Transformers: Earth Wars - Divide and Conquer Event

I know I need another cup of coffee, but is this NOT an alliance event (finally... there will be happy people out.there is itnis)

Alliance membership isn't a requirement (copy and paste, so I didn't miss it) so I'm guessing it's solo.

300 4-star shards and 450 3-star shards in total... and I might be able to get them all. Absolute belter.

Only 3k points to max? Not bad, not bad. I should be able to win this.

Is it only 1 prestige level? Or are there multiple prestiges?

Edit: never mind, missed the prestige none spot.

Oh, and individual event! Yeah! I need a weekend off after the last one.

Could use the weekend off at least.

I was watching a video of the Botcon panel this year, which is odd because I thought they prohibited video recording at these but it doesn't have any signs of being illicitly recorded, which then makes me wonder why Seibertron doesn't have one, but I digress. In the coverage they brought up the then-upcoming release of Earth Wars and mentioned that it falls "squarely" in their Prime Wars Trilogy. This strikes me as an odd thing to say since the game's plot is minimal. Perhaps, since it seems to be a slow build to combiners, this comprises the Combiner Wars portion of the story that we never really saw? I know we had the IDW run, much like we're getting an IDW Titans Return arc now, but the toy fiction that Hasbro likes to talk about differs from these, and TR got a little comic that explains the basic scenario which is more than CW ever got. I'm choosing to ignore the Machinima series because it's kind of awful and potentially contradictory to this game's story, if you can call it that, as well.

I may be reading too much into this, since Hasbro seems to always talk like they're telling a grand story through their toylines and mobile games, which simply hasn't been true for Legends, Earth Wars, or especially Battle Tactics which never even pretended to have a story. But I dunno, I want somebody at Hasbro to wake up and say "Maybe we're emphasizing the wrong aspect of this, why don't we just sell that the game is a fun romp with Transformers characters?" I still laugh at this gem from NYCC last year.


Oh, in other news, I got Galvatron to level 25 and was treated to another dialog. THINGS ARE DEFINITELY MAYBE HAPPENING FOR SURE I THINK.

I mean according to Hasbro and them prodding High Moon about it the WFC/FOC games are in the Aligned/Uniend continuity and are prequels to like Transformers Prime and RiD 2015 even though there are a lot of differences (and some are irreconcilable). I honestly feel Hasbro's approach to have everything being relevant but in a different approximation/sub-universe of an overarching continuity is probably the best way to deal with contradictions and is even a bit friendly to head canons in some ways too.

Hasbro: IT'S ALL CONNECTED!
Fans: But that doesn't make sense, what about-
Hasbro: ALL CONNECTED!!!!!!

Exactly. Just be thankful its not the Jurassic Park continuity, Aliens/Predator/Prometheus, or even Terminator as that one is beyond all recognition at this point.

If you want to have a connected universe story, you need to have a person with two jobs; Supervising writers so they're all on the same page and smacking directors and producers when they go "Yes, but wouldn't -" and just smack them. Preferably with a large book.

Absolute Zero wrote:If you want to have a connected universe story, you need to have a person with two jobs; Supervising writers so they're all on the same page and smacking directors and producers when they go "Yes, but wouldn't -" and just smack them. Preferably with a large book.

No, no...a baseball bat.

And on an unrelated note.

Just a friendly reminder (as if Cons do anything that anyone sane consider friendly) that Seibertron Deception Alliance is recruiting, we have spaces that need filled with good, dedicated players who find the word craptastic as funny as I do. And an HQ of at least 10.. and upgrading stuff because Dizz has spreadsheets. You do NOT want him consulting his spreadsheet about your upgrades.

Seibertron II will take those below HQ 10, but Dizz has spreadsheets for there too (yes, we've spent some time teasing Dizz about his spreadsheets)

We also prefer to use Line instead of the ingame chat (because ingame chat is craptastic). My LineID is in my sig, but just for ease. . It's ctrlfrequency

I would suggest a cutting tool like a sword for good measure. Maybe just a blast from a fusion cannon for even better measure. "What Would Megatron Do?" after all.

Spreadsheets are useful for stuff! That's in defense of Dizz. I used to use them for budgeting/adult stuff to a point. I found that they're like the word processing multi-tool pocket knife of sorts.

Okay Decepticons, we'd like to have an Alliance meeting, using Line, cause character limits are craptastic.

Right now we're tentively looking at Saturday afternoon (Saturday evening for those in Europe, middle of the freaking night elsewhere), depending on schedules.

You will be there or DEATH!!!!

