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    How to counter savagery spam?

    in Questions

    Posted · Edited by SawzAll (see edit history)

    On 7/10/2022 at 10:08 PM, Monke King said:

    Say what now?

    Mid-ranks stuff.

    On 7/11/2022 at 1:59 AM, OKI DOKI said:

    but nightmare still played on R1. 

    Yes, hold on to that Nightmare.

    My only concern was that I've seen low and mid rank players all the time with a max Nightmare but no resistance, sucky stats, etc.  I know that's fine, and normal, because it's low/mid ranks.  But honestly, if you don't have premium resistance of any kind (like many low/mid rank players), it's better to have a monkey torso.  If you don't have resistance, at least have tons of HP.

    Monkey torsos still get up towards R3 as well, or at least R5.

    Your best options are still LPV/MPV for top ranks if you have at least a defense matrix (I've made R1 with a defense matrix and MPV).  Better yet, 3 x fortress with LPV/MPV.

    Those who successfully play Nightmare in top ranks have lots of combined modules, fortresses, and platinums.  I know @Marija uses it in top ranks, and I know @Lord Gorgon has also.  But they have the premium modules to do so 🙂 

    In some ways, LPV/MPV and Nightmare are "interchangeable" in that some builds have better stats with Nightmare and an additional platinum than with MPV/LPV and one less platinum.  But this is just how SM is, as a game.  Have lots of options.  Have a deep inventory.  It makes more builds possible.

    I still hold on to one monkey torso of each kind in my accounts.

    How to counter savagery spam?

    in Questions

    Posted · Edited by SawzAll (see edit history)

    10 minutes ago, AKITTENINABOWL said:

    Just shut up or you will be added to my list of people that will get banned right after I buy the game.

    And that is why you are ignored now.

    The OP would do good to do the same.

    Savagery is range 4-8. Scopes won't protect you from that weapon if your cooling sucks. Eventually people at your rank have enough HP to survive the scope, but if you didn't fix your modules, they'll still overheat you.

    Dude is rank 20, that's probably one of the first things they need to do is get modules.

    How to counter savagery spam?

    in Questions

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, AKITTENINABOWL said:

     BTW who said the meta I created is new?

    Create: make something, usually new.

    How is building a meta mech bragging rights?

    What's your IGN?

    On 6/19/2022 at 10:20 AM, AKITTENINABOWL said:

    Another solution: Build a scope mech.

    That won't help if his modules are still not good or non-existent.

     

    How to counter savagery spam?

    in Questions

    Posted · Edited by SawzAll (see edit history)

    On 6/19/2022 at 8:52 AM, Piercer said:

    Hi, i have seen many people spam savagery in arena. Im always losing because this one strategy, can someone help me?

    Have good cooling.  Dual savagery builds do not make it into top ranks.  You need at least 625 cap and 325 cooling on all your builds.  Indeed, maybe even 350+ cooling.

    Savagery is range 4.  Pull it closer, out of range, if you can.

    Or drain their energy.

    Dual savagery builds are a lot like dual desolation builds: unless you have the right premiums, they're garbage.  And depending on recoilers is, in my opinion, not a good idea.

    What mech builds are you using?

    Also, if you tell me your modules are still legendary, that's your #1 problem.  Upgrade them to mythical.

    On 6/29/2022 at 9:10 AM, Piercer said:

    Bruh im at rank 20

    You might need a padawan clan to help you learn and grow.  I have one: N0ble Padawans.

    On 7/8/2022 at 1:25 PM, AKITTENINABOWL said:

    Everybody knows that windigo is better. I'm giving him stupid tips because he doesn't understand something very important. BTW you are talking to a guy that created a meta.

    Please don't abuse the newbies.

    On 7/8/2022 at 4:45 AM, AKITTENINABOWL said:

    Just get zark then. It's trash but If you don't understand that modules are as important as everything else just do it.

    BTW you are talking to a guy that created a meta.

    Don't.

    Also, don't think you made a META, and I don't care either.  Who the heck are you?  I'd know you by now if you created some sort of new META.  With all due respect, you're essentially trying to be the captain of a dingey.

    On 7/8/2022 at 1:53 PM, Tigergeezer said:

    If you're rank 20, go for Nightmare as your torso, and max it.  It's a very decent torso, and you can max it pretty quickly - it's light so you have weight to stack up some heat modules.  It should drop from mix boxes as a common or rare.  Or if you're building a pure energy mech, go for Naga if it drops for you.  

    With all due respect, this is not good advice because you didn't explain enough.  IF Nightmare is the ONLY torso he can get, ok, that's one thing.  But low/mid rank players do NOT have enough fortresses, platinums, and combined modules to make this torso super powerful.  If he's new and gets a monkey torso of any kind, that would be a much better torso to use.

