[Squirrel61]

I guess it’s done by hacking the savegame data. Indeed, it’s totally impossible to get the scores that appear on the top of the list. Even if you destroy every pig and brick in the level with the first bird, which happens to be a PU so you spare all your normal birds for 10k points each, you can’t reach these scores.

Btw. it’s a simple calculation I made some time ago. I had a few ML levels which I almost cleared. The remaining debris couldn’t add up for more than 50k points (10k was closer, but just to be sure I exaggerated). I added that to my score and added 10k times the initial number of normal birds and didn’t even come close to the top scores.

[Squirrel61]

I just finished gold leage again, for the second time in history :D Thanks @20qmindreader for your tip to fail regular levels, I finally got enough nuclear bombs to get through gold.

@jeremyharrod The previous time I managed to finish gold, I could enter the Mighty League by being logged in to my Rovio account. But this time, it insists on the Facebook login. No way I’m opening a Facebook account just for the Mighty League! I guess this is an “improvement” or “bug fix” from the last update…

I’m going to check back tomorrow and if I’m indeed not allowed into the ML without Failbook, then it’s game over for me.

[Squirrel61]

Worked like a charm, thanks again! I was offered the “hook challenge” again, as usual on a level where I had no means of destroying it. But I went to Piggywood 1-13, pushed in the lava and hey presto!

[Squirrel61]

Thanks for the tip! Although I noticed it a few times, I didn’t realize that it is possible to get an item from a different level than the one that is linked from the quest. I already cancelled the quest a few times, but when it reappears, I will try to push the hook in the lava. I think it’s the only way to destroy it, because I already exploded nuclear bombs on top of it and all that happens is that it bounces around the screen.

[Squirrel61]

I was able to destory the hard hat by exploding an atomic bomb bird on it (costs you 1 pu).

But so far, I didn’t have any luck on the hooks, so any hint is appreciated by me too!

[Squirrel61]

Like I wrote above, I made it to the master league. You definitely need powerups for gold and master league, because the star scores are way above what you could get when only using your normal birds.

Btw. I didn’t star even a single level from the Master League (it’s only about cheating or moneymaking like @nancy wrote above) and had myself kicked back to wood. Since I checked my “progress” every day without playing a single level, I returned to wood yesterday (took more time than I anticipated) and now I have almost 80 tickets.

I still don’t know if I’m quitting the league or just play the levels that can be done without powerups and then let myself be kicked out again. In a way, as long as you got ample tickets and don’t need powerups, and you don’t try to compete with all those cheaters online, the league can be fun. That means that silver league is the best you can get this way.

[Squirrel61]

The number of jumps in the league box is the number of levels which you have to star to advance to the next league, in the timeframe that is set for that particular league.

If it weren’t for the moneymaking, the Mighty League could be a nice addition which could make you play the game over and over again. But the moneymaking ruins it.

Btw. there’s another way to collect tickets. As described above, I made it to the Master League, but had no intention to stay there. So now I’m checking every day again until I’ve dropped back to the very start of the league, but every day this gives me 3 more tickets. So my count is now on 50 or so. In other words, if someone wants to play the league without paying ridiculous amounts of money for the tickets nor watching stupid boring video ads, you could check in every day for a week or 2 before you really start playing. That will give you 40+ tickets to start with.

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Indeed I’m logged in with a Rovio ID so I think that explains why I wasn’t asked.

[Squirrel61]

Funny, you’re the second one mentioning the Faceboo login. I’m not logged in because I don’t have Facebook at all and I was not asked to log in after reaching the Master League.

And about the powerups, it never crossed my mind either until I came to the conclusion that the star scores where higher than the highest score in the ABN leaderboards.

[Squirrel61]

@mp127 @nancy: I totally agree that the whole Mighty League is just about money grabbing, and I knew it in advance. It already starts with the stupid ads when you run out of tickets (and you will, because who is able to finish level after level with just one try?) considering that paying €2,99 for just 5 tickets is so ridiculous that I cannot imagine anyone doing it.

But curiousity got me and I wanted to be able to say that I’ve been there at least 1 time.

And about the scores, I agree that they must be cheated. Where the star scores are on the edge of what you can reach with total destruction in a minimal time, the daily scores in the rank list are far beyond that.

I wonder why Rovio doesn’t care about cheaters, because they don’t bring any money. Maybe they hope that they will convince non-cheaters to try over and over again and spend lots of money in the game? Well, I’m not one of both groups.

