@gatorhater, when you say your Ship & Mast are decent, what do you have? I play on an iPad & iPhone & the very 1st day I played on each (the Worldwide release about 16 monthe ago), I had 1 free Slot spin resulting in an SS Ship for each device. Even with that, because my Birds had low levels, until I had an attack twice Mast & SS Bow, I could not crack Top 2000 when I 1st started playing. Back then what’s now Top 2000 was Top 500 & that was very very hard to do!
We all have to progress from #1 Super (yellow) & regular (green) Pigs, even those you see who have those thousand plus points on Day 1, so it’s not possible to skip lower level Pigs. I’m not sure you have to play 12hrs a day for the Top 4000 you seek, but 6 is likely minimum, more likely 8. If spending Gems, wait until the last 3 days when the “special” Pigs appear because level 1 with MVP is a minimum of 400 points.
What I’m surprised, actually shocked, no one has mentioned is the difference in the points system for using FB vs non FB. I know last Event’s #3, PiggySue uses FB Help, because we “spoke” via FB posts after the Event (purely coincidence, we both used FB names other than what we see during the Event.) I just happend to see other players sending congratulations & did the same. I don’t know how FB Help points work, but it’s my understanding they are in lieu of MVP. If all FB HELP get the same points then MVP would be irrelevant. I believe these Top players we’re seeing likely use FB Help. Because MVP seems to be irrelevant, they share their Pigs with each other. I think everyone helping gets the same points with only the spotter getting the Bonus points. I really hope someone who uses FB will chime in so we can get clarification, because I’m just guessing on the points system, but I’ve chatted with a few FB users & they all say they use a messenger/chat system to share their Pigs.
Hope this is some help for you & good luck with the next Event.
