Twin Transformers Characters to Make Debut in Transformers: Earth Wars

WHEW! Not the Bayniverse Twins.

Instead, it's...Roulette and Shadow Striker as male samurai who symbolize yin and yang. Sort of.

Sure, why not.

Great, we got DBZ Piccolo
I've had enough of samurai-themed Tfs, they're just too full of clichés.

Wow. Those are super boring looking.

are they not just variations of IDW Drift?

Also.. a hero and a villain who each own one half of a sword. Wasn't that the Power Sword thing in the original He-Man mini-comics you got with the figures (before the cartoon ignored all that)

While the backstory is a little silly, I'm definitely down for more new blood in the franchise. Despite the overt samurai theme, their crazy tank-walker alt-modes could fit into the new WfC lines... maybe we'll get toys of them? Even if you don't like their particular backstory, they could easily be repurposed as cybertronian-mode Drift and Deadlock, or generic Circle of Light members.

Did they just re-use the Cyberverse Shockwave mold for both of these?

Maybe new characters for SIEGE
A Leader class figure called SENTIUS NOBILIUS that can split into two Voyager class sized figures.

But their transformation and alt modes remind me pretty much of the new Cyberverse SHOCKWAVEs.

So it's robot Hanzo and robot-ier Genji. And man, I too am getting tired of Samurai Transformers: it was cool when Bludgeon did it blatantly and Dinobot did way more subtly but after Windblade and Drift it seems like it's the cliche 'new cool kid we're supposed to like' gimmick.

That said, one of them has a bow which is a weapon which doesn't get enough love as a TF weapon, so I'd be fine with them getting figures in Siege, especially if they get reworked into Bludgeon and Banzaitron.

Autobot N wrote:

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Well, they're new. But this is a fanbase where people keep saying we need new characters and hate them when they show up! I know I tend to do that a lot.

Skritz wrote:So it's robot Hanzo and robot-ier Genji.

Yes, that is in fact a true statement. Whether that's a good or bad thing...remains to be seen, at this point. I do love me some Overwatch, but copy-pasting Overwatch character backgrounds/personalities onto new characters in other franchises does not inherently make me like those characters or make those characters good.

Skritz wrote:That said, one of them has a bow which is a weapon which doesn't get enough love as a TF weapon, so I'd be fine with them getting figures in Siege, especially if they get reworked into Bludgeon and Banzaitron.

I don't see a Shockwave-crab-walker-tank working for Bludgeon, honestly, given he's mostly just been a regular tank. Figures of these two could be cool though, and a Banzaitron repaint has potential since Banzaitron can't seem to stick to a reoccurring alt mode anyway. I think I'd only buy the Decepticon Malus version though, as Magnus and Malus seem like they'd just be repaints of each other, and they'd have to do some retooling on Banzaitron to convince me there. Regardless of what I do or don't buy though, I would be happy to see these two get Siege figures, as it would be more Generations figures of characters that aren't just the G1 cast again.

Overall, new characters are always welcome from my perspective, but they do still have to be good characters.

Well, at least the good half gets bonus point for the bow as I mentionned: bows are criminally underused in Transformers and there is a logic to a samurai-themed Transformers using a bow, namely that the bow was the default ranged weapon of the Samurai. People associate them with the katana and its relatives, but Samurai were trained in a variety of weapons, including the bow and naginata.

Edit: I've thought about it and one issue I have with their design is that they are too similar. Yes they are twins but generally speaking in the franchise twins tend to share a mold but at least have some retooled elements. I think one place where they screwed up is that they should have designed his 'whole' first and given some elements of his design to one and the other elements to the other. Example, say that the whole has both a visor and mouth plate...one could have had a mouthplate and the other the visor.

I want new characters, sure. Drift, Windblade, Victorion... I had no problem with these. Strongarm, Velocity--all good additions.

These, however... they look dumb. I'm sorry. I hope they turn out to be cool, but my initial reaction is... "meh."

In game, though, I'm guessing these will be some sort of powerful weapons for either defending a base or attacking it. Still... meh.

Future, please prove me wrong.

This is actually really cool and unexpected. I wish they could do some sort of Animated Safeguard thing back into their original form, but this is cool.

Wonder if this means toys are in the works?

Considering the backstory they gave him and the presence the Thirteen have in current TF lore: could he have been a servant of Nexus Prime?

Skritz wrote:Considering the backstory they gave him and the presence the Thirteen have in current TF lore: could he have been a servant of Nexus Prime?

Doubtful, his spark was split in 2 and thus formed 2 very opposite twins.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Wonder if this means toys are in the works?

I can see them becoming game exclusives, and the only way to get them is via a leaderboard tournament and even then it's only open to US citizens.

...my disdain for Space Ape is still showing isn't it?

Skritz wrote:Well, at least the good half gets bonus point for the bow as I mentionned: bows are criminally underused in Transformers and there is a logic to a samurai-themed Transformers using a bow, namely that the bow was the default ranged weapon of the Samurai. People associate them with the katana and its relatives, but Samurai were trained in a variety of weapons, including the bow and naginata.

