How much has the gameplay changed?

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  • So… Recently, I decided to come back to ABT after I noticed Rovio finally lowered the game size so now anybody can play it. Well, now I need to start from scratch. I just need one question though. I noticed that, throughout many new updates, many new features were introduced that I don’t understand. What are all these new materials required to upgrade characters, how to use these features and else?

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  • oldschool
    @oldschool

    They are a way to make upgrades more expensive and time-demanding. So instead of saving just gold, you would need to sit through hours so parts pop up, so you can sit through days as your character upgrades. You now “play” this game by waiting.

    Beastre
    @beastre

    There is no incentive to play the actual game anymore. You earn more gold and gems and materials by waiting out missions than you do by playing the game. Also, most of the playable nodes are taken up by transformers away on a mission or upgrading. When you skywarp them away, they are replaced by other busy transformers that can’t run missions either. I just check in every four hours to harvest coins or restart missions when I’m notified that one is done. Not even sure why I’m still messing with it-just a habit now. Way to go, Rovio! Each update makes the game a little less fun or even less playable! Not sure what your motives are here. I certainly don’t spend money on this game and now I don’t even watch the ads since there is no reason to actually play it.

    Red7827
    @gulgor0

    What are the missions and how do they work? And at what level are they unlocked?

    Red7827
    @gulgor0

    Also, are there no more time limits on ads with doubling amounts of coins? I already watched like – twenty ads in a row and each doubled my coins.

    Jasonred79
    @jasonred79

    Coins have cased to matter.
    Pigs don’t matter.
    Only parts are limited… Soooo limited.

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    Pigs matter a little – if you want to use them to shorten your mission completion times.

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    @gulgor0

    Yeah, it would appear that Rovio has removed the daily limit on the video coin doublers.

    That having been said, have you read about the video boycott?

    https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/forums/topic/video-boycott/

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    Regarding missions, there are three mission portals on the map, designated as Easy, Medium, and Hard. Each mission portal is unlocked using coins.

    You need to complete missions to collect the special materials needed to upgrade your TFs. Whereas previously you only needed coins, you now also need special materials. The amount of materials needed are underneath the coin upgrade cost for each TF.

    There are seven types of special materials, three are specific to each faction (i.e. Autobird or Deceptihog) and one called “Super Rareium” which is common to both, but is only required when upgrading to L11 or higher.

    The amount of each special material you currently have on hand and how many you can hold (there is a limit, upgradeable using gems) is listed in the “Silo” which is on the map.

    Read more here:

    Mission Portals

    —–

    Also, it looks like with the most recent update there are now “recipes” to gain new special abilities which also require the aforementioned special materials to unlock.

    Read more here:

    List & Pics of All Energonicons

    Red7827
    @gulgor0

    One more question. Did the bugs like:
    – Wrong node completed or
    – Overpowered Shotgun Pigs
    got fixed?

    BuriedTreasure
    @buriedtreasure

    What happened to the recipes? That page is no longer accessible…

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    @gulgor0

    Wrong node completed is fixed.

    Overpowered shotgun pigs are still overpowered.


    @buriedtreasure

    The thread must have been getting spammed ‘cos it looks like it’s been locked-down until a Mod can get to it.

    DawniJeann
    @dawni-criswell

    @buriedtreasure A lot of photos were uploaded, which puts that thread on lock-down waiting for a mod to make sure it’s not porn or other spam type content. You can see/get same on FaceBook at until that thread’s content is approved:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/abtdp

    I rather like the missions & if you wait to do the longer 12 & 24 hour ones until just before you go to sleep, they are usually ready when you wake up, get home from work, etc. They did shorten the upgrade times (by half) which is pretty nice considering prior to the missions, upgrades were taking 2 full days for a level 10(?). Now the 2 full days is at level 15. If not for the missions, the current level 15 upgrade would easily be a 4 full days of waiting.

    The 1, 4 & 7 hour missions seem to yield the most materials & easy enough to shorten those for during the day playing by using piggies to 30, 120 or 210 minutes, while you wait for the EggBots to create new events to play.

