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Post by frunobulax on Jun 16, 2019 15:56:51 GMT -5
For me, smurf accounts are the only way to have fun in War Robots right now. I despise the purple shields and what champ league has become in general, with the power creep and whales and death squads. But I already took lengthy breaks (up to 9 months) from War Robots playing only smurf accounts. You should try it, it's a fresh experience, you can run completely different bots and than you do usually and you can experiment a lot, as it's easy to get anything to level 7-9. If you don't have a second device, go for an Android emulator like MEmu or Bluestacks. (I run War Robots on emulators exclusively and it's easy to create a second emulator with a different google account.)
I guess few true rookies will read this. But in case you're thinking about starting a smurf account, here are a few tips. You also might want to check out this thread, but I disagree in a few key points. - Use a 1-bot hangar.
IMO 1-bot hangars are the most fun to be had in a smurf. You only need the resources to upgrade one bot, for a start. Also you'll be matched against pretty much equal bots. (My latest smurf sports a 5/6 Ao Guang and I play against 6/6 tp 8/8 hangars with 3-4 bots, but mostly silver bots.)
- Have fun.
It's all about fun. Don't waste a single thought about which build or strategy may give you the most wins, gold or silver. You don't have to take your bot to any specific level, a level 9/9 bot will do nicely to get you to Diamond league, above the rookie leagues and below the leagues that require meta bots. If you want to play TDM with a Cossack, then that's what you should do. (I'd suggest to go for a Rog instead though.)
But you know, you can also aim for very specific builds. Whatever is your poison, a 1-weapon Avenger Falcon with Traditionalist/Mechanic pilot, a ninja Pursuer (Blaze/Halo), a dual Ancile Weyland or even a (arghhh) Flux Gekko Natasha, anything that you think will be fun to run but takes way too much resources for your regular account. I went for an Ao Guang with my latest smurf because, you know, I never played it before, and I think running a glass cannon is much more fun than running a tank. (But the Falcon and Pursuer build I named are definately on my list tp run one day, I may switch to either once I get the resources. Or if I draw a Bulwark, Mender or Blitz from a superchest I may run that. Whatever is fun and not in my regular hangar.)
- Start with a Punisher Gareth.
Get Punishers for the starter Destrier, and get a Punisher Gary as soon as you have the 1.1m silver. It's easily the best starter bot, and you will earn gold and win battles as you can cap beacons. It doesn't do a lot of damage, but it's surprisingly resilient against any bullet and shotgun build and it's more fun to play than say a Punisher Griffin which is just too slow for me. Plus it's fast and cheap to upgrade. Upgrade it to something like 6/6 or maybe 7/7, but don't waste too much time&silver on it.
- Spend your gold wisely.
It goes without saying that you shouldn't waste any gold on anything like upgrade speedups or boosters, until you are set with a bot that you really like and want to take all the way. But you'll get nearly 1500 gold for level promotions (50 gold per level), about 500 gold for the various tasks (connect facebook etc.) and maybe 2000 gold for league promotions if you make it to high Diamond league. That sums up to 4k free gold. With a $1 gold offer here and there (I'm not shy to spend those small amounts) you can add 2k gold monthly for $2-$3, daily tasks earn you 1800 gold a month, bronze chests will add another 500-1000 gold monthly, so you'll be easily able to purchase a 7500 gold bot like a Falcon or Ao Guang within a month.
And assuming that you don't play your smurf account day and night, it might be more interesting to buy bots or weapons for gold instead of grinding out the silver for the workshop, especially considering the long waiting times in the WS. I assume you know that a lot of bots and weapons are listed at 10k components, but the game allows you to buy 10k components for gold. Bots are up to 7.5k (see below), weapons are a bit steeper comparably, usually 5k for a single weapon like a Scourge or a Halo.
- Get a good bot.
Have a strategy to get yourself a fun bot that you want to play for 1000 battles. There are 3 1/2 ways: Superchest, gold offers and real money, plus a 50% chance to pull something from a gold chest (see below).
