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Post by T34 on Jul 18, 2017 7:45:53 GMT -5
I also have just over 5k Gold saved. It seems Pix has analysed user profiles and seen that many people have been saving, so they've priced them accordingly. Unfortunately I am at 3500 at Expert 2 on iOS, which means I am in the highest matchmaking tier. All the Champion League players i am constantly facing will have Gold stockpiled, so I will see many of these bots as soon as they are released. Which means not only can I NOT afford one, my playing experience might also seriously go down the toilet. Unfortunately this may break the game for me. It leaves me with two undesirable options: stop playing for a month to wait for a price reduction and risk never coming back, or tank down a few leagues ruining countless people's games in the process. Which would you choose? Under the circumstances tanking is sort of irrelevant. If u have money u will be given a huge advantage which is sort of equivalent to a tanker. Also, the current leagues tank higher players down. Eg masters against diamonds. You must admit that is system induced tanking. Pixo doesn't care. That's obvious if things turn out the way this thread is indicating. but consider this, once u have tanked down then what? What league u stop in. How long do you stay down? Where is the natural forward progression and realisation of benefit for the time and effort invested. I think the game will be flawed at that stage and it will be a matter of time before ur interest fades. Just my humble opinion. |
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Post by DarkVagabond on Jul 18, 2017 8:28:31 GMT -5
I also have just over 5k Gold saved. It seems Pix has analysed user profiles and seen that many people have been saving, so they've priced them accordingly. Unfortunately I am at 3500 at Expert 2 on iOS, which means I am in the highest matchmaking tier. All the Champion League players i am constantly facing will have Gold stockpiled, so I will see many of these bots as soon as they are released. Which means not only can I NOT afford one, my playing experience might also seriously go down the toilet. Unfortunately this may break the game for me. It leaves me with two undesirable options: stop playing for a month to wait for a price reduction and risk never coming back, or tank down a few leagues ruining countless people's games in the process. Which would you choose? Under the circumstances tanking is sort of irrelevant. If u have money u will be given a huge advantage which is sort of equivalent to a tanker. Also, the current leagues tank higher players down. Eg masters against diamonds. You must admit that is system induced tanking. Pixo doesn't care. That's obvious if things turn out the way this thread is indicating. but consider this, once u have tanked down then what? What league u stop in. How long do you stay down? Where is the natural forward progression and realisation of benefit for the time and effort invested. I think the game will be flawed at that stage and it will be a matter of time before ur interest fades. Just my humble opinion. I fear you might be right. Even tanking will probably be a subpar option. I read someone writing back in March that this game is about to commit suicide with these bots. Time will tell... |
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Post by ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴅʀᴏᴘ on Jul 18, 2017 9:33:32 GMT -5
With such an inflated price for the Dash Meks you can almost guarantee that they are not only the 'new flavor' of War Robots but also will be op as all-get-out of the likes that have never been seen before with the debut of the Camelot Meks, Rhino or Stalker. Its gonna get uuuuugly.
In order to remain number one, all the top players will feel inclined to own one, or FIVE to retain their position.
This news will fill the LQ with Au farmers which leads to the MM disparities. Ugh. Guess I can live without a Dash...
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Post by 0ppressor on Jul 18, 2017 10:48:16 GMT -5
Cool, thank you for the heads up.
I actually appreciate the stats (limited as they may be) more than the (unofficial) costs.
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Post by Thunderkiss on Jul 18, 2017 10:52:42 GMT -5
After all predictions this is the worse case... 14k for each one, i save 5k for one hahaha iam so naive Right there with ya bro, I'd have NEVER suspected in a million years 14k au..... |
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Post by Dredd77 on Jul 18, 2017 10:56:25 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun?  |
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Post by hyderier on Jul 18, 2017 11:02:23 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun? Oh come on, don't spoil this. The sky is going to fall! At least pieces of it. Hmm, inaccurate... so they could also cost more than that... eek. |
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Post by mijapi300 on Jul 18, 2017 11:08:59 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun? I knew it! They're going to cost $200 each! |
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Post by beaconator2000 on Jul 18, 2017 11:14:53 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun? Thanks for clarifying Dredd. The "sky is falling" crowd almost convinced me to buy a lance with my 6k saved gold. |
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jul 18, 2017 11:17:24 GMT -5
Why I keep stressing that with all of these "OMG 「whiskey tango foxtrot」 PIXO IS 666!" threads... Wait and see what happens before you blow all your gaskets and overheat, friends. If I had a dollar for every time someone complained on this site about something they heard was true, without playing and testing it themselves, only to find out that they were off of the accuracy mark... Well, I'd be able to buy a 14k Au Dashy Dash with ease. Look, they are obviously NOT going to give us any real "deals" when it comes to these bots... we can fairly accurately infer that from the past. But that is all we can be sure of... the final pricing/currency/availability will be obscure until it is announced. Anything else is NOT worth getting upset over because it most likely isn't true. Sure, discussing is all good... but just jumping to the worst case scenarios will only add grey hairs and wrinkles to your visage. The 2.9.2 Buffdate didn't break Android, and I am fairly certain it won't break iOS. Will Pix offer these bots at a price that makes sense, in the end? I have not a single clue. Thing is, no one does. Even if the info in this thread was accurate... that doesn't keep Pix from changing the price before the announcement is made. *Shrugs* WWDHD? (What Would DethHilt Do?)  |
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Post by Russel on Jul 18, 2017 11:42:00 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun? :D Phew, so it would be 28,000 IP, as I secretly hoped for? :-D |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 11:48:36 GMT -5
So if pix visits this forum.. Let me say right now 14k gold serious? No way to hell and back would I pay that. I hope many feel the same way. Oh, you can bet people will pay for them. Look at how much some people pump into this game now -- they'll keep doing it to have the latest and greatest hardware. Yeah.. But that's allot of money if purchased for one bot.. Like $100 or more? It's nuts. I figured if enough people opposed this price they will be more fair with them and just price the same as the Brit bots. Or somewhere near there. But if people are on here chomping at the bit to get them and also saying "well I can see them going for that and being bought up". Then hell what company wouldn't be like heck yeah gimmie yo money. |
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Post by MCYL on Jul 18, 2017 12:06:28 GMT -5
I'm beginning to wonder if the reported change to HE weapons as seen in Android 2.9.2 was in preparation for the dashbots. During the test sessions, as well as having fun with the new bots and weapons, I tested a few current meta setups against them in order to find weakness.
