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[quote="Wingspan"][quote="devast8or"][quote="emeraldbeacon"][quote="devast8or"]Make sure your setups don't stink.
 8)[/quote]

So what constitutes a stinky setup? :)

Right now, most of my bots are focusing on Courage, and either:  Speed and Avoid, Firepower and Strafe, or Strength and Ram.  There are a few minor exceptions, but that's what I've got for the most part.[/quote]
If ur setups aren't: 
speed+avoid for missions
or
strength+ram for arena

u might want to reconsider  8)

if ur putting points in skill, fpwr, int, end, or rank right now...u might have a poor setup

hope that clears it up  8)[/quote]
Speed+Avoid is becoming less dominant; good Level 1s can include Ram+Avoid which generally owns Speed+Avoid.  2-3 Strength will incur stuns frequently on those stuck in the Avoid Snarfing camp.

If you run Ram, having 1-2 Courage is a must, but keeping heavy Speed is still good; the increased hit/miss will help as your Strength increases weapon damage.

Endurance will be useful if the [url=http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=47553]repair strategy[/url] is accepted - and it's generally useful walking into late level 1 against strafe and all other damage.

For winning / top XP, straight Ram or Ram+Avoid works at around 80k XP in missions.  If you're going to mix Arena / Missions, run Ram+Avoid with higher speed (e.g. 2 Str, 5 Spd, 1 Crg, 2 Avd, 3 Ram for the mid level 1) so the arena will net more wins than losses and you'll get the Avoid bonuses.

Strafe seems to risky right now given that so many are running Strength on their Avoiders; the damage output seems to not match up.  However, building a Speed+Avoid that will add Strafe is a good plan.

Lastly, [url=http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=47553]consider repair[/url].  (I'm a great self promoter ain't I?)  If the use of Repair and Endurance is coordinated (meaning: everyone who reads this does it) then the Bots could take a positive swing in victories.  Running Spd+Avd+End has been know to rake in XP already - adding Repair is just mean.

Really lastly, Avoid will no longer be a saving grace by the time V1 ends.  Be warned that tactic damage is going to trump Avoid quickly and in our multi-level environment there won't be a safe place to hide.

So, my 2 cents are spent.  Enjoy.[/quote]