I'm not new anymore, but I'm beginning to think I should have a higher multiplier than the 85.55% I currently have. Should the goal be that multiplier?I've been a slave to the characters so far. I buy them mostly when rebates accompany. I've bought a few decorations with the same rules. But should I be throwing every spare doughnut at multiplier items until I turn the corner and the multiplier, combined with farming, self-generate?I think this could generate good discussion for the really green players.

There isn't a standard for how much multiplier you should have. Some have a little some have a lot. So long as you're enjoying the game it doesn't matter.

I'm at 280% after a year of playing. It makes a big difference in terms of income and leveling up. If you want to boost - get the beach hideaways and upgrade to Level 5 - that's good for 100%. Then I did mystery boxes - a lot - until I got tired of Lard Lads. This gives you a ton of billboards and news vans that give you good multipliers for donut return. My rule now is to buy decorations that I like if they have decent multipliers OR decorations that have better than average multipliers (usually 1% for 15-30 donuts). Recent examples are the world flags.

I started a new freemium town on 12th January 2017. I am currently level 54, with a bonus of 73.25% and with the main 50 Springfield Heights buildings built for the hidden XP multiplier. It really is up to each player to decide how they want to play the game, but the main thing is to enjoy your journey! I bought Mystery boxes to start with until I had the 3 characters and unique items, then once I got to level 30 I started buying beach hideaways. I have 3 that are fully upgraded.

Dumb question. If Springfield Heights buildings don't show up on the conform-o-meter, how do we know they have a % bonus? And is it % bonus per building or just once? Do they need to be maxed out?I really don't like the SH buildings, s they're all in storage. But if i should pull one of each out for the bonus....

If I never came to the forum, I still would probably have a really low multiplier. My priority was always characters and still is when I don't have many donuts. As long as you enjoy the game that is what is important. I have no desire to have a bunch of things that don't fit into my town or that I have to hide. I don't keep out most of my SH buildings because I think they are ugly and get in the way.

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1sflowers330
8 years ago
"Chris60119;1562483" wrote:
I'm confused on the Beach Hideaways.. Do I need to buy one of those in order to get the hidden multiplier? If not, what is the Beach Hideaway multiplier at level 5?

A fully upgraded Beach hideaway with all accessories will be worth 20%, get all 5 for 100%
frosted1414
Seasoned Newcomer
8 years ago
"sflowers330;1562489" wrote:
"frosted1414;1562475" wrote:
Am I mistaken or is the flag bundle an extraordinary deal at 50d? That works out to 6.66d per 1%. Usually items are 20d-40d per 1%.

Mystery boxes work out to 8D per 1%, but takes up less space than the Flag bundle.
What? how do you get that value?
Just bought 4 Mystery boxes: Khlav kalash 0%, bomb shelter 0%, Khlav kalash 0%, news van 2%
24d, 2% = 12d per 1% Guess if you buy a lot it will average your 8d per 1%
Muhsterino
Retired Hero
8 years ago
"eltoncc;1562474" wrote:
Are the mystery boxes still in the store? Can't find them anywhere.

Press the yellow arrow, then the Homer Buddha, I found the MB all the way to the right.
daved7637397
8 years ago
"frosted1414;1562504" wrote:
"sflowers330;1562489" wrote:
"frosted1414;1562475" wrote:
Am I mistaken or is the flag bundle an extraordinary deal at 50d? That works out to 6.66d per 1%. Usually items are 20d-40d per 1%.

Mystery boxes work out to 8D per 1%, but takes up less space than the Flag bundle.
What? how do you get that value?
Just bought 4 Mystery boxes: Khlav kalash 0%, bomb shelter 0%, Khlav kalash 0%, news van 2%
24d, 2% = 12d per 1% Guess if you buy a lot it will average your 8d per 1%

I think thats where the average comes from. I have the worst luck of any human on earth so I personally stay away from the MB and go for known quantities. To answer a few questions from above, Springfield Heights buildings have to be out for the multiplier to work. Most dont need to be upgraded. The only 2 exceptions are rhe beach hideaway, which has a base multiplier of 2% and you get an additional 1.5% per piece when you upgrade it. These pieces must be out though. And the private island must be upgraded to level 2 for the multiplier to work.

