"KrustyBrand;c-1862199" wrote:
"Oatmeal832;c-1862147" wrote:
"adruralo;c-1859919" wrote:
"0Brooders0;c-1859830" wrote:
Wouldn't a collect all button deflect from tapping? It is tapped out after all.
Just saying :/
Yes,
this is the point of Simpsons tapped out.
No. The point of the game is to build our little Springfields and enjoy our "interactions" with the characters.
Spending tons of time on mind-numbing, pointless "tapping" is a chore that detracts from the fun.
When the game started, tapping everything was fine because the towns were small enough, but now it's a complete drag - that's why everyone uses the IRS to clear and why the Office of Unemployment is a popular way to send out characters on jobs.
Tapping is part of the game but not its "point".
If I had to individually tap on all 300 characters and my 100s of buildings, I'd have quit this game long ago...
No offense, but trying to definitively pin down the point of the game strikes me as particularly fruitless. It seems clear that different people enjoy different aspects of TSTO. Some place primary emphasis on decorating their towns, others on the accumulation of content or donuts or in-game cash, and, yes, a few have spoken about the soothing, calmative aspects of the tapping process. Go figure.
If you want to agitate for a “collect all” button, that’s fine and dandy, but it’s equally fine to be unconcerned about whether or not EA provides one.
I'm fine with the current solution of the IRS and Unemployment buildings. IRS can still leave collecting as a chore, but it beats the heck out of doing it one building/character at a time.
If someone views tapping as "soothing and calmative", they're welcome to continue to do it. The game doesn't force them to use IRS building.
I'm not "agitating" for anything - though as noted, if EA had never added the easier collection method of the IRS and the easier task assignment method of Unemployment, I'd have quit long ago, and I suspect I'm not alone.
My response reacted to the not-uncommon idea that because the game is called "Tapped Out", tapping is the "point" of the game, and they use this as an argument against "collect all"...
