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Post by morty on Nov 27, 2017 5:42:19 GMT -5
Hi,
I started playing War Robots about 24 hours ago and have enjoyed my progress so far. Thanks for all the advice in the beginner's threads, it's very helpful. I thought I would post where i am up to and what people would recommend I plan for next (apart from saving 5k Au for Slot 5).
Also please let me know any feedback regarding my hangar.
I am level 21 and almost level 3 Workshop. Bronze League 1
I have 4.5m Ag and 634 Au, 665 WP.
My hangar has the following bots:
1. Golem L2 with Punisher T L4, Thunder L5, Punisher L4 2. Cossack L3 with Punisher T L4 3. GI Patton L3 with 4 x Spiral L3 (replaced Pinata) 4. Boa L2 with Thunder L5 and Punisher T L3
Questions: What should I focus on upgrading? What other combinations would compliment/replace what I have already? Should I look for a weapon with longer range?
I generally start with the Cossack and grab some beacons then play the GI Patton with Spiral beofre using my shorter range bots at the end. What other strategies would you recommend?
I know it's a lot of questions but any tips/threads/links would be much appreciated.
Cheers Mort.
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Post by hyderier on Nov 27, 2017 6:06:28 GMT -5
If you want max power, get 3 Griffins, initially with Tulumbas and Pins. Convert one to Tarans and Magnums as you gain WSP. Convert other to Orkans-Pinatas.
But if you go that route, remember that "increased power" means, you rise in leagues faster and as a result end up playing with even more powerful other players, so actually your relative power decreases faster than you can upgrade...
Unless you pay money... War Robots has exceptionally devious freemium model, so I wouldn't pay though (because paying only makes it worse, as they want you to pay even more).
So play what you enjoy. Get a Griffin, and a Leo, and a Natasha, and try them out. Perhaps get a Rog, that boy has the higjest fun-for-gold ratio IMO. Figure out if you like rockets or missiles or bullets or artillery or plasma or longer range energy or...
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Post by inspirace on Nov 27, 2017 6:16:57 GMT -5
morty welcome to the forum and the game which platform are you using (android/ios/facebook)? I would recommand focusing on upgrading weapons at the moment. for robots, upgrading to level 4 will not cost much Ag and time so you can do that. Punishers and Thunders will be still useful later so you can upgrade them to level 6 and beyond. upgrade them evenly, with weapon levels up to two levels higher than robot levels. you can carry two Thunders and two sets of PunisherT and Punisher to higher leagues. Punisher Griffin and Thunder Carnage are powerful setups viable for long. I strongly recommend going back to Piñata for Patton. Spiral may seem easier to use, but you will soon find the damage is not enough. running a Piñata Patton will be a good training for using rockets, which you are going to use a LOT later as Orkans, the upgraded form of Piñata. moreover, you can carry Piñatas to higher leagues, paired with Orkans, as DB (Death Button) setup, which is 2X Orkans and 2X Piñatas in either a Griffin or a Rhino. Spirals? maybe maximum two in the Spydra setup, but you are not going to have more than one Spydra in your hangar. many consider zero is the best number to have for Spydra... and save gold to either open the fifth hangar or buy the first Orkan. I would recommend going for the fifth hangar first. WSP will keep accumulate, with which you can buy Tarans, Magnums, Carnage, Rhino, and Stalker / Fujin / Raijin (in the order of priority). WSP bots are not mandatory, more like a matter of taste and style. they are quite unique, and fun to run at the least, Cossack is a great bot to learn the map and beacons, but you will soon find the air is too dangerous for Cossack. than it will be time to turn to Griffins and Leos. you don't need to open the game with Cossack, you can keep it as a joker until the late game, to turn the tide by capping some key beacons when dying bots are barely walking on the field. if you decide to keep using the Spiral Patton, be sure you abandon the bot to capture beacon or assist teammates with more firepower whenever needed,
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Post by morty on Nov 27, 2017 6:38:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice guys. I'm on iOS.
So do most players have multiple robots of the same loadout in their hangars?
Thanks again. Also, how do I join a squad or team?
