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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 10, 2017 15:57:14 GMT -5
Hey guys I need some sage advice on working my hanger, I stare at it, not sure where to go next... should I replace weapons, I know I need to level em up, but in what order?? Replace a bot? Slot 1 is vintage but I'm not sure what to fill it with, I am saving WSP for Tarans, but mostly I just sit and stare and not know what to do I've only a couple M in Ag, enough WSP for one taran, and 2k Au. I need direction, I'm fretting over spending monies in the wrong place and regretting it. im in silver III, soon to be silver II in a couple more matches...... unless I booger it up...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 16:18:07 GMT -5
You will never regret owning Tarans (3-4), Magnums (2-4), Orkans (2-4), and a leveled up Thunder (1-2). Just my 2 cents. So I would focus on acquisition of these weapons, and then leveling them.
In the short term, you could make a few immediate changes:
Vitz - Punisher and Thunder are short range weapons. Pin is a midrange. I would use Pinata instead, and engage with all weapons under 300m. Better yet, swap it with a BOA and put a thunder and your 1st Orkan on it.
The Griffs are decent bots. The current meta builds that don't involve Orkans are: Pins with Tulus for a 500m engagement (RDB Griff), or Tarans and Magnums (Plasma Griff).
Molots and Punishers are fun and fine, but at higher levels they are less common and most bots carry all rockets (Pins and Tulus, and Orkans with Pinatas) or all Plasma (magnums and tarans).
Cheers!
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 10, 2017 16:56:41 GMT -5
You will never regret owning Tarans (3-4), Magnums (2-4), Orkans (2-4), and a leveled up Thunder (1-2). Just my 2 cents. So I would focus on acquisition of these weapons, and then leveling them. In the short term, you could make a few immediate changes: Vitz - Punisher and Thunder are short range weapons. Pin is a midrange. I would use Pinata instead, and engage with all weapons under 300m. Better yet, swap it with a BOA and put a thunder and your 1st Orkan on it. The Griffs are decent bots. The current meta builds that don't involve Orkans are: Pins with Tulus for a 500m engagement (RDB Griff), or Tarans and Magnums (Plasma Griff). Molots and Punishers are fun and fine, but at higher levels they are less common and most bots carry all rockets (Pins and Tulus, and Orkans with Pinatas) or all Plasma (magnums and tarans). Cheers! I had a couple boas, (dumped em as they seemed to be targets) and I have a stockpile of thunders from earlier on, the pin ended up on the vitz because I stole a punisher for a griffin and replaced it with a pin from my stash.... My griffin issue is too often my pin/tulu would get run up on while reloading so I swapped on the punishers to keep the Reds at bay lest I get pulverized while I reload. Should I get orkans? or keep saving my meager gold for slot 5?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 17:02:15 GMT -5
[AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper , slot 5 is a big deal, and its good you are thinking along those lines. That said, you stated that you are feeling directionless. I think it is totally acceptable to get 1-2 Orkans before 5th slot, as those Orkans will help you get there, and may make the matches more fun for you. When you reach the upper leagues, you will almost always be running at least one pair of Orkans, so buying them and upgrading them is not a waste of resources. Boa is a great balance of HP, decent speed, and good firepower. I ran two in the old days and loved em. But different strokes for different folks. Cheers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 17:26:46 GMT -5
Replace both Molot Griffins with 2 Thunder Pinata Leos or a Thunder Pinata Leo and a Punisher Griffin. Replace the Pin and Punisher on the Vityaz with 2 Pinatas. Replace the Punishers on the last Griffin with 2 Pins.
WSP Purchase Order (for you): 2x Tarans, 1x Magnum, 2x Tarans, 2x Magnums, 2x Tridents, Carnage, Rhino, Stalker, 2x Magnums, 2x Tarans, 1x Trident, 1x Fujin, 2x Hydras, 3x Trebs, 1x Raijin
AU Purchase Order: 5th slot, 2x Orkans, 1x Galahad, 2x Orkans, 1x Fury, 4x Aphids, 1x Lancelot, 1x Ancile, 2x Zeus, 1x Gareth
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 10, 2017 19:34:34 GMT -5
I was thinking of replacing the vitz with a leo, swapping the thunder over, I have the pins to put on whatever but wasn't sure it would be long term smart or just short term
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Post by snk on Apr 11, 2017 0:42:18 GMT -5
Tulumbus/Pin Griffin - mid range 500m Taran/Magnum Griffin - 350m Orkan/Piñata Griffin - 300m Thunder/piñata or Magnum Leo - 300 or 350m
If you want a beacon runner, replace the Leo to a Taran/Magnum Gareth. You should go for 5th slot after you set your 4 bots with their weapons. Don't upgrade too much on the items that you are going to replace after 5th slot, and concentrated upgrade weapons like eg Taran, Orkan, around 2-4 magnums (depend if you want buy Galahad, keep Gareth and PDB Griffin), 2 Piñata (if you like DB Griffin) etc.
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Post by FRΞΞDØM☆F1GHTΞR on Apr 11, 2017 13:04:16 GMT -5
+1 to everything @heavypanda has said here.
All of the other advice should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 11, 2017 19:33:44 GMT -5
I'm thinking of just plugging along and getting those tarans first and using the silver to level them up, then try and level up the weapons overall evenly, I've swapped the pins back to the tulumba griffin, the tarans will go on the magnum grif.....
