town visitor task is terrible now. quitting game

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June 23rd, 2016
HeathNZ

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Originally Posted by ScottietheDog

I havebt seen (1) 320 old school town task yet but I have seen (7) 320 character town task, which have all been deleted.

I have definitely seen the old 320 "old school" town task you mention so it's absolutely still there... Presumably given the wider range of tasks now it just doesn't come up as much?
June 23rd, 2016
BonnieJo

We don't mind the new town task. We coordinate so the one who has the most of the required townie takes it and the others release the townies required for the task as soon as we can. We all have our personal trains down to an hour and a half and that helps with picking up the ones that are available.
June 23rd, 2016
haydayforum

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Originally Posted by Oinkydoink

It is taking forever for me to finish my truck deliveries because everyone wants stuff I can't make yet. Was Supercell short-sighted or devious?

Neither. They are not perfect.
June 23rd, 2016
pilothaggard

Scottie Dog, you hit the nail on the head

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Originally Posted by ScottietheDog

That isn't true at all, everything has changed, just nobody will admit they truly screwed the pooch with this idiotic new task.

You have added 9 new production tasks, great, you also added this stupid task and this is coming from a player in myself who has never taken a town task in derby history. What you have done us create massive clutter. You say they added 9 production tasks + this incoherent serve sane character task to hit 10 new tasks.

Now you need to realize you have added close to 120+ new tasks and I'm probably short changing that #. Each task has X amount of non 320's and those will pop up to create a mess and the true reality behind this character task is to force players to use diamonds to speed up their personal trains to finish this crackbaby task that is now rivaling strawberries & collecting goats milk. You have also removed a large portion of 320 tasks for NH's bc they will be forced to delete 100's and 100's of this stupid character town task.

I havebt seen (1) 320 old school town task yet but I have seen (7) 320 character town task, which have all been deleted. It's simple math, adding 10 new tasks with massive variances on the point values was going to cause major issues, so let's not try and pretend "nothing has changed". I can't even begin to think what SC is going to do in September - November when millions & millions of players hit 40 weeks in Champ League and are done with Derby all together. That's going to be a massive hit to the bottom line when those diamond sales plummet because players won't be forced to buying as many in order to get tasks done.

You are SO correct. This new task stinks big time. I love the folks who say its OK because it doesn't expire! Great, so we spend all week trying to get one task done! Last week the old 320 train task came up multiple times. Its now Thursday, and it hasn't popped up even once, but the new Creepy Character task has come up over and over and over and .....

If this task-from-hell is going to stay it needs SERIOUS revamping. Don't you guys actually test anyof this stuff before you dump it on us, your customers?
June 23rd, 2016
Birdeh27

I am currently on this task and frustrated. It's serving the local guy with orange hair. I've used gems to bring in 2 trains and not a single guy was on either of them.
June 23rd, 2016
snakiddy

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Originally Posted by ScottietheDog

That isn't true at all, everything has changed, just nobody will admit they truly screwed the pooch with this idiotic new task.

You have added 9 new production tasks, great, you also added this stupid task and this is coming from a player in myself who has never taken a town task in derby history. What you have done us create massive clutter. You say they added 9 production tasks + this incoherent serve sane character task to hit 10 new tasks.

Now you need to realize you have added close to 120+ new tasks and I'm probably short changing that #. Each task has X amount of non 320's and those will pop up to create a mess and the true reality behind this character task is to force players to use diamonds to speed up their personal trains to finish this crackbaby task that is now rivaling strawberries & collecting goats milk. You have also removed a large portion of 320 tasks for NH's bc they will be forced to delete 100's and 100's of this stupid character town task.

I havebt seen (1) 320 old school town task yet but I have seen (7) 320 character town task, which have all been deleted. It's simple math, adding 10 new tasks with massive variances on the point values was going to cause major issues, so let's not try and pretend "nothing has changed". I can't even begin to think what SC is going to do in September - November when millions & millions of players hit 40 weeks in Champ League and are done with Derby all together. That's going to be a massive hit to the bottom line when those diamond sales plummet because players won't be forced to buying as many in order to get tasks done.

