Portal Upgrade vs Fright Point Upgrade

How’s the Ghost bustin goin? Having fun yet? I sure hope so. I know I am thoroughly enjoying my flashbacks to an awesomely classic cult film. Anywho, I am here to help break down some of the items that you are noticing with the event, but still not quite sure of.

Portal

So I will be briefly going over two items for the game. You will see these added to and expanded on as the Event Progresses. This is all info available at the time this was posted.

PORTALS:
These can only be upgraded ONCE a week. To find out how far away the next one is, just tap on the portal itself and the time will let you know just how much time you have left. The Portals are your friend. They will be releasing a variety of ghost (depending on portal) at variable rates as well as Terror Dogs. Maybe even more to come. 😉 So in the meantime, you may see an icon floating around the Portal itself.

Portal and GhostWeek 1 Portal

Poltergiest PortalWeek 2 Portal

No worries, the upgrade to the Poltergeist Portal will be here soon and some new creatures from beyond. (10/9/14)

 

Fright Point

FRIGHT POINTS: 
These are essentially your “Level Up” points. The more you get, the more you unlock and have access to. Fright Points can be earned by sending Characters on tasks, collecting rent on Ghostbuster Headquarters, and brewing decorations or placing new ones from the menu.

Fright Level

In the lower right hand corner of your game, you will see the Skeleton Icon with your current FP Level and progression.

Fright Point Level 1 Fright Point Level 2

As a new level is added, it will take MORE FP to move on…so you may not notice the bar moving quite so fast the higher levels you get. To verify your progress, just tap on the icon and the main Halloween breakdown pop up will list your current FP and the amount you need to level up.

Fright Point Total

For intances FP Level 1 requires 250 Fright Points. FP Level 2 requires 1000 Fright Points. So you can see why the bar may appear to not fill on Level 2 vs Level 1.

Do not worry too much on these just yet. As more options unlock, you will be able to earn them faster.

 

Just to reconfirm, this is a TIMED RELEASE Event. That means that you will not know all or see all that is going to be available. Items/Tasks will remain locked, greyed out, or just “hinted” at until the next phase of the event is released. This makes each week a surprise and the game more fun. So sit back and enjoy all the hard work they put into making this event.

There you have it. A basic run down of two items in our Ghostbusters Halloween Quahog Event that are going to be playing a role in the fun. Was this helpful to you? What level FP are you on? Any predictions as to what is going to come next? Let us know.

Bunny

 

185 responses to “Portal Upgrade vs Fright Point Upgrade

  1. Typo, or is he Strewie now?

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  2. Has anyone else’s cologne building disappeared?!

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  3. Just now unlocked Mayor West! Four days of no kittens..wow and woot..still no sign of plutonium tho, sorry all..now Adam is on a quest..gaaaaaaa 🙂

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  4. So far it has been:
    level 1 ->level 2 : 250 FRIGHT POINTS
    level 2 ->level 3 :1000 FRIGHT POINTS

    the ones with more advanced game play:
    would you tell me what is the next goal on FP?
    (i am a bit too scared wondering if the increase ratio is X3: 250, 1000, 3000, 9000, 27000)

    thanks for all

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  5. How is everyone leveling up so fast? I just started level 3 of fright points

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    • Just got level 6 tonight.

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    • WELL mostly because everybody wants to rush this event, not have funn at all while playing a game that’s suppose to be FUN&&then complain at the end that they have nothing to do!!!…LMAO i’m going as slow as i can ’cause i don’t wanna rush it, i’m loving this game and especially this awesome event 🙂 …not rushing anybody’s tasks, unlocks or builds either!

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  6. Hi bunny and alissa, cheddar cheeks and zillybear120 here, I noticed that on facespace that mr weed and frances griffin will be ingame. Will they be witch cauldron rewards or another thing?

    ~ZillyBear120 has no name, just a zilly bear.~ -ZillyBear120
    ~Dont mind the Cheeks part.~ -CheddarCheeks

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  7. Hi guys I was wondering if anyone can help me out with my zoom problem. I can’t zoom out all the way like I used to and I tried Uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing happens. Help please!!!

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  8. no matter what i try to do my fright leve keeps droping, i hat it up to around 80% today just past the skull and its way back down the bottom to just below the left eye. this event really does suck as you need to plow real money into it to get anyware.
    comic con was better even if i was a little late to the party.

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  9. I dug diane up 4 days ago when i was around halfway through to get ghostbuster Peter spending no clams and spending him every 2 hours except when i slept and got like 6 hours left now and 1 terrabone to get her. My point is that there is hope for those who rushed ahead and didnt look for information first. Next time i know to look for info first so i wont have to spend som and hours as i done now.

