Transformers: Legends Episode "Countdown to Extinction" Now Underway

Hotrodimust wrote:I see all these post about starting with 300 or more battle cubes. Do you buy them because I start an episode with what ever they give you now and I can beat the first 2 cards with 1.5x. I'm able to get about 95 to 100 battle cubes saved up b4 I have to use to or get help. Energon cubes are not a problem they just keep rising I have about 320 and they never go down. Also on the fist day I always break the 1000 rank I get down to about 750 and after I wake up I'm back at 1500 to 2000. This is my 4th episode since the game came to iOS and I've cashed in about 5000 gold and silver medals and only pulled 2 LV 4 cards bumblebee and jazz alt mode but my friend gets LV 4 cards like its nothing. It sucks because I always finish higher in rank than him to. He already has both alt and bot mode for side swipe on the first day and got then from medals and he pulled grimlocks LV 4 alt mode. All I ever pull is a ton of lv3 cards that I do not need. Is there a set amount if cards you have to pull b4 getting a LV 4 card or is it just pure luck?

monuo_ripts wrote:I just saw this post on the Transformers Legends Facebook Fansite:

"Got to say, this is the worst event yet! Mobage are really being tight with the prizes now and paying through the nose for characters. I appreciate it's a free game. I love the Transformers. Have done since a kid, but Mobage are squeezing this for all they can now. The battle cube structure is a joke. And it's not sour apples on my part as I've finished in the mid 100's every event without spending a penny. I just feel sorry for those that do. And the times between events is ridiculous. They are really taking the fun out of this now."

I don't believe for 1 second this person has finished in the top 100 every event without spending money. Maybe I'm being cynical, but I just don't see how its possible with how many people are blowing money on the 5X cards. Or maybe this person has absolutely no life or they mean they are hacking the game for infinite cubes or something. (if you are this person, please tell us your secrets)

After reading the posts at tfw2005, most of them being in the top 100 every episode, they openly admit to spending money every episode. What's worse is they sit around and gripe about the game (same as we do) but keep spending money on it expecting it to change.

If any of you are on the tfw2005 site, I don't mean to offend you, just repeating what I see on there on a daily basis. I know I can't categorize all of you as being the same as I'm sure some of you don't fit the description I just mentioned.

MoralChaos wrote:Dont get me wrong, I really love these Episodes, but some of you have to agree with me that they put them up too close to the last one. I need a break from these things once in awhile. Just a few weeks separate from each other would be nice.

monuo_ripts wrote: And it's not sour apples on my part as I've finished in the mid 100's every event without spending a penny.

I don't believe for 1 second this person has finished in the top 100 every event without spending money.

GiveMeSkyfire wrote:I will start by saying yes, I have bought 5x cards twice now. I won't again unless its a character I like a lot.

I agree that lvl 4 cards should drop more frequently. 1 in 2-3k gold medals is ridiculous.

That said I don't get why people think they are going to get anywhere with this type of game without spending money.

Why would it be free?

I bought the three pack on my first episode and got lucky w half of both Razorclaw and Divebomb.

With those 2 cards, Lvl 3 Grimlock, Prime, 4 other lvl 3, free Skywarp and 4 days worth of obsessive button mashing I finished in 250-1000 bracket (barely). It can be done, total spent like 10$.

Not an unreasonable sum for as much mindless entertainment it provided.

And I have no idea how people finish in the top 100 unless they leave their x5 cards unfused and have a full deck of them. 2 cards x5 > then 10% buff. A full deck of the faction bonus with that likely is super OP. Just a theory.

monuo_ripts wrote: Oh no you cant, thats not lag your seeing as robot health updates slowly. Mobage seems to have intentionally made it update slower to prevent sniping.

diseptikon wrote:LMAO reward structure changed in the middle of event...

joesaysso wrote:

monuo_ripts wrote: Oh no you cant, thats not lag your seeing as robot health updates slowly. Mobage seems to have intentionally made it update slower to prevent sniping.

After the day I had yesterday, I'd believe this. But is this speculation on your part or has this been said somewhere else?

If this is true, this is the straw that breaks the camel's back for me. I'm not interested in spending money on individual events every time. When I spend money, I believe I am investing in something. When I spent money on this game, I did it with the thought that it would make my deck better for the longterm.

But if they have taken measures to eliminate sniping, then the gains that I made with the money I spent are essentially lost. So then, would be my continued interest in playing.

monuo_ripts wrote:No one expecting the game to be free.

MoralChaos wrote:.......I thinks its a bit unfair to those who cant get any money to play the game and without spending money you cant even get the best of cards! Thats not fair.......

GiveMeSkyfire wrote:Not saying the game is not in need of some big fixes, I'm saying you can do fairly well spending 20$ or less an episode. What else can you do for 6 days straight for 20$?

