Friend bonus ruining the game?
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I'm having difficulty understanding why it matters to you how others play the game. You chose a strategy and succeeded-- what more could you ask for?
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As strange as it sounds, I want to 'work' for the money and the XP. Not just breeze through it. It is an odd feeling, I totally agree. It's just so much money but at the same time, I like the fact that we are being rewarded for fulfilling the social aspect of this game.
Perhaps, the degree to which we are being rewarded should be decreased I guess.
However, people have been farming for ages in order to earn as much money as possible but for others it's not worth the aesthetic hit on your town. It's a playing strategy choice.
With the friends trick there's no resulting ugly tenement in your Springfield, but it requires time, patience and effort to rake it in, so not everyone's going to do it.
I wouldn't be surprised if they re-jigged how it worked in a future update though as it's easy to earn obscene amounts of money in a relatively short amount of time now.
I tried to accept your invite by the way rdee, but it kept giving me an error. Try it again.
But with regards to your huge stash of money, each new building costs significantly more such as the hospital etc. at level 24. Soon after the next update you will see those saving disappear in a heartbeat lol
With this being an open game, there are numerous criteria you can judge a player by - the level they are at, the number of premium items, their conformity bonus, their town design, lack of a house farm or not, size of their town, placement of buildings... the list goes on, and it's really each to their own.
If you've lost the motivation to play as you've achieved your initial target of being financially independent, I could suggest you set yourself a new target - conformity bonus up to five stars, all the land purchased, an original or unusual town design, as a few examples.
As you no longer have to grind tasks, you can start playing the game in a different manner. Send characters on tasks that amuse you, or your friends, tasks that keep your characters out on the streets instead of locked in buildings, etc.
Having just finished the grind phase myself, I'm looking forward to doing things a little different now.
That said, I'm not sure it really "ruined" the game. I prefer people having more friends and earning their money through visits to the towns filled with "farms" of brown and pink houses.
And though I have 100 friends and do benefit somewhat from the bonus, I'm not sure that most players are going to routinely take full advantage of the new payoffs. I TRIED to start going through my friends towns and seeing who had a Springfield sign, who had a tire fire, who had other % adding decor and who had nothing. It takes a LOOOOOOONG time.
Even knowing all that, I'm not sure I'm ready to start cutting loose friends who DON'T have those things. (I have a lot of friends who don't have any of the %-adding decor, but they do have the Duff Brewery or Lard Lad or some other premium buildings. I take that to mean they are willing to spend money on donuts, but didn't buy the %-adders because they didn't work until the Christmas update.)
And going through my friends list, visiting the premium players first one at a time for 3 consecutive rounds and then going back to hit everyone else one at a time for 3 consecutive rounds without ever logging out? No .... sorry, I don't have that kind of time.
Maybe some weekend when my wife is gone and my dog is asleep I might try i. But for the most part, I'll just visit my friends alphabetically, hit 3 tasks, and leave. Same as always.
This is why I did a redesign. I got bored. The dec 5 update along with my redesign changed that. I still have goals like SLH and 2nd funzo. I like the LT stuff. After the thaw I may do another redesign. I think I want to get a downtown area with all my businesses and government buildings together. As for the friend bonus. I think it's a good idea. I started to stop visiting friends just before the update. The coins brought me back and the bonus will keep me on my travels
I am happy for my friends who in the past have struggled to buy buildings and new decor, but I have a feeling this could be this games "jump the shark" moment if the friend exploit becomes the norm.
I also vehemently disagree with the sentiment that the friend exploit is more acceptable than using pure income properties(farming) to earn money. It took me months to get the land and houses and land I have and it was a lot of relentless tapping. It was work. The friend exploit is very popular with noobs because anyone can jump in to the game, throw up an add me thread then be a Millionare that same day.
I wonder if this devaluation of the currency is going to make future purchases more expensive?
I GRIND, It’s what I do
I'm not dissing anyone who uses it - to each their own. But for me, it's certainly decreased the amount of satisfaction ans sense of accomplishment I was getting from the game.
Having this bonus where I could spend a couple days tapping in/out to get me millions was well worth it in my opinion. I'll now set up everyone on 24-hour tasks and do the random stuff that comes up/tweak my Springfield/wait for updates/enjoy my life haha.
This game has taken over. Getting the money quick is going to allow me to step back a little from my obsession.
But I can see where people are coming from. It may disappear at some point if EA pays enough attention (yeah right).
I tend to agree, though I've changed my feelings somewhat. I take great pride in what I've built, and even more pride in the fact that I never spent a cent AND never built a farm. (Though I recently added a tiny farm, but tried to make it funny, hidden behind fortress walls and barbed wire, and even put a Kwik-e Mart inside.) So it really annoyed me to see people gaming the system. But I came to feel that it doesn't matter really. I'm in it for my own enjoyment.
What I love is seeing friends that obviously feel the same way. That's why I love visiting your town, Moops. You always do creative and fun things. I can see that you care, and that you've put thought into it. You can always tell which friends put thought into it. The devil is in the details. So, I guess my point for writing is, for whatever it's worth, I appreciate the effort you've put in, regardless of what anybody else does.
I've still never made a million (in a single day OR cumulatively), and I've been playing since August, many hours every day. It's a slow build for me, but I'm happy with it.
Yes I agree 100%. I know we all have our own game and in reality if someone uses this new friend exploit or even a modified cell phone to get ahead it has no direct impact on my game, but seeing so many people posting about getting a "free ride" via the friend exploit just seems wrong.
I GRIND, It’s what I do