I tried doing the lodge tapping thing and going back to tap the rest today but it took too long! Plus I kept having to skip through town after town of people whose lodge had already been tapped, so when I went back to them it took extra long skipping to the right ones!
Think I'll just go back to tapping everything and getting less emblems for myself from now on! 8)
I'm the same way. I also have several neighbors who do this. Actually, I have several who will tap my lodge two or three times throughout the day, and several I'll go back to because I know they clear their lodge often. I don't see any harm in it.
I tried doing that but it was waaaay too time consuming as the lodge at most of my neighbours was tapped already. I ended up going through my neighbours multiple times a day that way. I wasn't keeping track of who I visited either so I kinda felt like jerk if tapped someone's lodge twice in a day. Now just I make sure the lodge is available and I tap 2 others and move on.
I do this as well, but in order to maintain all my neighbors in the same time frame, i have to tap on 1 building if the lodge is unavailable. I have around 40 neighbors, so this leaves me 20 more lodge taps. 100 emblems > 20 emblems.
I try to keep my lodge clear as much as i can through out the day for those who do this as well. I feel bad when i see someone wasted their 3 taps on 1 emblem. lol
I tried it "yesterday" and "today" but it's a pain in the neck. With neighbors who are in different countries and different time zones they aren't all cleared at the same time and even if I wait several hours there is still problems getting in the 60.
It's a good idea if you are going to have problems getting all of Number 1's tasks done(240 can take a dent out of the 400 missed) but it's also time consuming to the point that it's not for everyone. I'll just give them their taps and work on my own way of getting the maximum amount out of the remaining emblems up for grabs.
I'm with the ones who say it takes waaayyy too much time. I recently trimmed my neighbor list by 3 but it still takes me almost an hour and a half (counting crashes) to visit normally. Selective visits take about twice as long.
I have my neighbors on a schedule that is deliberately not in synch with my emblem collecting. The first night I left one tap free for all neighbors when I visited at bedtime. The emblem collecting timer resets in the morning. As long as I tap one camera (lodge or not), that timer resets to the same time each day. Then I have all day to make that one last action in each town, and anyone who has the lodge available will then show the "come back in x hours" message. For anyone who doesn't I can try again later.
At bedtime, if I still have emblems left to collect, I blow through the list really quickly (now that everyone has reset to having 3 possible actions) and tap lodges first. Then I go back through the list to make sure everyone gets 2 taps and all visit timers are reset, leaving 1 free for the whole day tomorrow. That takes 30 mins or so at night, and 5-10 mins at a time whenever I have free time during the day (breakfast, lunch, coffee break, dinner).
It helps that I have a bunch of obsessive neighbors who are playing all day long. And if I see recent taps in my SF I can check those neighbors right away since there's a good chance they've recently cleared their lodge.
I am a lodge tapper for the first 60 actions. I visit everyone of my neighbours multiple times until I get the zero emblems message. Then I will visit everybody agsin but NOT tap any lodges until all of my neighbours say "come back in x"
It's time consuming, sure, but I figure it's a win-win for me and my neighbours. If I don't have time then everyone just gets 3 normal taps.
Please don't just delete lodge tappers unless you're sure they're not playing the same way as me.
I've thought about it but it takes me so long to get through my neighbours anyway. I'm only on G so far cos my rubbish broadband is really playing up tonight. Sigh. I'd best get back to it or I'll get booted by neighbours H -Z.
I am a lodge tapper for the first 60 actions. I visit everyone of my neighbours multiple times until I get the zero emblems message. Then I will visit everybody agsin but NOT tap any lodges until all of my neighbours say "come back in x"
It's time consuming, sure, but I figure it's a win-win for me and my neighbours. If I don't have time then everyone just gets 3 normal taps.
Please don't just delete lodge tappers unless you're sure they're not playing the same way as me.
Pics would help us believe you.
wow, do you really think someone who would only tap lodges for their own gain would bother to post on here?
I don't know how to take in game screen shots (galaxy tab 2) but would gladly do so if someone tells me how. I presume you'd want a shot of my neighbour screen saying "come back in x"
I am a lodge tapper for the first 60 actions. I visit everyone of my neighbours multiple times until I get the zero emblems message. Then I will visit everybody agsin but NOT tap any lodges until all of my neighbours say "come back in x"
It's time consuming, sure, but I figure it's a win-win for me and my neighbours. If I don't have time then everyone just gets 3 normal taps.
Please don't just delete lodge tappers unless you're sure they're not playing the same way as me.
Pics would help us believe you.
wow, do you really think someone who would only tap lodges for their own gain would bother to post on here?
I don't know how to take in game screen shots (galaxy tab 2) but would gladly do so if someone tells me how. I presume you'd want a shot of my neighbour screen saying "come back in x"
It's a shtick he does, don't worry about providing pictures for this kind of thread 8)
I am a lodge tapper for the first 60 actions. I visit everyone of my neighbours multiple times until I get the zero emblems message. Then I will visit everybody agsin but NOT tap any lodges until all of my neighbours say "come back in x"
It's time consuming, sure, but I figure it's a win-win for me and my neighbours. If I don't have time then everyone just gets 3 normal taps.
