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    AMslimfordy wrote a new post 10 years, 5 months ago

    One non-character swap strategy for Angry Birds Star Wars II Battle of Naboo level B3-15 is to send Captain Panaka toward the right tower, shooting back into the ice-and-stone structure at the extreme left. Use […]

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      justpast40 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      Great idea @waimea, thank you so much for sharing. So far during today’s Challenge, which started just a couple of hours ago, I’ve managed to improve a little over 12k to 112670, a mere 770 points from a puppy. I missed a puppy last night by 420 I think, but I’m feeling better with this one.

      @renerika, pls share whether you used a swap or non-swap strategy for your TopScore.

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        waimea replied 9 years, 11 months ago

        You’re welcome @justpast40. Nice score! Finding new strats with swaps is what makes SW2 soooo much fun. Shame I can’t top my score to get on the daily board….yet. (;

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      GypsyBird replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      @waimea. I did get up to 101k on today’s challenge earlier using Captain Panaka. Then I finally got some more Leias and have been able to get up to 104k using her – one bird. I had to burn through about 7 Leias before I got it to work. Kept leaving 2 or 3 pigs on the left. This level really bamboozles me. LOL. I just feel good about finally getting over average after so much time spent. It seemed to take forever to even get 3 stars on this one.

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      aleksch replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      Thank you @waimea. Using Leia works really great, it got my current top score and another puppy.
      @sunshine here is screenshot for the Underdog https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/aleksch/album/picture/9254/

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      MVNLA2 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      @waimea — Interesting strat, but I seem to be missing something — By top right TNT, I assume you mean the one in the grey box, right? If I send Leia almost straight up, which is necessary to get her above the floating rocks, her power doesn’t reach the TNT. What am I missing?

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        justpast40 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

        @mvnla2, I’m obviously not waimea, but since I had some success, I’ll chime in. You’re right, almost straight up doesn’t reach, at least not for me on Android phone (my 112670) or iPad (111270). Instead of straight, shoot up & right, perhaps 1:00 or so. You’ll have to experiment for your device & platform. Right now I’m furiously working both devices/platforms, adjusting my angle & also trying manual detonation of the gray TNT once it falls. My best scores so far have been when the gray TNT landed to the right, not left of the red TNT & exploded on its own right there, but it can’t hurt to try a manual detonation since I haven’t improved since my post last night.

        @jtwade & @aleksch, for your puppy scores did the gray TNT detonate on its own or did either of you manually detonate? Did the gray TNT fall to the right of the red TNT or were your experiences different?

        I’m @mvnla2, I’m obviously not waimea, but since I had some success, I’ll chime in. You’re right, almost straight up doesn’t reach, at least not for me on Android phone (my 112670) or iPad (111270). Instead of straight, shoot up & right, perhaps 1:00 or so. You’ll have to experiment for your device & platform. Right now I’m furiously working both devices/platforms, adjusting my angle & also trying manual detonation of the gray TNT once it falls. My best scores so far have been when the gray TNT landed to the right, not left of the red TNT & exploded on its own right there & I think I’ll stick with that, but it can’t hurt to try a manual detonation since I haven’t improved since my post last night.

        @jtwade & @aleksch, for your puppy scores did the gray TNT detonate on its own or did either of you manually detonate? Did the gray TNT fall to the right of the red TNT or were your experiences different?

        I’m still as far away from a puppy as I was last night, so this is also an official whine !!!!

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          aleksch replied 9 years, 11 months ago

          @justpast40 I got my best score when the grey TNT landed on top of the middle tower where the red TNT is, and then exploded on its own sending debris everywhere and giving me great level of destruction. I noticed that if grey TNT falls all the way down to the right of the red TNT I actually get lower scores.

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      justpast40 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      ….. and persistence paid off for 113500 on Android phone, it’s not número uno, but it’s enough for another puppy. Thanks again to @jtwade and @aleksch who took the time answer my shout outs. Based on their responses, it seems the gray TNT can land to the right or atop the middle tower with red TNT.

      @mvnla2, I was VERY WRONG about not being able to shoot straight up & have Leia’s beam reach all the way to the gray TNT. Once I read aleksch’s response about the TNT landing on the middle tower, I began to once again adjust my aim & when to activate her beam & quickly discovered that I could launch straight up, even slightly left & still reach the gray TNT.

      1. Launch Leia straight up. I don’t remember whether she was still ascending when I activated her beam grabbing the gray TNT, but she definitely wasn’t descending.

      Look closely above Yoda, I managed to snap this before the level closed as it shows the trajectory: https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/justpast40/album/picture/9259/

      2. Gray TNT bounces into rock to its left, bounces back to the right side of the rope & falls onto the middle tower & VIP detonating on its own.

      @sunshine or @Mumsie42, here’s the link to PPP (puppy pic proof): https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/justpast40/album/picture/9258/

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      MG516 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      @hallieginsb – thank you for your excellent description of how to attack this level. I don’t think I’ve ever had a harder time getting three stars. I even wasted my stock of Leias with no luck. Knowing you have such a good reputation, I continued flinging using your aiming directions to get a non-swap score of 99K to get the three stars. Cheers!

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        HallieGinSB replied 9 years, 11 months ago

        @mg516 glad you made it work with CP and thanks for the kind words. Sorry you depleted your stock of Leias on this level! I’m still old school and prefer not using swaps, though that seems to be the way to get really high scores now in SW2.

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      aleksch replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      @mpg973 you didn’t enter your new score in leaderboards yet since I still see your old score of 99320 there. I think you have to enter your high score in order to get another underdog.

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        justpast40 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

        @aleksch, you beat me to it… I too was going to post: “@mpg973, it looks like you uploaded your album pic & commented, but didn’t update your score ”

        Sorry @jtwade ; -( ……. This is just another example of the niceties here on ABN .. It’s refreshing

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      Hoy49 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      Started with a non swap score of 102630. I had to swap with Leia to compete. I did improve a lot but there is lots of luck involved. I tried to hit the left most hanging pig with Leia after pulling the gray TNT but never could get it right. It seems like 95% of the time he was still hanging.

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      justpast40 replied 9 years, 11 months ago

      @jtwade, I ABSOLUTELY know you were joking…so sorry about confusion