Doing the same, but oh wow at 102k required for upgrade to L2.
I also do aim to have a few large 'hubs' for the C3 planes to fly back and forth from including Cairo.
Pocket Planes |OT| ...and don't call me Shirley (iOS, Universal) #GAFAIR crew
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Doing the same, but oh wow at 102k required for upgrade to L2.
I also do aim to have a few large 'hubs' for the C3 planes to fly back and forth from including Cairo.
Katana_Strikes
Member
I totally forgot about upgrading Airports, but then when I come to sell them and move to another part of the world for the new Global Event, seems a waste to do.
Avatar quote incoming...
Started playing it a couple of days ago. I hated how you have America, Europe, Africa, and Japan. Even the Japanese made SCV had Japan as part of Asia (and more importantly had Middle East :>).
I'm currently level 8, started at Europe (Berlin) and moving slowly south and southeast.
I'm currently level 8, started at Europe (Berlin) and moving slowly south and southeast.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Ooof hanging on to 9th. Only 4k in it. I think Gafair is almost done for after this one.
It seems like everyone but TA's has slowed down. It's funny, I was at Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses the other night and while waiting for the show to start, I was playing Pocket Planes. Dude behind me tapped me on the shoulder and we chatted briefly.
He said he found a random flight crew via Google.. jeffisgames or something? I wonder how many people randomly join crews.
Katana_Strikes
Member
You should have asked him to join our cause
Lvl 21 now. Woo!
Off to the New York Shipping event
So I've been flying to Easter Island.. delivered 11 items there slowly but surely with my Supergopher (nothing else can reach it, right?) but I checked the "Awards" section and it shows me as only at 2% complete of the deliver 100 achievement. 
I wonder if Ian or Dave can weigh in..
I'm connected to Europe via Salvador to Madrid now although only my Pearjet is able to connect. Hope to build Lagos soon.. but it may be too late to do much good on the current challenge.
I wonder if Ian or Dave can weigh in..I'm connected to Europe via Salvador to Madrid now although only my Pearjet is able to connect. Hope to build Lagos soon.. but it may be too late to do much good on the current challenge.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Finally got a 4 seat plane, slowly I am making some money. 50,000 for the big airports still feels like a ton though.
NorrenRadd
Member
So I've been flying to Easter Island.. delivered 11 items there slowly but surely with my Supergopher (nothing else can reach it, right?) but I checked the "Awards" section and it shows me as only at 2% complete of the deliver 100 achievement.
I'm connected to Europe via Salvador to Madrid now although only my Pearjet is able to connect. Hope to build Lagos soon.. but it may be too late to do much good on the current challenge.
Yes Supergopher is the only plane... I tried with a fully upgraded Mohawk and it wont reach. I'm not going to bother making those 100 trips...
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Damn, can't believe this is on page 33 already. Just hopped on board. At Lvl 3 and it's looking rather daunting.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Im already nearly half way through lvl 21, moneys coming in very genorously now. About 400k a day.
Wonder what the nxt plane is...
Wonder what the nxt plane is...
AlphaTwo00
Member
I initially went with Pearjets, but quickly swapped all of them over to Aeroeagle: at least in my runs, they seem to generate more money even if I don't max out the plane.
Less cities seems to work better with the bigger jets: you can limit the potential cities that people want to go to.
I just hit level 23, and just launched 16/17th plane as class 3 (went with the sequoia)
Looks like 10th group is catching up (or at least accelerating)
Could I get a few general tips for this game? I feel like there's something I'm missing. I'm just going through the motions of sending flights from a to b, getting extra for full flights to one destination. But, like Tiny Towers, I feel like I'm missing that one big point (like putting people in jobs they like) but I can't figure out what, if anything, I'm doing wrong/not as well.
AlphaTwo00
Member
The idea is to group people together for a destination (not necessary waiting for a certain city to generate enough jobs for the destination), hence, the entire discussion about layovers.
Right now, I have 4 cities (Monterrey <-> Mexico <-> Santiago <-> Buenos Aires). And just now, I added 2 class 3 planes, going between Mexico and Buenos Aires. So now, instead of the long route of Monterrey -> Mexico -> Santiago, I now group them all to Mexico and wait for the travel bonus (and a faster trip, ignoring the wait)
AlphaTwo00
Member
Thanks. When did you start getting more slots - is 11 ok for level 16? I think I probably expanded a little too much, and the longer range of the new jets means I might close some airports to bring some cash in.
Copycatken
Neo Member
This may have been mentioned already but how is experience gained in the game? Is it through distance or profit? Or is it a combination of both?
a massive % of the TA score is people who are tagging along for the main prize, given how the system works it's the "smart" thing to do
kinda like how a quarterback rating works in the nfl, the challenge score should have some kind of formula to it so that's it's not just about whichever group has the most members
AlphaTwo00
Member
Basically whenever I had extra money, I'd buy. I think I was at around 12 slots at lvl 16. I had burned quite a bit of cash buying cities that ended up getting wasted.
shira
Member
DangerousDave
Member
This is because of the speed. More speed = more cost = less money.