The RDB was still rather effective especially against the Mk3 dash bot, and with a decent lead even the Mk1 was susceptible.
At 4-600m HE weapons were able to match or better the scourge as long as one fired then returned to cover.
The key strength of a dash bot is its ability to surge into cover quickly. Now consider this:
The overwhelming majority of the weapon buffs were those that required a direct line of sight and require significant time on target to deal damage.
The weapons with a larger splash radius and deliver burst damage in short exposures (pin, Tulu, tridents) and were somewhat effective in engaging them by anticipating their nearest cover now require a direct hit ( to which a dash bot are among the hardest to achieve)
The sole splash weapon that was buffed (Orkans) not only can he easily evaded by the dash bots but are also the best utilized by a dashbot (ability to dash inside ancile range)
I'm beginning to wonder if this is a coincidence.
That leaves...spirals and hydras. That ain't good...
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Post by MCYL on Jul 18, 2017 12:17:40 GMT -5
Looks like this Los... um fellow player is getting ready for them.  Ah stuff it, call a spade a spade. Regardless of his stats, still a loser. |
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Post by MCYL on Jul 18, 2017 12:21:10 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun? Yup, they start at Lv 6 and the trio STARTS at 14K ?? |
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jul 18, 2017 12:23:06 GMT -5
Looks like this Los... um fellow player is getting ready for them. Ah stuff it, call a spade a spade. Regardless of his stats, still a loser. Well, I can honestly say that I haven't seen a setup THAT annoyingly painful since firmly in Silver ... but... TEHO I guess... ( -_-) ( -_- ) (-_- ) (smdh) |
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Post by meteormash on Jul 18, 2017 13:00:05 GMT -5
I feel like these new bots and weapons are going to break the game (again). I wish they were 14k gold so no one would have them. Pix knows they are overpowered and wants it that way. It will be paper-rock-scissors-nitric acid....
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Post by waffles on Jul 18, 2017 13:18:59 GMT -5
Well on the bright side, this'll cure War Robots gaming addiction of a lot of people.  |
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Post by jazzykat on Jul 18, 2017 13:33:00 GMT -5
So what I'm hearing is that my Hydra Ancilot has a chance? I've got over 10K Au saved and was hoping for this moment! It looks like I'll be (T)rolling heavy!
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Post by zer00eyz on Jul 18, 2017 13:38:22 GMT -5
Could this be the price point for the dash bots? Yes, it might be the price point for the dash bots.
Why would pix price them this way?
There are GOOD reasons to do so:
1. Because pix is aware how much AU top players have and they want to make them scarce.
2. Because pix is aware of what whales will pay. There is a sweet spot in price/sales for bots. Too low or too high you miss out on revenue, the wild west bots were a test of this. Their sub par performance was well known among players and people still paid for them.
3. Pix has alternate channels to distribute them after they maximize the revenue from whales. They can put them on sale after they have saturated the market by other means. The new promo box is going to have them on discount, and that will help capture even more revenue.
4. The next three events can have a grind to get the bots for free as the last item given out.
The price creates scarcity, and that isn't a bad thing. It gives pix a window to make adjustments to the bots after they see the impact they are having on live and limit the blowback.
The real question is was this information leaked on purpose (assuming it acurate) to soften the blow of what the final price point will be!
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Post by cheap on Jul 18, 2017 15:57:27 GMT -5
was saving for a lancelot had little over7150au going into the event but thanks to many spins for bronze an silver chests i'am now at 1143 au so i might buy one but gonna wait for at least 2 weeks and see how they preform live.
thanks for the AU pixs!
note: i did not buy tokens just used what i earned fighting.
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Post by Robo Zero on Jul 18, 2017 16:05:56 GMT -5
glad i have 16000 AU saved up!
