Pocket Planes by NimbleBit - Join Flight Crew #TouchArcade

[coastcat]

Originally Posted by Faye Valentine

I didn't like the Fogbusters that much. They fill up so quickly and you feel like you've run out of space too soon, cuz you have more than 8 jobs going to the same destination. I took Fogbusters out of my fleet. Right now I have Aeroeagles, Sequoias and Cyclones. The Cyclones can take 12 and I sometimes find it challenging to fill those too. So the 6 and 8 capacity are sweet spots for me.

I gave up on the Fogbuster, too. Like Faye, I'm using Aeros, Sequoias, and Cyclones, plus the Kangaroos (and sometimes Mohawks) for events in Class 1 cities. Sometimes I'll use the leisurely but economical Blimps.

Currently #13 because I got distracted by a local event in Ketchikan. Since Seattle and Chicago are clogged up with layovers for that one, I'll send my Aeros back to the NY-Miami route.

[Train2000]

PART 1
Hey guys, I've been lurking around as I work on my 45 events. I got to the point where I had amassed 10 million coins and 2000 bux, bought the cloudliners, sent the cloudliners to the hanger, converted everything to Sequoias and Aero's, had the SA - Asia route, had the NA - Asia route, then had both. Completed my 36 achievements (except for trans-Atlantic flight of course) and I've pushed hard for some of the global events (a couple of top 20's). So I decided to keep things fresh by completing the 45 local events and get my check marks. I have 37 finished and I knocking off the last 7/8 as they show up (more on that in a sec). I thought I'd lay out what I've been doing to help anyone who has considered this or is trying to accomplish it.

Only attempt this style of play when you have plenty of coins and bux. Since these events only pop-up for 12 or 24 hours, it's all about setting up your routes quickly and sometimes coins and bux are going to be spent.

So here is an example, there is a Mass Wedding in Las Vegas and a Music Festival in Cordoba. I open both cities and buy advertising. I then find the closest Level 3 city to each destination city. Los Angeles for Vegas and Buenos Aires for Cordoba. Then if I can't fly a Sequoia between those two Level 3 cities I'll buy the Level 3 city(s) in-between like Lima. So that's my route, now I send half my Kangaroo M's to each Level 3 feeder cities and I start filling up my and sending my Sequoia M's with Las Vegas and Cordoba jobs to this route. Sometimes your planes are already in the area, but usually I'm buying Level 1 cities (Nome to Wellington style) to get my Kangaroos a route to these feeder cities. I will then start the flight with no passengers or cargo and then spend 1 bux (sometimes 2 or 3) and send the planes FTL style. This gets the planes there quickly but spends coin with no return and spends a few bux.

I then work this route during the day filling up Sequoia and sending them back and forth with my Kangaroos going back and forth to the event cities. A little trick if you’re waiting for jobs to refresh: find a small city anywhere and buy it, some of the northern Canada and Russia cities cost just over 1000 coins. This will refresh all jobs and after you close the city you get back half of the purchase price anyway, so you’re spending roughly 500-600 for a job refresh when if you used bux it would cost you 6-8 bux (3000-4000 coins).

[Train2000]

PART 2 (Sorry so long)
The first time I got close to 1000 I sent a couple of flights to the host city and acclomplished the event, but it also started a new event log. So I had the check and 1000/1000 showing and a duplicate event showing 4/1000 on my screen. I now make sure I hit 1000 exactly.