(Edited because King Kuuga accused me.of being too nice, now I must go shoot him)

ctrlFrequency wrote:Seibertron II will take those below HQ 10, but Dizz has spreadsheets for there too (yes, we've spent some time teasing Dizz about his spreadsheets)

Yeah, yeah, I love my spreadsheets... but in my defense, I'm not tracking ALL of Seibs II

BDizz76 wrote:

ctrlFrequency wrote:Seibertron II will take those below HQ 10, but Dizz has spreadsheets for there too (yes, we've spent some time teasing Dizz about his spreadsheets)

Yeah, yeah, I love my spreadsheets... but in my defense, I'm not tracking ALL of Seibs II

That would make you loose what little thread of sanity you are holding on to.

That reminds me... I need to peek in on that war and see who's not playing with the Bots

ctrlFrequency wrote:Okay Decepticons, we'd like to have an Alliance meeting, using Line, cause character limits are craptastic.

Right now we're tentively looking at Saturday afternoon (Saturday evening for those in Europe, middle of the freaking night elsewhere), depending on schedules.

You will be there or DEATH!!!!

(Edited because King Kuuga accused me.of being too nice, now I must go shoot him)

There will also be cake, except when its not a lie. I may make this a test involving cake though, or harmful neurotoxin. For science.

If it's for science... then ya.

Besides, I've been building up Seibertron'so resistance to poisons for a bit, add another one!

Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong!

Compete for the light or darkness in this weekend’s leaderboard event for a chance to win a guaranteed 3 or 4 Star Rodimus vs. Nemesis Prime!

Light our Darkest Hour Event



Will Rodimus' "Blessing of the Matrix" light our way or will Nemesis Prime's "Power of the Darkness" consume everything?

Start Date: 16/09/16 10:00 UTC
End Date: 19/09/16 10:00 UTC

How do I participate?

• Reach Headquarters level 4 and join an Alliance!
(There are both Autobot and Decepticon Seibertron Alliances for you to join!)
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect prizes!
• Continue to earn Battle Points.
• Secure your rank on the Event Leaderboard
• Win amazing guaranteed prizes!

Prizes

• Prestiges Allowed: None
• Bonus Experience: Earn Double XP in Event Battle Zones!

Totaliser Prizes


Leaderboard Prizes


Character Spotlight
Whose side are you on? The carefree daredevil's or the dark, twisted bot bent on destruction? Catch Rodimus and Nemesis Prime in this week’s character spotlight video!


Balancing Update

COMING SOON
Autobot Jazz & Mixmaster - These bots will have equal stats. This means more damage for Autobot Jazz (but less health) and less damage for Mixmaster (but more health). Overall, this change is not large and will be most visible at the high-end spectrum of the game (where the imbalance was greatest), and helps us make the game more balanced AND more fair for all players across both factions.

The situation involving these bots was neither fair nor balanced. A high-level Mixmaster was able to ‘one-shot’ most of the defenses including Mortars, which was never the intention and more of an accidental overlook on my (Game Designer Adam’s) part. The gap between Mixmaster and Autobot Jazz was quite significant since one received damage boost at the cost of health (Mixmaster) while the other was more resilient at the cost of damage (Autobot Jazz). Given that these bots utilize one of the most powerful abilities in the game, the imbalance grew to uncomfortable scale and had to be addressed.

Abilities currently under investigation:
In order to give you a heads-up and be a bit more transparent, we’d like to share a list of changes that we’re currently looking into. These changes are based on player feedback as well as game data and are mostly buffs to abilities that are not there yet, or small tweaks to incredibly effective (and potentially abusive) strategies that cannibalize other bots’ utility.

There are no timings nor exact details for these yet, and as always we would like to hear your feedback!

• Pleasant surprise to Huffer owners (don’t want to spoil it!).
• Defense Hack range increase.
• Further Cluster Strike improvements.
• Mirage/Breakdown EMP buff - radius/duration increase being probable.
• Line Barrage buff.
• Strafe/Scourge on defense (when used in the Outpost) - possibly will deal reduced damage to enemy bots (currently they are more problematic to attackers than anticipated).
• Divebomb/Windblade ability damage may be slightly reduced and/or ability pricing on repeated use may be increased.
• Range of Ultra Magnus/Galvatron ability (possible small increase).
• Bombing Run buff.

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Kurona wrote:THEY'RE NERFING MIXMASTER

NO

NOT MY BABY

I guess they're nerfing him because he had a leg up

Kurona wrote:THEY'RE NERFING MIXMASTER

NO

NOT MY BABY

He doesn't one shot kill at higher levels anyway.

They should be prioritising Swoop/Scourge on defense though. That shit is ridiculous.