This is not expecting to get some where in this game for free?

Not saying the game is not in need of some big fixes, I'm saying you can do fairly well spending 20$ or less an episode. What else can you do for 6 days straight for 20$?

And as someone above said, just don't play a round if you don't want too

I suspect your right about them trying to block sniping this go around.....been much less sucsessful at it.

Okay, a few people expect the game to be free and have everything given to them, or they don't have the money to be competitive and they don't feel that's fair. I'll admit my statement was too broad.

But seriously, it's free to play with pay advantages. I would like those advantages to be worth while and entertaining, they're not. I've spent $40, $20 on dinobots episode, $20 on robots in the skies. I finished in the top 500 on one, top 1000 on another. I've played since day one on android way back in november, participated in insecticons, didn't do so hot because it was very buggy and glitchy but still finished in the top 2500. Finished top 500 in fatal furies, top 500 in cold delivery, and top 2500 for unleash the beast as I didn't have cubes to spare. This episode I'm sitting out after I gathered my cubes and sniped some, saving resources.

Whether I spent money or not, I had to play hardcore daily just to defend my rank, managing cubes wisely, sniping when I can, and only battling the boss worth the most pts at the moment.

I can find way better things to spend $20 on, especially if its going to be for entertainment. I'd rather pay a monthly fee for this game like WOW or XBOX live does to get bonuses rather than pay $20 per episode. Hell, most of your top 100 pay $50+ per episode and gripe about it all the live long day.

joesaysso said it best, if your unhappy, speak with your wallet and don't spend anymore money.

As for not playing a round, I play to gather resources so I can play hardcore on an episode that I really want to participate for the rewards. I want to play, and I would like to spend money to make it even more enjoyable, but it's not worth spending money on.

I know we get people that whine about the episodes being back to back to back, heck it irritated me the first time, but when I realized that I may never complete my cyberdex because those cards that have been missed are not accessible by any means, I stopped worrying about it and have been playing casual ever since.

I think joesaysso has to repeat the "sit one out" speech every week to a new player that comments on it.

Bottomline, the game not worth spending money in its current condition, especially the amount of money expected to win the top 100 in episodes.

And Yes, i have better ways of spending my $20. Saving it up to buy something that is real. Why would anyone pay up to $50-$100 on a game that isn't real?! Just to get the good stuff? Be at the top? But ask yourself, where will that get you in the real world? Thats why I don't spend money on games anymore, it got me no were and ended with me having no money for real life things. You people who play these games, just have no life? I do and i play these games and still get the best cards without spending a dime.

Its really sad.

Loved how Megatron game into the game thought XD That was a grand entrance~

joesaysso wrote:I'm just saying your perspective is off. Saying "what else can you do for 6 days straight for $20" is not a good perspective or at all relative to whats happening here.

People think this game is a ripoff for a very good reason. What other game can you think of requires the monetary investment that this game does just to be competitive at it?

You talk like spending $20 to do "fairly well" at an episode is no big deal...

GiveMeSkyfire wrote:My perspective is just fine because while other games are cheaper, I have no interest in playing them. A Fiat is cheap than my car but I have no interest in driving one...

Burn wrote:Episode Megatron - 5193, 13456, 622
Normal Megatron - 3615, 7200, 438

My one non-episode card is now worthless.

Burn wrote:I pulled a R4 Metroplex weapon from the space bridge.

Maxed it out.

It's not good enough for my deck.

So yeah, non-episode cards are worthless. Might not be a blow to many, but for those of us that have played from virtually day one, it's a slap in the face.

monuo_ripts wrote:It looks like enough people griped about not knowing Megs would show up and they should put the 3000 coin guaranteed sideswipe back up.

It's back up and now all the people who bought it the first time around can buy it a second time.

Burn wrote:I pulled a R4 Metroplex weapon from the space bridge.

Maxed it out.

It's not good enough for my deck.

So yeah, non-episode cards are worthless. Might not be a blow to many, but for those of us that have played from virtually day one, it's a slap in the face.

monuo_ripts wrote:It looks like enough people griped about not knowing Megs would show up and they should put the 3000 coin guaranteed sideswipe back up.

It's back up and now all the people who bought it the first time around can buy it a second time.

Mindmaster wrote:
I pulled Metroplex's station mode from a silver medal. Went out of my way maxing it out, and it's still under Jazz, whose third in command of my deck. Optimus being XO and Ironhide being CO. :BANG_HEAD

Haha, I'm sure Mobage and DeNa were really upset that they had to give people another chance to spend more money.

monuo_ripts wrote:
I just noticed it says "limit 2" at the bottom, I was wondering why people were saying they used it twice on the first one. So for a meager $120, you can have 4 sideswipes, you're almost guaranteed* an episode Megatron, the best** card in the game.

