thundergrunt72
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Post by thundergrunt72 on Feb 20, 2017 13:17:16 GMT -5
I am faced with a bit of a conundrum. Through advice here, a bit of luck and prudent choices my hangar is finally starting to take shape. Hangar looks like this:
8 Griffin with 8's Magnum, Taran
7 Doc with 8's Tulumbas
8 Griffin with 8's Pinata, Orkan
8 Galahad with 8's Magnum, Taran
8 Carnage with 8's Thunder
Some of the weapons are 7s here and there, but over all that is what it looks like.
I have around 7k gold, 80 mil silver and 5k wsp.
I am pretty much sticking the course with my current hangar and trying to keep them upgraded. Haven't purchased anything in weeks.
I really like the idea of an Ancilot or a new bot to freshen up the hangar, but don't like the idea of falling behind on upgrading my current hangar mostly due to the MM throwing me in with 10s, 11s, 12s pretty much every match. On top of all that, I have a stupid amount of other bots in the hangar that are in dire need of some attention (2 rhinos, stalker, raijin and another I forget which wsp bot). So I am stuck. I don't want to stop upgrading my current hangar to upgrade a new bot. But I want a new bot, or to upgrade one of my hangar'd bots. I also want to buy and level a couple of orkans as I only have the two as of this moment. And I would like to level an Ancile just to have it in my equipment.
Arg. How do you decide when to purchase? When to level?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 13:37:55 GMT -5
Doc is a good one.
I would make your hangar this:
Plasma Galahad
Death Button Griffin
Death Button Rhino / Griffin / Orkan Mag Rhino / Taran Ancile Lancelot
Plasma Rhino / Galahad (Griffin is the worst plasma carries IMO)
Tulumbas Doc / Trident Carnage / Trident Fury
I would get 3K more gold and buy the Fury and the Lancelot together.
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Post by mechtout on Feb 20, 2017 13:50:08 GMT -5
go for a ancile lancelot or nashorn fury (later trident)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 13:51:06 GMT -5
It is actually quicker and cheaper to bring 1-2 more bots with weapons up to level 8, than to it will be to take your 8s up to levels 9/10.
My suggestion is to def get another pair of orkans and level them. You will use them. Maybe explore tridents too.
I am getting good matchups at 8/8 hangar. Not sure why. So I am okay staying there a bit while I bring a few other builds up. But if ur matchups are always bad, u may want to upgrade to 9 and see what that does for u.
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Post by mechtout on Feb 20, 2017 14:09:29 GMT -5
Might as well go to level 9 and get max speed imo
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Post by Dejnov on Feb 20, 2017 14:09:55 GMT -5
I am faced with a bit of a conundrum. Through advice here, a bit of luck and prudent choices my hangar is finally starting to take shape. Hangar looks like this: 8 Griffin with 8's Magnum, Taran 7 Doc with 8's Tulumbas 8 Griffin with 8's Pinata, Orkan 8 Galahad with 8's Magnum, Taran 8 Carnage with 8's Thunder Some of the weapons are 7s here and there, but over all that is what it looks like. I have around 7k gold, 80 mil silver and 5k wsp. I am pretty much sticking the course with my current hangar and trying to keep them upgraded. Haven't purchased anything in weeks. I really like the idea of an Ancilot or a new bot to freshen up the hangar, but don't like the idea of falling behind on upgrading my current hangar mostly due to the MM throwing me in with 10s, 11s, 12s pretty much every match. On top of all that, I have a stupid amount of other bots in the hangar that are in dire need of some attention (2 rhinos, stalker, raijin and another I forget which wsp bot). So I am stuck. I don't want to stop upgrading my current hangar to upgrade a new bot. But I want a new bot, or to upgrade one of my hangar'd bots. I also want to buy and level a couple of orkans as I only have the two as of this moment. And I would like to level an Ancile just to have it in my equipment. Arg. How do you decide when to purchase? When to level? I feel your pain. I recently just pulled the trigger on a second Carnage as a Trident mount. I have about 1.8k Au and bots in the 7.6/7/5 bot/weapon category and am also working up the bots to the 10s, 11s, and 12s. Here is my current strategy to gain a foothold into (hopefully top tier): 1) Understand that my hangar composition is now the number 1 priority. I must stay with a 4 knifer / 1mid-range hangar. I must have at least 3 splash bots at all times. I must run mediums/heavies 3/2 or 2/3. This gives me staying power, correct mix of splash and plasma, and also makes sure I'm useful to any random team. This maintains my Ag input and this is the number 1 priority. I must stay effective. 