I think the monorail is inevitable

stooby2 wrote:
The big problem with the monorail is, I think, a design issue. If you build on the current springfield, the tracks, pillars, etc, will obscure a huge amount of other buildings and wandering characters, underneath or behind them. The escalator to nowhere or the food needle in Krustyland are prime examples - most people have them at the far right or the back of their towns, or move building so there is nothing behind them, so a monorail running around the town would be very difficult to to design in.

For it to work, you'd really need to be able to rotate the whole map, zoom in under the monorail and so on. Otherwise you'll either not be able to tap on stuff under/behind the tracks and pillars, or have to move everything as you build your monorail. And with everything crammed in already, I don't think it's gpoing to work.

Those are so very good points. I'd be interested to see what it ends up being, because I doubt they'll make the game rotatable (as cool as that would be). Maybe they won't make it as tall as the skyscrapers. Who knows...

Ultimately I hope they come out with more land.

To all those people who say we don't need more land: stop being so self centered. Remember just because you don't need land doesn't mean older players don't. If they add more land it won't hurt you in any way. It'll only save you from the headaches of redesigning your towns when you actually run out of space... :roll: