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[Navigata07]

With what Ivan announced about not being able to use gifts as a secondary fuel storage, map flying is now essentially useless. The one mechanism the "100 item limiters" used to get by with flying maps has now been dragged from under their feet. Unless maps drop as frequent as rain in a hurricane, every time you use a map in 7.0, you'll get a few flights out and the map goes to waste. Man...theyre really changing this game up big time.

 

[zoutron]

There are other strategies that will still work.

If you can get yourself in a few fuel rings then that is like 40 F20s per day. If you can keep them for a week then that is 280 F20s. I don't know how much that will get you for the high end flights as i'm not there, but if you combine it with F50s, F150s and F300s from space it might not be too bad.

Ivan does say that the max gifts per day will be more than 20 when you max out reputation, however he doesn't say what it will start at, I would guess it will be lower than 20 (5 or 10) and at max reputation it will be 25 or 30. Do in all likely hood you will need to put more work into support accounts than just getting them to level 10.

I am currently trying to level up my support accounts' reputation between now and when the release goes live as what is not clear is how the reputation system XP has changed so I'm making sure my support accounts are getting as much reputation as possible before the new patch.

 

[Navigata07]

Hello Ivan,

Thanks for these insight news...
Fuel and Pax directly in bars is not so bad that it seems, as long as we can pass the max (as we can do today)... But Madge already has pointed this...

Great for F20 for everyone, and also great for construction items (but it will increase a lot the number of possible gifts, isn't it ? I hope it will not too much long, and that you could introduce tabs in the gifts view).

Speaking of tab, I really hope you guys will improve the warehouse content, especially for 'Other' section, which today really too much items, ordered in alphabetic order, instead of by purpose (repair grouped, flights items grouped) That would really improve the game...

Sad for Madsen, F20 was nice from him. Would it be possible to mitigate, having him still send F20 from time to time ?

I will wait to see the commemorative building, hope it will not just be an empty building (otherwise, you hear people complaining for the lack of space.. but the tech part will have a lot of space now (no runways, no hangar, no terminal... Will you create new tech building to fill the space ? )

It's still not an ideal scenario. The whole idea of storing fuel is to use it when you need to use it. It will help in terms of everyday play, but in terms of map flying, it's no good. You have to strategically plan your map flights, and it's difficult to efficiently use them if you can't save up your fuel.

 

[Navigata07]

I'm glad Ivan clarified that the fuel can still be unclaimed for a week in gifts. In that case, the change isnt too bad.

 

[MikeH]

I'm glad Ivan clarified that the fuel can still be unclaimed for a week in gifts. In that case, the change isnt too bad.

I missed that? Last thing I recall is that it will go straight to your warehouse, thus we will not be able to have more than 100.

 

[Navigata07]

I missed that? Last thing I recall is that it will go straight to your warehouse, thus we will not be able to have more than 100.

A few pages back he clarified all of that. I forgot the post number....but no you can store gifts for a week as you can now. However, when you claim it, it will not be stored in your warehouse, but be added directly to your fuel bar.

 

[novagator]

It's still not an ideal scenario. The whole idea of storing fuel is to use it when you need to use it. It will help in terms of everyday play, but in terms of map flying, it's no good. You have to strategically plan your map flights, and it's difficult to efficiently use them if you can't save up your fuel.

I can live with the 100 limit as I have not played without the limit. But not being able to store up your fuel to make efficient map runs sucks. This change is probably the worse change G! is suggesting.

I guess I will never get more adventure buildings or QLs.

Free2Play Why did G! change the F20 gift placement? What is the logic behind this?

 

[Navigata07]

You can still store it @novagator....for a week. Same thing as you do now. However, you will need to use it when its about to expire. I suspect that people will be doing weekly map runs to use up their fuel....first by using that which is stored in gifts. It just seems so inefficient now; not the best way to handle maps.

 

[MikeH]

I can live with the 100 limit as I have not played without the limit. But not being able to store up your fuel to make efficient map runs sucks. This change is probably the worse change G! is suggesting.

I guess I will never get more adventure buildings or QLs.

Free2Play Why did G! change the F20 gift placement? What is the logic behind this?

We shall do our best to claim as many adventure buildings as we can. I have just 6 aztec pyramids, but will do my best to make at least 6 Roman thingys before the big update.

 

[Madge59230]

I missed that? Last thing I recall is that it will go straight to your warehouse, thus we will not be able to have more than 100.

Post 271 & 272. question was asked and clarified!!

 

[Teboho]

We shall do our best to claim as many adventure buildings as we can. I have just 6 aztec pyramids, but will do my best to make at least 6 Roman thingys before the big update.

As soon as G! management realises that we are getting too many adventure buildings (that is 1 every week) they give an executive order to tweak the drop rates to 1 item for every 600 flights.

 

[Jim G]

As soon as G! management realises that we are getting too many adventure buildings (that is 1 every week) they give an executive order to tweak the drop rates to 1 item for every 600 flights.