I agree about bow usage being cool, but the little trailer video-thing shows both bots using bows though, so so far they're still basically identical other than one is good and one is evil and their paint schemes.

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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Wonder if this means toys are in the works?

I can see them becoming game exclusives, and the only way to get them is via a leaderboard tournament and even then it's only open to US citizens.

...my disdain for Space Ape is still showing isn't it?

Yeah it is, but I can't blame you.

I've pretty much retired myself

I really can't say that I'm too impressed by these new characters. As others have pointed out already, they're too reminiscent of those Overwatch characters Hanzo and Genji. I also feel like the whole "good twin, evil twin" thing has been done to death in other media. And can we please give it a break with the samurai TFs? There's starting to be an oversaturation of them.

Toys please.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Skritz wrote:Considering the backstory they gave him and the presence the Thirteen have in current TF lore: could he have been a servant of Nexus Prime?

Doubtful, his spark was split in 2 and thus formed 2 very opposite twins.

I was referring to the whole cut-by-a-magic-sword-now-he's-two-guys-somehow: from all we know of TF lore across various continuities, the only instances of a spark being separated in two Beast Wars's Rampage/Protoform X whose removed half later powered Dinobot II. Now maybe I'm reading too much into the backstory of some crummy z-list game-only character but:
-Connected to the Primes (with a reference to the plural, meaning the whole host of the Thirteen, not just the Matrix-Bearer)
-Sword theme (In Aligned, Nexus took custody of the Star Saber, Cyber Caliber, Chaos Edge and Blade of Time)
-Cut with magic sword
-It magically make him two distinct entities
Across various bits of TF Lore, there's a lot of references to macguffin swords and Nexus Prime's sometimes-origin of being split into distinct components. So, it seem to me like the macguffin sword of the guy could have been tied to Nexus Prime specifically. Hence why he just poofed and became two distinct entities rather than, you know die. Because of Nexus' connection to separation and reconnection.

But that's all speculation on my part.

ok, i like what i see here. now, hasbro, please tell me that you gonna make a toy for these characters, because i am quite sure i want them.

I will be honest, I was a little bummed to find out I wasn't credited for sharing at first, but now I'm fine with it. I probably shared a little late and others found it first. No worries

RustedCross wrote:Did they just re-use the Cyberverse Shockwave mold for both of these?

i dont see mold but shockwave toy does have uninstersting alterante mode for figure,.

have not heard any new news on this game in months walking turrets could have done better

dragons wrote:

RustedCross wrote:Did they just re-use the Cyberverse Shockwave mold for both of these?

i dont see mold but shockwave toy does have uninstersting alterante mode for figure,.

have not heard any new news on this game in months walking turrets could have done better

i prefer a good fungus...

After the initial announcement of two new characters from Space Ape's Transformers: Earth Wars story mastermind Simon Furman, which we reported on back here, we now have the full press release about Sentius Magnus and Sentius Malus - the Sentius Twins - being available and playable in the game! Check out the trailer again, and the full release, below.

Two New Transformers Characters Debut and are Now Available to Play in TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WAR
SENTIUS MAGNUS and SENTIUS MALUS Introduce Order and Chaos to Earth Wars Saga


September 14, 2018 -- LONDON -- Today, a brand new update comes to real-time combat strategy mobile game TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS, serving as the worldwide introduction of the SENTIUS TWINS, SENTIUS MAGNUS and SENTIUS MALUS. Fans can check out the new characters, which are now part of the Transformers universe, by downloading the award-winning mobile game from Backflip Studios and Space Ape Games on the App Store and Google Play.

In the early days of Cybertron, the home world of the Transformers bots, SENTIUS NOBILIUS served as an honorable guardian of the relics of the PRIMES, the gods of the Transformers universe. To do this task he was given a sword of legendary power, the SWORD OF BALANCE, a blade with the power of creation and destruction. He was betrayed by one of the PRIMES, who, using his own sword against him, split his spark in two. This destroyed SENTIUS NOBILIUS, but created two new sibling warriors: SENTIUS MAGNUS, the guardian of light, and SENTIUS MALUS, the guardian of darkness. Each of these bots now carries one half of the sword, which was split. SENTIUS MAGNUS now fights for the Autobots, and SENTIUS MALUS for the Decepticons. To learn more about the history of these two new characters, and the role they play in TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS, fans can watch the making of video here and an introduction from writer Simon Furman here.



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So, with that $92million in bookings, we're going to see some serious enhancements to gameplay (different modes, different base layouts, new ways of warring, etc.) any day now right?

Right?

Also, I know it's been harped on in earlier posts about this story, but the completely blah samurai look of these two is going to guarantee that they are forgotten into the dustbin of history in no time.

