Thread:Debsaok/@comment-25021853-20140925060154/@comment-25021853-20141013210055

Bassmech20608 wrote: I like the "Occupy Springfield" idea, I'll swing by your town and check it out.

I got two of the Portals, not a bad investment if done early as it's an extra 6 Rigellians every 8 hours, and each one drops 3 Probes (then Ray Guns after the 20th, then Protein Strands after November 1st) for up to 54 (or 108 in my case) extra Event currency per day, which could easily be the difference between having enough to finish each prize track or falling short. And they will switch to putting out Cash and Experience after the Event, and they look cool. I just hope I get some more of the Rigellian Shrubs to put around them (and now I'm wondering if Moe will "Spy on Midge" from the Rigellian Shrubs?) before the Event is over.

I'm glad to have the Pumpkin House too, even if the payout is lame. The Ray Gun gives 1 Ammo every 8 hours, and you get Kodos (great if you don't already have her), and the Crashed UFO decoration too, so I definitely consider it worth it, the sooner the better so you get more Ammo (not to mention the extra Cash and XP from the side quests and from having Kodos as an extra character, and completing the Character set of Aliens with Kang).

The Leaderboard seems to be just about bragging rights. I think someone broke down how many points you get for what, I think I saw it on the Rigellians or Grem-Aliens page (Edit: info about the Leaderboard is on the main Treehouse of Horror XXV page). I'm at the top of my Leader Board among my neighbors, I think I'm up to 16,000+ or so points. I was in a battle for first with one of my neighbors for a bit early on, but then I bought a few 25 packs of Grem-Aliens and unleashed them one per neighbor late at night so that most went uncaught. Now I try to spread the ones I get free around to all my neighbors, but especially to the ones near the bottom of my Leader Board, help them out if you will. I'm now about 5000 points ahead of the person in second on my Leader Board, and they are about 6000 points ahead if third. 86 of my 102 neighbors are above 1000 points now and I hope to get everyone above 1000 soon.

I have pulled back a bit on sending Grem-Aliens out recently though, as I'm getting close to the 8,050 Probes needed to finish the current Prize Track, so I figure it's better to save up my Grem-Aliens till I need them to earn me more of the Ray Guns or Protein Strands to finish the second and third Prize Tracks (especially the last one, as we will need 14,000 some Protein Strands to finish the 3rd Prize Track!!!), and to give the others on my Leader Board a chance to catch up to me. I may still send a few Grem-Aliens out to those needing the Probes, and I'll be doing it when I see that they are playing or will be playing soon to maximize the chance of them catching the Grem-Aliens and getting the shared prize of 2 Probes and points towards their Leader Board (if I send them out late at night and they don't get caught within 4 hours, then I get 4 Probes instead of 2, and I get more Leaderboard points, but the person whose town I sent the Grem-Alien to gets zero points unless they catch it in time). It seems to benefit us all the most if you give your neighbors the chance to catch the Grem-Aliens, but if you're trying to improve your rankings then sending them out when your neighbors are asleep will give you more points.