Gags: Camping gags

[Bunny Summers]

Some people use the term "Camping" quite often. Others say they are "Milking" a building. I decided to make a post (at the request of a friend actually) about the art of “Camping” a building to explain this art of getting more out of a building to build up your gags quickly. I would find one or more SECRET friends you can “camp” with because unless they are experienced in this they’ll have NO idea what you’re doing & probably just go ahead & kill the cogs, which you don’t want.

You need to fill up on whatever gag you want to work on (add a little bit of everything else too because you never know when you need them as a back up).

Understanding the term “Floor Multiplier” is key to Camping. What this means is that every floor above ground level will give you added experience points. The higher you go up, the higher the multiplier. I refer to this post to give you more details:

Originally posted by PeppyPeppercorn
The first floor is like the street, you get an addition +.5 multiplier per floor so,

1st floor: 1x
2nd floor: 1.5x
3rd floor: 2x
4th floor: 2.5x
5th floor: 3x

or, multiplier = .5*floor+.5

EDIT: Multipliers for Invasion

1st floor: 2x
2nd floor: 3x
3rd floor: 4x
4th floor: 5x
5th floor: 6x
or multiplier = floor+1

You can use whatever gag you want for the bottom floors but the key to camping is to save the bulk of the gags you're wanting to level up for the top two floors. On the floor below the top floor, you'll want to use a lot of your lower gags. Whatever is left, save for the top floor, going from lower level gags to high. You'll get a more experience points out of using a lot of low gags first then you will from using your top gags right away.

If you're trying to max out sound, for example you could find a 5 story in Dreamland.

Fill up on your 3 highest gags:
Level 4 = Aoogahs
Level 5 = Elephant trunks
Level 6 = Foghorns

On the 4th floor start using as many of Aoogahs (you can hold up to 17) as it takes to kill off the cogs. When you get to the top floor, continue to use the Aoogahs until you're out, then start on the Elephant trunks (you can hold 7). If the cogs in front of you are nearly dead, THEN finish them off with a foghorn (can hold 3). I don't really think you need to go below a level 4 gag though because you will earn enough experience points to reach the 200 maximum but you're welcome to use lower ones. Just realize that once your toon has 200 experience points in a building, that's it! You can't get anymore.

If you only have a level 1 or 2 gag, I would just save those gags for the top floors. You can't hold that many of those anyway. Do that in a 2 or 3 story building if you choose to camp for those, preferably in TTC or Donald's Dock, for lower level cogs. Lower level gags don't work well on high level cogs.

Below is a guide for each type of gag:

For Camping Lure gags: The best way is to find a person who has or needs to camp trap. Lure will be more successful if there is a trap laid out. Tell them to get only Level 1-3 trap gags at the most. When you get to the top floor, just trap, lure & heal when needed. Another effective way to camp lure gags is to use sound. You lure, someone else sounds (also low level sound gags. See! The “Horn of Horror” aka the Bike Horn DOES come in handy sometimes!), letting you lure again the next time. Although this method doesn’t make lure more successful as trap will. You can do this also with really ANY type gag except Toon-up and Drop of course. Also, if someone with a more powerful Lure gag lures with you, this tends to help the success rate of lower Lure Gags. But the downfall is, it lowers the success rate of the higher lures succeeding by kind of averaging out the two. An important point of camping for Lure is this: If you don't have a successful hit, you won't get credit for the lure. So you can't just lure & let them unlure by themselves. You will NOT get credit for a cog that isn't hit while lured. A few people have made this mistake.

Camping Trap gags: The only thing you really need for this is someone with a good lure gag. Start using the smaller trap gags first, then bigger as you go up. If you have someone who needs to work Toon-Up, you can lay out trap after trap in front of a row of cogs while the other person toons up & when you get all of the traps you can laid out, then lure. You can repeat this if you like. Remember: Never lay two traps on top of each other. They will cancel each other out.

Camping Drop: Now there are several ways to camp Drop gags. The MOST successful way I’ve seen is to Trap, Lure, and Drop. It seems there is a higher rate of Drop success with Trap & Lure. The second is to use squirt. Have someone get quite a few squirting flowers and squirt guns to stun the cogs. Drop seems to have less success with sound & throw gags, but they still can be used. Also, you can drop with someone who has a bigger drop gag, too. Again, this averages out the success rate though, as does luring with another person.

Camping Toon-up: No real trick here except don’t hit the cogs & don’t lure them on the top floor. Keep on getting hit on the top floor & toon up until your Toon Up gags are all gone. It’s best to have at least two other people who can help keep everyone tooned up though, especially in bigger buildings. But for the most part, your friends, unless they need to work Toon Up too, need to let you do the tooning. If you get into a real sticky situation where everyone is down on laff points, just have someone lure them in & everyone else Toon Up.

Camping throw & squirt: This is very easy to do. If you can, find someone with lure, just lure & hit, using lower gags first, and bigger gags last.

Camping Sound No real trick here either except this is the one time where lure & sound go hand in hand. No, you won't get a knockback bonus but if the lure is successful you are guaranteed your sound won't miss. This is especially good for people with level 3 or less sound gags which miss quite often. Also, the same with lure & drop: You can sound with someone who has higher sound gags to increase the likelihood of a successful hit.

If I've left something out, please feel free to comment. I hope this helps some of you out there!!! Now go level up!

Again, I would stress that you DON'T do this while others (meaning non-friends/non-secret friends) are in the building. They may not understand or not want to do this with you. You'll get a lot of angry toons if they aren't clear on what exactly you're doing!!! If you do go in with other toons, at least "be prepared to
heal the team if your camping causes injury" as Loosy Goosy suggested!!!

[Loosy Goosy]

Brief Introduction
There are many misconceptions about what is the best way to level your
gags, and which gags you should use to level. They are probably not the
gags you thought! The most common mistake is to use the highest level gags
immediately after reaching the top floor of a building. A more efficient method
is to wait until the cog's hit points are in the single digits, then use your
highest level gag on that mechanically challenged, blinking bad guy.

This guide is intended:

1. to reveal (through the use of charts) which gags yield the most amount
   of experience (used exclusively) without killing the cog
2. to help you shop smarter for gags before camping
3. to reveal why certain gags level up much faster than others
4. NOT to be used as a strategy guide or "tour" except for the strategy
   mentioned above. I suggest reading Bunny Summer's Camping Guide for
   more valuable information on camping strategy.

You will notice that in all cases except for Squirt, the LEVEL 2 gag yields
the most experience. For squirt, the LEVEL 3 gag yields the most, edging
out Glass of Water by 1 point. I'm sure many will be surprised by this.

Remember, all of the gags in these charts stop just short of killing the cog so
that you can plan out your other attacks/gag purchases accordingly. You can
use the same gag to kill the cog of course, but since high level gags are so
destructive, it makes sense to reserve them for the cog's remaining hit points,
making these charts a convenient quick-glance reference. Since Toonup and
Lure build up so easily through normal play, I did not include them.

The most important fact about these findings is that they strongly suggest
that you use your highest level gags on the second-to-last floor and use your
lower gags on the top floor.