Don't get me wrong, people are going to find the characters important in TF:EW, if the gameplay mechanic we got to pilot is anything to go by. And maybe one day they'll even get a spidey crab tank toy ala Cyberverse Shockwave. But if you think these two are going to capture the imaginations of the fans I think SA should have handled them differently.

For starters, the hype was unreal (and maybe they're still building up to the rumored gameplay changes), and instead of launching Titans! Primus! Unicron! massive gameplay expansion! they were like Prime Core Guardians!

Now that the toy line is done hyping them, is anyone going to care about Prime Cores anymore?

I might be in the minority, but I think Transformers doesn't need any more new characters.

In the 30+ years of the brand this is a franchise that has thousands of characters, many of whom could be revisited and given some more limelight. I think there was someone that said these two are basically Roulette and Shadow Striker who could stand to return (maybe get some non exclusive toys)

I feel like this is a case where any time a new creator gets involved with some portion of the brand, they want to add to it with their own guy, make their own mark. I can understand that desire, I doubt there's anyone here who doesn't have at least one character they made up and would love to add if given the opportunity, but that's also why every new, hastily sketched character, is met with a "bleh".

RiddlerJ wrote:I might be in the minority, but I think Transformers doesn't need any more new characters.

problem is?
its an entire world.
and just like real life
people pop in and out of our reality
willynilly

We've got fantastic news for fans of the Transformers: Earth Wars game, as we've received word via the official newsletter that a brand new game mode, Raid Battles, are live! A new campaign has been added in as well, Return to Cybertron, which was written by legendary Transformers fiction author, Simon Furman!

Here's the newsletter in full.

NEW GAME MODE: RAID BATTLES

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The NEW game mode: Raid Battles are finally here in Transformers: Earth Warsalong with a new campaign: Return to Cybertron featuring a story written by renowned Transformers comics writer, Simon Furman.

Raid Battles are new alliance war mode where an entire alliance works together to overcome multiple strong raid bases to collect Raid Points and unlock rewards.



And the very first Raid Battles event: Raid to Cybertron is currently on!

As some of you know, there have been some connection issues since the start of the event, for which we’d like to sincerely apologize.

Since a majority of players are able to play now after some fixes, we’ve decided to keep the event running. There will be a compensation on this coming Monday, 3rd of December, including 5* Shards, Shanix Coins and Fuel Cells to storage that can be used in an upcoming event.

Don’t miss out this chance to try this new game mode and collect new currency:Shanix Coins to purchase some unique items such as Universal Combiner Sparks,Ore-13, XP Power Cores, Power Core Chips and 5-Star Optimus Primal or BW Megatron.

At a later point, the Raid Battles will find another place as a mid-week event, which will take place every Tuesday at 10:00 AM UTC to Thursday 10:00 AM UTC. This mode is still Work in Progress, we are working hard to make it happen as soon as possible! Stay tuned for more details for the midweek Raid events!

Read on for an in-depth view of what Raid Battles are and how they work in our WIki.

Be prepared to take on some giant and awesome defences!









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Will you be taking part in this new mode? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

A little late for the announcememt, because the weekend event showing the game mode off is already over XD, but don't worry about. I think the game mode is perfect for hardcore players and people who pay to play, but a little difficult for others.

I wouldn't say you have to pay to win--I did 77k worth of damage for my alliance in it (out of the 1 million total for the entire 40 players), but it is more hardcore requiring more strategy. I thoroughly enjoyed it as it has been the same ole / same ole for a while now.

From the Transformers Earth Wars Facebook Page, we have news that the developers, Space Ape Studios are trying to make amends for connection issues that plagued the launch of their new Raid Mode. They are offering in-game items for free as a recompense. To claim the rewards, players have to fully close the app and then click the link in the included post below.



Full message below:

Space Ape Studios wrote:Thank you everyone for taking part in the first Raid Battles event this past weekend! As you know, there was some connection issues at the beginning of the event and we sincerely apologise for that.

To make it up to you, we are giving away in-game items (1,000 Shanix, 200 Five-star Shards, 200 Fuel Cells).

Please close the game completely and tap on the link below to claim the gift.

http://bit.ly/2Svlp3V

Feel free to share this code with your alliance and friends, as it works once for every player. It will work until December 10th.

Do you play this game? Make sure to remember to redeem the gift before the 10th of December. Let us know your thoughts about this in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

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Lots of Shards this weekend! And 15 million downloads!!





The Last Encore

Gather your Alliance members and take part in this weekend's event to win:

- Up to 5,000 Premium Shards
- Up to 2,000 3-Stars Shards
- Up to 2,500 4-Stars Shards

That’s enough to get a 3-Star and a 4-Star crystal and 5 Premium Crystals!

Event type: Alliance Totaliser
Start Date: 14/12/18 10:00 UTC
End Date: 17/12/18 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: None (1)
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Join an Alliance!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes

Alliance Events:
During Alliance events, you will earn points for rewards for the Alliance you're currently a member of. Points earned will remain with that Alliance, even if you decide to leave.

