[KayBird]

I tried posting the web address of this forum, and it got blocked as “profanity.”

[KayBird]

I miss getting a whole game when you paid for it up front.  I never liked this business model where you download for free up front but then suffer through ads and have offers to buy gems put in your face over and over again.

[KayBird]

Shiggy is correct.  Use Chuck as first bird.  Fire Chuck at the support structures holding up the boss pig, and he will fall into the teleport tube below.  When he comes out from the other side, he will crash into the third tower structure and fall between towers 2 and 3.  Sometimes, this is all you need to do to beat him.

[KayBird]

If I get to the 5th floor without encountering any pigs, I stop there.  If I get a pig before then, I hit “Give Up” and stop playing ToF to avoid spending gems.  I’m happy just getting the few free gems from the Daily List task of playing ToF.  Otherwise, not a fan of the ToF.  Not a fan at all.

[KayBird]

I agree.  I have not seen many gems in the rare chests lately.

[KayBird]

Bluedog, well said!  Well said, indeed!

[KayBird]

It’s the opposite for me.  I cannot send gifts, but I am still receiving gifts.  I lost my friend list with the last update.  When I receive gifts, they appear anonymously and just say “A friend has sent you a gift.”  I hope Rovio fixes this soon.  I am helpless to return the favor and send gifts right now.

[KayBird]

Sure would be nice if the number of feathers gets capped for a while. Chasing feathers gets monotonous at times.

[KayBird]

First round in a winning streak – No spells. Doesn’t matter if I lose the first round because there is no real loss to speak of and you can try again later.

Last (7th) round in a winning streak – 4 or 5 spells because I want the 1500 feathers.

In-between first and last rounds – varies considerably depending on how much difference in flock power there is with my opponent.

[KayBird]

Does Rovio ever talk about an end point to AB2? The Angry Birds series of games is the first set of games that I really liked since I was a teenager in the 1980s. AB games are simple enough, and the levels don’t take very long, which is why I like them. That being said, the video games I used to play growing up had finish points, and it was great to get to the end and finally finish a game. AB2 seems to keep getting extended again and again, e.g., new levels keep getting added, new card levels get created, new hat sets, etc. Feels like I keep having to chase false finish lines. Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I’d like to see an end point to the game and feel like I can finish it.

[KayBird]

I think so too. I have enough black pearls to buy my next hat set in its entirety, but I’m holding off because of this until I get higher level cards first.

[KayBird]

Don’t feel bad if you drop back. I fell back into the Amethyst league a few weeks ago. I just didn’t have enough time that week to play much. I really don’t care what league I am in. I agree with others that say only play when it is fun. It’s only a video game.

[KayBird]

Agree. The early AB games were exactly that, light hearted and fun. I liked the original AB, then Seasons and Rio, followed by Space and Star Wars. I didn’t mind spending the few dollars for these early games. I had hopes that AB2 would be the same. I was skeptical when I saw that the game could be downloaded for free. I didn’t take long, though, to see that you had to either play the game very slowly or spend money to buy gems. So frustrating. This was the first game I ever played with that format, i.e., free download but constant enticement for in-app purchases. I’d rather pay a fee up front and not be bothered with in-app purchases.

[KayBird]

I’m still astounded at the number of black pearls required for the Fancy Hat set. And now, they introduced two new hat sets at this same level, i.e., the Wizard hat set and the Steampunk hat set. Unless they come up with new ways to earn more black pearls–and I mean significantly more–I consider the 5X hat sets basically unattainable. I’m disappointed that they’ve brought two more hat sets at this level. Once I finish playing all the levels in the trail map (I’m currently stuck on level 780) and complete the Pirate, Knight, and Winter hat sets, that will probably do it for me. At that point, I’ll probably consider myself done with AB2… unless, like I said, they come up with ways to earn/win significantly more black pearls.

[KayBird]

Yep. Happened to me twice, 1600 gems both times. Didn’t want it either time and most certainly did not want to spend the gems. I was devastated. I absolutely wish there was a way to either stop that from happening or get a refund.

[KayBird]

I believe “Rovio Hank” answered this question in another post. If I remember right, he basically said that, on the one hand, they needed to “future proof” themselves, but on the other hand, the Fancy Hats are winnable in the Tower of Fortune (if you get up to the highest level(s)). He also said that they are still working on more ways to earn black pearls so as to move through the game faster.

As for me, as slow as I am moving through the game, it will be a very, very long time before I ever acquire those hats… if I ever see them at all, that is.

[KayBird]

Observations:
1. Many times now, I have hit the first pig before the fifth floor/level.
2. A few times now, I have hit two pigs before the fifth floor/level. I hate that.

At any given time, I rarely have more than a few hundred gems. I used to have more, when I was willing to spend money to buy gems, but I am no longer willing to do that. I am now perfectly happy to progress through the game as slow as I need to in order to avoid spending real money to purchase gems. As a result, I am almost never willing to spend the 100 gems when I hit the second pig in the Tower. 20 gems is okay for that first pig, but I usually won’t spend 100 more for that second pig. If I hit a second pig before the fifth floor/level, I usually hit the “Give Up” button and wait until the next day. If I make it to the fifth floor without getting a second pig, I usually stop after that being happy to get the 10 black pearls and leave the tower. My winnings in the Tower are often very, very modest, but I just am not willing to spend the 100 gems to get past that second pig.

[KayBird]

Sounds about right. The first pig or two usually appear at level 4 or below. I’m okay with spending 2o gems to keep going, but I hate how much the gem prices increase after that. The Tower is like a slot machine in a gambling casino. Your winnings, if any, are dependent entirely upon chance. I wish that Rovio had come up with something that was based on skill instead of chance.

[KayBird]

The Tower has been frustrating for me so far. Often get a pig after gaining only a few feathers and/or a few gems. Spending the first 20 gems doesn’t bother me too much, but I hate when I get another pig right away again. The next increment is 100 gems to keep going. Not worth it when you only have a handful of feathers or gems. Very frustrating. It’s largely dependent on chance. I wish it was dependent on skill instead of chance.

[KayBird]

I agree. It’s all getting to be too much. Makes me want to delete the game from my phone and be done with it.

[KayBird]

King Pig Challenge gives you three hours to play instead of just 10 minutes, at least on the first day it was released. Then it went to one hour, but that is still better than 10 minutes.

[KayBird]

Yes, I’ve had the game crash a number of times in the Arena, usually when I am near the end of a full winning streak. Attempting to prevent this, I recently started exiting the game and restarting my phone before playing the last round or two of a winning streak. For the moment, this seems to solve the problem of the game crashing.

[KayBird]

Agree 100% Matilda just can’t do that last split-second bomb drop. Can’t count how many times I’ve had that happen. Best I can do now is, unless max distance is required, decrease the tension on the slingshot before launching so Matilda flies slower. That helps some.

[KayBird]

Yes, I’ve noticed that for a couple of days now (with it being Oct 31, 2016 at time of this writing). I’ve been getting spells and feathers but few, if any, gems the last few days. This while they appear to be promoting gem specials in the gem shop. Looks to me like they are trying to steer us into buying gems right now. I do not like this. I would rather have paid a fee for the game up front than have things like this happening.

[KayBird]

Yes, I noticed that too. It looks like the new levels are a combined amount adding your card level, hat level, and slingshot level all in one now. When I played the Arena, the match-ups also displayed each other’s “Flock Power” now based on the new combined levels.

Other additional changes appear to be:
– a few new hat sets (three new sets?)
– higher amounts of feathers in the Arena winning streaks
– a Halloween level available for 24 hours
– new AB2 logo icon on my phone screen