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dCity: A Few Questions? by slobberchops

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· @slobberchops ·
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dCity: A Few Questions?
So I have kept away from dCity until yesterday when I thought I would have a go. I had some spare HIVE due to selling Blurt and so why not try yet another HIVE game.

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPKDYLtbfi7z1VjAzrN5qk9B1QyuxAcGEUG9jM2obF6HE/image.png)

There are a bunch of tutorials about but still, I found a few things that I couldn't answer. This post is more of a '*I have some questions*' than anything more informative.

Is there some kind of log to tell me about things happening? After a few hours I found that a crime rate had been added and in this case, it appeared on the map.

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What does this mean? 5% of my earned SIM could disappear, or something else?

For a while, I struggled to figure out the differences between the 1st Edition and 2nd Edition. Since then the statistics have become apparent but why a 2nd edition?

Is 1st Edition going to be discontinued at some point in time? Why even have a second edition.

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Is it better to buy cards from the marketplace than gamble on spending 4 HIVE per random card? If there is a great reason to create more NFT’s, and some of these cards are going for crazy money then please do tell.

This game is even more laid back than CryptoBrewmaster. I have been watching my city and hoping someone would come along and join but it’s not happened.

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...***'69 popularity and still nobody is joining my city.... sniff'***
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Am I right in saying that a high popularity rating attracts more citizens, including the homeless?

Is the level of SIM income dependent on your rank? I know HIVE is but I am miles away from getting there.

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...***'39 SIM or 75 SIM?, just how much am I gonna get!'***...
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My stats tell me I have a 3% chance of new citizens joining my city in 2h. Is that 2 hours, it’s always 2 hours and never changes!

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![NewCitizens.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUo5XgZFfCJUNJe8mMPFSm6kcpA6kTSLRgqxtjP17u96L/NewCitizens.JPG)
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I was hoping for a little more excitement after being carried away a little yesterday and spending more HIVE on this than I would have liked.


Passive income is always good and it’s another early HIVE game that appears stable. I will keep going on dCity, and hope that future additions are going to add some spice to the game.

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@bozz ·
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I couldn't even get past the opening screen.  I had no clue what was going on, so good luck to you!  One of my other games goes public tomorrow, so I am really excited about that. 
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@slobberchops ·
> One of my other games goes public tomorrow, so I am really excited about that.

I didn't know you were a game developer?
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@bozz ·
No, one of the games that have been keeping my eye on to play.  
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@dalz · (edited)
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> Crime: What does this mean? 5% of my earned SIM could disappear, or something else?

Certain buildings can be robbed, Bank, Shoppping Mall, Casino. When robbed you loose out a share of your daily SIM income. Somewhere in the range 100 to 400.

> Is 1st Edition going to be discontinued at some point in time?

Yes, should happen soon, although only gerber knows the exact date. 
This game started quite unpolished, at the first month it was "played" only in discord. 
The number of cards in the first edition is very limited. 

> Is it better to buy cards from the marketplace than gamble on spending 4 HIVE per random card?

This is basically your preference. Similar to Splinterlands, although I think here the cards from the house have decent value. There is no special cards going for crazy money from the house. 
The most expensive cards are the high tier tech cards, that are given for free daily. The highest your education rate the higher the probability. 

> Am I right in saying that a high popularity rating attracts more citizens, including the homeless?

Yes, and you get mostly homeless :)

> Is the level of SIM income dependent on your rank?

No it depends from your card collection. Each card has income, and the sum of those gives your total SIM income. 
SIM is distributed daily.


> My stats tell me I have a 3% chance of new citizens joining my city in 2h. Is that 2 hours, it’s always 2 hours and never changes!

Yes, every two hours. Although you will need to up your popularity for this. 

At the end, yes its not very dynamic game, the main point is buying/selling cards and optimize your city. Make sure you have enough workers or not to much of it.

Also you can vote for president, who will then set your taxes, increase or decrease your SIM income, or set taxes that favor some buildings/cards, increasing their income :).
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@inalittlewhile ·
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This was rad. I had zero knowledge except that the game existed. Thanks for the answers Dalz and for taking the leap Slobberchops.

Homeless in dCity and someone needs to hire more cops! Lol. 

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@slobberchops ·
I think it needs more work. When something happens, you don't what! That or I don't know where to look yet.
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@slobberchops ·
Great response.. thanks, I noticed my crime went up another 2% after the daily payout. Is this an ongoing thing?

I'm guessing if you want to focus on return, the answer is to not bother with technology?

>No it depends from your card collection. Each card has income, and the sum of those gives your total SIM income.

So the rank is related to HIVE earnings only?
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@dalz ·
Yes the rank is for hive only.
Crime is updated every 24h.
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@nathen007 · (edited)
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Get in discord mate but it looks like @dalz has you covered! Glad to see you on board. Aim for Sim income rather than population.
Thing is, it's a tinkering game. You can yourself tinkering for hours to adjust population, jobless , general efficiency etc there is so much too the game and then there is the trading aspect. The city helper bot in discord has all the info you need and lets you check out anyone's city.  The main game map is simply an infographic, it's the  number crunching that's the real game!
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@slobberchops ·
Yeah, I'm already in the discord channel. 

>Aim for Sim income rather than population.

Thanks... no technology then for you?
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@nathen007 ·
I bought the basic ones cheap, hence my love of windfarms at their low price and ability to generate 5 SIM each but I haven't spent loads on schools and unis just to get a 'chance' of free tech as they're very low earners.

I'm ranked about 140. Click on a city on the ranking board and you can see anyone's city to get an idea how the numbers are affected by the cards they hold.
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@poshbot ·
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@star.lord ·
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Thanks for continuing to make Hive awesome.
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@steevc ·
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After you mentioned it to me I've thrown a few HIVE at it. Spent it in the market to get more items for my money and will see what happens.
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@slobberchops ·
The payout time appears to be around 6pm GMT, watch out for your crime rating going up.
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@steevc ·
I see it shows that now. Only 2% so far. I've got nowt worth nicking.
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