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ThunderThruster wrote:From that blurb, I'd say we're getting Bruticus.

No idea about who the bots are getting, maybe Victorion

I'm thinking optimus Maximus. Unless they count Shockwave with Bruticus, it would be unfair to pair a 5 bot combiner against a 6, which Victorion is

What Max said

lol..."terrorizing"

I am. People see me coming and shout 'not her! She's so annoying!'

ctrlFrequency wrote:I am. People see me coming and shout 'not her! She's so annoying!'

Not me. Oh don't get me wrong, you're annoying, but also easy to ignore.

I prey on the unsuspecting, you aren't unsuspecting. You're cranky.

I'm betting all Combiners are gonna have six components - both to keep it fair and so that SpaceApe can get more money. So expect the inclusion of Shockwave, Rodimus, Blackjack etc.

Guess no Predaking then. Oh well, I can still do a 3* Onslaught.

Burn wrote:Guess no Predaking then. Oh well, I can still do a 3* Onslaught.

Much as I would have loved him (he's one of the four combiners I really like), I'd doubt Predaking will ever get in because he doesn't have a recent toy.

I fully expect Bruticus to have an additional "weapon" bot if we're getting him, as Kurona said I also expect the combiners to made up of 6 characters in game.

While I'd love Brut to have Shockwave as a weapon, I can also see them using Viper, since they've already done the coding for Powerglide

So I was wrong - the new combiners only need 5 units each. Very happy I'm wrong though

Optimus Prime, Sunstreaker, Mirage, Prowl and Ironhide for Optimus Maximus.

Onslaught, Swindle, Brawl, Vortex and Blast Off for Bruticus.





Sorry for the terrible pictures

They both have less power but more health than Superion and Devastator. They also have the same abilities as each other; a shockwave that does 6X damage to walls, a stat buff and an ability that sends 4 missiles that deal massive damage to and disable 4 defences.

Anyone else think Optimus Maximus looks bloody weird?


Also, when you get the 2-Star crystal in the event (870 BP), it gives you story dialogue.

Well I'm already 40% on the way to Bruticus with 3* Blastoff and Vortex. Just wish that that wasn't 100% more than I have of Devastator

Meanwhile, I've got 3* Blast Off, Brawl and Swindle - just need Vortex and Onslaught. Weird thing is I just got 3* Swindle last weekend, right before Bruticus' announcement... likewise, I got 3* Long Haul right before Devastator was announced. What is going on?

got a 2* swindle last week, which I was quite happy about at the time, less so now as I wish it had've been the 3*

Thanks to both Seibertronian Shauyaun and Twitter user Snakas, we now have images of the next 2 combiners making their way into Earth Wars: Optimus Maximus and Bruticus! The 2 new combiners are both 5 bot combiners instead of 6, so they should be slightly easier to collect. Bruticus follows his Combiner Wars toy design faithfully minus his thighs being turned 90 degrees like several fan modes. Optimus Maximus is weird: he follows his 'Ultra Prime' color scheme with his 'Optimus Maximus' limb design, but instead of the combined mode chest we are used to, he instead uses his Masterpiece MP-10 chest design with the little yellow spoiler/ax that came with Rodimus, who is not part of the set, making his design very.... interesting. Check out the new images below, which include the upcoming new cover screen, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

I just noticed Bruticus also has Onslaught's arms by his sides (like Hot Spot) instead of on his shoulders where the tabs are on the toy. It helps his cannons stand out but also makes him look more like his mold mate.

I'm kinda WTF on Optimus Maximus's chest design. Why not just use the toy design that can, in turn, easily translate to a Menasor design down the road? (surely you've all noticed them introducing more Stunticons on the down-low)

As far as collecting Bruticus goes, I have 60% of him: 3* Swindle, Brawl, and Blast Off, and also a 4* Blast Off. Meanwhile for Devy I have 3* Scrapper and Long Haul and 4* Mixmaster and Scavenger. So overall I have 60% of Bruticus and 67% of Devastator. Yet I expect to finish Brute more quickly.

Also strange if that for Bruticus, his chest and crotch armour fly onto him after everyone combine - despite Onslaught having that armour on his vehicle and robot mode models like the CW toy.

"slightly easier to collect"

Kyleor wrote:"slightly easier to collect"

Jones wrote:

Kyleor wrote:"slightly easier to collect"

Well, ya know, 5 instead of 6!

I have 2 of each team, so I'm already farther along towards Brute than Devy!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I have 2 of each team, so I'm already farther along towards Brute than Devy!

In all seriousness, though, the character acquisition system this game uses is one of the worst, if not THE worst, I've ever experienced in gaming.

There is absolutely no way to work towards earning a specific character that you're missing to complete one of these combiners.

I have every piece needed to form a 3* Superion EXCEPT Alpha Bravo. Had this since the combiners were first introduced in to the game, and each and every time I open a crystal it's like simply rolling a thousand dice and hoping that I get the one permutation from the RNG that gives me the missing bot.

I enjoy the gameplay, but the character acquisition system has me teetering on the brink of deleting the game entirely. It's just not fun to grind events and save up shards to have zero payoff.

Got a 3* crystal from shards.

Got a 3* Soundwave.

Not a dupe.

Probably would have preferred a dupe.

Burn wrote:Got a 3* crystal from shards.

Got a 3* Soundwave.

Not a dupe.

Probably would have preferred a dupe.

Wait, you didn't already have 3 star Soundwave?

Jones wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I have 2 of each team, so I'm already farther along towards Brute than Devy!

In all seriousness, though, the character acquisition system this game uses is one of the worst, if not THE worst, I've ever experienced in gaming.

There is absolutely no way to work towards earning a specific character that you're missing to complete one of these combiners.

I have every piece needed to form a 3* Superion EXCEPT Alpha Bravo. Had this since the combiners were first introduced in to the game, and each and every time I open a crystal it's like simply rolling a thousand dice and hoping that I get the one permutation from the RNG that gives me the missing bot.

I enjoy the gameplay, but the character acquisition system has me teetering on the brink of deleting the game entirely. It's just not fun to grind events and save up shards to have zero payoff.

See, there's a very easy way to get all the characters: Spend boatloads of money on crystals! What's the problem here?

Got enough shards for a 3* crystal.

I only have 6 3*s.

Got a Dupe Brawl.

King Kuuga wrote:Wait, you didn't already have 3 star Soundwave?

Nope. He's probably the last of the original line up that I didn't have as a 3*