Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-71.63.178.61-20130805154359

The title says it all. The people that fork over the most $$$ to buy chains - guaranteed to catch the L10 Soundswaves - are the ones that will be in the top ranks.

I've fully evo'd the Lazerbeak, Ravage, and a Soundwave and it currently costs me a total of 4-5 cubes to go thru Level 9 on Hard. All of the wave bosses cost me a cube - which I get back when beating them. The L9 Soundwave costs me 5-6 but again - you get one back. At this point, I am just throwing a net at him rather than a chain and saying 'come what may'.

When I looked last night - I was maybe 15M off of being in the top 1000 (tier 2). Easily doable PROVIDING I BUY CHAINS FOR GUARANTEED SOUNDWAVE CAPTURES. As I said before, that is  essentially what will make people 'winners' or losers in this game: How much $$$ they are willing to spend on chains for those captures.

The looping space bridge got cheaper - with less loops - but so what? You need 4 ejects to max him rather than just two pieces. I guess this is better odds than trying to score both halves but you still pay a minimum of $10 for the card ($1 - $3 - $5 - $1). I didn't bother but part of me thinks they still might throw a Blaster at you to suck you in for another tier to complete your Eject card. $50 for a guaranteed 7x Blaster? WTF?

It was interesting to see the new format but this dumbed the game down even more. Your Allies don't come into play and the game is no longer about finding the right moments to jump into battles and/or snipe. You just waste a bunch of time repeating boring 'levels' and throw a chain at Soundwave (that you paid for) in order to get the real points that will get you into the top 3 tiers. I know you have a chance with the nets but for the 20 times you need to go thru a level to net a Soundwave, those spending money on chains are netting 20 to your 1. Good luck even trying to be in the top 3-4 tiers.

I was dumb enough to throw Mobage $20 to buy chains to complete my Soundwave, Ravage, and Lazerbeak. After doing so I sat there thinking:  is this all there is? Part of me was hoping the game would flip-flop half way thru in that you were using your Decepticon deck to go after the Autobots. Nope. I'm using a 5x Soundwave card to fight the same Soundwave. How messed up is that?

So yeah.. the game was pay to win previously but with this new format became even more so. It sucks for us vets but even more so for the newbies that don't have 800+ energon cubes stored up, 2M in 'coin' to power up your evo cards, 150+ battle cubes, etc. 