Classic Dinobots Join DeNA Transformers: Battle Tactics!
Thursday, June 4th, 2015 2:45PM CDT
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The DINOBOTS have entered the battlefield! Today DeNA announced Dinobot Destruction, a new in-game event that brings the original G1 DINOBOTS to TRANSFORMERS: BATTLE TACTICS.
An exciting turn-based strategy game for iOS and Android, TRANSFORMERS: BATTLE TACTICS lets players collect and assemble teams of iconic AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS to battle in strategic combat experiences with other fans in real-time.
Running from June 4 through June 10, players will collect and fight alongside Slug, Snarl, and Slog in the Dinobot Destruction event. As they rise through the ranks, players have the chance to win classic TRANSFORMERS characters, Grimlock and Swoop.
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLE TACTICS is a turn-based tactical mobile game inspired by the all new fan favorite COMBINER WARS comic story and the expansive 30-year history of the TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS universe. Players collect and assemble epic teams, made up of AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS who fight side by side in a unique campaign mode and intense player vs player (PvP) mode to engage with gamers and TRANSFORMERS fans from around the world.
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLE TACTICS is available now as a free download in the App Store for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android devices. Additional information is available on http://transformersbattletactics.com.
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Posted by King Kuuga on June 4th, 2015 @ 2:52pm CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 4th, 2015 @ 3:23pm CDT
Posted by NovaSentinel on June 4th, 2015 @ 4:16pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on June 4th, 2015 @ 4:40pm CDT
So no new spoilers.
Posted by Shockwave7 on June 4th, 2015 @ 4:54pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 4th, 2015 @ 5:14pm CDT
Shockwave7 wrote:I understand them changing Slag's name, since 'slag' has evolved into a foul word in some parts of the world. But why change Sludge to Slog?
'slogical.
Posted by King Kuuga on June 4th, 2015 @ 6:57pm CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Scored myself a Slog from the character campaign
A month ago he would have been a godsend to me. Now I have an all Super Rare team and I'll pick up Spinister, an Elite Rare, in a few weeks from the daily campaigns. Poor Slog is a measly Rare who can't keep up with my team of event reward bots. The power creep is strong in this game.
Va'al wrote:Shockwave7 wrote:I understand them changing Slag's name, since 'slag' has evolved into a foul word in some parts of the world. But why change Sludge to Slog?
'slogical.
I actually laughed at that. Thank you.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 5th, 2015 @ 12:03am CDT
Maybe they lost the "Sludge" name.Shockwave7 wrote:I understand them changing Slag's name, since 'slag' has evolved into a foul word in some parts of the world. But why change Sludge to Slog?
Posted by Va'al on July 31st, 2015 @ 1:31am CDT
From July 30 through August 5, join the very special GALVATRON event! Don't miss this opportunity of playing TRANSFORMERS: Battle Tactics and collecting Galvatron Armada, Galvatron [G1], Galvatron v1 [GEN] and Galvatron v2 [GEN]!
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on July 31st, 2015 @ 3:23am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on July 31st, 2015 @ 10:18am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 31st, 2015 @ 10:36am CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on July 31st, 2015 @ 12:30pm CDT
V1 is based on the Asian 3-pack release from last year, V2 is the Universe deco.
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on July 31st, 2015 @ 1:12pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 31st, 2015 @ 1:18pm CDT
Maybe for an exclusive somewhere but I can't see them doing it for mass retail seeing as how much Armada Megaron has been shelfwarming.SillySpringer wrote:I can totally see Hasbro repainting CW Armada Megs into Armada Galvatron soon.
And this game uses the design of the original 2003 toy instead of the CW Leader toy.
Posted by Railbomb on July 31st, 2015 @ 4:32pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Maybe for an exclusive somewhere but I can't see them doing it for mass retail seeing as how much Armada Megaron has been shelfwarming.SillySpringer wrote:I can totally see Hasbro repainting CW Armada Megs into Armada Galvatron soon.