If you leave an Alliance you will not receive any additional rewards from that Alliance and may miss out on some rewards if you join a new Alliance.

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes





15 Million Downloads!



Hurray! We are happy to share that Transformers: Earth Wars has reached 15 million downloads globally on Android and iOS combined!
 



Raid Battles Update



Some of you might be wondering when Raid Battles are coming back?

We’ve been working hard to fix some bugs since the last Raid event and we are getting there!

If everything goes smoothly, the first midweek Raid Battles event will arrive in the Earth Ears next week from Tuesday, December 18th to Thursday, December 20th. If not, it will be postponed to the new year.

Prior to the first midweek Raid event, let us explain the difference between midweek and weekend mode.

In the mid-week mode, you won’t need to earn Energy cells to attack Raid bases, instead, at the start of the event, you will have enough cells to do 5 Raid attempts which will be the limit for each player in this type of event to try and dish out as much damage as you can within your limited attempts. So it will be definitely less grinding than the last Raid event. And most importantly, the prize will be Shanix Coins!



Upcoming Bots: Goldfire & Ramjet



Goldfire and Ramjet, Transform!

Have you watched last week’s live stream? If not, you’d better check it out as the team showed how Goldfire and Ramjet transform in the showroom!



A Snowball Challenge Battle!



Winter Season has come to the Earth Wars!

There will be a special Campaign level later this week to get a taste of winter and play with some of the most popular 2018 Transformers!

Keep your eye peeled on the in-game newsfeed!



Balance Update / Bug Fixes



Here is the update on some bug fixes and changes.

Error 2306
We are aware of players encountering error code 2306, predominantly seen during alliance wars when scouting or entering a battle. We have identified and fixed the issue which will be rolled out with the next update. 
 
• XP power core cost
  The cost of Gold XP Power Core has been reduced to 1,000 from 1,500 Shanix coins last Thursday. All players who purchased the core before then should have received 500 Shanix coins to match the current price.

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There will be no stream this year.
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I like how they designed Ratchet to look like his Botcon 2005 toy.

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New G1 Power Cores are on the way! Check out which bots will be given a classic look and unique ability!





Time Strings

Take part in this weekend's event to win:

- A new G1 Bronze Power Core
- A new G1 Silver Power Core
- A random Gold Power Core
- Up to 3,400,000 Energon, 20,000 Spark, 2,000 Premium Shards, 1,400 3-Stars Shards and 600 4-Star Shards
- Bonus XP per Battle

Want more?
Go for the extra mile and unlock Final Thrust Crystals for all your Alliance members, each one containing up to 100,000 Spark or Power Core Chips!

Event type: Alliance Totaliser
Start Date: 21/12/18 10:00 UTC
End Date: 24/12/18 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: None (1)
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Join an Alliance!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes

Alliance Events:
During Alliance events, you will earn points for rewards for the Alliance you're currently a member of. Points earned will remain with that Alliance, even if you decide to leave.

If you leave an Alliance you will not receive any additional rewards from that Alliance and may miss out on some rewards if you join a new Alliance.

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes



**Each Final Thrust Crystal contains one of the following rewards:





New G1 Power Cores



From at some point on 20/12/2018, the following bot duplicates have a chance to drop the newest G1 Power Cores. So keep eye on the in-game newsfeed!

Each of these G1 Power Cores will give them a classic look and unique abilities!



G1 Grimlock & G1 Razorclaw: Increases the special ability damage and generates a shield which absorbs received damage.



G1 Ironhide & G1 Bludgeon: Increases the bot's health and gives the bot a chance to taunt nearby defenses.



G1 Prowl & G1 Brawl: Increased special ability damage and sets the target on fire dealing extra damage for several seconds.



G1 Hot Spot & G1 Tantrum: Generates a permanent protective shield that reflects damage back to the attackers!

The challenge battle will be available via in-game newsfeed to get a taste of these new G1 Power Cores.



New Bots Update

Goldfire and Ramjet are joining the ranks next weekend so it’s about time to reveal their special ability!



Both Goldfire and Ramjet have the same ability called Blazing Charge and it’s looking good!


  

Blazing Charge: Rush into combat setting buildings on fire and dealing damage to each of them over time. The effect will spread if the building is destroyed during this time.



Error 2306 Compensation



Last week, we had an issue where sometimes attacking a base during an alliance war resulted in error 2306. This bug is fixed by now, but some of you were severely impacted in your alliance wars, at times being unable to win a war due to this error.

We tried to compile a full list of all players affected by this error, but due to the nature of it, this turned out to be not just extremely complicated, but impossible. Instead of the desired exact and targeted compensation, we have to settle for the next best thing, a promo code for everyone. We know it’s not the ideal scenario, but we also wanted to give you at least some sort of compensation. 

Please use below link to claim your compensation of 10.000 Spark. The code is valid until 26th of December 2018.

https://deeplink.me/transformersearthwars.com/?promoCode=RAID2306 
(make sure to close the game completely and then click on the link to claim the reward)

Thank you very much for your patience and understanding in this matter!



