Is anyone "helping" you during this event?

I've never even notice as I just skip past it every time and I try to drop a few in my neighbours town but I don't really get many masks to even help some people out.

I am being very unsocial this event. I purchased extra characters and so I dont even visit. I have tapped on the odd crook someone has dropped but I dont race to find them with each alert.

Someone spank me.

Hi @Jonalinn, to answer your question... when you drop a crook, your neighbor has 4 hours to find it. If not found after 4 hours you get the "no one helped you"

"fastshadow2;c-1941498" wrote:
i’ve been saving up all week, got 20 or about 3 masks a day and i play a lot
was hoping the drop rate would increase with act 2 but has actually gone down, act 1 a was averaging 5-6 per day

I was going to say it seemed a little better the last few days, to me at least. But I accidentally bought that stupid license thing so when I do visits i get 2 masks rather then 1

Just this guy https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/scratchpad/images/a/ac/Jesus_%28The_Simpsons%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20131116161256 he's always been there for me.

Whenever I find the robbers in my town I make note of who it was and return the favor quickly (assuming since I am in the game every few hours that if I see the robbers the person who dropped them might still be in their game). This usually results in getting the message that the neighbor helped me. Otherwise, if robbers are dropped randomly into neighbor’s towns, I get the message that no one helped me. Also, I know that a couple of my neighbors are active at certain times during the day, so I drop robbers during those times with generally good results. But, as usual, your mileage may vary.

I think it is very difficult to help friends or get help from friends during this event.
Even after I have received a phone message, that someone has send crooks to my town it is very hard to find this crook. Most of the time they are hiding behind buildings and you are only able to find them if you greay out the items.
To be honest I don't care to search for them as it is time consuming and the revenue is very low.
In addition the revenue for the friend who has send me a crook stays the same regardless if I found the crook (e.g. if I had helped my friend) or not.

"Annathewicked;c-1942008" wrote:
been saving- up to about 100 masks- neighbor dump coming

i am doing the same today!

I have a few neighbors that exchange crooks daily. I do it to let them know I’m still here and that they are appreciated. That said, after I go out and drop crooks, I usually get a “no one helped you” notice when I get back. Not sure why, because if no one helped, then I shouldn’t get that notice for four hours.

You don’t get enough to drop any in neighbours towns, just the odd few. Anyone who drops in my town I return the favour, if I have any to drop.