Mixed feelings.

ForumNerds wrote:

LostCauze-NL wrote:
I've been playing the game and checking this forum for about 18 months and have been jealously looking at all of you oldschoolers' towns, items and especially your conform-o-meter multiplier bonuses. (that "how much % do you have" poll from a good while ago made me feel like such a noob, lol)

So ever since i caught up to the max level (+/- 10 months ago), all my (freemium) donuts have been going towards upping my multiplier and i felt prouder and prouder as it went up. It felt so rewarding every time i bought a 40 donut item, and it was a huge incentive to keep playing and reach that 100%+, bonus pro status.

Then this tenniscourt farming happened and as brilliant as it felt at first, it now feels like a glitch/cheat and i really don't like it. Even though I've added a massive amount of percentages to my total and finally got to 100,50%, i feel like I've not earned it and those months of earnest, hard work have been pointless at this point.

It's like you're a poor teenager who's trying to court a beautiful girl for a long time, and after spending tons of effort, time and money trying to get in her pants, she tells you that she's become a prostitute and says she'll make love to you and all your friends for a cheeseburger.

I would really appreciate a reset that just makes everything right, just delete all courts and give a x amount of "sorry we f***d up" donuts to everybody affected.


This is coming from a guy with under 2 million cash and tons of (very much needed) land to buy.

Just wondering ... do you know that if you store your tennis courts, you won't get the bonus anymore? That's true of any multiplier. I know we can't sell them, but we can avoid profiting from them.

I know that isn't responding to your concern ... but does it help to know you can do that?

AND, there's less chance of catching an STD from the cheeseburger princess.

I've been grinding courts for several days now. I'd hate to loose all the bonus % I've earned but would understand if I did. It's a glitch and the this game has had a long history of glitches. I feel it part of the game. If you feel guilty don't craft anymore and like FN said store the ones you do have.

I missed out on the deleted bits of the other deleted post but can the OP edit out the prostitute cheeseburger paragraph. I'm no prude but this forum has a silent code.

thatdonald845 wrote:
I missed out on the deleted bits of the other deleted post but can the OP edit out the prostitute cheeseburger paragraph. I'm no prude but this forum has a silent code.

I found it an apt analogy. This is a Simpsons forum, not Disney. There was no foul language, and it might've been a PG comment, but again, Simpsons based forum. Don't make Patty n Selma stop smoking, or Mayor Quimby stop 'snuggling' his mistress. Performing hits, fighting, stripping, c'mon, prostitutes offend you?

LostCauze-NL wrote:
I've been playing the game and checking this forum for about 18 months and have been jealously looking at all of you oldschoolers' towns, items and especially your conform-o-meter multiplier bonuses. (that "how much % do you have" poll from a good while ago made me feel like such a noob, lol)

So ever since i caught up to the max level (+/- 10 months ago), all my (freemium) donuts have been going towards upping my multiplier and i felt prouder and prouder as it went up. It felt so rewarding every time i bought a 40 donut item, and it was a huge incentive to keep playing and reach that 100%+, bonus pro status.

Then this tenniscourt farming happened and as brilliant as it felt at first, it now feels like a glitch/cheat and i really don't like it. Even though I've added a massive amount of percentages to my total and finally got to 100,50%, i feel like I've not earned it and those months of earnest, hard work have been pointless at this point.

It's like you're a poor teenager who's trying to court a beautiful girl for a long time, and after spending tons of effort, time and money trying to get in her pants, she tells you that she's become a prostitute and says she'll make love to you and all your friends for a cheeseburger.

I would really appreciate a reset that just makes everything right, just delete all courts and give a x amount of "sorry we f***d up" donuts to everybody affected.


This is coming from a guy with under 2 million cash and tons of (very much needed) land to buy.

I totally appreciate you've tapped back into your conscience.

I too am not concerned with gaming the system to increase my multiplier. I never even look at what it is and have no idea where it is at now.

My goal is to build the most creatively designed freemium town i can and to have fun doing it. The challenges that exist, whether it's redundantly collecting money or the limits of design mechanics, are just part of the feeling of success when they are overcome.

Now, if for example, you design a multi court campus at the country club, and use the features to enhance your town, great. But farming simply to pursue money = giving into the cycle of rushing game play then clamoring for new content. That's classic addiction behavior i don't want to emulate. Plus, it looks crappy. House farms (and now court farms) are boring.

Some might enjoy accruing money as fast as they can. I don't live life like that.

I'll earn all my land squares in time...

4junk3000 wrote:

LostCauze-NL wrote:
I've been playing the game and checking this forum for about 18 months and have been jealously looking at all of you oldschoolers' towns, items and especially your conform-o-meter multiplier bonuses. (that "how much % do you have" poll from a good while ago made me feel like such a noob, lol)

So ever since i caught up to the max level (+/- 10 months ago), all my (freemium) donuts have been going towards upping my multiplier and i felt prouder and prouder as it went up. It felt so rewarding every time i bought a 40 donut item, and it was a huge incentive to keep playing and reach that 100%+, bonus pro status.

Then this tenniscourt farming happened and as brilliant as it felt at first, it now feels like a glitch/cheat and i really don't like it. Even though I've added a massive amount of percentages to my total and finally got to 100,50%, i feel like I've not earned it and those months of earnest, hard work have been pointless at this point.

It's like you're a poor teenager who's trying to court a beautiful girl for a long time, and after spending tons of effort, time and money trying to get in her pants, she tells you that she's become a prostitute and says she'll make love to you and all your friends for a cheeseburger.

I would really appreciate a reset that just makes everything right, just delete all courts and give a x amount of "sorry we f***d up" donuts to everybody affected.


This is coming from a guy with under 2 million cash and tons of (very much needed) land to buy.

I totally appreciate you've tapped back into your conscience.

I too am not concerned with gaming the system to increase my multiplier. I never even look at what it is and have no idea where it is at now.

My goal is to build the most creatively designed freemium town i can and to have fun doing it. The challenges that exist, whether it's redundantly collecting money or the limits of design mechanics, are just part of the feeling of success when they are overcome.

Now, if for example, you design a multi court campus at the country club, and use the features to enhance your town, great. But farming simply to pursue money = giving into the cycle of rushing game play then clamoring for new content. That's classic addiction behavior i don't want to emulate. Plus, it looks crappy. House farms (and now court farms) are boring.

Some might enjoy accruing money as fast as they can. I don't live life like that.

I'll earn all my land squares in time...

I was never a house farmer but the tennis courts amuse me for some reason. Plus if I ever get bored with them I can shove them in storage. They only cost oscars, which costs pills and coffee, which cost phones and chairs? Did I get that right?

I appreciated the metaphor and found it to be extremely informational and concise.

STET

I feel like I'll store the courts eventually (at which time EA will promptly remove the multiplier :) )
but bring them out occasionally when I need to buy some land or an aspirational/etc.
They look cool and all but FIFTY don't really look cool! haha.

where is this cheeseburger prostitute you speak of and can i have her number?

jukan00 wrote:
I feel like I'll store the courts eventually (at which time EA will promptly remove the multiplier :) )
but bring them out occasionally when I need to buy some land or an aspirational/etc.
They look cool and all but FIFTY don't really look cool! haha.

i don't think they can remove the multiplier because people have purchased it for donuts to get that multiplier.

The only solution EA has it to make it a premium item once again