Age of Ash

[Gt city]

I have the same problem. I think I am done.

Do not worry, it seems it is a part of quest. As i saw from first day till now, even Volcano becomes higher. But as i read, all should works fine, even if is looks strange.
For me, i like it, it is a quest, and none of our buildings will be damaged.

 

[Harcourt]

Free2Play , I totally disagree with you Ivan. I have a building surrounded with roads, 1/2 of them are cracked. I can NOT collect any drops from this building. Said I need to build a road which is not true!!!

When I have a cracked road and a building 'greyed' out, I go through the routine of placing a road next to it. The road stays cracked but the building comes back to life and continues to deliver coins etc.

Regards
Harcourt

 

[Akims]

Yes. The quest seems to be changing the scenery as it progresses.

 

[ryder]

More than 50 less than 100. Got the drops on the higher end. I fly all filter flights until I have no filters. Then I fly just cold war flights. Only had sky captain and spyglass active. I thought the drops were never until I got the two. Flying falcons and giants. Waited until all were in hangers before collecting for better effect. Even if you don't have the friend in need bonus you will still get more drops with the spyglass.

Same here. Just received first drop from cold war collection after flying 61 flights to Lima. Similarly, the drop came after the plane was in the hangar and not on the runway.

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

For me, restarting the game, after shutting down and rebooting my tablet was the solution to the 'damaged roads' problem. This problem appeared again last night. I was not able to repair ANY of the road. The damaged sections cannot be selected. My grayed out buildings (needing a road) still stay grayed out.

The drop rate for chainsaws at neighbors did improve with the Sky Captain bonus, so I got more chainsaws. But only for one day, since the Sky Captain bonus lasts only one day. The drop rate for rewards from chainsaws did not change. No change on drops from any flights either (event or non-event).

I am making little to no progress on this event so far. I haven't gotten one collection yet. All I can do is keep plugging away at it, and jam my lucky cowboy hat down harder on my head, even if it does give me a headache.

I remember the first time the Halloween event happened. It was so easy to get 50 units of fuel in that event. By the time it was finished I had over 2,500 fuel units. Too bad that's not likely to happen again. It was very helpful to me.

Meanwhile, back to the event. I average one chainsaw per neighbor I visit, which means only 12 chainsaws per day IF I am lucky. I send out 20 chainsaws every day, although I am not sure how many I get back a day. Best case would be 32 chainsaws every 24 hours. I get an average of 3 filters per day. With these low drops rates and only 10 planes, it does not seem possible to complete this event in the time given without spending a lot of cash on the chainsaw logger sets.

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

I noticed that the burned areas are spreading into the unoccupied sections of my cleared city land. Is this going to be repaired when the event is over, because I cannot 'fix it right now. I hope it is only cosmetic and will not impact any of the buildings that these charred areas touch. The last thing I need is to have any of my building stop working. The damaged road sections are bad enough.

 

[Kesh]

one advice for using bonuses, use them in combos, for events most usefull are spyglass and golden dice. Plan use of bonus in advance (close to daily reset so you can visit neighbours 2x per bonus, collect as many items you get, have ready fuel and passengers for as many flights you can do with items gathered. Stash items in advance. Try to get max from those active bonuses. Some bonuses can be get via collection from regular flights - try to get them way before event starts.
The easiest is to complain about drop rate, move odds in your favour with advance planning.

 

[Canadian Cowboy]

When is the daily reset that you refer to?

 

[Long]

Got hit by the gifting bug tonight, cannot send out any gift, I saw many people mentioned that, any fix or work around for that? This is really bad, when all my neighbors need Chainsaw but I cannot send out! Or is this intentionally as part of the event?

 

[Neil ellor]

Does anyone know if using the spyglass and/or sky captain will increase the drop rate (chainsaw or other) when visiting a neighbour's airport?

Also, would it be best to use the spyglass and the sky captain at separate times or does using them both at the same time increase the drop rate even further?

Thanks,
Neil

This worked for me using Spyglass and Sky Captain bonus. I also use a Golden dice but I don,t think this is working for flight drops.
Drop rates are hopeless even with the Golden Dice only 2 drops across 3 games, not good

 

[DanBrock]

I just select build road option and tap next to the road and it fixes after I select cancel.

Have to do it every other day.

 

[Airport city cheat]

There is no way that the drops are random, 60 flights to Lima, 72 flights to Los Angeles + the flights from Friday night to Sunday spy glass used & not 1 drop... I've read somewhere 2 people had to wait over 100 flights to get a single drop + 1 person saying 350 flights before he got a drop... I honestly don't believe its random, in my opinion I believe G! are holding the drops back hoping that players will buy greenies.... I've gone through a lot of my neighbours airports & it seems the players without casino, bank, mint are struggling to complete the last part of the event... (I know we have 15 days left)...

When I first started playing Airport City the drops were regular & a joy to play but now it seems the drops are not coming & the Jumbo Ranger plane wont be in my Airport because its getting to the point where I need to COMPLETE 1 collection per day I cant see that happening especially when its 5 days in & I'm still waiting for my first drop

 

[Rainer]

There is no way that the drops are random, 60 flights to Lima, 72 flights to Los Angeles + the flights from Friday night to Sunday spy glass used & not 1 drop... I've read somewhere 2 people had to wait over 100 flights to get a single drop + 1 person saying 350 flights before he got a drop... I honestly don't believe its random, in my opinion I believe G! are holding the drops back hoping that players will buy greenies.... I've gone through a lot of my neighbours airports & it seems the players without casino, bank, mint are struggling to complete the last part of the event... (I know we have 15 days left)...

