The Energon Pub

by **chrisjbrandon** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:38 am

HardheadFX4 Prime Whom still doesn't have a proper Ford alt.

Is on the verge of level 9. He has 2.3M in excess XP, but I've got many differnt choices for that last stat to reach level 9. Here's what's available, and I'm polling my fellow HMW players to help me pick.

Curently has:
2,292,650 xp

Can choose from:

Skill @ 2,048,000xp
Int @ 3,136,000xp
FP @ 4,608,000xp
Rnk @ 6,400,000xp

OS also owes me 1M XP from killing the Fallen. So I'm gonna get your opinions till I go to bed Wendsday night. Then I'll do what ya'll suggest. I'm leaning toward FP, with Int being a close second. What do you say fellow HMW players? :grin:

Edit:
BTW What is the bennifit of Level 9 versus Level 8 you ask? Not mutch just more XP per battle in the Arena, and Level 9 only missions and Level 9-10 missions. That's it... :-?

by **Supercollider** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:46 am

Yeah FRP - gets you closer to the 10 RP 3SKL Gatling Gun.
That is unless OS has/will defenately change(d) INT to make it worthwhile

by **chrisjbrandon** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:49 am

Int is usefull versus the Quints, just ask Metro about Treadware... :lol:

by **Supercollider** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:56 am

chrisjbrandon wrote:Int is usefull versus the Quints, just ask Metro about Treadware...

That might just have fixed my next upgrade for Autofire then.

by **Scantron** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:07 am

Finally getting around to bringing FX4 to L9? I've almost got Brutallica up to L10, so she'll be leaving FX4 in the dust pretty soon

As for what to upgrade, I'd agree to go with FRP. None of the four possible choices are useful stats right now, but the Gatling Gun is definitely the weapon to be building towards.

chrisjbrandon wrote:Edit:
BTW What is the bennifit of Level 9 versus Level 8 you ask? Not mutch just more XP per battle in the Arena, and Level 9 only missions and Level 9-10 missions. That's it...

The major drawback, though, is the limited competition because a bunch of 'Cons either (a) left after the recent "whoops", (b) don't play much or (c) are taking forever to level up

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:39 am

im the same way with str
did we get r fallen bonus from os?
o chris take the fp

by **chrisjbrandon** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:17 am

steve2275 wrote:im the same way with str
did we get r fallen bonus from os?
o chris take the fp

With STR give him 3 int, so he can strafe as well. Soon as you do that he should get to levels 8 & 9 quite quickly. With the dual tactis and all... :-P

No I haven't gotten my bonus yet...

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:13 pm

not enuff 8 cons to justify a level up(1pt away)

by **chrisjbrandon** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:21 pm

Plenty o 8's, but not many 9's.

15 Level 9 Autobots currently

14 Level 9 Decepticons currently

43 Level 8 Autobots currently

25 Level 8 Decepticons currently

6 Level 10 Autobots currently

4 Level 10 Decepticons currently

2 each Level 11 currently

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:26 pm

http://www.seibertron.com/heavymetalwar ... er_id=1759
that fallen bonus would pay for all 10 strafe
and make me him a L9 :sad:

main level 8 missions
aid the wreckers
ambush
lumberjack match
defend METROPLEX
tag team extreme(need to do more of those)

by **chrisjbrandon** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:48 pm

Good plan... :grin:

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:50 pm

hardhead and str would RULE the tag divivion

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:08 pm

I swear by Intel, I swear I've seen it work.

After that, FP for the Gatling Cannon.

Only reason to up skill is if you want to angle for the Fusion Cannon, which is pointless.

No point in upping Rank unless OS drops a Rank 9 or 10 armor on us before the R, which I've no reason to believe he will - weapons/armor are one of the last things that are going to get screwed with since they're sort of the most dangerous.

by **Tammuz** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:20 pm

FP, int only improves repair. programmer said so.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:43 pm

Tammuz wrote:FP, int only improves repair. programmer said so.

I say the programmer is wrong.

by **Rat Convoy** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:52 pm

Caelus wrote:
Tammuz wrote:FP, int only improves repair. programmer said so.

I say the programmer is wrong.

That's right, stick to your guns in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence.

by **Tammuz** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:56 pm

Caelus wrote:
Tammuz wrote:FP, int only improves repair. programmer said so.

I say the programmer is wrong.

BAN HIM!

seriously though Observer bias in this game's population is rampant, there was the old "battle blades are inaccurate" addage, no one actually bothered to count it though, they just accepted it as fact.

and same thing with the PPFs no one realised the DBPSS was actually a better weapon.

or con's strafe being neutued.

even yesterday i did 5 mission analysis of a con who "wasn't repairing" much at all, turns out it was actually repairing at a slightly higher rate than it should.

EDIT: and don't forget it took us 9 months to convince glyph the repair code wasn't working.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:29 pm

Tammuz wrote:seriously though Observer bias in this game's population is rampant, there was the old "battle blades are inaccurate" addage, no one actually bothered to count it though, they just accepted it as fact.

Well it was true until I washed my lucky socks. :lol: