These Epic Projects Are A Bit Ridiculous

Indeed.  100k and padding the City Storage in advance is the same technique I've been trying to use.

I'm not sure about how the Tasks are generated.  90% of the Epic Projects I've attempted have been very tough.  Tasks usually yield 1-2 points with the 3point Tasks being rare.  I did have a nice run on the last Epic Project [Entertainment, I believe] wherein I was getting more 3 point Tasks and with nearly complete exhaustion of 75k+ Simoneons, half of my complement of high production items, and 23 hours later I was able to scrape together enough points to get my 1st Gold Epic Project.

It was such an exhausting experience that I won't be trying for that level again any time soon.

My greatest frustration with that run is that I had a ton of items in my City Storage that sat unused.  The Tasks repeatedly hit me for the same items 2-3 times.  Especially after the 140-sh point range.  I was getting slammed with Tasks of 4-5 Refrigerators, 4-5 Couches, 4-5 Fire Pits, etc.   It was maddening.  All the while, I had quantities of 4+ on Cupboards, Backpacks, TVs, and Gnomes in my Storage.  Oddly enough, as soon as I started to sell those off those unrequested items to fund my efforts to hunt down the items I needed for Tasks via the Global Market, then the Epic Tasks started to request those items.  [gives Epic Tasks the finger and tries not to throw my phone.]