Things Every New(and Old) Mayor Should Know
I know there are other threads addressing this subject, but they are a bit dated, have drifted off topic, or are so many pages in that my ideas would not be seen by many and sometimes I just don’t ag...
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Arcadia, I see SomeSimGuy has answered some of your questions but let me expand upon the Epic Projects.
I believe by now you should have the Epic Tower by now and be somewhat familiar with the Speed Up Tokens it provides. These tokens are essential if you hope to succeed in the Mayor's Contest and to replace the original allotment you most upgrade to Epic Towers which are the results of Epic Challanges. You begin an Epic Challenge my clicking the Mercury Helmet Bubble. You will then see the description of the Tower you can build based on Specialty Line(Education, Transportation, Entertainment, etc.) before you begin a Project make sure the particular line is one that you are well positioned to succeed in, in other words several 3pt. Buildings minimal 1pt. Buildings. If the Line is not one you like you can pay a small fee and change it to another random selection of your unlocked lines.
The reason we stress the 3pt. Buildings is that you will have 24hrs. to accumulate 160 Epic points to achieve Gold(Cheetah) Level, by far the most valuable tokens, although failing this you will still earn Silver(Llama) Level if you earn a minimum of 80pts or Copper(Turtle) Level for 20pts. Here is the kicker, each of your eligible buildings will have a task related to it, these tasks will be along the lines of supplying 4 Cheese or 3 Watermelons etc.. Some of these task can take quite awhile to complete and since the tasks do not very in difficulty based on building point values would you rather earn 3pts for your 4 Cheese or just 1. If you're only earning 1 point at a time you will quickly exhaust your resources and products forcing you to the Trade Market which will quickly drain your bank.
My advise to you would be to prepare for Epic Challenges ASAP by replacing as many 1 pt buildings as possible, increasing your storage to something north of 300, building Semolions and SimCash reserves, start stock piling long production products and raw materials. When you are ready to undertake your first Project clear your storage of nonessential items i.e. Beach & Mountain Tokens, Dozer Parts, quick to produce items like nails. Stockpile items in proportion to time needed to produce in other words the longer it takes to produce the more you want in inventory don't worry about keeping Steel or Wood or anything that can be easily produced.
DO NOT DELAY as you continue to level up it continues to get harder. Imagine needing multiple batches of 4 refrigerators which take over 3hrs to produce and need 2 Electronic Parts which require 7hrs to produce 5 and you can see how getting a few Gold Towers early can be immensely helpful later on
my last point is an Epic Challenge is an all-in commitment you can not possibly achieve this in the midst of a Mayor's Contest or any other side diversion for that matter my typical time for completion is around 6 hours but it may take much longer so plan a full day commitment.
Have anymore advise, there are so many question from different level of players and it is difficult to obtain Knowledgable answers to a broad spectrum of gamers....would love for some of those problems to be addressed....
It would benefit greatly if EA help would put together an updated new mayor help , the information that is on file is severely outdated!
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Have anymore advise, there are so many question from different level of players and it is difficult to obtain Knowledgable answers to a broad spectrum of gamers....would love for some of those problems to be addressed....
Is there here any thing specific you would like answered because there is a lot to figure out and documentation from EA is limited, hard to find, out of date, and sometimes flat wrong.
I had planned on addressing other areas in detail, but truthfully I expected a little more response to this post than I've gotten. It is hard to get into details and keep it short and concise and I'm not sure people want to see long posts on these forums. I've been toying with the idea of writing something on Specialty Buildings since it is such huge part of a successful city and they can make or break your quest for Epic Buildings and I just can't believe what I see sometimes as I explore others cities while trading, people do not seem to have a clue to maximize their potential. Then I need to remind myself there is no right or wrong way to build your city as long as you are getting the results you want.
Always glad to help just ask.
Have anymore advise, there are so many question from different level of players and it is difficult to obtain Knowledgable answers to a broad spectrum of gamers....would love for some of those problems to be addressed....
In regards to this part of the discussion, you are correct. I have mainly played online PC games, like Elder Scrolls etc, with guilds and such. They actually go to the extent of website development, which I know very little about except that it's easier because certain places offer a free domain and templates for designing. I do not Facebook. In fact, I can't even friend anyone in anyway that I know of because Apples last update did away with that option and I can only view my achievements, this is probably because Apple gets a cut if they do away with friending capabilities through their Game Center and essentially try to force people to use Facebook. If anyone knows a way other than Facebook for IOS devices please make a post, lol. Anyway, if someone really enjoyed the game enough and had accurate access or knowledge regarding the game they could undertake the task and circumvent both EA and Facebook. Maintenance would be required as game changes occurred. I, however, am not volunteering for that responsibility, lol. It kind of would be nice to have ingame guilds with a guild bank, lol. That's asking a lot though. I got spoiled by the luxuries provided by PC game developers and I already advocate for some kind of in game communication and friending methods. it would reduce the need for Facebook, which is a source of revenue because then anything you post is Facebooks property basically and they will exercise that to the fullest potential for monetary gain. This information comes to me via computer security specialist who work in the financial arena where security is top priority. None of them will join Facebook. You can create emails just for gaming but they usually can circumvent that and acquire not only your other personal information but any contacts on your device via updates. I highly advocate against its use whatsoever vocally every chance I get...as you can very well see, lol. Happy gaming everyone!
I think having a tutorial section regarding different topics with very precise headings would be nice. I haven't seen much new info on the web since the last update and a lot is really outdated. I type in the search box provided above and what pops up is so broad. I write long posts,lol. Can you tell...hee hee. It does take work to compile and organize information and players input from those with accurate knowledge but it really needs more subdivisions IMO. General is so vast and broad. It would be nice to have lists, like residential buildings only related, and then subdivide that into epics, specialized towns, omega. A section for the speciality buildings. With info like what they do, maximizing their potential etc. There are just so many topics it's crazy, lol. These forums represent that because people are looking for such specific information that finding it at times can be a challenge. I won't complain though because I am grateful to have it versus nothing and I think folks really do try to help best they can. I think I did find a way to add friends via iMessage on iPad and it's a hassle but I tried it and the person got the message but they don't actually play so seeing if the invite actually would be accepted wasn't useful. I see a lot of email addresses when I check my contacts and I don't know whose they are but many resemble city names in game. I sent one invite out to a name that looked familiar and they didn't respond back at all, lol. Maybe they were freaked out by getting a message from someone they know nothing about or just didn't get it or deleted it as spam...who knows. My email address does not resemble my game name at all. It's weird how that info shows up though. I think it recognizes anyone in game at the time and just lists them. I think that's kind of a weird way to try to make friends. It's personal information with an email contact that some may not want shared. I don't want some weirdo emailing me..lol. I think most peeps are ok but you just never know. I however have not gotten a message at all and I guess you'd need to list your email here to let other gamers know..hey, I play and would like some friends, here's my email, it will be in your contacts list when I am in game. Jeez..what a hassle. I had to read the tutorial on it several times to actually understand how to get it going but I am not the most savvy techno person out there and I am a little concerned about just throwing my info out there but my address should be showing up in others contacts list if they have know how to use it. Lol. The flip side is if you get hooked up with some cool peeps then you can work together to advance much more quickly and a means of communications to accomplish goals. I'll try it a few more times to see if it works but I can only friend folks with iOS. It won't cross over to android I don't think. Facebook just isn't something I support though playing solo isn't so bad anyway. Just a heads up.
