. I did upgrade my storage to 250 before starting the epics from 180 however. The problem now is that it requires 22 of each item to gain 10 additional items of storage, not a great dollar (sim cash not money cash) spent for benefit receivedI also do NOT necessarily plan ahead and stock up for each challenge. I have entered into a new one with as little as 180 items and have spent 100,000 simoleons to get to cheetah. When I plan ahead and have 240+ items, I have achieved cheetah with as little as 25,000 spent. And I have never started a challenge that I was unable to complete, at whatever level. We have silver and bronze by choice, right? Not because we couldnt make it to gold. I also never heard of the connection between what level you are on and how much storage you need. Im at level 61 currently so according to the above referenced formula, I should be at 400 items? Not going to happen...And stop thinking about how long it will take to produce X number of items. It could take a week to produce everything you need to complete the challenge, so that is where speed up items come into play. And you complete epic challenges to earn speed up items so you can complete your epic challenges so you can earn speed up ...and on and on and over and overIMHO, you cannot achieve your goal by only producing items or only by buying them. It is a combination of the two methods which will get you to the promised land. There is not enough storage space available for you to stock up on everything you might needLast, I am in total agreement with your statement regarding the game knowing what you have in inventory and using thas data to generate the tasks. It is more than a coincidence that even when looking to purchase on the Global Market, the things you want suddenly disappear. When light bulbs, suits and couches, donuts and shoes are nowhere to be found because you are looking for them, you know something is up. When you have 10 firepits and 10 yogurts in inventory and it asks you for 5 backpacks twice, you know this is smart software. But folks, this is what makes this game CHALLENGING!! If it was easy, it would be boring! I remind myself of this every day as I am cussing and swearing and threatening to throw my iPad against the wall. We all agree EA sucks, this game sucks at times and this is what drives us to play, it fuels the addiction. We dont play because we have to, there is no law (at least in the USA) that says we have to play this game. So ask yourself, why do you play?For those of you who think the game is unfair, or dont like the Contest of Mayors or think the Epic Challenges are not worth it, go ahead and stop playing or at least stop playing those sections of the game. It will mean less competition for the rest of us...Just saying...😇PS None of the information or strategies shared above is original or created by me. It has been collected from many posts from this forum from those players who have achieved some success. Not all of their strategies worked, or worked for me. I have been playing since just after the game came out and have spent some time researching strategies and reading posts. I strongly encourage anyone who wants to get better to do the same. Especially informative is the FAQ administered by TroyParry74. His insights proved extremely valuable to me and the time he has spent sharing his knowledge is immense. He is by no means the only contributor, but his name seems to stick in my mind and it must be due to the information shared and my success derived from it. Also, none of my comments on this or any other post, are intended to embarrass, offend or insult any other person, living or dead, who is now playing or has played in the past, this game or any other game. My comments and my opinions are my own and not a reflection of EA or the Internet and if I have in fact offended anyone, then my advice is: GROW A PAIR!!

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Anonymous
10 years ago
@bettysadog said, " I also never heard of the connection between what level you are on and how much storage you need."
Probably not. I'm the only one who's said that. It's only an opinion based on my own experience in the game. It's more of a general rule of thumb. Once you get to a level that is beyond the maximum storage it's all moot anyhow. I'm only level 34 now, so I still have a long way to go, but having 340 makes it a whole lot easier to accomplish what I need to than when I had 190 storage at level 32. It's taken me nearly 3 months to catch my storage up to where it needed to be to complete Epic Projects.
Everything in the game is all personal opinion. If you find other ways of accomplishing what you need to do that is great. Maybe your experiences and opinions will help others too.
Anonymous
10 years ago
The cap on cheetah tokens is 20 and it's related to how many you have used not, how many buildings you have.

Large storage capacity is certainly a help, I went to 500 as quickly as possible after it came out!