*No guarantees or satisfaction expressed or implied. May require additional purchases of cards and other resources. No refunds or warranties on defective bridges without pending approval from tech support. Players have choice of strawberry or cherry lube for additional 1000 mobacoins.

**Definition of best is neither expressed nor implied. Terms, stats, conditions, and satisfaction subject to change without notice. Status of "best" subject to change weekly as new cards are released.

mooncake623 wrote: How many cubes do you guys usually need to get say to top 1000?

You know, in all seriousness, I'm not sold on the importance of the 5X cards or whether or not they provide any advantage. In a day and a half, I've climbed 5000 spots without them. Sure they provide some advantage in the beginning because you can infinicube a lot longer, but only for small points. By the time the points get bigger and the bosses get tough, the playing field levels a lot more. You're still requiring help to get your points, which in turn, gives other people big points.

I guess I'm saying I don't think it guarantees anything. I'd rather have a larger amount of cubes than the 5X cards. A regular deck seems just as capable in aquiring big points at the end of the episode when everybody needs help anyway.

diseptikon wrote:

You know, in all seriousness, I'm not sold on the importance of the 5X cards or whether or not they provide any advantage. In a day and a half, I've climbed 5000 spots without them. Sure they provide some advantage in the beginning because you can infinicube a lot longer, but only for small points. By the time the points get bigger and the bosses get tough, the playing field levels a lot more. You're still requiring help to get your points, which in turn, gives other people big points.

I guess I'm saying I don't think it guarantees anything. I'd rather have a larger amount of cubes than the 5X cards. A regular deck seems just as capable in aquiring big points at the end of the episode when everybody needs help anyway.

It depends on what rank you are shooting for. If you are aiming for top 100 they are pretty much required. I can do inifiniplay on my deck of 11230, but once the second wave of bosses drop I am cut off. Those with 5x cards get to continue inifiniplay until the next wave of bosses hit (usually 24 hours). Yes at the end of event it becomes more about cubes then deck power, but building huge leads as most players in the top 100 do early makes catching them very difficult. Take a lookat some of the point totals in the first 24 hours of the next event.

Also this episode sideswipe will be nearly as good as elita1 and jetfire post episode.

Burn wrote:How the **** do you rack up so many cubes? I only managed to get up to 130 or so.

joesaysso wrote:
I just cracked the top 1000 for the first time since day 1 when I infinicubed up to the 600s before going to bed. 2 days and 400 cubes left. Can I hold?

diseptikon wrote:
Absolutely. How many ec's do you have saved up?

joesaysso wrote:You guys are probably right about the early goings of the episode and the 5X cards. Kon, I've seen what you are talking about with the point totals. Parts of me want to question their authenticity sometimes. I button press as fast as I can at the beginning of an epsiode and still can't keep up. 5X cards don't help you push buttons faster or communicate with the server quicker. I always found those point totals a bit fishy but never bothered complaining about it since there's much that can really be said.

Monuo, I'm always up for a challenge. Although, not spending money on this game won't be much of a challenge. I'm generally tight with my money anyway. Not giving any to Mobage for a month will be a piece of cake.

Saving cubes for all of June may be a bit harder. It all depends on what the reward cards will be. Theres a few characters that are sacred and will throw a wrench into those plans. I'm still pretty furious that they pulled what they pulled with Megatron this episode. But we can take it one episode at a time and judge them as they come. Count me in.

It would be nice to get something going as Team Seibertron. Since DeNa has claimed to have taken steps to increase the chances of your allies being in your help list, I have seen a noticable upswing in the number of allies requesting help this episode. Its not a dramtic difference but it has been noticable. And I know that the one time I paid attention to who I was requesting help from, 2 of my allies were on the list. Perhaps this is a coincidence, perhaps it isn't. Its certainly worth monitoring as we go forward.

**edit**

I just cracked the top 1000 for the first time since day 1 when I infinicubed up to the 600s before going to bed. 2 days and 400 cubes left. Can I hold?

Selfish gits.

joesaysso wrote:

diseptikon wrote:
Absolutely. How many ec's do you have saved up?

My up-to-the-minute status: Rank: 737, Battle Cubes remaining: 382, Energon Refills remaining: 345, Time remaining: 2 days, 1 hour

I like my position but bosses are starting to time out with more regularity and my queue has been slow to fill the last couple hours.

monuo_ripts wrote: Now we'll see how hard I can hold true to this if episode shockwave shows up, make me squeal like a giddy school girl.

diseptikon wrote:Use up those EC's to get 3 free BC's.

joesaysso wrote:This is so simple that its brilliant and it never occured to me to do this. I basically do this when I am saving cubes for future episodes but I never once thought to carry it over to the actual participation of the episode.

Good call, Kon. Thanks!