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What's with the random tasks continuing

I hate them. I assume they are there just so the taskbar is never empty.

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  • HQmer
    81 posts
    edited August 2014
    When a character with a task symbol appears that you suspect is a random task you can either go to KL or your friend list and that will make the rando task disappear. If that same character still has a task icon active then it probably isn't a rando task.

    Whenever I see grandpa has a task I switch to KL so I don't have to do his tell stories task for the thousandth time.
  • shafanator108
    359 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    HQmer wrote:
    When a character with a task symbol appears that you suspect is a random task you can either go to KL or your friend list and that will make the rando task disappear. If that same character still has a task icon active then it probably isn't a rando task.

    Whenever I see grandpa has a task I switch to KL so I don't have to do his tell stories task for the thousandth time.

    I bought gorgeous grandpa so I would not have to do that anymore. Atm I have 2 random tasks, one is grandpa and the other is lisa. I have cool lisa so now those 2 tasks just stay there and I never randomly send any character on a random task again!
  • furrykiltman
    661 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    HQmer wrote:
    When a character with a task symbol appears that you suspect is a random task you can either go to KL or your friend list and that will make the rando task disappear. If that same character still has a task icon active then it probably isn't a rando task.

    Whenever I see grandpa has a task I switch to KL so I don't have to do his tell stories task for the thousandth time.

    Did this by accident. It was on Willie, which I have a skin for, and I went to KL to clear stuff. When I came back it had switched to Moe with a 24 hour task. If it had still been Willie, the task never would've been done.
  • rolybert7
    2776 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    HQmer wrote:
    When a character with a task symbol appears that you suspect is a random task you can either go to KL or your friend list and that will make the rando task disappear. If that same character still has a task icon active then it probably isn't a rando task.

    Whenever I see grandpa has a task I switch to KL so I don't have to do his tell stories task for the thousandth time.
    tried this but when I get back there is another rando waiting for me! If I have to do this until all my characters randoms are cleared I will just live with the task
  • furrykiltman
    661 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    Well it has happened. Apu just came up with a 12hr shift. This will sit in my task bar, unless an update removes it.
  • alapalme
    226 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    The only random task in my list is to grow perfection
    I'm growing corn, so I can't complete the task
    But no other random task will come up so long as that one is pending!
  • furrykiltman
    661 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    alapalme wrote:
    The only random task in my list is to grow perfection
    I'm growing corn, so I can't complete the task
    But no other random task will come up so long as that one is pending!

    Never got a random task for Cletus' farm, only characters.
    That is why Apu will sit there with his 12hr shift till EA removes it.

    Edit: spelling
  • alapalme
    226 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    alapalme wrote:
    The only random task in my list is to grow perfection
    I'm growing corn, so I can't complete the task
    But no other random task will come up so long as that one is pending!

    Never got a random task for Cletus' farm, only characters.
    That is why Apu will sit there with his 12hr shift till EA removes it.

    Edit: spelling

    Wow! Seems like everytime I grow corn, I get a farm task within a week!
  • Neglecterino
    5175 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    alapalme wrote:
    The only random task in my list is to grow perfection
    I'm growing corn, so I can't complete the task
    But no other random task will come up so long as that one is pending!

    Nice one!
  • Psdance
    150 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    What I did was wait for a short one to come up and don't do them. I think the limit is 3 tasks as I've had the same 3 tasks waiting to be completed. Homer going to Kwick-E-Mart, Lisa reading a book and harvest perfection.
  • meinaz
    5440 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    alapalme wrote:
    alapalme wrote:
    The only random task in my list is to grow perfection
    I'm growing corn, so I can't complete the task
    But no other random task will come up so long as that one is pending!

    Never got a random task for Cletus' farm, only characters.
    That is why Apu will sit there with his 12hr shift till EA removes it.

    Edit: spelling

    Wow! Seems like everytime I grow corn, I get a farm task within a week!

    Growing corn seems to be a guarantee that you will get a farm task. I had the grow perfection task show up the day after I planted corn. It will be their for a long time.
  • furrykiltman
    661 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    Funny, I only get single random tasks ranging from 45s to 24hr. Also have not gotten farm task since I first grew corn in May. I was running it with the radio & TV stations with character tasks, then thought that maybe this update would push a crop {like I read in other threads}. So hoping with the Halloween update it will push early corn, it's due in 75d21h.
  • furrykiltman
    661 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    I had the hospital glitch, maybe this is a glitch in my game?
  • mikepellerin60
    493 posts Member
    edited August 2014
    Meh, I just do the task. If it throws one character out of sync with the rest, I just sit them on the sidelines till they can get in the game again.
    Moe: "Moe's tavern, home of the worlds smallest large screen TV."
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