Burn wrote:
They should be prioritising Swoop/Scourge on defense though. That **** is ridiculous.

Totally... it's about time. I HATE STRAFE!

Burn... can I do some shameless alliance promotion?

ctrlFrequency wrote:

Burn wrote:
They should be prioritising Swoop/Scourge on defense though. That **** is ridiculous.

Totally... it's about time. I HATE STRAFE!

Burn... can I do some shameless alliance promotion?

I imagine you can do what you like as the commander.

ctrlFrequency wrote:Burn... can I do some shameless alliance promotion?

You could, but it won't get you far. If only you had someone on the news crew that could help you promote your alliance...
(Though in all fairness, ALL Seibertron Alliances should be promoted)

Burn wrote:

ctrlFrequency wrote:Burn... can I do some shameless alliance promotion?

You could, but it won't get you far. If only you had someone on the news crew that could help you promote your alliance...
(Though in all fairness, ALL Seibertron Alliances should be promoted)

I'd be happy to promote the sister alliance... (who's in control of that?), however, that news crew is unreliable

I will help you promote stuff if you need it

My summon news crew spell worked.

Give me something to advertise, and I will help your alliance grow Even if you are cons

Advertise... advertise... well there'should one course I didn't take in college.



Darn it. I need a bit of time to figure out that part

In the commercial you make make sure to mention some of the alliance work space hazards such having me spam the chat talking to myself,or getting poisonous cookies, or the BPG or CF just blowing scrap up

Um, are they giving more points per battle than before? The prize requirements here look extremely steep otherwise...to the point of not being worth the effort.

Look at what you could get last week for just 3000 points...


Edit: Never mind... team total. I'm a moron.

ctrlFrequency wrote:My summon news crew spell worked.

Yeah, except Kurona was already here.

Shauyaun wrote:having me spam the chat talking to myself

And have you learnt yet how annoying that was/is?

Burn wrote:

ctrlFrequency wrote:My summon news crew spell worked.

Yeah, except Kurona was already here.

I don't know how 'here' Kurona is, after all, it's like middle of the night for her.

Gunmetal wrote:Um, are they giving more points per battle than before? The prize requirements here look extremely steep otherwise...to the point of not being worth the effort.

Look at what you could get last week for just 3000 points...


Edit: Never mind... team total. I'm a moron.

Team event vs solo. This is about on par with the Ultra Magnus/Galvatron event a few weeks ago.

SPEAKING OF WHICH. What's up with this? Light Our Darkest Hour should be Rodimus and Galvy. Nemesis Prime should be his own (non-movie inspired) event, and Magnus's opposite should ideally have been Scourge or Cyclonus. (Though I don't know who another 'con with the Fire Mission ability could be except ANOTHER seeker clone)
I assume it has to do with game balance since Galvy and Magnus are both bulky specialists, but I picture Rodimus as not being as bulky as an Optimus clone, so their pairing is still weird to me.

EDIT:
Hello Cyclonus!

Galvatron and Ultra Magnus were often treated as rivals despite Magnus not being Autobot leader - their both being the City Commander toys of their respective faction, quite a few episodes of the Sunbow cartoon, and it was a pretty big thing in the Marvel comic (and let's not forget who's writing this game). So it's certainly not without precedent and some would even argue it's a more fitting rivalry for Galvatron than Rodimus.

Kurona wrote:Galvatron and Ultra Magnus were often treated as rivals despite Magnus not being Autobot leader - their both being the City Commander toys of their respective faction, quite a few episodes of the Sunbow cartoon, and it was a pretty big thing in the Marvel comic (and let's not forget who's writing this game). So it's certainly not without precedent and some would even argue it's a more fitting rivalry for Galvatron than Rodimus.

Agreed. I, too, questioned their choices regarding character pairings, but then I remembered that Simon Furman was writing this thing so I stopped myself from asking that any further.

Though, from the trailer, it appears that they're adding in Hot Spot with Cyclonus likely after this event -- and the two are not analogous in the slightest.

Kurona wrote:THEY'RE NERFING MIXMASTER

NO

NOT MY BABY

That is insane to nerf Mixmaster. He's my backbone to all my teams.
Without his powerful attack, there goes my team.

Hey everyone! Just getting used to the forums.

Kurona wrote:Galvatron and Ultra Magnus were often treated as rivals despite Magnus not being Autobot leader - their both being the City Commander toys of their respective faction, quite a few episodes of the Sunbow cartoon, and it was a pretty big thing in the Marvel comic (and let's not forget who's writing this game). So it's certainly not without precedent and some would even argue it's a more fitting rivalry for Galvatron than Rodimus.

