Answer machine

[Scotty-T]

I think they should add a answer machine so that when your not home people can still call you for jobs and when u get home u can listen to them. It would be easier then having to just stay at the house the whole day waiting for the phone to ring

[Cicer Vopiscus]

Why didn't anyone think of this before!?

[meredith999]

Originally posted by TheOnlySpy:

Why didn't anyone think of this before!?

yeah

[bloody death]

i want a drink bottle

[ChyonE]

Originally posted by Fire-fighter43:

I think they should add a answer machine so that when your not home people can still call you for jobs and when u get home u can listen to them. It would be easier then having to just stay at the house the whole day waiting for the phone to ring

i would very much love this
almost every phone in 90s and 80s ive had had this
i used to have alot of phones since i moved into this house in the basement

[Kubix]

Originally posted by TheOnlySpy:

Why didn't anyone think of this before!?

They did

[Capt.Cliff™]

Put in suggestions.

[Edmundeath]

I don't like the idea of making things more convenient. Part of the fun is micro managing everything.

[ChyonE]

Originally posted by Edmundeath:

I don't like the idea of making things more convenient. Part of the fun is micro managing everything.

Did somebidy threaten you or paid you to say that

[Edmundeath]

Originally posted by Darkwatch:

Originally posted by Edmundeath:

I don't like the idea of making things more convenient. Part of the fun is micro managing everything.

Did somebidy threaten you or paid you to say that

I would probably stop playing this game if all the difficulty was updated out of it. For example whenever you start a new game there is not enough food for survival with permadeth on. This means you have to prioritise an initial run to the store, but you can still make that run by whatever method you want to.

Adding an answering machine means you could just almost entirely ignore the phone, and you would never have to drop whatever you are doing to answer it. The septic missions become available even when you do not get a phone call for them, but phone calls let you know for sure that missions are available.

My main point is dealing with the phone is not very difficult, but updating things to be easier can make them more boring.

[joridiculous]

Answering machine is not needed at all.
You want jobs? Stay home one day and pick up the phone when it rings.

[Randox]

I'll admit to wanting this from time to time, but I have to admit that at the end of the day I like not having one.

If nothing else, it fits the characters. Our parents, who decided to go on vacation 'until they get board' with not but a note on the fridge, don't strike me as the kind of people who would have an answering machine. They strike me as 'in the moment' people, so I think not having one would appeal to them.

It serves the game mechanics as well. The sewage jobs are collectively worth a fair bit of money, so it's probably just as well that they don't accumulate on their own. I wouldn't mind having it for mail order deliveries and the mechanic though, so if we do get an answering machine, maybe the people wanting sewage sucked simply wont leave messages.

[Cr0wst0rm]

This is not survival game, like rust. Was it in finland? Yep, so that should fit in the game. over

[Scotty-T]

The answer machine isnt gonna replace the whole waiting at the house for a call. You would still be able to sit around and wait but it would be for people that want to go drive around instead of being a home body for a whole day waiting for a phone call for a job that might not happen at all.i know ive sat around at the house for a day and never got a single call and i was bumbed because i could of used that time to go drive around or mess with the yellow car guy.