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Post by AzureAura on Nov 27, 2017 6:40:52 GMT -5
If you like to be fast and like to jump then I suggest that you buy a rogatka after getting your fifth slot, basically a stronger and faster version of the Cossack. I don't like Griffins so I'm not gonna suggest them but if you want health and some great firepower then use the Leo, it can survive a DB Griffin burst and in my cases, kill it before it kills me. There are many setups that you can use but I would recommend the Thunder Pinata setup the most.
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Post by inspirace on Nov 27, 2017 6:58:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice guys. I'm on iOS. So do most players have multiple robots of the same loadout in their hangars? Thanks again. Also, how do I join a squad or team? if it is an efficient loadout, why not? e.g. you can have multiple Orkan / Taran / Shocktrain Haechies, five of them won't be a problem as long as you can afford them. but usually people run 1~2 fast bots, 2~3 (or more) brawlers, and 1~2 mid-ranger/sniper. some loadouts can fill multiple roles. squad - either you can create one and invite either your clan member (if you are in one) or among those you fought in last three battles. or they can invite you. one thing to bear in mind - don't team up with a player that are in higher league than you. e.g. if you (bronze) team up with a gold league pilot, the matchmaking algorithm will consider your squad as two gold leaguers. also, these days squad matchmaking is often horrible (worse in ios) - you may meet a champions squad no matter what your level is (maybe bronze is still okay, as long as you find another bronze leaguer to squad up ... ). because of the matchmaking, many (including me) stopped playing squads altogether...
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Post by ♧SGT FURY 24/7♧ on Nov 27, 2017 7:05:59 GMT -5
Ahoy, new guy!
I'm about 2 years in this game, and I hate to say it's not the same game as when I started. It's recently become very much pay to win (P2W), though it's still free to play (F2P).
Unless you plan on spending a lot of money, don't upgrade anything - ANYTHING - past lvl 6 or so. It'll keep you from running into Cash - er - Dash bots all the time.
Boa is a good brawler with taran and thunder with decent speed. If you use Griffin, use the jump to get out of enemy fire, not to attack in general, unless you hop n pop from behind cover.
I have more advice, but not enough time to give it. Have fun and stay in the Silver league area. It's the closest thing to how the game used to be.
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Post by slipknot1325 on Nov 27, 2017 7:27:04 GMT -5
You been playing for 24hours and already level 21? Impressive
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Post by hyderier on Nov 27, 2017 7:38:50 GMT -5
Unless you plan on spending a lot of money, don't upgrade anything - ANYTHING - past lvl 6 or so. It'll keep you from running into Cash - er - Dash bots all the time. Are you implying, that there is hangar based MM? I doubt that very much... So, I would not run any robot (except Gepard) below level 9 indefinitely, as 9 is when robots get their max speed. And I would also much rather run, say, a Mk2-12 Aphid Stalker than a level 6 DB Griffin. But that's just my view on this of course.
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Post by Koalabear on Nov 27, 2017 7:40:10 GMT -5
Everyone has their own version of fun. Me, I fell back to Diamond 3 and I'm loving it. Most of my gear is at level 8. I've decided this is my "zone". For the bots, I can keep playing a variety and decide which ones I'll give the level 9 treatment to max out the speed. If you like variety, and trying out different builds, then you can go that route too. Or, just try out a few to see which ones you like better. I can say that I've tried almost ALL the meta builds now. Pretty much the only bots I haven't tried are the Raijin, Doc, Butch, Haechi, Kumiho, Inquisitor and Hover. I was on my way to getting a Doc, but I got tired of spamming my FB friends! LOL... So, the next bot I'll likely get would be the Hover as it's more attainable than the others.
Decide if you like running instead of walking. Carry tons of firepower or be able to flank fast and deliver a powerful sting. Those are fundamental questions that will determine you style of play, and that will determine your upgrade path.
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Post by ezekielcrow on Nov 27, 2017 7:58:50 GMT -5
I'd recommend trying out a leo and a griffin, they play differently from each other and light and medium mechs, but you might like them. For lights - gareth, jesse and stalker can serve you well til gold tier For mids - rog, doc, golem, boa, carnage, galahad are all awesome in their own ways. Best leave doc and rog til you are more experienced and gold laden.
