Universal Pocket Planes by NimbleBit - Join Flight Crew #TouchArcade

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  1. fabytm

    fabytm Active Member

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    Thanks for your reply!That's why I even thought of using the same airports in EA, I didn't want my job pool to be horrible!

    Nice average venue you've got over there!

    Do you think it's worth adding Sydney to get some high paying bus jobs?I already own Honolulu and kinda like getting 10 bux jobs to Shanghai from there!
     
  2. itschriscollins

    itschriscollins Well-Known Member

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    If you like getting the bux jobs from Honolulu you'll probably like having them from Sydney as well. It's a personal preference I think, I'm considering opening those two for the same reason, though I'm not sure what I'll do if I get a job from one for the other paying bux. Might park a couple of spaceships.
     
  3. Ooh Shiny

    Ooh Shiny Well-Known Member

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    I was actually wondering about this too, so thanks for the help :)
    I was also wondering if i should buy more class 3 cities by Shanghai to provide more jobs?
     
  4. Faye Valentine

    Faye Valentine Well-Known Member

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    What's after Port Moresby?

    About 3 hours left on the Port Moresby event.
    What do you all think will be the next city?
    I'll give away one plane part, from the following flavors, to the first correct guess. :D

    I have parts from:
    Cloudliner M
    Cyclone C, P & M
    Sequoia C, P & M

    (also have parts from other planes if you're looking for something else that is available from the Market; can't hurt to guess cuz you can always sell a Cloudliner part for 9791 coins)
     
  5. mrholder

    mrholder Well-Known Member

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    I would like to request a "slide-to-refresh" feature for the Market too, please.
     
  6. Train2000

    Train2000 Well-Known Member

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    #6926 Train2000, Sep 12, 2012
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    why not? I'll guess Johannesburg, Class 2 a little out of the way.

    Of course it could be a riot in Tripoli... :(
     
  7. fabytm

    fabytm Active Member

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    I will go with Johannesburg!

    Wow, Train2000 you got me by one minute!
     
  8. Faye Valentine

    Faye Valentine Well-Known Member

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    I wish there was a way to change/add destination to a plane already in flight.

    This has happened to me soooooo many times.
    I click on a waypoint, click on a destination (but miss it), then click no "fly" before I realize I my finger didn't make contact with the final destination.
    I would really like to be able to add the final destination while the plane is in flight (hey, you'd be able to alter course on a plane in real life, right?) ... so I don't have to wait for the plane to land at the waypoint and then send it off again to its final destination.


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  9. Train2000

    Train2000 Well-Known Member

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    I'll pick Helsinki instead.
     
  10. Train2000

    Train2000 Well-Known Member

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    PP wiki shows all past global events. Last eight events show pattern of plane part + bux event is followed by bux only prize:mad:
     
  11. mqcarpenter

    mqcarpenter Member

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    I do not know if this is the place to make suggestions, but I have a few. I am at level 30 and a few things annoy me a lot.

    * Make an option to "unload all". I am not sure about others, but I use planes to gather at central hubs so large planes can make deliveries. Going through and scrolling to unload items is a pain.
    * Allow us to turn alerts off. The "so so plane has arrived" alert is useless to me, and it gets in the way. If you use the top bar to instantly scroll to the top, it never fails to change what I am doing.
    * Give grouping options. I would like to be able to click headers and change grouping. Group by destination, type payment OR loaded/unloaded
    * Allow for more airport upgrades. Stopping at 60 layovers is not enough for large planes. We need more options on this.
    * More class 3 airports. I find it hard to believe that some cities don't deserve a class 3. Atlanta is one of the largest hubs in the USA, but due to its population has only a class 2? Come on.
    * Why can't there be transcontinental flights west????? A flight from Honolulu to some remote island in Midway or some other Pacific area would be great, and would provide another level of complexity for flight paths to Tokyo and contests. It also would create (I would think) higher paying jobs
    * Increase job amounts. There is no way that a delivery to Honolulu is only worth $300 more than others in some cases. I think the values are off on this game. Also, why not have high value jobs scattered in the game. Maybe diamonds from the Congo that are worth $5000? This seems to be an easy item to add along with more mystery part packages and similar bonus items. This has completely vanished.
    * I know someone else mentioned this, but at this stage and beyond I feel like I am not reaching for new goals. I tried different planes, bought 35 airports, trying to maximize single load return, etc. I am not sure what else to target.

