Upgrade times QUADRUPLED. Furious.

[Stav]

Right,
My phone all upgrades are the same as always,
Wife's phone all upgrades 4 times longer.
Mates iPad 4 times longer
So will it all return to normal tomorrow.
I don't mind a tweak but 4 times longer is way to lonnnnnng.

[Squishh]

This isn't a bug, and is something we were trying out as a method for balancing the in-game economy. We're tweaking it to make it less onerous by reducing the time it takes to upgrade and bringing the time it takes to construct back to where it was yesterday. We'll bee keeping an eye on this for the next few days before we make any other changes, and your feedback is appreciated.

The feedback is streaming in already, for the most part, all negative. As it was this game has a very slow progression curve. Now it is 4 time worse.

Before it took about 1 week worth of upgrade time to get a buidling from level 1 to 10. Now it is a month. I dont know about the rest of the community but I am unwilling to put in time to a game that only allows me to cap out 12 buildings a year. As of right now I have over 60 buildings in my hood. I would like to think it would not take me 5 years to upgrade them all to level 10. I do not think you are doing the long term math here.

If the dev's are going to go this route with a 4x upgrade time, then allow us to upgrade 4 buildings at once.

[Squishh]

Thank you for reverting this back to normal.

I was in awe when I saw that an upgrade from level 9 to 10 was going to take 240 hours (10 days). The 60 hours (2.5 days) you have now is perfect.

[cookies]

My upgrade times still seem to be substantially increased over the original times, even after he reduction. It's really taking the fun out of the game for me.

[Squishh]

My upgrade times still seem to be substantially increased over the original times, even after he reduction. It's really taking the fun out of the game for me.

If you started a build or upgrade while the settings were at 4x than normal, then you must let those finish out. I upgraded a level 2 building to a 3 during the adjustment. It took 12 hours to update. Once it finished, I upgraded another building of the same type from level 2 to 3. The 2nd time took only 3 hours.

[wupuck]

Is this true? Im upgrading my laundrymat and it will still take 75+ hours. I am thinking about selling it and just re upgrading I think it'll take less time

[wupuck]

Confirmed!

Yes! its been fixed!

thank goodness it was a laundromat i was upgrading and not a warehouse!

[madawgg]

omg...i hate this...

[cookies]

If you started a build or upgrade while the settings were at 4x than normal, then you must let those finish out. I upgraded a level 2 building to a 3 during the adjustment. It took 12 hours to update. Once it finished, I upgraded another building of the same type from level 2 to 3. The 2nd time took only 3 hours.

I am very aware of that. My observation was for the new timers of course. 19 hours to upgrade a Collection Agency from level 1 to level 2. That is a *whole* day where you cannot do anything else. Boring really...

[Gunn]

bad form crime city. The game was fine, and making it take so long to upgrade things is only going to piss people off. I'm probably going to stop playing now, and I'm sure I'm not alone. You should really look at how many players your going to lose because of this, and I guarantee it's not going to bring any new ones in, so it's a really bad idea. You had a great game, and now with all the bugs in your updates, and these pointless destructive changes, it seems like you're determined to sabotage your own game.

[nvbealone]

bad form crime city. The game was fine, and making it take so long to upgrade things is only going to piss people off. I'm probably going to stop playing now, and I'm sure I'm not alone. You should really look at how many players your going to lose because of this, and I guarantee it's not going to bring any new ones in, so it's a really bad idea. You had a great game, and now with all the bugs in your updates, and these pointless destructive changes, it seems like you're determined to sabotage your own game.

well said! i totally agree! 1st, building times are extended. 2nd, robberies tweaked cutting weak players out. every update is screwed making the game worse than ever. the end of crime city is nearing given a playing platform like this!

[Squishh]

bad form crime city. The game was fine, and making it take so long to upgrade things is only going to piss people off. I'm probably going to stop playing now, and I'm sure I'm not alone. You should really look at how many players your going to lose because of this, and I guarantee it's not going to bring any new ones in, so it's a really bad idea. You had a great game, and now with all the bugs in your updates, and these pointless destructive changes, it seems like you're determined to sabotage your own game.

It was changed to 4x the amount for about 12 hours. They adjusted it back to close to what it was before. It is now only slightly higher. Really not noticable until you upgrade buildings to level 7 and higher. As I have stated in a previous post, if you did an upgrade/build when the amounts were at 4x, you have to let those finish out before you will see the changes.

[cookies]

I am not sure how you define 'slightly higher' Squishh but my upgrade times are still twice as long as they used to be.

[Max Power]

If your looking for input, I think the best 30,000 foot level input I can provide is quit moving the goalposts all the damn time. People learn one thing and then spend real money and poof...changes.

Please stop all the tweaking.

[Stav]

Still don't understand why the upgrade times are different on my wife's phone to what they are on my phone. Neither phone has any updated available.
Anyone have any ideas?