Is anyone else's Railyard board screwing with them during this event? Cletus and Skinner are off fighting monsters, Milhouse and Martin are tied up with trick or treating, and yet EVERY SINGLE PROJECT on my board requires plastic to turn in. This has been happening since the event started. Comic Book Guy is on his own to regenerate the supply. And he's truly on his own because I have zero interest in donutting up for Uriah. Dam you Sebastian Cobb for conspiring to keep me away from my 5 mystery track pieces and 5 donuts at the end of the week! #firstworldproblems

I had this problem, too, but I've already made it through to the end of the prize track, so it's possible.

Yeah, I made it last week too, I just didn't cruise to it the way I normally do!

Oh no it might take an entire day.

My rail yard was glass intensive this week. I finished in one day and then sent everyone back to their event tasks. There wasn't much of an impact. I'm almost done with the last prize in the track.

Since they have reduced the numbers for the railyard, it takes very little time. I didn't bother taking people off their Halloween tasks and still only took two days to complete. If we had the old limits, then it would have been a problem and I would have had to remove people from Halloween tasks.

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tbolin1123477
8 years ago
"C0rgano;1474405" wrote:
mostly plastic for me this week.... still finished in just over 12 hours.... if you have Crazy Cat Lady, just use her and Apu for monster attacks while Cletus/Skinner are gathering plastics...

This is what I did and finished in 1 day, easy peasy.
LPLeach
8 years ago
Every new project has plastic for me this week. There have been a few with just trash, but yes, loads of plastic. Will take me the entire week to get through it. I also have the hippie to help, but still taking a long time when I usually finish in 24 hours. Most weeks it's been metal intensive. Metal and glass supply has been full for 2 days.
justabar69
8 years ago
No kidding. All that work for a measly 5 donuts?
adruralo
8 years ago
"justabar69;1474864" wrote:
No kidding. All that work for a measly 5 donuts?

It's gold dust to some people, especially for those who are freemium players. :smile:
Echo0006
8 years ago
I send Crazy Cat Lady and Apu to fight the monsters while the Rail Yard is on. Occasionally, if I need two people to fight a double monster, I will send Krusty as well. This enables Skinner and Cletus to go and help out Comic Book Guy recycling Plastic while Martin and Milhouse trick-or-treat!

What I generally find is that the Rail Yard asks you for the resource that you have the LEAST amount of. So, I make sure that I don't use up my plastic much, but allow myself to spend the glass and metal as it's easier to get. (I don't know if this is true, I just find that the Rail Yard always asks you for the stuff you HAVEN'T got!) :p
Shirtless_Willi
8 years ago
"4junk3000;1474748" wrote:
Or, to heck with that rail yard grind. I'm not that addicted to donuts.

Now if they were chocolate...

Forget the donuts, I'd give them up if it guaranteed I'd only get straight track pieces all week.
spritals148
8 years ago
"4junk3000;1474748" wrote:
Or, to heck with that rail yard grind. I'm not that addicted to donuts.

Now if they were chocolate...

Extremely good point.
LPLeach
8 years ago
"Shirtless_Willie;1474948" wrote:
"4junk3000;1474748" wrote:
Or, to heck with that rail yard grind. I'm not that addicted to donuts.

Now if they were chocolate...

Forget the donuts, I'd give them up if it guaranteed I'd only get straight track pieces all week.

Amen, bro!
beeblebrox900
8 years ago
"cinthiafer260;1474432" wrote:
I feel like whatever resource you have less of is what it wants. Some weeks I feel like its Plastic or Metal...depending on what I'm low on. :/

This. Exactly is the story of My Springfield ;)
diddoboydiddo
8 years ago
"Echo0006;1474900" wrote:
I just find that the Rail Yard always asks you for the stuff you HAVEN'T got!) :p

That's what I'm sayin'! I'm staring at three more plastic requests as we speak!

Thanks everyone who reminded me that I don't need to keep all those monster fighters free and can use some for the rail yard. At the beginning of the event I thought more monsters would spawn than actually did so I was wasting time having them stand around waiting for something to happen.