New Update - Weather Station

[Free2Play]

Any windows update yet?

It should be out later tonight if all goes well.

 

[volly]

In any case - if you binge fly you WILL get punished with a storm - this happened to me 3 times last night. I would choose a place and start sending flights. Sure as the sun comes up - after a few flights - a storm happens shutting it down. If this storm concept was random (which weather is by the way) - I'd be much more cool with it. So, for example the weekly Alliance task - why do it if you KNOW you will get smacked halve way through? Its frustrating and mean. Not cool.
Also - The drop problem to set the station up - that needs to be addressed. I landed more guest planes last night and still not one drop to help with the station.

I think I see what the idea is - make one jump around all the time, and keep changing what you do. The problem with this is many people are goal centered. FOr example you may want to get 3 stars for a place. Well, now it takes MUCH longer to do anything that involve sending flights for if you try to binge, you get smacked.
People do NOT like getting smacked.

 

[slanghanger]

In any case - if you binge fly you WILL get punished with a storm - this happened to me 3 times last night. I would choose a place and start sending flights. Sure as the sun comes up - after a few flights - a storm happens shutting it down. If this storm concept was random (which weather is by the way) - I'd be much more cool with it. So, for example the weekly Alliance task - why do it if you KNOW you will get smacked halve way through? Its frustrating and mean. Not cool.
Also - The drop problem to set the station up - that needs to be addressed. I landed more guest planes last night and still not one drop to help with the station.

I think I see what the idea is - make one jump around all the time, and keep changing what you do. The problem with this is many people are goal centered. FOr example you may want to get 3 stars for a place. Well, now it takes MUCH longer to do anything that involve sending flights for if you try to binge, you get smacked.
People do NOT like getting smacked.

if you are hunting for any QL with maps, you will be punished right in the face after a few flights.. thats a huge problem for most of us i think! i think GI WANTS to make this game very unfriendly for most of the players..

 

[Red Fox One]

My biggest beef very early on in the thread was that it just happened. If it went 9-12 months (or however long it was with the last one since it was before I began playing the game) between swaps then I'd be perfectly fine with it. Those who participate in a fuel ring either end up not updating their game or have to make another change so soon after the last one.

Thanks Free2Play for coming here and addressing the subject.

Totally understandable. I myself have set up another support game for Fuel20 gifting, but seems like it is short lived. So I agree with you that big G should at least make it every 6 months for cycling gifts list. People would feel that it's fair, and that it won't be too long to get Fuel20 back.

 

[volly]

I want to point out another little gem - remember that 100 item limit? Well.....watch what happens when you need 280 flights to do an alliance task and just when you start flying to run it - a storm hits. Thats right - the task is impossible unless you use greenies or you have a huge number of friend to send you the exact item you need which we know doesn't happen unless one has setup a wether ring to get around this crap
Yes I'm voicing my displeasure. I've spent money on a game and now with this cock teasing feature it is now no fun at all to play. I may as well quit the game or at least stop sending flights for there is no point in it. As soon as I start flying somewhere, a storm hits.

 

[Free2Play]

It should be out later tonight if all goes well.

Well, the QA didn't go so well, so we decided to wait until Monday with releasing it.

 

[crescent moon (RIP)]

Yaaay! I can still send fuel for 3 more days! I forgot how nice it was to have fuel for neighbors who don't have anything listed in their needs. Gifting will change again when I get passengers back.

 

[Bob1977]

With all brand new handicaps presented, wouldn't it be nice to make all players have Fuel20? Who needs Pass10 ever??

 

[Rainer]

With all brand new handicaps presented, wouldn't it be nice to make all players have Fuel20? Who needs Pass10 ever??

nobody

 

[flyfire]

Yaaay! I can still send fuel for 3 more days! I forgot how nice it was to have fuel for neighbors who don't have anything listed in their needs. Gifting will change again when I get passengers back.

After last gifting swap, I have to send Passenger 10 in such situation.

 

[crescent moon (RIP)]

And all those who thought they lost their fuel(20) for a year are chuckling and smirking right now.

 

[Bob1977]

Some things are hopelessly obsolete, e.g. Pass5, Pass10, Fuel3, Duty Free Items..
GI, please, balance bad things you "upgrade" the game with. Start with small good ones - give Fuel20 to everyone, update fuel system (1hr- F10, 4hr - F20, 8hr - F50, for example), update Duty Free with larger coins or even useful items (or remove it to hell).
New challenges - great! But let's not drag things from deep past that only annoy people and nothing else.

 

[Harcourt]

And all those who thought they lost their fuel(20) for a year are chuckling and smirking right now.

How did you guess ??
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Hehe,
Harcourt

 

[crescent moon (RIP)]

How did you guess ??
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Hehe,
Harcourt

Because I know I would!

Makes gifting a little more difficult, but I guess we'll deal with it, like everything else.

 

[pdxsk]

So if I have one map for an adventure destination left, and need X flights to get my 3rd star....I might activate that 6 hour map, send a flight or two...then maybe get stopped in my tracks by a "storm" or some natural phenomenon...and need an item to fly? And if I don't have it, I can "pay" greenies to get it? Wonderful...

It's bad enough to have to wait 12 hours for broken planes to be repaired, and now this...oh wait...spending greenies will let me do anything...thank you GI for this...

I've bought greenies with real money many times the past four years, as I enjoyed the game and wanted to support GI. Mostly I'd spend them on land expansion, or reserve hangar space. I'm seriously rethinking whether or not I'll ever buy any more greenies again...

 

[crescent moon (RIP)]

Anyone have any idea yet how long these "weather events" last?

 

[Mortimer]

One more thing that I noticed with this update: from time to time on different destination I have VIP sign. If l fly to it coins from flight will be double. I'm wondering if this is a single feature or part of some bigger feature?

While I can't say if it's part of anything bigger or what, I do know that on the FB version they've had the VIP passenger for a LONG time, ATM in the FB version it's just a "random?" "feature" for some flights..

 

[cantona2407]

Does the 'bad weather's ever pass? Or do I need to send a flight with the correct item to clear it? In a situation where I just need more flights to St Petersburg and all but 1 of my planes are Jets so I can send some to Rio got spare wire and the rest to St Petersburg...as if by magic both these destinations have bad weather and I need an item to fly there. Been waiting all day for the bad weather to clear but still hasn't meaning I've had 5 planes flying to places I've already 3 star.

 

[Mortimer]

Free2Play Do you know if the bug on the daily quest has been stomped on? Don't like trying to do certain dailys only to have the game tell me I didn't send enough gifts! (Even though I had/have sent max every time)

 

[M22]

So if I have one map for an adventure destination left, and need X flights to get my 3rd star....I might activate that 6 hour map, send a flight or two...then maybe get stopped in my tracks by a "storm" or some natural phenomenon...and need an item to fly? And if I don't have it, I can "pay" greenies to get it? Wonderful...

It's bad enough to have to wait 12 hours for broken planes to be repaired, and now this...oh wait...spending greenies will let me do anything...thank you GI for this...

I've bought greenies with real money many times the past four years, as I enjoyed the game and wanted to support GI. Mostly I'd spend them on land expansion, or reserve hangar space. I'm seriously rethinking whether or not I'll ever buy any more greenies again...

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