Lobster demands in town

The demands for lobster items in my town have gone beyond ridiculous, into absolutely ludicrous. Yesterday, I turned away 6 people who had been waiting for days for lobster items, and more keep coming in. I often have the beach café with 6 people wanting lobster items - lobster soup, seafood salad, lobster tail, etc. I currently have 5 visitors in the cinema wanting friutti de mare pizza, I have 2 in the diner wanting lobster soup, 2 more frutti de mare pizza. All together, 11 visitors sitting in buildings asking for lobster items, out of 24 in the buildings. And another train coming in a few minutes.

I cannot possibly keep up with the demands for lobster. I turning too many people away. Is this what SC wants?!? Me to completely lose interest in the game because supply is so far from able to keep up with demand that people sit there forever or get turned away with no reward?

This is getting worse every day. 1 hour 48 min to make each net, so I can make 3 + a fraction in the 6 hours the last pot sits, so I cannot even make enough lobster nets, to catch lobsters, to get their tails to make item to serve to customers.

Seriously, they have to scale back the demands for lobster, or I will have to quit the game because of the inability to keep up with demands. I have hundreds and hundreds of items in my barn that never are asked for. But around 40-50% of visitors are asking for lobster items. Give Me A Break!!!

You do know you can turn away visitors and not serve them....right?

It goes in waves. For awhile my townies were asking for ridiculous amounts of lobster.

Now they've eased off the lobster...and are asking for lettuce. It's unreal. Right now, multiple customers in my grocery store, spa, and diner are all asking for lettuce. Never mind the salads, smoothies, and sandwiches that also need lettuce.

I grow a lot of lettuce, but they've eaten it all. Two more hours before the next double batch is ready...

Hi Spud, you do seem to be getting an unfair load of lobster demands. It makes me wonder if SC in their wisdom have skewed the game so that if certain item requests are turned away with any frequency they simply demand more. Is it possible? Any thoughts?
Meanwhile, maybe you could use Tom? :)

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Originally Posted by Janilee

It goes in waves. For awhile my townies were asking for ridiculous amounts of lobster.

Now they've eased off the lobster...and are asking for lettuce. It's unreal. Right now, multiple customers in my grocery store, spa, and diner are all asking for lettuce. Never mind the salads, smoothies, and sandwiches that also need lettuce.

I grow a lot of lettuce, but they've eaten it all. Two more hours before the next double batch is ready...

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Yep, even the strongman asked for lettuces yesterday. What kind of strongman is he, for pete's sake?

I can relate because it was only a couple of weeks ago I was going through the exact same thing, only it was fish and lobster products. And I posted about it. That's when I started turning away all who wanted raw fish, lobster, and the products made with them, and for the first couple of days it was a lot of visitors who went begging, but I can honestly say that those visitors are much fewer and farther between. It seems that whatever loop they were on has been reset, and for now I don't see that they're ordering too much of any one type of product, be it fish/lobster-related, candy, or cheese-related. Right at this moment they seem to be pretty well balanced. Sure, I turned four away who wanted raw fish yesterday, and two so far today, but at least the others aren't asking for multiple fish items at the same time. I did use Tom during that time to bring fish and lobster, but those have long since been used and I'm happy to say that I'm now able to keep up with demand. For now. We'll see what happens in another week or two. All I can suggest to you is that you turn away all fish and lobster product requests for the next couple of days to reset the request meter and build your stocks back up, and turn away ALL who want raw seafood permanently. It does seem to make a difference, at least as far as I can tell. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by Madge

Yep, even the strongman asked for lettuces yesterday. What kind of strongman is he, for pete's sake?

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Mine keeps asking for raspberries, usually 3 or 4. He must have a dainty constitution. :)

I have turned them away, as mentioned. But then that gives no rewards. If that's the third building they've been to, you wasted resources for minimal gain.

Tom is my next option, but right now, it's very hard for me to get online every 2 hours to use him. Still, I may have to.

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Originally Posted by Drspuds

I have turned them away, as mentioned. But then that gives no rewards. If that's the third building they've been to, you wasted resources for minimal gain.

Tom is my next option, but right now, it's very hard for me to get online every 2 hours to use him. Still, I may have to.

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True, you get no town gift that way though you've still gotten plenty of xp, rep points and coins if they've been to other buildings. At least that's how I salved my indignation when I'd turn mine away, so the products already used weren't a total waste IMO. And truth be told, when it all happened I'd already fully expanded the buildings except for rep points anyway, so I wasn't completely desperate for those little gifts the way I was in the beginning. Good luck - Tom will help.

I don't turn away visitors who request fish and lobster. I have turned away some who asked for sugar. The little girl asked for 8 sugars in the grocery store and I sent her to the train station, pronto.

For awhile it was crazy, but they eased off the lobster and fish demands. Whether you give them the stuff or not...it's not a permanent thing. They'll move on to someone else eventually. Do not despair.

In my case most townies wanted lobster, fish and juice related products. Even when maxed lobster pool and juice maker it was impossible produce enough to serve them all.

Boat orders have also been crazy lately (products from the same ingredients in the same boat, boats asking the same products back to back, different products from the same machine in the same boat)...

On the bright side, the day after the update I received diamonds from unlocked town chests more than 8 times! I was delighted, but this behavior is also an aberration.

There seems to be something fishy (pun intended) with the random number generator used by the game, and sometimes (most of the times?) the outcome is just aggravating.

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Originally Posted by Janilee

I don't turn away visitors who request fish and lobster. I have turned away some who asked for sugar. The little girl asked for 8 sugars in the grocery store and I sent her to the train station, pronto.

For awhile it was crazy, but they eased off the lobster and fish demands. Whether you give them the stuff or not...it's not a permanent thing. They'll move on to someone else eventually. Do not despair.

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INDEED. 6 is the max I'll give, and then very grudgingly. Had someone ask for 7 brown sugars today so they were escorted to the train station without further ado.

It continues. I ousted any peeps I could not feed immediately - all were waiting on lobster items, probably 6 visitors sent packing. Trains came and filled up to 33 peeps. 30 now in buildings, 3 idle due to full buildings.

Of those 30, 13 asked for lobster items, and 10 are still waiting for lobster items, including 4 for lobster soup, so now I need 14 lobsters.

Just shoot me...

Mine is more or less the same. Lots of people want lobster products, along with tons of sandwiches. I'm completely out of lobster and olives now. Also white sugar/cheese/butter down to 0~2 all the time. This morning I finally decided to take a break from town for a few days. I need to restock almost all premium items, probably 20~30 of each. Until then, the train station would be a mere decor on my farm :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by taoyingying

This morning I finally decided to take a break from town for a few days. I need to restock almost all premium items, probably 20~30 of each. Until then, the train station would be a mere decor on my farm :rolleyes:

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While in townie-break mode, if you are in a NH, try to dismiss all the townies every time the express arrives (your neighbors will be grateful) :)