2) Understand that silver is now the most precious commodity and it's time to maximize my Ag intake (see priority #1). I need approximately 748M Ag (545M in weapons/203M in bots) to get from 9s in all bots/weapons to 12s in all bots/weapons. Anything prior to 9 is a freebie and must be done. Anything past 9 must be seriously considered to long term viability and must be established TT choices. Also don't spend Ag on WSPs unless you actually need them. 3) Make mainstay units in my hangar as the only upgrades past 9. Right now I have a 2 Carnages (one Thunder/one Trident), 2 Griffins (1 Ork/Aphl, 1 Pinata/Tarans), and 1 Galahad (all plasma). All of the bots can go to 12 and all of the weapons can go to level 12. NOT ALL WILL GO TO LEVEL 12. I have to seriously prioritize what goes past 9 and what stays at 9. For my hangar: 1 Galahad, 1 Griffin, and 1 Carnage can go past 9. All other have to stay at 9 as they might get switched out for better bots (Fury, Lancelot, Jackrabbit, etc.). The Orkans, Tridents, Magnums, 2 Tarans can go past 9. All other weapons stay at 9, until I can feel comfortable with my hangar or the level 12 bots are there. This means Thunders stay at 9, Pinatas stay at 9, Aphids stay at 9, etc. This doesn't mean they aren't good weapons, they just aren't essential and aren't always utilized. Weapons that can be used on every bot configuration are prioritized upgrades. Others just stay at 9 as up to 9 is basically free. 4) Gold can be saved and spent on new bots/weapons as needed. It isn't a priority anymore. Silver can't fall below 20m. This means that there will be time to upgrade other things in the background to say levels 7/8 while I wait for more silver or want to try. I have a set of Molots and a Patton all at 5s I could easily see spending <1m on these while I try and replenish my Ag reserves, and also as I wait for new bots to come in. As stated above all weapons/bots in the main hangar have to be leveled to 9 as basically for your main hangar it's free (as it helps earn Ag by winning). That's it. I believe that is how you get to the bottom of top tier in about 1 year. You should be earning around 100k a battle, which means I'll need 7480 battles. At 10 battles a day that's 748 days or 2 years left to maximize top tier (total time is around 2.5 years). I've been playing for about 4 months, and in about 6-8 months (next Thanksgiving/winter break), I should have that Fury and Lancelot in addition to some decent 10-11s in bots and weapons that should solidly put me into bottom of top tier. If I spring for the premium service, my Ag intake will probably go up by 2.5x which can cut the battles down to 2500 or just 1.5 years total. I'm not in that rush as I do want to still earn my 60 Au daily and get new bots/weapons, but a lot of the stuff I've planned can keep working to top tier. Dejnov. |
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Post by moody on Feb 20, 2017 16:20:14 GMT -5
I am faced with a bit of a conundrum. Through advice here, a bit of luck and prudent choices my hangar is finally starting to take shape. Hangar looks like this: 8 Griffin with 8's Magnum, Taran 7 Doc with 8's Tulumbas 8 Griffin with 8's Pinata, Orkan 8 Galahad with 8's Magnum, Taran 8 Carnage with 8's Thunder Some of the weapons are 7s here and there, but over all that is what it looks like. I have around 7k gold, 80 mil silver and 5k wsp. I am pretty much sticking the course with my current hangar and trying to keep them upgraded. Haven't purchased anything in weeks. I really like the idea of an Ancilot or a new bot to freshen up the hangar, but don't like the idea of falling behind on upgrading my current hangar mostly due to the MM throwing me in with 10s, 11s, 12s pretty much every match. On top of all that, I have a stupid amount of other bots in the hangar that are in dire need of some attention (2 rhinos, stalker, raijin and another I forget which