Note:I'm hesistant to make any conclusions about lowered spawning rates (I'm around 5800 pies so far so I haven't seen a marked drop but I did hoard 1 heart felons so there's a boost there)However, based on the elf weirdness around XMAS I got into a go to KLand as a manner of making sure the the game was synched and have noticed the following. I'll clear my town of criminals, go to Krustyland (to also make sure there weren't any neighbors visiting there) & when I go back to my town there will be a clump (usually 3) of criminals in my landing zone...this happens most often on my first town visit (after an overnight break) so I'm guessing there's something in the game mechanism where "banked" criminals only spawn after you clear the majority of the free ones (& there's a time gap). It's possible that I just missed a few criminals and going to KL and back caused them to respawn in a clump. I'll record my end of day number of pies and see what tomorrow morning brings (so I can say in x hours I got y criminals & see how that compared to round one)

I have a feeling that you are right and I don't think we can know for sure, with that being said aren't we receiving 3 additional pies for each felon?

finagenesse wrote:I have a feeling that you are right and I don't think we can know for sure, with that being said aren't we receiving 3 additional pies for each felon?Each felon now drops 18 pies (3 more than phase 1) I also don't know if my numbers were inflated by lots of my neighbors visiting post rollover (when maybe they'd usually visit at 9pm yesterday but they held off until 6am today). I don't have good data from phase one but am committed to keeping track overnight and then posting my results at around 4am eastern tomorrow...of course, more data points make it more likely to be a valid result so chime in if you wish (also, I don't know if that's what the android update talked about here did)

casbythoug530 wrote:Each felon now drops 18 pies (3 more than phase 1)You mean criminals. Felons are different.

spidersmakegravy wrote:Dotcom180 wrote:Is it just me or there was a reduction in the amount of criminals spawning in town?i didn't actually count it myself but after i leave my town for a couple of hours it feels like there's less criminals than phase one... isn't it?No, it's not just you - I thought so too. That makes two of us, so it must be true!I have zero evidence to back this up, but am fairly convinced there's a lot less tippy-toeing going on in my town. Maybe the colorful hair and the lack of confusion with the 10ish playables that looked like issue 1 criminals gave a placebo effect that there is less.Or, maybe there is less? Regardless no one starting today should have any problem finishing issue 2 in the 13 days and 9 hours left.

zafofabi18 wrote:Or, maybe there is less? Regardless no one starting today should have any problem finishing issue 2 in the 13 days and 9 hours left.That kinda implies issue 2 ends in 13+ days, which isn't the case.

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partyanimalj
10 years ago
I've noticed a drop in criminals in town since reaching 7000 rods. Don't think I will ever reach 18500?. Friend list nearly full and I visit every day so this is going to be a long haul I think!!
casbythoug530
10 years ago
Just did an overnight (6ish hour) count and was right around 60 criminals (which is what people were reporting in phase 1)...the rainbow haired criminals tend to wander further off the roads (squidport, mansion backyards, park areas) and even though it felt like fewer taps to clear my town some of that was learning that tapping nearer to the ground would clear the buildings (& my confusing characters like Father Sean, Legs etc were all tasked indoors & the increased tap radius meant I was getting two at once

Still running 4.13.0 (in case anyone has a decline and a different app version) & am right around 9200 pies after one day.
Dotcom180
10 years ago
roxypup wrote:
This morning I had one of the old looking criminals with no wig creeping around my Springfield. He still gave me pies. Thought that was interesting! Has anyone else seen that?

yes! gotta couple of those as well, was wondering what's the deal with them, but as long as they give pies they don't bother me much...
boldbhoy
10 years ago
What I have noticed in the second phase that there seems to be a much smaller number of criminals that give Arbitrarium as well as pies compared to the first phase. Perhaps because you need a lot more to level up your HQ it just seems that there is less around.
DaoudX
10 years ago
I really love this event, but it's a small bummer that we can only get 1 super bonus at chapter 2 and not multiple bonuses like in part I. No matter how many pies one collects...
I hope, they change that at level 3...
patzmcm
10 years ago
boldbhoy wrote:
What I have noticed in the second phase that there seems to be a much smaller number of criminals that give Arbitrarium as well as pies compared to the first phase. Perhaps because you need a lot more to level up your HQ it just seems that there is less around.

I thought this also - but couldn't decide if there was actually less or it just seemed like it since you are leveling up slower. As you just said :mrgreen:

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