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Pocket Planes |OT| ...and don't call me Shirley (iOS, Universal) #GAFAIR crew

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senador

Banned
My buddy text me and said he gets lots of upside-down planes (I've only had 1) and that he has a plane stuck in another dimension. I was thinking that was awesome and crazy, then he sent a pic and its just a bug. Haha. Guess its just stuck there til the game gets patched.

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mrklaw said:
not speaking for him, but at the moment I'm enjoying working towards the event goal, and adjusting operations accordingly. Later on I might try a North America domestic operation, see what feels good.
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shira said:
It's like an efficiency puzzle.
How many planes can I balance with the least amount of time played.
Time spent playing is actually a lot less with focused trips.
If you want to spend a lot of time microing get tonnes of airports.
If you want to check in every hour this is way more efficient

Don't really care about levels, would like to get a starfighter though
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Gotcha. I guess I just feel its counter-something to how the game "should" be. Perhaps I'll try it before I continue to knock it.
 
shira

shira

Member
senador said:
My buddy text me and said he gets lots of upside-down planes (I've only had 1) and that he has a plane stuck in another dimension. I was thinking that was awesome and crazy, then he sent a pic and its just a bug. Haha. Guess its just stuck there til the game gets patched.

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Gotcha. I guess I just feel its counter-something to how the game "should" be. Perhaps I'll try it before I continue to knock it.
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Oh definitely. It would have been a much cooler game if you could spread out, but if you want to win/play the system this seems to be the most efficient way.

In any case definitely awesome time waster for FREE
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Looks like. And sea knight for prize, no Bux. Will give it a go, doesn't need much adjustment for me just close Moscow and open philly
 
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DigitalDevil

Member
Finally In the top ten!!! Let's see if I can hold on to it.

Finally got my first mystery part. If I get all three during the event will I end up with two sea knights?
 
shira

shira

Member
ilikesanta said:
So many 1 min flights with my class 1 planes with this challenge. My advise; Advertise, Advertise ADVERTISE!
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Idk if this is applicable but you can save time by auto returning to newyork
You lose money by not getting new passengers, but it saves time due to reloading

AlphaTwo00 said:
You can advertise the city, which increases people wanting to go to it, afaik.
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Haven't seen an official FAQ but I'm noticing 1-2x more jobs in each airport
 
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AlphaTwo00

Member
Mithel said:
Do I need an open plane slot to collect the Sea Knight prize?
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No, they just go into your parts menu.

In fact, you may stumble upon the mysterious part (looks like the standard mario question box), and upon delivery to Philadelphia, will yield one part of the Sea Knight.
 
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ilikesanta

Member
I got 2 out 3 mystery parts for the Sea-king (or whatever the name is) if I can get 2 class 1 five seaters out of this that would be rad! Also #3 in Gaf Crew
 
shira

shira

Member
ilikesanta said:
I got 2 out 3 mystery parts for the Sea-king (or whatever the name is) if I can get 2 class 1 five seaters out of this that would be rad! Also #3 in Gaf Crew
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I'm #2. Not sure the most efficient way to get to Philly.

Class 1 kangaroos
Class 1 seakings
Class 2 aeroeagles
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
Argh, 3x mystery parts, but 2 engines and 1 controls. If anyone gets a sea knight body and wants to swap for one of my engines, let me know

Edit: make that 3 engines :/
 
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ilikesanta

Member
mrklaw said:
Argh, 3x mystery parts, but 2 engines and 1 controls. If anyone gets a sea knight body and wants to swap for one of my engines, let me know

Edit: make that 3 engines :/
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I know I have some extra bodies, but I forgot what part I need, and i won't be able to check for another 8 hours when I get off work. I could totally just give you one.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
ilikesanta said:
I know I have some extra bodies, but I forgot what part I need, and i won't be able to check for another 8 hours when I get off work. I could totally just give you one.
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Thanks. Game center ID is 'mr klaw'. Let me have yours and I'll ping you an engine just in case
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
ilikesanta said:
I'm 'ilikesanta' I'll try sending it in an hour or so. Thanks!
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Just sent you an engine. I had 5 in the end....still no body. I wish it wasn't so random for events.

Was #3 when I called it a night, finished in joint 4th, best result ever for me

Seems to be no event today, probably good to let me get back to normal, sort out some passenger backlogs and actually earn some money/Bux for a change
 
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AlphaTwo00

Member
mrklaw said:
Just sent you an engine. I had 5 in the end....still no body. I wish it wasn't so random for events.

Was #3 when I called it a night, finished in joint 4th, best result ever for me

Seems to be no event today, probably good to let me get back to normal, sort out some passenger backlogs and actually earn some money/Bux for a change
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Cape Town.
 
