Aye, there's a few things that might want to be looked at

The game plays in real time, so being able to pause (and fast forward :p) would help, along with a look at the energy composition.

Also, perhaps either an increase in wages (or how often they are paid?) and a lowered amount in the food. lol granted, food in rl is expensive, but cripes, lol you have to buy so much when you log back on. (plus if you have lower than 2000 they croak Oo and the organic costs an arm and a leg, specially the meat).

But aside from looking at those, another look at adding a fast forward:

If we could pause when we sleep (and some of us work, have kids, husbands, and other icky rl things ) and then fast forward so that we can enjoy the game more when we can play, I think it would help a lot.

And someone on *Shoutbox was just mentioning something I forgot about:

When women have birth, they become exhausted (which is understandable) but their health drop to half lol. (quoted from Marian Frae).

And yes, I work mine too much maybe >.> But they don't make much money, and most of my income is seeming to come from selling the collectibles. But I can't seem to have them going off and playing if they can't afford to keep the food 'in line' lol. Thanks to a tip from someone else on finding out what's making them sick as I'd fill them with meds and they'd be like 'nope' lol, so that's saving me some money.

I absolutely love this game I am hoping that all those points are being looked at ^^ And nice to meet you guys ^_^

edit: and yes, going to try some of the tips you all wrote, but still think some of the issues could stand to be looked at :p