EA look... Decoration limit poll and petition

sandwedgeking wrote:

jukan00 wrote:
Maybe someone could contact EA to discover what the top limit is now.

I'm maxed out at 8500. It's simply not enough.

And what's this "lag" everyone is talking about? I'm at the max decos and I have no issues to speak of. Play exclusively on and iPhone 6 with absolutely no problems. No rendering issues, no excessive load times. Occasional graphical glitches have been a part of this game for as long as I can remember, but do not hinder actual game play. I don't even recall the last time the app crashed.


After I hit the limit, I did a quick audit of my town:

- Changed all single shrubs http://i.imgur.com/lCa38b7.png?1 that were next to each other to these guys http://i.imgur.com/oPO1N5r.png?1 which somewhat ruined the look in a lot of areas.

- Removed any items hidden by buildings (not many to speak of in my town, as I've done this before).

- Removed all fences/decos that were hidden by other items (which will catch up to me when the snow hits and the trees become bare - gaps in fences shall be exposed).

- Removed all training walls that were hidden - will take a hit on Righteousness and bring me back to 4.5 stars. So be it. Don't really care if my town isn't "5 stars."

- Tried thinning wooded areas - painful, couldn't continue that process. Forest areas need a lot of trees, IMHO.

- Still hafta remove the tennis court farm and likely will store all the hidden wailing walls recently acquired (losing bonus % - so be it).

- Next on the chopping block: lamp posts. Not sure I can bring myself to store these, but probably will have to at some point as they are not necessary, since it never gets dark. But logically, light poles belong all over any town.

Regardless, it ain't gonna be enough - as more stuff gets released, I won't be able to store additional items without completely destroying aesthetics. I'd rather hang up my TSTO hat altogether. Perhaps that's an option I should consider more seriously.


Ultimately, I like the way my town looks. Are there an excessive amount of flowers, trees, cobblestone walls, bushes, snapdragons, shrubs, lamp posts and fences? Many would say yes, but they are wrong. Dead wrong. :D My town is freakin' awesome and I don't feel it's necessary to have to continue to play with a gun to my head.


If EA can't/won't increase the limit, how about releasing "extra large shrubs" - extending the size of the regular shrubs. Extended fence panels? Double-length walls? Instead of 1 x 2, give us options for 1 x 4, 1 x 8, etc.


To those that say it isn't possible due to server demands: how many players do you think are actually at 8500 items? I would assume that percentage to be so small that said server demands would be quite insignificant in the grand scheme of things. What percentage have even seen the 4500 warning? People said the same thing about releasing additional land, yet SF Heights came out along with the two most recent strips of land, somehow we are all still tapping away. :?:

To those that have concerns about neighbor visits and the time it takes for a town to load, simply remove or hide those friends who take too long and upset you. There is no shortage of players with crappy, quick loading towns you can add. If any of my neighbors felt it necessary to drop me, I wouldn't mind in the slightest - their choice, their loss :P . And honestly, when was the last time you were able to help a neighbor in terms of the game? E.g. formless blobs were mostly worthless as they didn't gave out event currency. There was no shortage of crafting supplies with this most recent event. Once upon a time, friend visits were an essential part of events. Now, not so much.

So please, EA, take these handcuffs off. Let the designers do their thing.

Sorry for the long post, here's a cat hugging a potato:
http://www.catster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/can-cats-eat-potatoes1.jpg

Great post. Feel exactly the same on so many of your points. I like snapdragons, what can I say?
You still have one of the best towns I've ever seen.
(I promise I'll try to clean up/design some more on my town neighbor! :lol: )