RM is out for me personally, as I won't pay anything near the $40-$50 it takes for a bot even with heavily discounted offers even with my main account, much less with my smurf.
Forget about the workshop. For my last smurf account it took me 2 months to build my first weapon, and a bot will take even longer. You'll only be able to use 2 or 3 slots for over a month, and even after 2 months I have only 4 slots open. Plus it isn't easy to earn the silver you need for a premium bot (55 million for an Ares) with a silver starter bot. So do think about gold offers or the superchest.
As for weapons, I'm quite happy with Punishers and Avengers. But there are other weapons out there that are fairly cheap (Gust, Taran, Orkans and Tridents come to mind) - I wouldn't consider any premium weapon like an Ember unless I win it somehow, as it blocks my workshop for a long time and is just too expensive to build and upgrade.
- Consider the starter offers.
I'm not sure about Pixos offer policy (namely if everybody gets the same offers), but there are some nice starter offers involving gold. I spent $5 and got myself 3 offers: 5000 gold for $3, 1000 gold for $1 and 2 Tarans for $1. I used the gold for an Ao Guang and now run that with the 2 Tarans and a Punisher T. It's fun!
But taking these gold offers will set you up with enough gold to buy any gold robot, and some of them are really good, including: Ao Guang, Strider, Hover, Falcon or Hellburner. Spending $4 in real money will allow you to replace the Gary with a really nice bot.
(Offers I didn't take was a Lancelot for $1, a Lancelot with an Avenger for $5, a Taran Fujin for $10 and perhaps more offers that I don't remember. A Lance is just too slow, takes forever to upgrade and there are plenty of Tulu builds out there that can hunt Lancelots very efficiently.)
- Spin only gold chests.
Gold chests give you the best rewards. Silver chests do contain some weapons and bots, but except for Gusts, Orkans and maybe a Rog there is nothing in there that I would want in a 1-bot hangar.
But even if you want to spin silver chests, do NOT spin anything using keys before you have opened one gold chest. Feel free to open free, ad-based bronze chests though. But do NOT open a single bronze or silver chest. The first chest spin is always rigged to give a good reward, and gold chests currently contain Haechis and Pursuers along with Embers and Glorys. I did collect 1000 keys, went for a gold chest and was rewarded with a Haechi. (I have played the Haechi for 2 years now and maybe I'll just sell it, but hey, maybe not. It even takes the same weapons as the AG.)
- Superchest.
Absoutely go for a superchest if you would like to play one of those bots. It's fairly easy with a 1-bot hangar. Use all ads for bronze chests. Battles with a 1-bot hangar are much shorter on average, so it takes roughly 1.5 to 2 hours per day to get a SC (about 15 battles per day). Here are the numbers:
It will take about 400-450 battles to get a SC. With 400 battles that's 4000 keys from ad-sponsored bronze chests, maybe 800 keys earned through battles, about 1500 more ad-sponsored bronze chests from the 5 free ads every day (if you have a full month) and some extra keys from the bronze spins.
I think Pixo changed the rules a bit to get an ad, I played several games that lasted between 1-2 minutes and didn't get a fresh ad. I'm not sure if there is a time threshold (2 minutes, that's what you need to get keys) or a damage threshold. But I know that hanging around may be worthwhile: If the timer shows 8 minutes 10 seconds to go when you get destroyed, don't press the "leave battle" button until the timer hits 7:59.
- More bots.
To preserve the fun, think about getting a second or third bot later through superchests. A 1-bot hangar can definately do with a bit of variety. I prefer to have bots with different playing styles - I alternated Gust Pursuer, Trident Fury, Scourge Ancilot, Orkan Haechi and an Invader with one smurf account that I played for quite a while. (Unfortunately I went for a 2-bot hangar there and eventually climbed to leagues with too many purple shields, so I started a new one.)
- Be a serious player.
Don't think you can play only FFA with a 1-bot hangar. In fact, I'd say it is much more fun to play the other game modes. You will have to play very careful, but eventually you'll lern to do a lot of damage while using all kinds of different tactics to preserve your bot. This post (that is too long already) would be twice as long if I would list the skills that you HAVE to master if you run a 1-bot hangar. Let's just say this: Playing a 1-bot hangar in Domination or Beacon Rush is REALLY good for your tactical skills.
Do try to last the game and be MVP both. The best games are a win where you earn 10 gold.
- Choose suitable equipment.
You'll want a faster bot with some protection.
The "meta" in lower leagues contains a lot of Tulu Fujins, which are a bit of a nuisance. (It also contains Zenit Natashas and lots of Punishers, which are less of a concern.) Don't use a rocket build (Orkans/Exodus/Tulus) for your first bots, either get something that can take down a Fujin shield (Avengers/Punishers) or Plasma/Energy. Punisher Gary kinda works because it's fast enough to get inside the shield. It also can't hurt to go with a bot that has some kind of protection, either resistence (Falcon, Ao Guang) or an Ancile (Carnage). Once you reach Diamond or Expert you'll see less Fujins and can switch to rockets if you like.
A faster bot will serve you well to avoid Zenits and Noricums, and to outmaneuver those pesky Fujins. I'm also seeing surprisingly many light bots (Stalker, Jesse) with Pinatas. With only so many HP to go around in one bot, you'll also want enough speed to hide from them if necessary.
- Pilot.
Your free pilot will suffice. Try to get a healing skill. Power cells are really scarce in low leagues, and you'll have to learn how to preserve your bot anyway. Healing 0.5% per second may give you essentally twice the durability in many battles. No need to waste too much gold and if the first 1-2 skills are ones you like then keep them, but the third skill at latest should be mechanic or at least adamant mechanic. For example, I stuck with sharpshooter and quartermaster for my Punisher Ares, but I'll respin the next skill until it's a healing one. (I haven't played that one much since pilots came out.)
Also you'll want a Quantum Radar module and not healing, because:
- Quantum Radar active module.
Use a Quantum Radar once you start to encounter stealth bots on a regular basis. Stealth bots are the bots that can take you out while you are watching helplessly. And even though healing can prolong a battle significantly, I prefer to have a get-out-of-jail card if a Mercury, Inquisitor or Spectre jumps me, especially with pilots having healing skills now. With a normal game, a stealth opponent will kill one bot. Here it will kick you out of the match.
Have fun!
Here are my most recent smurf accounts. The stats are 95% domination, even though the max damage will come from the occasional FFA I play. Here is the most recent one:
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Post by salieri on Jun 16, 2019 18:19:01 GMT -5
I have been thinking about one nowadays. And I finally took action yesterday. My only bot is cossack with punishers right now and I will get gary today. I was dumb. My first chest bronce and I got 100 keys from it and I went for Silver and I have a gust now. I might get a storm to run storm/gust gary but Im not so sure. Hopefully my first component bot will be a mercury or a mender.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2019 22:14:18 GMT -5
This is kind of sad.....
I have options, as I just advanced to E1, so all I need to do is stop upgrades and I hit the wall, stay lower league.
You guys, who love this game and been playing for years need to smurf to have fun. I can’t even imagine how I would feel abandoning my main account due to it being unplayable or just horrible.
At least you guys stick around, and not quit. For that, I am grateful!
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Post by awwarrobots on Jun 16, 2019 23:00:34 GMT -5
Thanks for this post. Super tips. Especially the one about not opening any chest before gold at start of game.
I'm doing it a bit different. Focused on a fun bot (Blitz), but got a five slot hangar with four silver bots.
My aim is to have one META bot at a time, with all the rest at lvl 6. Gets me enough silver for upgrades, but manage to stay in EL.
BTW, my beacon capper was my Gary. Now its a DB Rhino which I won through silver chests. It works well as a first drop expendable bot.
Next in line is a Mender which will rotate with the Blitz.
Agree that it's sad that I have to do so in order hopefully not to reach Champions League.
