# 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:** 284
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5664 "2017-03-29T04:16:46Z")
Finally! I was about to send all my people on 24 hour tasks and I thought to check the App Store first for updates. I win! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5665 "2017-03-29T14:37:27Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I guess they really don’t want to let more than a week go between some sort of event anymore. I am cautiously optim-excited about the spy storyline though. The structure of the events seems to have crystallized, so it all comes down to the writing and the prizes. Fingers crossed. It’s nice to see the super-villains again. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5666 "2017-03-30T16:49:49Z")
I like this one so far but my daily challenge is to get 40 blueprints and I’m at 14 so far. 40 seems kind of high ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5667 "2017-03-30T17:17:39Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I like this one so far but my daily challenge is to get 40 blueprints and I’m at 14 so far. 40 seems kind of high I believe we still have the option to reject the daily challenge and get offered a second choice by clicking the little x. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5668 "2017-03-31T03:01:39Z")
Don’t blow off the blueprint challenge cuz the payoff is 30 blueprints! They are super hard to get tho. I don’t know how we are supposed to get through the crafting, having to pay with blueprints… ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5669 "2017-03-31T16:11:30Z")
I was going to say the same thing. I hope they make some other way to get blueprints besides finding super agents because it’s really slow going with those. I’m not entirely sure that the agent sweep thing is completely on the level. I find that if I just click as much as possible all over the screen I get more agents than there appear to be. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5670 "2017-03-31T16:58:39Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Don’t blow off the blueprint challenge cuz the payoff is 30 blueprints! > > They are super hard to get tho. I don’t know how we are supposed to get through the crafting, having to pay with blueprints… Aw nuts. I X’d it out in favor of tapping the tan agents. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5671 "2017-03-31T22:49:47Z")
Have I destroyed Springfield again? Ive been wasting hours playing on my Android tablet. At least a week ago, I tried to install the game on my iphone but it failed. Apparently there wasnt enough memory. Today I noticed the icon on my phone had changed so I tried it and it worked. I started from the beginning. I thought, anonymously. When I go back to the tablet, the game wont load and all I see is a black screen. I’m over my head, here. FML. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5672 "2017-04-01T18:44:51Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5673 "2017-04-01T22:33:44Z")
I bought Hank Scorpio. Comes with a lair and a mastermind skin. His dialogue is fun. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5674 "2017-04-01T23:04:29Z")
longPath: not sure we know, EA tech support might be best. Bought Scorpio too. Upon unlock he immediately had 3(!) 8 hour jobs to do (basic, oufit, and if you also have Dr. Collosus), so he has tons of quests. Did Krustyland recently increase the collection range? I remember it didn’t increase when they added the IRS, but more recently it got huge it seems. ---
**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 2, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5675 "2017-04-02T01:24:41Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Did Krustyland recently increase the collection range? I remember it didn’t increase when they added the IRS, but more recently it got huge it seems. Yeah, it now matches your IRS range. I thought I was just getting fewer people at first. The drop rates are supposed to increase with each act of the event, if it looks too daunting right now. I still think it’s a little untenable, but we’ll see. It’s not Easter (still mad about that…2, 3 years later). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5676 "2017-04-02T01:30:08Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > Yeah, it now matches your IRS range. I thought I was just getting fewer people at first. > > The drop rates are supposed to increase with each act of the event, if it looks too daunting right now. I still think it’s a little untenable, but we’ll see. It’s not Easter (still mad about that…2, 3 years later). The pink and blue eggs? Yeah, that was my first major event and thankfully all weren’t that frustrating. Interesting concept though. ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5677 "2017-04-04T13:29:53Z")
Dare I get the college nerds? dare I? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5678 "2017-04-04T14:32:12Z")
I dared. They are separately playable characters and have tasks to get intel. A much better deal than Gil usually offers. ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5679 "2017-04-04T14:49:26Z")
Yeah, I jumped at this one. I had over 300 donuts and this looked like a good deal. ---
**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 5, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5680 "2017-04-05T01:34:16Z")
I haven’t decided on the nerds, but I got the tourists. Not great characters, but a good price for earning more currency and xp. I bought Lurleen because 110 after rebate is a good deal too. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5681 "2017-04-05T17:19:54Z")
There was a small automatic update today. I think it changed the amount of blueprints (whatever the blue things are) that you get from Tan Men. I got more in the last 10 minutes than I had gotten all week. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5682 "2017-04-05T17:45:03Z")
Apparently it increased the drop rate of the schematics (but reduced the amount dropped from 2 to 1) and added a bonus percentage to the cypress creek sign and globex balloon in The Store. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/5683 "2017-04-11T07:10:18Z")
I’ve been using BlueStacks because my phone is on the fritz… wow, the drone is _very different_. The viewpoint moves around much, much faster on the computer. It potentially can find more guys, but also moves away before I can click all on screen. Ultimately, I think the phone is easier to get points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=285)