I was just thinking about gift giving and had a couple thoughts. What do you all think?
Things we know:
- It’s a bit hard to exactly remember who & what you’ve gifted to others without lots of time spent documenting it.
- Looking at your Incoming gifts list lets you see who’s given you what which helps return the favor.
- Many of us have more neighbors than we can give gifts in one day or even every two days
- Neighbors are valuable for not only gifts but also to find things in their city
- Our signatures are very helpful to quickly find who has what and who need what.
- A consolidated Needs List updated every so often is helpful when for our gift giving when you don’t have a lot of time to spend seeing who needs what.
Some ideas or suggestions for optimal gift giving & receiving:
- Be patient with giving & receiving. Sometimes it takes a couple days.
- Give gifts appropriate to the level of your neighbor. For example, do not give flight school gifts to higher level players who already have a flight school or hotel, etc.
- Needs change quickly, so scan the requests if you can before you give items, if possible.
- Since you cannot exchange extra items, don’t take items you know you won’t need. This might save a gift for you or someone else.
- “Send in return” doesn’t always mean that person will get what you sent back.
- Passengers, fuel, flight need items and higher level items are usually good general gifts if you are unsure of needs.
- Take a look at your neighbor’s city first, if you can. A red arrow is a good sign that the person needs one or more of those items.
- Give in advance – Anticipate what your neighbor might need soon.