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Post by frunobulax on Jun 17, 2019 4:25:39 GMT -5
I'm doing it a bit different. Focused on a fun bot (Blitz), but got a five slot hangar with four silver bots. My aim is to have one META bot at a time, with all the rest at lvl 6. Gets me enough silver for upgrades, but manage to stay in EL. My problem with that approach is that I always had to go against bots with a lot higher level, which can be very frustrating. When I still played with my 6pack account (all level 6 and only legacy equipment) I had to play in every match against level 8-10 bots, some of them meta. I still won my share of battles, but it quickly got old going with level 6 DB Griffins against level 10 HP monsters (Leo, Raijin, Invader etc.) and Mercurys/Haechis/Spectres. I find it much more satisfying to play on an equal footing. Using a 2-bot hangar pretty much achieved this, I went to level 9 with my bots and played against level 8-10 opponents most of the time (which was high Expert/low Master at the time, I think about a year ago). I even bought a second hangar, running Gust Pursuer and Orkan Haechi as short range hangar and Scourge Ancilot and Trident Fury as long range hangar. Must have caused a few puzzled faces, looking at two 2-bot hangars :-) With a 1-bot hangar your level may even be a bit higher than your opponents, but not much. At least once you get to Diamond or so. There are a lot of level 8/9 bots even down in Silver, but I'm going through Silver leagues like a hot knife through butter with one level 6/7 bot. |
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Post by Bladeacer on Jun 17, 2019 4:53:39 GMT -5
Nice post day! It's really tempting to start a smurf account right now. But I'm in Silver and having loads of fun.  |
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Post by 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖍 on Jun 17, 2019 7:16:20 GMT -5
Good post! Pretty much how I set mine up but I eventually opened 3 total slots once I got 3 bots that I enjoyed playing. I kind of want to start another 1 bot after reading this though.
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Post by alexmcph on Jun 18, 2019 0:48:28 GMT -5
You dont need a second device. You can just make a new google account, sign in, clear war robots app cache data then start new hangar. Once this is done you can switch between your google accounts (and associated War Robots profile) in war robots menu anytime.
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Post by titan1200 on Jun 20, 2019 11:57:23 GMT -5
Yes.. this is the way! Running 5 accounts now! A couple of 1bots, an all flyers hanger... ect.. there is always fun to be had !!!
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Post by salieri on Jun 20, 2019 12:01:42 GMT -5
I saw a 1 gareth hangar at Master 2 once. Gareth was running Storm/halo mk2 max. I want to try the same with stalker gust. My long term plan is stalker halo.
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Post by Munki on Jun 20, 2019 12:58:02 GMT -5
Great post overall. I was going to post something like this but no longer need to. I agree with nearly all points made. 1-bot hanger is fun and you can get through a lot of rounds quickly. This aggregates many of the points and Ag quickly as well. On my smurf account, I did the Gareth to start and then got the $30 Nemesis. It is arguably the best bot for a 1-bot hanger.
For the early deals, if you do see a $1 bot like the Lancelot, get it. I sold it immediately for Ag which was a pretty cheap way to get a few million Ag. Just remember to sell the weapons before selling the bot since you may run into the situation where you do not have a bot to equip a weapon class like heavy weapons. If you cannot mount it, you also cannot access the screen where you can see it to sell it.
Currently my Nemesis got its Storms upgraded to level 10 and the bot started an upgrade to level 11. Has its free pilot but he has like 5 skills now I think. Also got an anticontrol and just two armor modules for the passives with Quantum Radar as the active. A leveled Last Stand would be useful but not completely necessary.
Regardless, I highly recommend making a 1 bot account. You too may re-discover the fun this game once offered you and it is very fun to see how the game now starts given I made my main account soon after the Brit Bots came out.
