Forum Replies Created
- Replies
Djangosmum@djangosmumNot sure I’m going to bother having read of all the ‘exploits’ to gain pearls/hats/gems/spells everyone else seems to have worked out except me!
Would I use them if I had?
Sadly, little prospect of upgrading to an azure slingshot without – life’s too short.
Maybe time to call it a day.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@captsternn – I have to wonder – how many stalwarts who remember the Easter ‘upset’ are still playing AB2?
(My cat’s a tabby so obviously the wrong type)
Djangosmum@djangosmum16 hours and counting…..
Djangosmum@djangosmumStill locked out too, arena finished here in UK nearly 13 hours ago – not that I have any gems or pearls to claim, as treat the Arena with the contempt it deserves, play for ‘fun’ rather than to win these days.
Djangosmum@djangosmumI get how you could see the same bird used consecutively, having got a strike, so you get the same bird back in you choice of 3, then use it again, but I once saw 3 chucks in a row at the start of the match and can’t get my head round how this is possible.
Djangosmum@djangosmumMust be easy today as got it first go, winning 150 feathers in the chest rather than the despised blizzards.
However, the paltry 30 pearls seem meaningless now I’ve got the gold slingshot and it will take forever to get the next set of hats!
Djangosmum@djangosmum@ddeck- just read your post and surprised no-one had responded yet! Thanks for the painstaking analysis – like many others I’ve found the slingshot/hats issue perplexing and complained about it, but being too lazy to actually do any more than that your findings make interesting reading.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@emeulman – sorry I can’t answer the question, but it was reported on this thread some time ago that on any one day some had a 6 room Boss level while others only had 5 to beat – maybe just random as I seem to get a mixture of both playing day to day.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@emeulman – I had 6 in the Boss level today too, playing on an iPad. It seems to vary as yesterday I had 2-3-5, whereas today it was 3-4-6.
Djangosmum@djangosmumThe elation from beating the DC at first attempt today soon dissipated on the chest opening to reveal two blizzards. However the white feathers did get Matilda ranked up so can’t really complain…
Djangosmum@djangosmum@heybert17 – I’ve asked the same question about a player having an upgraded sling but missing hats on their birds or choosing to use party hats rather than higher scoring crowns/street hats – hard to believe that anyone would be stupid enough to forego the advantage after the effort required to gain the hats and slings in the first place!
Djangosmum@djangosmum@klm13 – sorry if I’ve confused you, but what I meant was you could be in more than one league of 15, so players other than the ones you see in ‘your’ 15 might be playing against you in theirs, as you are listed in ‘their’ 15. However, looking at the ones you can see, very often they will be in a higher league, or occasionally lower, rather than say azure or whatever you are in, so you are in a different league in that respect too.
Times I’ve got fed up and stopped playing the Arena, I got demoted weekly, but the lower league I dropped to always seemed to be populated by players from the higher league of the week before. Now in azure having dropped from diamond.
Moving up or down a league is a bit of a farce under the circumstances, and if you are demoted unfair competing against the other 14 who are probably still in the league above.
Good luck with your new game and you’re not the only one getting fed up with AB2..
Djangosmum@djangosmum@klm13 – no-one has explained why the hats don’t show on Arena opponents but someone did say they won’t show when you look at the others in your league, only when you come up against them in an actual battle.
I never seem to battle anyone appearing in my own league, but as I understand it, from previous posts on the forum, we may appear in more than one league, so the ones you see as being in your league may not see you in theirs. This might explain why the person in first place has a ridiculous score much higher than the second place, as they are competing against different players and might not be in first in their own league.
I’d rather it was a bug causing the hats to disappear than the alternative – that somehow they got the slingshot without working hard for pearls to buy them, but when I play there is a niggling doubt which spoils the game for me.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@klm13 – have raised the same question about Arena opponents with a silver slingshot but missing hats, a couple of times lately but no-one picked up on it. Surely you must have bought 2 sets of hats to get the sling so why would you not use the hats when they give a +2 advantage on top of the sling multiplier?
Keep seeing this in the Arena (which should give me an advantage) but hard to believe a legitimate player would be so stupid not to use the hats as they are hard work to get in the first place – also seen party hats on their birds when the crowns ot street hats would score higher.
So like you, a bit confused!
