Airachnid using deceptihog items for upgrade?

[Hex]

Sorry if this is a stupid question,… But can anyone tell me why Airachnid needs pig iron, badness processors (and probably deceptigear in the future) to upgrade? Arcee uses Birdium, Autocog’s and Anger Chips. They both have beaks so i thought they were both Autobirds? My Arcee is level 7 and my Airachnid is Level 8 if that matters. I have not done any kind of exhaustive study but it seems like the birds need the bird materials and the hogs need the pig materials… Is this an anomaly?

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[Anonymous]

Trust me this is NOT a stupid question because a lot of people get confused by this. Airacnid is actually a Deceptihog! If you read her description in the squad section you’ll understand.

[Anonymous]

This thread has her description:

Arcee and Airachnid: Details and descriptions

Notice the Deceptihog icon on her page :D.

[DawniJeann]

[Optimus_Pig]

@partshade @hxadecmel

Technically, I believe she’s a “Deceptibird”.

Also, have you ever noticed that after a mission on the “Thanking” screen, she high-fives Deceptihogs and pranks Autobirds?

Also discussed here:

Autobird or Deceptihog ?

[Sumit Arora]

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Airachnid_%28Prime%29

[Hex]

@partshade I did not notice the Deceptihog Icon on her page because on mine it shows the Autobird Icon, Wierd… See Pic

@optimuspig Thanks for the clarification (and Link)

@sumitarora15 Thanks for the Wiki Link, I am still reading it, I had no idea the plots were so Thick!

[Sumit Arora]

The game made me watch the transformers prime cartoon, I have watched 10 episodes till now… Just google it ;)

[Optimus_Pig]

It’s interesting how Rovio decided to draw so broadly for source material.

The majority of the TFs we’ve seen in this game seem to be from the 1980s cartoon/comic continuity, but then on occasion we’ll get others such as Lockdown who was introduced in the IDW comics series and Airachnid who was introduced in TF Prime.

[20Qmindreader]

It may be that whoever licenses the TF brand determines what characters should be used and not Rovio?

[Anonymous]

Hmm if some people are seeing her as an Autobird and some a Deceptihog this could be device related. Can everyone tell me what device you play on and if Airacnids icon is a Autobird or Deceptihogs?

I’m on Android and see her with a Deceptihog icon.

[Optimus_Pig]

I’m on iOS and I see Airachnid with the Deceptihog logo.

[Hex]

Android, Autobird (deceptibird)

[Aristiana]

@optimuspig In fact, Lockdown was introduced in Animated. So a even broader source material. That’s cool!

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lockdown_(Animated)