Balance Update / Bug Fixes



Here is the update on some bug fixes and changes.

• Sky Lynx/Blitzwing attacking HQ16
  We have identified and resolved an issue with Sky Lynx & Blitzwing’s ability combination in some instances not working on HQs with power cores attached to them.

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A warm welcome into the New Year from the entire Transformers: Earth Wars team!

Looking back in reminiscence, 2018 was an amazing year for our beloved game. From a roster of new bots, new 5* bots, G1 power cores and skins, all the way to a whole new game mode with new currencies and rewards! 
We really had a great year and are very proud of what we achieved. Even more so, we are incredibly happy to have you all with us. 

Thanks for enjoying our game, and onwards to an even better 2019!





Nexus Prime

A new Prime Core has been found! Take part in this weekend's event to discover it and win:

- Up to 3,000 Prime Core Shards
- Up to 3,000 Premium Shards
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- And Bonus XP per Battle

Each Prime Core will greatly enhance your bots by giving them unique Prime abilities!

Event type: Individual Totaliser
Start Date: 04/01/19 10:00 UTC
End Date: 07/01/19 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: 30
Bonus Experience: Triple XP!

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes!

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes



*One Prime Core Chip is obtainable by collecting 5,000 Prime Core Shards. EveryPrime Core Chip guarantees a new Prime Core - no duplicates!

** Combine 1000 Premium Shards into one Premium Crystal.



New Prime Core: Nexus Prime



Nexus Prime: If you deploy before your Combiner deploys, your Combiner will deal a percentage (6% for Lv1) of additional damage with all attacks.


 







 

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A brand new saga will kick off with a 5-Star Shards event this weekend!





Coronation Day

Gather your Alliance members and take part in this weekend's event to win:

- Up to 3,000,000 Energon and Alloy
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- Up to 3,000 Premium Crystal Shards
- Up to 600 5-Star Shards
- Up to 60 Guardian Crystals each containing 5, 4 or 3-Star Shards!

Event type: Alliance Totaliser
Start Date: 11/1/19 10:00 UTC
End Date: 14/1/19 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: 60
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Join an Alliance!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes 

Alliance Events:
During Alliance events, you will earn points for rewards for the Alliance you're currently a member of. Points earned will remain with that Alliance, even if you decide to leave.

If you leave an Alliance you will not receive any additional rewards from that Alliance and may miss out on some rewards if you join a new Alliance.

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes



*Each Gurdian Crystal contains one of the following rewards:





Raid Battles Update



You might be wondering when Raid Battles event will be back? Don’t worry as they are coming back soon!

We’ve been working on bug fixes and improvements since the last Raid event and we are almost there!

The following improvements were added to Raid Battles feature:

• You can check number of attempts done for each member in the alliance leaderboard
• You can now attack a Raid battle straight from the scouting screen if the Raid base is available

And we have also fixed an issue where a player couldn’t see the alliance’s progress and would waste attacks on already defeated bases.

Hope you will enjoy the Raid event more with those improvements!



Under investigation



Here is the issue reported that we've been investigating:

• Bots stuck on the spot in battle
  We have identified an issue within the battle engine that can cause bots to get stuck on the spot. This issue is most prominent withCheetor/Blackarachnia, but have received reports of this occurring on multiple bots. We are currently working a potential fix for this.

This is just an example of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.

We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: [url=mailto:support@transformersearthwars.com]support@transformersearthwars.com[/url]. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.



Bug Fixes



The following bug fixes are coming to the game!

• Raid base select not displaying correct zone status
  During the midweek Raid event, some players were seeing an issue whereby the raid zone select window would display 0% for all bases, despite damage being done. This issue was caused by slow connection or dropouts when loading the data. This issue has been resolved by adding a short load check before the zone data is displayed.

Twitch



Join us for the first 2019 stream with Ioannis, Fabien and Jairo who will be talking about game improvements, new features and more!

First stream of the year will be LIVE Thursday, January 10 @5pm UTC!
 

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This weekend, go the extra mile and get up to 7 Final Thrust Crystals, each containing up to 100,000 Spark or Power Core Chips!





Rotten to the Core

Take part in this weekend's event to win:

- Up to 4,000,000 Alloy & Energon
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- Up to 2,000 Premium Shards, 1,000 3-Stars Shards and 700 4-Star Shards
- A NEW Prime Avatar!
- And Bonus XP per Battle

Want more?
Go for the extra mile and unlock Final Thrust Crystals from the harder tiers, each one containing up to 100,000 Spark or Power Core Chips!

Event type: Individual Totaliser
Start Date: 18/1/19 10:00 UTC
End Date: 21/1/19 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: None (1)
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes 

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes



*Usable for both factions



**Each Final Thrust Crystal contains one of the following rewards:





Raid Battles Update



We have some news for you! All issues are fixed and raid battles will be back as a mid-week event next week!

