Make emergency Booster Pack rewards worth it!

I think devs are lying, they didnt increased rewards.

 

Amen to that!
Seems they were quick enough to change it when the rewards were "too good" - let's see how long it will take them to change it when it's not good enough....

 

Until I hear from someone trustworthy (that's rule out BP obvious) that they have improved the rewards I don't think they have.
Probably just fixed the one tuna/cement error.

I wonder how many would continue with ers if they didn't force us to have students for the events.

 

probably noone, its just a headache nowadays.

 

I've given up hope that dev can do it right.

 

Just relax guys. I think the team are all dev trainees and this is their school project from practical excercise class. Once they get out of school and start doing the business it will all change.

 

I just redeemed four (or was it five?) silver packs. I did not get anything spectacular, but am still rather pleased. There were no building permits, no MM, but plenty of building materials -- including roof tiles, tiles and cement in decent quantities. Oh, and some pilsner which I guess I will use one day, when I'll build my stadium.

I think our level of satisfaction pretty much depends on our expectations. The booster packs will not supply us with a steady stream of exotic permits, and if this is the only reward you are willing to get, you will be most likely disappointed and better opt out of the ERC. But they can (maybe after the latest tuning?) supply us with some extra boost on resources. As winning medals is not a real problem anymore for me, the packs are just an extra, occasional, bonus. This is not the reason I am playing the game, and not what I spend my time on. If I look at it this way, getting the odd 15 tiles out of the blue occasionally can be nice.

 

nobody is saying booster packs should drop only permits or premiums.
but asking that platinum packs stop giving us tomatoes and 1* improvements is a very decent request.
why not make all medals the same color or make'em "general medal" if we get the same crap from all types...

either remove the types or change reward system so harder medals give better items.

 

Ok, just for fun (because I had a few medals set aside) I cashed in 3 bronze packs, 3 silver packs and 3 gold packs. So that's 30 bronze medals, 45 silver medals and 60 gold medals.
Bronze:
45 bricks, 1500 EP
1* game console, 20 beams
20 panels, 30 rooftiles

Silver:
1* grill, 75 donuts, 30 rooftiles
430 tomatoes, 20 tiles, 1500 EP
sunflower bed, memorial, 30 lumber

Gold:
Large hedge, 400 milk, 30 lumber
1* flatscreen x2, 1* fridge x2, 1* pooltable x2
1* washer, 1* bed, 20 beams x2

Ok, I didn't get 1 milk, I got 400. And I got a few x2's with my gold medals. But is it really worth the extra quantity of medals expended? Not on that sample of 3/3/3. Why is it still only classic RI for Gold medals? Why for bronze do I get 30 rooftiles (11.5 hrs and ~1500PP to produce) whereas for silver I get 430 tomatoes (20 mins and ~40PP to produce)? Well, I shall go back to collecting medals until such time as I find something useful for them.

 

I only open the bronze and silver booster packs, since the gold and platinum suck. I sure hope Dev can figure this out someday. It's really boring just saving them up.

 

I cashed a few in the other night, they were better than before with definitely no 1s of anything:

gold
patio*, fireplace* x2, purple flowers
fireplace*, 530 CC, 280 XP x2
20 roof x2, 120 cement x2, 210 pilsner x2 <--- this adds up
dishwasher*, clinic, 1300 PP
gym*, memorial, 280 XP
flatscreen*, 15 tiles, 1300 PP
aquarium*, hot tub*, 120 cement

silver
stereo*, chaise*, solar*
fireplace*, pool*, fridge*
dishwasher*, gym*, 65 cork
small pond, 530 CC, 890 EP
tree, 1st aid tent, 1300 PP
massage*, stilt house, 530 CC
console*, surveillance, 25 lumber
satellite*, 25 lumber, 530 CC
dishwasher*, 360 barley, 530 CC

bronze
300 wheat, 25 lumber
65 cork, 1300 PP
patio*, 25 lumber
console*, 890 EP
gym*, 20 beams
small oak, comfy apartment
20 beams, 1300 PP
dishwasher*, solar*
bed*, 20 panels
palm tree*, 20 beams

 

Way too many R.I. in these lists, considering we can spend 7500 cc and get 6 of them. Or we can spend lots of money and time on Vit-X and specialists only to get 1. Very disappointing.

