Great SPADE Stragedy

bumping this one last time.

the random red tool box will appear in your tool bar after you complete mutant sheology pt 2 (after you drop seeds in someone else's town) (it is a random task sort of like the Grampa Simpson tell stories task that frequently popped up prior to this event)

the tasks that this random task give are some rotation of the 2/4/8/16 hour tasks to earn corn, earn fertilizer etc (note: it'll say something like send a dimwit to (do whatever the 8 hour fertilizer task is called))

you get 100 spades/shovels/trowels each time you complete a random toolbar task

when the toolbox first appears in your task bar if you already have someone on that task, itll show the task as already being in progress

the speed trick is that if you track how long it is till that random task completes (say it's 3hours 35 minutes), if you go into your town at the 3:35 mark or slightly before you are more likely to only get the thumb that corresponds to that random task

once you clear random task 1(the materials go into the ledger), you'll see random task 2 (and if you are lucky, random task 2 will be one that's also very close to completion (the 16 hour tasks tend to screw with this cycle

basically, assign all available characters to the corn fertilizer earning tasks, watch for the toolbox rectangle logo (it's a red cube) & then watch the timers.

op suggested staggerring by longer time periods but I don't know if the gain in 100 shovels is worth the timers getting out of synch Even though I dislike the Quimby 16 hour corn task, I'd keep him on it as the random task has popped Glutton to corn at least once in all my towns (Ive moved everyone else to shorter tasks but Quimby remains)

This just clicked for me. Once you finish the phase one quests you start getting these tasks. Right now I have one called "Conclude it's all Pointless". The icon is the second daily Cecil task (red box). It's a continuous loop of random event tasks. Once you get that far it'll make sense. Avoid sending groups on the same task at once and check your town often and you'll be rewarded.

http://I.imgur.com/gAIAULP.jpg

I hadn't purposely been using this strategy, but I have had it work out for me multiple times. I think that if I really tried to work it out, I would just confuse myself. :D

meinaz wrote:
I hadn't purposely been using this strategy, but I have had it work out for me multiple times. I think that if I really tried to work it out, I would just confuse myself. :D

I'm not trying to do this strategy purposefully but I'm watching the random task timing and trying to reenter close to when it'll be finished (ie I don't say well the random task is done in 45 minutes but the other people are done in 55 minutes so I'll come back in 55 minutes I'll try to come back in 50 (again, you might come back in 50 minutes but the following task might be the 16 hour task which is out of synch with the others, it's a gamble

basically this task encourages you to have as many characters on the earning tasks as you can

I tried to understand but after several frustrating attempt I am just angry.

I spent 8 hours installing a car stereo today, and had a Craigslist no-shower, so my patience is nil.

I'm just going to do the jobs and collect what I get. I cannot obsess over these games anymore.

I really want to delete and just play simple puzzle games. Time wasters that are relaxing, not stressing. I need a new paradigm...

...Or maybe just a ball-peen lobotomy.

Ok, lets see if I get this right.

Right now my options for the red box are

(8hr) Eat too much Candy Corn
(4hr) Conclude it's all pointless
(8hr) Make a donation to Science
(16hr) Help Feed the hunger

At this point in time I'm at "Help Feed the hunger" (8 hours left)

So your saying I should with 7hours and 50 minutes left I should put someone on to "Make a donation to Science"

At 7hours and 40 minutes put someone to "Eat too much Candy Corn"

then when it comes down to 3hours and 30 minutes left

I should put someone on to "Conclude it's all pointless"

That way what ever the next task is that pops up afterwards it will be done in 10 or 30 minutes?

Am I all wrong on this or did I just confuse myself even more :)

KillaSqirl wrote:
This just clicked for me. Once you finish the phase one quests you start getting these tasks. Right now I have one called "Conclude it's all Pointless". The icon is the second daily Cecil task (red box). It's a continuous loop of random event tasks. Once you get that far it'll make sense. Avoid sending groups on the same task at once and check your town often and you'll be rewarded.

http://I.imgur.com/gAIAULP.jpg

Yes, thats what I wanna say, forgive my Englisch, just wanna help you all with getting extra stradegys, you decide whats good for you.

I hope someone profit too and is glad with my vision, also handy for the starters.

:wink:

Bump!

A great way to earn some quick shovels. I just try to keep all the characters from each group staggered as much as possible. Completed 4 red box tasks in 30mins.

Not sure if it has been mentioned but if you unlock a new character group through the building upgrade. Their task will be the next red box task (one time only) IME.

luckyzl230 wrote:
Ok, lets see if I get this right.

Right now my options for the red box are

(8hr) Eat too much Candy Corn
(4hr) Conclude it's all pointless
(8hr) Make a donation to Science
(16hr) Help Feed the hunger

At this point in time I'm at "Help Feed the hunger" (8 hours left)

So your saying I should with 7hours and 50 minutes left I should put someone on to "Make a donation to Science"

At 7hours and 40 minutes put someone to "Eat too much Candy Corn"

then when it comes down to 3hours and 30 minutes left

I should put someone on to "Conclude it's all pointless"

That way what ever the next task is that pops up afterwards it will be done in 10 or 30 minutes?

Am I all wrong on this or did I just confuse myself even more :)

no, you should always all have available characters on their quests (even overnight) what I recommend is just be a littler slower when you assign (so say the group of 4 hour tasks finishes from 4 hours to 4 hours 5 minutes) & the 2 hour people similiar etc (note:even though I don't think I need corn badly I'm keeping Quimby on his 16 hour corn task just because that's all he has) don't assign all 4 hour people and then all 2 hour people just assign them in homescreen icon order (basically in your plan people who could earn corn would wander around not doing anything and in my plan ,you might get lucky and get extra shovels (you need lots of fertilizer and corn for crafting)

when you open your game for the first time in the morning (after daily tasks reset), look at the toolbar timer, if it says completed, clear it, don't tap on any other thumbs that might appear when it's clearing, then you'll see the toolbar task reappear, look at the timer (it might be a couple of minutes or 2-4 hours just make a note)if it's a very short time (under 30 seconds,just watch the countdown, otherwise see how long you have for the rest of the overnight jobs, if you aren't staring at a very short timer, you can use a minute or so to set Cecil daily task 1(try to choose someone who doesn't earn things), before you leave the game make sure that there isn't someone who will be finished in 2 or 3 minutes and that everyone is tasked. right before you leave, look at the toolbar icon, you can use that or Cecil daily tasks to decide on return time (note:idk how this would work if youplay less than every 4 hours, it's random you might not get a good followup task

4junk3000 wrote:
I tried to understand but after several frustrating attempt I am just angry.

I spent 8 hours installing a car stereo today, and had a Craigslist no-shower, so my patience is nil.

I'm just going to do the jobs and collect what I get. I cannot obsess over these games anymore.

I really want to delete and just play simple puzzle games. Time wasters that are relaxing, not stressing. I need a new paradigm...

...Or maybe just a ball-peen lobotomy.

Same here. Doh! I wish this was a shooter-game.