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  10. Hey, long time follower of you guys…first time post! Love the event so far. I like the slower pace. I lost a month of my life to comic con! Haha. One thing though. I won Chomps this morning but I can’t find him. He’s not in my inventory or in any other menu. I’ve checked several times as they’re usually there somewhere. Is anyone else experiencing this or should I just log a ticket with TinyCo?

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  11. I’m at fright level 374737377272727 and need to get 72727272762672277272626726262727272 FP to get fright level 374737377272728! I have 2727272828273737372728283737373737373737373727363737373737637373737373737363737373762262727272727272726262626262626636362626363636336636363636636367272727373737377272727271828273373838272 SPIRIT VIALS! i gOT THE MARSHMALLOW DUDE!
    My friend is at fright level 37273837272727272626272727272727272727722772727262727727363737373773728372377737373737737737383838283737383773737373737773737837373373737387272728272773733883837387373737277373737373777373773

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  12. When i click on the portal with a tombstone with number 2 over it, opens the portal page and game crashes always. Hope they fix it on time to make the upgrade this weekend

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  13. Quick question – May have already been asked/answered or may be glaringly obviously, do apologies in advance, but I’ve just unlocked Diane and have managed to collect 7x Terror Dog Bones so far (but behind I know). With the new portal coming tomorrow, I’m assuming it will release different beasties, meaning the hunt will start for Banshee Tears. Does this mean I won’t be able to collect Terror Dog Bones anymore, thereby not being able to get Diane? Eeeek help?!

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  14. loving this event and as per usual the FGA gang keeps us informed. I got the dead reporter too soon after reading this page but managed to dig her bones up using Peters 2hr task. cant wait for portal upgrade, funnily enough the FP bar did not show progress for quite sometime for me like many readers, but I know TinyCo by now. you just gotta have faith. weird thing is, Ghostbusters was the 1st filum i saw at a drive-in in ‘Merica then came back to UK wearing a GB Tee in envy of all my classmates lol.

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  15. I would say the best strategy on brewing items is to hold off of buying duplicate items for awhile (unless you really need fear points for the current portal upgrade or you have an insane amount of bones). Think unlocking future decorations will take combinations of brewed items. Just bringing this up if a decoration pops up next week that takes x amount of banshee tears and twenty something dog bones and you can’t do it because you have no more bones…but have an army of scarecrows lol

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  16. I’m already at fright level 27! I have most freemium items, unlocked all the Ghostbusters and I already got the Stay Puft Marshmellow man. Look at me!!!…..I’m awesome!!!

    Pffffft….

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  17. I am more than halfway with fright points to level 3 and my bar level still shows no progress towards level 3. Zilch. If I click on bar the event log book opens up and shows my progress but not on main game screen. I’m assuming it will show once portal is upgraded to level 3. Atleast I hope it does.

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    • Lol. Look at this very post you are commenting on in regards to why that is. I did talk about it. 🙂

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      • I don’t think he’s saying it’s slow going – I think he’s saying (like mine) that the bar isn’t moving at all. I’m over halfway toward level 3 also, with no movement on the bar. The points are tracking correctly. Even if the value needed is now 1000 vs 250, with over 500 in the bank, there should be a prominent bar.

        Not that it bothers me, just clarifying 🙂

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      • Sorry Bunny, but no. At least, as far as I understand, you are saying that as it requires more points, the amount of points we gather are less in comparison with the total needed, so it will fill slower. Because each point is worth less as a fraction of the total.

        This makes sense, yes, but numerous people are talking NOT about it filling slower as you say, but about it not filling AT ALL. I’ve seen you dismiss this in the comments a lot of times with “It’s just filling up slower because there’s more points needed”. That is NOT the problem though.

        The person you just replied to even specified that they were more than halfway with the points required, and still had NO progress in the bar. If you have over half the points, whether it’s 125/250, 500/1000, or 2000/4000… the bar should be half full. It should not still be totally 100% empty.

        Now, I had the same problem with the bar for Level 1 – it didn’t reflect the proportion of points gathered as shown on the “Who Ya Gonna Call?” screen, but it seemed to work anyway so it isn’t game-breaking. I now have 470/1000, and one screen represents this fraction properly. The other one has filled enough to suggest maybe 50/1000. The simple truth is that one screen accurately reflects your progress, and provides numbers too – the other bar lags WAAAAAY behind, for unknown reasons.

        Not trying to be argumentative, because you guys are awesome and do a great job, but in this case you appear to be brushing off a legitimate (if minor and cosmetic-only) issue as a dumb misunderstanding by the players, which it isn’t.