    In low/mid ranks, your torsos, from best to worst, are FHA, then REA, then HSA, then (ONLY if you get a defense matrix) MPV/LPV.  If not, Windigo and Nightmare would be your 4th/5th torso, with Naga as 6th.

    Modules for Nightfall + Annihilation build

    in Building - Physical Mech

    Posted · Edited by SawzAll (see edit history)

    8 hours ago, Monke King said:

    I would add a savior ressistance

    It doesn't provide enough to be useful in the arena on monkey torsos.  I've tested this one extensively.  You need at least about 70 resistance in every category before it gets to a useful point, if you trade resistance for HP.  That's why monkey torsos dominate low and mid ranks: most low and mid rank players don't have defense matrix or 3 x fortresses.

    And that post was like from 2020.  I'm now a rank 2 player.

    Those who have 3 x monkey torsos in low/mid ranks should just max them and hold on to them, don't bother with resistance yet unless you get some good ones.  For a mech with a MPV/LPV vest to make it into top ranks, they'll usually need at least a defense matrix, or a max protector + a platinum.

    That's why monkey torsos work so well in mid ranks.  If you have no resistance, go to the max with your HP.

    But you still see monkey torsos in top ranks on good builds, so ....

    For low/mid rank players, Nightmare also isn't so good.  It's light weight, but low/mid rank players don't usually have tons of combined modules, fortresses and platinums to make Nightmare a pay-off.  It's always useful in RAID, however.

    7/5 Campaign FB chance update: 1V1 is completely done

    in Game Discussions

    Posted

    All, 

         Thanks to the help of the research team, people like @Rambo @Knae gae ear Nena, @Sushi @renkobyasi @Diablooder and others who aren't even on this forum, we have completed FB chance analysis of all the 1V1 campaign boss levels.  Not surprisingly, Big Boy (final boss) has the highest FB return rate.

         We are now moving on to study all the 2V2 campaign boss levels.

         This chart should help you figure out which levels might be the best for you to farm in the campaign.  (Example: you're new but somehow you got a heat fortress early in the game but you can't farm Overlord's Den yet; you could farm Scavenger pass, Frozen Abyss or Dry Lands possibly.)

         Watch the research happen:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14RulUeu8g7bTZb4N9rSZ5bRoqpZvrXac7CbAhmt-dDY/edit?usp=sharing

     

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    Backstabbing Protector

    in Questions

    Posted

    14 hours ago, FallenAngel said:

    So is there any recommendation?

    Yeah, just keep playing the game.  Maybe farm arena missions with high fortune box rates like 1V1 Big Boy (on insane if you can).

    5 hours ago, FallenAngel said:

    But the guardian has very similar stats tho

    Similar how?

    These players in this clan need to be banned or arena fixed

    in Bugs & Issues

    Posted

    12 hours ago, AftoKrator said:

    each mech gets a rating based on mech parts and how upgraded they are

    So far, when I ran a study on matchmaking, it seems to try to match you with someone who is close to your rank, maybe 1 star above you.  I don't think match making is the problem.

    I like your idea though!

    I think the dropping ranks thing is the problem.  I proposed a rank 10 limit (sort of like rank 5) so that those who want to smurf would need to wait 1-2 seasons to do so (i.e. if you're rank 5 and you want to smurf, you'd need to fall below 5 at the first season reset, then fall some more and wait at 10 for the next season reset).  Though some people on the former mod team endorsed the idea, others didn't.

    I can see what you're saying about a rating system, but that rating system seems, to me, to be based on the clan war defense team you built, not on your actual inventory.

    I would say instead (see my other thread I accidentally started) that it should be based on your total inventory.  Most players who have 45 myths or more should be at least rank 10.  Therefore I think if you have 45 myths or more (or a different number, we can decide that later) it shouldn't let you go below rank 10.

    That way if you try to smurf, it should be PAINFUL to do so, i.e. you'd have to food myths.

    Could people still smurf with 44 (or whatever number we decide, minus 1) myths?  Sure.  But they would be sacrificing their ability to ever get into top ranks, so that should harm them.

    Again, the number can be something other than 45, but I'm just saying there are other ways to run this game logic.

    It would require, however, code to be added to the game for this.  I don't know if Alex is interested in doing that.

    New Idea to Stop Smurfs: Inventory Counting

    in Game Discussions

    Posted · Edited by SawzAll (see edit history)

    An idea I just had for fixing smurfs: maybe going by their inventory would be the best way to prevent smurfs.  So if they have, for example, 3 max vests, 3 maxed massive type legs, etc. if they have a certain # items and such, they should not be allowed to go below rank 10.  It may not be a perfect way to prevent smurfs, but it would mean that smurfing would be way harder.  To smurf, you'd almost have to food all kinds of your myth items to convince the game you're not a smurf.  I don't know if this would work, so it's an idea I haven't had time to think about, but it's an idea.  What does everyone think?