Check out our detailed wiki page to read up on what it’s all about: Raid Battles Wiki



More Squads Unlocked!



Starting from 17/01/2019, you will be able to unlock up to 13 Bot Squads and send your Autobots and Decepticons to fight for your cause.

Increase your Combined Power to unlock more squads!





And the winners are…



Over the New Years break, you had the chance to win a pair of the brand new RS-X Transformers collection sneakers in either Optimus Prime or Bumblebee design.

We had an amazing turnaround with more than 10,000 entries from all over the world! Last week, we made 10 lucky draws out of them all, and the winners are:

Bistolakis from Greece
Kent from Michigan
Wesley from Brazil
Kiron from Australia
James from Florida
Monica from New York
Perry from London
Lars from Germany
Joseph from South Carolina
Lee from Maine

Congratulations!

If you’re on that list, you should have received an email asking for your shoe size, please check your junk or spam folder!



Under investigation



Here is the issue reported that we've been investigating:

• Huffer/Lockdown ability change
  Late last year we had to revert the ability rework for Huffer/Lockdown’s ability due to an unforeseen issue related to the HQ core. We are currently working at resolving this issue in order to bring back the ability rework.

This is just an example of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.

We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: [url=mailto:support@transformersearthwars.com]support@transformersearthwars.com[/url]. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.



Bug Fixes



The following bug fixes are coming to the game!

Springer/Astrotrain ability stuns combiners
When used on defence, Springer/Astrotrain’s ability would stun combiners if the projectile targeted it. Combiners should not be stunned under any circumstances. This has been addressed and will be fixed this week.
 
• G1 Prowl/Brawl affects other gunners rockets
  If another bot triggers Rocket Barrage in the same squad asProwl/Brawl with their G1 core equipped, they would also set the targets on fire. This core should only set on fire the buildings struck byProwl/Brawl rockets. This fix will be implemented next week.

Twitch



There will be no stream this Thursday.

We’ll be back LIVE Thursday, January 24 @5pm UTC! 
 

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Please keep in mind that any of the information in this newsletter could be subject to change without notice.

Copyright © 2019 Space Ape Games. All Rights Reserved.

TRANSFORMERS and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission.
© 2015 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

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Don't miss out the chance to get your hands on G1 Power Cores this weekend! And find out the new bots!





Party Crashers

Gather your Alliance members and take part in this weekend's event to win:

- Up to 3,000,000 Energon
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- Up to 60 Generation 1 Crystals*

*Each Generation 1 Crystal contains Crystal Shards or a chance to win a Generation 1 Powercore Chip that guarantees a G1 Powercore!

Event type: Alliance Totaliser
Start Date: 25/1/19 10:00 UTC
End Date: 28/1/19 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: 60
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Join an Alliance!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes 

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes



**Each Generation 1 Crystal contains one of the following rewards:



*Bronze, Silver and Gold G1 Chips contain a guaranteed G1 Power Core of the named quality for one of the following bots of your main faction:




Optimus Prime & Megatron





Blaster & Soundwave





Autobot Jazz & Mixmaster





Wheeljack & Shockwave





Ultramagnus & Galvatron





Arcee & Thundercracker





Hound & Skywarp





Ratchet & Reflector





Grimlock & Razorclaw





Ironhide & Bludgeon





Prowl & Brawl






Hot Spot & Tantrum

Check our wiki to find out more about G1 Power Cores!



New Bots in progress

Who would have guessed Streetwise & Sinnertwin are the new recruits?!
Yes, they are joining the Earth Wars at the end of the current saga!



Streetwise (sometimes also known as Streetstar or Streetsmart) is a member of the Protectobots, a team of emergency, rescue and law enforcement bots. Other Protectobots already in the game are Hot Spot and First Aid. They were designed to protect humans from the Combaticons team that can combine into Bruticus.

In the case of Streetwise, our design was informed by the car whose design we thought looked really slick in the Generations Combiner Wars toyline.



Sinnertwin (sometimes also known as Twinstrike) is a member of the Terrorcons, a team of positively insane and exceptionally cruel Decepticons. They all have personality disorders and Sinnertwin’s resides in his sadistic nature when it comes to killing. He is the fourth Terrorcon to join the game after Hun-Gurrr, Cutthroat and Rippersnapper.

Our design for the game was also inspired by the Power of the Primes toyline.



Under investigation



Here is the issue reported that we've been investigating:

• Players have reported that the amount of healing provided by First Aid/Reflectordoes not match the value displayed on the character’s screen. We are working at aligning these values in a future content update.

This is just an example of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.

We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: [url=mailto:support@transformersearthwars.com]support@transformersearthwars.com[/url]. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.



Bug Fixes / Balance Update



The following bug fixes and balance update are coming to the game!

