I agree I usually look for the highest payout properties available in my friends towns so it will restart the timer as soon as possible for them. I can't stand when people help me out with things I have planted on Cletus' farm. It doesn't even matter what the time of the item I grew was because the timer doesn't restart until I replant.

It actually irritates me when people click on any of my higher level houses for example, because the way I lpay is making sure all blue houses end at the same time so I can collect all at once, and white's, purples etc. When someone swoops in and ruins my sync I find it really plays havoc with my OCD! lolSwings and roundabouts though eh :) It's always possibly to tap on the higher valur stuff though - I thought that you could only tap on a building where the rent was available for the town owner to collect - hence why the simpsons house, brown houses, Kwik-e-marts and Krusty burgers are the most commonly tapped - because they roll around again much quicker...

before you get your undies in too much of a bunch, many times I go to peoples towns and those are the only items to collect on. So really, this is what is worth complaining about... Well, have fun with all that...

It is kind of silly, especially since most of my friends have been playing for a long time.Someone actually tapped on my TV News building. Fat load of good that did, hahahaha.

Don_Have_A_Cow wrote:I don't really count on friends to help save me time or make me extra money so I don't really care which buildings they tap on. I tap on their towns for the extra $$$ and XP and to see what is going on in their towns. They can visit me and tap wherever they want. I usually collect in my own town often enough that other's visits don't really make that much of a difference,Neither do I. However, if I'm doing the Right Thing, visiting my "friends" every day, spending that time when I could be just as easily directly working on my own game, I'm actually going backwards. And as I said in my post, I would rather have no friends whatsoever, than go backwards due to inconsiderate idiots.ickshter wrote:before you get your undies in too much of a bunch, many times I go to peoples towns and those are the only items to collect on. So really, this is what is worth complaining about... Well, have fun with all that... Already addressed. I realize this and I already covered this situation. I'm talking about a persistent trend, over the last week, not just a one-off. I'm talking not playing my Springfield for 12 hours and still coming back to $18 of "friend" assistance.And, yes it is worth complaining about. The fact you refuse to get it says I would unfriend you in a heartbeat. That you think it's perfectly alright that you would enjoy the benefits of me helping you out to the best of my ability, while I would suffer from your inconsiderate nature as you refuse to put in any effort whatsoever. Unfriended instantly.

I do sometimes find the behavior you describe to be mildly exasperating, but I figure that at least the neighbors in question are visiting rather than not visiting my town. And is the amount of money involved really enough to get upset about? Not for me. In addition, I don't think you've really identified an increasing trend in this kind of behavior. A subset of people has always done this; heck some have even boasted about it on the forums. I do, however, like the idea of the game developers grafting the V-Day name labels onto the handshake icons, allowing us to see who is visiting our towns and what they are tapping on while there.

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shaunareid
12 years ago
It actually irritates me when people click on any of my higher level houses for example, because the way I lpay is making sure all blue houses end at the same time so I can collect all at once, and white's, purples etc. When someone swoops in and ruins my sync I find it really plays havoc with my OCD! lol

Swings and roundabouts though eh :) It's always possibly to tap on the higher valur stuff though - I thought that you could only tap on a building where the rent was available for the town owner to collect - hence why the simpsons house, brown houses, Kwik-e-marts and Krusty burgers are the most commonly tapped - because they roll around again much quicker...
ickshter
12 years ago
before you get your undies in too much of a bunch, many times I go to peoples towns and those are the only items to collect on. So really, this is what is worth complaining about...

Well, have fun with all that...
iswthunder
12 years ago
It is kind of silly, especially since most of my friends have been playing for a long time.

Someone actually tapped on my TV News building. Fat load of good that did, hahahaha.
xenedar
12 years ago
Don_Have_A_Cow wrote:
I don't really count on friends to help save me time or make me extra money so I don't really care which buildings they tap on. I tap on their towns for the extra $$$ and XP and to see what is going on in their towns. They can visit me and tap wherever they want. I usually collect in my own town often enough that other's visits don't really make that much of a difference,

Neither do I. However, if I'm doing the Right Thing, visiting my "friends" every day, spending that time when I could be just as easily directly working on my own game, I'm actually going backwards. And as I said in my post, I would rather have no friends whatsoever, than go backwards due to inconsiderate idiots.

ickshter wrote:
before you get your undies in too much of a bunch, many times I go to peoples towns and those are the only items to collect on. So really, this is what is worth complaining about...

Well, have fun with all that...

Already addressed. I realize this and I already covered this situation. I'm talking about a persistent trend, over the last week, not just a one-off. I'm talking not playing my Springfield for 12 hours and still coming back to $18 of "friend" assistance.

And, yes it is worth complaining about. The fact you refuse to get it says I would unfriend you in a heartbeat. That you think it's perfectly alright that you would enjoy the benefits of me helping you out to the best of my ability, while I would suffer from your inconsiderate nature as you refuse to put in any effort whatsoever. Unfriended instantly.
KrustyBrand
12 years ago
I do sometimes find the behavior you describe to be mildly exasperating, but I figure that at least the neighbors in question are visiting rather than not visiting my town. And is the amount of money involved really enough to get upset about? Not for me. In addition, I don't think you've really identified an increasing trend in this kind of behavior. A subset of people has always done this; heck some have even boasted about it on the forums. I do, however, like the idea of the game developers grafting the V-Day name labels onto the handshake icons, allowing us to see who is visiting our towns and what they are tapping on while there.
Mjr1124
12 years ago
I wish we were friends so I could unfriend you for being a whiney little bish.
shaunareid
12 years ago
Mjr1124 wrote:
I wish we were friends so I could unfriend you for being a whiney little bish.

LOL!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Sometimes you want to just get in and out quickly (that's what she said) especially if you have 100 friends to get through, to wander around the town looking for the biggest value buildings takes forever with that many friends! Screw that!
fastdan1
12 years ago
Mjr1124 wrote:
I wish we were friends so I could unfriend you for being a whiney little bish.

+1
xblheretic
12 years ago
I always try to vandalize first, especially if the town has less than five stars. Helping to maintain their conform-o-meter bonus percent is the best way to help friends.

If I can't vandalize, I look for the highest payout buildings I can find. But active players rarely have high payout buildings waiting for collection. After playing for six months now, it's pretty obvious to me upon entering a town whether or not high payout buildings will be available. So some times, especially for friends I know to be active and have five star ratings, I'll automatically hit KB and the brown houses.

@shaunareid, I agree with you in that many people don't like to have logical groupings of buildings out of sync. I try not to tap on just one of the two cemeteries, or break sync in a grouping of like houses. But in the end, if that's all that's available, I'm gonna tap it and be on my way.
hammybacontime
12 years ago
Here is what I did. Download the Orgin app and unfriend everyone. Start again. I did that right after the v-day event ended. I'm now open for friends again.