Please don't just delete lodge tappers unless you're sure they're not playing the same way as me.
Pics would help us believe you.
wow, do you really think someone who would only tap lodges for their own gain would bother to post on here?
I don't know how to take in game screen shots (galaxy tab 2) but would gladly do so if someone tells me how. I presume you'd want a shot of my neighbour screen saying "come back in x"
I recommend ignoring him.
Home button + power button should take a screenshot for you, for future reference. (But seriously, ignore that guy.)
I thought about lodge tapping but its only 300 emblems, not worth my time at all. Without even trying (or spending donuts) I'm at 13,000 emblems, which by some blogs charts is almost double what I need in order to hit the final prize before the end of the event.
I generally just blast through my entire neighbours list in one run. Tapping the lodge when I can and avoiding it when I can't gain emblems.
It takes less time. Sure, I may miss out on a few emblems. However, I hope that by visiting everyone and giving three taps I'll get more return visits than I normally would and that will make up some of the difference.
I'd much rather have a neighbor that taps only the lodge (sometimes more than once on their return trip) than a neighbor that doesn't visit my town at all.
To be frank, I'm less than thrilled when someone who taps only my lodge comes back and taps the lodge a second time.
I have NO PROBLEM with the tactic of going through the list tapping only lodges. Its a smart strategy. I'm ashamed I didn't think of it myself.
I love the follow up visit to give me my two extra taps. That is a wonderful gesture. I have amazing neighbors and virtually all of them return. I know at that point, most are beyond their 60 and only tapping to help me out.
I don't mind if someone does NOT always make that second trip. Its time consuming, and I understand.
HOWEVER, on that second go around, I wish they would not tap the lodge, if they tapped it already that day. I have close to 75 friends. I have close to 14,000 emblems, largely because SO MANY visit me. I would like to think that I can give as many of them as possible the chance at my lodge. This is why I try to visit/clear my lodge at LEAST four times per hour. But that means only about forty chances for 75 neighbors. When I see that many of my most faithful friends are shut out from having any access to those extra points while others go through three times ... Well ... I would prefer to help as many as possible.
I'm not angry. I just would be a Happy Camper if people would use my lodge once but not more.
Just sayin'
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Think I'll just go back to tapping everything and getting less emblems for myself from now on! 8)
A few people mentioned it on the "Worth visiting neighbours" thread.
I try to keep my lodge clear as much as i can through out the day for those who do this as well. I feel bad when i see someone wasted their 3 taps on 1 emblem. lol
It's a good idea if you are going to have problems getting all of Number 1's tasks done(240 can take a dent out of the 400 missed) but it's also time consuming to the point that it's not for everyone. I'll just give them their taps and work on my own way of getting the maximum amount out of the remaining emblems up for grabs.
~M~
At bedtime, if I still have emblems left to collect, I blow through the list really quickly (now that everyone has reset to having 3 possible actions) and tap lodges first. Then I go back through the list to make sure everyone gets 2 taps and all visit timers are reset, leaving 1 free for the whole day tomorrow. That takes 30 mins or so at night, and 5-10 mins at a time whenever I have free time during the day (breakfast, lunch, coffee break, dinner).
It helps that I have a bunch of obsessive neighbors who are playing all day long.
Pics would help us believe you.
wow, do you really think someone who would only tap lodges for their own gain would bother to post on here?
I don't know how to take in game screen shots (galaxy tab 2) but would gladly do so if someone tells me how. I presume you'd want a shot of my neighbour screen saying "come back in x"
It's a shtick he does, don't worry about providing pictures for this kind of thread 8)
Home button + power button should take a screenshot for you, for future reference. (But seriously, ignore that guy.)
Nothing to it, don't fret. You aren't used to the antics yet...
It takes less time. Sure, I may miss out on a few emblems. However, I hope that by visiting everyone and giving three taps I'll get more return visits than I normally would and that will make up some of the difference.
I'm only deleting neighbors that don't visit.
I have NO PROBLEM with the tactic of going through the list tapping only lodges. Its a smart strategy. I'm ashamed I didn't think of it myself.
I love the follow up visit to give me my two extra taps. That is a wonderful gesture. I have amazing neighbors and virtually all of them return. I know at that point, most are beyond their 60 and only tapping to help me out.
I don't mind if someone does NOT always make that second trip. Its time consuming, and I understand.
HOWEVER, on that second go around, I wish they would not tap the lodge, if they tapped it already that day. I have close to 75 friends. I have close to 14,000 emblems, largely because SO MANY visit me. I would like to think that I can give as many of them as possible the chance at my lodge. This is why I try to visit/clear my lodge at LEAST four times per hour. But that means only about forty chances for 75 neighbors. When I see that many of my most faithful friends are shut out from having any access to those extra points while others go through three times ... Well ... I would prefer to help as many as possible.
I'm not angry. I just would be a Happy Camper if people would use my lodge once but not more.
Just sayin'