The Energon Pub

by **Raphael Prime** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:03 pm

Cheetron wrote:
I've seen 2 or 3 of them like that myself but it's always been at odd hours of the night. Maybe things are going in our favor. lol

I don't know. Could be. Most of the time often though, i still find me getting my shell kicked at odd hours of the night lol. But perhaps they could be slowly turning to our favor, as long as we stick together. They may have several level 2's now, but in numbers i feel us Maximals are the unstoppable ones.

by **Cheetron** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:58 pm

raphaelprime wrote:I had a rare result today, 3 missions against Decepticons with 5-6 Maximals and 0 Cons. Seems in numbers they are afraid of us lol. If i remember correctly in all of them i was the 4-5 to join with maybe 7 or so minutes left or more.

But i think were still getting pretty much owned with these missions.

I've seen 2 or 3 of them like that myself but it's always been at odd hours of the night. Maybe things are going in our favor. lol

by **Raphael Prime** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:23 pm

I had a rare result today, 3 missions against Decepticons with 5-6 Maximals and 0 Cons. Seems in numbers they are afraid of us lol. If i remember correctly in all of them i was the 4-5 to join with maybe 7 or so minutes left or more.

But i think were still getting pretty much owned with these missions.

by **sumowrestler** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:58 pm

The missions were 0 and 0-1 levels but when I chatted with Mkall last night, he hasn't talked to OS since he wrote up the missions. Only he knows if they were really added in. I doubt that it would be any issues of implementing them but maybe the mission generator could be having problems still. In all honesty, I don't know what is going on outside that OS is probably swamped again.

by **Kaijubot** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:45 pm

I've yet to see any of these new missions, so I'm guessing not yet implemented.

by **Rat Convoy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:31 pm

Were they level 0 only? Cause I haven't seen any new missions and that might explain why.

by **sumowrestler** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:27 pm

I"m handling as much as I can behind the scenes with Mkall. He did a few things a week and half ago or so but not sure how much has been implemented. I know he created a couple of different missions that were smaller and just for us Maximals vs preds at lower levels.

by **JazZeke** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:37 pm

The last thing I wanna do is bug the hard working people running this game, but perhaps we should consider being slightly more vocal about our problems and starting a similar discussion thread in the HMWGD? Perhaps we could rally more support there.

by **Rolltide** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:33 pm

Cheetron wrote:Not to go into much more detail than I already have, but my process is complicated. Cheetron has been around since day one and the only thing that's changed is the length of his bio. I add stuff and only change things when absolutley neccesary. Same with Gadgett. Some guys have changed names, characters but when they feel right, they're locked in for good. I lost the my old name Back-up but I evolved his character before the reset and I guess a new name is kind of required.

I have notebooks full of different bios, both team and character. Old drafts, new revisions and current final. Only after I like it do I make the actual character.

Call me crazy. Everyone else has. lol

yer crazy

by **Cheetron** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:11 pm

Not to go into much more detail than I already have, but my process is complicated. Cheetron has been around since day one and the only thing that's changed is the length of his bio. I add stuff and only change things when absolutley neccesary. Same with Gadgett. Some guys have changed names, characters but when they feel right, they're locked in for good. I lost the my old name Back-up but I evolved his character before the reset and I guess a new name is kind of required.

I have notebooks full of different bios, both team and character. Old drafts, new revisions and current final. Only after I like it do I make the actual character.

Call me crazy. Everyone else has. lol

by **Windstalker** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:51 pm

All of my characters on my team are actually my OC's that I wirte fanfics on DA. Before the reset, around 4 of them didnt exist - 3 I didnt even think up of yet and 1 I didnt even feel like creating. It takes me awhile to write out their bios, but I eventually get them done. XD

by **Rat Convoy** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:12 pm

Yep, I consider a name and an alt mode to generally be character enough at first. If the character crystallizes enough in my head, I eventually write a bio for him. If not, he eventually gets reset and renamed.

Before the reset, every single one of my bots had a different name at one point or another, except Velocity, Vector Maximus and Headlong. Those are the only three of my original bots left.

by **Starlock** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:49 pm

Your character creation process way different from me. I just have to make as many characters that the game allows me to(yeah I supported the cap raise to 18 idea). Come up with bits of profiles, stat character data, etc for the bios in my head, but never actually get to typing them down until maybe a year later for one or two....maybe. :mrgreen:

by **Cheetron** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:10 am

Rolltide wrote:
Cheetron wrote:I only made 4 guys so I wouldn't have to worry about running out of energon like I was starting to do before the reset. I made the mistake of making too many guys before and I felt like I suffered for it. Now I've only got the 4 and maybe a fifth and things seem to be going alright for me in missions. Sure the occasional 29 xp sucks but I'll hang in there until the end.

