# The Simpsons: Tapped Out **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231 "2012-12-06T21:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 154
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3064 "2014-04-23T02:20:42Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > My one gold basket I’ve gotten was also fences. I am collecting a lot more eggs now, but the pace is still not on track for me to get everything without a LOT of luck. And I play a lot. People who just log in once, twice a day? I can’t imagine how they’re going to fare without even more luck. I think it presumptuous to assume that players are entitled to every ‘prize’ on every event. I can’t say for sure, but I _think_ this event was designed so that free players couldn’t get every item. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with that. YMMV > [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > So today, I got two blue boxes and one pink box. > > Pink box, 300 gold eggs, > 2 blue boxes, 200 gold eggs. > > That is 1 gold box! > Gold box… 2 pastel fence sections. :rolleyes: ok, this is where that old roll-eyes smilie is needed. > > That’s one day’s worth of egg collecting, tapping, and zapping bunnies. 2 stinking fence sections… > > Yeah, I felt happy. 🙂 From 4/19 - > [@D\_Odds](#): > > Traded 2 blue boxes for 100 gold eggs each. > Traded 1 pink box for 300 gold eggs. > Traded 1 gold box for…2 pastel fences. > > I wouldn’t mind getting 50 fences. 15 donuts would be sweet. (pun intended) I’ve opened two gold boxes since then (because I don’t trade in blue boxes, I use them for baskets for more pink). No more pastel fences ☹ One pink box did give me Easter fences, though. I’m up to 5 fences. Only 45 to go…yeah, I don’t think I’ll make it either. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3065 "2014-04-23T13:04:47Z")
I got my second gold box last night, which yielded my first set of pastel fences. I like the other fences better. I did she Shari Bobbins listed in the prizes, though – I thought she wasn’t available until you had collected an obscene number of eggs? The only prize in the ‘common’ box I’d like to have is the Blocko store; but of course I got my second beach towel/umbrella instead. At least it’s better than those ugly trees. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3066 "2014-04-23T14:36:08Z")
I think she shows up in the spinthru but it won’t land on her until you’ve spent a minimum number of eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3067 "2014-04-23T20:31:55Z")
What the hell kind of prize is a tiny pile of eggs? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3068 "2014-04-23T20:36:54Z")
A lousy one. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3069 "2014-04-23T20:41:51Z")
It helps your Vanity rating. The easiest one in the whole game to bump. I almost screamed in rage when I “won” it the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3070 "2014-04-23T22:01:51Z")
This event is the shittiest event the game has ever had. I get if I can’t get everything, but this sucker is rigged to make it dull and impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3071 "2014-04-24T00:51:37Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > What the hell kind of prize is a tiny pile of eggs? I don’t know, but I’ve got two of the damn things. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3072 "2014-04-24T00:57:47Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I think it presumptuous to assume that players are entitled to every ‘prize’ on every event. I can’t say for sure, but I _think_ this event was designed so that free players couldn’t get every item. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with that. YMMV I’m not entitled to win every “prize” (I’m assuming we’re both being sarcastic here due to the plethora of fences), but I don’t like that AT THIS TIME it seems unlikely. It should be possible. Maybe not likely, but at least possible. It is not coming across to me as a challenge, but a money grab by EA. Yes, it’s a business, but there is a difference between having an event offer stuff for donuts, even 300 donut whales, and making it unwinnable if you DON’T use donuts. I’ve opened 21 boxes and haven’t gotten any of the better prizes (just no-bonus decorations and gold eggs), and have only gotten enough gold eggs for two boxes. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3073 "2014-04-24T15:20:24Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I’m not entitled to win every “prize” (I’m assuming we’re both being sarcastic here due to the plethora of fences), but I don’t like that AT THIS TIME it seems unlikely. It should be possible. Maybe not likely, but at least possible. This is where we disagree, which is fine. I’m assuming we’re two different people with two different views on how things should work. I don’t mind that there are so many ‘prizes’ (and I use the term prize very loosely) that it is not possible to get them all as a free player. I don’t know how many boxes I’ve opened, but I’ve had more gold boxes. Once I figured it out, I stopped opening common boxes (blue for me) and just exchange blue for pink at neighbors’ towns and using the pinks to get gold. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3074 "2014-04-24T17:04:24Z")
Heh, I just discovered that I can connect to the game via my company’s guest wifi now. This may help me stomp some bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3075 "2014-04-24T18:41:07Z")
Is it just me, or does it appear there are more rabbits to electrocute recently. Maybe since my play has picked up, I’m just seeing more, but I’m wondering if they’re setting up a “they’re breeding like … well, rabbits” joke in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3076 "2014-04-24T19:08:25Z")