Djangosmum@djangosmumI keep seeing opponents in Arena battles with an upgraded slingshot, silver to match up with mine – so why when they must have bought 2 complete sets of hats to get it, are they missing hats from their birds?
Why would a legitimate player not display the full set to take advantage of the multiplier? Especially as it is a laborious task accumulating pearls to buy them in the first place.
Also, with silver, why would their birds wear party hats rather than crowns or street hats when you get a higher multiplier with the latter?
I’ve only just returned to the Arena after being put off by various issues in the past and without a reasonable explanation not sure I want to continue.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@sambeaver- I like to see how many attempts you make and impressed when you do it 1st time, like today.
My motto is ‘life’s too short’ so will use 60 gems on the final boss room rather than go back to the beginning if it’s been a hard slog getting there in the first place or I’m running out of time.
Weird today – the boss disappeared off screen down below but his strength meter did not budge, so realised I had yet to finish him off – had to aim the final bird and work out where he was actually lurking from the insert screenshot but luckily had a bomb so did not need to be too precise. Got a pig inflator for my trouble.qq
Djangosmum@djangosmum@jon3800- thanks for your replies yesterday. Having only just upgraded to the silver slingshot, was surprised that it actually looks more a pale blue/azure rather than silver – so that’s probably what I was seeing and not a real azure after all.
However, still a bit confused that I was confronted with an opponent in the Arena, also with the silver slingshot but missing hats on some of their birds – why would you not have them when it increases your score? I suppose the answer is obvious….
Djangosmum@djangosmumFollowing my slingshot upgrade to silver, and seeing the way it looks more of a pretty pale blue or azure even, I belatedly realise I thought I was seeing players with the azure slingshot which were in fact silver and getting quite agitated that they could have them so soon without cheating. Well now I know!
Djangosmum@djangosmum@jon3800 – many thanks for the explanation, so now happy that not seeing any hats denotes a cheater, but how on earth could anyone have accumulated enough pearls so quickly to even have the azure slingshot in the first place?
I look forward to someone enlightening me!
Djangosmum@djangosmumIt wasn’t really a question, just speculating that I can buy all the party hats to get the silver slingshot then switch the hats back to crowns for the higher multiplier – I wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t explained you could deselect hats.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@chucky-2 – sorry me again! What you said about deselecting hats means I could buy the complete set of party hats to get the silver slingshot, then deselect the party hats in favour of the crowns, so get the benefit of both albeit buying the hats in the reverse order. You are a mine of information – thanks again.
Djangosmum@djangosmum@bossywings – regarding cheaters, there’s a ‘player’in my league in the Arena this week with an azure slingshot already, and curiously no hats on their birds at all!
Djangosmum@djangosmumHello again @chucky-2 – thanks again for the information at there is precious little elsewhere! When you have multiple sets of hats which shows up on your birds – the most recent? I agree that the 3500 pearl set is ridiculous and you only get +3 rather than +2 for the extra expense and to get the azure slingshot, which incredibly someone in my Arena league this week already has! ( but no actual hats)
Doing the maths, if I buy the party hats as a complete set next, that will give me the silver slingshot (+2) to compensate for the birds downgrading to only +1 so I’ll be no worse off while collecting the street hats for the gold slingshot. Perhaps Rovio will suddenly start showering us with pearls in the next update as everyone realises the reality of how long it takes to reach azure legitimately – you never know!
Djangosmum@djangosmum@chucky-2 – thanks for your reply and well done getting your gold slingshot! Did you start with the party hats, then buy the crown set and street hats? I might have started with the cheaper party hats to get the bronze slingshot if I’d realised, but went for the crowns as I had one for Red already. If I don’t want to downgrade the multiplier will only get the gold slingshot now with the cowboy hats which will take a while…..
Still don’t understand why some players have an upgraded slingshot but no hats showing on their birds as surely you can’t have one without the other.
Djangosmum@djangosmumThe explanation of hats and slingshots was a bit sparse when first introduced and I, and possibly others, might have assumed you’d get the bronze with the party hats and silver with the more expensive crowns or street hats, when it actually doesn’t matter which set of hats you buy. Bought the complete set of party hats, following the crowns to upgrade to silver, while retaining the crowns for play.
This is an updated version of an earlier query to Hank as my questions have been resolved – thanks to fellow forum contributors!
- Author