In the morning I do a quick pass with the zapper, then I hide all but characters and tap off the stragglers. I also zap the group of elves that appear every time I enter the game.
I zap the initial cluster around the cannon when I log in but in general I tap (I have used the zapper and come close to an elf and it doesn't die, something about the zap radius being too narrow)
I do both. I can sweep through my town quickly with the zapper but when I see the mooning elf, my natural instinct is to tap that, for some unknown reason.
Zap. My town is rather dense and without zapping I would never get to the elves behind buildings. I make sure to get the "no more elves" message each time I login.
I would ZAP more but on the Kindle Fire screen the tactile sensitivity is way off, and you have to keep trying to get it to work , I find retapping the Bottler icon in the corner sometimes helps but not enough to make it worth using.
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i also zap and drag my finger through my forest areas or town sometimes to get hidden elves.
Slowly catching up.