I think this is a safe step, but honestly this gold saving for slot 5 is a bummer, I've never spent gold for anything outside of slots, and I need like 2900 more for that slot, it's going to be forever to save for it without spending real cheddar on pretend gold.
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 13, 2017 9:29:08 GMT -5
I dropped the vitz in favor of a Leo, strapped it with a thunder, some spare punishers leveled to 4, I'm making some more gold and silver at least!!
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 14, 2017 17:21:33 GMT -5
Please see my rant from last night regarding my mad piloting skills of my updated hangar!
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 18, 2017 7:32:55 GMT -5
Some hangar changes, slot 1 is now a Leo with thunder and 3 pinatas, all at box stock level 5, slot two is back to pins and molots at level 5, slot 3 is magnums/tarans at level 5, slot 4 is pins/tulumbas at level 5
Upping the plasmas to level 6 right now, my question is should I level the weapons on all bots up collectively to 6, then 7 or focus on one bot to level it up to like 9 and then go to the next bot?
Trying to make my silver do the most good
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Post by snk on Apr 18, 2017 9:21:29 GMT -5
Some hangar changes, slot 1 is now a Leo with thunder and 3 pinatas, all at box stock level 5, slot two is back to pins and molots at level 5, slot 3 is magnums/tarans at level 5, slot 4 is pins/tulumbas at level 5 Upping the plasmas to level 6 right now, my question is should I level the weapons on all bots up collectively to 6, then 7 or focus on one bot to level it up to like 9 and then go to the next bot? Trying to make my silver do the most good The most used weapons are 2-4 Taran and 2-4 Orkan , Around 2-4 Magnums, Around 1-3 Thunders, 0-2 Piñata Others weapons like Zeus, Tridend, 2Pin/2Tulumbus, 2 Apihds are pretty good as well for some build. If you only want to upgrade the weapons you are using for a long time, upgrade 2 Orkan, 2 Taran and 2 Magnum. They are used by almost all people at higher league ATM. The bots mostly used by ppl at highest league may be Lancelot, Galahad, Fury, Griffin and Carnage.
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Post by gr3ygh05t on Apr 18, 2017 10:37:58 GMT -5
Some hangar changes, slot 1 is now a Leo with thunder and 3 pinatas, all at box stock level 5, slot two is back to pins and molots at level 5, slot 3 is magnums/tarans at level 5, slot 4 is pins/tulumbas at level 5 Upping the plasmas to level 6 right now, my question is should I level the weapons on all bots up collectively to 6, then 7 or focus on one bot to level it up to like 9 and then go to the next bot? Trying to make my silver do the most good All right you are doing good and headed in the right direction. Your next priority should be to replace the Molot/Pin Griff. You already have an RDB and that is your mid ranger.
Some options for you to consider:
WSP = Thunder Carnage for close range ambush action or a pair of Tridents and a Natty for a second mid ranger.
Gold = Galahad (or Gary depending on you league. The lower the league the more viable the Gary is) or Orkans 2x for the DB
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 18, 2017 11:06:54 GMT -5
Do I save gold for 5th slot (my knee jerk reaction is to get 5th slot) or spend it on orkans? And hopefully that ramps up gold gathering. Lately I've been getting spawned into Gold I&II matches where I'm vastly underpowered with my hangar, which is why I need to level up my gear or replace with better weapons, but as usual I waffle on doing anything for fear of wasting resources
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Post by snk on Apr 18, 2017 17:16:10 GMT -5
Do I save gold for 5th slot (my knee jerk reaction is to get 5th slot) or spend it on orkans? And hopefully that ramps up gold gathering. Lately I've been getting spawned into Gold I&II matches where I'm vastly underpowered with my hangar, which is why I need to level up my gear or replace with better weapons, but as usual I waffle on doing anything for fear of wasting resources Saving 5k + 2.4k Au for 5th slot and Orkans need months, I prefer buy Orkans first and upgrade them while waiting for 5k. Having 2 high level Orkans vs new Orkans in 2-3 months time make a huge difference.
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Post by [AuNv][AurS]GrainReaper on Apr 18, 2017 18:17:03 GMT -5
2400 Au for orkans, I've got 2500ish Au, so rock the orkans and grind out the gold after? I will pull the trigger tonight if it's reasonable plan...
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Post by snk on Apr 18, 2017 19:09:39 GMT -5
2400 Au for orkans, I've got 2500ish Au, so rock the orkans and grind out the gold after? I will pull the trigger tonight if it's reasonable plan... I will get Orkan first then 5th slot, and try to upgrade 2 Orkan, 3 Taran, 2 Magnum to level 9-10 during saving 5k for 5th slot. You will keep changing bots and weapons after 5th slot, having high level weapons mentioned above means you can transfer them to your shinning new bot without waiting for upgrade. In addition, these weapons are great for the bots you are using.
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Post by gr3ygh05t on Apr 18, 2017 19:18:38 GMT -5
2400 Au for orkans, I've got 2500ish Au, so rock the orkans and grind out the gold after? I will pull the trigger tonight if it's reasonable plan... I actually did that before and I bought 2 orkans because I wanted to play a DB griffin and it turned out OK it was actually a decent investment.
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