malcolm4444 wrote:
I think we're using different definitions of the word "collect."
In every other aspect of the game, tapping on the thing (dollar sign on a house, or ticket on a building in KL, for instance) makes the "goods" (money, XP, KL tickets) pop out. It is not necessary to manually pick up (tap on) the "goods"; you can leave KL or your friend's town without tapping on the "goods" and you still get credit for them.
To experience how this is different (a bug, in my opinion), try this.
1. Note down your number of Krustyland tickets and your number of GOO.
2. Go to a friend's Krustyland. Tap on three tickets. The "goods" (tickets and XP) pop out. Don't pick them up.
3. Now use the Krustyland shuttle to go to your friend's Springfield. Tap on five ghosts. The "goods" (GOO and perhaps gremlins) pop out. Don't pick them up.
4. Exit your friend's town (either by going to another friend's town, or by going back to your town).
5. Note your new number of tickets and goo. You will notice that your KL tickets went up by 12 (four KL tickets for each of the three buildings you tapped on) but your GOO did not go up at all. You "lost" the GOO and gremlins that you tapped on while you were in your friend's town.
Until this bug is fixed, there are two solutions to this problem: either manually "pick up the goods" from each of the five ghosts you tap on in your friend's town; or to remain in your friend's town for a long enough time after your last click (probably 20 or 30 seconds, I haven't timed it) to allow the goods to get picked up automatically.
Again I don't know how people can do all 8 taps and have enough time to exit before any of it collects.
My neighbor's town loads. Immediately haunt 3 buildings (typically pick 1 of 8 directions and grab 3 buildings that are remotely close to each other). Then start tapping on 5 ghosts. I usually only have to tap the last 2-3 ghost's goo and all of it is collected immediately. I visited like 50 Springfields last night (after a night off) in like 45 minutes. So I'm not drawing out the length of time, I want to get it over with A.S.A.P. but I hardly get a chance to leave before everything collects. Usually only have to wait a second or two for all the haunts to auto-collect.