    Just some thoughts if anyone is listening.
     
  12. Faye Valentine

    Faye Valentine Well-Known Member

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    There is an "unload all" option. Just press and hold one of the jobs you want to unload and it will unload them all. If you can't do it, make sure you have the latest game update.
     
  13. vicsark

    vicsark Well-Known Member

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    Hey, I' am! ;)
    An Unload all button on top would be very useful indeed, and sorting through jobs through headers too. I asked NimbleTim to add these kind of sorting for the hangar too.

    You may already disable notifications, just go to settings/notifications/Pocket Planes.

    60 layovers is indeed not enough with Cloudliners, but I think it's part of the strategy and challenge to manage your layovers efficiently, and 60 is already a lot to sort through. But it might happen in next updates.

    I'm pretty sure Nimblebit won't touch to the airport list or classes, as they balanced the map. Neither will you see flights going west from Honolulu to Tokyo, it's a choice they made. This is not a simulation, so there are some things that might seem odd :)

    The high value jobs already exists: Bux jobs! Think that 1 Bux when exchanging 10000 bux is worth 5500 coins. So a LA Tokyo 9 bux job is worth 50k coins!

    And I agree, they need to think more of how to motivate the players above lvl 30, I made a post about this a few days ago too, as many others. Global events are fun but could be improved.
    VoilĂ  ;)
     
  14. Faye Valentine

    Faye Valentine Well-Known Member

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    This is how the Port Moresby Top 10 stacks up, an hour before the event ends. I'm done with this event ... eagerly awaiting the next one. :D


    1. 3922
    2. 3016
    3. 2167 (coastcat)
    4. 2166 (me)
    5. 2024
    6. 1324
    7. 1293
    8. 1181
    9. 1044
    10. 1036
     
  15. vicsark

    vicsark Well-Known Member

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    wow 2000 jobs, big up to coastcat and you, that wasn't easy!

    NimbleTim, we definitely need a screen where to get all our GC friends standings for the global events !!
     
  16. mqcarpenter

    mqcarpenter Member

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    HOLY SNAP! Thanks you just saved my life
     
  17. Slightlynorth

    Slightlynorth Well-Known Member

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    I just snuck into the top 10 with about 50 minutes left! Faye, add me on GC! Name: Slightlynorth
     
  18. Faye Valentine

    Faye Valentine Well-Known Member

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    Best thing since sliced bread!!!

    Now if only there was a way to jump down to the first loaded job.
    You know, when you partially loaded a plane, come back to it later (after job refresh) and want to find out quickly which jobs you were loading onto the plane ... (cuz I'm lazy and don't want to scroll scroll scroll down to find out what the destination is supposed to be). Just let me quickly jump down to that section and start loading more jobs. :)
     
  19. Faye Valentine

    Faye Valentine Well-Known Member

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    25 minutes to go on Port Moresby ... I guess I had a few stragglers land, and managed to flip flop with coastcat. I'm sure we'll flip flop again when her last planes land. I have no more planes in flight for Moresby. Now I just need to get all my planes back to a good "base" location.

    1. 3974
    2. 3016
    3. 2198 (me)
    4. 2167 (coastcat)
    5. 2024
    6. 1324
    7. 1293
    8. 1216
    9. 1072
    10. 1044
     
  20. ExitaR

    ExitaR Well-Known Member

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    We definitely need this.

    I hate scrolling myself. 2 of my fingers are numb from over scrolling. Was using my thumb during some of the past events. Also, thanks for the gem :). Do yo still login on that game regularly?
     

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