Same setup for me today as well. I barely finished DC even though I had 5 birds for the final room.

I’ve seen that setup for level 2 of KPP before (where the portal on the right slime path isn’t even visible on my device). I’ve never been able to beat it. I’m sure somewhere there’s a super player who knows a trick shot, but even a free video bird…[Read more]

It’s like at our local grocery store, where they put signs up saying “to improve your experience” we’re moving everything to new places so you can’t find anything.

I don’t chase streaks anymore–the rewards just aren’t big enough. The higher levels are usually too tough, with competitors having much higher FP and using several spells to boot. It’s tough to win those. What I’ll do is load up all 5 spells and fire off a couple of rooms to see how I’m doing without using any of those spells. Sometimes the other…[Read more]

I have seen it happen, but rarely and never to me. I wonder though if you deliberately don’t use the first bird in the deck, whether another one will eventually turn up?

For me, the fun part of this game is figuring out a strategy to defeat a particular layout. Which bird is best, which angle of approach, ways to use the flowers, tubes, trampolines, etc. If it comes down to just dumb luck, firing away and hoping for the best, I might as well spend my time flipping coins or playing slot machines.

I had FIVE birds left going into the final room, including terrence and bomb and still left Zeta perched on a ledge where the slightest puff of air would have sent him over. But that would have cost 60 and I just don’t play that game any more.

And how excited are you all about the movie so you can see even MORE of Zeta?

Not.

I’ve also noticed since the video option disappeared, maybe my imagination, but my last bird now always seems to almost destroy Zeta. Almost, not quite. As if to say, hey — one more easy shot and you’ve got it, just a measly 60 gems….

You can get around the retry wait times easily. BEFORE firing your last bird, if it’s clear you aren’t likely to complete the level, force-stop AB2. Don’t play the level through or exit the game the usual way. Force-stop it using the close-apps command (or whatever you have on your device) as if the program had crashed or stalled.

When you…[Read more]

Without the video bird my playing time on DC/KPP has been reduced to one attempt only, unless it’s a really easy one that I just screwed up the first time. I will not be lured into spending gems for such small rewards.

I suspect this is another Rovio experiment that won’t last very long.

Bomb’s Blast DC was not too tough, but the KPP was an are-you-effing-kidding-me 5-6-6 where I felt like a Superbowl MVP just getting through level 2. When I ran out of birds in room 4 of level 3, I realized the time spent would have been more productive rearranging my sock drawer. And not even any thanks-for-playing gems from the daily quest.

I like the repositioning of the restart & shuffle options to the bottom center. I was always clicking on them inadvertently when they were on the right.

Even though I would have passed that feat ages ago it does seem strange. I probably open 25 common chests a day. When I look at my accomplished feats, there’s an entry for 50,000 common chests, not 50.

I had a very different one,  a 4-4-5  DC, easy — the kind you can sleepwalk through. It may mean I’ll get the gem sucker tomorrow.

You probably shouldn’t be wasting coins on those anyway if you already have another x10 set or the Samurai set (x11).

Right. It’s worth waiting to see if a frenzy happens. To my recollection they have always happened just a day or two before the shop closes, if they happen at all.

I did finally complete this, though with time running out I spent 60 gems to finish both levels 8 and 9, when I had a single pig left standing and didn’t want to run through the whole thing again. They do require some tricky shots where everything has to fall just the right way.

Level 8 was a bit harder than 9 IMO.

I’m sure that’s correct. But a higher FP can earn more points for similar damage and fill the lightning bolt faster, resulting in more extra birds or better quality spells.

I agree with@nas76, feathers are a better deal IF you already have a hat set that is equal or greater power than what you’d get with a new set (which is just a slingshot upgrade).

One possible exception would be to go for pearls. I have a couple of partially completed sets from special hat events, where I only got 4 or 5 from the TOF. I may use…[Read more]

@char65, regarding spells in hat adventures…. No, you can’t use your own supply, but you may be granted spells while playing the adventure when you make an especially good play. A really great, complicated shot that destroys multiple structures can even earn a mighty eagle. On some levels I don’t know how you can get through it without one.…[Read more]