Region Not Sharing Resources / Status Checks between cities

I understand getting people to be able to play the game has been a bit of a priority given the situation.  Though I think its not a good idea to break core gameplay aspects in the process of doing that.  Without the ability to share resources cities have to be completely autonomous which realistically doesn't occur.  I would really like to see this fixed since it makes it very hard to have any of the higher level gameplay impossible.  Can't run a tourist trap with out tourists, can't have a "crafting" chain if shipping doesn't happen, smaller town have to use valuable space to build structures that could otherwise be purchased from a major city nearby.

Thank you for letting us know.  I and many others have been batting our heads against the wall wondering if we're not doing something right.

It would be EXTREMELY nice to have a separate forum catetory of Known Issues that only EA can post.  

Transparency is key especially with the state of things being the way they are.  Having to dumpster dive through this forum what with all the complaints makes it difficult to find key pieces of information such as this.  I was going to spend more time this evening and this weekend to try to see if it was something I was not doing correctly.  Now that I know this doesn't work right now, I won't spend time on this and just getting frustrated.

Assuming this is related tot he same problem. Apparently the Deprtment of Transportation isn't even working within the city it's built in now. I added it onto City Hall and none of the upgrades (Passenger Train/Muncipal Bus) can be plopped down. The Ultilites upgrade works just fine though. Seems to just be new cities, ie cities built with Dept. of Transport upgrade before region sync went all funky don't appear to have this issue.

Thank you for "working hard to resolve" basic gameplay features.  Can EA please just admit fault here, apologize for launching a beta version of the game, and give us all a big kudos for being beta testers?

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@eadennis wrote:

Hi everyone,

I've merged all your posts into this thread, so it's easier for all of us to find the information and to follow up on this.

We are aware that the interactivity between cities is currently not working as expected on all servers and we are already looking into this.

I apologize for this inconvenience and I will update you as soon as I have more information available.

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding while we are working hard to resolve this as quickly as possible.

I will mark this post as a solution to increase the visibility. I am aware that the issue itself is not resolved yet. This post will be updated as soon as I have more information available.

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Why mark it as resolved if it isn't?  I came into this thread hoping for a solution but found the bait and switch.  This game just gets worse by the moment.  It is currently completely unplayable.

We started a multi-city on one of the new servers and it shares much better. Only a few minutes before it all happens.   Not great..but bettter then it is on the overloaded servers.

And oddly achievements were back on. but no cheeta speed.  but the city hall  upgrades would show region wide after only a few minutes. same with utilties.

There is a bug with recycling though. It will suddenly stop. To fix it yoiu have to put down a new recyler and then the old one works.

It give me hope they can get this fixed.

eadennis:

Thank you for at least a reply, though I believe my post is a bit different from the other posts which you have merged. If not: 

Are you confirming that Alloy, Coal, Plastic, Oil, etc can be sent to other cities easily on a hourly basis similar to Freight, workers, Education, power, water (without gifting?) through some type of frieght option that is currently down because of the server issues?

Because if so, I haven't seen it. Perhaps a better description of what is "local" in the Trade Depot/Port Screen might help.

Please give a bit more information. 

This is why you need a Known Issues forum category.

I gotta say this is a load of crap. They are pushing this game to be a multiplayer game and it is to be focused on multi city type game play. If that portion of the game does not work what is the point? Shouldn't this have been discovered in one of the beta releases? I was really looking forward to this game and so far it has been a huge let down. :-(

Marking this post as "Answered" should have you fired. "I will mark this post as a solution to increase the visibility" is complete BS and an outright lie to those of us that are actually seeking a remedy to the waste of time and money we are experiencing. It's bad enough that the game is basically unplayable currently, but to have to go online, research why features aren't working, to find a "solution" that tells me that you basically don't know what the hell is wrong or don't want to admit it if you do is a slap in my face. I don't want to get on the "I hate EA" bandwagon but I am **bleep** close to getting my money back and never buying another game from you guys myself right now.