9 is the max number of squads you can have as of now. I forget when it unlocked.. Maybe 95kish Combined power?...or somewhere around there.

 

Warpath's stats are less than ideal.

 

His regular DPS. I believe it's the weakest for a gunner in the game. Getting a bot to level 10 SA is pretty rare, so I don't think most people would bother with getting Warpath there.

 

Went after Star Saber, foolishly. First bundle did have a 3* in it, but I already have that.

Of course my buddy got the 4*.

 

Good points. I can't begin to think about hanging with HQ 16 though...

 

Current event has been running for 9 hours now. I scored 1,200 points, second guy 500, third one 200. The rest is inactive and I realized they no longer play the game (despite 32 members in alliance). So more or less I can grind like crazy, somehow hope to get to 6,000, most likely on my own, and then I'll get a crystal with poor chance of getting Warpath, right? In other words I should join a different alliance or do one of my own, right?
If I leave alliance, my points earned so far for the event get lost, correct.

 

You would lose your points, yes... but if you went to a fully active alliance, you'd get anywhere from 30-45 crystals. Instead of just the 1. So I would probably try to find an active alliance, if I were you.

 

Thanks for the info. I’ve been playing the game for 238 days. I’m at level 67, my base is close to being fully upgraded other than harvesters (which I do need to upgrade to toughen it up a bit) and stasis mines.

I’ve finally gotten around 10 bots to level 50/51. SA levels 5-7. I’ve still got a bunch of 4-stars in the level 45-49, and leveling those whole squads seems to be taking forever.

I will soon be able to upgrade my HQ to 16, when my bots usually can’t deal with a max HQ15. Not complaining or anything, just an observation.

@Big Bronze Rim - curious about how long a top player like you has been playing this game...

 

One crystal by itself isn't worth anything, you need several to get a decent chance of a Warpath unlock.
My personal goal is that 30 crystals minimum must have been acquired before the events end.
There was someone in the game who believed all they needed to do to win Warpath was get to 6000, they had to be corrected on their error of assumption.

I think at this point, the game belongs to the alliances with 30-35 members and support networks with other Alliances built in.
For example, when the top rung of the alliance ladder gets their complete event prize, their most productive members go down to the next highest rung to maximise the crystals won for that alliance.
So based on this knowledge, an alliance with inactive members or not enough members just won't achieve the event goal.

Maybe it was added when the ability to use the opposing faction's character unlocks was implemented.
Since the number of unlocks was doubled, it would make sense to add additional team slots to accomodate that change.

It was a hypothetical calculation, that in order to use up all my power cells in one gameplay session, I'll need 10 teams at the cost of 5 cells per team.
But 9 is fairly close, so that's acceptable.

In my personal experience, I've also seen melee tanks/characters get that close to the HQ, so I assume they'd also be affected by the flamer HQ core.

 

A 2 and 3* Skullsmasher for my Decepticon alliance, and a 2* Warpath for my Autobot alliance. Still hunting for 4* versions though.

 

Depends on what level you want to play at, but I wouldn’t recommend wasting time upgrading most 3*’s to 51, there are only a few worth it...like healers, astrotrain/Springer, megatron/Optimus...everyone else will still be too weak for even hq 15, let alone being able to tackle hq 16...just something to think about...it is a 6 day upgrade

I have 20 maxed 3*’s only ones I will upgrade are reflector, shockwave, astrotrain and thundecracker...everyone else is not worth it...I might do megatron...but I won’t until I start chasing medals again

As far as powerleveling goes...I’m sure everyone tries to score as many points as possible for events...that’s why I don’t really get down with leaderboards...I usually on 2xp weekends send in one bot to 3 bot teams between zone 10-12, can I score more? Of course...but why? I can send ds or de into zone 10 solo for 16k on average xp, or 2 gunners and a healer in zone 12 for 8-9k each...basically if you are trying to “score” a lot of points means less xp for your troops...You’ll be leveling forever always sending 7 bots out during battles.

 

My strongest gunners are maxed 3 Stars, so it makes sense for me to take them to 51.

 

This is an interesting discussion and would love to hear views... Who are the 3* worth leveling to 51+?

Reflector, Hook, Megs, Deathsaurus, Deadend, Scourge, Skywarp?

These are some of the key warbots that I unfortunately don’t have in 4*

Why Thundercracker?