Now you're just trolling. And am I correct in guessing that you created an alternate account just so you could troll me on this forum? Because you have all of two posts and both of them are directed at me. And now you've resorted to name calling.
I made a claim that I am not alone in the hope that they don't reduce the traffic and loading times. That can easily be backed up with the search function on these forums. The hard numbers are there, just do a search for yourself. I'm not pulling numbers out of thin air like you are.
You will always find more people posting complaints than compliments. Perhaps you're blind to human nature, or you're just unwilling to concede the point. I know for a fact there are people that enjoy the game, are having fun, and are laughing at the people on here that do nothing but whine about the game. How do I know there are other people like me? Because they send me PMs telling me so. They don't want to get involved in this furball thread and be trolled by the likes of you... who would rather complain than play the game. You say you're offering constructive criticism for the devs. Where? What have you offered that nobody else hasn't already said in this thread. What have you added to the conversation that you think is unique information that the devs will find useful. Because I'm not seeing it.
Maybe if you spent more time playing the game then complaning and trolling, you'd learn how to successfully build transportation networks in the cities as the game is now. Here, check out this guys screenshots.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?523589-Scenario-2-Amsterdam
He was able to do it. Now maybe you can blow up his screenshots and try exactly to emulate his routes and his in game choices. Gee... boy.. thats fun, isn't it.
The point is it can be done if you try. And you don't have to copy someone elses map to do it. It is simply apparent that I am not the only one that has somehow figured it out.
Regarding your closing comments. I can't really remember where I read it. It was either a developer diary or an interview with someone from Paradox. Actually now that I think about it, it was more likely in that interview. Where they basically said they don't "give out" and over explain all of those relationships because they felt if they did, then it would give away the things to figure out... and make the game easy.
And I guess thats really what it comes down to. You can't figure out the game, so you want someone to explain everything to you so you can play successfully. /shrug
All I can say is that I hope they don't make the game too simple and easy, because then its no fun.
I would hardly say he was trolling simply expressing an opinion. Which I happen to agree with. The traffic is very unrealistic and it isn't that hard to create a traffic AI...Traffic Giant managed it on hardware 10 years older give or take! Also not everybody wants to spend hours and hours appraising every single nuance of the city before they start building their lines which currently you have to do because of the ridiculous traffic. Central London isn't as congested as the outer regions of Helsinki seem to be on this game!!