Buy orkans or new Rogatka?

Orkans. Rog is going to be winnable in the event.

@darkangel:

How easy is it to win something like that in the upcoming event? Does it take a lot of "event token farming" or however you say? If I have a realistic shot at getting one, I will wait.

Buy nothing until after the Event.

Hmm. I missed that. lol.
Lets hope that first 4 steps are some silly tasks.

Actually, i read that as just a single task as part of your daily tasks.  The 5/5 just shows they have 5 tasks in the daily queue.

Wow, 85 beacons in 2 weeks is pretty easy, as the Get 18 beacons task usually only takes 1-2 days tops.  I guess maybe everyone gets a free painted Rogata?  Double wow!

Wait for event.

if that is true, i might replace my stuka griffin with the new rog....2 aphids are nothing compared to the awesome maneuverability of the new rog!

After playtesting new Dash bots all weekend, I will probably save gold for a long time, lol. I want to make sure these Dashers don't undermine the entire game by being radically overpowered. If they are, we will have to get one to compete. I hope that Pixonic will nerf them somewhat, as superbly entertaining as it is to control something on War Robots that would be more at home in an Armored Core game.

They aren't going to make it that easy, trust me

I have a Rog and switched back and forth from Plasma to Orkans following the rebuff, and Orkans work best because of all the Gareths I encounter at the beacons. A plasma Rog against a Gareth is a pretty much a lost battle, but Orkans can smoke the Gareth fairly quickly.

Besides, if you arm your Rog with plasma, your not going to be able to plow down non-physical shielded bots like you can with a plasma Griffin. Instead, you will need to pop in and out, which is great for Orkans because it allows the Orkans time to reload.

On the surface, I agree with you, but the 5th task in sequences is usually the most difficult.  It would not make sense for Pix to make the big hurdle as task #2, as then people give up without pushing as hard.  My guess is that the tasks will stack so that you need to play every day for 1-2 hours to get there throughout the event.  (task 1, destroy 85 robots.  task 2, deal 1m damage, task 3 capture 54 hostile beacons, etc, etc)

I just hope they don't try to make you win a certain amount of games as a task, because wins can be random at best.
 
Also, my impressions are that the new Rog is a fun little bot, but not quite competitive for higher tier play, so having a huge influx of Rogs won't throw off the power balance near the top.  Yes, many may disagree with this, but for me, the Rog is not better than the 6 other bots I usually use.  YMMV

@heavypanda: That is exactly what is keeping me from rushing out and buying a Rog. They're fun, but even with tweaked stats they can't quite stack up to the other Gold league bots, orkans notwithstanding. The Dash bots I playtested last weekend danced circles around the new Rog.
Since you mentioned the Orks possibly being a random prize this Friday, I will save my AU for quite some time, at least till the event is over. If the Dash bots make it to the market, they will require a lot of AU (unless they are Event token prizes like the Gunslingers, if I'm not mistaken).

@freedom_f1ghter: Fair enough. If the new Rog takes a matter of skill (which I agree it must) I'd better get in one and practice. I like the Galahad; I used to have one. But I'm a bit worried that the new Dash bots will smoke him. I fought a mk 1 on test server with a Galahad and got dropped in 13 seconds.
As far as "winning vs. earning": yeah, there's a chance I won't get a rog at next week's event. I'm okay with that. People can club for AU if they wish; it wouldn't make them the most amiable team mates but it doesn't really seem to be "ruining the game" as far as I can see.

Thank you, everyone for your comments. I am going to bide my time on this one.