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Post by frunobulax on Jun 21, 2019 1:06:33 GMT -5
BTW, I have an Android clan for my smurf accounts - I changed the name and motto appropriately. Feel free to join, all one-bot hangars (and perhaps 2-bot hangars if you must) are very welcome :-)
Rank E at the moment, but 2 clan tasks per day are better than none.  |
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Post by Bladeacer on Jun 21, 2019 3:08:45 GMT -5
BTW, I have a clan for my smurf accounts - I changed the name and motto appropriately. Feel free to join, all one-bot hangars (and perhaps 2-bot hangars if you must) are very welcome :-)
Rank E at the moment, but 2 clan tasks per day are better than none. Ok I'm going to start my smurf account very soon  |
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Post by newuser on Jun 21, 2019 5:07:25 GMT -5
Nice and useful guild  |
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Post by awwarrobots on Jun 21, 2019 7:11:02 GMT -5
I'm doing it a bit different. Focused on a fun bot (Blitz), but got a five slot hangar with four silver bots. My aim is to have one META bot at a time, with all the rest at lvl 6. Gets me enough silver for upgrades, but manage to stay in EL. My problem with that approach is that I always had to go against bots with a lot higher level, which can be very frustrating. When I still played with my 6pack account (all level 6 and only legacy equipment) I had to play in every match against level 8-10 bots, some of them meta. I still won my share of battles, but it quickly got old going with level 6 DB Griffins against level 10 HP monsters (Leo, Raijin, Invader etc.) and Mercurys/Haechis/Spectres. I find it much more satisfying to play on an equal footing. Using a 2-bot hangar pretty much achieved this, I went to level 9 with my bots and played against level 8-10 opponents most of the time (which was high Expert/low Master at the time, I think about a year ago). I even bought a second hangar, running Gust Pursuer and Orkan Haechi as short range hangar and Scourge Ancilot and Trident Fury as long range hangar. Must have caused a few puzzled faces, looking at two 2-bot hangars :-) With a 1-bot hangar your level may even be a bit higher than your opponents, but not much. At least once you get to Diamond or so. There are a lot of level 8/9 bots even down in Silver, but I'm going through Silver leagues like a hot knife through butter with one level 6/7 bot. Ok, ran into an issue. Building a two slot hangar (for variety). Currently at the Punisher stage, running a Gary and a stock Au Qin - the latter I bought at 80% discount to be a sort of a simulator for my soon to be had META account Au Jun. Since I don't plan on upgrading the Punishers more than I have to, I started thinking about weps. Then I got stuck. I like brawling weps (Tarans etc. and shotguns). But brawling with two bots means I'm out very early. If I want to last and put in some damage I guess I have to go mid range. And I don't like that sort of gameplay. Any idea (maybe Scourge and the like?) |
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Post by Munki on Jun 21, 2019 8:26:49 GMT -5
BTW, I have a clan for my smurf accounts - I changed the name and motto appropriately. Feel free to join, all one-bot hangars (and perhaps 2-bot hangars if you must) are very welcome :-)
Rank E at the moment, but 2 clan tasks per day are better than none. I would join you but I am on iOS. Was going to make a clan for 1 bot there at some point if there are none to join. I just found a clan that would accept me and boy were they surprised when I cranked up their team points! I was very active with the account and given I could play many quick rounds and still come up towards the top in a given round, I could contribute much. It would be fun to see if a clan of single bot players can regularly beat teams of randoms who have 5 bot hangers. |
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Post by frunobulax on Jun 21, 2019 9:50:16 GMT -5
I find it much more satisfying to play on an equal footing. Using a 2-bot hangar pretty much achieved this, I went to level 9 with my bots and played against level 8-10 opponents most of the time (which was high Expert/low Master at the time, I think about a year ago). Then I got stuck. I like brawling weps (Tarans etc. and shotguns). But brawling with two bots means I'm out very early. If I want to last and put in some damage I guess I have to go mid range. And I don't like that sort of gameplay. No, brawling is a lot of fun in a 1-bot hangar. With my 2x Taran 1x Punisher Ao Guang (weapons now at level 8) I'll sometimes finish a domination game with a million damage! Just make sure you don't die quickly
But the thing is that you'll have to adjust your playing style. There are a lot of things you can do - all of them will also up your game when you use a regular account :-)
- Team up! Walking behind a blue tank like a Leo can shield you from fire too, but you also won't be alone in dealing with your opponents.
