A supposedly required set of server-side calculations to allow for a simulation engine so complex and powerful that your puny computer alone wouldn’t be able to handle it – revealed to be a hollow lie concocted to justify not allowing any offline play. Little did most suspect that these issues would only be the tip of the iceberg. You thought you purchased this game and own it, but soon realize you’ve only been granted tentative permission to borrow it, and only when it’s convenient. You must play under the strict EA terms and only when they allow you. Horrendously unreliable servers wholly incapable of supporting the number of players. Draconian DRM which monitors you at all times, requiring you to be online to report in at regular intervals. The list of offenses is egregious and growing: I took this screenshot and already i'm past it upto 700 mil and 16mil profit per month.So as the week has passed, it’s become more and more evident something – no many things – are horribly wrong. Check it out (non sandbox mode, live game on EU West 2). The key element is to get as many rail/port connected expansions on your Trade Ports as you can.

Don't try to do everything on one port.Įventually you will be so far into self-sustaining you can afford to import almost everything and resell for mass profit. One port will be set on processors/TVs, one will be plastics/processors, one will be TVs only. When you're ready start to import processors and more plastics to expand your TV production even further.įinal note ( important): Due to crappy AI on the trucks, ensure your trade ports contain a maximum of TWO materials. Expand into Trade Ports that have Railway Docks and/or Cargo Ship Docks ( important for your trade routes and to circumvent some traffic congestion) Get a Trade HQ, along with an Electronics HQ. Let your supply chain of processors and plastics create the TVs. When you're a few million up, invest in TV factories. Sit and make money from alloy + processor sales for a while. Put up a few plastic factories and import crude oil.

Move onto processor creation with alloy + plastic.

Start selling alloy to make decent profit. Move onto alloy creation with a Metals HQ. Start with ore + coal mining while this population growth is happening. Wait for a while and let the population grow and become educated. Get a city started and mass residential + education. (If you don't play the city, it never drains on the supplying map) Ideally you want a 'water bot' city which doesn't get played, just supplies you with endless water. Ensure you have neighboring cities to supply the eventual water loss you will suffer (the recycle treatment method will not sustain you after 15 years or so). Find the flattest piece of land you can find. Use the following method of expansion on a coal+ore city.

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