Simcity

[Sava]

Cities XL transitioned from a horribly integrated forced social, always online system... and that game is apparently so horribly put together that the new devs can't even access much of the code to fix the game... or even provide a sequel with minimal changes. The newer versions have just included things similar to what the modding community provides.

So is Sim City more of a cluster**** than Cities XL? It's hard to imagine. And I generally like that game.

[Wiglaf]

Cities XL is terrible.

[Sava]

It's more of a city painter than a game.

Speaking of terrible, I keep getting booted from Sim City servers today.

[Wiglaf]

Me too. US East 4 is down a bit. Presumably they are rolling out a server patch.

Sunday March 10th

Update: 11:33am PST: We're also temporarily taking down EU West 2 for a hardware upgrade. Again, no saves or data will be lost. Thanks again for your patience.

Update: 11:11am PST In an effort to further improve stability and performance (as well as allow for larger capacity), we will be temporarily taking down EU West 3 for a hardware upgrade. We are diligently striving to restore optimal gameplay status as soon as possible. Please bear with us for this scheduled maintenance. Rest assured, no saves or data will be lost. You will be notified in-game when we will be temporarily taking down the server. Thanks for your patience through this process.

Update: 9:20am PST EU East 1 is back up and running again.

Update: 8:55am PST New Server Antarctica - http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9352871.page

Update: 7:41am PST We have taken EU East 1 down for maintenance. Please try one of the other available servers.

[Dinner]

I might get this game in a few years after the take out the DRM and bundle in all of the DLC. I refuse to buy games with DRM though and I don't like the model where they nickle and dime you for a thousand DLC. On the upside the game should be properly patched by the then and have all the bugs worked out.

[giblets]

Why do you hate DLC? DLC lets them make more money providing more incentive to make videogames. Do you hate videogames?

[Wiglaf]

Useful

Fullscreen: http://imgur.com/a/gUFqn

[Alexander's Horse]

Lots of servers coming online it seems

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/03/ea-simcity-server-response-time-has-increased-40-fold-since-launch/

[Wiglaf]

Lots of servers coming online it seems

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/0...-since-launch/

Game is definitely consistently playable now. They need a patch to fix vehicle pathfinding (including emergency vehicles), which they say they are working on. After that, with the global market and faster sharing between regions, I think it's a good purchase. Especially w/ a free EA game. I have a feeling Maxis was rushed on this (it is EA's year end month) and will be fixing these issues quickly.

[regexcellent]

I have no idea what's going on in Sava's town but Wiglaf's is a total mess. He is deep in the red and coming off the heels of a huge epidemic which we discovered was caused by contaminated drinking water. Specifically, he placed his water towers next to his sewage outflow pipes so his sims were basically drinking ****.

That issue was resolved by buying water from Sava and me sending him loads of ambulances. I am also providing about 1/3rd of his police force as crime is rampant. Criminals from Wiglaf's city are regularly crossing over into mine and murdering people.

We are both totally ****ed when the oil runs out.

[DaShi]

Welcome to Africa!

[Guynemer]

Somehow, I am not surprised that Wiglaf's city is an apocalyptic hellscape.

[Wiglaf]

I have no idea what's going on in Sava's town but Wiglaf's is a total mess. He is deep in the red and coming off the heels of a huge epidemic which we discovered was caused by contaminated drinking water. Specifically, he placed his water towers next to his sewage outflow pipes so his sims were basically drinking ****.

That issue was resolved by buying water from Sava and me sending him loads of ambulances. I am also providing about 1/3rd of his police force as crime is rampant. Criminals from Wiglaf's city are regularly crossing over into mine and murdering people.

We are both totally ****ed when the oil runs out.

Tell me how you really feel

[MichaeltheGreat]

Yeah but in grown up cities... not namby pamby fisher price playset bull**** like this

Hey, Fisher Price Little People playsets are cool.

[Wiglaf]

All that and reg did not mention the pride of Baghdad, the $90,000 FIRE HELICOPTER THAT FLIES ACROSS THE REGION PUTTING OUT HIS FIRES