Hi
Been playing for a long while. I'm lvl 49 and for the most part during an event im a freemium player somewhat as I won't buy stuff like packs of candy or the event is card for 90 doughnuts.
I will splurge on charachters or premium items sometimes.
Now getting to the topic. Yes it helps to have a lot of friends during events or getting friend prizes faster.
That's why if you have a lot you just click all the stuff like in this event 3 phones 3 crooks and press the right arrow.
You don't have to click every dollar or phone n pie.
They auto collect.
As for the currency of this event.
The lock picks are like doughnuts u collect in a way. Some times you'll get few and some times you get more.
Not saying they shouldn't have gave lock picks like a 13.5 - 14% drop rate instead of 10 but yeah.
Also I think the crystals higher drop rate over shadows the drop rate of the lock picks somehow.
Who knows.
Either way hopefully ea won't offer the lock picks for ridiculous amounts of doughnuts to bencd it out.
Honestly that be a joke.
Especially seeing how we all she'll out doughnuts for the extra charachters like spider pig or the lizard scientist guy or even both.
Where does the line get drawn for EA"s greed.... Happy tapping.