    It would have to be configured in the game a certain way, so it might take time to set it up, but I would think it should work.

    Maybe if you have 45 myth items, it should not let you fall below 10?

    Note, it doesn't have to be 45 items, we can decide what # items it should be.

    why is everything so bad in the game can you answer from the one who is responsible for the game?

    in Questions

    Posted · Edited by SawzAll (see edit history)

    15 hours ago, OKI DOKI said:

    I have 231 myth parts

    I agree with you.  There are two ways to improve at SM (other than the things you can just learn on here).  Cash and time.

    I played the cash game for a while.  I was able to get rank 2/1.  Now I could care less.

    Long term players have more weapons at their disposal, you're right.

    In some ways this results in pressure to be in a top clan, any top clan, even a toxic one.  I think this should be fixed in some way so that clans are more about the participation and teamwork than just being in them.  In some ways, this game already does a pretty good job with that, but it could use some slight improvements.  Clan rewards should be set up in a way that teamwork, not just how well you can do (which is based on rank and your items) should be rewarded.  Not participation trophies, but more that clans who have the most active members (in the game and in clan wars) should get slightly better odds on clan war rewards.  Thus you could encourage teamwork by configuring the clan wars so that fighting in clan wars (not just clicking to sign up) results in higher drop rates.  Some clans seem to be full of "lead sleds", i.e. people with 3K+ HP claw butt nuggets who don't seem to attack.  Those should get lower drop rates when they don't fight or, for example, have maybe half their people actually fighting in clan wars, versus the clan full of rank 10 people who all fight in the clan wars should get higher drop rates.

    I think events and other things will keep the game alive.  I am thankful for the GOAT tournaments and portals.  I can see the game player traffic increase on these days, so it must be working to a point.  Good deals also do this.

    However, top 3 players are almost always boosted.  If you see Lord Gorgon in top 3, I am confident he doesn't boost.  So your dreams of becoming top 1-3 are mostly never going to happen without TWO accounts that are elite.  Or access to an account that is elite.  Some clans have such accounts at their disposal, but mostly it's the top 10 or so.

    I can't speak for you, OKI DOKI, but for me, the only things that are fun right now are clan wars, RAID, and sometimes research.  I don't make content just to make content, and I'm not some YTer either, though I have recorded YT videos.  Dreaming of being a famous SM YTer is a joke, don't waste your life.

    To me, RAID is fun because it's a puzzle.  Clan wars are fun because they are a puzzle, sort of.  Clan interaction among my team mates is what makes it fun.  Hanging out.  Research is ok but that's just because I'm a Sheldon Cooper type: I like to know stuff.

    I think there are some important things that can be done in SM that would make the game 1) more fun for newbies (such as trying to find a way to detect smurfs, etc.) and 2) more fun for those who have been playing a long time (portals, events, etc.).  I also think boosting needs to be handled and/or ended because it takes the hopes and dreams of people who want to legitimately earn #1 player and poops on them.  This is from MANY interviews with players in my own clan and in other clans: many give up once they learn the truth.  I don't go around telling them, but if people ask, I explain.

    I am glad the farming aspect of the campaigns still exists.  That lets me farm in the background while I do important school things and such.

    But the game will eventually need an update.  And to be fair, there's very few games (if any) that can keep people interested forever.  People change, their desires change, and they find new/different games.  That's not GG's fault, that's just human behavior.  But I think the game needs to reward longevity in some ways.

    The recent physical fortress deal was, I think, Alex listening to us.  So I'm going to say it now: if you think Alex doesn't listen, you're wrong (and also you're probably dumb).  Don't equate Alex not doing what YOU want with him not listening.

    But changes will eventually need to be made.  I'm glad I can recommend this game to my family members because the chat is more or less censored, it's not a bad game, etc.  But no game lives forever.

    These players in this clan need to be banned or arena fixed

    in Bugs & Issues

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, AKITTENINABOWL said:

    Pro tip: If you see a troll you should instantly quit. This will make him get no gold and xp, just stars.

    That works.  I prefer to make them work for it, however.  Sometimes I've gotten lucky and people have made a mistake, causing me to win.

    1 hour ago, Atomic441 said:

    Yeah but I think rank 15 player with 1 divine item is smart enough(hopefully) to understand he is not ready to get under rank 10 yet. Smurfing them just demotivates them from playing the game further.

    That's my point, too.  That's why my clan and I are against smurfing: it demoralizes the lower ranking players.

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