Currently, I’m considering dropping back to zero and then try to get as high as possible without using any powerups, because beating your score still is challenging.

[Squirrel61]

Yesterday, the Master League was open for me. And as expected, the star scores are so ridiculous that you definitely need to use PU’s. And even then, it’s very hard to star a level. I burned 3 nuclear bombs on the 3 levels and on only 1 level I came close to the star score.

Since the nuclear bombs are not given away for free, nor is it possible to buy them for birdcoins, I’ve decided to leave the League. It’s nice until you’ve completed Silver, but then it becomes nasty because you’ll meet the Greedy Pigs in person.

[Squirrel61]

Ok, so today I’ve completed the Gold League. Six stars in two days means you can’t miss a single level, although the dynamite boxes suggest that there’s room for retries before you drop back to Silver.

I’ve compared the star scores against the Leaderboards for the same levels and without exceptions, the star score is higher than the leaderboard high score. Which means that you cannot complete a level without using PU’s. But if you do, the levels are fairly simple. Needed 7 tickets for 6 levels just because I made a mistake on one, otherwise 6 tickets would have been sufficient. Sometimes, it’s better to launch your first normal bird to get a better start for the nuclear bomb bird, but usually you just start with the PU and clear the level.

So tomorrow I’ll know what the Master League is like. Three stars in one day means you can’t permit a single miss. And probably the star score is even higher, meaning that even when using PU’s it will be hard to get a star score. Since that means a lot of PU buying, I’ll probably use what I have and then quit. I have 3 nuclear bombs left, so with a bit of luck and good flinging, I’ll probably be able to complete ML just 1 time.

[Squirrel61]

I guess it’s just more of the same, with even more ridiculous target scores for a star.

I managed today’s 3 gold levels but had to use powerups for aforementioned reasons so I guess the day after tomorrow I’ll know what the Master League is like. It’s just because I’m curious and I’m not using the powerups on the normal levels anyway, so why not burn a few to reach ML? I think after my curiosity has been satisfied, I’ll quit the league. Or just fall down to the start and then reach for silver again, because up until silver, it’s still kind of fun, as long as you refuse to use powerups.

[Squirrel61]

I just entered Gold League today and I see what you mean. My first gold level is Poached Eggs 1-17 with a star score of 90k-something. The walkthrough on the site gives 55k, my personal high is almost 60k and I highly doubt that even when you manage maximum destruction with a one-birder on this level, you can get above 70k.

So it looks like the Gold League is designed to be destroyed by PU’s, leaving all your normal birds unused. The general strategy hints mentioned above still apply, but they won’t get you the star. Besides, it looks like the “normal” PU’s are less powerfull than in the normal levels and the only thing really working is the nuclear bomb bird, which you have to buy (of course) when you run out of the 10 free birds you get somewhere in the process.

Basically, that means I’m out of the league. And Rovio again destroyed one of their games.

[Squirrel61]

I also got the refill, that was not the problem. I refilled 1 or 2 more times after the “lock” and it didn’t happen again.

[Squirrel61]

My first impression of the game is that it feels like a combination of AB Fight and AB2, but better. The graphics look good, however the flat 2D graphics of the original AB games definitely work better on older devices (I’ve got an iPhone 6S, so no performance issues for now). Loading is quick, however on older devices I think you need a lot of patience.

For the time I’ve been playing the game, I haven’t noticed a steep increase of difficulty, as is the case with Fight and AB2, where you can win one level with ease while the next one costs you all your lives. This makes this game nicer and friendlier to play.

[Squirrel61]

Another bug? After playing a few more levels, I’m now locked in the coin shop. When I press the red cross, I get the message “wait till request finished”. I can switch to the diamond shop, but the same is happening there. Closing the app and reopening it doesn’t help either.

Only a forced shutdown got the game going again.

My device: iPhone 6S 64GB, iOS 9.3.2.

[Squirrel61]

I got stuck in the energy shop. My scouts where all drained and since I didn’t have anything to buy a refill, I choose for the third option, watch a video for 1 refill. After the video ended, I closed it and then nothing happened anymore. I tried to close the shop by pressing the red cross, but that didn’t work.

I finally came out of the energy shop by pushing the diamond counter in the top right of the screen. This took me to the diamond shop. When I exited it, I was also able to exit the energy shop.

[Squirrel61]

I only get treasure chests filled with presents that I can only give away to FB friends. And since I don’t have FB they’re completely useless to me.