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The Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast decided to record the day before the Tokyo Toy Show because they completely forgot it was happening this week. Scotty P and Megatronus meet up to discuss everything except all the latest news as a result, but still have a fun time going through topics like Hound, the latest fan vote and much more. Stick around for the special topic questioning how much more Bumblebee we can all take in the future.
Episode #225 "The Overexposure of Bumblebee" is available directly and in our RSS Feed, and should appear on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher Radio within 24 to 48 hours of when you see this news post.
Scotty P shares some quick in-hand impressions of War for Cybertron Siege's Deluxe Class Brunt.
Our special topic for the episode arrives, which we've dubbed "The Overexposure of Bumblebee". We ponder whether this character is being over-used in an inconsistent fashion throughout recent Transformers media and if this is causing long-term harm to the brand's storytelling output. This is not just another conversation about the number of Bumblebee toys available on the shelf, so tune in and let us know your thoughts by replying to this news post.
Bragging Rights close out another episode with Megatronus binging for the first time in a while.
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Exciting news TRANSFORMERS fans! The 2020 TRANSFORMERS WAR FOR CYBERTON Fan Vote is live. You have the opportunity to decide which DECEPTICON will become a War for Cybertron figure in 2020.
Voting began at 9AM EST on June 13. To vote, fans must share the name of their favorite DECEPTICON in the post comment section. Voting will ONLY be open for 48 hours, and there is a one vote per user and one character name per vote limit.
The Fan Vote winner will be announced via social post on July 17.
Great guesses! The four bots are #GNAW, #RUNAMUCK, #NEEDLENOSE & #SHRAPNEL. As the War for Cybertron rages, each of these bots is trying to sneak onto the Autobot’s spaceship, the Ark. Vote for the Decepticon you’d like to stowaway aboard the Ark and see as a War for Cybertron figure in 2020 by commenting HERE.
Limit one vote per user and one character name per vote. Voting closes in 48-Hours.
Greetings and Happy Wednesday fellow Seibertronians! By the almighty amalgamations of Nexus Prime it's time for a Team Up! Direct from Space Ape we have the rundown of this weekend's event, Team Up! offering all manner of amazing alliance rewards. New G1 power ups, new league titles, and of course, the TITANS!
If you played last weekend's anniversary event you no doubt earned a few bot power ups. Well now it's time to put them to the test.
Grab your mobile devices and log in this weekend and play a few rounds with your digital Transformers collection.
Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong! 5 Star Shards event this weekend! And find out what Prime League is!
Team Up!
Gather your Alliance members and take part in this weekend's event to win guaranteed prizes:
- Up to 600 5-Star Crystal Shards
- Up to 900 4-Star Crystal Shards
- Up to 1200 3-Star Crystal Shards
- Up to 3000 Premium Shards
- Up to 3,000,000 Energon and Alloy
- Up to 30,000 Spark Event type: Alliance Totaliser Start Date: 14/06/19 10:00 UTC End Date: 17/06/19 10:00 UTC Prestige Allowed: 60 Bonus Experience: Triple XP! How to Participate?
Reach HQ Level 4 and Join an Alliance!
Tap the Event button!
Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
Collect prizes!
Event Battle Zones
Totaliser Prizes
New War League: Prime League
Later next week we will be introducing a new war league Prime League above the current highest Cybertron League.
This league is a bit different than the current leagues. The difference is that in every war battle in this league, special effects will apply to the defenders' buildings. Effects that can vary from an increase in HP or DPS to increased speed, or range of the defences.
The League effects will usually change every other month and will be clearly displayed in the war declaration screen and in the Battle/Scouting screens.
We will also be tracking the war wins for Prime league separately, to highlight how alliances are handling this new challenge and who is the best at it. You will be able to see these wins in the Alliance Info Page and also as a new field in the Wars Won leaderboard.
We are also planning on having a seasonal tally and highlight which alliances have won the most Prime League wins during that season. These seasons will match the change of League effects and will be clearly communicated in advance before they start. More details on this later. League Promotion
Since we know that this additional challenge is not for everyone, we will not be automatically promoting alliances to this new League after winning in Cybertron. Instead, the Alliance's officers will get the option to promote to Prime League after winning a war in Cybertron.
In the Alliance war screen, officers will now see the above, with information of the Prime League’s effects and the option to Promote or continue fighting in Cybertron. This promotion option will only be available to go into Prime League for now. The rest of the leagues will still use the automatic promotion system based on wins.
The new Prime League will go live next Thursday on the 20/06! War History
With the newly updated war league, we also wanted to bring a much-requested feature. The ability to check the war history of the alliance.
On the Alliance info screen for each alliance, you will get an extra War History tab. In this tab you can check the wars this alliance has taken part in the last 15 days, with details about the opponents and which league the war took place in.
