Thread:Nuicakes/@comment-107.216.53.37-20150930210711/@comment-26722955-20151003191448

Kiera, I second Nuicakes' recommendation to register here to get more friends. Best day of my SSHM life was the day I joined this group.

And I have a few other suggestions to help alleviate some of your frustration. It seems that when you play a picture over and over in a row, your chance of getting a collection item lowers. So if you play a picture over and over in a row to get the desired mode, then play it again when you finally get the mode, then the odds are low of you getting your item. So you need to mix things up a bit. However, night mode is a bit of an exception. An anomaly will not appear in a picture with night mode, so you can play it over and over until you get night mode, then go play a few other pictures before going back to it. And like Nuicakes said, use your talismans and hire your Sleuth friends. Depending on your level, you should be able to hire more than one at a time. (Another reason to add more and better friends.) I can hire up to 5 at a time.

I hope this helps and good luck!