• G1 Prowl ＆Brawl power core
  We have updated the description of the G1 Prowl and Brawl power core. It now reflects more accurately the amount of extra damage dealt for every level of the core.We have fixed a bug affecting the duration of the fire effect created by the G1 Prowl/Brawl power core. Previously, it could last up to 12 secs doubling the amount of damage provided over time. It now lasts for 6 secs as per the description.
   
• White Kremzeek
  We decided to disable the ability of White Kremzeek to target the HQ directly. Taking down the HQ easily from afar goes against our design idea of battles and unfortunately the Adaptive Shielding core did not prove to be a sufficient counterbalance. We are putting the White Kremzeeks in line with similar strong effects like Death Ray. The White Kremzeeks will stay as they are in any other aspect and will still be very useful against other targets than the HQ or in raids.
  • This balance update will go live at some point this Thursday.

Twitch



King Starscream has summoned two new recruits to join his Cybertronian army. They are ready to fight and their identities will be revealed during the next stream!

Join Deb, Ioannis, Fabien and Jairo who will be talking about game improvements, new features, upcoming bots and more!

Next stream will be LIVE Thursday, January 24 @5pm UTC!
 

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The 12th Prime Core will be unleashed this weekend! Collect up to 3,000 Prime Core shards this weekend!





Hail to the King

Take part in this weekend's event to win:

- Up to 3,000 Prime Core Shards
- Up to 3,000 Premium Shards
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- And Bonus XP per Battle

Each Prime Core will greatly enhance your bots by giving them unique Prime abilities!

Event type: Individual Totaliser
Start Date: 01/02/19 10:00 UTC
End Date: 04/02/19 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: 30
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Reach HQ Level 4!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes 

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes






* One Prime Core Chip will be obtainable by collecting 5,000 Prime Core Shards. Every Prime Core Chip guarantees a new Prime Core - no duplicates!




** Combine 1000 Premium Shards into one Premium Crystal.



New Prime Core: Prima Prime

The 12th Prime Core will be unleashed together with this weekend event!




Prima Prime: Enemies hit by your basic attacks take extra damage from all sources for 5 seconds.

The challenge battle will be available via in-game newsfeed to get a taste of this brand newPrime Core later this week!
 





Upcoming bots

Have you watched the stream last week? If not, you’d better check out as the team showed the new bots: Streetwise & Sinnertwin transforming into their alf forms in the showroom.



Stay tuned as we will reveal their bios and special abilities in the next newsletter!



Under investigation



Here is the issue reported that we've been investigating:

• We’ve been investigating more issues with walls and the battle engine. This is still very much work in progress so we cannot share any details at this stage

This is just an example of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.

We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: [url=mailto:support@transformersearthwars.com]support@transformersearthwars.com[/url]. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.



Bug Fixes



The following bug fixes are coming to the game later today!

• We received a large number of player reports regarding First Aid/Reflectorshealing stat not matching the amount they actually deal.
  This issue was caused by the healing and bot power values being artificially high on the bots profile screen.
  • We have adjusted these values on the profile screen so they now match the effective power and healing of these bots on the battlefield.These changes are purely cosmetic and won’t make any difference for these bots healing or attacking power. 
     
• We fixed several issues affecting bots equipped with G1 Cores making them appear as the opposite faction bot in some specific situations.
• We fixed an issue getting bots stuck on the spot walking.
• Huffer and Lockdown's Special Ability turrets will now inherit a percentage of the health and damage stats from their creator. Please check the details on the wiki.
• Solved bugs affecting Blaster and Soundwave’s minions making them die immediately after deploy.
• Combiners could be previously be stunned by the Thunder Towers in Raid. This is now fixed.
• After triggering an outpost and entering stealth mode, outpost bots were targetingSlash/Rippersnapper without attacking them, pushing the bots off canvas. It is now fixed in most cases.

Twitch



There will be no stream this Thursday.

We’ll be back LIVE Thursday, February 7 @5pm UTC!
 

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Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong!

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone!
May the Lunar Year bring you Joy, Love and Peace.
 



Transformers: Earth Wars is joining the celebration by bringing Gifts!
Click the link below to claim them:

• Red Kremzeek (Battle booster) x 10
• Gold XP Power Core x 1
• Premium Shard x 1,500

http://bit.ly/tflunarny
◆ You must be on your mobile device with the game installed to redeem the link.
◆ Please make sure to fully close the app before tapping the link above.
◆ The items via the link can be redeemed only once per player.
◆ The expiry date on this link is 13/02/2019, Wed 11:59 pm UTC.
◆ If you can’t redeem the link, please check this troubleshooting guide for additional steps.



Heart of Steel

Fight in this event to unlock a 2, 3 or 4-Star Streetwise or Sinnertwin and get:

- Up to 2,000 Premium Shards, 1,500 3-Star Shards and 800 4-Star Shards
- Up to 25 Mk3 Battle Boosters
- And Bonus XP per Battle!

Want more?
Go for the extra mile and unlock extra Spark and a Gold Power Core Chip from the hardest tiers and rank among the TOP.