Also if this is your own alliance, you will be able to tap on each war and open the alliance leaderboard for that war with detailed information of member attempts and scores. This feature will be available this Thursday with the content release.
For more details on this new League join us in our Stream this Thursday!
Titans: Hall of Fame
The great cityformers known as The Titans bounded into Raids last week and you rose to the occasion! We hope that you enjoyed the introduction of these devastating new foes as an exciting new addition to Raids!
Congratulations to the alliances below who exerted the least amount of attacks to take down the mighty Titans and have earned a spot in our Titans: Hall of Fame! Autobots
1 - Prime Union
2 - Primus
3 - TF Cybertron Ops
4 - TF ILLICIT OPS
5 - PRIME DINOBOTS Decepticons
1 - Scorched Earth
2 - SCORCHED MOON
3 - Darkness Within
4 - Scorched Unicron
5 - stonecutters
New G1 Power Cores
Starting later this week, the following bot duplicates have a chance to drop the newest G1 Power Cores.
Each of these G1 Power Cores will give them a classic look and unique abilities!
G1 Laser Optimus & G1 Armada Megatron:
Give these G2 Leaders an exclusive G1 look! Also increases their Special Ability damage and generates a shield which absorbs 20% of all damage for 15 seconds.
G1 Silverbolt:
Boosts Regular Attacks damage and every 20 seconds your attack stuns your target for 5 seconds.
G1 Drag Strip:
Increases Special Ability damage and on attack, makes a decoy that has 30% of your health.Triggers every 15 seconds.
G1 Skydive:
Damage Reduction from Laser Turrets and Beam Lasers. While attacking, every 15 seconds you disappear in a halo and restore 7% health.
G1 Nightbird:
Increased health. While attacking, every 15 seconds you do a retreating backflip and restore 7% health.
G1 First Aid & G1 Hook:
Increases the power of your Heal Beam and gives you a 25% Move Speed boost.
The challenge battle to get a taste of these new G1 Power Cores will be available via in-game newsfeed!
Under investigation
Here are the issues reported that we've been investigating:
Game will sometimes crash after doing a raid attack
This issue is caused by using the last boost of a certain type in a previous battle and then immediately after that try to scout a base. The boost will still be available in the next battle that you go in and the game will crash you out at the end of that battle, invalidating your attack.
Slash/Rippersnaper is following OP bots, that are not near them after coming out of their ability
Reports on Skylynx & Blitzwing not able to do combo an explosion when a target is still under the effect of Plasma Shroud
We have seen mention of this issue but would like to get some more reports so that we can investigate.
These are just some examples of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.
We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: support@transformersearthwars.com. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.
Bug Fixes
The following fixes went live!
Star Saber & Deathsaurus didn’t cause damage with their ability to Shock towers and the Shield Generator
This issue was fixed on Monday with a content push
5 star Rodimus Prime’s special Ability VFX now looks the same as other level’s.
This issue was fixed on Monday with a content push
Bots would sometimes walk away from buildings after doing one attack.
This issue was also fixed this Monday
Twitch
Transformers: Earth Wars is about to get Prime! Oil up your metal-punching bag of knuckles because this week we are talking about Alliance Wars.
Join Ioannis, Deb, Fabien and Jairo who will be talking about game improvements, new features, upcoming bots and more!
Next stream will be LIVE Thursday, June 13th @4pm UTC! Follow us on Twitch
According to a new article from Comicbook.com some customers who received their Transformers Bumblebee 4K Ultra HD DVD's have been reporting audio sync issues where the sound is not matching the picture. Paramount has received enough complaints to issue a formal statement which follows:
"In response to Bumblebee UHD’s picture and audio sync issues being observed on some playback platforms, we have determined we can tighten their alignment to remedy the audio sync lag issue. Audio sync lag was observed primarily with the English ATMOS track, but we are addressing all the audio tracks on the disc regardless. The majority of consumers may never notice the sync issue, but unfortunately, the audio sync lag is exacerbated by viewing the film via the “ARC” (Audio Return Channel) port on TVs that output to a sound-bar or receiver. Compliance amongst TV manufacturer ARC implementation is not standardized, thus different set-ups will exhibit different and varying playback behavior, even if played back on the same set-up multiple times. A replacement disc is already ready that will align the picture and audio sync better, but do note, it still may not remedy all the ARC playback set-ups in the market – we suggest consulting your manufacturer’s documentation on how to align picture and audio sync if still experiencing lag."
The article further states that faulty DVD's are encouraged to include their shipping information and mail their defective UHD discs to the below address to receive the replacement disc free of charge.
