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News Credits: 1 · Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:26 pm

Those hell missions do offer an amazing pay out for the risk at low levels.

Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:51 pm

if you want to max your xp gains in those 1-11 missions configure some repairers (with either no secondary tactic or avoid as the secondary tactic), then upgrade int and courage by a few points each. A repair on a high level con is worth roughly double what a ram on a high level bot is worth.

Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:01 pm

the tatic rating is very important in those hell missions

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:02 pm

sprockitz wrote:if you want to max your xp gains in those 1-11 missions configure some repairers (with either no secondary tactic or avoid as the secondary tactic), then upgrade int and courage by a few points each. A repair on a high level con is worth roughly double what a ram on a high level bot is worth.

All right, I put Feedback in a mission (he's all repair) let's see how he does

Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:07 pm

400 easy xp

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:35 pm

Yeah, that was a little... well poor AZ was outnumbered. There was no chance for Feedback to repair on that one

Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:37 pm

Aerial Rescue Vehicle's are good
maybe convert sabre into one

Heavy Rescue Vehicle are good too
maybe feint (keeping him with a heavy theme )

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... r_id=84404
10 points of avoid

keep or go back to Level 7?

went back to 6

Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:29 pm

It doesn't always work, but here is an example where a level 4 (with 1.5 million xp) rakes in 170k in 1 mission. http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... _id=257302
And if divebomb had been level 11 instead of 10, that would've been an astounding 340k xp.

When I first started out last summer I pretty much went all repair/avoid until I got my guys to around 10 million, I wouldn't recommend doing repair/strafe or repair/ram until at least that point. With avoid as the secondary stat it helps you survive longer in the fight while not reducing your probability of repairing since it is a defensive (reactionary) stat. With this strategy I went from 100k to 1 million xp on my #1 con in a week, and then 1 million to 5 million the next week.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:52 pm

Oh thanks for the advice, I've been thinking about converting one or two of them to repair. Now that I'm getting them out of the first 2 levels it might be feasible, before it was impossible since most fights were 1 on 1

now that I can venture into those level 1-11 fights though... watch out!

Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:22 pm

ctrlFrequency wrote:Oh thanks for the advice, I've been thinking about converting one or two of them to repair. Now that I'm getting them out of the first 2 levels it might be feasible, before it was impossible since most fights were 1 on 1 now that I can venture into those level 1-11 fights though... watch out!

yeah you don't want too many without any attack mechanism. As you already know, repair is completely useless if you have nobody to repair.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:47 pm

Glitch says thank you, Burn! http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... _id=257395

And yes, that was the most xp any of my characters got all at once

News Credits: 226 · Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:10 pm

I'm trying to deploy more. So you keep me patched up, I'll keep deploying and give you more chance to patch and earn.

That doesn't apply to you though steve, I'm just gonna hunt you down and keep beating your arse until you finally admit defeat after a goddamn decade of war.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:48 pm

Burn wrote:I'm trying to deploy more. So you keep me patched up, I'll keep deploying and give you more chance to patch and earn.

That doesn't apply to you though steve, I'm just gonna hunt you down and keep beating your arse until you finally admit defeat after a goddamn decade of war.

Deal.
wait... this seems suspiciously familiar... like i've been here befor- damn it! MMO RPG flashbacks! (I was a really, really good healer) *goes and tanks something*

Joking aside, it is good to see you out there

Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:17 pm

Burn wrote:I'm trying to deploy more. So you keep me patched up, I'll keep deploying and give you more chance to patch and earn.

That doesn't apply to you though steve, I'm just gonna hunt you down and keep beating your arse until you finally admit defeat after a goddamn decade of war.

more decades to go

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:40 am

My full team of repair bots will help keep Steve fighting against you're not so evil tyranny Burn!

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:43 am

I'll be starting a small push to upgrade some more of my characters to level 11, so if I'm in your mission and you can hit me: bingo! Of course, I will hit back :twisted:

I'm actually changing configurations to have more repairers. After the many, many, many years of always having the highest ranking Autobots in my team without many other 'Bots to be able to repair efficiently and (more importantly) lucratively, the REPAIR / STRAFE combo has finally and definitely become the best set-up, not just for high-level characters, but also for lower levels. I'm just pissed off that the Autobots have so few alt-modes which are able to both REPAIR and STRAFE.

Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:02 am

thanks for all the back up in the 7-10
Aerial Rescue Vehicle
Battle Station 2 int 2 skill
Opportunistic Air Animal 2 int 1 skill
Opportunistic Insect
Repair Tank (when it comes up) 2 int 1 skill
Space Shuttle

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:16 am

steve2275 wrote:thanks for all the back up in the 7-10
Aerial Rescue Vehicle
Opportunistic Air Animal 2 int 1 skill
Opportunistic Insect
Repair Tank (when it comes up) 2 int 1 skill

You're very welcome!
Yeah, I know which alt-modes theoretically have REPAIR / STRAFE, but of the ones you mention, the 'Bots currently only have one single (core) Aerial Rescue Vehicle and two (core) Opportunistic Air Animal alt modes available. None of the many other common or rare REPAIR / STRAFE alt modes are available.

Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:22 am

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... r_id=84215
he asks if you'll leave broadside as is

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:41 am

steve2275 wrote:http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar/character.php?character_id=84215
he asks if you'll leave broadside as is

Don't worry, I'm still keeping several level 10's in the mix, including Broadside. If they ain't healing, I can keep them as dumb as posts. And the RAM / STRAFE combo is still golden for just out-right winning a match.

Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:46 am

ed http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... r_id=84257
max http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... r_id=84207
and sky http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... r_id=84224
will benefit from your upcoming level 11's

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:11 am

alldarker wrote:I'll be starting a small push to upgrade some more of my characters to level 11, so if I'm in your mission and you can hit me: bingo! Of course, I will hit back

I'm actually changing configurations to have more repairers. After the many, many, many years of always having the highest ranking Autobots in my team without many other 'Bots to be able to repair efficiently and (more importantly) lucratively, the REPAIR / STRAFE combo has finally and definitely become the best set-up, not just for high-level characters, but also for lower levels. I'm just pissed off that the Autobots have so few alt-modes which are able to both REPAIR and STRAFE.

TL;DR

Alldarker is finally gonna be a team player now that he sees other people out scoring him with repair.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:29 am

Absolute Zero wrote:
alldarker wrote:I'll be starting a small push to upgrade some more of my characters to level 11, so if I'm in your mission and you can hit me: bingo! Of course, I will hit back

I'm actually changing configurations to have more repairers. After the many, many, many years of always having the highest ranking Autobots in my team without many other 'Bots to be able to repair efficiently and (more importantly) lucratively, the REPAIR / STRAFE combo has finally and definitely become the best set-up, not just for high-level characters, but also for lower levels. I'm just pissed off that the Autobots have so few alt-modes which are able to both REPAIR and STRAFE.

TL;DR

Alldarker is finally gonna be a team player now that he sees other people out scoring him with repair.

Your TL;DR could also be "Seibertron Heavy Metal War: The alldarker Years (Abridged Version)"

News Credits: 7 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:57 am

ctrlFrequency wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:TL;DR

Alldarker is finally gonna be a team player now that he sees other people out scoring him with repair.

Your TL;DR could also be "Seibertron Heavy Metal War: The alldarker Years (Abridged Version)"

Relatively new, but already streetwise... I like it!!!

And yeah, I'd love to be a team player... If there was a team behind me! Anyhoooo, I like to think I've always been the team-iest team player ever. Yeah, I really like to think that...

News Credits: 3 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:31 am

alldarker wrote:
ctrlFrequency wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:TL;DR

Alldarker is finally gonna be a team player now that he sees other people out scoring him with repair.

Your TL;DR could also be "Seibertron Heavy Metal War: The alldarker Years (Abridged Version)"

Relatively new, but already streetwise... I like it!!!

And yeah, I'd love to be a team player... If there was a team behind me! Anyhoooo, I like to think I've always been the team-iest team player ever. Yeah, I really like to think that...

We call it sarcastic with a healthy dose of sassy