Event type: Alliance Leaderboard
Start Date: 08/02/2019 10:00 UTC
End Date: 11/02/2019 10:00 UTC
Prestige Allowed: None (1)
Bonus Experience: Triple XP

How to Participate?

• Join an Alliance and reach HQ Level 4!
• Tap the Event button!
• Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
• Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
• Collect Prizes 
• Continue to earn Battle Points!
• Secure your rank on the Event Leaderboard!
• Win amazing guaranteed prizes! 

Alliance Leaderboards

Alliance Leaderboards allow you to earn Battle Points after redeeming all of your tiered prizes. Leaderboard Prizes are awarded based on your rank in relation to other Alliances in the game.

Only the top 40 alliance members Battle Point contributions will count towards your Alliance’s Leaderboard score.

Leaderboard Prizes are distributed at the end of the event and may take some time to process and appear. 

Event Battle Zones



Totaliser Prizes



Leaderboard Prizes





New Bots: Streetwise & Sinnertwin

Two Special class bots: Streetwise and Sinnertwin are joining the Earth Wars this weekend!



Nothing escapes Streetwise's notice, and even the most seemingly insignificant details get filed away in his hyperactive processor for further analysis. Put simply, Streetwise is an environmental sponge.

Put him anywhere in the galaxy and he'll know the place like the back of his hand in hours. Right down to the local dialects and slang expressions - which he often adopts.

With armaments such as double-barrelled air compressor cannon and sensor-blinding photon pistol, he packs a punch equally in both robot and car mode.

 




Inactivity weighs heavily on Sinnertwin, and if he's not ravaging or destroying something on a fairly regular basis he gets a little restless, and restlessness equates to going out and finding something to tear to shreds with his teeth, horns or claws.

Mayhem on any level brings him a singular pleasure, and Autobot cries and screams are music to his audio modules.

In his twin-headed dragon-like beast mode he has numerous weapons at his disposal, including a back-mounted flame cannon and internal flamethrowers that allow both heads to breathe fire.


Streetwise and Sinnertwin have the same ability.




Timesplit Grenade: Shoots a timesplit grenade. When caught in the explosion, every ally is 30% faster while enemies are 30% slower. Both effects last for seconds.

Their challenge battle will be available via newsfeed prior to the weekend event!



Android Account Recovery



Since our latest update on last Thursday, some Android players may have trouble logging in and need to recover their accounts.

We have sent a push notification and email to those who could potentially be affected by this.

If you are having this issue, please check this article.

We are still trying hard to recover as many accounts as possible at the moment so we will let you know about compensation once we are ready.

Thank you for your patience and we apologise for any inconvenience this caused.



Under investigation



Here are the issues reported that we've been investigating:

Cheetor/Blackarachnia go the long way around after destroying a wall piece
We have identified the issue and have a fix in place for the next release.
 
Bots constantly walking on walls instead of targeting them
We are still investigating this issue.
 
• Countdown time is displayed in English for non-English languages
  We have identified the issue and have a fix in place for next week

These are just some examples of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.

We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: [url=mailto:support@transformersearthwars.com]support@transformersearthwars.com[/url]. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.



Bug Fixes



The following bug fix is coming to the game soon.

• Bots like Cheetor/Blackarachnia, or Goldfire/Ramjet were freezing while doing their abilities.
  The fix for this will go live later this week.

Twitch



STREETWISE and SINNERTWIN are ready to rumble! Get to know more about their skills and use in battle in this week's streaming.

Join Deb, Ioannis, Fabien and Jairo who will be talking about game improvements, new features, upcoming bots and more!

Next stream will be LIVE Thursday, February 7 @5pm UTC!
 

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It’s been a good few months since anyone’s posted here. I continue to enjoy the game without even spending money but is anyone else even still playing? If so are you still enjoying it or do you think it’s run its course?

Aresholes in clans plus the need to constantly be playing killed the game for me.

I'll stick with Pokemon Go, I can play it at my own leisure.

Yeah, man, I try to keep things upbeat and lively but like nobody talks ever and nobody really earns much. At times lately I’ve been kinda, meh, about it, but in some ways it’s like another part of my Transformer collection. It’s still fun sometimes to put together a squad of my faves and just blow some stuff up

Burn wrote:Aresholes in clans plus the need to constantly be playing killed the game for me.

I'll stick with Pokemon Go, I can play it at my own leisure.

Pretty much this. I quit about this time last year for good cause it took almost your entire weekend to compete in an event to be in an alliance.

It lost the fun and became a chore, so I left.

Man what a bummer sorry gang. It’s definitely getting...polarizing. I feel like they’re going to kill it any day.

00Stargrave00 wrote:Man what a bummer sorry gang. It’s definitely getting...polarizing. I feel like they’re going to kill it any day.

It just got big, you had a smaller group of players ruling the game and there are some BS things that have happened. It's just the life of a game sadly.

It needs to be better on more casual players. Casual free to play players basically can't do too much with any speed