Paramount Pictures
5555 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA
90038
Attn: Customer Service RE: Bumblebee
Look there! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s jet! It’s the Autobot we all want to get! It’s Jetfire! Courtesy of Dorksidetoysover at TFW2005 we have some lovely clear shots of the Autobot Air Guardian in all his G1-styled glory. A nice treat is the extreme close up of his Autobrand flipping gimmick. We also get to see him in both armored and unarmored modes, including an up close shot of his face with and without his helmet. Take a view and share your thoughts with the Seibertron crew. This is one hot item fans of old and new will no doubt be clamoring for.
This just in Transformers Earth Wars fans! The Titans are here! And to celebrate their arrival and the third anniversary of Transformers Earth Wars Space Monkey is offering a link to plenty of free two star shards and sparks. If you receive these notification e-mails you should be able to access the link in this current notification; just close out your game, click the link, and follow the instructions for your freebies. This weekend's event appears to be a team totalizer so if you're not in an alliance now might be a good time to join one, if only for the event. Take a look below at all the amazing prizes you can win and some of the new five crystal warriors coming our way! Remember to sound off out loud with all your favorite cartoon and movie quotes while you're playing, I mean, what's the point otherwise?
Come on fellow Seibertronians, get in there and wreck n' rule and make those other players drool!
Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong!
The Titans have finally arrived! A celebratory Anniversary Gift is here to claim!
Generation Next
Take part in this weekend's event to win:
- Up to 4,000,000 Alloy & Energon
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- Up to 2,000 Premium Shards, 1,000 3-Stars Shards and 700 4-Star Shards
- A NEW Prime Avatar!
- And Bonus XP per Battle
Want more?
Go for the extra mile and unlock Final Thrust Crystals from the harder tiers, each one containing up to 100,000 Spark or Power Core Chips!
Event type: Individual Totaliser Start Date: 07/06/19 10:00 UTC End Date: 10/06/19 10:00 UTC Prestige Allowed: None (1) Bonus Experience: Triple XP!
How to Participate?
Reach HQ Level 4!
Tap the Event button!
Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
Collect prizes!
Event Battle Zones
Totaliser Prizes
*Usable for both factions
**Each Final Thrust Crystal contains one of the following:
3 Year Anniversary
Happy 3rd Anniversary, Transformers: Earth Wars!
To thank you for being a part of our player community and celebrating this special moment with us, we would like to provide you with the below loot link to show our appreciation for standing by us all these years: http://bit.ly/tfew3years
The loot link contains the following:
- 3,000 Spark
- 3,000 Premium Shard
- 5 Bronze Power Core
- 1 Silver Power Core
◆ You must be on your mobile device with the game installed to redeem the link.
◆ Please make sure to fully close the app before tapping the link above.
◆ The items via the link can be redeemed only once per player.
◆ The expiry date on this link is 30/06/2019, Sun 10:00 pm UTC.
◆ If you can’t redeem the link, please check this troubleshooting guide for additional steps.
We are also excited to announce the winners of our Golden Alliance Name special event. The following 6 alliances have been awarded a Golden Alliance Name effective immediately:
Germanguardians2
Grindbots40
AVAMPOSTO G1
Wrath of Hades
Evil Order
Peaceful Tyranny
Congratulations!
Titans have arrived!
The behemoths known as Titans have landed on Earth! The Titans are currently live in Raid battles!
A Challenge Battle facing off against the Titans is available via an in-game newsfeed now.
We have also introduced a new battle boost inspired by the Titans ability! This battle boost will be a part of the reward in the Titan Raids event, Titan Beam!
Titan Beam: Summon the Titans power with this beam dealing huge amounts of damage (3,060 for HQ16) in a large area.
Note: The amount of damage changes depend on the booster level (MK1,2 & 3) and HQ Level. Check out our wiki for the stats.
As we mentioned in last week’s newsletter, there will be a Hall of Fame in the newsfeed following the event listing which alliance used the least amount of attacks to take down The Titans!
New 5-Star Legacy Crystals
Our newest lineup of powerful 5-Star bots has hit the store, but don’t fret if you haven’t finished collecting all of the previous rotation!
The following 5-Star bots were added to the shop as a 5-Star Legacy Crystal yesterday: Elita-1 & Lugnut Blaster & Soundwave Sludge & Straxus Prowl & Brawl Ratchet & Hook
Shanix Store Update
The Shanix Store rework is at last completed! The update to the store went live yesterday. The following changes have been made:
Squad Core Chip added to the store
Power Core Chips have been removed as they have not been very popular
Under investigation
Here are the issues reported that we've been investigating:
Long loading times during the first boot after a fresh install or a version update. Loading time goes back to normal after a restart.
Slash & Rippersnapper tend to chase Outpost Bots after finishing their abilities even though those Bots are far away.