And this game uses the design of the original 2003 toy instead of the CW Leader toy.
Funnily enough at my local Wal-Mart I saw 2 G1 Megs and no Armada Megs a few days ago. They're definitely selling, just not at an equal rate.
Posted by Ioné on July 31st, 2015 @ 8:17pm CDT
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 2nd, 2015 @ 9:31am CDT
Ioné wrote:So I stopped playing this about a month after it came out...I got sick and tired of getting stressed out every time the game matched me with someone who had bought all their characters because we has a similar pvp score. Is that still going on?
Yes unfortunately it is
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 2nd, 2015 @ 9:32am CDT
Ioné wrote:So I stopped playing this about a month after it came out...I got sick and tired of getting stressed out every time the game matched me with someone who had bought all their characters because we has a similar pvp score. Is that still going on?
Yes unfortunately it is
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 2nd, 2015 @ 9:34am CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Got myself a free TCC Tarantulas thanks to that glitch
Could you share how? And I think I fought your Tarantulas
Posted by King Kuuga on August 3rd, 2015 @ 3:46am CDT
Ioné wrote:So I stopped playing this about a month after it came out...I got sick and tired of getting stressed out every time the game matched me with someone who had bought all their characters because we has a similar pvp score. Is that still going on?
It's the only kind of game DeNA makes. And now the premium bots cost 50 character cores and make combiners useless.
Posted by Henry921 on August 3rd, 2015 @ 3:53am CDT
That Bot wrote:Ioné wrote:So I stopped playing this about a month after it came out...I got sick and tired of getting stressed out every time the game matched me with someone who had bought all their characters because we has a similar pvp score. Is that still going on?
It's the only kind of game DeNA makes. And now the premium bots cost 50 character cores and make combiners useless.
Made Combiners useless after promoting a Bruticus giveaway to former Legends players. You'd think they'd at least wait until their last venture collapsed before making the same mistakes.
Ah, well. Glad I didn't make the switch.
Posted by King Kuuga on August 3rd, 2015 @ 4:06am CDT
Henry921 wrote:That Bot wrote:Ioné wrote:So I stopped playing this about a month after it came out...I got sick and tired of getting stressed out every time the game matched me with someone who had bought all their characters because we has a similar pvp score. Is that still going on?
It's the only kind of game DeNA makes. And now the premium bots cost 50 character cores and make combiners useless.
Made Combiners useless after promoting a Bruticus giveaway to former Legends players. You'd think they'd at least wait until their last venture collapsed before making the same mistakes.
Ah, well. Glad I didn't make the switch.
First thing I noticed when I picked up Battle Tactics was that they seemed to be doing everything that ran Legends into the ground, but faster. Weekly events, new bots, power creep, premium bots that you can technically get for free but only with the luck of the gods and you'd have to play constantly, pay-to-win leaderboards... and a sense of satisfaction when you play, even for free. Goddamnit. I just tell myself that there's at least an element of strategy in this game, with the choice of modes, bot abilities, special attacks, powerups, and unit targeting that weren't present in Legends. That keeps me going. And if I'm tempted to spend money, I remember the hundred bucks I sank into Legends and where that game is now.
But seriously the power creep in this game is ridiculous. The hyper rare Grimlock prize from an event or two ago has better stats than half the combiners, and he still only takes up one slot instead of two. Centurion, the only combiner you can get outside events, is piss now.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 3rd, 2015 @ 9:50pm CDT
Redneck Grimlock wrote:MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Got myself a free TCC Tarantulas thanks to that glitch
Could you share how? And I think I fought your Tarantulas
Cool! Was he paired with Rampage, Waspinator, and Dinobot?
I got Tarantulas just by recruiting him within the first few hours... DeNA made a mistake and made him free to recruit. Unfortunatly, it's no longer possible
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 4th, 2015 @ 11:52am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 4th, 2015 @ 12:04pm CDT
Yeah, I'm a huge Beasties fan, so I was lucky to be able to get him for free, because I suck at the daily campaigns and would have never gotten him otherwise.
