Ancient Greek Temple -- New iOS Quest

[Pakman]

greensmith - V. good feedback on the strategy for this quest Tom and well done on completing the task and hitting 262 stars - wow!!!! I think this may have surpassed the great gift master himself? tdv.

I am plugging away on this current US and the Aztec quest before I sell up my fleet of planes and go for the Stonehenge challenge. Will need to wait a while though and build up fuel stock levels before having a go at the Ancient Greek quest.

 

[Red Fox One]

Neil ellor,
One of the reasons I like AC is because it's not a competition between neighbors. Everyone plays at a speed that's comfortable for them. I think the quests challenge us personally. Can I figure out how to reach the goal in the time allotted? Sure, I can spend money to buy greenies to speed up my progress; but I don't have to. I don't particularly care if a neighbor gets a reward building before I do. What I care about is that I beat the quest before the clock runs out. There's only one table and the buffet has something for everyone.
Cheers,
Tom

Very well said, Tom, especially the "everyone plays at a speed that's comfortable for them" part.

 

[Rsorour]

Hey Tom (greensmith) !! How early did you activate your golden dice before your first set of jumbos land?

 

[Deetee04]

Rsorour You can activate the golden dice a few minutes before your first Jumbo lands. In that way you can send out the jumbo's twice within the 6 hours that the golden dice is active.

At least this my tactic for Stonehenge and the Temple; I used 5 Big Delta's for Stonehenge and now 5 Jumbo's for the Temple. Arrange enough passengers and fuel for the first 5 flights (5x 380 and 5x 40) and activate a map. Send out 5 planes within one hour and use 5x 2 fuel catalysators. Just before the first plane retuns activate the golde dice. Now you have around 1.5 hour left from the map and 5 hours from the dice. Arrange again enough passengers and fuel for 5 flights.
At this point I made the choice to use a ancient weathervane that speed up flights with 35%.(other option is to use again fuel catalysators but than I got no sleep). Activate the vane (4 greenies) and send out the planes again within one hour.
The flights return within 4 hours, the map isn't working anymore at that time buts that's not important(you got an new one), and the dice is still active.

So with one map I did 10 flights, didn't waste to much fuel and yes, it costs me 8 greenies for the dice and the vane. But by using the dice the results were great: 5 items, 6 and 5 in 10 flights! I used the new received map without any hurry and got the last items for Stonehenge! And I will finish my Temple short after this weekend!
And getting the stars for this destinations don't bother me, 90 flights is only possible by buying al lot of maps or very much fuel/passengers to return planes immidiately.

I hope my explination and offcourse Tom's guide helps you and all others friends to get the buildings!

 

[Rsorour]

Many Thanks Deetee04 for the detailed calrification...
Cheers!

 

[Helen Elizabeth]

Hi all

How di I get a map for Chichen Itza & Tenochtitlan?
Doc C has landed but no map?

Cheers

 

[Rsorour]

Happy Helen .... You will need to buy the map set for 3 greenies and keep your fingers crossed. You might get what you need or more of what you have.
Good luck
Cheers!

 

[Helen Elizabeth]

Happy Helen .... You will need to buy the map set for 3 greenies and keep your fingers crossed. You might get what you need or more of what you have.
Good luck
Cheers!

Thanks, Rsorour

I had spent 2 lots of greenies & got the maps I already have.

Guess GI is getting there own back

 

[greensmith]

Thanks, Rsorour

I had spent 2 lots of greenies & got the maps I already have.

Guess GI is getting there own back

If you three-star the other flights you will get a free map. It's all random. Good luck.
Cheers,
Tom

 

[greensmith]

Hey Tom (greensmith) !! How early did you activate your golden dice before your first set of jumbos land?

The only thing I could add to Deetee04 comments is that I buy a Matryoshka Doll for four greenies right after I reach my passenger limit following sending my nine planes out on their first map run. My normal passenger limit goes from 1200 to 2400. That way I have enough passengers to stock the second wave of planes after using the Fuel Catalysts. After I send the second wave out, my passengers build up to 2400 again. Even though the Doll runs out of time, I still have 2400 passengers to start my next map a day or two later. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Tom

 

[Rsorour]

The only thing I could add to Deetee04 comments is that I buy a Matryoshka Doll for four greenies right after I reach my passenger limit following sending my nine planes out on their first map run. My normal passenger limit goes from 1200 to 2400. That way I have enough passengers to stock the second wave of planes after using the Fuel Catalysts. After I send the second wave out, my passengers build up to 2400 again. Even though the Doll runs out of time, I still have 2400 passengers to start my next map a day or two later. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Tom

Thanks Tom....I read about the Matryshka doll in one of your earlier staments and i executed accordingly. I spent the day yesterday working on Athens. Used a Doll and a golden dice with 5 Jumbos. Got 5 helmets with 10 flights using one map. I was hoping for a better drop rate.
Cheers!

 

[Deetee04]

Yes! I finished the greek mission and got my Temple!

 

[Bali Hi]

If you three-star the other flights you will get a free map. It's all random. Good luck.
Cheers,
Tom

This quest is taking a really long time to complete, but it got a bit easier when I built more Alien Legacies & Space Monument to increase the Terminal capacity to 920 passengers.

Thankfully I got maps of Delphi, Sparta & Troy after 3-starring Athens, so I will not have to resort to buying maps for the moment.

 

[Rsorour]

I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for the effort and time Tom (greensmith) has put into the detailed posts describing the quests, tips, and challenges. Without following these threads (Aztec Pyramid, Stonehenge, and Ancient Greek Temple) , it would have taken me ages to complete the tasks at hand. Thanks again Tom and anybody else who shared their words of wisdom.
Cheers!!!