Bait and Switch?

Welcome to the forum Ember Here is a breakdown of the currencies on the game at the moment. Hope it helps:

SILVER
Uses: to buy entry level bots and weapons, to buy upgrades for bot and weapons, to repair your bots at the end of battle (usually just deducted from your silver rewards)
Acquired: rewarded after battles. The total earned silver after battle depends on how well you performed (number of kills, damage etc.). Can also be purchased with`gold, but this is not advised until you are near top tier play and have all gold items. Silver is also a common prize in the Black market chests.

GOLD
Uses: to buy more special bots, many of which have special ‘abilities’. Also used to buy more powerful or effective weapons, such as the Orkan. Can be used to accelerate upgrades, but only effective once you have all the Gold equipment you want. Can also be used to purchase silver, work shop points, or influence points.
Acquired: Rewarded for each level up to 30, rewarded for completing daily tasks, also for moving up a League. You can win 5 Au in a match if you score the most damage or get the most beacons (you have to win the match as well). The 2nd and 3rd highest damage on the winning side also receive 3 and 1 Au respectively. As you know, Gold can also be purchased with real money. Various gold prizes also exist in the black market.

WORK SHOP POINTS
Uses: to buy equipment from the Workshop - that’s all.
Acquired: Earned/purchased only in the workshop. You can claim 40 free wsp each day. Additionally you can open up to 6 slots in the workshop by increasing your player level. By spending 40,000 silver on each of these slots, you can farm 85 wsp in a four hour period. Wsp can also be purchased with gold at an escalating rate with each consecutive purchase. Lastly, there are occasional daily tasks where you can win wsp.

INFLUENCE POINTS
Uses: to buy the Wild West bots: Jesse, Doc, or Butch
Acquired: with some difficulty. Can be earned by inviting players to the game through Facebook, who then have to also connect through FB and play the game to at least level 6. Most players just buy them with Gold if they want a particular Wild West bot.

COMPONENT POINTS
Uses: to buy specific component equipment - dashbots, Inquisitor, tempest, ember, scourge etc.
Acquired: At the moment they are only available by spending real money or winning in the Black Market. Pixonic is currently looking to allow players to purchase them with `gold and WSP in future, but this has yet to materialise.


Hope that helps simplify it all. See u around

What level are you, Ember ?

I'm thinking maybe you just got to the WSP's and thought that they came from the update.

If you just got to lvl. 20 (I think it's 20) lately, that's when the WSP's get introduced. They have nothing to do with the update.

If this is the case, don't worry. WSP are easy to produce and they really don't take that long. After playing for a while and buying a few things with them, they will likely end up sitting and collecting dust anyway.



Also, if this is the case, you may have gotten confused and thought that the weapons that cost WSP, costed Au before. There ARE Au weapons but there are also other weapons that unlock at the same time the workshop does. Until you unlock these, you cannot see the cost of them or what currency is needed.

*Edited for clarity*