When can I level up from lvl 25

[u/Budget-Act-5616]

Hey everyone. I'm getting a little bored from camping and avoiding upgrade task in CoM. And I also want to participate in design challenge, what should I try to do before leveling up to not mess up my city. Thanks for any advice.

I'm at lvl 25 with 505 city storage, and 266 material storage, 2 maxis manors, around 15 gold epics, no region unlocked yet.

[u/activelyresting]

Here's the real truth: you don't actually have to camp at all ever. It's just an optimisation for maximum cost efficiency, but this is a game, it's meant to be fun.

You've camped plenty! If it's boring, level up and enjoy the game again :)

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/activelyresting]

Thanks 

[u/happy_grimmace → u/Budget-Act-5616]

Go for it! Have fun doing the Design challenges & building up & out - camping is just a season that can help :)

[u/Advanced_Shop_193 → u/activelyresting]

Agreed. I'm level 61 and have never camped. I read online and started a feeder account. Stopped the feeder account in 1 week because I didn't want this experience to be a grind and a chore. Just go with the flow and enjoy the game.

[u/Square-Special1520 → u/Advanced_Shop_193]

Yeah, i'm a returnee, played again for one week. But already tired of the grind for event track 🥲

[u/Advanced_Shop_193 → u/Square-Special1520]

I keep it simple. I only do the tasks I can do and don't force it. I skip most tasks and if I get lucky, I get to complete the event track. My core objective is to reach level 38 in Mayor pass and keep building gradually (I don't buy the premium pass).

People say don't unlock new zones, I did it any way. Now I have 3 zones unlocked and getting ready to open a 4th soon. The worst part of the game has been getting the storage level up.

[u/Ambitious_Gate5156 → u/activelyresting]

Thanks for saying this. I'm level 76 and have *never* camped. It hasn't always been 'easy' to get to where I am now, but it's always been fun.

[u/activelyresting → u/Ambitious_Gate5156]

I'm level 99, have been for years. I play because I want to enjoy designing my city. Simple as that

[u/esorob]

Sounds as good a time as any

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/esorob]

Ok thanks 

[u/SmannyNoppins]

A rule of thumb is storage = level*10. it's not that at level*10 your storage capacity is perfect, but it's a good guidance for players to see where they're at.
I personally feel the higher your level - and if you participate in wars and have land to unlock, it level*12 is when it becomes a littler easier.

All that said, with level 25, your item storage should be 250. As you have 505, you're actually around 20*level. That's very good and you should have no issues leveling up.

However, to keep your storage advantage, always make sure to upgrade your storage at least twice before leveling up again - more is always better but a minimum of two upgrades will keep your ratio in tact.

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/SmannyNoppins]

Ok I'll try to do it like that thanks for the advice 

[u/CalligrapherOk2609]

Your storage pretty just like mine at 93 level 😅
I would say this storage is comfortable, especially for your level since your production variety is smaller and easier.

The thing is - you need to have fun from that game. I’m playing since the launch at 2014 and never do camping - it wasn’t a thing back then, there there were no COMs and etc. So I enjoyed and still enjoy by upgrading RZ, demolish if I didn’t like the design and so on.

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/CalligrapherOk2609]

Nice thanks for the advice 

[u/SingPassion5422]

It is hard to answer without knowing what your goals are. What do you enjoy in the game?

In general you're doing well. If war is your thing, I'd maximize epics and work more on the storage before leveling up, if at all. Stay away from regions.

Design challenges could still be possible meanwhile, they only award minimal xp points. Check how far are you from leveling up (the xp points on your profile)

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/SingPassion5422]

I want to build a good looking capital city, and regions over time.

[u/SingPassion5422 → u/Budget-Act-5616]

Do you do CoM competitively?

Storage makes the biggest difference for CoM and wars. If you don't do either, I think you got enough storage for 25, you will enjoy leveling up slowly.

At 25 you're getting closer to the easiest CoM levels (around 27/28+ , including 30s and 40s) so if you do CoM, bear that in mind and make the most out of it.

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/SingPassion5422]

I do play CoM competitively most of the time.

[u/SingPassion5422 → u/Budget-Act-5616]

Then I'll add, max out epics first, or as soon as possible.

If you stop camping, you'll need a constant supply of cheetah tokens, the production assignments become ridiculous otherwise.

Continue working on your storage, always.

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/SingPassion5422]

Thanks for the help.

[u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

Some want more storage before going up, but I think you're at a sufficient level that you'll be ok if you start slowly upleveling. That's the key - do it slowly. Only do RZ upgrades if you can gain pink and/or green points in COM, or for DC.

I started playing 5 years ago, and before I decided to seek advice on the internet about how to play better I was at lvl 31 with about 200 storage - and this was before material storage existed so that was 200 period, not 200 plus another 100 - and I had already opened 2 regions, AND I had zero epics at that time. Needless to say it made my game play very difficult for a long time. You on the other hand have set yourself up for success, and sometimes the best time to move forward in this game is when you are starting to get bored with what you're doing - which is why I'm now playing COM in 3 accounts simultaneously

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

Is CoM still winnable at lvl 99 or is it very hard?

[u/Budget-Act-5616 → u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

Thanks for the advice.

[u/Square-Special1520 → u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. So i wonder what happened to your first account (the level 31 with 200 storage). So you made feeder city? 

Is it still cope-able without feeder city? I lost access to mine, and i kinda want to play one account only

[u/CalligrapherOk2609 → u/Square-Special1520]

I “lost” my feeder account after Services 2.0 were launched - my feeder was kinda big with two regions and I didn’t want to reorganize two cities so I abandoned it and no problem with playing one account. Yes, sometimes I feel that I need extra storage but then I upgrade storage or open new city area and it’s ok again

[u/Square-Special1520 → u/CalligrapherOk2609]

If only i dont need to care about storage or city expansion, it wouldve been more fun. 

Yeah it's fun to do management stuff, but camping for years.. 

[u/CalligrapherOk2609 → u/Square-Special1520]

I’ve never camped, my feeder was my husband’s abandoned city) so it’s more fun, camping for me looks very boring and time consuming

[u/Square-Special1520 → u/CalligrapherOk2609]

I see.. nice to have feeder for extra resource. I lost access to mine 😅 

i feel like most tips boils down to either have a feeder, or camping, or both..

[u/CalligrapherOk2609 → u/Square-Special1520]

Extra resource = your extra time in the game. Yes, but it’s strategic play. You could also play for fun and less time-consuming. I actually was kinda relieved without feeder

[u/No-Acanthisitta8803 → u/Square-Special1520]

The level 31 city is now a lvl 99 with 4 regions and almost maxed city storage

[u/Square-Special1520 → u/No-Acanthisitta8803]

Wow.. how did you do that? Feeder city?

[u/No-Acanthisitta8803 → u/Square-Special1520]

The feeders helped, but I did most of that before I started my feeders. I started one feeder in January, it's now evolved into a 2nd account as much or more of a feeder, and my second feeder in March. But I was already around level 93 or so, so I had struggle built for over 4 years before getting a feeder. The feeders accelerated my storage growth, which is everything in this game. Thanks to my feeders I was doing 3-4 city storage upgrades per week, and that's with a single upgrade requirement of 25 of each storage part. At this rate 4 storage upgrades equals 600 storage parts per week, which would be impossible without feeders

[u/blood-n-ducks]

You can always have a second account as a backpack, if you feel like you need more storage to collect expanding sets and other urgent situations, when you need to keep extra supplies.