Frustrating by design, offline mode needed
My Internet connection is horrendously poor. This is in no way restricted to this game, its just a fact of life. And therefore, since this game needs a continuous connection, I am often unable to pla...
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I really do not feel that you (Fuzzernutter) are understanding my issue at all. Comparing the game with sims 4 is not a good enough explanation as to why I need a 3-second connection check. Explaining that there are parties also is completely irrelevant. And stating that the game would be boring offline, again shows you do not understand my post. Im really happy that you must have an awesome connection (or you would understand my issue better), but your confusion over the meaning of this post is not a helpful piece of input.
I am not requesting a game redesign, nor am I requesting that it be brought in line with sims 4. They are completely different games with few similarities. What Id like to see is an update which means less need for a constant 3-second online check.
Let me put this to you... If you went abroad for a week, and your accommodation had no wifi. Would you not want to still play? So now you have to rely on mobile internet. Which as you are not in your country is poor or expensive. Fact is, you cant play. Simples. Well that poor connection is me on a daily basis. Yes Im at home, but we dont all have great internet 24/7.
@sindidoll My problem is also geographical. We have access to only satellite internet which is unreliable on a good day. Mobile service is expensive and highly regulated despite all the "unlimited" hype. I feel the overall construct is terribly prejudicial, but that's another topic for another thread. ANYWAYZ...I understand and sympathize. Something tells me, however, this will probably fall relatively low on the list of issues the parent company will be willing to address in the near future. 🙁 I compensate by hot-spotting my mobile service as needed and doing as much as I possibly can while connected. I'm so sorry it's affecting your game in such a fundamental way. You're not alone.
@sindidoll: Yeah, you're not alone! Though I think part of it is a problem with the game design rather than just our internet connections. I play a lot of mobile games (A LOOOOOT) and Sims Mobile is the only one I have trouble with constant disconnections on. My internet isn't great, but it's not terrible either. They need to make it so you can disable the synchs while you're playing if you need to. Like, if they set it so it synchs when connecting and when logging off, but otherwise you can control the distance between synchs to the server. So long as it's saving to your phone's hard drive it shouldn't be too bad.