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Post by BastionOW on Nov 27, 2017 8:02:55 GMT -5
Ahoy, new guy! I'm about 2 years in this game, and I hate to say it's not the same game as when I started. It's recently become very much pay to win (P2W), though it's still free to play (F2P). Unless you plan on spending a lot of money, don't upgrade anything - ANYTHING - past lvl 6 or so. It'll keep you from running into Cash - er - Dash bots all the time. Level 6? That's barely high enough to get you past Silver. He can hover at a 8/9 hangar and be fine, and even if he does run into Shocktrains, he can easily drop a league or two.
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Post by robocain on Nov 27, 2017 8:48:35 GMT -5
Setting yourself a goal is more important than anything else. Decide now where you want to be in one year. Do you want lopsided gameplay with five maxxed bots or do you want a huge variety of viable bots and weapons at level 9? Finding your sweet spot in War Robots is more important than having five slots. A 9/9 hangar is the maximum you can run without being faced with loads of overpowered whales. Level up all your gear evenly and beef up your inventory steadily. Don't level up too fast.
Looking at your current gear, I'd suggest to upgrade all you have to level 6. And then everything to level 7 and so on.
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Post by ♧SGT FURY 24/7♧ on Nov 27, 2017 11:00:28 GMT -5
Revisited...
The lvl 6 advice is just an easy goal to shoot for that will keep you from getting too far up in the Leagues and becoming cannon fodder for the Dash Legions. The upper Leagues are lousy with them, and when they tank, they don't usually go much lower than Silver, so you won't see too many of them.
You're new...to "tank" is to purposely lower your league rank so you face much weaker opponents. This is done a couple different ways, primarily either parking (dropping a bot and letting it sit there the whole match without moving or firing), leaving (detonating all but 1 bot and going suicide with the last, or otherwise leaving the match early), or wimping (playing or goofing off with an under leveled hangar with the intent of making blue team lose the match). All of these methods (and there may be a few more) have the goal of making blue team lose, and being the lowest loser on the team. This will lose the most League Points (Legendary Pilot) and allow to drop farther faster.
THIS IS NOT MEANT AS A TUTORIAL ON TANKING/CLUBBING. SIMPLY DEFINING TERMS FOR A NEW PLAYER.
This behavior is widely frowned upon, and loudly spoken against. We won't get into all that here. There are plenty of threads available to read up and educate yourself. use the handy search function.
Sorry for that tangent. Getting back to my point, lvl 6 will be a good spot to decide if you like the game play at that level or if you want to bump it up a bit. Either way, I recommend doing weapons first, light, medium, heavy, and then bots in the same order. Save your gold for your 5th slot. The upgrade time will give you time to earn silver, which you'll need to fund upgrades. Avoid having "strong" or "weak" bots in your hangar. Try to level up evenly.
Oh, stay away from the "Royale" section. Hit the free spin and walk away. It gets real expensive really fast. Spend real money as you see fit and as you can afford. You know your finances better than anyone. I've not spent anything. Others have spent thousands. It's up to you.
