Transformers: Earth Wars Update - Countdown to Combination: Bruticus and Optimus Maximus Spotlight
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 5:11PM CST
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Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong!
With the Autobots and Decepticons both unable to rely on one Combiner, they must battle harder than ever to gain a valuable 4-Star Maximus Bot or Combaticon Crystal to construct their next Combiner.
Countdown to Combination
Now it's time to tackle the bigger problem of successfully combining. With the Aerialbots increasing fatigue, and Megatron pushing the Combaticons to their limit, the Autobots and Decepticons are focusing on the task at hand!
Fight to support your faction’s efforts and gain Energon, Alloy, Spark, 3-Star Shards, a 2-Star Crystal and a 4-Star Maximus Bot or Combaticon Crystal!
Start Date: 27/01/2017 11:00 UTC
End Date: 30/01/2017 11:00 UTC
How do I 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!
Prizes
Prestiges Allowed: None
Bonus Experience: Earn Double XP in Event Battle Zones
Event Battle Zones
Totaliser PrizesNew Combiners are Coming!Given the tremendous burden that each faction’s lone Combiner must shoulder, it's evident that relying on only one Combiner is not a long term solution to the enemy threat! Both factions initiate plans to form additional Combiners, each built with 5 bots to help share the massive responsibility. Collect the necessary bots and activate your Combiner in the Combiner lab to unleash colossal power upon your opponent!
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Character Spotlight
Let’s take a look at Optimus Maximus and Bruticus in action!
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Combiners FAQ
Q) Which bots do I need for the new Combiners?
A) You need to collect the 5 bots below to form the new Combiners.
Optimus Maximus
Bruticus
Q) Do I need different spark for these combiners?
A) Yes. You can upgrade your Combiner’s health and damage using Optimus Maximus or Bruticus Spark obtained from duplicates of Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Sunstreaker, Prowl and Mirage or Combaticons in the Space Bridge.
Q) Can I switch between different Combiners?
A) No, once a Combiner is activated in the Combiner Lab you will only be able to use that active Combiner in battle. Once the activation of the Combiner expires, you may activate another Combiner.
Q) What are the new Combiner abilities?
A) These powerful Combiners come equipped with three new powerful abilities to deliver devastating damage to your opponents.
Earth Shatter - Send a powerful shock wave dealing damage to targets in a line. Deals 600% damage to walls!
Righteous Rage and Frantic Rage - Grants increased movement speed, damage reduction and a close range splash-radius attack with increased damage.Shockfire Missiles- Fire 4 missiles that lock onto enemy defenses, disabling them and dealing damage. (4-Star Only) 5-Star Crystal Shards
Starting Thursday you can collect 5-Star Crystal Shards from duplicate 4-Star Bots!
You will be able to use these Crystal Shards to purchase the 5-Star Character Crystal which unlocks a new guaranteed 5-Star Bot!
Please know that we're aware of a visual bug where you cannot see the total number of 5-Star Crystal Shards you've obtained. Any 5-Star Crystal Shards you collect over the next few weeks will become available early next month once the 5-Star Character Crystal is released. Twitch Stream
COMBINER ART! Find out how we brought the brand new Combiners to life!
Meet our super-talented artists and get a rare behind-the-scenes of Optimus Maximus and Bruticus from concept to 3D. Join Deb, Adam and the art team LIVE Thursday, January 26th @ 5pm UTC.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 25th, 2017 @ 5:26pm CST
Posted by Kurona on January 25th, 2017 @ 5:34pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 25th, 2017 @ 7:00pm CST
Contact us, no matter what you HQ level, we many alliances MAS family for many different levels.
Posted by SnoopDawg on January 26th, 2017 @ 2:04pm CST
ctrlFrequency wrote:*wonders how her alliance tricks her into doing this sort of thing
Contact us, no matter what you HQ level, we many alliances MAS family for many different levels.
The problem I have is that there's no balance in the alliances. All the top alliances in MAS can usually get all the prizes while all of the lower alliances in MAS can barely get the prizes.
But very good promotional poster.
Posted by PhunkJunkion on January 26th, 2017 @ 5:47pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 26th, 2017 @ 6:06pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 26th, 2017 @ 7:12pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 26th, 2017 @ 7:21pm CST
tfepicness wrote:ctrlFrequency wrote:*wonders how her alliance tricks her into doing this sort of thing
Contact us, no matter what you HQ level, we many alliances MAS family for many different levels.
