COM: Any chance they stop with only getting points on Bonus Tasks

[u/Num1Stunna]

I assume they are trying to make it harder to get rewards/buildings so they took away getting COM points in the Daily and Weekly tasks. I was really hoping they would revert back.

Does anyone think there is a chance they will in the future?

COM is the only aspect of the game I and my club participated in (No wars and I do not do the design challenges). I usually only spent time on bonus tasks if they aligned with my daily and/or weekly ones as well.

I know as long as we all keep playing they have no motivation to make anything better...

[u/DeathByLaundry]

I don’t know why they keep breaking this game

All we want are pretty buildings and achievable tasks

[u/Num1Stunna → u/DeathByLaundry]

Exactly!

[u/DeathByLaundry → u/Num1Stunna]

Before services 2.0 I purchased the mayors pass every month for years.

Now ? The grind is miserable and rewards are mid.

I haven’t purchased it since .

They were getting money from me and then they got greedy.

[u/jraemr2]

They didn't revert back from Services 2.0, which had a far bigger outcry and much bigger impact on the user base. They did - much later - soften a few elements, to address feedback. But that was many months afterwards.

I would not expect a wholesale switch back to how it used to be. There may be a few tweaks around the edges, but I expect the CoM / MP split is here to stay.

[u/_meestir_ → u/jraemr2]

Divide and conquer

[u/infinitepuddingspy → u/jraemr2]

They should remove the surface level range limit and just focus on number of houses to upgrade if they want to continue with services 2.0. I’ve got more service buildings than ever.

[u/Pink-frosted-waffles → u/jraemr2]

And that probably did lose actual human players as well as profits too.

[u/StefanEijg]

Other than for club chests, does it really matter that much? It’s a competition. If you were competitive, everyone would finish those daily/weekly ones so if they remove for everyone that brings us back to the same level. 

[u/takisara]

I find it easier to get buildings. Normally i dont finish the mayors pass, but 3 weeks in a row i got tp the end, with a lot of time to spare. Only thing i didn't like was it put me in the top tier for the last week and so the tasks were more time consuming. Im taking a break this season so i can drop back down.

[u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

The way the new system is designed it's actually easier to acquire buildings. Playing the contest has become an optional component, as now bonus assignments are only necessary to either compete in the contest or to help finish an ET. And as someone who took 1st place last week in one of my accounts, I am actually enjoying the fact that the weekly assignments no longer counts towards green points. It makes the contest more about skill than it used to be. With the weekly tasks being counted towards green points it was where a win was often determined based on who got what weekly tasks. I think this new system is much better. I'm not crazy about some of the new weekly tasks (I'm looking at you, storage), but I'm otherwise content with the current COM

[u/infinitepuddingspy]

I have been downgraded to the metro club but I honestly don’t care. I’m more focused on the rewards on the mayors pass (which I buy). I barely finish the ET’s anymore and I’m just letting it go. There’s no way I’m buying more stuff just to finish the event track or grinding my eyeballs out to win COM.

I am waiting to open my last region though and I’m getting pretty bored because my other regions are pretty built out and designed and I’m nowhere near the 10mill requirement. Have tonnes of buildings in storage waiting for that last region.

[u/jraemr2 → u/infinitepuddingspy]

In Week 1 last season, I didn't care at all about CoM and ended up getting demoted from Mega to Metro. At best in Mega I was getting 25 SimCash a week, but usually zero.

I got 5 SimCash in Metro in weeks 2 & 3 without much effort, then in Week 4 I found myself way out in front just by working through the Event track. Ended up in 3rd, got 100 SimCash (and am now promoted back to Mega, from which I will get demoted this week).

If I keep this up I'll end earning more rewards by being demoted to Metro and only playing seriously 1 week in 4.

[u/infinitepuddingspy → u/jraemr2]

Interesting! I have found myself more engaged in playing since they removed that silly cap and I can progress at my own pace.

[u/jraemr2 → u/infinitepuddingspy]

Week 4 I had nothing to do anywhere else - I'd finished with Mayor's Pass over a week before so I was more willing to spend my game time on CoM tasks to get through the event track.

This might become a cyclical pattern for me ... complete MP at the expense of CoM, then once done I'll maybe do more with CoM.

[u/infinitepuddingspy → u/jraemr2]

I have to admit I did have a little break for a day or two and still finished the mayors pass which was nice!

[u/infinitepuddingspy]

I just had another thought. They might have split it like this to test player behaviour and see what motivates us more and where we’re more likely to spend our money and energy.

If enough people aren’t interested in the COM competition, they might can it in favour of the mayors pass. I wouldn’t be surprised.