The Energon Pub

Aargh! It be a glass of milk fer me

Pepsi 4 me. I'm on medication what cannot be mixed with real drinks, sigh. 7 months n counting

Insurgent wrote:That mould does look better in the Astrotrain colourscheme. You are gonna tell us who the 'mystery figure' is wont ya? Oh, and here's hoping the seller doesn't mean AstroHook, AstroLine and AstroSinker since they should already be with Astrotrain.


I don't have any red wine, but I have found a bottle of Jamesons whiskey. Arrrgh! Tharr be a good drink to warm the cockles of ye heart on a cold night like this.

Yeah, I'll let you all know on the freebie. Not expecting too much, but what the hey. The picture does show all four Minicons in the insert and they're part of what I'd count as complete, ie mint, so I'm presuming that it's not in reference to those. I suppose that not being MISB should reduce the value a bit, but it still seems too cheap to have been listed for that price as a BiN.

Jamesons is a fine tipple. The Irish sure do know how to make booze. I've now got my plonk in front of me, so the rest of this evenings experiments with the new robot modes in HMW should prove interesting. Anyone else had a go with these yet?

waaaaghlord wrote:

Insurgent wrote:That mould does look better in the Astrotrain colourscheme. You are gonna tell us who the 'mystery figure' is wont ya? Oh, and here's hoping the seller doesn't mean AstroHook, AstroLine and AstroSinker since they should already be with Astrotrain.


I don't have any red wine, but I have found a bottle of Jamesons whiskey. Arrrgh! Tharr be a good drink to warm the cockles of ye heart on a cold night like this.

Yeah, I'll let you all know on the freebie. Not expecting too much, but what the hey. The picture does show all four Minicons in the insert and they're part of what I'd count as complete, ie mint, so I'm presuming that it's not in reference to those. I suppose that not being MISB should reduce the value a bit, but it still seems too cheap to have been listed for that price as a BiN.

Jamesons is a fine tipple. The Irish sure do know how to make booze. I've now got my plonk in front of me, so the rest of this evenings experiments with the new robot modes in HMW should prove interesting. Anyone else had a go with these yet?

Aargh! I've just sent three of me team into missions with robot modes and abilities, I just be waiting on the end of their missions to see if they be a success

Didn't know they had robot modes. Think I'll have a look and see what they be like. If I have anyone alive that is. Hope you don't have to pay for them.

waaaaghlord wrote:

Insurgent wrote:That mould does look better in the Astrotrain colourscheme. You are gonna tell us who the 'mystery figure' is wont ya? Oh, and here's hoping the seller doesn't mean AstroHook, AstroLine and AstroSinker since they should already be with Astrotrain.


I don't have any red wine, but I have found a bottle of Jamesons whiskey. Arrrgh! Tharr be a good drink to warm the cockles of ye heart on a cold night like this.

Yeah, I'll let you all know on the freebie. Not expecting too much, but what the hey. The picture does show all four Minicons in the insert and they're part of what I'd count as complete, ie mint, so I'm presuming that it's not in reference to those. I suppose that not being MISB should reduce the value a bit, but it still seems too cheap to have been listed for that price as a BiN.

Jamesons is a fine tipple. The Irish sure do know how to make booze. I've now got my plonk in front of me, so the rest of this evenings experiments with the new robot modes in HMW should prove interesting. Anyone else had a go with these yet?

!!!!

ROBOT MODES ARE UP!!?!?!

WHY IS THIS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS!


EDIT:-

All me cons are in missions or CR for the next 37 minutes

I'v updated one of my cons, other two are busy. I wonder if he will be more good?

Omega Sentinel wrote:

Omega Charge wrote:What exactly do the robot mode tactics do???

Someone finally asked the million dollar question!

Robot modes are specialized for certain abilities. Mkall suggested classifications such as: Assault-Type, Recon-Type, Melee-Type, etc. This is probably the format of types I will change it to.

When you upgrade the robot mode's "Special Abilities" you are basically making it more powerful in a certain area. The Metroplex and Metrotitan robots you have right now are specialized for strength.