- Always pick your targets carefully. If you are in a bad matchup, look for a different opponent. For example, with Punishers stay just outside the range of your opponents if they have <350m, or get into your opponents face if they have range. With Tarans or Magnums stay at 350m, especially if you're up against Thunders, Punishers, Shotguns or Pinatas. If you have Plasma then look for Fujins and Ancile bots. If you have rockets then look for unshielded bots.
- Corner shoot.
- Wait until your opponent reloads. Then pop out and hit him.
- Go for opponents that are occupied with one of your teammates.
- Don't be afraid to hide until your weapons are reloaded.
- Don't be afraid to withdraw somewhere where you can get help from a teammate.
- Situational awareness is huge. There are whole threads about this.
- Maybe most importantly, don't be afraid to learn by dying :-) Everytime you die, ask yourself "could I have done something differently?" Sometimes the answer is simply no (if several reds team up agains you), but often the answer is that you were not careful enough, or too had not enough situational awareness.
Having said all this, it does help to run a bot that gives you some edge to survive for a while. This can be: - Stealth. You don't need to look for a high end bot, a Punisher or Gust Stalker can do some serious damage, even more a Pursuer.
- Speed. With a Gary you can run from opponents that you can't defeat.
- Shields. I played extensively with Ancile bots (Haechi, Ancilot). Make sure your Ancile regenerates if it's down. But a Gary, Galahad or Lancelot can survive for a long time too if you avoid opponents with rockets. A Bulwark is a great choice for a 1-bot hangar too.
- Hybrid range weapons. Scourges, Sparks and Calamities are great because many bots have a range of 350m or less, and you can attack them from just outside their maximal range. Punishers work nicely too.
- Resistence. I currently run a Ao Guang, but a Falcon will do just as well.
- Pilot with healing skill. You don't need to spend gold for slots and weapons for many bots, so use it to get a decent healing skill (Mechanic). You don't want to waste many power cells for healing, so it must be the pilot.
And there is another nugget of wisdom: Take what the game gives you. In one game I was down to 10k health and lost a weapon after a minute, my team was down to 4 players and 1 beacon after 2 minutes. As it turned out my one of my teammates came back, my adamant mechanic did its work (still chasing the mechanic skill, unfortunately) and my remaining 2 Tarans worked overtime. After 6 minutes we had meched the opponent, and I had almost a mil damage.
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Post by awwarrobots on Jun 21, 2019 12:37:19 GMT -5
Thanks. Very much appreciated.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Jun 21, 2019 15:40:24 GMT -5
In iOS, Aurora Nova ran an internal 6 Pack night called ‘One Bot Drop’ night where, though you had your hangar to pick from, each side fought it out with just the first bot dropped. Really fun to discuss on coms rapidly what each person would/should drop and then off to the races! Games were fast and furious.
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Post by grimjax on Jun 23, 2019 22:08:59 GMT -5
You dont need a second device. You can just make a new google account, sign in, clear war robots app cache data then start new hangar. Once this is done you can switch between your google accounts (and associated War Robots profile) in war robots menu anytime. Hmm, I tried the above but I still end up getting my original hanger even with the new account and profile. Do you need to uninstall the app and then reinstall it? |
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Post by awwarrobots on Jun 23, 2019 23:04:33 GMT -5
I don't know if it's a must but I did.
The steps I took (on Android), hoping I remember the steps right:
In the game, logged out of Google Games.
Settings, apps, war robots, clear cache.
Uninstalled War Robots.
Created a new Google account.
Ran Gmail, added that account and switched to it. Closed Gmail.
Installed war robots.
In game, logged in Google Games. At which point I was asked which account, linked the new one, and that's that.
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Post by alexmcph on Jun 23, 2019 23:29:32 GMT -5
No. You do not have to uninstall. Did you make the new google account through settings/accounts? Maybe it wasnt tied to your device or something? I had trouble the first time because i didnt clear the cache and data but no problem since then. You wont lose anything the server holds the info.
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Post by no pain 80 on Jun 24, 2019 0:23:08 GMT -5
i run three bots in my ios smurf. i am not going to open the fourth slot until i upgrade all my gear to mk112, probably never. i am running the builds that i like, not ones that the competetive league system imposes on me; can manage my league;and more importantly am having fun.
