Coming from AB2 also & having a lot of success with the Mountain, here are my strategies.
1) Take two pigs and quit if you don’t have enough in rewards to continue if you meet the 100 gem pig. You have to be willing to lose at least 50 gems or you’ll never get to the higher floors. Â And you must remember that you haven’t really won anything until you exit the mountain, it’s banked. So you can’t count on gems you have banked to pay for a pig you meet. If you don’t have enough gems in your personal account to pay for the next pig either exit or be prepared to go straight to the store from the mountain and buy more gems or you will lose everything you’ve banked.
2) Dont drive yourself crazy over picking the wrong door. What you will get is already predetermined by the computer, so whether you picked door 1,2, 3, or 4, if the computer has “decided” you’re getting coins, you’re getting coins. The best strategy is to develop a method and stick to it. Â You can fool the computer if you develop a pattern.
3) It’s gambling, so remember the odds are always on the house. Â You have to know when to quit and yelling at Rovio doesn’t help. Â If you exit early on several days you will eventually get a bigger haul. Remember they want you to spend as much as possible, so once you quit early the computer will try to give you more to make you stay longer the next time and bet on you losing your restraint.