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I have plenty of input, I’m just late. My apologies. The gold sling is absolutely no different from the wishbone sling. The only thing is, I remember Rovio once mentioning that the seasonal slings might only be temporary, and they might remove them some day, putting you in need of a replacement, in a gold sling, which I believe will be a permanent fixture.
As far as damage goes, here are some of my findings:
Blue bird (without splitting them) aimed at a short, thick rectangular stone (2×4) worth 1900 total points, no power ups:
Standard, Original Sling: 80 points.
Golden Sling: 1250 points.
Stone Sling: 1900+ points (complete destruction of said stone)
Test level: Poached Eggs 13.
Yellow bird (Chuck), aimed at a large stone boulder, worth 6500 total points, no power ups:
Standard, Original Sling: 320 points.
Golden Sling: 1520 points.
Stone Sling: 1920 points.
Test level: Poached Eggs 20.
Yellow bird, same condition, added King Sling:
Standard, Original Sling without speed deployment: 440
Standard, Original Sling with speed deployment: 570
Gold Sling without speed deployment: 1950
Gold Sling with speed deployment: 2410
Stone Sling without speed deployment: 2460
Stone Sling with speed deployment: 3020
Yellow bird, same condition, added King Sling + Super Seeds + Speed Deployment (Maximum Damage)
Standard, Original Sling: 1070
Gold Sling: 4180
Stone Sling: 5220
**ALL SHOTS WERE FIRED WHILE AIMING AT THE SAME PIXEL POSITION, USING AN X:Y MOUSE CURSOR COORDINATE PROGRAM, IN ORDER TO REPRODUCE THE SAME SHOT.
As you can see, the Gold sling did considerably more damage than the standard sling, but the Stone sling achieved considerably the most damage, and nearly destroyed the large stone boulder with one hit.
Conclusion: Each specialized sling (ice, wood, stone) works by far the best on their respective ice/wood/stone objects. If a level is of mostly stone, definitely use the stone sling. If the level is mostly or entirely wood, like Mighty Hoax 25, use wood sling. If mostly ice, use ice sling. They do great deals more damage to their respective objects, but no more damage to other objects.
The Gold Sling (Wishbone Sling) does significantly more damage than the original sling to all ice, wood, and stone, but not as much damage as the specialized specific slings to their respective objects.
RECOMMENDATION: Use Gold or Wishbone Sling if the level contains a relative mixture of ice, wood. However, personally, if there is any significant amount of stone, even with ice and wood present, the stone sling is my usual go-to sling for damage and scoring, because let’s face it, stone is naturally the strongest, and by far the most difficult to break.