Pocket Planes Thread [MRG]

[Mazrim]

This thread is about the NimbleBit game Pocket Planes, the spiritual successor to Tiny Tower. Tiny Tower was one of the most popular games on iOS in 2011, and Pocket Planes is deep enough to be even better! The best thing is that the game is free!

Pocket Planes has a notable feature where you can team up with others in contests to win Bux (currency to buy planes and upgrades for them). We are using the Calgarypuck name to work together. Join us!

It takes a while for the game to initially find it, so if it doesn't work right away, so try again in a few minutes after your first attempt.


Getting started:
- Make sure to pay attention to the tutorial! You're going to be lost initially without following it.
- From your starting location, load your starting planes with passengers or cargo depending on what they have, and get them earning money for you.
- Get familiar with the Menu button, specifically the Market and Parts buttons. The Market is where you get parts to build planes or buy complete planes, and the Parts button is where you assemble parts you've collected to make planes.
- Go to Flight Crew, tap your name at the top, and change it to Calgarypuck if you want to play in our group for Events (see the Menu button for the events page).
- Have fun!


Some helpful tips (since the game gives you very little information!):
- Cities with a black dot are Class 1, and only Class 1 planes can fly there. Blue dots are Class 2, which allows Class 1 and 2 planes, and Red dots are Class 3, which allow all planes. Try not to buy too many small cities, save up for Class 2 and 3 airports!
- Don't spent your bux upgrading single seat/storage planes. As you get better planes, your bux will be better spent upgrading these bigger planes.
- Don't be afraid to micromanage. If you're struggling to get a group of fares that go to the same location, take two different ones and leave one at the destination you choose. Another plane can take that layover later with a common destination from another fare to make you more money.
- Buy parts instead of planes. It's slightly cheaper to build a plane, but every bux counts.
- If you're bored, you can collect gold (1 and 10 gold pieces) and bux (rare) while watching your planes fly.

[Hockeyguy15]

Looks like it worked now, it says jobs done by flight crew 6 for a rank of 358

[Mazrim]

Yup, that's right. Try to take as many jobs as possible to Calgary!

[Bigtime]

I'm so getting in on this Pocket Planes action!

[Mccree]

I have add Calgarypuck. I just need access to the Calgary airport,

[HOOT]

I tried joining but it wasn't letting me so I will try when I get home. What is the advantage of having a crew? More planes? More airports?

[Mazrim]

It lets you group up with people and compete in these events for bux. The current event is a chemical spill in Calgary. The winner gets 1000 bux.

Calgarypuck is currently 44th place in the world. We have 5 people right now I think.

[Mccree]

I just checked and we are 30th. I am 2nd in the crew with 23 jobs.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

It lets you group up with people and compete in these events for bux. The current event is a chemical spill in Calgary. The winner gets 1000 bux.

Calgarypuck is currently 44th place in the world. We have 5 people right now I think.

Does it matter if my crew is started in Europe?

How does someone contribute to the event?

I wish I could play the same game on my iPad as my iPhone, kinda sucks having two games going. But I've added both to CP crew.

Edit: just as I say that it syncs and I lose all my iPhone stuff.

[Mazrim]

You can join the flight crew still. Not all the global missions will be in North American airports. For all we know the next one will be in Africa or something.

[wooohooo]

I joined... I think I'm last (just started)

What have you guys found to be the best strategy? And how do we get more jobs? Just be more busy?

[Bigtime]

I started up in Eastern US/Canada. These puddlejumpers are already grinding my gears, I want a fleet of jumbos and Concordes.

[Hockeyguy15]

I feel like I'm not pulling my weight, we are # 13 in the world with 281 jobs and I am 6th with 24 jobs...Good work top 5! Haha.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by wooohooo

I joined... I think I'm last (just started)

What have you guys found to be the best strategy? And how do we get more jobs? Just be more busy?

Jobs update every 4 mins or so I think? I find that if you are in a city with no jobs it's better just to wait it out than fly to a new city (unless you can get there before the jobs refresh). The higher the population that the airport serves the busier it will be, so save up and buy good airports.

[Hockeyguy15]

Ok I've got 2 Airvan's now so hopefully I can get more jobs for Calgary now.

[HOOT]

The #1 crew has over 27,000 jobs completed!

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by HOOT

The #1 crew has over 27,000 jobs completed!

There is a glitch where you can reset the jobs or something, they are probably doing that so they have easy ones to Calgary.

[wooohooo]

We're in 10th spot now!

I've been working hard and am in 4th place in our flightcrew with 46.

Whoever is at 1 and 2, good job! haha

[wooohooo]

Anyone have an AIRVAN-P Body I can have? I can trade you..

ANAN-C Engine
Kangaroo-M Body
Navigator-C Body

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

There is a glitch where you can reset the jobs or something, they are probably doing that so they have easy ones to Calgary.

I wish I didn't start in Europe but I'm too deep to reset, I want in on this chemical spill!

What's the difference between the jobs that have blue or black dots?

Is there a FAQ page for this app? I can't find anything.