The problem I have is that there's no balance in the alliances. All the top alliances in MAS can usually get all the prizes while all of the lower alliances in MAS can barely get the prizes.
But very good promotional poster.
Are you part of the MAS family to know this as fact? (Because if I remember correctly you left the game)
Posted by SnoopDawg on January 26th, 2017 @ 7:37pm CST
ctrlFrequency wrote:tfepicness wrote:ctrlFrequency wrote:*wonders how her alliance tricks her into doing this sort of thing
Contact us, no matter what you HQ level, we many alliances MAS family for many different levels.
The problem I have is that there's no balance in the alliances. All the top alliances in MAS can usually get all the prizes while all of the lower alliances in MAS can barely get the prizes.
But very good promotional poster.
Are you part of the MAS family to know this as fact? (Because if I remember correctly you left the game)
And last I remember you were commander of Seibertron as well, right?
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 26th, 2017 @ 7:45pm CST
tfepicness wrote:ctrlFrequency wrote:tfepicness wrote:ctrlFrequency wrote:*wonders how her alliance tricks her into doing this sort of thing
Contact us, no matter what you HQ level, we many alliances MAS family for many different levels.
The problem I have is that there's no balance in the alliances. All the top alliances in MAS can usually get all the prizes while all of the lower alliances in MAS can barely get the prizes.
But very good promotional poster.
Are you part of the MAS family to know this as fact? (Because if I remember correctly you left the game)
At last I remember you were commander of Seibertron as well, right?
I am technically commander of Seibertron, yes, as my second account is the commander. But we dissolved the alliance. I'm with MAS.
Posted by SnoopDawg on January 26th, 2017 @ 7:49pm CST
ctrlFrequency wrote:tfepicness wrote:ctrlFrequency wrote:tfepicness wrote:ctrlFrequency wrote:*wonders how her alliance tricks her into doing this sort of thing
Contact us, no matter what you HQ level, we many alliances MAS family for many different levels.
The problem I have is that there's no balance in the alliances. All the top alliances in MAS can usually get all the prizes while all of the lower alliances in MAS can barely get the prizes.
But very good promotional poster.
Are you part of the MAS family to know this as fact? (Because if I remember correctly you left the game)
At last I remember you were commander of Seibertron as well, right?
I am technically commander of Seibertron, yes, as my second account is the commander. But we dissolved the alliance. I'm with MAS.
Just so you know, I'm not trying to pick a fight with you. And yes I did leave the game ...
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 26th, 2017 @ 8:00pm CST
If you aren'the part of MAS you don'the know how it works.
MAS, DZ, EF, and MAS Destruction don't hoard the prizes (I assume you mean during leader board). MAS is the only one capable of top 5, and routinely bring up anyone capable of making the required points to get the leaderboard prizes.
During totalizers, once one of the top 80 alliances finish, we move others down to the feeders to help them finish. When someone goes to log off for the night, someone else takes there place all to make sure everyone finishes.
So everyone gets prizes, it's uninformed to say the top ones leave the feeders in the cold.
Posted by Burn on January 26th, 2017 @ 11:42pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 26th, 2017 @ 11:52pm CST
Posted by LiKwid on January 29th, 2017 @ 12:47am CST
Posted by Burn on January 29th, 2017 @ 2:48pm CST
Now what am I going to do for double XP?
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 29th, 2017 @ 4:22pm CST
I knew I wouldn't get Vortex !
Not complaining, mind you. I love my 3 star Brawl, and I ran the risk of getting a dupe Blast Off. Thankfully I already figured I wouldn't get Vortex.
Posted by Kurona on January 29th, 2017 @ 4:24pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 29th, 2017 @ 4:28pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 29th, 2017 @ 4:30pm CST
Kurona wrote:I finally quit the game on Friday so now I'm free to laugh at your luck without fear of karma
Well, laugh it up. I knew I wouldn't get a Vortex... and just like Devy and the missing Mixmaster, I will eventually get him.
Meanwhile I got a solid 4 star gunner that I like (unless it was a dupe, there isn't a Combaticon I would be disappointed in) and am not stressing while chasing the all mighty Combiner. It will eventually happen. Besides, I need a lot of Bruticus spark.