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Post by inspirace on Nov 27, 2017 11:38:48 GMT -5
Revisited... The lvl 6 advice is just an easy goal to shoot for that will keep you from getting too far up in the Leagues and becoming cannon fodder for the Dash Legions. The upper Leagues are lousy with them, and when they tank, they don't usually go much lower than Silver, so you won't see too many of them. You're new...to "tank" is to purposely lower your league rank so you face much weaker opponents. This is done a couple different ways, primarily either parking (dropping a bot and letting it sit there the whole match without moving or firing), leaving (detonating all but 1 bot and going suicide with the last, or otherwise leaving the match early), or wimping (playing or goofing off with an under leveled hangar with the intent of making blue team lose the match). All of these methods (and there may be a few more) have the goal of making blue team lose, and being the lowest loser on the team. This will lose the most League Points (Legendary Pilot) and allow to drop farther faster. THIS IS NOT MEANT AS A TUTORIAL ON TANKING/CLUBBING. SIMPLY DEFINING TERMS FOR A NEW PLAYER. This behavior is widely frowned upon, and loudly spoken against. We won't get into all that here. There are plenty of threads available to read up and educate yourself. use the handy search function. Sorry for that tangent. Getting back to my point, lvl 6 will be a good spot to decide if you like the game play at that level or if you want to bump it up a bit. Either way, I recommend doing weapons first, light, medium, heavy, and then bots in the same order. Save your gold for your 5th slot. The upgrade time will give you time to earn silver, which you'll need to fund upgrades. Avoid having "strong" or "weak" bots in your hangar. Try to level up evenly. Oh, stay away from the "Royale" section. Hit the free spin and walk away. It gets real expensive really fast. Spend real money as you see fit and as you can afford. You know your finances better than anyone. I've not spent anything. Others have spent thousands. It's up to you. cc-ing the OP mortyon IOS, I think the time of decision will happen at Diamond-Expert border, rather than certain bot/weapon level. if you level your gears evenly, weapon first, weapon levels up to two level higher than bot levels, you will anyway reach the Diamond@ios around level 6~8. by that time you will be a less new to this game so you can decide things yourself. oh, and it’s good that people include advice on the new features, BM, Battle royale, and those ads, etc. some of them didn’t hit the IOS yet. baseline is, don’t use gold on anything until you have already bought the 5th slot and enough Orkans (6~8? some says there is nothing like “enough Orkans”), unless you are willing to use real money. and save the Ag for future upgrade, since you will need thousands of millions later if you decide to go beyond Diamond@ios. if you are willing to spend real money, it’s a whole different story. there should be better ways to spend cash effectively, which I cannot advise about since I don’t have much experience other than stupid decisions...
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Post by DarkVagabond on Nov 27, 2017 16:51:07 GMT -5
If you want max power, get 3 Griffins, initially with Tulumbas and Pins. Convert one to Tarans and Magnums as you gain WSP. Convert other to Orkans-Pinatas. But if you go that route, remember that "increased power" means, you rise in leagues faster and as a result end up playing with even more powerful other players, so actually your relative power decreases faster than you can upgrade... Unless you pay money... War Robots has exceptionally devious freemium model, so I wouldn't pay though (because paying only makes it worse, as they want you to pay even more). So play what you enjoy. Get a Griffin, and a Leo, and a Natasha, and try them out. Perhaps get a Rog, that boy has the higjest fun-for-gold ratio IMO. Figure out if you like rockets or missiles or bullets or artillery or plasma or longer range energy or... This is spot on. Thanks hyderier. The other guys have also offered good advice. Remember to play for enjoyment on your own terms. Don’t ever let Pixonic manipulate your competitive spirit to motivate you spend. It’s seriously a never ending cycle. Just grind away to try out the gear you like, don’t worry too much about your winrate or inflating your League ranking and you’ll have some good enjoyment ahead. Welcome morty
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Post by ßåяя¥ 2.0 on Nov 27, 2017 18:21:37 GMT -5
If you want max power, get 3 Griffins, initially with Tulumbas and Pins. Convert one to Tarans and Magnums as you gain WSP. Convert other to Orkans-Pinatas. But if you go that route, remember that "increased power" means, you rise in leagues faster and as a result end up playing with even more powerful other players, so actually your relative power decreases faster than you can upgrade... Unless you pay money... War Robots has exceptionally devious freemium model, so I wouldn't pay though (because paying only makes it worse, as they want you to pay even more). So play what you enjoy. Get a Griffin, and a Leo, and a Natasha, and try them out. Perhaps get a Rog, that boy has the higjest fun-for-gold ratio IMO. Figure out if you like rockets or missiles or bullets or artillery or plasma or longer range energy or... Totally agree with hyderier. This is what I did when I restarted in FBGRt: 1. Work on getting 2 Destriers with punishers leveled to 5. Grind for silver and save up for Pinatas and 3rd slot. 2. Swap those punishers out with pinatas. You are going to earn alot of silver if you play it right. Play like, creep up to target "Tadah, here I am!" and unload. 3. Slowly change the Destriers to 2 Pattons. You can get away with just lvl 3 Pattons. Arm them with 4 pinatas on one and 4 pins in the other 4. Save up 1.7 mil for Griffin and slowly rotate the Pattons out. a. Set them up RDB (Tulumbas/pins) Learn to play the Griffin. Don't jump forward to attack unless no one else is around and you know you can kill the target in one cycle. Be patient. b. Plasma Griffin - Start saving up the WSP for the Tarrans and Magnums. Know your role. Don't go out there Pew Pew Pew. Corner shoot. c. Next DB Griffin: Orkan/pinatas. Use a second set of Tulumbas until you can save up for Orkan. Be patient. Look for exit strategy before you unload. d. Punisher Griffin - Time to dust off the LVL 5 Punishers you had on the Destrier and setup Dual Punishers and Punisher T Decision on your 5th bot is up to you. Both Leo and Natasha are good bots to learn how to brawl or snipe, and eventually you will either switch them into Fury or Lancelaot. How much you time you invest into those bots are up to you. If you like the Griffin, you will like the Rogatka even more. It's speed, agility, and 3 sec cooldown jump timer makes them very viable in the field. When you out pilot and out fire someone on the field with a Rogatka, says alot about you. Same goes with Gareth and Stalker pilots. Good luck.
