Auto Collect Contracts

[crescent moon (RIP)]

Couldn’t ou just put it in a magic garden in that scenario? I’ve built a couple of the 300 pax buildings but with a family ticket I can get 1100 passengers from what building. Multiplying that by 100 is a crazy number

Sadly I probably will never see 100 alarm clocks nor will anyone that started playing in the last 1-2 years, so I don’t think this would be an option unless you had 800 greens you’re willing to spend to get them. I’m lucky to see 1-2 per month from mystery boxes

You've got a good start on your adventure buldings. They drop items for mystery bonuses. If you can manage a mint, casino or bank next time the offer comes around, those drop items for mystery bonuses. Private school. business center and courthouse all drops items for mystery bonuses. I haven't purchased a mystery bonus in months, and I have 112 boxes in my warehouse. (I don't open them unless I need something). I may open 5-6 at a time, usually looking for weathervane, and almost always get an alarm clock or family ticket.

 

[Bob69bob]

You've got a good start on your adventure buldings. They drop items for mystery bonuses. If you can manage a mint, casino or bank next time the offer comes around, those drop items for mystery bonuses. Private school. business center and courthouse all drops items for mystery bonuses. I haven't purchased a mystery bonus in months, and I have 112 boxes in my warehouse. (I don't open them unless I need something). I may open 5-6 at a time, usually looking for weathervane, and almost always get an alarm clock or family ticket.

Isn’t it funny when something in this game smacks you in the face and you wonder how you’ve missed a basic feature of the game for so long . I had built one of each of the buildings you mentioned but never noticed the drops! If they weren’t so expensive to warehouse, I’d have removed them long ago. Instead, I’ve just built another 5 private schools .

 

[Davescharf]

You've got a good start on your adventure buldings. They drop items for mystery bonuses. If you can manage a mint, casino or bank next time the offer comes around, those drop items for mystery bonuses. Private school. business center and courthouse all drops items for mystery bonuses. I haven't purchased a mystery bonus in months, and I have 112 boxes in my warehouse. (I don't open them unless I need something). I may open 5-6 at a time, usually looking for weathervane, and almost always get an alarm clock or family ticket.

Hmmm...never thought about the private schools because I’ve essentially shunned many coin producing buildings. 350k isn’t horrible given my daily income so I may have to look at this as an option

Really appreciate the insight @crescent moon . I have to say this thread has been one of the most valuable ones I’ve read here in some time

 

[Izelman]

Really appreciate the insight @crescent moon . I have to say this thread has been one of the most valuable ones I’ve read here in some time

Agree with that

 

[Izelman]

Hmmm...never thought about the private schools because I’ve essentially shunned many coin producing buildings. 350k isn’t horrible given my daily income so I may have to look at this as an option

Really appreciate the insight @crescent moon . I have to say this thread has been one of the most valuable ones I’ve read here in some time

The question is: with very seldom drops how long it takes to complete this collection?

 

[Bob69bob]

The question is: with very seldom drops how long it takes to complete this collection?

I would suggest a lot longer than you’d like. Until you have land/coins to burn, 8000 coins to Duke twice a week is a much better option.

 

[WildJaguar]

Yes my apologies. That's what I was hoping for. In other words, the more collectors you have, the more you can collect, and also the more contracts you have available to you. This is very useful info. Thank you very much.

Great piece of info.... Just to make my understanding clear... If you have only one Visa Centre in your city, for e.g, then the only contract available for you to make is the Express Contract. Am i right? So if i need a 9 hour contract to be setup, then i need to buy three VISA centres....or else it is impossible, no matter how much silvers you have. Is my understanding correct?

Now lets say I have three visa centres and i want to setup a 9 hour contract paying 125 silvers. I should strategically place each one of them in different locations around the city so that it is close to the maximum number of pax buildings, and these buildings must be giving the maximum pax per hour [just to maximize the benefit]. Lets also assume I am not able to afford a police station and my radius is 1 around each of my three visa centres. After these placements I then go to one of the visa centre setup menu, and then pay 125 silvers and setup the contract [one time activity]. This will activate auto collect for all the three visa centres and 9 hours later my visa centres will be crowded with lots and lots of pax. Am I good so far?

