Game balance issues (feedback needed)

[Viktoriusiii]

I made an account just to share my experience. (and i hope some mods see this)
So here are some of my problems:
Before the latest update (staff training):
Security update isn't really great... i liked it at first to go around spying on pickpockets... but I've got a HUGE park (80~ attracktions) and not only do securitycameras cost 50 each (❤︎❤︎❤︎ is in there? diamond that is used up every two months?) but they are also useless... yes sometimes security guards (same issue btw) find the vandal and evict them... but the prop is still destroyed. And the worst thing: Pickpockets and vandals dont even care about cams and security guys. I had a cam every 10 metres or soe and about 30 guards patrolling... with nearly no effect on crime. I deactivated crime and sold all cams and security guards because:

after latest update:
my park is close to ruination. Before the update (even with the cams and guards) it made ~ 1k a month steadily. Often more. Its not much but im going for pretty not effective on "hardest".
But after the update it made ~ 4k losses a month. I had to make serious changes (like cam and guards deletion) as well as vendor trait deactivation so that i only make ~500 a month now... BUT my rides constantly break. And i lose sometimes 4k from one ride breaking. I dont make any money to make a bigger park! 0. It all goes into statt and refurbishing. Prices are pretty much maxxed out, shops as idealy placed as possible (without looking crappy) and i still dont have any real net gain. Its frustrating to no end. I cant run any ad campaigns i cant research any new rides... i just have to "wait" -> "refurbish" -> wait because im 3k in debt because 1-2 rides broke down -> repeat.


Does anyone have the same problems? And how did you solve this? Cause i don't see any way to optimize my park even more.

 

[Fishook]

You are better starting parks off afresh with every major patch especially if you want to enjoy the management side of the game. This is why I only play scenarios as I simply do not have the time to play for long periods, and I also enjoy playing a variety of different games.

I love games which evolve over time, but you will often end up with problems with previous save games. This is major reason I never mod my game.

 

[Bitula]

Is it possible that devs made changes in management balance and now maintaining large parks is more difficult? That would be COOOOOOOL!!!! If this would be true, I’d start a new park on harder difficulty. The reason I stopped playing is that I found harder difficulty too easy. But if so, why these changes are not mentioned in the patch notes? It would be very important to know of these at least as a general statement like: reworked balance etc. Anyone else found management more challenging? Or maybe it is just a savegame bug?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

It's always helpful to be able to see the park to help diagnose problems.
If you are willing to share the park file, that would be great.

Why refurbish rides? Let them age into "classic" status. Refurbishing is expensive.
Try switching to paid entry/free rides. You'll avoid the refund in a break down. The longer the queue, the worse that is.

What is your park population?

 

[Viktoriusiii]

It's always helpful to be able to see the park to help diagnose problems.
If you are willing to share the park file, that would be great.

Why refurbish rides? Let them age into "classic" status. Refurbishing is expensive.
Try switching to paid entry/free rides. You'll avoid the refund in a break down. The longer the queue, the worse that is.

What is your park population?

its not really about fixing that specific park.
Its about the park earning 1-3k a month before the update and -3k after the update.

 

[Viktoriusiii]

so has noone else that problem?

I mean i fixed it by disabling the security update... but still super strange!


PS: i said refurbish not rebrand!