just read that you "fixed" hobbies so all times were the same per level. Who says that was broken? I would not expect anyone to be just as good at all hobbies. Furthermore, I thought it was part of the strategy to get the hobbies required for a job to ripen at the same time. Can shut the fast one down for awhile while I use its timeblock for working or dating. I suggest a range of speeds for each hobbies.
2 days to complete hobby lvl 21. 3 for lvl 22, 4.5 for lvl 23, 10 days for lvl 24..and ?(19?) for lvl 25..... its nice that it no longer takes 270 days to go from 20 to 25, but since jobs/hobbies for girls happens at 5 lvl intervals, even 40 days from completing Elle at lvl 20 and getting 25 mot to satisfy Iro is still too damn long. With that much time money is no object. I accumlated a billion dollars since Elle was complete.. I have 20 more days to reach 25 Motivation for Iro. When I get that, it will take about 5 minutes to buy gifts and dates and then wait 80 days for next lvl? Nope too long. After getting to level 20 having a multiplier of 1.2 wil still take about 10 days to get to next actionable level. And once we get to 25, then getting to 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 it will still be months or years between actions. The Hobby multiplier needs to decrease with each increased level.
Oji Panda (designer) here. Neat suggestion. I'll tinker with this idea a bit. Our preferred method for alleviating the slow hobby curve though is with more girls and better prestiging bonus multipliers. Stay tuned though - we're collecting feedback.
I'm where you are at, GedeonH. Cassie is done, Mio needs me to work in space which will take 40 tech +40 smart. Iro needs me to earn level 25 motivation. Each hobbie takes about double to earn the next level. Let's see, it took 2 days (42 hrs) to earn level 19 and will take 4 days from now to get to level 20; 12 days (4+8)from now to get level 21; 28 days (4+8+16) from now to get level 22; 60 days (28+32) to get level 23; 124 days (60+64) to get level 24, and 262 days until level 25. I guess I'll check in next weekend to complete Elle's work at Art level, then back at Christmas when I can finish Iro's level 25 motivation. I will die of old age before I reach the level 30 for Bonnibell's next level.
thanks for the stat bonus on the reset... its nice that the hearts rebuild themselves. Although for many of the steps with girls the heart threshold is less than what is awarded from the required gifts and dates. Heart threshold should always be larger than awards.. I was wishing for some easter eggs on the makeout screens, it would encourage more heartmaking.... drag time blocks to jobs or hobbies would allow for working double shifts (2x multiplier on time) or speed up hobbies.
Script error.... damn... reset most but not all. Jobs are all gone. all hobbies reset from 17 to 0, except funny is at 11. Must have reset this morning and then run all day.
upper left bar shows I still have 47MM, but stats show total earned = -1. , 6 girls met, 1 hobbie opened. Multiplier set back to 1.0 from 5, but reset says will add 5.9. Girls are still set where they were at....Cassie is still done.
Takes about 20 hrs to get the multiplier up to "add 4", then reset with a bonus of 5x time. then takes about 4 hrs to get back since you get to keep time blocks. Cleaning and Computers are the only jobs worth having. After running overnight I have about $20MM. Save diamonds to buy time blocks. Buy extra gifts to get hearts. My freaking hand and elbow hurt for 24 hrs from all the clicking before the reset.
At higher levels giving one gift provides more hearts than needed so no more tapping for hearts.
About 24 hrs into the game after reset. Have most the hobbies at 15 so I can get the sports and hunting jobs. those jobs take too many time blocks and still pay less that computing and cleaning.
Stuck. The next set of jobs need level 25...
Looks like I need to let the game run in the background for at least a couple weeks to let the hobbies get to 25, probably 6 months to get to level 40 for the Space job. Done...Nothing to do until then.
Thanks for breaking it down, that's cool how fast you got there. We'll likely have all those numbers tweaked before you check back in a couple weeks, so your current projections will be moot. We're testing out a bunch of different things, and it will take some time before the balancing feels good. I appreciate your patience as we figure these things out :D
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Oji Panda (designer) here. Neat suggestion. I'll tinker with this idea a bit. Our preferred method for alleviating the slow hobby curve though is with more girls and better prestiging bonus multipliers. Stay tuned though - we're collecting feedback.