I also use Aeroeagle as my only 2nd class planes because of this (and Kangaroo as 1st class planes). Is better to get more money, even if your trip is 15 minutes longer, because you won't always be there when the plane arrives.
It's true, and is a very wrong design problem. The games push you to get more airports (also, growing is the base of that kind of games), but if you have a lot of airports, you diversify the offer, so is more difficult to fill a plane. Nimblebit should be aware of this and find a way to fix it, because people won't continue playing for too long if they don't have the need of leveling and increase the number of airports.
Also, layovers are pointless. They need too much effort and money to bring the goods to the red airports, and you don't get more money. The difference of price between the layovers and the "original" goods of the final airport is because the difference of distance between the airport where the goods are to the ending destination and the distance of the "node" airport to the destination.
But, for example, if I'm in LA and I plan to bring some goods to Tokyo, if I layover goods to LA from other US cities, I'll loose money, because the layover goods to Tokyo will be cheaper (the cities are closer to Tokyo) than the ones that are from LA. Also, layover force you to play continously the game.
EleventhDoctor
Banned
Aw man....looks like I have another achievement problem. Transatlantic won't unlock in Game Center even though. The game said I earned it-and I even reset the achievements and did it again!
It can't, first jet that can do it is the Pearjet at lvl14. (and only when fully upgraded)
Thanks! Will probably be lvl 14 this afternoon.
It seems Pearjets are fuel burners, though, right?
At what level do Aeroeagles unlock?
Katana_Strikes
Member
I think it was lvl 16 but could be wrong.
Yep, 16, just saw it in a wiki page.
It's funny in this game how at some point you think you are rich because you have plenty of bux (I'm at 170 right now), and the next moment you realize these many bux will get you nowhere when full-upgrading a Pearjet costs you almos half of it, lol.
It's funny in this game how at some point you think you are rich because you have plenty of bux (I'm at 170 right now), and the next moment you realize these many bux will get you nowhere when full-upgrading a Pearjet costs you almos half of it, lol.
can you fudge profits (eg if you're going for a profit acheivement)?
eg sit in Honolulu until you have a ton of Tokyo customers, fly them to shanghai and drop them off so they are layovers. Then load them up with a second plane and take them the short hop to Tokyo. You'll lose a ton of money on the shanghai flight, but because the cost of the Shanghai-Tokyo flight is low, you'll make a huge profit. Does that work?
any tips for South America? Seems a waste to bring everyone up to New york to get across the atlantic - should I build another bridge across to Africa?
DangerousDave
Member
Yes, but you do this once, to get the achievement. In the regular gameplay, layover is a mess. If you do it from further away airports, you lose money half of the time, and if you do it from closer airports, you need to buy a lot of "black dotted" airports that will diversify the offer of places, making each time more difficult to fill a plane without layovers.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Yeah they soon disappear after spending a lifetime saving them up.
We'll keep 9th place. We're 5k ahead which has widened since yesterday. This has been my most successful Global Event with over 1100 jobs, though it did help that Santiago was a Class 2 airport so all my planes can land there and being based solely in the Americas.
Why not?
I tend to think they are better because you need less of one specific "resource" to fill them up.
I think the game has some sort of algorithm on not giving you jobs you need, haha. I'll sit there forever with 2 passengers and needing the 1 cargo and it just never ends. I picked up a Pearjet mixed that was 3-2 and it's just so friggin slow to fill it up compared to all of one type.
AlphaTwo00
Member
With 4 hours left and a 5000 gap over 10th, do I still need to worry abou Santiago? I've solidified my lead in the local leaderboard.
AlphaTwo00
Member
GOD DAMNIT MEXICO IS DOWN AGAIN.
I agree. Also, Mixed planes don't give me the same pleasure when I managed to fill them up as single type planes. They just don't look as nice...
Super_Chicken
Member
how does the leaderboard thing work? Do you just have to own the airport that the current challenge exists in? and have your group finish in top whatever to win that prize?
toythatkills
Member
You have to deliver at least 5~ missions yourself towards your crew.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
This was probably my best run for the group. Currently 10th in GAFAIR.
Super_Chicken
Member
as in fly like 5 people/objects to that airport?
toythatkills
Member
Yeah, global event jobs are written in blue text, and you have to personally deliver at least five.
Super_Chicken
Member
Katana_Strikes
Member
With 4 hours left and a 5000 gap over 10th, do I still need to worry abou Santiago? I've solidified my lead in the local leaderboard.
Yes *cracks whip*
Only 1 hour to go now folks!!Just bought the 1st 10 seater plane. Currently making just under 10k per hour
EleventhDoctor
Banned
I'm bummed about the Transatlantic achievement bug. Does this mean I'm going to need to eventually reset all my achievements when a fix for this is patched?
I'm trying to do quick jobs by hanging around south America, but there isn't much demand
Last flight coming in. Lands in 8 mins, event ends in 9.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Hanging on to 9th, congrats.