Each upgrade on Metroplex's ability meter adds 1/2 point to his strength during combat. So a maxed out Metroplex could actually pack a punch of 15 strength.

Other bot types will do different things. Recon-Type will add to intelligence and stealth (and yes, intelligence will do stuff). Assault-Type will add to firepower.

This adds yet another dimension to configuring your bots.

Also points spent on robot mode abilities DO NOT count towards your level, allowing for some potential level bullying. He he he.

waaaaghlord wrote:Also points spent on robot mode abilities DO NOT count towards your level, allowing for some potential level bullying. He he he.

Really? That could be rather useful

waaaaghlord wrote:

Omega Sentinel wrote:

Omega Charge wrote:What exactly do the robot mode tactics do???

Someone finally asked the million dollar question!

Robot modes are specialized for certain abilities. Mkall suggested classifications such as: Assault-Type, Recon-Type, Melee-Type, etc. This is probably the format of types I will change it to.

When you upgrade the robot mode's "Special Abilities" you are basically making it more powerful in a certain area. The Metroplex and Metrotitan robots you have right now are specialized for strength.

Each upgrade on Metroplex's ability meter adds 1/2 point to his strength during combat. So a maxed out Metroplex could actually pack a punch of 15 strength.

Other bot types will do different things. Recon-Type will add to intelligence and stealth (and yes, intelligence will do stuff). Assault-Type will add to firepower.

This adds yet another dimension to configuring your bots.

Also points spent on robot mode abilities DO NOT count towards your level, allowing for some potential level bullying. He he he.

Aargh! They don't Damn. Although, level bullying

Optimus Frimal wrote:

waaaaghlord wrote:Also points spent on robot mode abilities DO NOT count towards your level, allowing for some potential level bullying. He he he.

Aargh! They don't Damn. Although, level bullying

If you want to level up just spend your XP on something else. The lower your level the cheaper CR is and the less XP you give to enemies who manage to injure you. I'd say it was win/win really.

waaaaghlord wrote:

Optimus Frimal wrote:

waaaaghlord wrote:Also points spent on robot mode abilities DO NOT count towards your level, allowing for some potential level bullying. He he he.

Aargh! They don't Damn. Although, level bullying

If you want to level up just spend your XP on something else. The lower your level the cheaper CR is and the less XP you give to enemies who manage to injure you. I'd say it was win/win really.

Yargh! I suppose so, now for some level bullying

hehehehe


Time to bully level 1 bots



EDIT:- http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... r_id=57932

They won't see it coming.

And then Mega Octane has 9 1/2 strength.
hehehe

Just impulse bought season one of Babylon 5, wooo.

Also, I think it is a major miscalculation on OS's behalf having robot mode abilities not count towards level. Either ALL stats count towards level, or none (ie level is based on xp, my personal preference).

Redimus wrote:Just impulse bought season one of Babylon 5, wooo.

Season one I can take or leave. It's got some good set up for what comes later, hell some of the plot points don't pay off until season five, but it wasn't a show that hit the ground running. Seasons two and three are the real high points, although the show really needs to be watched as a whole due to the way it's structured. The first season of Crusade was shaping up to be a much stronger starting point than B5's first offerings and it's a real shame that it never went beyond thirteen episodes (esspecially given that the first Bester episode portraying him as a war criminal on the run in the wake of the telepath war was pretty much next up on the shooting schedule).

I finally got to see To Live and Die in Starlight the other night. I did consider ordering it from Play when I ordered Lost Tales last Friday, but really can't justify it when I'll be picking it up in the Universe box at some stage. Resorted to getting it on torrent in the end (and then had to track down a DX50 because my computer's retarded). A bit of a slow start for a pilot, but I liked where it seemed to be going. LotR probably would have made a fine addition to the B5 family, but if Sci-Fi had funded that we wouldn't have got BSG. Tough call.

Tangent wrote:Pepsi 4 me. I'm on medication what cannot be mixed with real drinks, sigh. 7 months n counting

7 months??

little tanget on the way??

waaaaghlord wrote:

Redimus wrote:Just impulse bought season one of Babylon 5, wooo.