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        • I do not think you are understanding me at all. Try not to overthink what I am saying. 😉

          I am NOT dismissing what players are saying or calling it incorrect, so please stop combating that argument. I am in fact pointing out it is happening/happened to me too. It does not seem to move, but it is NOT impacting collection of items. THAT is what I am stating. It seems to eventually catch up at the end and fill out.

          If you would like you are welcome to inform TinyCo. Not sure what really will “fix” it as it catches up anyway. Similar to the Level up one for the town. It all balances in the end.

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          • Indeed, regardless of the visual of the purple bar, clicking the box at the bottom brings up the event window which at the top of that gives your FP count against the total to the next level.
            As you are pointing out, and many are just not caring to see or accept, is that the number is what should be payed attention to more than a silly coloured bar that is filling up as well. I notice the exact same thing but at level 6 atm I don’t look at the bar filling up as much as my actual number count as it closes in on each new number for the next level.
            You’re awesome Bunny. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

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        • mine was the same way when I has 2000 FP of the 2250(ish) required for reaching level 4, the bar was only 1/4 full, which is clearly not accurate of my progress, and then it made huge leap when I reached level 4.
          it’s really not important, all the work TinyCo to make this game great is awesome.
          a little thing like the bar being filled accurately is insignificant, as long as your FP points are being counted when you click on the skull/bar icon on the bottom right, who cares?

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      • The fright meter didn’t register until I earned over half of the 750 points needed to get to level 2, so my total was over 600 by that time. Once it started to register it moved like before.
        If i had to guess, give the size of the meter on such a tiny screen, they decided to only show progress once you entered the home stretch. A totally reasonable choice, but like many of the things TinyCo does, in absence of explanation it seems kinda like a mistake in the programming.

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        • I get that the visual aspect can be a throw off, but to me what REALLY matters is if the numbers are applying correctly. Missing Vials and/or FP would not be a good thing.

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      • Agreed, but its a real thing. I had 150/250 in lvl 1 and it showed nearly no movement. I just unlocked Diane, but had 600/1000 in lvl 2 and it jumped from about 20% to 75% with the 80 FP from Chomps. It’s probably just an aesthetic thing, like maybe the bar is still ticking upward underneath the skull and once its out, it seems to move faster. They’re busy people trying to add content to keep people interested and fight the bugs that come with that, so a lot of credit is due. Keep up the good work!

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    • The progress bar only shows what you need for the next level without including points earned for lvl 1 and 2 that’s why you’re more than half way without it showing it on the bar because half the points total were used for a previous level.

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  18. Another good and varied event, especially as a Ghostbusters fan. I really like how TinyCo approach their special events and evolve them week on week rather than saying ‘Bam – this is what you get now get on with it’.

    I feel sorry for people that don’t use this site though and miss out on important tips – like not digging up Diane Simmons until you unlock Ghostbuster Peter. I’ve learnt now not to click on everything and buy everything on day one, it’s better to bide your time and see how the event is going to pan out first…

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  19. Off topic, but full lunar eclipse outside right now! Perfect to get into the Halloween mood!

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  20. Pretty boring event. I am almost at the max terror level, but that won’t do anything for weeks. Since I do not know what I am aming for goals wise, I’ve lost a considerable amount of interest.

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    • This is why they time releases. So players that speed through everything aren’t done with the event in a few days. More to come, just no need to rush. Enjoy the game. 🙂

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  21. considering that it’s looking like the different ghostbusters skins will vanish different creatures, as a freemium player i’m worried that i will need cleavland to progress later in the game. i just dont have the clams to buy him yet 😦

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  22. I am sat on 8000 vials and closeish to Level 5 – not sure what to do with the vials and whether burning a couple of thousand to increase fright points is of any value – given I am ahead of the curve. At the moment I am putting most people on daily tasks until the change of weeks. Most characters are at level 15 (or almost) except for Tom, Jake and the Horse.

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    • Phase 2 will be here soon along with the new portal. Wait a bit and see what cool new stuff drops with it. 😉

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    • how have you gotten 8000 vials so far?!
      TIPS PLEASE!!!!

      I’m sending all the characters (I have all the premium & limited event characters) on constant quests that drop vials and FPs, I guess I’ve spent vials to get the necessary things (like decos for quest line and stuff to brew for Diane Simmons, but I’m still only at 2000!

