The only downfall for me, regarding this mod, was that it was entirely too easy. There were a few incidents like the gas explosion in the building under construction that really challenged me. But overall, 1 engine could handle almost anything. I played the LA Mod 4x4 version the other day, and found that the fire spread rates in that game were awesome. A bomb would explode, or an arsonist would burn down half my city. Great stuff that really challenged me.
You guys have put a lot of time and effort into this project. If I had to give out suggestions, I would say simplify. Release an edited version of what is current. Bump up the fires in both burn time, frequency, and fire spread. I tried to bump up my building burn time, and it just didn't work. I just am not getting the 20-30 min big burners that I like. And they don't spread. Part of the fun of this game was that you had to get ahead of a fire or an arsonist or whatever. I don't have to do that now. In fact, I rarely have more than 1 fire burning at a time. And they are followed by 20 ems calls....
This is no way meant to criticize you guys. You've done a great job. Just that fixing these things may bring guys like me back into the everyday fold.
Thanks for the feedback man. I urged Dyson to not release with those short fires but he insisted they were preferred. If you want the MERU patch that bumps up fires from 5 seconds to sometimes up to 15 minutes ill be posting it on here and the Facebook page today when I get home!