 

If the RIs were a level or two higher it would be OK.
I got a couple of building permits the other day, so was relatively happy.

 

OK, I apologize for my (lack of) reading comprehension. Shall we make this suggestion concrete, than: do not allow tomatoes, lumber and classic RI in the silver+ booster packs?

The way I see this, you have the wild cards (like winning a wind farm) which could happen whenever you open a pack. Then you have the normal flow of groceries, which should be arranged in a way that provides us incentives for winning higher level medals. I, for one, opt now to maximize the number of medals and neglect the quality, because i'd rather have as many packs as possible, regardless of their type.

 

I won't buy anymore Vit-X, I'm done with the E.R. system. Removed from city again since rewards aren't worth the effort/money/time. In fact I'm done spending money on this game completely. Instead of fixing this they put out new stuff that is junk. Priorities by Dev is worthless, I give up...

 

im not giving up
while there are a lot of nice ideas here, because Emergency system is already implemented, and its not far from being usefull if not great.
this idea needs a little more pushing. i noticed they "tried" to change somethign and failed, please dont give up, tweak the booster pack rewards so we dont get low products and classic 1star RI from platinum packs!!

 

Ok, I've just cashed in a bunch of medals. 14 bronze packs, 15 silver and 10 gold.

I got a bunch of materials, which was nice.

I got some EP/PP/CC/XP which wasn't very significant, though I don't remember getting XP in the past.

I got some beer of different sorts, which is always handy. I got some permits: Fir trees x2, red tulips, cypress tree, memorial, palm tree, small oak, modern sculpture, tree.

I got a water tank (L4 EMS item), 50 1*RIs, 1 2*RI (from a bronze pack) and finally I also got a studio apartment permit from a gold pack. The drawback is I don't much like the studio apartment and already had 11 permits in my depot.

In conclusion - the materials are nice. I'd rather have a tapering scale of RIs from different medals, ie much more chance of getting 2*/3* RIs from Gold, not just twice as many 1* RIs. The deco permits are nice, but getting a small oak from a silver pack is ludicrous. And I guess it's my fault I don't like the residential permit I got, so won't complain about that.

 

i bit the bullet and spent mine also:

25 boosters (bronze/silver/gold) got me: 1 fir tree, 1 L4 clinic and 35 classic RI + various materials.

 

35 classics in 25 boosters
I rest my case

 

so i gathered some more medals and i spend them monthly in the hope for something to change... and this is what it came out of 27 packs

i will let you guys figure it out if its good or bad, but i think some things have changed, as i dont believe in luck

Bronze	* Fridge	1x cypress
--	* stereo	* stereo
--	* aquarium	55 bricks
--	* flatscreen	510 XP
--	20 beam	20 pannels
--	30 lumber	25 tiles
--	200 concrete	90 donuts
Silver	* washer	L3 police	35 roofs
--	* bar	* bar	530 eggs
--	* flatscreen	55 bricks	20 beams
--	85 cork	90 pizza	1900 EP
--	1x large shrubs	55 bricks	30 lumber
--	530 milk	510 XP	510 XP
--	590 barley	35 roofs	1900 EP
--	* pool table	530 tomato	820 CC
--	L3 hydrant	1x large shrubs	1900 EP
--	1x eco house	530 milk	20 beams
--	1x sculpture	200 concrete	530 milk
--	* washer	35 roofs	510 XP
Gold	L4 Water tower	1x small pond	820 CC
--	1x tree	1x fountain	1900 EP
--	1x large shrubs	5 xpresso	820 CC
--	420 Hops	250 potato	2x 20 pannels
--	2x 35 roofs	2x 20 pannels	35 roofs
--	2x * home gym	L4 Survei Station	2x 20 pannels
--	L4 Survei Station	2x 420 hops	30 lumber
--	180 sushi	2x 85 cork	2x 20 pannels