A Modest Proposal -- Overhauling Character's Tasks
Love all of these ideas. I would love to see the tasks updated to take advantage of all the available buildings.
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I agree with most of what you say whole-heartedy. Just a few additional thoughts to some of the points:
Personally, I use the 6 hour tasks more often than 4 hour tasks, prefer 10 hour tasks over 12 hour tasks and find myself using 16 hour tasks rather frequently (although the reason for that might be that most 16 hour tasks in the game are outdoors and look great - most of all Kodos & Kang, but also Kirk, LuAnn and the wig tasks for the boys).
Still I agree, there should be some standard times all characters should have, and the ones you mention sound reasonable. (Today I finally gave in and purchased Drederick Tatum, even although the prospect of a character with no 1-hour tasks doesn't look too promising.)
Besides the fact I'm fairly certain that Lisa's 8 hour tasks does pay out for all three characters, I'd rather say every character should have at least one non-joint task for every standard task length (that especially concerns Smithers, who should have a non-joint 1 hour task besides his joint task with Burns).
What I find really odd: You can place a Fleet-a-Peeta in Krustyland, but none of the Investorettes can travel there. Also, I can't quite get over the fact that Chief Wiggum will go to Krustyland, but leaves his Ralphie home. Then again, I pretty much abandoned my Krustyland after I put up my last ride there.
Also: Why won't Bart, Milhouse or Nelson won't enter the Noiseland Arcade?
skollthewolf wrote:
Each character gets 1, 4, 8, 12, and 24 hour tasks. I don't know how all of you play Tapped Out, but I suspect that the majority of you use these tasks the majority of the time. This should be standard for each playable character, and they should contain a good mix of indoor (using a building) and outdoor (visible) tasks.
Personally, I use the 6 hour tasks more often than 4 hour tasks, prefer 10 hour tasks over 12 hour tasks and find myself using 16 hour tasks rather frequently (although the reason for that might be that most 16 hour tasks in the game are outdoors and look great - most of all Kodos & Kang, but also Kirk, LuAnn and the wig tasks for the boys).
Still I agree, there should be some standard times all characters should have, and the ones you mention sound reasonable. (Today I finally gave in and purchased Drederick Tatum, even although the prospect of a character with no 1-hour tasks doesn't look too promising.)
skollthewolf wrote:
Joint tasks should be at irregular hours. EA does this a bit -- Agnes Skinner and Comic Book Guy's 2 hour date, Mr. Burns and Smithers' 10 hour Ferris Wheel ride -- but they should do this more. For example, Maude Flanders has a one hour task with Ned and an eight hour task with Homer, but it becomes awkward when I'm trying to maximize the profit I get from each character by having them each do tasks (especially since my Homer has been largely doing tasks in Krustyland in an attempt to get enough tickets to buy the rest of the land). What if we made her task with Homer be a six hour task, and then make her eight hour task one where she haunts the Bad Dream House, a building which has the best animation in the game, but goes used by no one.
Another example is Lisa Simpsons' eight hour "Babysit Rod and Todd" task. Initially it was worthwhile, but when Rod and Todd were introduced, suddenly both were needed to perform the task. Now the task needs three characters available to perform, but pays the same amount it did when it was only Lisa (that's another thing: make the joint tasks profitable). What if we made it a 16 hour task, and made it7 pay triple?
Besides the fact I'm fairly certain that Lisa's 8 hour tasks does pay out for all three characters, I'd rather say every character should have at least one non-joint task for every standard task length (that especially concerns Smithers, who should have a non-joint 1 hour task besides his joint task with Burns).
skollthewolf wrote:
Give more characters Krustyland tasks. This is probably something that will come up this summer, but it would be nice. We currently have 79 available characters, but only 18 of them can go to Krustyland. It takes forever to grind enough tickets to buy land and rides. Plus, some added Krustyland duty would make certain expensive characters, such as Jimbo, more appealing to players.
What I find really odd: You can place a Fleet-a-Peeta in Krustyland, but none of the Investorettes can travel there. Also, I can't quite get over the fact that Chief Wiggum will go to Krustyland, but leaves his Ralphie home. Then again, I pretty much abandoned my Krustyland after I put up my last ride there.
skollthewolf wrote:
Use the available buildings. As mentioned previously, many of the playable characters have the same tasks at the same length for the same buildings. The game developers should make use of all the available buildings. Why is it that nine characters have regular tasks at the Gilded Truffle, while the Pimento Grove, El Chemistri, Phineas Q. Butterfat's, and Zesty's sit empty? When will Marge abandon the Kwik-E-Mart to shop at Springfield Mall, Sprawl-Mart, or Try-N-Save?
Also: Why won't Bart, Milhouse or Nelson won't enter the Noiseland Arcade?
