The Energon Pub

ChocolateThunder wrote:I appreciate the help. I seem to play during the heavy 'con coverage times of the day so I'll do what I can to cover you as well.
CT

LOL so you play at any point in time during the day or night?

I have been doing the math and while on paper the bots outnumber the cons, this is really only true at level zero.
Looking at The Summary Page

We have the following numbers
Bots = Autobots
Cons = Decepticons
B2C = Bots to Cons Ratio
C2B = Cons to Bots Ratio

Lvl_____Bots____Cons____Total____B2C_____C2B
0_______734_____478_____1212____60.56%__39.44%
1_______433_____372_____805_____53.79%__46.21%
2_______279_____246_____525_____53.14%__46.86%
3_______142_____236_____378_____37.57%__62.43%
4_______67______87______154_____43.51%__56.49%
5_______30______45______75______40.00%__60.00%
6_______35______16______51______68.63%__31.37%
7_______13______6_______19______68.42%__31.58%
8_______2_______5_______7_______28.57%__71.43%


The numbers are pretty even.
Throwing out Level 0 (since level 0 can not participate in high cross level missions), we end up with 1001 Bots and 1013 cons. If we take the upper limit assumption and assume that all commanders have a team of 12 we end up with
Bots: 84 commanders (83 and one with a team of 4)
Cons: 85 commanders (84 and one with a team of 4)
If we did any of the other limit factors (IE Teams of only 6 or Teams of only 3 or as the limit approaches 12 from 1) you will find that they only outnumber us by one or two commanders, yet they dominate in the missions.

This can be seen further if you look at the levels we control. As you can see from the data posted here we Control Level 0,6,7. They control the numbers for 3,4,5,8. Levels 1 and 2 are pretty even since you can throw out inconsistent players and variables such as new levels or old levels showing.

The problem that we have is that we have a ton of people that log in and just throw their bots into the arena and then leave. When ever I notice huge numbers in favor of cons (IE 3 missions listed, and all of the missions have numbers such as 0/3, 0/5, 1/10) I check the arena. During the day and at night I always see the same bots sitting in the Arenas. If we could get them out and participating in the missions the mission battles would favor us more. I rarely ever see cons sitting in the arena. There is only a selection of two cons that I see that put their cons in the arena, and that is typically when Revenge of Starscream is out playing and has his high level bots dominating the missions.

By the way, check out the main forum. The mods are running some pretty awesome games right now. Even if you play for two matches a day you can win some awesome prizes and get your name out there for the Cons to learn to fear. Right now I am doing my best to hunt down the mods as well. Sustain and Psychout are eluding me. I can get Sustain down, but somebody other takes the killing blow or she evades the next 45 attacks. I don't think I am in Psychout's range, but the moment I am his head will be mine. Burn's been pretty cool about throwing his bots in to beat mine up. Right now I think the guy has a 2 or 3 point lead on kills, but some of those are just because of the whole situation you are experiencing with bots being outnumbered. Thats why I am trying to form a support group of bots. Even if I have to keep a team behind to help the 0s, 1s, and 2s to level up. If you find you run out of energon feel free to hit me up for a donation and if I have any armor / weapons you may need let me know and I will try to sell them back so you can use them.

UNfortunately we bots have always been arena lurkers, I don't know why as I've always earned better xp in missions. If I had a good way to get them to switch I'd tell you.

I've always been active during daylight hours on central standard time. It has always seemed our faction was more active during the night. I attribute it to more european players in our faction

I've been around long enough that the mods know who I am, especially Psychout. I do commend you on your analytical skills. I used to have a good grasp on most of the techie stuff but it's been so long since I played it's all lost to me now. I'll offer what help I can.
CT

Honestly I think that is because of the easiness. Click activate 6 and then click the little square and throw them all in at once, then forget about it for an hour, wash rinse repeat.


Reminds me of that infomercial "Set it and forget it!"

Well I am not going to lie. I understand why some people honestly choose the arena over the missions. Sure the missions are better payouts. However, there are time where you no if you stick to a mission you are going to get wiped. That is when I often check out the Arenas. To me I would much rather take a one on one and walk away with a few hundred XP opposed to going into the mission and being a complete wipe and loss.

I think that is where it becomes habit click a few times and forget it. Come back a little later and do it again.

Yes, I'll agree with that. The missions that wipe you out come and go and it can be frustrating, but even if you alternated I believe you would get more out of missions.

I stick with missions always, unless for those times when i get everything activate and have to run with not enough time to throw em in missions manually.

The winning and losing of missions doesn't bother me. Plus, can't argue with results like these lol, which is a new personal record for me, least repair wise i know.