Posted by Rainmaker on August 4th, 2015 @ 6:34pm CDT
I kind of am now that I have a full tier 5 team, but I keep playing just for the nostalgia.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 4th, 2015 @ 6:48pm CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on August 4th, 2015 @ 6:57pm CDT
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 5th, 2015 @ 7:24am CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Damn, that is a sweet lineup
Yeah, I'm a huge Beasties fan, so I was lucky to be able to get him for free, because I suck at the daily campaigns and would have never gotten him otherwise.
I'm a big BW fan too, is that team your main setup? Mines Lio Convoy, G2 Megatron, Inferno, and soon to be Armada Galvatron. I've been around since it came out for iOS
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 5th, 2015 @ 9:10am CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on August 5th, 2015 @ 1:43pm CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:It is, and thankfully they're my heaviest hitters. Inferno? G1 or BW, because Imma be sad if they already did BW Inferno unbeknownst to me
They did BW Inferno during the second Beast Wars event I believe. You don't see him anymore because he's useless though.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 5th, 2015 @ 3:42pm CDT
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 5th, 2015 @ 6:18pm CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on August 5th, 2015 @ 6:31pm CDT
My lineup of Arcee, Lio Convoy, Spinister and Bonecrusher could easily beat a team of Optimus Primal Bat, Inferno, Hot Spot and G2 Megatron
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 5th, 2015 @ 7:59pm CDT
Redneck Grimlock wrote:Inferno may not be the best, but he's not useless. I have Armada and V2 Galvatron thanks to him. I still have him in two teams. By the way, the did Beast Wars Scorponok with the same event as Inferno
I must have completely missed that event... must have been the first BW one
Posted by King Kuuga on August 5th, 2015 @ 8:00pm CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on August 5th, 2015 @ 10:58pm CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Redneck Grimlock wrote:Inferno may not be the best, but he's not useless. I have Armada and V2 Galvatron thanks to him. I still have him in two teams. By the way, the did Beast Wars Scorponok with the same event as Inferno
I must have completely missed that event... must have been the first BW one
Actually the second
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 6th, 2015 @ 1:14am CDT
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 6th, 2015 @ 1:14am CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on August 6th, 2015 @ 5:01am CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on August 6th, 2015 @ 5:01am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 6th, 2015 @ 9:22am CDT
Rainmaker wrote:MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Redneck Grimlock wrote:Inferno may not be the best, but he's not useless. I have Armada and V2 Galvatron thanks to him. I still have him in two teams. By the way, the did Beast Wars Scorponok with the same event as Inferno
I must have completely missed that event... must have been the first BW one
Actually the second
How many have there been? I participated in the Dinobot and Rampage ones, missed the Blackarachnia one (so that must have been the second)... what was the first?
Posted by Redneck Grimlock on August 6th, 2015 @ 10:00am CDT
2nd- Blackarachnia, Tarantulas, Inferno, Scorponok
3rd- Optimus Primal Bat, Rattrap, Dinobot, Alligator Megatron
4th- Transmetal Optimus Primal, Transmetal Rhinox, Transmetal Megatron, Transmetal Rampage
I believe this is the correct order
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on August 6th, 2015 @ 12:53pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 7th, 2015 @ 10:25am CDT
The Technobots have entered the battlefield! From August 6th through August 12th you'll get to gather Scattershot, Afterburner, Lightspeed, Nosecone and Strafe in order to recruit the amazing combiner COMPUTRON!
Posted by Shuttershock on August 7th, 2015 @ 11:17am CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on August 7th, 2015 @ 11:57am CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on August 7th, 2015 @ 11:59am CDT
Optimizzy wrote:isn't he just going to be a repaint without any limbs? That is disappoint.
I can only speculate, but I doubt that's all well get. "Betatron" strikes mme as a holding pattern for the future.
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on August 7th, 2015 @ 12:48pm CDT