Things we need in the neighborhood

I think you might be overthinking it with the lights since people may not recognize their use or use them at all. I would rather the same message of "last played x hours ago" or "last played x days ago" or "last play x weeks ago" be shown that we get when clicking on their name. It's simple, already exists in a different form, and is hassle free- just look at it and you know they aren't playing or you can come back in a little while and their town will have something to tap on.

Perhaps having the message shown as red/yellow/green can be a compromise?

I love ALL of these ideas!

I would really love to know how recently my neighbor has visited me - last 2 days, last week, last 2 weeks, or even putting a date in there would really help. I would like to know if my neighbors are regular visitors or if they are just there so people help them and they do not reciprocate.

I would also love if we can put a message for our neighbors to let them know that we are not going to play for a while. Maybe a message saying "Not able to play" and a date when we will be back. The message could show in the box we see that says "Not able to play for X days" which could count down to when they will be back. I would not want to see the reason in case someone would use that info to break into their house (like if it said Vacation, Out of Town or Family Emergency. There are too many bad people out there).

I would also like the countdown for FP and non-FP times, the KL button and the number of friends that we currently have.

Also, would there be a way that EA could zoom into an available tapping area rather than just zooming into a neighbor's town center. Kind of like how it zoomed into the Elf Tunnel during Christmas or the available castle during the CofC event. I like seeing my neighbor's SF when I have time, but sometimes I seem to have to search for a long time to find a house or business that can be tapped on. For people with slower connections, it could save them a bunch of time!

Thanks for the thread, Wadebear! Awesome ideas!

izabellatrix wrote:
Love it! Especially the idea of having an away message. I always feel a little bad when I have to delete someone for being inactive, because I don't know what's happening in their life to cause it. I would feel really bad if I had a family emergency or something, then I came back to find all my friends had deleted me.

I feel the same way...often I feel guilty for deleting a neighbor for that reason. Then I get over it.

I think we can use a parking garage, so we can free up all the parking spaces around the town.
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