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Why is Act 4 so Difficult?
Charleshot25
Posts: 143
Story missions in a game of this nature shouldnt be this tough. I quit the game around the time Jetfire was released. Since then, I've come back to see if anything's changed. I still think this game designed to be a cash grab but im not going to talk about that here.
Since I've been gone, ACT 4 and all of its missions have been released. Im almost done with it but it has been such a pain. All the bosses have these supid high power ratings and broken mods that make the fights damn near impossible. The story shouldn't have this high of a difficulty ceiling. I'm currently stuck on chapter 4 mission 4. Nemesis Prime is just demolishing my team. Heres who im running:
1) Megatronus, 4 star maxed fully forged and awakened lvl 19
2)Prowl 4 star maxed fully forged awakened lvl 25
3)g1/ Titan's Returned Megatron 4 star maxed fully forged not awakened
4) Shockwave 4 star maxed forge lvl 71 awkened lvl 21
5) MV1 4 star maxed forge lvl 0 awakened lvl 10
Nemesis Prime has a power rating of 4 times that of my strongest bot which is Megatronus. Throw those BS mods that make him near unbeatable and you have a recipe for frustration. And no im not bad at the game. Back when i used to play religiously, I forced myself to get good because i didnt have money to constantly spend on revives. I got to point where i could solo the am boss (which was g1 megs at the time) without having to use a revive. I've also beat Rulers of Kaon.
I have no issue with end game content like special missions being hard because i can set the difficulty and its endgame content its supposed to be hard. The story however should not be this difficult. It's designed to make anyone who doesnt have a decently ranked team of 5 stars, suffer. This wouldn't be soo bad if 5 stars werent so scares and gathering the resources to upgrade them to an appropriate lvl can take quite a bit of time. The only 5 star bots i have are Magnus, Waspinator, Grimlock, and MV1. Those bots are not exactly the greatest and again I lack the resources to upgrade them.
If anyone could suggest a way to get through the story bosses with maxed 4 stars that would be great. As of yet i don't have a way to get past Nemesis Prime's healing and power gain mods. He hold onto his specials like they're gemstones and one special 3 will kill me outright.
Since I've been gone, ACT 4 and all of its missions have been released. Im almost done with it but it has been such a pain. All the bosses have these supid high power ratings and broken mods that make the fights damn near impossible. The story shouldn't have this high of a difficulty ceiling. I'm currently stuck on chapter 4 mission 4. Nemesis Prime is just demolishing my team. Heres who im running:
1) Megatronus, 4 star maxed fully forged and awakened lvl 19
2)Prowl 4 star maxed fully forged awakened lvl 25
3)g1/ Titan's Returned Megatron 4 star maxed fully forged not awakened
4) Shockwave 4 star maxed forge lvl 71 awkened lvl 21
5) MV1 4 star maxed forge lvl 0 awakened lvl 10
Nemesis Prime has a power rating of 4 times that of my strongest bot which is Megatronus. Throw those BS mods that make him near unbeatable and you have a recipe for frustration. And no im not bad at the game. Back when i used to play religiously, I forced myself to get good because i didnt have money to constantly spend on revives. I got to point where i could solo the am boss (which was g1 megs at the time) without having to use a revive. I've also beat Rulers of Kaon.
I have no issue with end game content like special missions being hard because i can set the difficulty and its endgame content its supposed to be hard. The story however should not be this difficult. It's designed to make anyone who doesnt have a decently ranked team of 5 stars, suffer. This wouldn't be soo bad if 5 stars werent so scares and gathering the resources to upgrade them to an appropriate lvl can take quite a bit of time. The only 5 star bots i have are Magnus, Waspinator, Grimlock, and MV1. Those bots are not exactly the greatest and again I lack the resources to upgrade them.
If anyone could suggest a way to get through the story bosses with maxed 4 stars that would be great. As of yet i don't have a way to get past Nemesis Prime's healing and power gain mods. He hold onto his specials like they're gemstones and one special 3 will kill me outright.
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Everyone seems to think that the the spotlights and act 4 are really easy.
Also might be because your a veteran but while everybody played this game when you quit, they have mostly got fully ranked up bots that can easily take down even the most annoying bots and mods and they are getting annoyed at how easy the missions are and that's one of the most glaring issues about this game.
Thank you i'll definitely take this advise to heart. Much appriciated.
When I say specialist, I mean a combination of both a bot that you use well (as in maneuver/control) and one with a specific ability. Some examples below. Obviously having 5* versions would be easier, but I think it’s very possible to defeat Nemesis and his mods with the bots below in that specialist slot:
1. OGM (duped, Sig level 20 or higher) - he is the David vs Goliath. Steal the repair and buffs. It will still be a LONG fight and you’ll have to bait a ton of SP attacks from him. I personally think NP is one of the easiest bots to draw it out of so keep at it.
2. Prowl or Shocky (duped) — I have these two together because their power control is second to none. Still a long fight but now you won’t have that problem of SP3.
3. Tronus - SP1, then SP2, SP2, SP2, SP2, SP2, SP2, SP2, SP2, SP2.....
I was able to beat NP but now Necrotronus is being a pain in butt. He's impossible without 5 stars. Once i drop him to about 10 percent health that BS ability he has stuns my bot and he just nukes me. How am i supposed to defend against that? Garbage like this is what made me quit the game in the first place now im really tempted to quit again
Also, check recalibration mastery, it will help to reduce stuns...
Anyways, congrats on reaching Necro with the squad of 4* bots... not many people can do that, believe me, it shows that you are a pretty skilled player.
My rank 4, 4-star bots are really weak. They only have a rating of about 2-3K
My rank 5 four stars are:
Megatronus
Prowl
G1 Megs
Shockwave
Wheeljack
Arcee
Windblade
Motormaster
Both Optimus Primes
My rank 4s are:
galvatron
Screamer
Hot Rod
Drift,
Blaster
Demo Megs
Soundwave
Cyclonus
Ratchet
Jazz
Mirage
Boncrusher
Talking about r5 bots you have some good ones. Tronus obviously, shockwave, prowl, wheeljack, arcee, windblade and both primes. Some of them have good sinergies and supply great damaging debuffs. Talking about r4 idk who would be screamer lmao. Galvatron is pretty strong(I've dealed 12K crit damage on last hit of sp2 with a maxed forge and sig 3*, and I think it even wasn't with hand of chaos), hot rod can help against power rate mods(but having a r5 prowl is even less worth it), drift, blaster, soundwave, cyclonus, jazz, mirage. Ratchet can deal pretty good shock damage and a some stacked stuns. If you can almost max them they're all worth it. Bonecrusher isn't a bad bot, but I see him as a boring bot, but it is on you. When I used 4* bots I choosed arcee, tronus, cyclonus, wheeljack and tantrum. I've never cared that much about synergies, and I also got them at like forge lvl 40
Thanks for the insight by the way Screamer is just a common nickname for Starscream. There were times when the Autobots would call him that in the G1 cartoon