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yorkdred
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Hi -
I'm forging my top 4* bots and trying to figure out the most efficient way...
I know that bots from the same class award the most points and the higher sig level, more points you get.
Any other tips?
What about 2* vs 3* bots? 3* bots award 3-4 times more points but they take more resources to max them out. Is there guide on gold & ore required to rank bots up?
Also, any guides on how to calculate forging points?
Thanks
I'm forging my top 4* bots and trying to figure out the most efficient way...
I know that bots from the same class award the most points and the higher sig level, more points you get.
Any other tips?
What about 2* vs 3* bots? 3* bots award 3-4 times more points but they take more resources to max them out. Is there guide on gold & ore required to rank bots up?
Also, any guides on how to calculate forging points?
Thanks
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The balance isn't just being efficient but speed too, but it that depends on how bad you need forge power. One thing that is for sure, to forge your sharks at max rank and level.
- forging same class gives extra 7-10% xp
- forging same bot gives another extra 7-10% xp
- sharks give extra 50% xp
so ideally you should:
- feed all your sig programs into sharks
- forge your 2* bots and sharks into 3* sharks of the same class
- forge your 3*s into a 4* shark of the class you need (say tact shark for OG Prime)
- forge your 4*s into your 5* OGP
but this is a long process and will take months to prep, and in the mean time you're not gaining forge into your top bots, so it's a balance of long term (forging sharks into sharks into 5*) vs short term (forging bots straight into 5*)
as reference: recently i forged a f9X sig9x 4* demo shark + f100 mid sig 4* tronus into my 5* tronus and got him up to f65, with the rest of my 4* sharks (low forge mid sig) and two 4* demo (no forge low sig) to get tronus to f100
Ideally, you should follow this.
But also, forging the bots that you don't use or don't like can help too.
in my experience my 3* sharks gain sig faster than my 2* sharks, so by the time my 3* are ready to forge my 2* are lagging. if you forge your 2* too early you won't get enough crystals to dupe all 6x 3*s, really annoys the OCD in me
Also, based on the charts above it looks like 2* bots are not worthy resources spent on them to rank them up... cost per forge point is significantly higher than for 3* bots. Will forge them as is and spend my resources ranking up 3* versions... I'm still getting t2 ore crystals in away missions so resources are limited...
Thank you all. I think I have a strategy now.
The main purpose of sig 100 a shark is to earn sharks crystals of the higher class. You get 3-4 FULL crystals of the next star.
If you look at the forge XP chart, each sig level is a constant forge XP. That means you don't get extra forge XP as you sig 100. It's better to NOT dupe your higher level sharks and save those sigs for a reg forge bot so you can get the shark xp bonus. By not duping, you have two sharks (using your example; two 50% extra XP) vs. one sharks with 50% XP.
Edit: with that said, I do sig 100 2* and 3* sharks because my goal is getting 4* sharks for fodder
As for regular 2 vs 3 vs 4 star bots. My rule of thumb is to max 4 stars first. Yes, they eat more resources but forging is a grind and you get the most xp from 4 stars.
If you're impatient and forge too early you'll end up with a forge lvl 65 bot waiting another two months for the bots and resources to max them.
Find the bot you want to max forge, gather your resources, then max forge.
Here's a quick experiment:
- 2* scout shark R3/30, sig37, F0, forging into 3* scout shark with F0 will bring him up to F29 + 160xp
- 2* demo shark R3/30, sig14, F0, forging into 3* demo shark with F0 will bring him up to F24 + 229xp
Evidently sig has an impact, and is a different "currency" than ore/spark/gold
But you have a point, based on what's available to you it MAY be better to max rank TWO sharks (spend ore/spark/gold) than to dupe ONE shark (spend shark crystal), but it's not like you can dictate RNG whether you pull a new shark or dupe a shark
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I didnt know there was so much behind forging
if i felt like forging my bots i would just do it not ...
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sig does have an impact but it's a fixed impact that can be transferred to any bot (that has the sigs). the extra XP shark impact is solely with sharks.. so if you duping, you giving up 1 of those extras to dupe.
but for 4* sharks to 5* bots. I don't do this for 3* and 2* sharks (and will sig 100) because I want the 4* shark crystals.
there's an old thread on this....from the group/a couple players that created all these great charts and figured things out.
https://forums.transformersforgedtofight.com/discussion/4067/spark-academy-secret-of-the-sharkticons-read-b4-opening-your-3-shark-crystal-calendar-reward#latest
Thanks for sharing, this is great!
Hey, nice work! do you recommend leveling & ranking up the bots you're going to forge into the 4* bots?