The level max?

Blobulle · November 25, 2012 2:10PM

With the way XP requirements are going up exponentially, I can't see going beyond 30 levels. It would probably take a month to get that last level up, even playing every few hours. Don't see a lot of point creating many levels beyond that.

I'm just hoping they don't stop at 25, which is a very real possibility.

DohMoe · November 25, 2012 2:19PM

I'm guessing more than 40. While EA isn't a very good company, I know they will make this game keep on going.

dromtsul · November 25, 2012 2:26PM

dcline414 wrote:

It would probably take a month to get that last level up

That would be welcomed as they only seem to add a level per month. Then no one would have to be upset that they are "wasting" their xp.

rs876 · November 25, 2012 2:43PM

Not sure but the lag between level updates is really helping me lose interest in the game.

ur_wack452 · November 25, 2012 3:02PM

This game is a cash cow for EA they would be crazy not to keep adding levels. I think level 50 could be the max tho

xrobotlove · November 25, 2012 3:04PM

Definitely 40+. Most of the freemium create-your-own-town games like this one (Smurf's Village, Snoopy's street fair) currently have 40+ levels.. But they've been around quite a bit longer. Those games don't even have nearly as much content nor as much storyline complexity. This game is in pretty high demand, and there's a lot of pressure for it to stand up to a certain quality that Simpsons fans expect (as far as content goes). There's still a TON of possible characters and buildings to be added. So I think this game is gonna be around for quite a while, and with time it will catch up to 40+ levels.

Warpt1 · November 25, 2012 3:20PM

EA's been average a level increase about 1 level per month with additional game content. That's not too bad.

So yes, I'd love to see it continue indefinitely.

Philbowen · November 25, 2012 3:42PM

The Simpsons has been going for years, so could this game if developed properly. Trouble is we have one the worst developers on the case. Personally I feel somebody like Zynga would have been a better option for the development of it..

Blobulle · November 25, 2012 4:09PM

I'm not convinced that EA is going to make more than 40 levels.
30 is already a lot.

Audiobrain · November 25, 2012 4:35PM

The minute they stop producing new levels and new content will be the end of their cash cow. Nobody would continue to play without some incentive or goal. Most players are above 20 years of age and would have little interest in simply accumulating money (fake) or assigning tasks for no reason. We're addicted, but not stupid.

KrustyBrand · November 25, 2012 4:44PM

Audiobrain wrote:

The minute they stop producing new levels and new content will be the end of their cash cow. Nobody would continue to play without some incentive or goal. Most players are above 20 years of age and would have little interest in simply accumulating money (fake) or assigning tasks for no reason. We're addicted, but not stupid.

I think this is a good point. One can make the argument that content drops will continue so long as they continue to generate money for the game. On the other hand, continued content drops are going to inevitably make towns larger and more complex. One wonders whether at some point a boundary will broached such that the majority of Springfields become so unstable as to not be viable.

Audiobrain · November 25, 2012 4:56PM

That's true. Which means the game goes bye bye or they will have to revamp their programming in order to support it. Limit Friends to 50, Offer buy backs of stored items at a higher rate to reduce memory requirements, upgrade their server, switching focusnon to multi-faceted goals inatead of a list of single tasks, Open up viewing of all springfields on a separate server for reference. Convert existing houses for new characters. There are plenty of options.

dcline414 · November 25, 2012 5:02PM

Audiobrain wrote:

The minute they stop producing new levels and new content will be the end of their cash cow. Nobody would continue to play without some incentive or goal. Most players are above 20 years of age and would have little interest in simply accumulating money (fake) or assigning tasks for no reason. We're addicted, but not stupid.

Maybe it's just because they haven't been good at adding levels, or the fact that the first few levels are a joke, but I could care less about leveling up. I also hit level 23 before I had Moes or any other buildings that come after that, so I can't appreciate that my leveling up unlocked anything.

I am more interested in collecting limited edition items (like next Thanksgiving when I have more balloons that aren't available anymore). That stuff takes cash (sometimes lots of it), and is more enjoyable to me than bragging about some meaningless level. How much more content do you really think they will add to incentivize the levels?

Audiobrain · November 25, 2012 5:15PM

I think your right in that the focus of the game may trend towards limited edition items. I could also care less about the XPs and am more interested in new characters, buildings, tasks, etc.

KrustyBrand · November 25, 2012 5:28PM

Audiobrain wrote:

I think your right in that the focus of the game may trend towards limited edition items. I could also care less about the XPs and am more interested in new characters, buildings, tasks, etc.

I agree with both you and dcline about the level concept being fairly meaningless, but I doubt that it's going anywhere. Too many users are focused on the notion that attaining a given level represents a goal that has some real significance for their town. All of the posts by gamers who seem to deeply worry about "wasted" XP's during the periods when they are capped lead me to believe that doing away with semi-frequent level increases will convince many that the game is stagnant.

sonny1618 · November 25, 2012 9:59PM

Audiobrain · November 25, 2012 10:17PM

Thank you, Sonny for that nice bit of humour (humor) at this hour of the evening. It makes the dismal performance of the Packer game a little more tolerable . . . and I couldn't care less about the outcome because by definition I do care. . . which doesn't make it easy, but does make it survivable because ther is always . .

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sonny1618 · November 25, 2012 11:16PM

robertjack97 · November 26, 2012 4:03AM

I honestly think that the levels should keep on increasing, but not to quickly as new uses will not have an opportunity to raise to higher levels.

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