As for how do there know the multiplier is there? Store your SH buildings. Pick a building that pays cash. Tap it and note the base xp. Then put your SH building out and repeat. The xp will be higher with the SH buildings out if you did everything right (and if I explained it well enough ;)
PatrickSays
8 years ago
"frosted1414;1562504" wrote:
"sflowers330;1562489" wrote:
"frosted1414;1562475" wrote:
Am I mistaken or is the flag bundle an extraordinary deal at 50d? That works out to 6.66d per 1%. Usually items are 20d-40d per 1%.

Mystery boxes work out to 8D per 1%, but takes up less space than the Flag bundle.
What? how do you get that value?
Just bought 4 Mystery boxes: Khlav kalash 0%, bomb shelter 0%, Khlav kalash 0%, news van 2%
24d, 2% = 12d per 1% Guess if you buy a lot it will average your 8d per 1%

Just because of that I have stayed away from mystery boxes. I buy guaranteed percentage items. Right now I'm concentrating on flags even though they are terrible for your max item limit. I hate those billboards and vans.

My multiplier is 620%.
matthewtracy
8 years ago
Since the game doesn't give the information, what is that current flag bundle worth in multiplier? At 50 doughnuts, where does it rank as a deal?
daved7637397
8 years ago
"matthewtracy;1562538" wrote:
Since the game doesn't give the information, what is that current flag bundle worth in multiplier? At 50 doughnuts, where does it rank as a deal?

.25% per flag
Grand total of 7.5%
Very good deal. In the store regularly, the best you can do is the jet bike for 30 donuts & 2%
Jonalinn
New Spectator
8 years ago
"BeLikeTheBoy;1562544" wrote:
"meinaz;1562471" wrote:
If I never came to the forum, I still would probably have a really low multiplier. My priority was always characters and still is when I don't have many donuts. As long as you enjoy the game that is what is important. I have no desire to have a bunch of things that don't fit into my town or that I have to hide. I don't keep out most of my SH buildings because I think they are ugly and get in the way.

Agreed but this is like a Maslow's hierarchy of tapped out gameplay. Once you have played long enough and have hundreds of millions of currency and all characters, the game changes (the worm turns)

My jaw just dropped. I used to teach Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and I've never seen anyone refer to it in casual conversation. Huge grin on my face :)
infinite_jests
8 years ago
"PatrickSays;1562534" wrote:
"frosted1414;1562504" wrote:
"sflowers330;1562489" wrote:
"frosted1414;1562475" wrote:
Am I mistaken or is the flag bundle an extraordinary deal at 50d? That works out to 6.66d per 1%. Usually items are 20d-40d per 1%.

Mystery boxes work out to 8D per 1%, but takes up less space than the Flag bundle.
What? how do you get that value?
Just bought 4 Mystery boxes: Khlav kalash 0%, bomb shelter 0%, Khlav kalash 0%, news van 2%
24d, 2% = 12d per 1% Guess if you buy a lot it will average your 8d per 1%

Just because of that I have stayed away from mystery boxes. I buy guaranteed percentage items. Right now I'm concentrating on flags even though they are terrible for your max item limit. I hate those billboards and vans.

My multiplier is 620%.

MB aren't random after you get all of the unique characters. After that for every 8 boxes (48 donuts) you buy you get a Lard Lad, a billboard, and a news van and you get either 10 or 30 donuts back. It follows a set pattern.

So net spend of 38 or 18 donuts for 3% and a LL (plus the other decorations you can sell for cash). The average is between 6 donuts and 13 per percentage increase plus income generation. Not bad if you're just looking to boost.
1sflowers330
8 years ago
"frosted1414;1562504" wrote:
"sflowers330;1562489" wrote:
"frosted1414;1562475" wrote:
Am I mistaken or is the flag bundle an extraordinary deal at 50d? That works out to 6.66d per 1%. Usually items are 20d-40d per 1%.

Mystery boxes work out to 8D per 1%, but takes up less space than the Flag bundle.
What? how do you get that value?
Just bought 4 Mystery boxes: Khlav kalash 0%, bomb shelter 0%, Khlav kalash 0%, news van 2%
24d, 2% = 12d per 1% Guess if you buy a lot it will average your 8d per 1%

Essentially mystery boxes are not really a mystery , there are 3 patterns and then it repeats. You can search the board if you want to known them exactly. So why 8%? Buy enough mystery boxes and it works out to 800 donuts = 100% (on average); hence 8D to 1%. I can personally attest this is true.

Its a guarantee, but you won't see it in every single purchase; some are multiplier items, some are donuts, some are junk, but its there.