Board Thread:Current Episode Discussion/@comment-9890645-20140430160312/@comment-3531035-20140430180939

Final Rank: 43rd

Final Score: 143,151,074 points

Deck Power (Pre/Begining/End/Post): 30k up to 32.2k with Deilberata/Hardshell/LongHaul added

Money Spent (and currency): $0 this event

Coins Spent: 1150 coins between the 3 tiers in Loop 1 (tier 1 and tier 3 were guaranteed and I got the Powerglides I needed) and also made 2 pulls from weapons bridge

Battle Cubes: 1300 BCs used/spent between the end of Day #1 (infiniplay) and end of event

Energon Cubes: 860 EC recharges used/spent between the end of Day #1 (EC farming) and end of event - but I'm still net +250 from Day 1 farming for this event

Ruby Pulls: 10 pulls @ 2k per pull (still had 1500 rubies at the end of the event) and had 6 Alts, 4 Rob... so MTM 4 of them, can't complain about that ratio.

Medals: Got nothing out of all my character golds or silvers (was hoping for a Grim piece but no luck). Used about 10k as upgrade fodder for T1 R6 card. From weapons I managed to pull 3 Grimlock weapons but no PG weapons :(

Liked: Resource farming was great as always for the first 1-2 days

Disliked: Still pretty much a solo event, as raiders were yet again fairly available as long as you did proper farming during day 1 which carried over to enough DP to continue 1 cubing in day 2, which has a domino effect as you kept farming rubies and MTM'ing PGs. This resulted in seeds dying at a crazy pace (but slightly better/slower than before) and you could only hit them if you were on a good device + internet/WIFI connection. Way too much time and energy was spent as a result to keep pace and stay within T1, especially the last 48 hours. Allies "helping" with seeds don't matter too much, wish they'd bring that element back a bit more. I hate the way that they (the game) sucks you in with the x10 raiders and make you feel like you have a chance to T1, so you commit to it the first 2-3 days, then realize that while it can be done - still takes a shit-ton of time, energy, and mental toughness to finish the last 2-3 days of the event in the top 100.

Other: Raid events are still the farmer's dream, as free BCs can be easily converted quickly (assuming you have a strong enough deck throughout the week as it progresses and you haven't hit level 999) and the first 24 hours is a tap-fest (and possibly a health hazard). Broke my personal record and managed to farm 1107 EC recharges in the first day, but I was a broken man (although happy to see 1107 ECs in my inventory). During that farming streak I also stayed within top 5 rank for about 5 hours and top 10 for about 12 hours.