"Writing" is a strong word for this game.
Also I'm not terribly familiar with Furman's stuff. I think the only things of his I've read is the War Within comic and the extremely biased Ultimate Guide.

#Sideways# wrote:Though, from the trailer, it appears that they're adding in Hot Spot with Cyclonus likely after this event -- and the two are not analogous in the slightest.

Man I'm really not paying attention. I thought we already had Hot Spot. Clearly I was thinking of Pyra Magna.

For those who don't have the Alliance chat. .. this is my educational video for today. How NOT to build a base.

It was hardly a match as it were, I was in event zone 6 (1350) with a team with a 4 bots, power of 1472, Starscream is a 3 star level 38, but the main point is that once the range was out, the HQ was completely unprotected. No defenses were triggered once I approached the HQ. Starscream's ability was the only I had to use.

It goes to illustrate my point on having defenses too spread out. A team with range can easily neutrize a base if little or none of the short rage defenses ovelap and protect the HQ. Dude handed me a boatload of APs and the HQ.

hahahahahaha

Oh good, it wasn't just me.

What's that I see on the horizon?

A gold league war win for Seibertron Decepticons!

And unlike last time, the Bots showed up and fought!

I just want to say good job to my little Cons all our work on defenses is paying off. And everyone did a bang up job on offense as well. We're getting closer to being a competitive gold, keep up the good work!

Blast Off fails to see the significance of walking by himself, considering the need for an "energon pick-me-up" far more pressing a matter

Talking of such messages I find it hard to take Nemesis Prime's personality of being a lifeless creepy husk of a being seriously when he says stuff like "Gimme that energon zing!"



And once AGAIN, talking of Nemesis Prime... anyone find it funny how since we got Galvatron/Ultra Magnus and Nemesis Prime/Rodimus in the past few weeks, we now basically have three leader-type 'bots on each side? Not in terms of abilities of course, but Galvatron, Magnus, Nemesis and Rodimus all have stats far higher than that of the average bot, much like - but not matching - Optimus and Megatron. It kinda seems the intent of EW for each of these three to be leading their own squad imo.

Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong!

Hunt for Depleted Crystals to learn the secrets of the Crystal of Power and earn Force Field Boosts, Spark, Crystal Shards, and a chance to unlock 2 or 3 Star Bots in this weekend’s event!

Fire on the Mountain Event



Many cycles ago, the Decepticons discovered the Crystal of Power in Peru and attempted to weaponize it! Their efforts were thwarted by the Autobots, resulting in the destruction of the Crystal of Power.

Now, Earth's Crystals have sparked the imagination of Autobotsand Decepticons alike, with their destructive potential!

Start Date: 23/09/16 10:00 UTC
End Date: 26/09/16 10:00 UTC

How do I participate?

• Reach Headquarters level 4 and join an Alliance! (Like one of the Seibertron.com Alliances!)
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect prizes!

Prizes

• Prestiges Allowed: 20
• Bonus Experience: Earn Double XP in Event Battle Zones!



Balancing Update



Last week we gave you a heads-up of the balancing changes that we were looking into. We’ve been listening to your feedback and some of these changes are set to go live within the game later this week.

22-September-2016 - Release 1.30.2

• Behaviour improvements to all bots - When retargeting, bots are more likely to attack defensive bots than nearby buildings.
• Defense Hack (Bombshell) - Ability cast range increased from 14 to 16. Duration increased by 10%.
• Healers - Increased attack (not heal) range slightly to keep them out of harm’s way when not healing.
• Galvatron - Ability range increased from 15 to 16.
• Ultra Magnus - Ability range increased from 13 to 15.
• Cluster Strike - Increased cast range, increased area of effect, reduced spread
• Line Barrage - Reduced cost by 1, increased splash damage radius.
• Bombing Run - Cost reduced by 1, increased splash damage radius.
• EMP Rockets (Mirage/Breakdown) - Cost reduced by 1, increased splash radius by 50%, increased projectile spread, base duration increased by 0.5s, upgrades add 0.4s (from 0.35s)
• Quick Strike - Cost on repeated use increased by 1, to bring it a bit in line with other Airstrikes.
• Huffer has upgraded his 'Baby Turret' with something more impressive, it also has extra 10% damage and health.

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Join us LIVE on Thursday September 22nd @ 4PM UTC for a Q&A on the upcoming balancing changes, Transformers trivia and a first look at this weekend’s event!
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What's a depleted crystal

This should be nice for some extra 3-star shards anyway.

Seconded, the shards are nice.

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Less ADD from the Insecticons?

Less Breakdown running after build bots?

Can we say.... yay!