When I first started playing Airport City the drops were regular & a joy to play but now it seems the drops are not coming & the Jumbo Ranger plane wont be in my Airport because its getting to the point where I need to COMPLETE 1 collection per day I cant see that happening especially when its 5 days in & I'm still waiting for my first drop

This is exactly my experience.
You get almost nothing more from the flights.

 

[killer]

IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGE OF ASH INFORMATIO

N BOX IT TELLS YOU THAT YOU CANNOT FINISH THIS QUEST EARLY.

 

[Gt city]

IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGE OF ASH INFORMATIOView attachment 4392 N BOX IT TELLS YOU THAT YOU CANNOT FINISH THIS QUEST EARLY.

It looks it was not suppose to be to finished too early. Still close to 15 days to complete. Slow, but sure!

 

[Ty Gigamon]

> many flights + many visits to neighbors + many chainsaws exchanged = zippo drops in 3 days. This quest is going south fast. I'm exhausting my fuel and space inventory to focus on quest and getting nothing return. 2 plus weeks is completely dragging this out.

 

[Pakman]

I think GI have programmed it so the Cold War Collections items only start dropping in earnest later on into the event.

I have finished the sub quest where you had to fly to LA for 1 item, (this took about 49 jet flights to obtain that 1 item!), but have had zero CWC drops from all other many different flights to date - flying with Thunderbirds, Falcons, Giants.

 

[Bob1977]

I bring my summary to your attention. Mind, please, that there are people who burnt a fortune but completed all 3 tasks. So technically the event is solvable. I aim at reasonable expense of resources. A boost run, mentioned below, means all drop rate improving power-ups active - SC+GD+D+SG. To finish Task 1 and 2, IMHO, we need only 2 boost runs. What to do with the 3rd - I can't say. Maybe drop rate will improve closer to the deadline.

Age of Ashes is a unique event with shifting parameters and even changing terrain.

1 period, 20-17 days: no penalties
2 period, 16-?? days: +10% fuel to Volcanic flights​

Task 1. My estimate is: 400-500 Chainsaws and 2 boost runs needed.
3 Gates of Hell collections needed to finish the event

Its items drop from Burnt Trees around your city
Chainsaws are needed for that
Chainsaw is an event item and we exchange it vastly
Chainsaws drop from neighbors' Burnt Trees

chance: 20%, +SG 40%, +all bonuses - up to 80%​

Particulate Filter drops from your Burnt Trees

chance: 20%, +all bonuses up to 60%​

8 event routes give Volcanologist Equipment collection

Every flight needs Particulate Filter - drop rate up to 80% with all bonuses
Every collection gives Institute of Volcanology (36 coins / 20 min)
The goal is to get all 6 in one boost run
24 new stars are strictly limited by the number of Filters​

Task 2. My estimate is: 60 Filters and one boost run needed, then clicking
3 They're not Rocks, They're Minerals collections needed to finish the quest

Its items drop from Volcanos at your city once an hour:

chance: 10%, +all bonuses - up to 80%​

Jackhammers are needed for that
They are produced by Institute of Volcanology every 20 min:

chance: 20%, +all bonuses - up to 100%​

Task 3. My estimate is: it can be finished only with terrible expense of resources
3 Cold War collections needed to finish the quest

Items drop from 8 common flights - chance: lower than 1/100

Bali (T-P) needs Landing Lamp
Los Angeles (J) - free!
Lima (D) - free!
Iceland (P-D) needs FC
Seattle (Jum) needs FH+FC
Bogota (G) needs FC+Bl
Anchorage (F) needs FL+EP
Osaka (T-B) needs Bed+ER ?​

10 give Jumbo Ranger - a modified Jumbo +20% speed!​

The final prize is The Capitol. It produces 1 item a day.

Small side quests:

1. Mountain View. Visit 3 Research Labs of your neighbors.
   
2. First Victims. Tap 5 Burnt Trees at your neighbors' cities.
   
3. Ashes to Ashes. Find 1 Chainsaw.
   
4. Deeper investigation. Cut 5 Burnt Trees with Chainsaws.
   
5. Household Objects. Find 1 Particulate Filter.
6. Keeping a Distance. Take a flight to Mount Elbrus.
7. Philanthropists in the Woods. Find a Rock Hammer in your Burnt Trees.
8. Thermal Imager in Hand. Assemble the Gates of Hell collection.
9. Full-on Panic. Visit 25 residential buildings.
10. Through the Smoke and Lava. Assemble 1 Volcanologist Equipment collection.
11. The Scientific Method. Build 1 Institute of Volcanology.
12. Grim Prospects. Visit Institute of Volcanology 10 times.
13. The Radioactive Smithereens. Visit Institute of Volcanology 1 time.
14. The Root of the Matter. Find 1 Jackhammer.
    
15. Community Service. Assemble the They're Not Rocks collection by studying the Volcano.
16. Sweaty Work. Visit Institute of Volcanology 5 times.
17. The Inevitable Explosion. Visit 25 residential buildings.
18. A Cold Decision. Bring a Nitrogen Cylinder from LA.
19. The End is Near. Visit 10 Coffee Bars.
20. Untapped Potential. Visit 10 Eateries.
21. A Dark Cloud. Visit 5 Flower Shops.
22. Giant Mushroom. Visit Car Dealership 3 times.
23. History in the Making. Visit 20 Cottages.
24. A Sober Reckoning. Complete the Cold War collection.

 

[Ty Gigamon]

-built a second institute because the first one stop dropping jack hammers yesterday. So far nothing today and now I'm moving buildings around due to separating roads.

 

[Xilikon]

I decided to take a small break from flights for the CW collection and resume normal flying for stars for a few days until it unlocks. Currently, the volcano drops picked up and I'm getting stones (9 within 48h, including a double-drop). I also decided to keep chainsaws and use it with bonuses tonight.