The Energon Pub

by **Jack Hallows** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:22 pm

dang! missed that deployment. it seems like i’m always doing something when people ask for help.

but i do want to say that that’s a dope avatar, SoL. been meaning to tell you that lol.

by **Jack Hallows** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:26 pm

could use some assistance in these missions:

https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... _id=486397 1-3

https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... _id=486393 2-4

https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... _id=486390 5-7

by **S.o.L.** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:41 pm

Jack Hallows wrote:dang! missed that deployment. it seems like i’m always doing something when people ask for help.

but i do want to say that that’s a dope avatar, SoL. been meaning to tell you that lol.

No problem. To much rain around here to get much done outside, so got a few more deployments in.
Thanks, Behemoth avatar coming to save the day (almost level 3).

by **Wrecking Poof** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:52 pm

https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... _id=486394 Got one, 4:44. Hopefully more to come. Slow day for me too lol.

by **Wrecking Poof** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:16 pm

https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... _id=486490 Hmph just wait until I have 10 strength [-(

by **turbomagnus** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 1:31 am

https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... _id=486657

If anyone's available, Resolute would appreciate the assistance...

by **Jack Hallows** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:23 am

@Poof, sent the 10k earlier sorry i didn’t post it lol. yes, it’s a grind but you’ll get to max strength and start kicking it’s butt. it has very little protection though so your weapon and tactic damage are super effective. keep it up :WRECKERS:

@turbomagnus, got em both times

by **ThunderThruster** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:10 am

Spent a few days this week playing around with the stats of some of my bots, to limited effect, (apparently I still favour a too balanced load out ie https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... r_id=85681).

So I'm gonna ask, what 2 (or maybe 3) stats you's say are the crucial stats at present?
I mainly have Ram/Strafe/Avoid abilities, some of which are working, some not so much.

by **turbomagnus** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:56 pm

Hm... You don't really need rank, Iron Armor does pretty good even if it is one of the lowest grades. Besides that, you'll want Courage, Speed and your 'feeder stats' (Strength for Ram, Firepower for Strafe, Speed for Avoid, Intelligence for Repair). For Rammers, you can skip weapons and focus on your strength and ram; for the others, put two points in Skill to unlock lightsabers and (especially for Strafers) lazer-blazer broadswords and the like when you have higher firepower...

by **Jack Hallows** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:27 pm

ThunderThruster wrote:Spent a few days this week playing around with the stats of some of my bots, to limited effect, (apparently I still favour a too balanced load out ie https://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwa ... r_id=85681).

So I'm gonna ask, what 2 (or maybe 3) stats you's say are the crucial stats at present?
I mainly have Ram/Strafe/Avoid abilities, some of which are working, some not so much.

hey Tx2, sorry i’m just getting to this. i know time is energon.

quite honestly, i’ve personally always found builds for “stat unlockable tactic” bots like battle station and helicopter to be tricky at lower levels, but we’ll get you sorted proper.

for me, the 3 crucial stats i would plug my bots with at your level, for their role/tactics are as follows:

rammer: strength/endurance/ram
strafer: firepower/strafe/speed
avoid: speed/avoid/courage (possibly firepower or skill for a good weapon, or strength to fist fight)
repair: endurance!!/repair/(and maybe 1 point for intelligence)

if we mix and match these, there is the possibility for a very unique build, but it all has to do with what you wish to achieve.

i love the example bot you gave, so we will work with them for reference.

here is your build (note that i can’t see your tactics):

yes, balanced, but there are some stat points that could be better allocated elsewhere, given that you aren’t using repair.

that means that your skill point goes, and the rank could go too. if your bot has decent strength, it will survive at least 3 hits from the lightsabers with just iron armor.

here are some sample builds i made using the same amount of exp you have. please note that these are not builds i’m suggesting you use, but if you would like to try them out, feel free.

this first build is assuming you don’t wish to use repair and just want a durable strafe-bot:

(i threw a rank in there just cuz it seems like you wanted to have that extra protection, which is never bad!)

please also note that after your bot strafes, the enemy often receives multiple turns, so being able to survive those extra turns is important.

this next build is a possibility if you want to include repair abilities with your tactics!

also, you could switch firepower with endurance on this last build^.

if none of this is what you were looking for, please let me know and i’ll try to pay more attention to what you’re actually asking next time lol

edit: great advice turbomagnus! thank you for that, couldn’t agree more.

by **ThunderThruster** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:54 pm

Thanks guys. You've definitely given me some ammo to work with.

by **Jack Hallows** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:08 pm

ThunderThruster wrote:ammo

......

wait huh? oh! yes, anytime lol. we love ammo around here. :WRECKERS:

by **Jack Hallows** » Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:54 pm

just saw the roach thread on the main forum lol!

this is just my observation, Bots, but it seems the cons with bug alts have adopted my tactic of “building down”, which is essentially dropping a level in order to funnel exp into builds that maximize your survivability in heavy combat; meaning pouring exp into strength/endurance/rank/ram as opposed to having more spread out builds that utilize other stats.

i was informed via pm that since i wouldn’t level one of my bots, at least one of the cons were going to “come down” in level to face me lol.

obviously that individual con is spending more of their time fighting my allies, and there are multiple bugs now as opposed to just the one, but the tactic is the same all around: level down and build survive/ram builds, as i’ve seen a previous level 11 con be reformatted into a level 10 bug. (it could also be that it’s a single tactic alt mode which is keeping it from being 11, but the point is there for reference.)

so, that’s what it seems like to me. it doesn’t take a spy to discern that some among the con population are upset that their event score was doubled by an Autobot lol.

let’s not allow that to distract us from our good work though.