Why was my post removed?

@ckd1 – I can only guess, but I would say that maybe the contents of that thread are going to be built into the First post of the mastery thread, as you uncovered something new.

I just tried 9-5 with similar results. I think all the five wave battles in cave 9 might be a hidden resource. Especially with birds that like to use their secondary abilities in autoplay. All the better to extend the battle a few more turns to allow a few more piggies to join the fight. I am playing pretty much any bomb class, with rainbird for the healing effect to survive the battle and doing very well.

@burbman
I can hardly put something into the first post of the Mastery topic when I don’t even know what exactly @ckd1 was talking about in the first post.

I do use Skulkers together with McCool already, though. That makes every enemy drop 2 Snouts instead of just one enemy.
Pickpocket will work the same way, although the chance for this set to drop Snouts at all is low.

Does Cannoneer actually give Snouts three times when attacking? That would be killer.
However, the Mastery topic is a topic to talk about Mastery not about Snouts. There is a different Snouts topic and I believe there is a link to that topic in the first post.

Running Mouthpool with McCool with Skulkers and Lightning Bird, I’ve been able to get over 400 snoutlings per pass. I average about 350 per pass with that setup. I’ve also tried using Bomb/pickpocket (doesn’t matter what class, they’re all the same) with Skulkers and then a friend’s Lightning Bird (or my LB and a friend’s Skulkers), I’m able to get on average about 250 snoutlings per run. But it takes a while and you can’t autoplay. The problem with that method is that a lot of times the LBs available are very weak, so they can get knocked out.

@smwforever45 –
Sorry, I did not log in over the weekend. I can shed some light on my findings here with regard to 9-9.

Mastery is roughly equal to 13-5 (approx. 110/play) when played with very strong two bird combinations, but play time is quicker on autoplay. Mastery increases substantially (125+/play) when lower powered teams, or teams with a healer that the autoplay likes to buff a lot are used (Rainbird for instance), as this allows for more pigs to enter the battle each round. Play time in this scenario is extended a bit from 13-5, but overall yields more mastery/minute.

When played with pickpocket set, I did not see higher snoutlings per play than mouthpool, but they were well in excess of any other level that I have tested (79/play). Even without pickpocket, they are on par with 13-5 (54/play).

I have seen similar results when playing other five wave levels in cave 9, it appears these findings are not unique to 9-9 in particular, but rather a function of the cave effect in cave 9.

@angryde @burbman

I think we need go to the judges on whether or not
“thoroughness” is a word. I think I pulled a muscle typing it in.

@burbman
Sounds lovely, thanks for your research. :) I’ll make sure to have this level added to the list of “good for Mastery” levels in the next update of the Mastery topic.

@angryde @dallasreds
Well, according to my favourite dictionary, “thoroughness” is indeed an actual word, meaning something like… well… being thorough, paying attention to any detail.

Hey my English is far from flawless. I bet that, in five years, I’ll be facepalming over the English I am writing right now. Like I am facepalming when I see my posts from 2010-2012. XD