Posted by Burn on January 29th, 2017 @ 4:43pm CST
Also have a 4* Nightbird so that kinda balances things out in the "haha I'm not that great after all" way of things.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 29th, 2017 @ 8:28pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on January 30th, 2017 @ 2:26am CST
Any other teams looking for a part-time decepticon?
Posted by King Kuuga on January 30th, 2017 @ 4:37am CST
For Bruticus, I have 3 stars of Swindle, Brawl, and Blast Off, and a 4 star of Blast Off as well. So I probably would have gotten a 4 star Swindle or Brawl, and not one of the two I needed.
Posted by SnoopDawg on January 30th, 2017 @ 8:02am CST
Sunstar wrote:Bah disappointed. Life got in the way and I got the boot for it this weekend.
Any other teams looking for a part-time decepticon?
Sunstar, you don't have to look for a new alliance. Just send another request to Seibertron ll, we would love to have you back.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2017 @ 10:17am CST
SnoopDawg wrote:Sunstar wrote:Bah disappointed. Life got in the way and I got the boot for it this weekend.
Any other teams looking for a part-time decepticon?
Sunstar, you don't have to look for a new alliance. Just send another request to Seibertron ll, we would love to have you back.
Yep, we are willing.
I was in AoE Rogue for the weekend and did fairly well.
And while I was asleep, I got attacked twice, both using Superions in the 2000 power levels
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2017 @ 1:58pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 30th, 2017 @ 2:55pm CST
1: Bring Sunstar back.
2: in the ever changing world of Earth Wars, a few things have changed for base design. I told Sin I would go over a few basics here since not everyone uses Line.
Upgrading everything is always important. It helps tremendously to have everything hitting at full power. Don't forgot the stasis mines.
It has become a game of of pathing. Optimus rushing your HQ is going to happen. You can make it more difficult, but the best thing to do is make it so the bots have a hard time following OP.
The AI loves to target things closest. So you can leave a trail of breadcrumbs for them. If they have to go around walls to follow OP's charge abilty after a few seconds, after the effect of the abilty wears off, the bots will wander to the closest target rather than to OP's target. If there is something for them to target, they will break up and leave OP scratching at your HQ by himself.
So arrange the walls with breaks and emplacements scattered in there to encourage the bots keep them from going straight up the center. If they have to go around/through walls, then it would separate the team do they can't work together.
Honeycombing or encircling your guns/outposts isn't always the best. Stun/AOE (like Jazz) will get the enemy through those in no time. Outposts often won't trigger if encircled by walls.
You can do it, just don't overdo it.
Spreading things way out makes it easier to rush the HQ with OP. Too tight makes Jazz a happy camper. Leave a few squares between guns (and remember outposts don't take damage until the bot pops out), but no more than 3 squares.
Don't clump everything around the HQ. A good player with rush or stun and/or AOE will negate your entire base.
You want your emplacements always hitting your enemy, just don't make them easy to take them all out. The trick is to layer this that something is constantly hitting them where ever they are. A bit standing in the center should trigger all defenses are both sides. If there's a laser too far off on one side that it doesn't trigger, it can be bypassed.
I have left many bases with half the defenses untouched and still won with no problem.
Be sure to not front load or rear load your base too much. Putting all your mortars/beam lasers/auto cannons in the front/middle or back/middle of the base. All in the back, air support can take them out while dps/warriors collect abilty points in the front. Too far forward you can rush past them and head straight for the HQ. Personally I find rear loading more preferable. Especially of your walls are leading the bots where you want them.
If you have any questions or need visuals, look at the way the top players have their bases. Watch every playback to see what is easy for the bots to defeat, what gives them some trouble.
Posted by galvatron00 on January 30th, 2017 @ 9:30pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2017 @ 9:49pm CST
itscramtastic wrote:Sooooooo...any ultra casual Seibertron Alliances? Or do I have to create my own?
Seibertron II is looking for some guys Cram. We're fairly casual
Posted by Burn on January 30th, 2017 @ 10:07pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:itscramtastic wrote:Sooooooo...any ultra casual Seibertron Alliances? Or do I have to create my own?
Seibertron II is looking for some guys Cram. We're fairly casual
By fairly casual he means they only wear pants on Thursdays.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2017 @ 10:10pm CST
Burn wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:itscramtastic wrote:Sooooooo...any ultra casual Seibertron Alliances? Or do I have to create my own?
Seibertron II is looking for some guys Cram. We're fairly casual
By fairly casual he means they only wear pants on Thursdays.