    There are some nice rewards also in the Dr. Piggy Lab & it’s similar to an “Excess Upgrade Materials Slot Machine”. Feed in 3 materials & you can get additional materials (ones you might be low on or need), coins (1000 – 15,000?), gems (5 – 50) or the new EnergonIcons that replace the default 3 Energon powers the characters previously had. (see Recipes List)

    My only complaint is that I wished the Video Doubler still worked on the Piggies & now the materials, in addition to doubling the coins from node events. (many were complaining about having so many pigs & nothing to use them on, so maybe that is why they are no longer doubled) Their only use now is to reduce mission portal completion times.

    Red7827
    @gulgor0

    Any tips on distributing your coins? I’m lacking on gems unfortunately and my “Storage” is at Level 3. I heard there is a way to quickly get 35 gems and some good materials, but I don’t know… Spend coins on upgrading characters or save on upgrading storage?

    DawniJeann
    @dawni-criswell

    Double Piggies are back in the last iOS update :D (says DOUBLE REWARDS now, rather than Double Coins)

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    @20qmindreader

    “silo level 15 has storage for 25 super rarium”

    Has the amount of SR needed for upgrading also increased, or is it still 1/2/3/4/5 SR for L11/L12/L13/L14/L15 respectively?

    werehamsta
    @werehamsta

    13->14: 10
    14->15: 15

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    OK, thanks.

    That’s not too bad then. So the Silo capacity has increased by 5x but the amount of SR needed to upgrade has gone up at most 3x.

    werehamsta
    @werehamsta

    And the rate of SR farming hasn’t changed a iota, to complete the summary.

    Optimus_Pig
    @optimuspig

    OK, that’s a bit of a problem. So mission management has become even more critical if you want to accumulate enough SR to have upgrades going continuously.

    Aren’t there some of those new recipes now where you can get SRs by combining other materials?

    DawniJeann
    @dawni-criswell

    HIGH YIELD RECIPES
    ————————–
    35) 1xDG, 2xBP = 4000, 4000, 25xGems, 5xBP, 3xSR
    39) 1xDG, 1xBP, 1xSR = 5000, , 25xGems, 4xBP, 3xSR
    48) 1xDG, 1xSR, 1xAC = 5000, 5000, 25xGems, 3xAC, 4xAC
    49) 1xDG, 2xSR = 7500, 10000, 35xGems, 35xGems, 7500
    50) 3xBP = 7500, 7500, 25xGems, 5xBP, 1xSR
    52) 2xBP, 1xAG = 4000, 4000, 25xGems, 4xDG, 1xSR
    60) 1xBP, 1xAG, 1xAC = 4000, 4000, 25xGems, 3xAC, 3xAC
    61) 1xBP, 1xSR, 1xAG = 5000, 5000, 25xGems, 3xBP, 3xBP
    63) 1xBP, 1xSR, 1xAC = 12000, 12000, 35xGems, 3xSR, 3xSR
    64) 1xBP, 2xSR = 12000, 12000, 35xGems, 3xSR, 3xSR
    74) 2xSR, 1xBI = , , , 5xAC, 5xAC
    81) 3xAC = 7500, 7500, 25xGems, 5xAC, 1xSR
    84) 3xSR = 12000, 15000, 50xGems, 12000, 12000

    List & Pics of All Energonicons

    The shorter missions (4 & 7 hours) are easily rewarding with 6 – 12 or more materials

    Edit: Of note, Birdium & Pig Iron are not in the listed in the 84 recipes as a reward, so you will need to obtain these via missions. (both seem to appear more in the 1, 4 & 7 hour missions with 1 wild card, while the 12 & 24 hour missions have the greater chance of obtaining 2 or 3 wild card items, like gems, piggies &/or coins)

    Depending on what you are short of, use those recipes or those missions

    Red7827
    @gulgor0

    I like these formulas, but I hope one day we’ll get simple value transitions. Like, pay amount of Super Rariums to get X amount of gems.

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