I joined a trade group to build Epics, it never takes longer than 20 minutes to build a cheetah. One of my friends is pretty steady at it, he only builds cheetah and has over 200!
Anonymous
10 years ago
@EverestCity wrote:

Large storage capacity is certainly a help, I went to 500 as quickly as possible after it came out!

How did you do it so quickly? It's taken me a couple months to go from 190-340 (almost 350, still need 4 camera, 5 locks, 2 bars) although it's gone much faster with the contests going and people selling storage supplies more often. The first week the contest was going I think I went up 5 times in one week, which was awesome! 🙂 It's slowed back down a bit since then and the contest isn't a new novelty anymore.
Anonymous
10 years ago
Wow, guys, your advises are amazing! May be now I'll have enough courage to try a cheetah epic project at last.
My city is of level 54 and I have 450-sized storage (I actually stopped upgrading the storage capacity because I wasn't sure there was a limit to it 🙂 With all that, I have only turtle and llama epics, since they seemed to be reasonable upgrades with not much strain: out of my storage inner pockets I usually can get the first 30-40 points for a project without any preparation. If I decide on a llama building, without much problem I can produce and trade my way to the 80-point mark. But imagining go 80 points higher with all this puny 1-3 point assignments was quite frightening 🙂
Anonymous
10 years ago
I just wish I could use speed up tokens in my factories. I really hate waiting seven hours for chips (or hunting i the global trade depot).
Anonymous
10 years ago
@Restville wrote:
I just wish I could use speed up tokens in my factories. I really hate waiting seven hours for chips (or hunting i the global trade depot).
Yep, but we need some time for sleeping and doing things off-line 😉 Such types of tasks give you an excuse to leave your game for a while.
Btw, this time in the contest of mayors I will not use many tokens even for production, because I have tendency to finish early and then just look at the changing statistics of my success. This time I am going to use whole 4 days with all the extra hours -- my speed tokens are falling out of my pockets unused...
Anonymous
10 years ago
pengamia wrote:
Btw, this time in the contest of mayors......

I'm going to take a bye week this week and work on Epics. I'm only going to work Silver since I have enough Cheetah for 1 a day right now, so I should be able to do 1 Epic per day and add 5 Epics. In theory anyway since I won't have to use as many items, but will take longer to complete since I'll have to wait the full 24hrs.
Anonymous
10 years ago
Sleep? Sleep is for chumps and tired people. Lol

There have been times I have to wait for my factories as ny epic challenge clock ticks away. I can't help but think, "If I could speed up the factory ..."

And I want to know how some person ended up with 200 epic buildings when I don't even have 60, yet all my playtime has been epic challenges ... hahaha.
Anonymous
10 years ago
@Restville wrote:

And I want to know how some person ended up with 200 epic buildings when I don't even have 60, yet all my playtime has been epic challenges ... hahaha.

I could easily do one a day if I'm not aiming for Cheetah. I'm sure they're not all Cheetah buildings. Not to mention, some players have been playing for over a year.
Anonymous
10 years ago
I've been playing for almost 1-1/2 years but epic challenges are relatively recent (last few months).

I would assume the person with 200 epic buildings doesn't have all cheetah but who knows? Throw enough real money and anything is possible. Before, you only had to wait six hours (I think) before you can start a new epic challenge - now, eight hours wait time.

I remember seeing a neighbor city where everthing was Tokyo Town. But just a few weeks into the update. Must've spent real money or hacked the game. The Tokyo Town pieces were (and still are) hard to come by.

At one point, I had >1000 keys. My game got flagged as a hack until they researched and found my keys were legit (thank you Dr Vu disasters and an over abundance of Dr Vu pieces at the time).

I have LOTS of "expensive" specialty buildings (universities, ferris wheels, heliports, Washington monuments, and luxurious casinos). Plus marinas and mountain castles ... hahaha. And almost 400 keys left to use.

My problem: Not enough free time to play.

And that damn annoying change where it defaults to advertising on the global trade market - HATE that change!

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