So you want to learn how to keep your gold bars safe from those nasty robbers. Well here’s the hints and tips you need to know in order to keep your money safe at the National Neopian.
First, the basics. In order to move far in this game, you need to know the difference between the good people – your customers, and the bad people – the robbers. Customers can come in all shapes and sizes. Most of them will have some indication that they have money to deposit, either a bag in their hand, or some coins held out in front. (Sometimes you even see a member of TNT with a huge bag of neopoints.) Now you don’t need to memorize what every customer looks like, but you should know what the robbers look like.
There are four robbers. Two bandit Meercas, an Usul looking thief (all in grey), a red Scorchio, and a red Techo dressed in grey. You’ll see him in higher levels. Now make sure you recognize these guys right away. They always look the same so there’s no confusion with your costumers.
Now basically you want to let the customers deposit their money, and keep the robbers out. Their are six doors which the customers and robbers will enter through. The six correspond with the keys SDF and JKL on your key board. If you see a customer, do nothing, and he will deposit his money and be off on his way. If you see a robber, press the corresponding key to set off the alarm and catch him. If he gets away with your money, you lose a life, and you only have three. But if you hit the alarm on your own customer, you lose the money they would give you AND a life. Be careful.
Oh yeah, dont forget to keep an eye on the number of neopints you have on hand. Once your over a hundred, you can convert your coins to gold blocks, and your neopoints are safe from being stolen. This is very important, as a robber takes half of your neopoints when he steals from you. So if you have 20 neopints on hand, he’ll only take 10, but if your not turning your money into gold, he can take 150 neopoints if you have 300 lying around.
So on to some hints and tricks. First and foremost, use two hands. I prefer to have my left ring finger, middle finger, and index finger hit the S, D, and F, and then have my right ring finger, middle finger, and index finger hit the J, K, and L. I try not to use my pinkies because their too slow, and I save my thumb to press the spacebar.
Oh and about that spacebar. As I said, its very important to be quick about turning your money into gold, because you never know when you might slip up. If I glance up and see I’m close to one hundred, I usually just wait a few customers and automatically hit the spacebar. But if you do it too early, you lose 10 neopoints, so you need to find a healthy balance.
And now that you’ve got all this mastered, just relax. Don’t focus on one spot, I prefer to stare in the middle, and just use my peripheral vision. This way, I don’t miss one side of the screen while I’m looking the other way. Keep your fingers nimble, and good luck! – cheergrl123