wsp bot). So I am stuck. I don't want to stop upgrading my current hangar to upgrade a new bot. But I want a new bot, or to upgrade one of my hangar'd bots. I also want to buy and level a couple of orkans as I only have the two as of this moment. And I would like to level an Ancile just to have it in my equipment. Arg. How do you decide when to purchase? When to level? ll below 20m. This means that there will be time to upgrade other things in the background to say levels 7/8 while I wait for more silver or want to try. I have a set of Molots and a Patton all at 5s I could easily see spending <1m on these while I try and replenish my Ag reserves, and also as I wait for new bots to come in. As stated above all weapons/bots in the main hangar have to be leveled to 9 as basically for your main hangar it's free (as it helps earn Ag by winning). That is one thought I had as well. I have a number of low level weapons and bots that will remain that way until my silver reserves run low. THEN I am leveling up trebuchets / hydra / spirals and other niche weapons to 9. PS. I have bought weekends of premiums during events and probably will again. If I need to, a 10 day premium can span two weekends and seriously up your silver when you need it. |
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Post by Thunderkiss on Feb 20, 2017 18:23:46 GMT -5
I am faced with a bit of a conundrum. Through advice here, a bit of luck and prudent choices my hangar is finally starting to take shape. Hangar looks like this: 8 Griffin with 8's Magnum, Taran 7 Doc with 8's Tulumbas 8 Griffin with 8's Pinata, Orkan 8 Galahad with 8's Magnum, Taran 8 Carnage with 8's Thunder Some of the weapons are 7s here and there, but over all that is what it looks like. I have around 7k gold, 80 mil silver and 5k wsp. I am pretty much sticking the course with my current hangar and trying to keep them upgraded. Haven't purchased anything in weeks. I really like the idea of an Ancilot or a new bot to freshen up the hangar, but don't like the idea of falling behind on upgrading my current hangar mostly due to the MM throwing me in with 10s, 11s, 12s pretty much every match. On top of all that, I have a stupid amount of other bots in the hangar that are in dire need of some attention (2 rhinos, stalker, raijin and another I forget which wsp bot). So I am stuck. I don't want to stop upgrading my current hangar to upgrade a new bot. But I want a new bot, or to upgrade one of my hangar'd bots. I also want to buy and level a couple of orkans as I only have the two as of this moment. And I would like to level an Ancile just to have it in my equipment. Arg. How do you decide when to purchase? When to level? I feel your pain. I recently just pulled the trigger on a second Carnage as a Trident mount. I have about 1.8k Au and bots in the 7.6/7/5 bot/weapon category and am also working up the bots to the 10s, 11s, and 12s. Here is my current strategy to gain a foothold into (hopefully top tier): 1) Understand that my hangar composition is now the number 1 priority. I must stay with a 4 knifer / 1mid-range hangar. I must have at least 3 splash bots at all times. I must run mediums/heavies 3/2 or 2/3. This gives me staying power, correct mix of splash and plasma, and also makes sure I'm useful to any random team. This maintains my Ag input and this is the number 1 priority. I must stay effective. 2) Understand that silver is now the most precious commodity and it's time to maximize my Ag intake (see priority #1). I need approximately 748M Ag (545M in weapons/203M in bots) to get from 9s in all bots/weapons to 12s in all bots/weapons. Anything prior to 9 is a freebie and must be done. Anything past 9 must be seriously considered to long term viability and must be established TT choices. Also don't spend Ag on WSPs unless you actually need them. 3) Make mainstay units in my hangar as the only upgrades past 9. Right now I have a 2 Carnages (one Thunder/one Trident), 2 Griffins (1 Ork/Aphl, 1 Pinata/Tarans), and 1 Galahad (all plasma). All of the bots can go to 12 and all of the weapons can go to level 12. NOT ALL WILL GO TO LEVEL 12. I have to seriously prioritize what goes past 9 and what stays at 9. For my hangar: 1 Galahad, 1 Griffin, and 1 Carnage can go past 9. All other have to stay at 9 as they might get switched out for better bots (Fury, Lancelot, Jackrabbit, etc.). The