Update: Looks like they released another in-game update…in an effort i’m sure to fix the Gil glitch…HOWEVER…it looks like right now the servers are down as a result. Just be patient, take a deep breath…they’ll come back up. They always do 🙂
Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Looks like EA has listened to ALL of our complaints about not including the Solid Gold House with Chester (although I still think the Rocket Car is pretty freakin sweet) and added a little bling to our Springfields!
Oh and Gil’s back in town to offer you the special deal!
Psst…the nuclear option is back too!
Details below the fold…
So here are the basics of this Gil Deal. It ends on 7/1. The mansion costs 250 donuts. It does come with a small questline involving Homer, so you don’t need Chester to get the house.
House Earns $135, 15xp/ 4hrs. 7×10 in size
Unlocks another task for Chester Lampwick.
Other important info:
This update has brought back…THE NUCLEAR OPTION!!! That’s right my friends, now you can completely blow up your town and redesign from a blank slate, once again! Make sure you check out this post for the details BEFORE you do anything! The little blast button next to your inventory in your move menu is the nuclear option:
A few other things….You do NOT need to have Chester to get this deal. Gil will appear in your town, even if you don’t have Chester (he’s in my C game and that’s lower than Level 10 & I do not have Chester). If you don’t see Gil in your town (your screen will jump to him on his knees with a Gold Mansion image over his head…see image below) hard close your App, restart your device & try again. Sometimes it needs a little jump start to get going…
When you tap on Gil this conversation (rather amusing too!) will appear:
Gil: Check it out, players! For a limited time, you can get Springfield’s famous Mansion of Solid Gold!
Homer: Mansion of Solid Gold? I don’t remember that ever being in our town.
Lisa: Maybe it was the place Kent Brockman moved into when he won the lottery.
Homer: No, that was just a normal mansion…although he wore a lot of gold in that episode.
Gil: Actually it belonged to Chester Lampwick, the original creator of Itchy & Scratchy. Be he fell on hard times… just like Ol’ Gil here does constantly.
Lisa: Oh, right. Now I remember this house! But I didn’t think it was canonical — I thought it was just a throw-away joke.
Homer: What’s that? A joke the writers should have thrown away?
Lisa: Exactly. Kind of like this bit we’re doing now.
Then you’ll get the promo pop up. WARNING Confirm Donut Spend DOES NOT apply on this. So be careful where you tap!
If you make the purchase the following dialogue will appear before you place it:
Gil: Congratulations on the purchase of your new home! Now let’s see, sixty day escrow, seventeen day inspection period… you’ve got your loan and appraisal contingencies…disclosures…termites…Oh wait, that’s just real life stuff. This is a game. Just take it–it’s yours!
At this point the Mansion will be in your inventory. You’ll have to go into it to place it. Once placed Homer will start a small questline for it:
Solid Gold Pt. 1
Homer starts
Homer: Ooh, look at that shiny gold mansion!
Lisa: Yeah, it’s nice. A little flashy… but nice.
Homer: I’m so happy the person playing this game is a gemmer….I maen, donuter. Just think of all the poor Homers in all the other towns controlled by more frugal and/or less impulsive players.
Lisa: Yeah, I suppose. There’s something to be said for good money management, though.
Homer: Pfft, please. Those Homers would be lucky just to have a Burns’s mansion in their town. But I’ve got the best mansion in the game! A mansion of solid gold! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go peel the gold foil off and eat the chocolate underneath.
Lisa: What?!
Make Homer Try to Eat the Mansion of Solid– 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
Solid Gold Pt. 2
Homer starts
Homer: Ow, dear God! I think I chipped a tooth! Why did I do that for four hours?!
Lisa: What were you thinking, Dad? It’s a Mansion of Solid Gold! What part of that don’t you understand?
Homer: The “solid” part apparently. Also why’d I do that for four hours?
Lisa: That tooth looks bad. You should probably go see a doctor, or dentist, or veterinarian or something.
Homer: Thanks sweetie, I will. Right after lunch.
Make Homer Try to Eat the Mansion of Solid– 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
Soild Gold Pt. 3
Cletus starts
Cletus: Ooh, look at that fancy giant shack. It glitters all yellowy, like the tooth we pulled from that hobo.
Brandine: That’s becuse it’s made of fake tooth stuff! Pure gold, I hear told.
Cletus: Gold? Yellow oil? California tea?
Brandine: Yep. And it’s supposed to be state of the art. They even got one of them indoor outhouses…with copper plumbing, I heard tell.
Cletus: COPPER?!
Make Cletus Strip Copper from Mansion of Solid Gold– 6hrs, Earns $350, 90xp
If you don’t buy the house this dialogue will pop up:
Gil: Okay by me. The longer this house stays on the market, the longer Ol’ Gil has a place to secretly crash.
The the offer will be in your build menu, along with the countdown on when the offer expires:
Well my friends that’s all the details on this little update! Will YOU be taking Gil up on his offer? Or do you think this is one you can refuse? Are you happy they added the gold house? Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you!