2 week test

mathumster385 wrote:
Do you actually see the doughnut during visits, or does it just add to your total when you get back home?

It appears with the cash and XP after tapping something. You also hear Homer say, "MMMMMM... Premium Currency...", when it collects..

mathumster385 wrote:
Since first reading this post, I have been comparing donut totals before and after visiting. Also, I don't usually wait for the "Thanks for visiting your neighboreeno" screen and am wondering if that makes a difference.

I was skipping the Thanks popup - until I realized my donut numbers didn't seem to be right for the number I remembered seeing as I tapped. So I stopped doing that and wait for the Thanks now.

mathumster385 wrote:
Could be I am just unlucky, but I would appreciate any pointers in upping my odds of donuts. I have much more time that I can spend on this game than money :!:

Let's see... I wait for the Thanks (or quickly tap the payout) before moving to the next town. It only takes 5 seconds if you wait, less if you're a fast tapper. Yes, that would add 8.3 minutes to your total time, but... It's only 8.3 minutes! It can take me longer than that to hunt through a town for something to tap, then go to their Krustyland because I couldn't find 3 things to tap, then go to the neighborhood and look them up to see how long it's been since they played... (2 weeks? Oh, no wonder...)

I almost never vandalize - don't know if that has anything to do with it - but...

I always chase down Sideshow Bob when I see him or get the "Sideshow Bob has escaped" message. I think I've figured out that it means that he's hiding when you get the message - but that's not always the case: sometimes I'll be hunting for something to tap (or when we were dropping Feds) and just spot him and he'll be WAY across town from the landing point. I usually skip back to the previous town when I get the message - when I return to the town it schwings me over to where he is. Once again: don't know - but...

Today I only got 1 donut in town A, and 2 in town B. Yesterday I got 3 in both towns. I must be doing something right - hardly a day goes by when I don't get at least 1 donut per town.

Oh, how is your Conform-o-Meter rating? Mine are at 3 and 3.5. If I can ever get far enough ahead on cash to buy more stores, restaurants, trees, and decorations I could build it up to 5 on both...

While I'm thinking about it... It completely slipped my mind when I was posting earlier that during the Winter 2014 Part 2 event I was getting 4 to 6 donuts a day in the neighborhood. I was tapping as many Cannons and Elf Caves as possible to get the extra Bell payouts and getting gobs. Possibility: There are designated 'donut bonus' items that are more likely to pay out donuts every day? I wouldn't put it past the programmers (or designers) to do something like that. It wouldn't be too hard to set it up so that they were randomly selected from a list every day or every time you entered the neighborhood...