Orkans, Tridents, Magnums, 2 Tarans can go past 9. All other weapons stay at 9, until I can feel comfortable with my hangar or the level 12 bots are there. This means Thunders stay at 9, Pinatas stay at 9, Aphids stay at 9, etc. This doesn't mean they aren't good weapons, they just aren't essential and aren't always utilized. Weapons that can be used on every bot configuration are prioritized upgrades. Others just stay at 9 as up to 9 is basically free. 4) Gold can be saved and spent on new bots/weapons as needed. It isn't a priority anymore. Silver can't fall below 20m. This means that there will be time to upgrade other things in the background to say levels 7/8 while I wait for more silver or want to try. I have a set of Molots and a Patton all at 5s I could easily see spending <1m on these while I try and replenish my Ag reserves, and also as I wait for new bots to come in. As stated above all weapons/bots in the main hangar have to be leveled to 9 as basically for your main hangar it's free (as it helps earn Ag by winning). That's it. I believe that is how you get to the bottom of top tier in about 1 year. You should be earning around 100k a battle, which means I'll need 7480 battles. At 10 battles a day that's 748 days or 2 years left to maximize top tier (total time is around 2.5 years). I've been playing for about 4 months, and in about 6-8 months (next Thanksgiving/winter break), I should have that Fury and Lancelot in addition to some decent 10-11s in bots and weapons that should solidly put me into bottom of top tier. If I spring for the premium service, my Ag intake will probably go up by 2.5x which can cut the battles down to 2500 or just 1.5 years total. I'm not in that rush as I do want to still earn my 60 Au daily and get new bots/weapons, but a lot of the stuff I've planned can keep working to top tier. Dejnov. 98% ultra sound advice here. Except the spend gold on wsp. Never do this, even if you reaaaaàaallly want it, it can wait another day or 2. |
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thundergrunt72
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Posts: 92
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Platform: Android
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Post by thundergrunt72 on Feb 20, 2017 18:30:03 GMT -5
I decided based on advice, to invest in and level two more orkan as a start. Regardless of what bot I end up with, I can use those right now, and when I upgrade to a Lancelot or whatever. Soon as wsp gets there, will invest I third trident, and another taran as well.
Edit: I put the Doc on ice hangar looks quite different now:
8 griffin 8,8 pinata 5,5 orkan
6 RHINO 8,8 Taran 8,8 magnum
8 Carnage 8,7 TRIDENT
8 griffin 8,7 Aphid, 8,8 orkan
8 Galahad 8 taran, 8,8 Magnum
So as above 4 knifers with 2 splash knife, 2 energy knife, and the one splash mid.
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Post by Dejnov on Feb 20, 2017 18:31:20 GMT -5
98% ultra sound advice here. Except the spend gold on wsp. Never do this, even if you reaaaaàaallly want it, it can wait another day or 2. What... WHAT??? I never said that. I said stop spending Ag on WSPs once you have what you need. That Ag is the new gold. Always always wait!! Dejnov. |
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Post by moody on Feb 20, 2017 18:41:55 GMT -5
98% ultra sound advice here. Except the spend gold on wsp. Never do this, even if you reaaaaàaallly want it, it can wait another day or 2. What... WHAT??? I never said that. I said stop spending Ag on WSPs once you have what you need. That Ag is the new gold. Always always wait!! Dejnov. AG / AU what's the difference  I'm at the cusp of stopping buying WSP (with silver). It is cheap though and it's always fun to try out new bots and weapons from time to time. At 85 per day free it only takes 8 or 9 months to get a new bot. |
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Post by Thunderkiss on Feb 20, 2017 20:55:07 GMT -5
98% ultra sound advice here. Except the spend gold on wsp. Never do this, even if you reaaaaàaallly want it, it can wait another day or 2. What... WHAT??? I never said that. I said stop spending Ag on WSPs once you have what you need. That Ag is the new gold. Always always wait!! Dejnov. Ag, Au, fine, my bad, my eyes are getting old, you're 100% ? |
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