Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-9713390-20130614000458/@comment-10214922-20130618132555

Phonso34 wrote: Actually i am torn right now to hit every x1 i see or just pick them once in awhile cause i do want to have some leftover battle cubes to use for next event and having the x1 release 3 days early is a real two-sided coin for me....on one side, like what masa said a guaranteed 20k but on the other side one battle cube less in my storage, i had already skip 2 or 3 x1 because of this mindset.....anyone care to give me their 2 cents worth of advice..

Phonso, I let you in on my most important secret strat (the 'Day 4' Strat). By this stage you should be able to anticipate exactly what bounty the final two L6 bosses are going to be. Brawn is 28000, Ratchet is 33000, so Wheeljack will probably about 40000, and Ironhide will either be either 50000 or 60000 depending on whether his R5 status inflates his health and bounty.

So you'll be thinking that you want to save 300+ cubes to hit the 40000 to 60000 point bounties. Given the current pace, you won't see 300 of these bosses however. Also given the relative weakness of most players in the episode, for any of these bosses to actually die, at least one player is going to have to spend 3 to 6 cubes to kill the boss (and carry the other taggers). If they spend 3 cubes, the boss is not guaranteed to die, with 6, possibly a guaranteed kill. However there is a lot of uncertainty at the late stage of the game. Time and cubes are wasted as bosses time out.

Now, for these players, they are going to have to decide whether they want to spend:

3 cubes (MVP not guaranteed but possible) 

40K bounty- 13.3K or 20K (MVP) per cube

50K bounty- 16.7K or 25K (MVP) per cube

60K bounty- 20K or 30K (MVP) per cube

6 cubes (MVP guaranteed)

40K bounty- 10K (MVP) per cube

50K bounty- 12.5K (MVP) per cube

60K bounty- 15K (MVP) per cube

From my experience as a top 100 player, the scenarios that are most likely are that I will need to spend 6 cubes to make sure the boss goes down especially in order to clear the feed and keep getting points. On the last day, I don't want to have six 3 cubed bosses sitting in my feed for 20 - 30 minutes. This is where I am trying to boost score by hitting the biggest bounties, so I need to kill the bosses and move on (this pace is in the hands of the big hitting player). But my net result is only 12.5K to 15K per cube spent.

Now this is where the 'Day 4' Strategy starts to shine.

Can you get better than 12.5 or 15K per cube on day 4?

If you can, then you are doing as well as a top 100 player cube for cube, plus you have already accumulated a points score over half the event, meaning you are seeing more boss seeds and don't have to rely on day 6/7 rush to get on the scoreboard. You are also able to pace your cubes, and stop when you want to, and spend energon to get cube recharges etc. when there is time. There is more control in your hands. If you wait to day 6 or day 7, you are playing catch-up and at a disadvantage because your low score is not allowing you to see the major boss seeds, and you cannot anticipate the pace on the last day or whether you will even be able to spend all the cubes you wanted to.

I made my major move based on two cubing Ironhide 1 (10K) and getting MVP and finisher - total 15K per cube. I also seed Ironhide 3 (13.8K) for a cube, wait till it gets low and MVP finish it, for 20.7K per cube. Now I know you can't do this with your deck, but the principle is the same. You can get end game points mid game by clever tactics. If you can get 20K per cube, jump on it. Because it is better than most people will get on day 6/7.