I agree this is one of the best and most useful posts ever in this forum. I was trying to figure out whether i should spent my gold for either visa or bank, this gives me a better idea.

 

[Wasted Eagle]

Great piece of info.... Just to make my understanding clear... If you have only one Visa Centre in your city, for e.g, then the only contract available for you to make is the Express Contract. Am i right? So if i need a 9 hour contract to be setup, then i need to buy three VISA centres....or else it is impossible, no matter how much silvers you have. Is my understanding correct?

Now lets say I have three visa centres and i want to setup a 9 hour contract paying 125 silvers. I should strategically place each one of them in different locations around the city so that it is close to the maximum number of pax buildings, and these buildings must be giving the maximum pax per hour [just to maximize the benefit]. Lets also assume I am not able to afford a police station and my radius is 1 around each of my three visa centres. After these placements I then go to one of the visa centre setup menu, and then pay 125 silvers and setup the contract [one time activity]. This will activate auto collect for all the three visa centres and 9 hours later my visa centres will be crowded with lots and lots of pax. Am I good so far?

I agree this is one of the best and most useful posts ever in this forum. I was trying to figure out whether i should spent my gold for either visa or bank, this gives me a better idea.

Yes. You are right, your understanding is correct and all is good so far...

One side note: you can only buy Police Stations when you have all six collectors, installed. Even further, if you take a collector away (warehouse or no road) the radius will fall back to 1-tile...

 

[Wasted Eagle]

The question is: with very seldom drops how long it takes to complete this collection?

Treat it as something that happens in the background. Avoid frustration and don’t wait for drops, you’ll complete sooner or later. Take @Bob69bob ’s advice and go for Duke’s 8000 coin box (or even the 5 greens one)...

 

[PhactorPhil]

So what are your opinions on spending tokens for these auto-collect vs. saving for Casino/Bank/Mint offer? The last CBM came out right after I started playing the game and I didn't know any better at the time... so about 2 years, 2 months ago. Anyone want to predict if/when it will come back? I'm starting to think it's better to put my tokens to use instead of saving in the hopes of "when that day comes"...

 

[Wasted Eagle]

CBM trumps auto-collect any day of the week. It’s been long but you don’t want to be without tokens when CBM hits.

Maybe save up for a minimum of tokens, enough to buy some CBM and spend the excess?

 

[Navigata07]

This is definitely an improvement, and my interest is peaked ... but I'm having trouble getting over my pessimistic worry that I spend tokens to get an auto-collect building and then the CBM offer comes out and I won't have enough to buy them

That's exactly why I won't buy Autocollect until I have secured enough for at least a casino. Matter of fact, I won't buy until I can afford several autocollect buildings, as you need multiple buildings to unlock contracts and get the best bang for your buck when you use a contract

 

[PhactorPhil]

I think that's the right strategy for my game @Wasted Eagle and @Navigata07. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

 

[Navigata07]

The question is: with very seldom drops how long it takes to complete this collection?

Forever and a day. I've only completed the collection once with 6 private schools (because I love coin collecting buildings unlike the majority of vets). In terms of frequency, the business center is best (8 hours), but who in their right mind would buy 6 business centers. So the next best bet is the private school, which gives you one click a day

 

[Navigata07]

I'm just glad autocollect is more attractive now. I always thought it was revolutionary, but needed to reduce the cost of these contracts. Nowadays, they no longer require gold, and although I want them for coin purposes, @Wasted Eagle also shone some light on how to use them for pax, specifically for map flights. Definitely glad I asked about the contracts....thanks again Eagle

 

[Navigata07]

Great piece of info.... Just to make my understanding clear... If you have only one Visa Centre in your city, for e.g, then the only contract available for you to make is the Express Contract. Am i right? So if i need a 9 hour contract to be setup, then i need to buy three VISA centres....or else it is impossible, no matter how much silvers you have. Is my understanding correct?

