Talk:Treehouse of Horror XXV Event/@comment-84.13.64.168-20141013200448/@comment-25021853-20141015223954

I've noticed that I'm getting more Probes now that more people are playing the Event and sending more Grem-Aliens to their neighbors, than when the Event first started. As long as you get about 750 Probes per day you should make it to 8,050 in time. Even if you don't get it, anything not earned on a Prize Track will wind up in the Make-a-Thing Workshop and can be Crafted. If you don't already have the Rigellian Hunting License and have the Donuts to buy it I'd give serious consideration to getting it. It doubles the number of Probes/Ray Guns/Protein Strands you get while visiting your neighbors, and while an extra 90 of the Event Currency may not seem like much, it will add up and can easily be the difference between getting enough in time to complete a Prize Track.

The other thing is to try to play every couple hours if you can. Obviously you have to sleep, but the other 16 or so hours each day, even if it's just for a few minutes each time, playing frequently allows you to catch Grem-Aliens that your neighbors leave before their 4 hours are up and get 2 Probes per Grem-Alien caught, but also to squish the Rigellians (the little face huggers) and get 3 Probes each from them. The Rigellians spawn every 5 minutes and stay until squished, but there is a limit of 80 (50 of those displayed at once) and once that limit is reached you are missing out on potential Probes. Now, yes, that does come to 400 minutes, or 6 hours and 40 minutes before capacity is reached, but since you want to log in every 2-3 hours anyway to make sure you catch the Grem-Aliens before they disappear, clearing out as many Rigellians as you can while you're there will maximize your yield of Probes. Especially just before going to bed you will want to clear every last Rigellian from your Springfield so that the town can fill up while you sleep and then you'll have plenty of the little huggers to squish when you get up.

If you tend to get up in the middle of the night, then a quick 5 minutes to clear out Grem-Aliens and Rigellians will put you in an even better position to maximize how many Probes/Ray Guns/Protein Strands you can get each day. Unfortunately, just like the Clash of Clones Event, playing every couple hours is the only way to get the maximum benefit.