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[Kane]

And yeah, I have 8 or more cities under my belt. I haven't touched sandbox though, just doesn't seem as fun.

Maxis did confirm that city size will be increased though, so that's good news (Just not sure when). And as far as friending goes, it looks like we all have to be on the same server to see each other.

[Kane]

And John...I sent you a friend request.

[John Galt]

ok i'm about to actually hop on.

exploited is on antartica server, do we want to get on that one? we have to be on same server, i guess, not only to play together but to see each other (shitty EA developers are shitty). also, no friend request... i think? f**k ea

i do have the answer for your water woes though, Kane. if you use a water treatment plant it dumps back clean water into the ground. put water treatment plant next to the big water pumps and there ya go, should work out just fine. you don't need to filter it either (unless near other pollution) as the treatment plant puts clean water in the ground. all the other water is supposedly replenished slowly over time

i agree the budget should take into account the other things but on the other hand, those are profits by amount of product as opposed to most everything else which is just time based for expenses and for income. so as it's not steady it's difficult to tell. i was saving up for something and all the sudden my money was all gone from importing stuff for my arcology... oops

sandbox helps you play with how things should be laid out, how roads work and whatnot, in order to experiment, as you're kinda f**k if you put something down wrong that costs a lot of money. sandbox isn't really fun, it's just to learn how it works

in re to your issue with the freight train... do you have goods at the port? that is, do you have a coal storage lot and coal sitting in it? or do you have coal at the depot?

[PoS]

I killed about 5 enemy vehicles with my Magrider hover MBT but then as I ran away to repair some damage I ran into another allied Magrider and my tank flipped over as I tried to veer to the left and I killed myself?! WTF?

[Kane]

Yeah, I figured out the train issue...kinda. I just put the attachment on the portion if the rail that's going through my second city. I've got two smelters with one producing all metal and one all alloy. I have four raw ore mines going so I supply the smelters directly, sell off the excess, and import coal to sell alloy and metal to the global market. I make ungodly sums of money now, over $1,500,000 now. City only has 60k people though. I'm trying to get residential density up but the map is a two tier beach front shitbox. I'm thinking about hollowing out my factories and putting in a processor plant to make more money yet.

Gotta say though, kinda sad. I feel like after having learned these systems the game seems kinda dull. Now I have an industrial formula I can apply to all of my cities since addons carry to each city in the same region. I'm making all this money....now what? I can't expand...I can try to make downtown as efficient as possible? Try to remap the upper level around the mines to maximize space?

Still exceedingly fun...it's just a disappointment realizing it could be so much more.

Send me a friend request: DrKrane

I'll check out exploiteds server tomorrow.

[John Galt]

well if/once mods come into play you could have exceedingly complex resource hierarchies. i'm glad they took a page out of the anno series with their resources and whatnot but they really do need to improve it

i won't be playing sim city tonight

sc2:hots launched today. while i played some of the beta im excited for the single player campaign

[Kane]

This month is insane. But I didn't get too into the new Starcraft so...meh.

[John Galt]

this campaign for sc2:hots is beautifully done, best i've seen in a rts. yeah, it's on the easy side for "normal difficulty" but it's got a decent story but i find the interaction between missions to be great stuff

[Kane]

Huh, I'd heard that if thought about the story makes zero sense. Maybe play moar...

[exploited]

Must coordinate. Let's play Titan Gorge, private region, Sandbox for shits and giggles. Antarctica server. I've sent you both invites, so be sure to check your lame Origin overlay.

This game... This game has destroyed my life.