Big Business - game discussion
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jekstrom
iPF Noob
you are correct about the random battery. I have tried to use the battery I got in storage but to no avail.
DragonFairey
iPF Noob
Well I fat fingered my battery and it worked. But my question is is there a difference in hiring the workers and training them? I am just loafing along on the Eiffel Tower as I do other stuff and I just hit like phase 3 of 5 on the third block and it says hire workers for 20 CC. Is that somehow different or do I need to train 10 more workers?
scooteriggy2
iPF Novice
Anyone else out there that is so done with these events? Is there any chance to get everything you need in the 6 days? They are not giving us the drops we need for the research center or the keys, so I am trying to figure out why am I still playing this game and wasting my time... Sigh....
jekstrom
iPF Noob
how did you get the battery to recharge?
DragonFairey
iPF Noob
I apparently clicked use and it come up and said your energy has been recharged. That was all.
JC8489
iPF Novice
That must have been the small 25 unit battery. I also used that one today. The 500 battery we can't figure out how to use.
[City: Podunk / User: Trumpster2 / Level *62*]
daft faider
iPF Noob
You are right about last year and probably about GI :-( I have received a small battery on the iPhone (deluxe) version already
user : Must b Daft - town : Trashville2 - level : 65 (gifts stay in my queue until I can return it)
SummerNight
iPF Novice
Okay folks this lame recycled event is another step in the right direction -- towards quitting this game. I managed to build the ice fortress last year because we were getting batteries so I could get the big gifts and more magic ice. There is no way to complete the challenge without getting big gifts at least twice a day. To upgrade the fortress you need lots of magic ice too. Without batteries you need to spend credits, good luck with that. I am so not motivated, I spent all my snowflakes on gifts today. My last year fortress
To upgrade to level 2: 
{Summerville - Elloriana, lvl 70}
To upgrade to level 2: {Summerville - Elloriana, lvl 70}
makoadef
iPF Noob
This is my last year one when I used to spend money I got this far and started working a lot so never got past lvl 2 and now it looks like I will never get the ice fortress achievement without spending real money again so oh well. I am not even trying for achievements anymore. Takes to much money which I wouldn't have aa problem with but GI is to greedy for there own good.
still playing and definitely not paying.city:mikeyville lvl.70 Id:makoadef. Anchorage, Alaska USA
makoadef
iPF Noob
Hahaha btw all the old timers it's kinda funny that we all are still here. I agree with summer they have been pushing many of us to quitting time. I wonder if that is what they want. Maybe they want to roll out the veterans that figured there crap out so they can con the newbies into spending and just cycle like that. Boy would the newbies be upset if they knew that you could demolish buildings instantly, storage worked and never affected population requirements so many of us old timers that managed to get buildings in storage a have tons of industrial buildings, although now I can't get a furniture factory or any other factory I am missing without demolishing a ton of buildings. We thought GI screwed us. The newbies that don't know are getting screwed worse if they are spending money. For instance the batteries we got last year.
still playing and definitely not paying.city:mikeyville lvl.70 Id:makoadef. Anchorage, Alaska USA
still playing and definitely not paying.city:mikeyville lvl.70 Id:makoadef. Anchorage, Alaska USA
Hmm. So it's basically impossible to collect 400 letters in the time allowed (it's a push to manage the 200, quite frankly). Another example of GI's incessant "pay to play" attitude. I didn't used to mind paying for city credits every so often, in order to purchase special buildings or plots of land etc., but I'm not going to pay them money to complete a quirky challenge that they've deliberately made impossible to complete in any other fashion other than paying. (And even taking into account the occasional "double" drops of letters - and my very first one was actually a triple drop, but that's never been repeated since - I just noticed that in my last round of 25 clicks (I wait for the energy to fully recharge and do it all in one go) I have nine duds; that is, I clicked on the citizen, got an XP point, but no sign of a letter whatsoever. Have a happy christmas, Games Insight, I''m so pleased you've entered the general swing of the season NOT.
This company is laughing all the way to their bank, I swear.
Steve
SteveGPI / Hanham / Level 56
This company is laughing all the way to their bank, I swear.
Steve
SteveGPI / Hanham / Level 56
I totally agree. I have not been playing that much. I have let commercial ships pass in the night for a week now. I have decided to focus energy on other games that I have abandoned because of big business. So sad 
. Can't make modules, can't build fortress, haven't seen gold keys in days, can't use battery pack. The list goes on and on.
. Can't make modules, can't build fortress, haven't seen gold keys in days, can't use battery pack. The list goes on and on.
brian_jonk
iPF Novice
I could not have said it any better! I too didn't mind spending the occasional CC on land, upgrading some buildings, or on special building purchases. But this nonsense with these special event challenges is taking it way too far. The point of a challenge is to at least make it attainable, even if it involves a considerable amount of effort and dedication from us. So if we are not able to attain it, it is because we either chose not too, or could not do what was needed in time. However, to make it completely unattainable mathematically (without spending real cash) is crooked!
Not sure how many of you play or played Farmville. I quit playing a few years back but when I did play I very much enjoyed their model. All the quests were hard but totally attainable without being forced to spend real cash. The only real cash I would have needed to spend was on limited edition buildings/animals/trees etc... or other things like convenience items, instant growth of crops for example. Now this might have changed since the time I last played...
GI really is going to drive away their veteran player base with all this highway robbery.
At this point, I plan on doing what I can without spending any CC on any of these gimmick 'events.' Whatever I get out of it, so be it. I know going in that I won't get the grand prize and I'm quite okay with that. In the meantime, I will continue to keep my factories going, get the buildings I can without necessarily spending CC and let the chips fall as they may.
scooteriggy2
iPF Novice
I know I am ready to quit this game. I dug out my game boy last night and was enjoying it again. Purchase a game and no spending after that. I will still play but agree with all the rest of the comments. Are they trying to push out the old timers? If we go them I think they won't be paying out as much for filled cargo ships. I only fill ships I know I can get filled, otherwise they will go out empty. I have a good cc base built up and haven't and won't spend anymore cash on this farce of a game. I will continue to collect letters but will use them to upgrade last years building. Oh well, we all saw this coming with the population increase. They are just taking more and more things away that is needed to play.