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Post by Moosi on Jun 25, 2019 4:29:22 GMT -5
Damn. Saved my keys to 1000, and got a Shocktrain.
Better luck next time.
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Post by grimjax on Jun 25, 2019 11:56:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the help I got my second account up and running with a Destrier and a Cossack. Stater off was for a gold taran Fujin plus 750 gold and a million silver for $9.99. I never really cared for the Fujin so I declined. I guess I could do it and sell the Fujin for the silver because the next offer was for an Au Quin for $4.99 which I took because the Au Quin was a gold robot I considered getting as a one or two not Now what to arm it with?
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Post by awwarrobots on Jun 25, 2019 12:01:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the help I got my second account up and running with a Destrier and a Cossack. Stater off was for a gold taran Fujin plus 750 gold and a million silver for $9.99. I never really cared for the Fujin so I declined. I guess I could do it and sell the Fujin for the silver because the next offer was for an Au Quin for $4.99 which I took because the Au Quin was a gold robot I considered getting as a one or two not Now what to arm it with? Did the same. The Au Qin is an amazing beacon capper. Very cheap to upgrade too. Gets you 5 gold in wins in most games. But very weak, so don't plan keeping it too long. Armed mine with Punishers. So so. |
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Post by Replicant on Jun 25, 2019 13:25:35 GMT -5
A couple of items to add: 1.) Upward league promotion is almost entirely driven by damage. Its relatively safe to upgrade your bot, but if you're not careful with your weapons you can find yourself advancing farther than you'd like. 2.) Keep in mind your potential damage output. Weapon level means nothing. Its the weapons statistics that matter. The best measure for this is typically Cyclical or Continuous DPS. The best example I can give here is comparing a Thunder to a Glory. Glory's damage at level 1 is comparable to Thunder's damage at level 5. 3.) My preference for single best bot to run on a smurf-like account is a Strider. Amazing mobility, and lots of weapon options. A Strider with one Level 5 Halo an Ecu and an Ancile does comparable damage to a stock Gareth with Punishers, but its so much more durable. 4.) Component gear offers a major advantage. A three-bot hanger works fine in Gold-Diamond if its mostly legacy. If you're planning on using component gear, 1-2 bots is probably the max. I've been running a "smurf" 3-bot account since before this post and its become my main. There are some specific recommendations in that thread that are a bit dated, but overall it holds up well. Probably time to go back and update it though. |
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Post by frunobulax on Jun 27, 2019 3:26:17 GMT -5
Bugger. Actually managed to get a Superchest with my new account, and drew an Eldritch Ares. Which would be a a great reward, except for the little fact that my other 1-bot smurf already runs an Eldritch Ares (won in the event where it was introduced). Ah well :-O
Both accounts are slowly producing components for the next bots I want to try, Avenger Weyland and Calamity Traditionalist Falcon. Guess I'll let these accounts lie for a month or so until the new bots are ready.
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Post by Munki on Jun 27, 2019 8:20:13 GMT -5
Damn. Saved my keys to 1000, and got a Shocktrain. Better luck next time. That is what I got with a 1000 keys on my smurf account. Congrats. Don't use it; sell it. It is worth like 5.6 million Ag if memory serves. So, better than the 3 or 4 million Ag payouts that the gold chest can give. Smurf accounts seem best when focused on one bot and set of weapons. Concentrate your winnings and resources on upgrading them and a pilot. |
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Post by Munki on Jun 27, 2019 8:31:45 GMT -5
Bugger. Actually managed to get a Superchest with my new account, and drew an Eldritch Ares. Which would be a a great reward, except for the little fact that my other 1-bot smurf already runs an Eldritch Ares (won in the event where it was introduced). Ah well :-O Both accounts are slowly producing components for the next bots I want to try, Avenger Weyland and Calamity Traditionalist Falcon. Guess I'll let these accounts lie for a month or so until the new bots are ready. Wow! I thought I played a lot but to get to a Superchest on a smurf account is impressive! So how much Ag can you get for selling the Ares? |
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