What are your favorite task lengths to use regularly?

[slowbro]

I wouldn't say there are any "best" lengths to use. It would depend on the individual.

I did some pointless number crunching ...

If you could keep a non-premium character doing the same task every second for a whole day, this is how much cash and exp you'd make, if I didn't mess up:

6 seconds - 35 1 X14400 --> 504000 cash, 14400 exp (lol)
45 seconds -  3 1 X1920 --> 5760 cash, 1920 exp
3 minutes - 6 2 X480 --> 2880 cash, 960 exp
10 minutes - 17 5 X144 --> 2448 cash, 720 exp
30 minutes - 40 10 X48 --> 1920 cash, 480 exp
60 minutes 70 17 X24 --> 1680 cash, 408 exp
2 hours 110 27 X12 --> 1320 cash, 324 exp
3 hours 135 35 X8 --> 1080 cash, 280 exp
4 hours 175 45 X6 --> 1050 cash, 270 exp
6 hours 225 55 X4 --> 900 cash, 220 exp
8 hours 275 70 X3 --> 825 cash, 210 exp
12 hours 420 100 X2 --> 840 cash, 200 exp
24 hours 600 150 X1 --> 600 cash, 150 exp

(I know I didn't get every task length in that list.)


Anyway, my lengths of choice are 4 hours and 12 hours. I'm not dedicated enough to use 1-hour tasks much, heh.  I give my characters 4-hour tasks two or three times during the day, then 12-hour tasks (or sometimes 8 hours if it's late) at night.


I included "other" in the poll because I'm sure I didn't find every task length in the game.

(And for the poll, if you plant corn every 90 days, I'd definitely call that "regularly"!  And impressive!)

[linky]

12 and 24 hours

[Swanky]

I think it depends for me but I mainly like 4/6 hour tasks when I'm not that busy during the day and then 8/12 hours at night depending on when I get on the game at night.

I like the choice for 16 hour tasks as well and I wish more characters had them. If I know I'm going to be very busy for a day, I put the characters that have these on task the night before. That way by the time I get home, they'll be ready for me.

[847.63]

When I first started I used 1hr during the day and 8hr at night. Now that I have more than enough money I just do the tasks around my day. Sometimes 4,8, or 12

[jiffla]

It all depends on when I'm going to play and how many hours are left before that time. I usually stick to 4, 8, 12 and 24 hour tasks though.

Having said that, I've had fat tony in the hot tub whilst Brockman relaxes in his speedos for the longest time now, which means that Kent is on a permanent hour cycle. Likewise for Agnes feeding her pigeons, I like her and Grandpa to sit next to each other.

I think once you get to the point where you're not bothered about cash you start to choose tasks based on the animations rather than on how much money you're going to make.

[TaylorMcC13]

I'm trying to save up money, so during the day they're all on one hour, if applicable. Then during work, depending on my shift, they're 4-8 hours. At night I usually use 8-12.

[Alphahumanus]

Since I started a rebuild, mainly 24.

But more normally, 4,8 and 12.

[joshhuffman]

It's not the size of the ship.......

[eurynome]

I base it on the animation. I really like the characters to be outside if possible, but it's nice to have options if I'm traveling or busy that day.

[imfkool]

Defiantly 8h and 12h. They fit right into my day-to-day schedule, and I love the task animations for both

[username5641]

Most of my favorite animations are 4hr or 6hr tasks. I use 8hr overnight and 1hr when I need cash.

I'm definitely not the best at resetting tasks when they're finished, though. Oh well.

[Deleted]

I use 60 minutes the most, but I should just start doing 12 hour ones.

[ThorButtockth]

I went from 1 hour tasks when I first started to 4 hours... then 8 hours... then 12 hours... and now I'm always doing 24 hours.

So, at the moment, I vote for 24 hours.

[Linguo Is Dead]

I rarely play more than 2-3 times a day, so I also go by animation and mood largely.
Wiggum, Brockman, Krabappel, Ms Springfield, and Marge are almost always on the 24 hour tasks.
Karl and Lenny and Barney largely on 12 hour, Fat tony is mosty in the hot tub.
Homer mostly rides the fixie and krusty and sideshow Mel juggle. Grandpa always naps or feeds pidgeons.
Other vary more

I suppose if the squidport update is as big as it seems, I will have to do shorter and better coordinated tasks.

[kingthlayer]

It depends for me, right now I'm rebuilding, so I just have them on 24 hour missions at the moment, probably going to keep doing that for a few days til I feel like sitting down and actually make my town.

But normally I like 6 hour tasks, too bad a lot of people don't have them.

[joia478]

I'm a fairly obsessive player, so my most frequent ones are 30-60 mins during the day, and 8 hours overnight. I will use the 2-4 hour range fairly often also, when I have things I'm doing during the day where I know I won't be able to check it consistently.

[slowbro]

I don't think it's any surprise that 1, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 hours are the most popular choices in the poll. I included most of the other choices on the list just to be silly.

I am very fortunate that almost every character I have has a 4 hour task and a 12 hour task. Squeaky Voiced Teen can't do his 4-hour task because I don't have the needed premium building, but other than that they can all do 4s and 12s. Thankfully I think most of em have 1s, 8s and 24s too. Based on people's responses, it would be nice if more characters had 6-hour tasks. Maybe 2-hour and also 30-minute too.

And oh yeah I can understand choosing by animation if you're not that worried about cash! Even though I do need the cash, I have Homer do a lot of 6-hour tasks and Grandpa 8-hour tasks because I like the animations. I'm very fortunate with Drederick and Lisa -- their 4-hour tasks are my favorites they have, and I'd be doing 4 hour tasks anyway.