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Jul 18, 2017 16:11:47 GMT -5
was saving for a lancelot had little over7150au going into the event but thanks to many spins for bronze an silver chests i'am now at 1143 au so i might buy one but gonna wait for at least 2 weeks and see how they preform live. thanks for the AU pixs! note: i did not buy tokens just used what i earned fighting. Did, perhaps, you leave a zero off of one of those numbers? or accidentally added one? Going by what you typed, you lost about 6000 Au... no? So, either you had 715 Au and now have 1143... or you had 7150Au and now have 11,430 Au? Or did you really lose 6000 Au? |
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Post by cheap on Jul 18, 2017 17:23:48 GMT -5
oops.. thanks for correction 11430au. now 11548au just made diamond league with league bonus and 2wins.
i'am a Diamond Princess now. thinking of starting a clan an call it ' Blood Diamonds '.
then again probably won't. too lazy and probably end up back in gold
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Post by T34 on Jul 18, 2017 17:36:29 GMT -5
Could this be the price point for the dash bots? Yes, it might be the price point for the dash bots. Why would pix price them this way? There are GOOD reasons to do so: 1. Because pix is aware how much AU top players have and they want to make them scarce. 2. Because pix is aware of what whales will pay. There is a sweet spot in price/sales for bots. Too low or too high you miss out on revenue, the wild west bots were a test of this. Their sub par performance was well known among players and people still paid for them. 3. Pix has alternate channels to distribute them after they maximize the revenue from whales. They can put them on sale after they have saturated the market by other means. The new promo box is going to have them on discount, and that will help capture even more revenue. 4. The next three events can have a grind to get the bots for free as the last item given out. The price creates scarcity, and that isn't a bad thing. It gives pix a window to make adjustments to the bots after they see the impact they are having on live and limit the blowback. The real question is was this information leaked on purpose (assuming it acurate) to soften the blow of what the final price point will be! My first thought after reading the first post was that the trio will be 14K. Makes no sense to price them all at the same level IMO and is sort of out of character to pixonics previous pricing methods. But what ever the price is and whether the information is reliable or not we are in a marketing campaign. This is like politicians leaking unpopular policy prior to release or wait til someone makes something up (usually the media) and then they can acclimatise people to the future or see what the opinion of people are. Then adjust if required. it will be interesting to see is how accurate those HP and upgrade figures are (assuming they haven’t been published). |
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Post by zer00eyz on Jul 18, 2017 18:03:14 GMT -5
My first thought after reading the first post was that the trio will be 14K. Makes no sense to price them all at the same level IMO and is sort of out of character to pixonics previous pricing methods. But what ever the price is and whether the information is reliable or not we are in a marketing campaign. This is like politicians leaking unpopular policy prior to release or wait til someone makes something up (usually the media) and then they can acclimatise people to the future or see what the opinion of people are. Then adjust if required. it will be interesting to see is how accurate those HP and upgrade figures are (assuming they haven’t been published). I expect massive sales if they launch at that price. |
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Post by T34 on Jul 18, 2017 22:02:08 GMT -5
My first thought after reading the first post was that the trio will be 14K. Makes no sense to price them all at the same level IMO and is sort of out of character to pixonics previous pricing methods. But what ever the price is and whether the information is reliable or not we are in a marketing campaign. This is like politicians leaking unpopular policy prior to release or wait til someone makes something up (usually the media) and then they can acclimatise people to the future or see what the opinion of people are. Then adjust if required. it will be interesting to see is how accurate those HP and upgrade figures are (assuming they haven’t been published). I expect massive sales if they launch at that price. well an introductory bundled price of 20% off or something like that for a limited time for the trio. many people do not have 14K so they would be forced to hand over RM. the survey done on this forum about how much gold people have sort of showed that the vast majority are under 10K. then people would still have to think about what they do about the tempests and scourges. my latest guess for the price of he trio was 16K. who knows. they would sell a lot for sure but if they collect RM than pixo would be very happy.
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Post by acdcfan on Jul 18, 2017 22:07:13 GMT -5
If it is 14 k gold, I might as well buy my first lancelot instead of keep saving... I have saved over 18.5 k in gold, awaiting dash bots. If it turns out they are really 14k ea, or for total of 3 ( 1 of ea) I will be buying lancelots, scrouge, ancile and more of plasma weapons. ( maybe fury to put my trebs or tridents). Heck may even get more Zeus's for a fury or carnage to counter dash bots. I can't see a point of spending money on a game, where developers may stop to support it and shut it down. Not like xbox,PS games where it stays with you and you can keep on playing the game. |
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Post by agentorange on Jul 18, 2017 23:06:11 GMT -5
Im playing another action shooter atm and to have a single random legendary tier weapon at this early stage of the game has been predicted to cost around $500 and many have them with some even having a few. believe me when I say we skinflints are the vocal minority and they will have no problem whatsoever selling $100 dash bots all day long...
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Post by acdcfan on Jul 18, 2017 23:31:26 GMT -5
Hearing from a reliable source that the information is indeed inaccurate. Isn't silly season fun? so Dredd77 can you at let us know if price is going to be cheaper, than 14k combined for 3 bots |
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