Yap! That's the new GI. WARNING BEFORE THE UPDATE!! If you guys get a good bug that you benefit from your game it's best to keep quiet about it before it's removed and take the advantage of it. There's always an idiot who will snitch

 

[VdW]

Or as soon as we finish events rather quickly, they’ll tweak the droprate for the sake of game balancing 🙊

 

[Navigata07]

As soon as G! management realises that we are getting too many adventure buildings (that is 1 every week) they give an executive order to tweak the drop rates to 1 item for every 600 flights.

This is the core of the issue. GI thinks that the game is too easy, when we are telling them that it isn't. This game is already very slow....there is no need to slow it down more and make it more difficult, especially when things are now far less efficient

 

[MikeH]

Post 271 & 272. question was asked and clarified!!

Thanks @Madge59230 I missed that one. Cannot keep track of all the new posts lately...

 

[Free2Play]

Some more changes coming with 7.0 update:

• Powerful Oil Refinery price changes (most definitely I can't tell you what are those changes exactly);
• New look for several buildings in the city besides level 1-5 Town Halls: Studio, Bearing-Wall House, Round House, Multi-Story Building, Tower Building, Circus, and Research Lab;
• Updated early side missions.

That's all for now in terms of previews (although there'll certainly be a preview for 6.30 update from @Ur-quan next week), as we have a 7.0 beta release on our hands with lots of bugs to fix. When it is more or less stable (our estimate is early July), we'll invite you to check it out yourself on Google Play. As for myself, I'm getting married this week and will finally get Airport City out of my head for at least a week!

Cheers!

 

[MikeH]

Some more changes coming with 7.0 update:

• Powerful Oil Refinery price changes (most definitely I can't tell you what are those changes exactly);
• New look for several buildings in the city besides level 1-5 Town Halls: Studio, Bearing-Wall House, Round House, Multi-Story Building, Tower Building, Circus, and Research Lab;
• Updated early side missions.

That's all for now in terms of previews (although there'll certainly be a preview for 6.30 update from @Ur-quan next week), as we have a 7.0 beta release on our hands with lots of bugs to fix. When it is more or less stable (our estimate is early July), we'll invite you to check it out yourself on Google Play. As for myself, I'm getting married this week and will finally get Airport City out of my head for at least a week!

Cheers!

Congratulations Free2Play ! Wish you just the best not only for the wedding, but mainly afterwards. Marriage can be wonderfull if you are with the right person!
And also thanks for sneak-peak for the V7.

 

[Allan Browne]

Some more changes coming with 7.0 update:

• Powerful Oil Refinery price changes (most definitely I can't tell you what are those changes exactly);
• New look for several buildings in the city besides level 1-5 Town Halls: Studio, Bearing-Wall House, Round House, Multi-Story Building, Tower Building, Circus, and Research Lab;
• Updated early side missions.

That's all for now in terms of previews (although there'll certainly be a preview for 6.30 update from @Ur-quan next week), as we have a 7.0 beta release on our hands with lots of bugs to fix. When it is more or less stable (our estimate is early July), we'll invite you to check it out yourself on Google Play. As for myself, I'm getting married this week and will finally get Airport City out of my head for at least a week!

Cheers!

Congratulations!

 

[Jim G]

Some more changes coming with 7.0 update:

• Powerful Oil Refinery price changes (most definitely I can't tell you what are those changes exactly);
• New look for several buildings in the city besides level 1-5 Town Halls: Studio, Bearing-Wall House, Round House, Multi-Story Building, Tower Building, Circus, and Research Lab;
• Updated early side missions.

That's all for now in terms of previews (although there'll certainly be a preview for 6.30 update from @Ur-quan next week), as we have a 7.0 beta release on our hands with lots of bugs to fix. When it is more or less stable (our estimate is early July), we'll invite you to check it out yourself on Google Play. As for myself, I'm getting married this week and will finally get Airport City out of my head for at least a week!

Cheers!

Congrats Free2Play

 

[Anton01]

Some more changes coming with 7.0 update:

• Powerful Oil Refinery price changes (most definitely I can't tell you what are those changes exactly);
• New look for several buildings in the city besides level 1-5 Town Halls: Studio, Bearing-Wall House, Round House, Multi-Story Building, Tower Building, Circus, and Research Lab;
• Updated early side missions.

That's all for now in terms of previews (although there'll certainly be a preview for 6.30 update from @Ur-quan next week), as we have a 7.0 beta release on our hands with lots of bugs to fix. When it is more or less stable (our estimate is early July), we'll invite you to check it out yourself on Google Play. As for myself, I'm getting married this week and will finally get Airport City out of my head for at least a week!

Cheers!

Congrats Ivan! A wise person once told me to make sure you take a moment on your day to take it all in, as this will be the only time all these people will be together in the same place.