the server is so low pop most of the day, 0 cops 1 medic & less than 30 civs yet EVERY HOUSE is taken in almost every area.
certain towns are GHOST TOWNS.
Luckily i have houses to do runs if i needed too but for player/gangs who want to expand business (which in turn makes for more interactions between players) almost impossible.
even i’m bored doing a certain run, want to buy a ingredients house and a pro house somewhere else to do a different run and see another part of the map it’s literally impossible. all the best houses are gone and have been for YEARS.
the supply is low and demand is high anywhere half decent which has let me make easy flips on the realtor and make money but still i check almost every day and most hard restarts and certain areas and houses i’ve NEVER seen a single house EVER be for sale or be used.
people log on, pay taxes & log off.
i know a wipe would probably kill the server completely but some sort of rework or tax increase that actually eventually increases enough over a couple months that would force a sale for people who stop playing as much or for people to have to play and actually use a house to create income for the investment to be worth it.
this doesn’t really affect me as i have a good set up but i recently had some friends hop on to play for the first time with me and they started to enjoy it, got invested, learned the game, got better, started to earn money, then got told they will never get a house in certain town or areas as they been IDLE and UNOCCUPIED for years only to have them quit within 2 weeks as they were stuck running out 1/2cs and the novelty of doing small cargo vans and box trucks wore off.
i don’t mind supply being low and demand being high as i can benefit from it but depends if new player retention is something the server values maybe a rework could get looked into
i know it’s been like this forever but i miss server 2 being up and having an insane set up on there and in the past year 0 of my old houses have popped back up i check all the time as id buy in a heart beat just for the nostalgia
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