Now lets say I have three visa centres and i want to setup a 9 hour contract paying 125 silvers. I should strategically place each one of them in different locations around the city so that it is close to the maximum number of pax buildings, and these buildings must be giving the maximum pax per hour [just to maximize the benefit]. Lets also assume I am not able to afford a police station and my radius is 1 around each of my three visa centres. After these placements I then go to one of the visa centre setup menu, and then pay 125 silvers and setup the contract [one time activity]. This will activate auto collect for all the three visa centres and 9 hours later my visa centres will be crowded with lots and lots of pax. Am I good so far?

I agree this is one of the best and most useful posts ever in this forum. I was trying to figure out whether i should spent my gold for either visa or bank, this gives me a better idea.

You nailed it on the head. If you want more pax for map flights, go for visa center. If u want an ocasional boost in coins, and lack the resources to do red launches, then get the banks. At some point, I plan to get both

 

[Bob69bob]

You nailed it on the head. If you want more pax for map flights, go for visa center. If u want an ocasional boost in coins, and lack the resources to do red launches, then get the banks. At some point, I plan to get both

I appreciate your passion for coin buildings. Up until a few week ago, I had one of every possible coin building that I could get my hands on. My collection as a bit of a passion . Scattered throughout them were a lot of bonus buildings including at least 4 to 5 of every type from helicopter collections (I have done a lot more than just 3 starring ALL helo destinations). A few times recently, I have let all coin buildings generate and then used the Inconvertible Coin (x2 bonus) and collected the lot. I was quite disappointed at how little there was compared to returns from flights. I’m not even considering launches. Once you’re flying Giants, for instance, you get around 500 coins per flight (without any bonuses).
With every possible piece of land open, I was running out of room. Those buildings occupied around 1/3 of my city and my adventure buildings had nowhere to go. I bit the bullet and put over 50% into storage. I spent hours working out the best combo to keep- mostly 4hr turnovers (I hate chasing coins randomly all day). I haven’t noticed a huge change in accumulation. Before buying the 5 more Private schools (and an extra 5 courthouses at the same time), I had around 8 million coins sitting idle. I didn’t have much to spend them on, but that has only been a recent occurrence. I have one business centre but not keen to get 6 as they’re 3x3.
I would (if I could) bet that by the time you get CBM and then consider auto collect buildings (if you do indeed follow that advice) your mind will change about the importance of buildings as a source of coins. I know you believe otherwise now (as I did as well ) but time will tell .

 

[Navigata07]

I appreciate your passion for coin buildings. Up until a few week ago, I had one of every possible coin building that I could get my hands on. My collection as a bit of a passion . Scattered throughout them were a lot of bonus buildings including at least 4 to 5 of every type from helicopter collections (I have done a lot more than just 3 starring ALL helo destinations). A few times recently, I have let all coin buildings generate and then used the Inconvertible Coin (x2 bonus) and collected the lot. I was quite disappointed at how little there was compared to returns from flights. I’m not even considering launches. Once you’re flying Giants, for instance, you get around 500 coins per flight (without any bonuses).
With every possible piece of land open, I was running out of room. Those buildings occupied around 1/3 of my city and my adventure buildings had nowhere to go. I bit the bullet and put over 50% into storage. I spent hours working out the best combo to keep- mostly 4hr turnovers (I hate chasing coins randomly all day). I haven’t noticed a huge change in accumulation. Before buying the 5 more Private schools (and an extra 5 courthouses at the same time), I had around 8 million coins sitting idle. I didn’t have much to spend them on, but that has only been a recent occurrence. I have one business centre but not keen to get 6 as they’re 3x3.
I would (if I could) bet that by the time you get CBM and then consider auto collect buildings (if you do indeed follow that advice) your mind will change about the importance of buildings as a source of coins. I know you believe otherwise now (as I did as well ) but time will tell .

I could see why you would feel that way. I do agree that coin buildings are not the most efficient. However, with my buildings currently providing over $30k a day from collecting (if I collect at least 10 times each day), they're vital to my purchasing at the moment. if you look at my current lineup of buildings, most of them are hourly, and they have to be my definition of "worthy". A handful are 8 hours. Because of this, the coin collecting is very efficient, and it certainly adds up. As time passes, and I lose the need to make purchases, some will get warehoused for sure....to make room for pax and other adventure buildings. It certainly helps me out though....that's for sure.

 

[Navigata07]

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