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  23. HisNameisJames(quagmire's cat)'s avatar HisNameisJames(quagmire's cat)

    Does anyone else see the little tombstone with the number 2 on it above the portal? I click on the portal & it goes away but nothing happens. I just keep worrying that I’m missing out on something (paranoid) lol

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  24. Comicon was too much too soon and then bored me to death towards the end. I like this pace much better. I’m close to level 4. I started on Diane right away b4 I knew it would be timed, so I freaked out and bought the cemetery. That kind of p’d me off, but I’m liking everything else. It’s helping me get FPs and it looks good, but i don’t normally spend that many clams on one thing.

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    • The new Portal will be open tomorrow so more stuff coming soon. I like the pace too. I don’t like feeling I have to live in the game and do the daily grind just to go forward. This is a really cool pace, but then again…it could be the calm before the storm. Lol 😉

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  25. Anyone else think the single fright point/spirit vial you get from Diane’s grave is kind of pointless? It just seems like such a miniscule amount that it will hardly ever make a difference.

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    • Yeah, it’s not much… But I have left the cotton candy machine in my town since the circus event and that thing spits out one coin and one xp. Doesn’t impact the game for me at all considering the office farms I have. But it’s a thing to tap. Every little bit helps, right?

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  26. I have things unlocked after I brew something but can’t figure out how to get to that list. I have the boom box for kool aid man but if I pick the thing I brewed in the cauldron the list goes away.

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  27. Do fright levels unlock anything special in particular (extra decorations, buildings, etc.)? And how is everyone so ahead on fright levels. I’m still on level 2 and have achieved practically every quest that has been offered so far.

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  28. Hey Ladies! Have you heard any reports (or are there situations) where FP would go down? I had 792 this morning. After number numerous terror dog zappings, and getting the Ghostbusters sign, and having Lois complete her one hour task every hour, I noticed I was at 798. I double checked, and just assumed I had misread earlier and it was 772 or something. Anyway, flash forward a couple of hours and it now reads 795. I haven’t moved any items or anything. Did I miss an explanation, or have you guys heard of this?

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    • I have not. I know sometimes it doesnt seem to sync up, but the points are there. Try a quick refresh. Force close app, restart device…see if it syncs back up. If you still keep losing them…let TinyCo know.

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      • Cool. Yeah, I had 795, got the +4 from the haunted house, but my total went up five to 800. Anyway, I’ll keep an eye out. Thanks very much, Bunny. 🙂

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      • The game may have crashed or closed out before they were saved. Happens to me all the time. Ive sent characters out on tasks and Did the quits screen out just to log back in later and find thrm all siiting there twiddleing thier thumbs waiting on instruction

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  29. you have to wait for the portal upgrade for week 2 to start collecting for the octomom decoration, right?
    cuz I have not seen the banshee tear jars anywhere yet..

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  30. What quests have to be done in order to unlock the banshee tears? It looks like we should be able to get these before the upcoming portal upgrade. Thank you, ladies!

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  31. My question is after you get all the decorations for the terror bones… is there still a point to collect them

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  32. Unlocked Diane today. Got another plutonium towards Stewie. That’s 6 now. It’s been about 2 weeks since I started farming them. Brian and Lois have been working at it full time.

    Anyway, that’s my current roadblock.

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  33. I’m fright level 4 almost lvl 5 and when I look at what I get next there’s a lil girl in a witch costume with a pumpkin bucket overflowing with candy and it says +max can any one confirm lvl 5 is max and at lvl 5 do we get trick or treaters to tap lol (it would be kinda cool) thanks for the help

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  34. Do you know if it is possible to brew the same item twice? Say just in case I wanted to make my quahog look like it was taken over by zombies. Also jeepers its taking forever to get to level 3, im guess that, that is the idea though. Im looking forward to next portal, hopefully one of the weeks it is megs bum which I think that task should earn event points

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    • Our FAQ post noted this. Yes, you can brew them as many times as you want. So you can customize your town. Just make sure you leave enough items to buy other things needed for quests too. 😉

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      • Ok im reading ppl are on 5 to seven fright lvl. How is that even humanly possible? Are they dropping $100s of dollars? Ive been playing like made bought a thing that spits out fp and viles every 7 hours and im only at 2.5. Are they liers, hacks or money spending dopes

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        • Now now…no need to be unkind to other players. Every person plays differently. The options to speed through are there. Don’t worry about them. Just focus on YOUR style and how YOU want to play the game. You are just where YOU need to be. 😉

          (Not to mention it is the ones spending money on this game that keeps it going for others to enjoy. So be a lil nicer to those keeping the game alive. 😉 )

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  35. Should be an easy event. A Ghostbuster a week, probably a dead person every other week, and a few other costumes mixed in. Each Ghostbuster mines a different item, etc etc. I think TinyCo went nuts during Comicon(it was still fun!) and they’re going to tune back everything just a notch so we’re not all running around like madmen.

