Lure and the extra points

[Lady Flower Power]

I have a question, I hope I can describe it ok.

I have noticed that when I'm in the factory or the mint, when someone uses lure, sometimes when we throw our gag it doesn't get the extra points and the cog doesn't explode. (such as using the birthday cake on a level 10, you don't get the extra points that makes it so the cog explodes, I think it's something like 55 extra points?)

Anyway, I noticed that sometime it works, sometime it doesn't. I have gone thru the factory alone a few times now, but I'm always leary because of this.

This happens every time that I go to the factory or mint, so I'm not sure if it's a bug I'm supposed to report or if TT is aware of this or if that's the way it's supposed to be? I hear a lot of toons go "Huh?" when this happens to them too.

[The_Farmer]

I have been doing many factory runs lately and totally agree.

At first I was thinking it was just me, and that maybe I picked my whole fruit pie. However, when I was certain my whole cream pie gag was chosen the next time, it hadn't given it my 50% damage bonus.

This gets particularly annoying when I solo long runs. I keep having to remind myself after I make the mistake. I loose laff when I shouldn't, and I like to keep my laff up as much as possible when soloing or with a toon-upless friend.

This is not at all a rare bug. Every time I go into the factory (which is everyday now) I notice it not working. I doubt Toontown put it this way on purpose; it doesn't have this bug in mints, DAs, and CgCs. I would send a bug report. It's a problem for many toons and gets them confused.

[Lady Flower Power]

Yeah, I'm gonna send them a bug report then since now I know it's not just me.

However, you said this doesn't happen at the other places: it happens to me at the mint as often as it does at the factory

[JaMan51]

The lure bonus is programmed to work on the cog you "tagged", aka the one farthest right. Then, it works on the last cog you face in the set. For all of the other cogs, the bonus is completely random. Now if none of the cogs are getting the bonus, then there is a problem.

And in buildings, it's usually I believe the first set you face when you enter the floor. All of the other cogs that come from the elevator are not subject to lure bonus.

Does that help?

[The Dogfather]

You might want to read my lure bonus thread, Lure Bonus: Strategies for Achieving Lure Bonus. The only thing I need to add to it is the lure bonus that takes place in the Cog golf in Boss HQ. I will be doing that sometime soon.


The Dogfather

[JaMan51]

Hey, I was looking for that thread too. Forgot it would be found in that forum, I was looking in the tips, tactics, questions forum. I should know better.

And while I'm here, awesome guide Dogfather. And what is the differences in the CGCs? I don't recall really seeing anything different than usual in them.

[The Dogfather]

Originally Posted by JaMan51

Hey, I was looking for that thread too. Forgot it would be found in that forum, I was looking in the tips, tactics, questions forum. I should know better.

And while I'm here, awesome guide Dogfather. And what is the differences in the CGCs? I don't recall really seeing anything different than usual in them.

Its the same, yet different LOL. In order for the skeles to have lure bonus you must initiate the battle with V2.0 cog. This will make the V2.0 cog line up on the right. Once the outer shell is destroyed, both the skeles (the level 11 cogs) will be susceptible. The same for the single level 10 skelecog. On the last set of cogs, the middle skele must be destroyed first in order for the remaining 2 skeles be susceptible. As always, any cog on the right is susceptible.

There are so many times I have seen toons try and destroy a lured skele level 11 with an organic cake and it not kick back. You must hit a V2.0 cog first.

The Dogfather

[Lady Flower Power]

Dogfather, thank you so much!!! Your lure bonus thread is 100% helpful to me! You rock!

[Thing One]

Yeah, I've been noticing that everywhere. Factories, mints, CEO"s, CFO's, VP's.. everywhere. It's stinks cause you never know when it's gonna happen so you can't plan accordingly. Hope they fix it eventually.