

This might feel particularly so as you start upgrading your residences and earning even more. When you first start playing SimCity BuildIt, you might think you’ve been provided a decent amount of coin to start. Just don’t listen to it and, if all else fails, go play another game until the desired timers are finished. Most freemium games love tempting you with spending premium currency to finish a timer because it appeals to the instant gratification desire in most people. It’s almost never worth it as you’ll always get the benefit of what you’re speeding up with just a little more time. This is a pretty standard tip for any timer based freemium game but it’s worth repeating: don’t ever spend your premium currency to speed up a timer.

Obviously as you start to unlock police and specialty buildings, you’ll need to rearrange but in the beginning this is probably one of the better ways to organize your buildings. All five of the residential zones get access to the public buildings and road and you’re left with only a few empty spots. During the early game, parks and fire departments are the big public businesses to pay attention to so I’d suggest early zones that have a road above three residences in a row, two residences above the road with a park and fire department in the middle of them. Ideally you want one building to touch as many residences as possible in order to maximize your investment since public buildings can cost a pretty penny. When it comes to public buildings, where you place them in relation to your residential buildings becomes an important part of the game. I wouldn’t necessarily use the HQ to sell common materials, but if you manage to stockpile a good amount you can probably get a pretty decent premium simply because you’re selling a stockpile.
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I’d suggest not only waiting until a free advertise is available (you can advertise multiple things at the same time for premium currency but I don’t think it’s worth it) but it’s probably a good idea to just sell your item at the maximum price available as someone will inevitably buy it even at that high of a price. The game gives you the opportunity to ‘advertise’ an item every few minutes, which means it’ll have a high chance of popping up when a player accesses their HQ. Once you unlock the Trade HQ, I recommend using it to sell your excess rare parts (i.e. The Global Trade HQ Is the Best Way to Sell Excess If you have a bunch of residences that are looking for a certain material, go crazy on stockpiling those as at least you know you’ll be able to quickly in and spend those on actual upgrades once they are ready to go. However, I think a better idea is to know exactly what you’re looking for and to play to the requirements, not to stock. You might think it’s a good idea to keep a healthy supply of every item just in case. With that said, there are always ways to be more efficient while playing a crafting title and we’ve got a few tips to help you get there. Still, SimCity BuildIt (Free) offers a pretty fair free-to-play experience with a lot of elements that pay homage to the series. As we mentioned in our review, EA’s freemium take on the classic SimCity franchise isn’t quite what most would expect.
