M*S: Russian Roulette- the Dashes and the Black Market

Nice article Dredd77 .

One thing to comment on, though. Once you fight clans who drop all Haechis, Bulgasaris and Kumihos on the start of the match and spawn charges you just like the Gepards would do in the Magnum Gepard meta, your take on Dash bots will change drastically.

Conclusion: So Pix finally found a way to stop players from stockpiling a particular currency by spending time to play the game.

personally I don't like the direction the business is heading towards. I feel now this game no longer encourages more play time.

I'll hold my judgement until further releases and see if this game is worth continuing.

I disagree with the idea that this was a game design decision. Because as a game designer, it doesn't make any sense. Pixonic had tons of objective feedback on the Dash Robots, and why they were broken. They ignored it. Pixonic also had large amounts of time to test them.  The argument made is fallacious.

I think anyone could see before they even played them on the test server that they would be broken, and to think Pixonic didn't understand that is folly. I called them out with factual arguments the moment I saw their initial stats, as did many others:
war-robots-forum.freeforums.net/thread/9324/analyzing-summer-roadmap-conflicted-design?page=1
www.firebase88.com/2017/03/06/dash-mk-ii-war-robot-make-existing-war-robots-obsolete/

Ockham's razor is useful here. Pixonic would have to be dumb to have released the Dash Robots the way they did if it was a game design decision. It infuriated the most invested members of the playerbase and showed a complete inability to process feedback about how strong the Dash Robots actually are and even understand their own game. It makes no sense.

But if they wanted to make money, everything makes sense. Release the Dash Robots knowing they were game breaking using the Black Market. If people want one, they have to pony up, and lots of players have with huge sums of money. When they eventually release them to everyone, they will nerf the Robots. So it is pay to win (or gamble to win to be more precise), with people paying for the right to be the first to own the Robots and to have the experience of piloting an OP Robot for a time. And this isn't a one time thing, this is how everything will be released now, through the permanent Black Market first so people pony up!

I suspect that the Dash Robots and Black Market made them more money than any other release by far. The problem is how Pixonic made the money. They have alienated and infuriated parts of their playerbase in an effort to milk the whales. But Pixonic needs a large player base, otherwise the whales have no one to stomp. So this is a bad long term decision, but I've said from the start that I don't think Pixonic is thinking long term. War Robots is a short term ploy, evidenced by the shady deals they've been offering for a while now ($74.99 for a Taran and Magnum? If anyone actually bought that they didn't understand the value of those items, and probably felt had after they realized the true value of WSP).

I can't wait for Battle Titans. And I'm learning the Unity Engine right now in case that doesn't satisfy.

The way to go about this is to drop leagues, as simple as that

Stop whining. If a game doesnt release OP content for whales to feed on then it beats the purpose of running a biz all together. Bottom line is, new OP content = more money for them. Geddit? Will business ever stop making money? No. Cuz if they do, this game will be gone for gud. Drill that into your head guys.

Well at least dash bots are for the rich or the lucky. At least not EVERYBODY can gets em. At least I dont meet them at all in bronze. Im contented, tho I still meet 12/12 ancilots from time to time. Its annoying but manageable. Im feeding on scrubs (not like my team arent made up of scrubs anyway). I get bot and weapons up > Dash bots get nerfed. Game still gud. Got about a few months to go before I get fury and triple zeus maxed out.

BAHAHAHAHA

There are so many other and better ways to run a gaming business that doesn't involve releasing OP content exclusively to whales.

Look at League of Legends, only the most successful game and E-Sport on planet? Or Counterstrike? Or Dota 2? Or SC2? None of the big players pull any of this garbage, it isn't necessary, don't pretend it is.

And when you actually get high enough in the game, you'll realize being free to play means you'll be at a huge disadvantage.

You don't know what you don't know. I am about 4 months ahead of you in Expert, and am facing Champion League players now.  When you face them and their 12/12 Dash Robots, I think you might feel differently.

Good luck.

At least lvling them up to 10 is ermmm requires the effort only one finger? Dude I grind out 250-300k per game of silver easily per match and it only takes like 20+ matches to get 5m? #gitgud

Lmao. In my league, there is no such thing as haechi, kumijo, bulgasari or any bots from the korean faction (and I plan on maintaining it this way). Anyways, its all gud Farming is a piece of cake for me since I play many mmorpg games last time, hence I know where is the sweetest spot.

PS: The only league that u will be meeting alot of whales will be the higher league and im not a part of that yet so im in the safezone. Rather than keep whining about how hard the top league is and all the whales around, why not consider lowering em leagues since u cant bite off more than u chew?

You can't get demoted in or to bronze. Once you hit silver 3 you are stuck there no matter the splatter. Silver 3 often matches with silver 2 and 1. Full plasma/Tulu+Pin Griffins start showing up constantly at silver 3, at silver 2 you will encounter more 6/6 to 8/8 hangars(and 12/12 clubbers), at silver 1, you will be fighting against 8/8+ Premium hangars, including Dash bots and the occasional Lancelot.

In order to drop your league score, you have to purposely waste time and gain very little silver, so your 5 million Ag in 20 games becomes 5 mil in 40 games. As you level up your gear, repair costs increase exponentially, to where 400k damage will MAYBE get you 150k Ag. Oh, and getting too finicky with trying to drop your league score can put you in the leavers queue, where many of the "Legend league" players slum around hoping to pick on silver and lower players with their 12/12 lance/Dash hangar.

The whales and clubbers don't start showing up in diamond+, they show up as soon as you're out of the noob gates.

Don't forget the gold grind!
The amount of Au needed to even play the most bots you can per match totals up to 6100Au. At 20-25 matches a day one would be lucky to get more than 30 au from matches unless they're purely going for beacons (and thus, making less Ag), that, with 2 daily tasks amounts to 90-100 au at most per day. That's 62 days worth of grinding on just slots. Orkans are by far the most valuable Au weapon, most hangars run 4 at a minimum, thats another 48 days. Lancelot and Rogatka are the only two Au bots worth putting any resources into, so thats another 50 days and 25 days respectively. Lance almost NEEDS Ancile because of the rocket buffs, so thats another 15 days, and once you get beyond Gold 2, Lancelot is almost a necessity unless you're running 5 tricked out griffins.

So thats, at the very least, two months to get a 5 slot hangar, and another 2 months for just weapons, that's just to get out of silver league, which he'll be forced into in a matter of days.

I don't. I just start off at around 980-1000+ ish and play till my batt reaches 5% which I will then on my nox player and leave it to afk while I watch my games of thrones. #soundsaboutright