Archives for posts with tag: Land expansion

Repost: Will there ever be more land?

April 19, 2013 //

The weekend posts are not far away and there’s still a lot of Whacking Day information to cover as well as information on Level 28. There are a lot of questions sitting in the comments as well, so please be patient while I get to those at the end of a very busy week. In the meantime, the fact that there are now even more new buildings means that people are asking again about land – so here’s a repost from a couple of months back…

For people just starting out, this may seem a ridiculous question. But for people who are creating Springfields full of wide-open and well-decorated spaces, land is fast running out. At the moment, the maximum land size for your Springfield is 13×13 squares and from that point on, there’s nothing else to do but move things a bit closer together if you want to add new buildings. (If you want to see how much the land costs at the furthest corners, take a look here.)

Will EA be adding more land to the game? My guess would be not just yet. There are still a lot of stability issues which seem to stress the servers out at every update, and these would need to resolved before larger Springfields can be safely and reliably stored. That people are now playing on a greater number of devices with a greater or lesser amounts of device memory is also a challenge. In expanding land area, EA may need to make hard decisions about what devices to support and what to leave unsupported – already a decision has been made not to support first generation iPhones and iPads.

My guess it that there will be more land available at some point in the future, although it’s difficult to say when. I also think it’s possible that the shore will open up. But whether that will happen any time soon is another question.

Tags area, Buildings, land, Land expansion, level 28, The Simpsons Tapped Out, Whacking Day

Categories Land expansion, Level 28, Whacking Day

Do more expensive trees give a bigger boost to my Tree-hugging rating?

By TSTO Tips

March 27, 2013 //

The Tree-hugging rating is rarely a problem for players at higher levels of the game. But as you’re starting out and expanding your land, it’s something you need to manage.

Your Tree-hugging rating is included on your Conform-o-meter, which you can find by tapping on the stars at the bottom left of your screen:

The Tree-hugging rating contributes towards your conformity bonus, which gives a boost to the cash and XP you collect every time you tap on anything in the game. As you can see, mine is currently 4.5% due to a drop in my Righteousness rating (and another post on that is still on it’s way!).

You boost your Tree-Hugging rating by buying trees, flowers and shrubs, all of which are allocated a certain number of points behind the scenes in your game. But the important thing to know is that all the non-premium trees, shrubs and flowers give you exactly the same number of points. And that means that if you spend $1000 on the smaller shrubs, you’ll get far more points than you would if you spent $1000 on the more expensive trees.

So, the best way to boost your Tree-hugging rating should it ever be at less than 5 stars is to keep buying shrubs until you build it up all the way!

Tags Cash, Conform-o-meter, conformity bonus, flowers, Land expansion, shrubs, The Simpsons Tapped Out, Tree-hugging rating, trees, XP

Categories Conform-o-meter, Gameplay, Tree-hugging rating, XP

What should level 26 players do with their money right now?

By TSTO Tips

March 18, 2013 //

A very good question came in from Michael today:

Today, I have 2 million dollars and now I’m not sure what’s the right way to go:
1.) Buy the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper and then have nearly 0 dollars
2.) Wait until I collect 3 million dollars and buy the 50-foot Magnifying Glass or
3.) Don’t spend my money on these big buildings and save money for upcoming events?

Whats your opinion?

My advice for the moment would be to hold on to your cash. If level 27 is on the way, there’ll be at least one new building and it’s likely to be more expensive than Burns Manor. Each of the recent updates has also had a second, quite expensive new building. (For level 27, the Springfield Buddhist Temple and the Adult Education Annex are predicted.) You may also need to buy new land to make room for these, depending on their size.

The bottom line for players currently on level 26 is that you may need up to half a million dollars spare for any level 27 buildings. So my advice for level 26 players who are saving for the really expensive items would be to make sure you have around $500,000 free – and wait and see what may be on the way over the next few days.

Tags 50-foot Magnifying Glass, Adult Education Annex, Cash, Land expansion, level 26, level 27, Money, Popsicle Stick Skyscraper, Springfield Buddhist Temple, The Simpsons Tapped Out, update

Categories 50-foot Magnifying Glass, Adult Education Annex, Cash, Land expansion, Level 26, Level 27, Popsicle Stick Skyscraper, Springfield Buddhist Temple, Update

Will they be adding more land? I’ve just about got all there is!

By TSTO Tips

February 25, 2013 //

My guess it that there will be more land available at some point in the future, although it’s difficult to say when. I also think it’s possible that the shore will open up – if you take a look when you’re buying land, you’ll see that the grid extends beyond the left-hand border of your town.

Tags EA, land, Land expansion, Prices, The Simpsons Tapped Out, update

Categories EA, Gameplay, Land expansion, Prices, Update

How can I improve my gluttony rating?

By TSTO Tips

February 19, 2013 //

The gluttony rating is one of the elements of your conformity bonus – and one of the easiest to get to 5 stars (you can open up your Conform-o-meter and check where you are by tapping on the stars at the bottom left of your main screen). You keep your gluttony rating high, and help to maximize your conformity bonus, by having enough restaurants for your town size. In fact anything that has a menu over it when you go to collect cash helps the gluttony rating.

Keeping it at the maximum was made a little easier by the Valentine’s Day update and the release of Phineas Q. Butterfat’s, and helped again with the release of El Chemistri at level 26. At higher levels you have the benefit of the full restaurant range – both Butterfat’s and El Chemistri, but also Gulp ‘n’ Blow, Krusty Burger, the Java Server, the Gilded Truffle, Luigi’s and Pimento Grove.

If you’re at a lower level or have a very large town, your choices for additional places to eat and keep your gluttony rating high are limited – but that’s why you can buy additional Krusty Burgers or Gulp ‘n’ Blows from level 12 on. So, how many of these do you need? Well, that depends on your land area – I have 2 Krusty Burgers and 3 Gulp ‘n’ Blows in addition to the other restaurants, and my gluttony rating stays high even when I buy more land. And that helps me keep the 5% bonus cash and XP I’ve grown to love.

Tags Buildings, Conform-o-meter, conformity bonus, El Chemistri, Gluttony rating, Gulp 'n' Blow, Krusty Burger, Land expansion, Luigi's, Phineas Q. Butterfat's, pimento grove, the gilded truffle, The Java Server, The Simpsons Tapped Out

Categories El Chemistri, Gameplay, Gluttony rating, Gulp 'n' Blow, Krusty Burger, Land expansion, Luigi's, Phineas Q. Butterfat's, Pimento Grove, The Gilded Truffle, The Java Server

How big can my Springfield be? And how expensive is the land going to get?

By TSTO Tips

January 24, 2013 //

The total number of squares in the grid is currently 169 squares (it’s a 13 x 13 grid). That’s a lot of expansion. Will it get bigger? Maybe in some future update, but probably not anytime soon given the current stability issues with the existing grid size.

As for how much the land costs, these are the prices at the furthest corners:
- The most upper right square (Northeast by the hills) costs $56,000.
- The most lower left square (southwest by the water) costs $69,000.
- The most lower right square (southeast) cost $137,000.

You know you’re reaching the edge when you can see land that has no rubbish for Homer or Lisa to cleanup.