Righteousness 5 Star Restore Trick

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

punkymcmilli wrote:
When your Righteousness takes its sudden plunge from 5 stars, use this trick to restore your rating in a matter of minutes.

1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).
2) Exit town.
3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings.
4) Repeat for 7 to 8 neighbors, bada bing, Righteousness is back to 5 stars.

Previous to stumbling upon this trick, I had to search scores of towns to find enough cleaning opportunities to restore my Righteousness rating. Now a couple of minutes with my neighbors, and I can move on with the game at 5 Stars.

The only downside is that your neighbor doesn't have any graffiti to clean up.

Read Step 1

Nice, thanks Punky! :D

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

punkymcmilli wrote:
When your Righteousness takes its sudden plunge from 5 stars, use this trick to restore your rating in a matter of minutes.

1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).
2) Exit town.
3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings.
4) Repeat for 7 to 8 neighbors, bada bing, Righteousness is back to 5 stars.

Previous to stumbling upon this trick, I had to search scores of towns to find enough cleaning opportunities to restore my Righteousness rating. Now a couple of minutes with my neighbors, and I can move on with the game at 5 Stars.

The only downside is that your neighbor doesn't have any graffiti to clean up.

Read Step 1

Read step 3

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

punkymcmilli wrote:
When your Righteousness takes its sudden plunge from 5 stars, use this trick to restore your rating in a matter of minutes.

1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).
2) Exit town.
3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings.
4) Repeat for 7 to 8 neighbors, bada bing, Righteousness is back to 5 stars.

Previous to stumbling upon this trick, I had to search scores of towns to find enough cleaning opportunities to restore my Righteousness rating. Now a couple of minutes with my neighbors, and I can move on with the game at 5 Stars.

The only downside is that your neighbor doesn't have any graffiti to clean up.

Read Step 1

Read step 3

3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings (that you vandalized in) 1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

punkymcmilli wrote:
When your Righteousness takes its sudden plunge from 5 stars, use this trick to restore your rating in a matter of minutes.

1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).
2) Exit town.
3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings.
4) Repeat for 7 to 8 neighbors, bada bing, Righteousness is back to 5 stars.

Previous to stumbling upon this trick, I had to search scores of towns to find enough cleaning opportunities to restore my Righteousness rating. Now a couple of minutes with my neighbors, and I can move on with the game at 5 Stars.

The only downside is that your neighbor doesn't have any graffiti to clean up.

Read Step 1

Read step 3

3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings (that you vandalized in) 1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).

If you clean up the graffiti you did, the neighbor doesn't receive the prompt to clean it.

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

punkymcmilli wrote:
When your Righteousness takes its sudden plunge from 5 stars, use this trick to restore your rating in a matter of minutes.

1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).
2) Exit town.
3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings.
4) Repeat for 7 to 8 neighbors, bada bing, Righteousness is back to 5 stars.

Previous to stumbling upon this trick, I had to search scores of towns to find enough cleaning opportunities to restore my Righteousness rating. Now a couple of minutes with my neighbors, and I can move on with the game at 5 Stars.

The only downside is that your neighbor doesn't have any graffiti to clean up.

Read Step 1

Read step 3

3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings (that you vandalized in) 1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).

If you clean up the graffiti you did, the neighbor doesn't receive the prompt to clean it.

Yeah they do, you get 3 actions. Vandalize 2, clean 1. 1 remains with graffiti. I've tried this so called "trick" where you can get this bonus action, and haven't been able to do it.

kelekod wrote:
Yeah they do, you get 3 actions. Vandalize 2, clean 1. 1 remains with graffiti. I've tried this so called "trick" where you can get this bonus action, and haven't been able to do it.

No, cuz you clean both that you vandalized. You can clean up to 4-5 vandalized buildings in neighbor's towns if you tap them fast enough... Before the first one's cleaning animation finishes. Best if they are all together and don't need to scroll far.

That sucks. I've never had a problem cleaning my own graffiti. Hell, sometimes I'll clean graffiti (not necessarily mine), leave, come back and be able to clean it again. Doesn't happen every time though.

kelekod wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

Rosshk wrote:

VxMarmitex9 wrote:

punkymcmilli wrote:
When your Righteousness takes its sudden plunge from 5 stars, use this trick to restore your rating in a matter of minutes.

1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).
2) Exit town.
3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings.
4) Repeat for 7 to 8 neighbors, bada bing, Righteousness is back to 5 stars.

Previous to stumbling upon this trick, I had to search scores of towns to find enough cleaning opportunities to restore my Righteousness rating. Now a couple of minutes with my neighbors, and I can move on with the game at 5 Stars.

The only downside is that your neighbor doesn't have any graffiti to clean up.

Read Step 1

Read step 3

3) Return to town, now you will be able to clean the 2 buildings (that you vandalized in) 1) Go to a friends town and vandalize 2 buildings (preferably within the same screen shot).

If you clean up the graffiti you did, the neighbor doesn't receive the prompt to clean it.

Yeah they do, you get 3 actions. Vandalize 2, clean 1. 1 remains with graffiti. I've tried this so called "trick" where you can get this bonus action, and haven't been able to do it.

Ah, I see your point, I was speaking under the knowledge that the OP used the extra action "trick"

cl891 wrote:
Just to wade in on this debate. If you read this thread http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9329876.page#27399562 you'll find that different forum members have found different answers when it comes to actually testing this theory. In some towns, if you vandalise your friend's buildings then go back and clean it up, the friend can't, while in other towns the mop remains for your friend to clean. It seems to be a glitch in the code.

Personally, if you want to be a good friend, I'd make sure to leave them at least one building to clean up in case the glitch doesn't affect them in the advantageous way.

Ideally, but seems most of my friends don't visit me much, and don't vandalize me often. But my righteousness keeps dropping every few days, and my only recourse seems to be just to clean up their buildings, which are often vandalized when I get there.