That's a very regular rhythm you've got there. Am I getting this right, you're having only two airports open? Cheers, M.
The irony is that while I am passing them out like crazy, I haven't had a drink going on 11 yrs tomorrow. I quit on May 14th, 2002 the day I buried my paternal grandfather and also my 28th birthday. Next year on May14th I will quit smoking for good as I have vowed to not smoke past 40.
Thanks! Got it back. Anyway, I have five kangaroos and one aeroeagle sent to me by Pondus (Thank you!) so I was wondering how many eagles should I get when I reach level 16? (I'm lv13 now). I've seen people having more than 20 of them. Are they really better than class 3 planes? Or should I just get five and wait for the class 3 ones?
My fleet is 24 mapples and 16 Aeroeagles. But I would recommend a good amount of class 3 planes and a bux sitting strategy and cashing in to get 40+ slots before having a fleet like this.
See I agree but in a more extreme way. I think you should have 20+ of each maple, aero, and cyclone and you should have 50+ slots and 15+ million and 10k or more bux JUST so you can hope to be competitive. If you don't you can still place in the top 10, but you aren't going to crack the top 5 regularly, and you will never win. I know others will say they have done it with less, but not recently they haven't. Their are probably 10-15 people with at least 3/4 of the things I listed...and some with all the things I listed! Ifthey don't and are finishing top 5 CONSISTENTLY,, then they have tons and tons of free time to play all day. Just my 2 cents...
Nice!!! New challenge just for you ... buy a new slot each time you level up so that slot # = level # going forward. I honestly don't think I could juggle so many planes unless a good chunk of them were blimps, otherwise I prolly wouldn't make it down the entire plane list within the same job cycle cuz it takes so darn long for everything to register (taps, freezing, etc).
Ok I have a question. I listed that I have 9 or so class 3 cities open. When I opened 2 class 1 cities Juneau, and Nome the bux really started popping. Now I'm running 2 extra seqm every city meet up just to be able to keep up with all the people wanting to go to nome and Juneau. So the question is how many more times can i open a route like this before it would become to diluted. Say if I open an Australian route would I notice the same bux jump, or would I lose bux jobs to Juneau and Nome? If not, then at what point would they start diluting in your opinion? Thanks for your responses! I think I just found my answer on Relharn's post on the s.u.c.k. But...I'd still love to hear opinions from some of you expert players!
I'm pretty sure I did not have 20 Aeroeagles when I was level 13. I was still trying to grow my fleet and earn coins/bux at that time. The teen levels are a grind, the game got much better for me in the level 20s. You can afford to have 20+ each of several types of planes after you're more established. You'll reach a point when coin/bux acquisition comes more easily and doesn't matter as much. How many plane slots do you have? I'm guessing it would be difficult to devote one plane to each airport for bux sitting purposes (sitting idle at the airport to collect bux jobs only). It would be useful to keep a mix of class 1, class 2 and class 3 planes as permanent fixtures in your fleet when you want to actively participate in the Global Events. They can all be active in the fleet or you can swap them into/out of the hangar as needed. Keep this in mind as you're leveling up and don't scrap those Kangaroos you have. Kangaroos are great workhorses to have around. There are many ways you can play and build up your fleet. Play in whatever style suits you and the time you're able to devote to the gime. Most important thing is to have fun doing it. Try different things to see what works for you. Check out the 2nd link in my signature below, it takes you to a post enumerating links to other interesting forum posts. Perhaps you'll find some ideas to experiment with.
Slots ... have 42. Not sure I really need more than this. Mapples ... only 4 (iPhone player, otherwise I'd buy/build more). Aeros ... 25 in use now, prolly another dozen in the hangar. Cyclones ... prolly around 30 25 million coins, 25k bux ... and judicious use of idle time to fling planes
Hmm I have no answer for this but am going to try this myself as I have just gone back to bux sitting and only have class 3 airports open now. Got to get those big buxs to get more slots and planes, I agree with you that unless you have 40+ slots dedicated to events you have no chance in the MOFO's now. However not going to be able to set it up for a few days as the house move starts today and i'm going to have no free time.
I put that in for two reasons. One, the obvious one; but two, the amount of coins you can have is limited to 2^31-1 equals 2,147,126,250. Slot #101 costs 2,213,330,525, which means it cannot be bought. So if you reach slot #100, not only are you seriously into shrink territory, you also have time on your hands since no amount of bux or coins will get you anywhere. I hope NimbleBit have a rescue team ready for when that situation occurs. (Either that, or a good lawyer ) Cheers, M.
My experience is, the more airports you have open, the more bux jobs appear. The only problem is that large numbers of open airports make it difficult to fill planes for the 25% bonus. If you don't need coins and are only going for bux, that's not a disadvantage. If you're still in need of coins, it is. The thing to do in that case is concentrate on opening largest airports first. They don't generate any more or fewer bux jobs than the other ones (so no disadvantage there) but they do generate more jobs as a whole. So you can fill up more often for 25% and thus get more coins while not skimping on bux jobs. Apart from that, it doesn't hurt as you say to open a few Class 1s at the ends of the Earth, since they generate high-bux jobs. But it's recommendable to start puting them in layovers first, because for delivery you'll need Class 1 planes with limited range, which means opening more Class 1s to get there. Don't do that too early, as you will dilute your job pool too much. Two things to bear in mind with all of this: 1. Your fleet composition should be driven only by the mix of airports you operate. So if you have only Class 3 airports, all you need is Class 3 planes. If you have predominantly Class 3s with the occasional Class 1 or 2, then throw in a few Class 1/2s but not too many; 2. Always, ALWAYS give precedence to bux jobs. Even if you can fill a plane for the 25% bonus and there are non-layover bux jobs left, load the bux jobs first, and layover the bux and refill the plane for the bonus at your next destination. Even if you miss the bonus by not refilling before the end destination, it costs you at most a couple of thousand coins (and that only in an almost filled Class 3) and it'll be more than made up by even one bux more saved for exchange later on. If you stick to these rules, you will end up with enough to buy (or trade for) everything you wish. It worked for me! Cheers, M.
Yes I decided to start taking extended breaks and bux sit. With work I can only try and be competitive half of the week. Maybe if I can increase to all the other variables I listed, then it won't matter...then again you do still have to Load the damn planes.
In several ways, the setup is very similar to the only other event that I've taken seriously before (Sydney). Here's a quick run-down: 50 slots, all devoted to the event. This breaks down into 30 Aeros and 20 Cyclones. All M class planes except for a handful of P/C paired Aeros to help with layover imbalance. Cities, apart from the obvious Hon and LA: Chi, NY, Lon, Par, Rio, SP, Lima, Mex. Each city is assigned either 2 or 3 Cyclones depending on a couple of factors like flight time and their propensity to spit out event jobs. i.e. some Class 3 cities are better producers of event jobs than others based on their distance from the event. Planes loaded with event jobs make a round trip with no stop in Hon. When I have time, some are boosted back to LA depending on the layover situation in LA and the amount of incoming jobs from the Class 3 cities. It's hectic at times, but a nice mindless brain exercise (oxymoron?) to keep me occupied. Not sure how long it'll interest me, and I know before too long I'll probably have to revert back to bux-sitting to flesh out my hanger a bit better.
I think many of us will need to join a 12 Step Program long before we're able to purchase slot #100. So... Who here has the most number of slots? I have 42 which is already quite a lot of plames to juggle. I don't think I need much more than this.
