I'm currently at 326.35% multiplier (plus SH). I did mystery boxes awhile back, and I suppose should do more, but will I have to settle for having 50+ news vans etc in my town? I have two Beach Hideaways, don't know if I want to fill my water with 3 more. I buy things like the flag set but don't buy multiples of them. I don't mind my mass of wailing walls (especially since they were "free" and clump together well) but I'm not keen on having bunches of similar items (um, unless Lisa gives me a bunch more mini nukes). I have about 77 million cash and get a little over a million a day I think. There are over 50(?!) land squares I have yet to buy. And about 33 million worth of aspirational items I've yet to purchase. Don't really use money for anything else except when getting donuts via rat trap trucks. Most of my past donuts have been spent on buildings and characters. (I think I have around 160 characters total?) although I'm trying to get more % items now. Sometimes I'll turn on the Collider for a day, do the 25 KEM thing but get bored after a few rounds and then just do a bunch of rat trap trucks, usually buying about 20 million worth (including re-selling them). Currently I technically can access my game many times throughout the day although ideally I wouldn't be glued it it as much. Yes, I'm at level 939. Do I just need to turn on the collider for longer periods, do more KEM farming, and focus more on buying % items? Should I do more rounds of mystery boxes? Is mainly doing rat traps bad?

It really is your choice how you play the game, but if you are mainly looking to increase your multiplier the beach hideaways are the best way to start. You may like to read my tips thread too (3rd post refers to farming):https://forums.ea.com/en/the-simpsons-tapped-out/discussion/90074/tips-for-new-players#latest

get the aspirational things first. don't get trapped in the rat race of kem farming and bonus percentage. it is overrated. (some day i will write an essay about kem farming and bonus percentage "great expectations, ever deminishing returns. why you think it is exponential, yet it is not")

"pevh;c-1611754" wrote:get the aspirational things first. don't get trapped in the rat race of kem farming and bonus percentage. it is overrated. Yes, I guess I should have added that my goal right now is not to Buy All New Content. I like to buy new items now and then and if I don't have enough via standard free donut methods (which I think net about 100 month?) I'll turn on the collider and spend $20M or so to get 200 or so donuts.So I'm not trying to amass 1000s of donuts and 4 billion in cash. That's one reason I've never felt compelled to get into the "rat race" you mention.

"pevh;c-1611754" wrote:get the aspirational things first. don't get trapped in the rat race of kem farming and bonus percentage. it is overrated. (some day i will write an essay about kem farming and bonus percentage "great expectations, ever deminishing returns. why you think it is exponential, yet it is not")How is the bonus percentage overrated?

"pevh;c-1611754" wrote:get the aspirational things first. don't get trapped in the rat race of kem farming and bonus percentage. it is overrated. (some day i will write an essay about kem farming and bonus percentage "great expectations, ever deminishing returns. why you think it is exponential, yet it is not")I haven't seen anybody that thinks it is exponential. We have talked about the maximum bonus percentage multiple times. Being able to get premium items without spending money is huge for most people. This cannot be done without a fairly significant multiplier and some sort of farming. The aspirationals will always be there and at least for me are mostly all in storage.

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stinkbugger

8 years ago

Give me a strategy for getting to 500% multiplier and/or donut farming?

I'm currently at 326.35% multiplier (plus SH).
I did mystery boxes awhile back, and I suppose should do more, but will I have to settle for having 50+ news vans etc in my town?
I have two Beach Hideaways, don't know if I want to fill my water with 3 more. I buy things like the flag set but don't buy multiples of them. I don't mind my mass of wailing walls (especially since they were "free" and clump together well) but I'm not keen on having bunches of similar items (um, unless Lisa gives me a bunch more mini nukes).
I have about 77 million cash and get a little over a million a day I think. There are over 50(?!) land squares I have yet to buy. And about 33 million worth of aspirational items I've yet to purchase. Don't really use money for anything else except when getting donuts via rat trap trucks.
Most of my past donuts have been spent on buildings and characters. (I think I have around 160 characters total?) although I'm trying to get more % items now.
Sometimes I'll turn on the Collider for a day, do the 25 KEM thing but get bored after a few rounds and then just do a bunch of rat trap trucks, usually buying about 20 million worth (including re-selling them).
Currently I technically can access my game many times throughout the day although ideally I wouldn't be glued it it as much.
Yes, I'm at level 939.

Do I just need to turn on the collider for longer periods, do more KEM farming, and focus more on buying % items? Should I do more rounds of mystery boxes? Is mainly doing rat traps bad?

pevh
8 years ago
@Jonalinn @meinaz unfortunately i dont have the time to work it out in detail, but it all boils downs to limited resources. ponder it and you will find the boundaries.
meinaz
8 years ago
"pevh;c-1611829" wrote:
@Jonalinn @meinaz unfortunately i dont have the time to work it out in detail, but it all boils downs to limited resources. ponder it and you will find the boundaries.

Yes, it has been discussed before. Everybody understands that the multiplier cannot go up forever.
stellstone
8 years ago
Dumb question, I'm sure, but what is an "aspirational Item"?
pevh
8 years ago
at some point a higher multiplier does not yield a higher donut (0.24€, laughing out loud) return. it is limited by the area you assign to it.

you will get more useless igm though.
meinaz
8 years ago
"pevh;c-1611833" wrote:
at some point a higher multiplier does not yield a higher donut (0.24€, laughing out loud) return. it is limited by the area you assign to it.

you will get more useless igm though.

Somebody that has a 326% multiplier has no reason to worry about the point where the multiplier won't yield in more donuts.
pevh
8 years ago
somehow the thought that you are missing the greater picture comes to my mind.
meinaz
8 years ago
"pevh;c-1611839" wrote:
somehow the thought that you are missing the greater picture comes to my mind.

Wouldn't be the first time. :lol: It is a game. I play how I want to. I don't concern myself with the best strategies or looking at the math behind the game. That would take away from my enjoyment. I think different perspectives are great and people can do with them as they please.
pevh
8 years ago
:) just was getting a bit in overdrive against the overachievers i guess. proud to be a less than 1000%er . someone should put up a post for us :)
(math is on our side though)
adruralo
8 years ago
"stellstone;c-1611831" wrote:
Dumb question, I'm sure, but what is an "aspirational Item"?

Things that cost million or more.
Escalator to nowhere, 50 foot magnifying glass, popsickle, sit-n-rotate, fortress of choclitude, zirconia a some others are examples.
pevh
8 years ago
@stellstone sunsphere, magnifying glas, staircase to nowhere largest zyrconium posiclestick skyscraper the choclate superhero thing (etc ? )