    I’m already 25% through Fright Level 4 personally.

    Also hoping Death gets unlocked this event.

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  36. Don’t forget you can also get FP’s from Dianne’s grave. It’s a little hard to see because it is hidden behind the timer. I wouldn’t have noticed myself if I didn’t need Android magnification gestures turned on to read the timer. (I really need glasses!)

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  37. Still at FP level 1, but relatively close to 2. Man am I really slow or do a lot of people rush ahead in this game? I just got Ghostbuster Peter and started blasting the terror dogs. Seems like everyone else has Dianna already.

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  38. Got to fright level 3 today – unlocked Tom Tucker & Diane Simmons too! Been a good day in Quahog. Bunny, I see what you mean by Diane being float-y! Waiting now for the portal to upgrade – in the meantime, I’ll continue to get stuff towards unlocking Mayor West.

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    • Lol. It was the only way I could think of to explain her. 😉

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    • I’m right here as well – just unlocked Tom maybe half an hour ago. Being at Fright Level 3 doesn’t seem to have unlocked anything new, though the portal instructions indicate you get more ghosts with each level reached. I really love the graphics with this event – Peter’s tasks are great, the floaty Diane, etc., but it does seem we had more to do or buy with Comic-con. I bought the Pet Cemetery and paranormal building with clams, and wish I could buy more stuff (buildings or decor) either with coins or vials. But as you ladies keep reminding us, it’s only week 1 and we should be patient and enjoy the game.

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  39. Peter Pumpkineater 69's avatar Peter Pumpkineater 69

    To be honest I’m not liking this event as much as I have liked the Comicon event. The entire halloween event feels so slow, with FP’s only dropping from a few characters and from few buildings which take hours to drop. Not many deco’s you can buy. No special buildings added. But hey, cool costume for peter 😛

    Week 1 review of halloween event from me: 5/10

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    • I agree. Not really looking forward to the rest of the event. Hopefully phase 2 changes my mind.

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    • I agree, I am not loving the decorating so far. they seem completely unrelated to family guy, it’d be nice if they started adding relevant decos, like chomps the zombie taking a bite out of quagmires head!

      I really hope the second grave is James Woods!

      Ive been dying for him to get introduced into the game at some point

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  40. Help! I just crafted Chomps the Zombie and got Diane Simmons. I went to place the zombie and went to turn it to face a different way and then it disappeared when I made a slight move to adjust the position of it. I have searched all my inventories and cannot find where it would have went. Does anyone know where crafted items may be stored or hidden so I can go and get it again?

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  41. Each new Portal will bring in a new creature which will require one of the other ghost buster characters to help zap it and will most likely drop a different item to craft with.

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  42. not sure if anyone else has noticed this yet or not, but vinnie is voiced now

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  43. I’m having a frustrating time designing my town…maybe you can’t be my FB friends so we can be friends in the game, but could you email me or post some screen shots so I can get layout ideas? With TSTO, it’s different, and WAY easier to lay things out! There’s pavement and parking lots and so much more….well, you see what I mean? Any help would be awesome, Bunny and Alissa! And with the Halloween additions, I just want to make the most of my town…

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  44. My cat’s breath smells like catfood. Oops, wrong game… Time to go over to the TSTO Halloween update I guess.

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  45. Hi guys,

    My game has recently started crashing a lot, I can’t even get into the support tab to send tinyCo a message.

    Would you be able to help me out, thankyouu

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  46. Great write up. I’m only level 2 but I’m about to get the last item for Diane! Been zapping dogs like crazy. I am totally ok with a slower pace event, comic con kind of wore me out… 😦

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  47. Scruffy Nerfherder's avatar Scruffy Nerfherder

    This kind of sucks, considering I finished all the week one tasks and upgrades, and now I have nothing to do except bust terror dogs…

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  48. I guess my only question is, do you have to be at level 2 with fright points to open the poltergeist portal for week 2, and level 3 for week 3 and so on moving forward?

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    • It does look that way, but to know for sure…gotta wait til the timer runs down. 😉

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      • Well, we can kind of say for sure on week 2 portal and fright level 2 since the game specifically tells you that. 😛 It doesn’t specifically state what’s needed for weeks after that, but I’d be willing to bet money that they’ll be the same.

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  49. I’m loving the event! They did a great job. I was able to get ghost buster Peter last night without speeding up or using clams on any tasks. Thanks so much for the walk thrus they are such a huge help!

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  50. Hey, I had Diane unlocked earlier today and I’m stumped on what I need to unlock the spider? Any thoughts? Thank you! Aaron

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