S

senador

Banned
We were supposed to get a Sea Knight for being in the too 10 right? I got cash, but no parts. :(

Edit: I have yet to encounter mystery parts.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
I bought joburg too, most of my big planes are aeroeagles so they can fly there, then I put away a couple of big planes and brought out two sea eagles to do the short ferry runs to cape town. Let's see how it goes. My class 3 planes have to stop at Tehran though, so I think I won't bother with them

Edit: opened Bangalore for a more direct route between Johannesburg and Tokyo.
 
shira

shira

Member
This one is annoying. Johannesburg is too small and the distance to cape town is too far.

I'm stuck with a backlog of crap in Lagos.
 
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kittens

Unconfirmed Member
I got my first Class 2 plane! Pearjet-C. The range is :-O. I still can't quite reach to Cape Town, though. :-(
 
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Keyser Soze

Member
Still playing this - LVL 17.

It has changed from a "every second, every day" game to an "every now and the, in between other things" game.

I feel like i am making great money now though. $5,000+ flights are great, as is making 20Bux+ on some flights.

Still miles away, but I really want a Cloudliner!
 
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kittens

Unconfirmed Member
mrklaw said:
Pearjet with range upgrades will go from new York to London. Can't land in cape town anyway :)
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I know. I was hoping I could open a Class 2 airport nearby Cape Town and put a Class 1 plane over there, too, but there's no Class 2 airports in Southern Africa that are within my reach. It just isn't feasible. Ah well, I worked my ass off for that San Jose prize last week. :)
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
kittens said:
I know. I was hoping I could open a Class 2 airport nearby Cape Town and put a Class 1 plane over there, too, but there's no Class 2 airports in Southern Africa that are within my reach. It just isn't feasible. Ah well, I worked my ass off for that San Jose prize last week. :)
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If you aren't have capacity or funds then just skip it and focus on expansion, you'll be ready for the next one :)

Johannesburg is reachable by pearjet from Tehran or Istanbul in Europe, bangalore in India, or Recife / rio in south America.
 
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Meier

Member
I think I may retire my Airvan-M (AV001). 103,784 miles on this bad boy over 337 flights.. (4 days, 3 hours of flight time). He is making the least amount per hour ($1,723) and I want to give the Sea Knight a shot.

Sold off Moscow, Munich (starter) and Orlando.. added a few places in Africa so I am now good to go to hit up Cape Town and Joburg.
 
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opticalmace

Member
Got a sea knight! Cool.

I'm just starting out but this game is so awesome. I steal my gf's ipod touch to play this all the time.

More fun than many "real" (i.e. console) games.
 
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AlphaTwo00

Member
shira said:
This one is annoying. Johannesburg is too small and the distance to cape town is too far.

I'm stuck with a backlog of crap in Lagos.
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Same. I'm keeping my Class 3 cities (Mexico, NYC, Paris, Moscow), added Lagos, and going through Johannesburg to get to Cape Town.

I've got enough BUX to build the cloudliners now, but at a cost of 73 BUX (and still no good litmus test on whether it's a good bang for buck purchase, I'm holding out for now.
 
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kittens

Unconfirmed Member
mrklaw said:
If you aren't have capacity or funds then just skip it and focus on expansion, you'll be ready for the next one :)
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Yup, that's what I've come to realize.

And damn, the Pearjet is EXPENSIVE to fly. I really have to fill it up with cargo to make it break even. It's taking several waves of new jobs to fill up, though. I've put a ton of money into upgrading my airports, but I guess I need to do more.
 
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FerranMG

Member
What does upgrading airports exactly do?
Just increases the number of spots for layovers available, or also the amount of regular passengers/cargo?
 
shira

shira

Member
FerranMG said:
What does upgrading airports exactly do?
Just increases the number of spots for layovers available, or also the amount of regular passengers/cargo?
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Yeah it feels like maybe a 50% increase in the amount of jobs and doubles the layover slots
I'm not sure how this compares to advertising - this feels like a 100-200% increase
 
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kittens

Unconfirmed Member
I haven't even bothered with the advertising thing. It's the only thing I haven't experimented with in the game. Is it worth it?

Also, out of curiosity: has anyone plunked down real life money to get extra bux? I haven't spent a dime.
 
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DigitalDevil

Member
kittens said:
I haven't even bothered with the advertising thing. It's the only thing I haven't experimented with in the game. Is it worth it?

Also, out of curiosity: has anyone plunked down real life money to get extra bux? I haven't spent a dime.
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Yeah, I've spent fifteen bucks on it but I'm probably done. I did the same thing with tiny tower. It's nice in the beginning to get over the initial hump, but after that it isn't necessary for me. Nimblebit deserves every dime.
 
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