ScottietheDog, YaY! Bravo! Yes! You are absolutely correct on all points!:thumbsup:
June 23rd, 2016
Davidtmp

I happen to like the new task....perhaps it's just the way I play the game and center it around the derby tasks. It really isn't that bad. May have to change your gameplay some.
June 23rd, 2016
PerkyCox

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Originally Posted by pilothaggard

You are SO correct. This new task stinks big time. I love the folks who say its OK because it doesn't expire! Great, so we spend all week trying to get one task done! Last week the old 320 train task came up multiple times. Its now Thursday, and it hasn't popped up even once, but the new Creepy Character task has come up over and over and over and .....

If this task-from-hell is going to stay it needs SERIOUS revamping. Don't you guys actually test any of this stuff before you dump it on us, your customers?

It took me about 15 hours to serve 9/12 teachers -- maybe less because I slept in there, and when I woke up 4 were ready and the task was done.

The worst part of this task was having to set free the 23 served townies I had stacked, and there was 1 teacher in those. One! GRRRR! But I did it because I wanted to try something new, and see if I could find a way to make this task work for my game.

Is this the blazing-fast 320 DPs/23 townies task we all prepare for, wait for, and love when it pops up?? No. It's not something you can prepare all the way for in advance, and just pick 'em up and move on to the next Derby task.

The specific townie task IS a challenge. It IS a new derby task. It IS something new to do in the town, and it IS achievable in less time than it takes to do some other production or crop tasks. All these things were asked for repeatedly in this update.

Others have rightly pointed out that being in a large NH helps, and having a fully-expanded personal train helps (for maintenance time, not so much for seats). So does having all the machines and products available at your level (an issue for me with tea house and taco stuff while the machines build).

But I was able to complete my teacher task in a reasonable time without a lot of angst by varying my play in a couple of ways:

(1) I Got a Little Help From My Friends: By concentrating on teachers not townies. I used my PT once to pick up 1 teacher, twice to pick up 2, and once to pick up THREE!! Wooo hooo jackpot of educators!! I had 3 teachers in town already, so that's more than I needed for the task. I am not including 3 I pitched from my Eggspress train for wanting 3 buildings and asking for tea and taco things I could not make yet while my machines are building.

(2) I Saw the Light: The way to do the specific townie task is to concentrate on single-stop selected townies.

(3) To Everything (Turn Turn Turn) There Is a Season: I filled my first PTs with as many townies as I could plus the selected teachers, BUT I only SERVED the teachers. This let me pile up salesmen and actresses and ladies and Cowboys. I'll do the next specific character task wih a stable of that character already in town, ready to be selected.

BIG CAVEAT: I do have a fully expanded town hall and personal train, but I don't play the town that much. Mostly I hoard 1-stop served townies for the 320DP/23 townie task and I kick all my Eggspress train visitors out empty handed a few times a day for my neighbors to pick up. So my method won't work for someone who plays the town a lot or who plays it differently from me.

So -- just play with this task if it interests you, trash it if it doesn't. The 320DP/23 townies tasks will come along.

For my game I think I will get ready to do a few of these specific townie tasks for the next derby and see how my plan holds up. :)
June 24th, 2016
LynnK2015

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Originally Posted by PerkyCox

...(2) I Saw the Light: The way to do the specific townie task is to concentrate on single-stop selected townies...

BIG CAVEAT: I do have a fully expanded town hall and personal train...:)

Thank you Perky for the tips.

I will skip this task because my PT isn't fully maxed out yet; it can pick up ten visitors, but the maintenance time is still 2.5hrs.
June 27th, 2016
tvjunkie

With a little strategy the new tasks are entirely possible, I was able to complete 4 during the derby and one of them only took 3 hrs

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