Season one I can take or leave. It's got some good set up for what comes later, hell some of the plot points don't pay off until season five, but it wasn't a show that hit the ground running. Seasons two and three are the real high points, although the show really needs to be watched as a whole due to the way it's structured. The first season of Crusade was shaping up to be a much stronger starting point than B5's first offerings and it's a real shame that it never went beyond thirteen episodes (esspecially given that the first Bester episode portraying him as a war criminal on the run in the wake of the telepath war was pretty much next up on the shooting schedule).

I finally got to see To Live and Die in Starlight the other night. I did consider ordering it from Play when I ordered Lost Tales last Friday, but really can't justify it when I'll be picking it up in the Universe box at some stage. Resorted to getting it on torrent in the end (and then had to track down a DX50 because my computer's retarded). A bit of a slow start for a pilot, but I liked where it seemed to be going. LotR probably would have made a fine addition to the B5 family, but if Sci-Fi had funded that we wouldn't have got BSG. Tough call.

I understood about half of that.

B5 was one of those shows that I never managed to watch properly, so I never really understood it. Everytime I watched it, everything had changed, so I never got into it.

Same with the later couple of seasons of Farscape until I DLed em.

If it helps at all LotR = Legend of the Rangers, a planned spin off show that would have been produced by Sci Fi Channel but never went beyond the pilot.

BSG = Battlestar Gallactica, the show that most of Sci Fi's budget ended up getting pumped into the same year.

If you haven't come across Bester yet then you've got some good stuff to come. I'll try not to spoil anything, but he's a recurring villain played by Walter Keonig (Star Trek's Chekhov).

Yarharhar!

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day everyone!!

This should be like an official ODB bank holiday or something? (any excuse for more time off work.)

(Yes, this is a genuine day)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day.

Garrr, crack open the grog maties!

Bobimus_Prime wrote:Yarharhar!

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day everyone!!

This should be like an official ODB bank holiday or something? (any excuse for more time off work.)

(Yes, this is a genuine day)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day.

Yarr, that be a nice touch, Jim-lad, linkin' to a dead article.

Surely it be far better t' be linkin', f'r instance, t' http://www.talklikeapirate.com (which may or may not be th' official site; I be skeptical, 'cos it be American, and I be sure th'original National Talk Like A Pirate Day was started by Brits - me wench may even know who 't was, she knows everyone).

Anyway, break out the rum truffles! Me parrot's achin' for a choc'late fix...

Ramrider wrote:

Bobimus_Prime wrote:Yarharhar!

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day everyone!!

This should be like an official ODB bank holiday or something? (any excuse for more time off work.)

(Yes, this is a genuine day)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day.

Yarr, that be a nice touch, Jim-lad, linkin' to a dead article.

That's so odd, it was working when I posted...

EDIT: OK, Google "talk like a pirate day" and four links down should be the wiki one. It works if you do it that way for some reason...I'm probably just being useless.

Gargh! Happy talk like a pirate day me harties!

Paypal is being a useless pile of lund lubbering scurvy dawgs of the far seas so nae stickers fer the time being. Arrrgh!!

Aargh! Yo ho! yo ho! A pirate's life fer me Aargh! Happy talk like a pirate day maties

Ramrider wrote:

Bobimus_Prime wrote:Yarharhar!

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day everyone!!

This should be like an official ODB bank holiday or something? (any excuse for more time off work.)

(Yes, this is a genuine day)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day.

Yarr, that be a nice touch, Jim-lad, linkin' to a dead article.

Surely it be far better t' be linkin', f'r instance, t' http://www.talklikeapirate.com (which may or may not be th' official site; I be skeptical, 'cos it be American, and I be sure th'original National Talk Like A Pirate Day was started by Brits - me wench may even know who 't was, she knows everyone).

Anyway, break out the rum truffles! Me parrot's achin' for a choc'late fix...

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

The much more official site. But I'm sure there's a fully official one tucked away someone on the web.



Red, you'll be pleased to hear about OS's new move then.
Levelling up will become XP-capped in a week or so.


But that still gives me a week to pillage lvl 1,2 and 3 bots of their energon!

Even that level 5 didn't know what had hit him!