- The lemon tree and crops should work in exactly the same way as buildings, except with the added benefit that if a neighbour's crops have become weeds, by tapping on it you restore them as harvestable, so always tap weeds if you see them. - You and your neighbours see the $ sign according to the same clock. They only see it if you can see it.- Only one neighbour can tap on a building as far as I know, then it resets as if you had done it yourself. - I believe cleaning up a neighbour's vandalised building helps your 'righteousness' rating much as doing it in your own town would, but I still am unsure as to what benefit this bestows on your neighbour, if any. After figuring all this out, in addition to the points you laid out, nothing annoys me more when I log in and see the handshake sign above brown houses. It's not like my school, police station, town hall and Moe's are hard to find. I need them spraypainted too in order to clean them up and get my rating back up after vandalising nearly 100 people every day.

Exactly...I'm guessing the odds are greater that visitors see $ on the browns due to quicker countdown. I'd rather they - or I - check back later for the big money opportunities.

If you farm a ton of brown houses and I have to do multiple full screen swipes to find other buildings, you're gonna get brown houses tapped.

sonny1618 wrote:After figuring all this out, in addition to the points you laid out, nothing annoys me more when I log in and see the handshake sign above brown houses. It's not like my school, police station, town hall and Moe's are hard to find. I need them spraypainted too in order to clean them up and get my rating back up after vandalising nearly 100 people every day.Don't worry sonny, at least you can guarantee you'll have three of them vandalized once a day :thumbup:

I only vandalize my friends School, Bar, Town Hall & Police Station so they can get money & xp on buildings that normally wouldn't give them anything. Also to help them with their ratings. I prefer my friends to do the same, but that doesn't always pan out lol.

sonny1618 wrote:USDPC wrote:If you farm a ton of brown houses and I have to do multiple full screen swipes to find other buildings, you're gonna get brown houses tapped. Not only do I not have any farms, my Springfield is still quite small and easy to navigate and the brown houses I do have are sprinkled amongst others. It's almost like people are actually seeking them out, which is even more baffling. I think some people look for these.I have town square with the school, city hall and police station located so they can be seen when you visit. I rarely find that these buildings were vandalized. Now these are regularly tapped: * The Simpsons and Flanders houses, located at top left of town. *The brown houses I have at the top right for the dump guard shack and mini-resort on lake Nucear Reactor Cooling pond * The qwiki mart, located in the middle of my road maze.

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kschold
13 years ago
Exactly...I'm guessing the odds are greater that visitors see $ on the browns due to quicker countdown. I'd rather they - or I - check back later for the big money opportunities.
USDPC
13 years ago
If you farm a ton of brown houses and I have to do multiple full screen swipes to find other buildings, you're gonna get brown houses tapped.
xrobotlove
13 years ago
sonny1618 wrote:
After figuring all this out, in addition to the points you laid out, nothing annoys me more when I log in and see the handshake sign above brown houses. It's not like my school, police station, town hall and Moe's are hard to find. I need them spraypainted too in order to clean them up and get my rating back up after vandalising nearly 100 people every day.

Don't worry sonny, at least you can guarantee you'll have three of them vandalized once a day :thumbup:
Deadshot_DCU
13 years ago
I only vandalize my friends School, Bar, Town Hall & Police Station so they can get money & xp on buildings that normally wouldn't give them anything. Also to help them with their ratings. I prefer my friends to do the same, but that doesn't always pan out lol.
abadexampl3
13 years ago
sonny1618 wrote:
USDPC wrote:
If you farm a ton of brown houses and I have to do multiple full screen swipes to find other buildings, you're gonna get brown houses tapped.

Not only do I not have any farms, my Springfield is still quite small and easy to navigate and the brown houses I do have are sprinkled amongst others. It's almost like people are actually seeking them out, which is even more baffling.

I think some people look for these.

I have town square with the school, city hall and police station located so they can be seen when you visit. I rarely find that these buildings were vandalized. Now these are regularly tapped:
* The Simpsons and Flanders houses, located at top left of town.
*The brown houses I have at the top right for the dump guard shack and mini-resort on lake Nucear Reactor Cooling pond
* The qwiki mart, located in the middle of my road maze.
hgfxf
13 years ago
This is anecdotal because I always look for the vandalize buildings and since I have to move around people's Springfield's so much I've noticed...

I've noticed that sometimes there are no buildings to click on neighbors buildings except fast refreshing brown buildings and sometimes every building is available.

I think that if I collect rent in my town and immediately someone visits, they won't see anything they can click except maybe the fastest growing (brown buildings)

If this is correct, if you only see neighbors hitting your brown buildings, you may be harvesting too fast and on your game too much. :?

EDIT: you can never be on this game too much!
ur_wack452
13 years ago
Unless the town is a complete disaster ie my screen is full of brown/pink houses I look for buildings to vandelize that you can't normally collect on.
melodyhodge
13 years ago
Ahhh I get it too! Lol I didn't wanna be the person to ask tho. Damn I need some GOOD neighbours. They should make it so you know who's visiting you and who's not because I always visit my 20 neighbours daily but I'm pretty sure they don't all reciprocate :(
caprici424
13 years ago
Wow, I didn't know any of this! I always thought that visiting other Springfields was an independent thing, but now I see that all the timers are influenced by everyone who visits (which I don't think I like much, but oh well). Sure explains why some buildings don't have $ above them...I always wondered. (And now, with decorated houses not having coins available.) Clears up a lot!
zuzupj
13 years ago
sonny1618 wrote:

- I believe cleaning up a neighbour's vandalised building helps your 'righteousness' rating much as doing it in your own town would, but I still am unsure as to what benefit this bestows on your neighbour, if any.

We experimented with this last night. If someone mops up my graffiti before I do, I lose the ability to do it. So, the visitor gains, but I lose.

I am on a coin hunt right now, so I apologize for clicking on the houses with lights. After I have obtained everything I can buy with coins, I will go back to vandalizing buildings.