So here is my issue. I have completed 37 events, I’m working on 7 other events and I have this one duplicate of an event I already finished. But the heading on my event page says 45/45 events. I know it’s counting the duplicate event I’m working on, but I can’t figure out which event I haven’t started yet. I went to a Planes Wiki page that lists the 45 events, but they list 47 events with three that were global events and haven’t shown up separately in the local events. The 44 local events that I’m working on or finished are:
AIR MUSEUM OPENING
AIR SHOW
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG
BALLOONING FESTIVAL
BIZ MEETING
CHEF COMPETITION
CHEMICAL SPILL
CHICK-CON
COLLEGE PARTY
CONCORDE CEREMONY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
COSTUME PARTY
DINO THEME PARK
DIVE TRIP
ELVIS CONVENTION
EMBASSY DINNER
FIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
FILM SHOOT
FIRE
FOOTBALL FINALS
GAME CONVENTION
GOLD RUSH
GOLF TOURNAMENT
LUMBER GAMES
MAGIC COMPETITION
MASS WEDDING
MEDICAL CONFERENCE
MILITARY EXERCISE
MIME FESTIVAL
MONEY TRANSPORT
MUSEUM OPENING
MUSIC FESTIVAL
PIRATE PARTY
PRISON BREAK
PUMPKINFEST
RARE AUCTION
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
RODEO
SCIENCE FAIR
SCI-FI CONVENTION
SEARCH AND RESCUE
SHIPPING OUT
SPACE CAMP
TOURIST BOOM
And the three listed in the wiki that have been global events are
COMIC CONVENTION
COMPUTER FAILURE
INDEPENDENCE DAY

Anyone out there know of an event I’m missing? Sorry so long. Love this game though.

ID: Train2000

[Bluebear88]

Originally Posted by Cahockey

Just sent my blimp on a 112,000 mile flight in between LA and Chicago that will take about 3 days 21 hrs. If I sped it up it would be 939 bux.

I did the same exact route with my blimp but for only 3 days 0hrs. It only gave 33,000 miles, so I'm interested in how many miles you get when she finishes her marathon.

[vicsark]

Originally Posted by Train2000

PART 1
Hey guys, I've been lurking around as I work on my 45 events.

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I then work this route during the day filling up Sequoia and sending them back and forth with my Kangaroos going back and forth to the event cities. A little trick if you’re waiting for jobs to refresh: find a small city anywhere and buy it, some of the northern Canada and Russia cities cost just over 1000 coins. This will refresh all jobs and after you close the city you get back half of the purchase price anyway, so you’re spending roughly 500-600 for a job refresh when if you used bux it would cost you 6-8 bux (3000-4000 coins).

Very interesting, thks for sharing!
Nice tip to buy a 1000$ airport for jobs refresh lol
Can't help you on your question though, I'll look at my events list (26/45) whenI'll have the time and two screens to compare with your list!

[Cahockey]

Originally Posted by vicsark

Very interesting, thks for sharing!
Nice tip to buy a 1000$ airport for jobs refresh lol
Can't help you on your question though, I'll look at my events list (26/45) whenI'll have the time and two screens to compare with your list!

I think you can get two job refreshes from the airport, you open it and you get new jobs, and I'm pretty sure you get new jobs by closing it too.

Edit: new York is closed! Had to open Boston for my Aeroeagles to detour through to get to Miami, and my sequoias will have to wait to go to new York or go through London and skip to Chicago to get to LA.

[vicsark]

Originally Posted by Cahockey

I think you can get two job refreshes from the airport, you open it and you get new jobs, and I'm pretty sure you get new jobs by closing it too.

I'll keep that in mind for the next event with mystery parts (although scrolling through 15 class 3 airports fully upgraded with dozens of layovers usually takes the 5 minutes needed for refresh!)

[itschriscollins]

Originally Posted by Cahockey

I think you can get two job refreshes from the airport, you open it and you get new jobs, and I'm pretty sure you get new jobs by closing it too.

I've been using this trick for a while and haven't yet had closing the airport also refresh the jobs list; unless I'm very unlucky it's only when you open the airport.

[Faye Valentine]

I thought Miami was going to finish about a half hour ago ... Not I discover there is still 12 more hours to go! LOL

[Bluebear88]

Originally Posted by Faye Valentine

I thought Miami was going to finish about a half hour ago ... Not I discover there is still 12 more hours to go! LOL

It's that long day of work that just will not end...