Inspiring charge effect doesn’t apply to all bots.
We are investigating why in some instances the effect doesn’t apply.
These are just some examples of the reports that we've received from you and we continue to work hard to improve your experience with the game every day.
We would like to thank you for your time and patience, and if you have any issues to report, please get in touch with us here: support@transformersearthwars.com. Alternatively, you can reach out to us in game via Menu > Community > Contact Support.
Bug Fix
The following bug Fix is coming to the game soon!
Sky Lynx and Blitzwing can’t do a second explosion after igniting a target.
In order for Flamestrike to cause an explosion, the target needs to be under the effect of either Cloud or to be Ignited (Blue flame). Due to the bug fix of making the duration of ignition be the stated 6 secs, the second explosion will only be possible when SL or BW are close to the target. Exploding the Shroud has not been affected and it should be possible to chain a number of explosions while the Shroud is active.
Twitch
There will be no stream this Thursday.
We’ll be back LIVE Thursday, June 13th @4pm UTC! Follow us on Twitch
"UPDATE- Although this story originally posted Monday June 3rd, as of today both Metroplex and Trypticon are active in Alliance play! If it's been a while since you've logged in now might be a good time to hop back on just to try and see if you can topple one of these mighty mechanical mountains."
Transformers Earth Wars mobile game is ready to very literally take things to the next level! Thanks to Youtube member Skywarp Greer we have his view of his beta test of the mighty Titan who don’t mind fightin’, Metroplex! And thanks to Youtube member Engineer Hoist we have a view of his beta test of the one mighty beast who turns your city into a feast, Trypticon! Although the factors mentioned in the videos are subject to change they do both note a repayment of ability points for every life bar taken out – how many life bars there are for each appears to vary, and also changes depending on whether they are in robot or city/base mode. Both have an attack range that stretches across the whole board and appear to be a far more formidable force than you’ve encountered in your playing before. It does not appear clear what will trigger robot mode versus base mode on these giants, but it is going to be a feature exclusive to Alliance raids so you may not be seeing these all the time, but it will surely be worth the wait. Skywarp Greer mentions he believes these to be up and ready sometime next week, possibly Tuesday or Wednesday. Ready to jump back into the game to check these beasts out? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Welcome to Round 5 of the Transformers Siege Stop Motion Battles!
In this corner! Weighing in at a combined weight of 10.2 tons! Ironhide! Hound! Six Gun! And Cog!
And in this corner! With a punch not to be believed-he says you’re being deceived, the Killer from Kaon, weighing in at a …wait, he did what to the weigh in guy? Oh boy…nevermind….Megatron!!
Dive in and enjoy yet another awesome round of stop motion smash ‘em bash ‘em robots from Taiwan Habro! This time four of our favorite heroes enter into a full blown boss battle! Will our heroes prevail or will the Decepticon destroyer come out on top? Watch and find out!
TakaraTomy has uploaded a new web series called "3 Transformers", starring the Studio Series toys of Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Bumblebee.
A parody of The 3 Little Pigs, this first episode is titled "Let's Make a House!"
From what I can gather from the bad auto-translation of the closed captions, in the year 20XX, three Transformers (Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Bumblebee) come to a new land to live there, and each decide to build a house for them all to live in.
Bumblebee decides to build a house made of straw because it is light and easy to work with, completing his work in less than a day. Optimus, however, is worried that the straw house may not be able to withstand an attack should one occur, and Ratchet thus decides to build a more durable house. Bumblebee, however, does not take their concerns to heart, basically telling them both not to worry so much.
Nonetheless, Ratchet proceeds to build a stronger house out of wood and made with more care, which takes him two days to complete. Optimus is more impressed with this house, but still can't shake his anxiety.
So, Optimus takes it upon himself to build an even stronger house, this time one made with bricks. Unlike the others, it take Optimus a whole five days to complete the brick house. And it turns out to be a good thing that he finished when he did, too, because, all of a sudden, the ground begins to shake.
"The footsteps of a sinister sound echoed in the distance."
The Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast returns faster than Blurr down the homestretch with a special episode all about the Transformers Trading Card Game from Wizards of the Coast. Counterpunch and Scotty P are pleased to speak with Brand Manager Drew Nolosco about the upcoming organized play events and the first wave of Siege booster packs. Plus, we bring you three never-before-seen Battle Cards that will be available in this next expansion! Read below to see the new cards and listen in to hear about where they might fit in your deck.
Episode #224 "TCG Siege Strategy" is available directly and in our RSS Feed, and should appear on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher Radio within 24 to 48 hours of when you see this news post.
Our sincere thanks to Drew Nolosco, Wizards of the Coast and the Transformers brand teams for their time and assistance with this episode!
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