Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28829111-20170427212115/@comment-28829111-20170430213805

Star0210 wrote: Does it matter when visiting friends if I charge trophies or rooms? Is one more preferable than the other? Trophies don't stack charges. So, in general, it might be wisest to charge rooms and crafting stations. But since trophies do help with the extra energy, coins -  hitting them some of the time is also welcome. I'd recommend mixing it up! Some believe that depending on your talent you *should* charge certain places over others. My personal findings is that the hidden collection items are all over the maps and trophies. If you are a joker, for example, it helps others if you tap on their premium cost rooms because the next time they play the room entry energy fee is reduced. But if you do this you may miss out on receiving a collection item because it might be under one of the less pricy rooms for that player. So my advice is to mix it up. Try to hit a couple of the premium rooms but try other locations as well if you are joker. If you are a Red Ranger which improves a players chance of getting a CI maybe try to tap at least a few of the rooms that have pieces to the desired tool sets (sets that award 5 flying time, 5 purple lighting, or 5 lanterns) - ie. the garden, the marketplace, the ancient cards, the clothing shop, the clock tower the shack.... If your talent is a Blue Ranger it helps with XP so charging a few premium XP rooms adds to a players overall XP award next time they play that room. High XP rooms are synonomous with high energy to play - so "pricy" rooms like Dark Square, Old Square, Veranda, Treasury, Antique Shop as well as more recent event rooms that are Virtuoso Level or higher (they would be green on the maps): House of Toys, Museum, Enigma, Circus, Flower Conservatory. Accountants help their friends win more coins so can be flexible. Even though the premium entry cost rooms also issue more coins until there is more use for coins besides at the crafting stations most players have enough coins. Many players like to have their crafting stations charged to enjoy the 25% reduction in time for crafting talismen and exchanges/reagents needed for banishing monsters to win anomaly dispellers.

My best advice is to mix it up as you charge...pick a few premium rooms, a crafting station and every now and again try a trophy or two. I keep a piece of paper next to me when Visiting. If I receive a collection item prize from a room/trophy/station I record just the place. Next player I skip that place and charge other locations. When I get a second prize I then skip both those locations moving forward. That said, there are many times where the same location charged will issue another hidden prize...so after moving on a few players I might revisit that room even if it did issue a prize already. Doing it this way I have consistently earned 26-33 collection pieces for the 60 players on my friend list. That seems very generous to me in terms of reward for my time so I stick with it. My guess is that each time you visit a friend's map there are 3-4 hidden items and your fun is to try to pick which "door" will open the prize!