Now now, get it right: we only wear swim suits on Thursdays. Wednesday's are the "no shoes, no shirt, no problem" days
Posted by Burn on January 30th, 2017 @ 10:14pm CST
*struts out naked*
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2017 @ 10:19pm CST
Burn wrote:Sounds like way too much clothing for my liking.
*struts out naked*
Well you see, it is 15 degrees F/-9.5 Celsius here, so naked isn't really a good option here.
Now wait until May-ish. Then we'll have some really casual Wednesdays
Posted by galvatron00 on January 31st, 2017 @ 7:42am CST
Also, I was in the Seibertron Autobot alliance but left on Saturday. Regardless! If I have 10-15 minutes to check in on the game and fire off a few battles, sure. I just don't plan to run through all of my fuel cells and then come back when they've reloaded. I don't always get points in the Alliance Wars (even though I'd participate) and the last few team events I've only picked up maybe 1000-2000 points (the ones where it's like 50 points avg per battle win). I'm up to an 11 HQ, I'm in the long and annoying process of upgrading the walls to 9 or higher but I probably just need to re-design my base taking some cues from what ctrlFrequency has mentioned. My Alpha squad is only 2400-2500, Bravo is probably 1900, Charlie 1400, Delta 1200, Echo 1000, etc..I don't have many 3* bots, zero 4*, and I'm never spending money on the game again!!
So yeah.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 31st, 2017 @ 8:45am CST
Posted by SnoopDawg on January 31st, 2017 @ 9:27am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Sounds like a lot of our guys Cram. Seibs II is currently in the process of growing. we have several members who only have HQ levels around 5 or 6, and we're not terribly serious about "score this many points or be gone!" we're trying, and we're growing, so I think you would work out with us. Plus, I'd be your officer, so i'd treat you nice
I think he said he's an Autobot, though I could be mistaken
Posted by galvatron00 on January 31st, 2017 @ 9:32am CST
Well that's cool D-Max.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Sounds like a lot of our guys Cram. Seibs II is currently in the process of growing. we have several members who only have HQ levels around 5 or 6, and we're not terribly serious about "score this many points or be gone!" we're trying, and we're growing, so I think you would work out with us. Plus, I'd be your officer, so i'd treat you nice
You are correct, SnoopDawg! So that's a problem, isn't it. Drat.SnoopDawg wrote:I think he said he's an Autobot, though I could be mistaken
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 31st, 2017 @ 1:30pm CST
Posted by Burn on January 31st, 2017 @ 2:17pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Isn't it a thing that you can cross factions for alliances though? I've seen plenty of cons in bot alliances that I have fought
Nope. A few Alliances have Alliances in both Autobot and Decepticon. And players in this alliances will often have two (or more) accounts.
Posted by galvatron00 on January 31st, 2017 @ 2:24pm CST
Currently, I'm a one man AllianceBurn wrote:Nope. A few Alliances have Alliances in both Autobot and Decepticon. And players in this alliances will often have two (or more) accounts.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Isn't it a thing that you can cross factions for alliances though? I've seen plenty of cons in bot alliances that I have fought
HOW CAN THAT EVEN BE A THING?!
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 31st, 2017 @ 3:46pm CST
There's too many damned Bots out there!!!!
Posted by SnoopDawg on January 31st, 2017 @ 3:58pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 31st, 2017 @ 4:01pm CST
I still find it a bit unsettling not getting attacked every 6 hours now that my base is in zone 13. Though every 4 days J10 pays me a visit. ..
Posted by Burn on January 31st, 2017 @ 4:48pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 31st, 2017 @ 4:50pm CST
*celebrates
He got me a few times.
Posted by Burn on January 31st, 2017 @ 5:06pm CST
I got attacked yesterday by some guy with one bot over 2000 and the rest in the high 1000's. Took just under a million in energon. Didn't care, I have no use for it at the moment. Working on walls and I'd JUST upgraded a wall so he got jack in the way of alloy.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 31st, 2017 @ 5:17pm CST
Posted by galvatron00 on January 31st, 2017 @ 6:04pm CST
Posted by ctrlFrequency on January 31st, 2017 @ 6:58pm CST
itscramtastic wrote:You kids are ELITE! I've been playing since beta and I feel like I just started in taking with you! But..I'm never in game for more than 30 minutes a day probably.
I have a good strategy. Don't die. It's worked really well (except today).