Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-9605025-20140517212349/@comment-24829928-20140520215138

Andrewds1021 wrote: @Agamerjes

Well, perhaps you could share a few pointers. I've been playing consistently (mostly intensively) for a year now (not giving in to the urge to buy images) and still can't get my dp over 10k. If you really so have a strategy for reaching 40k in a month with no purchases, please share. Wasn't not trying to imply I am an expert or anything. If you would have watched me during Darkness pt 1, you'd likely laugh at all the silly newbie mistakes. Seriously, it was tragically funny how stupid I was with resources in the first week or so.

As to tips, it greatly depends on what event type the week is. As others have said, different event have different tactics and strategies. Ddr posted a lot of good tips. I'll try and run down what I have done, week to week. Memory is a bit off, so bare with me on the vagueness though.

The best thing I did was come here. I stumbled through Darkness pt 1, transcanning cards before they were leveled, blowing transmetals on R1-R3, completely ignoring weapons. I was a wreck. Then I came here and read and read and read. Recent threads, ancient threads, various links. I knew the in-game descriptions sucked on day 1, so I needed outside help. I learned what evolve cards were and how they worked here. The in-game menu sure didn't answer anything. Also jumped on live chat and asked questions, or sat and read what others talked about.

By the time that Darkness pt 2 came about, I had a game plan. I knew not to waste resources on anything short of R5, R4 for weapons. I knew not to aim for T1 with a starter deck, so I aimed for 5k+... rewards were upgrades, clearly, but would not break my back or demand cash to hit. I began fleshing out my allies list with wiki community members. I used the friends code for the added goods. I finished out the 4 starter missions to get the 136 energon mark. I entered Darkness pt 2 and spent $3 on full energon at space bridge to get me going and I just went. I hit each event with simple strategies.

Campaigns, I grinded until I hit a boss I couldn't beat easily (consistently needed 3 cubes). I farmed the Easy campaign for energon early in the week and the boss I considered my "wall" later in the week for points. I wasn't breaking records, but I was ending T4/T3 and getting upgrades. But, I didn't try to level those upgrades yet.

When raids happened, same thing. Played as much as I could the first day or so, suck up the small energon cubes. Later in the week, I one-cubed everything and seeded them for my ally list. They got the cubes, I got the points and the medals. That is when I upgraded. Raids are where the medals rolled in and that is when I tried to MTM cards, but only when I had the resources to MTM it. A max level x10 bot and X10 alt is better DP than a lvl 5 X10 transcanned.

Only encountered one team event thus far, Monstrosity. I dislike those. I scan for bosses, 1-2 cube current bosses to add combo points... but those are about teamwork. If the rest aren't doing anything, you're swimming against the current. I got 2 wins that week, put in minimal effort, and still walked away with upgrades.

As I said before, I spent about $80 overall. The big purchase was that starter raid deck they had a few weeks ago... for $21 or whatever. GoC and a few others recommended Depth Charge card and BB's weapon was a solid choice. Rest of the cash was a few bc here and there, a full energon charge now and then, and one bulk buy of energon chains because I wanted an evolved motormaster, before I realized how subpar evolve card stats are. lol

Sorry this was a long post, won't see another like it again. I was aiming to be clear on this topic. I thought I was going off-track and I might be seen as not caring row low-DP players. That was never my intentions. Trying to give back to the folks that helped me get started, is all. :)