Harvesting carrots makes a whole litter of rabbits appear next to the farm. So I like to zap-clear the town of rabbits, harvest the corn, then zap the suckers as they emerge from the field. So satisfying. Bah, another ice-cream cone tree. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3077 "2014-04-25T00:56:43Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I don’t know how many boxes I’ve opened, but I’ve had more gold boxes. Once I figured it out, I stopped opening common boxes (blue for me) and just exchange blue for pink at neighbors’ towns and using the pinks to get gold. When I get the two allegedly good prizes from the pink box, I plan on trading most of my pink eggs for blue ones. It seems like a good strategy. I still haven’t gotten anything good yet. I think that’s another reason I’m super frustrated. At least during V-day when I got a dozen ponds and trains, they had a multiplier. All this junk with no multiplier, and the fences HAVE to be placed in your town to get the suck out 15 donuts. I’m halfway there with three weeks to go, so at least I’ll get that… Or maybe I just jinxed myself into getting ponds and beach umbrellas and sno-cone trees. I thought if I saved up and did a bunch of boxes at once that might help, but it didn’t. It does keep the frustration to just once a day, instead of every time I get 500 eggs, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3078 "2014-04-26T00:27:29Z")
Just a heads up for those trying to grind out this event, it may be in your best interest to hold off completing the main quest line. Completing the quest gives you the (infinitesimal) chance of winning the “Natural Faberge Egg” from zapping bunnies but apparently also takes away your random baskets. Super lame. I haven’t gotten a single basket in a week. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3079 "2014-04-26T01:11:50Z")
I read that once you get the Faberge egg you might get baskets again. It hasn’t been confirmed yet. I’m close to the end, so I think I’m going to hold off on the last task until I find out for sure. I did FINALLY get some of the “good” prizes last night. Just a topiary and Banana Dictatorship, but it’s so much better than another beach umbrella or more flipping fences. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3080 "2014-04-26T03:00:14Z")
Yeah, I also heard that the baskets will resume after you get the Faberge Egg, but the odds are pretty bad for getting the egg, 0.07%. Depending on how often you clear your town, that’s a good ten days of tapping (on average). That’s a long time to wait for new baskets. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3081 "2014-04-26T03:05:17Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Just a heads up for those trying to grind out this event, it may be in your best interest to hold off completing the main quest line. Completing the quest gives you the (infinitesimal) chance of winning the “Natural Faberge Egg” from zapping bunnies but apparently also takes away your random baskets. Super lame. I haven’t gotten a single basket in a week. Well, i am no where close to ending this nightmare, and I went 4 days without seeing a basket. Are you sure one is connected to the other? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3082 "2014-04-26T03:23:25Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I think it presumptuous to assume that players are entitled to every ‘prize’ on every event. I can’t say for sure, but I _think_ this event was designed so that free players couldn’t get every item. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with that. YMMV I don’t think anyone should be “entitled” to everything. However, fremium players or premium players should have the same chance at everything. If EA wants to keep free players from having some of the cooler prizes, make them something that can be purchased through donuts. > [@Skammer](#): > > I got my second gold box last night, which yielded my first set of pastel fences. I like the other fences better. I did she Shari Bobbins listed in the prizes, though – I thought she wasn’t available until you had collected an obscene number of eggs? > > The only prize in the ‘common’ box I’d like to have is the Blocko store; but of course I got my second beach towel/umbrella instead. At least it’s better than those ugly trees. I got my second pastel fence set, along with 300 gold eggs. Thats a great prize. Swap 500 gold eggs for 300 gold eggs. Shoot. Me. Now. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > This event is the shittiest event the game has ever had. I get if I can’t get everything, but this sucker is rigged to make it dull and impossible. And yet, we are all still playing. Why, I do not know. I have wound down my playing considerably, but I still get a couple of boxes a day. No way. I win everything unless I pick up the pace or purchase some donuts. I really only want the lego building, I am sure I will never see it. > [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > When I get the two allegedly good prizes from the pink box, I plan on trading most of my pink eggs for blue ones. It seems like a good strategy. I still haven’t gotten anything good yet. I like the strategy, i will have to try it now, since pink is where my lego building is. > [@Erdosain](#): > > Just a heads up for those trying to grind out this event, it may be in your best interest to hold off completing the main quest line. Completing the quest gives you the (infinitesimal) chance of winning the “Natural Faberge Egg” from zapping bunnies but apparently also takes away your random baskets. Super lame. I haven’t gotten a single basket in a week. What is a natural faberge egg? I guess I’ll have to do some googling for that one, ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3083 "2014-04-27T01:40:57Z")
I did get confirmation that baskets will resume when you collect the faberge egg at the end of part 18 of the Easter quest. Yes, as was pointed out, the chance is really low, but it’s not like I was raking in the baskets before. I have a few in storage and a few out, plus they’re not filling up fast for me anyway. I’m at the end of the alphabet, so I’m guessing that some of my friends give up before they get down to the Xs (no judgment). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=155)