Because of the 3000 limit....

Please remember it is ok for folks to vent their frustrations as well as their joy's here.

After all this is what forums are for.. enabling folks to discuss CIVILY their thoughts on the game including its good points as well as the short comings..

If you don't like the topic of a thread, feel free to move on to another. No one is forcing anyone to read them..

Griping that people are griping is kind of redundant isn't it?

But why? To save the world's biggest computer games company from buying the required server infrastructure for their game? What happens when the game is still unstable afterwards? A 2500 limit? A 2000 limit?

No thanks, I'm not tweaking my town because of EAs arrogance. I'd rather quit. This may not affect you, but other players are affected. The game has been ruined for me personally.

What I'm trying to figure out is why people think they need to throw they're entire town away because of this restriction. The OP for example had an awesome hedge maze. But I feel like he could've come up with a way to keep that maze (or a smaller version of it). Especially considering how much pride they took in it.

We're all going to have to deal with this limit eventually. Some unfortunately are dealing with it now. And as we run up against it were all going to have to decide what parts of our town are worth making work and which we can do without.

TRTX84 wrote:
Why is it considered "minimalist"? Couldn't I come back and say what you did was excessive?

I won't, because you were working with what was available. But by that same token you removed over 300 hedge decorations and freed up a TON of space you would likely be needing now that more buildings are available.

You obviously have a lot of creativity. Which to me suggests that even with an item restriction you'd be able to come up with some great new looks. For example. I bet you could build an awesome hedge maze on a smaller scale if you sacrifice some other decorations. And as time goes on you'd still face the challenge of maintaining that maze while having space for more buildings.

I was actually going to refute this but you make a valid point... even tho I cant stand your view on the 3k limit.


I have 800 items to be removed from my town but i refuse to take down my burns manor, spent to much time on that so I dont know what else to do at this point im stuck... Lucky that you had to remove only your maze :P

well since they added a limit I think they should reduce the number of hail ants signs, stop signs, crusty burgers and gulp and blows necessary to keep those perspective parts of the conform-o-meter at 5 stars..

I currently have 12 hail ants hidden and 30 stop signs hidden to keep the obeideince level up..

TRTX84 wrote:
Why is it considered "minimalist"? Couldn't I come back and say what you did was excessive?

I won't, because you were working with what was available. But by that same token you removed over 300 hedge decorations and freed up a TON of space you would likely be needing now that more buildings are available.

You obviously have a lot of creativity. Which to me suggests that even with an item restriction you'd be able to come up with some great new looks. For example. I bet you could build an awesome hedge maze on a smaller scale if you sacrifice some other decorations. And as time goes on you'd still face the challenge of maintaining that maze while having space for more buildings.

I still had a few places where I could put new buildings. The space that is freed up now , is at the moment lost space, because it does not fit in with my plans. Back to the drawing board, and yes I will come up with new ideas and looks. But only until I reach that cap again. As said before, I can place 50 things and then I will have to start removing again. How many new items are in this update?
Believe me, if they keep coming up with new updates, you as well will reach that cap. Let's see how you will feel then.

I'm reserving judgement on the limit until I see how much more stable it makes the game. If it prevents more people from losing their whole town, then I'd say it's worth it.

My small maze is not as elaborate as yours, but to tear down any part of a town makes me kind of sad. I actually thought this is what TSTO was all about. I liked my towns' creation as well as seeing others who had taking time to create their masterpieces. EA must raise the cap and get better servers. Just like someone stated already, next the requirement for decorations will have us with scarecrow towns. Seems that EA just wants to end TSTO at all cost (imo).

kmendo88 wrote:
I'm reserving judgement on the limit until I see how much more stable it makes the game. If it prevents more people from losing their whole town, then I'd say it's worth it.

I would really like to see how they tie in heavily decorated springfileds, with people loosing thier towns..... cause I just dont see the corelation

What imo doesnt make sense is the size relative to the item count, the Springfield sign vs the burning bush, there is no difference to item count they both count as one item.