Railyard day

Wow almost the same here. I do 44 KEMS per for hours. It takes no time at all and my money stays roughly at the same level all the time. Now getting 12 bonus rounds a day out of it.

I still do the railyard though. For some reason I just need to have more track pieces all the time.

Railyard day is easy to remember for me. It's also garbage day. Take out the trash IRL, take out the trash in game. Easy!

KrustyBrand wrote:

Johnny2bd wrote:
Farm KEMs. It's quicker, easier, and by far more rewarding. Unless you're after the rail pieces there's just not really a reason to bother with it any more.

I doubt I’m going to start KEM farming, but your comment piqued my curiosity. Just how much time do users expend on farming during the course of a typical day? (I know people have a natural tendency to minimize such time estimates, so if you choose to respond here, please try to resist doing that.)

When I still had levels to go up I was doing my best to harvest 5 times a day and I was building 40-60 KEMs every time and it was a grind - almost like doing the rail yard every day. It also put a lot of pressure on me to make sure I was making as much money as I could to build as many as I could each harvest. I really didn't enjoy it but I wanted to complete the Homerlayas.

Since then, as long as I harvest twice a day (though 3 is my actual aim) I'm happy. I only build 36-40 KEMs each time and it only takes a few minutes to complete the process. I'm only bringing in about 12-24 bonuts a day this way - but that's still a much, much, much higher payout than the rail yard with way less effort than having to check on their staggered 1, 2, and 3 hour tasks.

Maybe you'd rather not bother, but I like getting more track, and the 5 donuts, so there!

TwigletStyx wrote:

I've been *farming* approx. 45 KEM's 2-3 times per day for the past few weeks, and the only reason it takes more than a minute each time is because they absolutely refuse to be laid-out in straight lines. :lol:

I had the same problem. I spent a few minutes setting up fences to use as guides for the kwik-e-marts, now they fall right into place. If you're worried about how the fences look, pretty much anything small will do. Bushes, flowers, etc.

daved7637397 wrote:

TwigletStyx wrote:

I've been *farming* approx. 45 KEM's 2-3 times per day for the past few weeks, and the only reason it takes more than a minute each time is because they absolutely refuse to be laid-out in straight lines. :lol:

I had the same problem. I spent a few minutes setting up fences to use as guides for the kwik-e-marts, now they fall right into place. If you're worried about how the fences look, pretty much anything small will do. Bushes, flowers, etc.

Could you post a screenshot of what your setup looks like? I would love something like this, as arranging the KEMs is probably the most annoying part of this wonderful donut farm.

My monorail is finally finished! While I liked getting the donuts, I was primarily replacing short straight pieces with long pieces to make more room under the item limit. It's now done!
It's such a relief not to have to keep checking in on the railyard.
I'll be taking a break from railyard duties for the rest of the month.
Maybe to resume for the 5 donuts at a later date.

mystery2mi wrote:
Chalk me up as one more person addicted to the weekly railyard. I don't even care about the tracks anymore. Am only in it for the donuts. I know it's not a lot but just can't seem to stop.

I did forget about it this morning, though. We had a bad storm come through yesterday afternoon. It took down a lot of trees and powerlines. Lost power until around 5am this morning. Totally forgot about the railyard...

Yikes neighbor! Hope all is well now.

shawn59736 wrote:

mystery2mi wrote:
Chalk me up as one more person addicted to the weekly railyard. I don't even care about the tracks anymore. Am only in it for the donuts. I know it's not a lot but just can't seem to stop.

I did forget about it this morning, though. We had a bad storm come through yesterday afternoon. It took down a lot of trees and powerlines. Lost power until around 5am this morning. Totally forgot about the railyard...

Yikes neighbor! Hope all is well now.

We got through it relatively unscathed and only lost power which has since been restored. So glad that I didn't do the weekly grocery shopping on Monday though, because I would probably be throwing it out now. Thanks for your concern, neighbor!

TwigletStyx wrote:

KrustyBrand wrote:

Johnny2bd wrote:
Farm KEMs. It's quicker, easier, and by far more rewarding. Unless you're after the rail pieces there's just not really a reason to bother with it any more.

I doubt I’m going to start KEM farming, but your comment piqued my curiosity. Just how much time do users expend on farming during the course of a typical day? (I know people have a natural tendency to minimize such time estimates, so if you choose to respond here, please try to resist doing that.)

I've been *farming* approx. 45 KEM's 2-3 times per day for the past few weeks, and the only reason it takes more than a minute each time is because they absolutely refuse to be laid-out in straight lines. :lol:

Time lost depends on multiple circumstances. Like TwigletStyx says, it'll take you some time depending where you place them. Amount to place, multiplier (how many KEM will gain you a level) and possible double donut boxes will take most of your time.

You could always get a feel and try it out with minimal amounts of KEMs so you won't lose a lot of money.

The 22th KEM and every one before will rack up a combined cost of $44.370,00.

Low amounts of KEM placed shouldn't take longer than a minute, minute-and-a-half every time you place/collect.

aSkydude252 wrote:

daved7637397 wrote:

TwigletStyx wrote:

I've been *farming* approx. 45 KEM's 2-3 times per day for the past few weeks, and the only reason it takes more than a minute each time is because they absolutely refuse to be laid-out in straight lines. :lol:

I had the same problem. I spent a few minutes setting up fences to use as guides for the kwik-e-marts, now they fall right into place. If you're worried about how the fences look, pretty much anything small will do. Bushes, flowers, etc.

Could you post a screenshot of what your setup looks like? I would love something like this, as arranging the KEMs is probably the most annoying part of this wonderful donut farm.

Not sure how to do that. If someone can tell me I would be happy to. Basically I put a row of kwik-e-marts, then a row of fencing in on the side where the next row is going, and repeat for how ever many rows you need. The plain brown fence kinda blends in so its not real visible. When you sell the kwik-e-marts, do it row by row so the fence doesn't get sold. When you plant your next batch they will fall into place.

Anyone who can help me with how to screenshot please pm me