I sent you a little present. At level 0 a couple of more chars would more than make their money back with the free CR at lvl 0, so you'd see you energon gains go up a lot more. I'd suggest atleast making 2 more right now to make it 6.

Thanks for that. As for making guys, I'm strange. I'll only do it if I can make them a "real" character, backstory, personality and the whole thing. Last time I made too many, I turned one into a traitor and the other into an agent of Unicron. I'm wary of making so many and not having the ability to delete not reset. I'll probably end up with 5 by the end of today.

by **Rolltide** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:57 am

Cheetron wrote:I only made 4 guys so I wouldn't have to worry about running out of energon like I was starting to do before the reset. I made the mistake of making too many guys before and I felt like I suffered for it. Now I've only got the 4 and maybe a fifth and things seem to be going alright for me in missions. Sure the occasional 29 xp sucks but I'll hang in there until the end.

I sent you a little present. At level 0 a couple of more chars would more than make their money back with the free CR at lvl 0, so you'd see you energon gains go up a lot more. I'd suggest atleast making 2 more right now to make it 6.

by **Windstalker** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:27 pm

I reset a couple of mine back to lv 0 so I can save a little bit of energon and I'm slowly gaining back energon, which is a good thing.

by **Cheetron** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:06 pm

I only made 4 guys so I wouldn't have to worry about running out of energon like I was starting to do before the reset. I made the mistake of making too many guys before and I felt like I suffered for it. Now I've only got the 4 and maybe a fifth and things seem to be going alright for me in missions. Sure the occasional 29 xp sucks but I'll hang in there until the end.

by **Rat Convoy** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:33 am

I've been keeping auto CR off. I'm piling up energon pretty good, so I'll likely leave it off for a good while to build it up.

by **Rolltide** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:10 am

Starlock wrote:If they having trouble with energon make sure to keep a few lv 0s due to their free repair bill until more financially stable. Not until last few days I notice a steady gain with all lv 1s and keeping the auto cr feature. Unless I'm outdated again and that 25% fee for auto is not working or something.

Yep, this is very good advice. I have I think 4 I've kept at 0 right now. They virtually perform just as good as my lvl 1 guys so it's not like they are lagging on xp gains. There aren't enough upgrades to make a huge gap between lvl 0 and 1 yet.

by **Starlock** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:04 am

If they having trouble with energon make sure to keep a few lv 0s due to their free repair bill until more financially stable. Not until last few days I notice a steady gain with all lv 1s and keeping the auto cr feature. Unless I'm outdated again and that 25% fee for auto is not working or something. :o)

by **sumowrestler** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:13 pm

It is always good to see help in missions would it be Rat Convoy or Lilly or any other Maximal. I have yet to venture into the arena and probably won't ever unless finances make me. However, if anyone is having troubles with energon, just ask one of your fellow Maximals and we might see what we can do. We should help out any way possible including donating energon.

by **Restless** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:51 pm

Cheetron wrote:I actually don't care for the arena. It just doesn't seem like a real fight to me. Teamwork is the name of the game, at least to me - so I join any mission where it's isn't going to be 2 on 6 with 30 seconds to go. usually lose but at least my guys are giving it my all.

Same here. I'm rarely in the arena except when my energon starts to go down. Other than that my guys are getting thrown into missions whenever I get the chance to play. I've just been chalking up all my loosing streaks to bad luck.

Lily wrote:Also, always nice to see Rat Convoy's and Windstalker's bots in missions

It's a comforting sight isn't it? :wink:

by **Lily** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:31 pm

Signed.

What I really hate is how the missions are like 90% M V D...can't even boycott the 'cons because they're EVERYWHERE.

Also, always nice to see Rat Convoy's and Windstalker's bots in missions

by **Cheetron** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:49 pm

I actually don't care for the arena. It just doesn't seem like a real fight to me. Teamwork is the name of the game, at least to me - so I join any mission where it's isn't going to be 2 on 6 with 30 seconds to go. usually lose but at least my guys are giving it my all.

by **Rat Convoy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:51 am

Urzu Six wrote:Count me in... I'm reduced to putting my dudes into Arena matches just in the hope it'll be somewhere near a fair fight.

I understand the urge to retreat to the arena, but that's actually just compounding the problem. We need to all stay out in the missions, take our lumps, and hopefully that will get even more of us in there. Every time I active 6 bots, I put 4-5 of them in missions, and I need you guys to back me up.