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Post by inesb on Nov 28, 2017 8:46:34 GMT -5
For your first hangar it looks quite ok. I would make only decent changes.
First I would change the punisher of the Cossack with Tulumbas. I think those work much better there. Stay behind cover, jump in the air and fire the rockets, and you´ll be back behind cover before the enemy can react.
The Spiral Patton might be ok for the beginning, but in higher leagues Spirals are only effective, if they are leveled very high (I sometimes use two of them lvl 11 in diamond league). You can keep that bot like it is for a while but don´t upgrade more than two Spirals.
Boa is a great bot, it is fast and has many HP. I would put upgrade priority on this one. At level 9 it has reached max speed. And Boa can still be very useful in higher leages. Maybe you´ll replace the Punisher with an Orkan one day.
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Post by morty on Nov 29, 2017 4:41:22 GMT -5
Firstly thanks everyone for all your advice, it's been so helpful and I'm really having fun with this game.
So 72 hours in and this is where I am upto...
Level 23 Silver League II (1254)
My hangar is now as follows:
1. Griffin Molot L5/Molot T L4 I usually start with this bot to cap a beacon or two and try for an early long range kill 2. Leo Thunder L5 and Punisher L4 x 3. What a beast he is especially when the Thunder is in range 3. Natashs Thunder L5/Pinata L2. I tried the Nocturn/Molot loadout but it requires too much finesse for my current ability. Not sure what loadout works well with her but this one is heaps of fun, so she comes out to play when I can get close easily. 4. Griffin Punisher/Punisher L4/5 I use this one at the end. So again, any advice on what I should change/tweak etc. I seem to have accumulated plenty of bots and weapons too.
I'm guessing I should just focus on getting weapons up to level 7-9. In battles I and definitely finding gold tough to earn now, it seems I only get good scores when we lose.
Again, thanks to all of you for taking the time to help me out. A good community is important to me when gaming.
Last question, does anyone have a clan I could join? Are there any benefits? Cheers Mort.
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Post by morty on Nov 29, 2017 4:42:21 GMT -5
Oh and what's a good weaone to pair with a tumbala?
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Post by Radar love on Nov 29, 2017 5:35:16 GMT -5
Welcome to the game and forum! I don't know much about the benefits of a clan except to say it gives me a place to converse with people who like to have the same fun I do. For me this forum is great but one finds at times people who like to jump on a soap box because of the latest tragedy of Pix. We only talk strategy for both in game and builds, no drama.
Anywho my clan id 43619. Crazy cajuns.
Young clan but wee have some solid members who are fairly experienced in the game. Come join and have some fun.
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Post by morty on Nov 29, 2017 5:55:25 GMT -5
Welcome to the game and forum! I don't know much about the benefits of a clan except to say it gives me a place to converse with people who like to have the same fun I do. For me this forum is great but one finds at times people who like to jump on a soap box because of the latest tragedy of Pix. We only talk strategy for both in game and builds, no drama. Anywho my clan id 43619. Crazy cajuns. Young clan but wee have some solid members who are fairly experienced in the game. Come join and have some fun. Thanks will do
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