I'm small time and I like it

[mister.tibbs]

I've been reading the discussions here and so many of you are so far ahead of me and I discovered that I honestly don't care. I love the playability of this game. To be honest, I'm very happy growing and selling weed and riding my skateboard. I bought the bungalow and the laundry mat, but I'm quite content for now (since there's nothing much but ingredients to buy with my money). Granted I don't have a lot of hours in the game (I'm truly playing casual) but some of the stuff just doesn't appeal. I don't feel driven to max out achievements, or money, or customer base. I have only engaged one dealer and he's annoying. I tend to grow and stock up for a couple of days, sell hard for a couple of days, then ride my skateboard everywhere, distributing freebies or making small deals with the leftover bits. I make 2-3k per day and it's enough.

Just wondered if anybody else plays this way. The most exciting coming attraction to me is an expanded neighborhood where I can ride and meet new customers.

(And before you say it, I don't normally like skateboard games... this was a new discovery to me :-D )

[Rini]

i am just maxing out weed production because i honestly find it enjoyable and relaxing. it's almost cathartic.

minor nitpick: skateboarding in games ≠ skateboarding game :p

[Urban Blackbear]

I refuse to sell meth. Seen it destroy too many lives. But if someone wants to smoke pot then let them. Honestly pot shouldn't be illegal in the first place. The worst that can happen is you get high, murder a bag of dorritos, and fall asleep. I'm on the fence about cocaine but it kills relatively few people as far as I know.

[Banzai]

I get to the point where i'm making coke and have all regions and dealers unlocked and I get bored being a supplies distribution guy. Then I start a new save and yeah I enjoy the early parts the most, riding around on my board, selling weed personally, giving out samples.

This game has a really chill vibe to it, almost like one of the "cozy farm" games if you just take your time. But if you play it like some minmax ocd management sim, probably not so much. Not that there's anything wrong with that either.

[Qu]

I grow weed and that's it. Had someone tell me I'm wasting my time for playing the game that way. Oh well. It's fun, it's how I enjoy it too.

[This PC]

Originally posted by Qu:

I grow weed and that's it. Had someone tell me I'm wasting my time for playing the game that way. Oh well. It's fun, it's how I enjoy it too.

The most efficient way to play this game is to take easy and grow weed with employees and only do 0-2 mixes or so. You're probably playing closer to optimal than someone who 8 mixes coke. :P

Lots of people don't understand the market in this game, it doesn't matter what you sell, so sell what you enjoy making. ^^''

[Mountain King]

Originally posted by Qu:

I grow weed and that's it. Had someone tell me I'm wasting my time for playing the game that way. Oh well. It's fun, it's how I enjoy it too.

Probably a guy who spent a bunch of time setting up a massive 8 mix operation and now has to run around keeping track of loads of ingredients he's burning through constantly, all so he can have a bigger stack of cash with absolutely nothing to spend it on in a game where you can just as easily progress to the endgame selling unmixed weed. But you're the one "wasting time". Lol.

[This PC]

Originally posted by Mountain King:

Probably a guy who spent a bunch of time setting up a massive 8 mix operation and now has to run around keeping track of loads of ingredients he's burning through constantly, all so he can have a bigger stack of cash with absolutely nothing to spend it on in a game where you can just as easily progress to the endgame selling unmixed weed. But you're the one "wasting time". Lol.

That's the irony yeah, the dude who has massive 8 mix operation doesn't even make more money with the same amount of days spent in the game. It's even worst than you think haha.

[Qu]

Originally posted by Mountain King:

Originally posted by Qu:

I grow weed and that's it. Had someone tell me I'm wasting my time for playing the game that way. Oh well. It's fun, it's how I enjoy it too.

Probably a guy who spent a bunch of time setting up a massive 8 mix operation and now has to run around keeping track of loads of ingredients he's burning through constantly, all so he can have a bigger stack of cash with absolutely nothing to spend it on in a game where you can just as easily progress to the endgame selling unmixed weed. But you're the one "wasting time". Lol.

That's pretty much the jist of what I was attempting to explain to him but it was like talking to the wall. Good to see other people get what I mean most of what you said was exactly what I was thinking.

[OGPG]

Originally posted by mister.tibbs:

To be honest, I'm very happy growing and selling weed and riding my skateboard. I bought the bungalow and the laundry mat, but I'm quite content for now

Just wondered if anybody else plays this way.

This is exactly how I play the game.
I like keeping everything small and simple.

[Rini]

Originally posted by alecgrist:

Pablo

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[Neo X]

Luckily there is no right or wrong way to play game, this or most of them, there is only your way to play. so if you just want to grow and sell one kind of stuff go for it.

[mister.tibbs]

Aside from selling weed and keeping my few properties productive, I hired Benji and he does a moderate job since I wanted to take a small break and try mixing a little stuff. I only mixed bananas, donuts, and chilis. The process is pretty slow so I grew my plants, gave half the stuff to Benji to sell, and played with the rest. Then when I have 10-20x of weird stuff, it's back to my skateboard selling my wares and giving away free stuff. Weed is legal where I live now, but I'm old and I remember getting my stuff behind the gas station, etc. so there's a bit of nostalgia to it for me as well.

[Banzai]

I decided to remove all my mixers and just sell pure purple quality product. I also set the price to one dollar below the recommended amount. Now even Brad is selling consistently.

No more constantly ordering mix ingredients, less employees, much easier to resupply dealers and it's selling like hotcakes while I skate around at a much more leisurely pace. Way more chill.

[Ramstar]

This is critically thinking for yourself. Play how you want to play. No need to speed run or hold shift everywhere. Take this approach to every game you’ll start appreciating things differently.

We all want a sense of ‘achievement’ in games but this game gives you an infinite loop of that at whatever stage.

I’m at 50 hrs or so and selling two products in the bungalow still. Just unlocked docks. I will try the next dealer but you always have ability to shut down operations if needed too.

[Acey Drgn]

Here I am still mass producing weed because the funny crystal and the forbidden drywall take too damn long to do.