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Spotlight Mission: Prime Suspect

edited August 2019 in General Discussion
A Missing Leader, An Ally Caught in the Crosshairs

Commanders!

Optimus Prime is missing. The Autobot leader has vanished, and the only Bot that can track him down is the one that all of the Autobots suspect of a brutal act of malfeasance. All suspicions point at Prowl, who is hot on the case.

It’s up to you to help Prowl prove his innocence in this month’s Spotlight Mission: Prime Suspect!

35 Years of the Transformers Brand!

We’re celebrating 35 Years of Transformers with a Generations celebration in September! Keep your eye out for an announcement in game about a special, limited time event coming your way!

Featured Bots
This month, you'll be able to spend your Chips on Prowl, Cyclonus, and a newly rebalanced Mirage! Find out more about Mirage's Rebalance in this post here!

Rewards!

[EASY]
Completion:
• Ch1 - T1 Basic Spark x 1, T1 Class Spark Crystal x 1
• Ch2 - T1 Basic Spark x 2, T1 Class Spark Crystal x 1
• Ch3 - T1 Basic Spark x 3, T1 Class Spark Crystal x 2
• Act - Premium Mod Shards x 500, 2 Star Bot Crystal x 1, Premium Bot Shards x 2000

Mastery:
• Ch1 - Premium Bot Shards x 500, T2 Basic Spark x 1, Premium Mod Shards x 250
• Ch2 - Premium Bot Shards x 1000, T2 Basic Spark x 1, Premium Mod Shards x 500
• Ch3 - Premium Bot Shards x 1500, T2 Basic Spark x 2, Premium Mod Shards x 750
• Act - Relic Ticket x 1, T1 Alpha Spark x 1, 3 Star Bot Crystal Shards x 1000, 2 Star Bot Crystal x 2, Premium Bot Crystal x 1, Bot Chips x 2000

[MEDIUM]
Completion:
• Ch1 - T2 Basic Spark x 1, T1 Class Spark Crystal x 1
• Ch2 - T2 Basic Spark x 2, T1 Class Spark Crystal x 2
• Ch3 - T2 Basic Spark x 3, T1 Class Spark Crystal x 3
• Act - T3 Bot Shards x 500, T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 5000, Premium Bot Crystal x 1

Mastery:
• Ch1 - T3 Bot Shards x 200, T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 2000, T2 Class Spark Crystal x 1
• Ch2 - T3 Bot Shards x 300, T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 3000, T2 Class Spark Crystal x 1
• Ch3 - T3 Bot Shards x 500, T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 5000, T2 Class Spark Crystal x 2
• Act - Relic Ticket x 2, T1 Alpha Spark x 1, 3 Star Bot Crystal x 1, Premium Bot Crystal x 2, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 5000, Bot Chips x 6000

[HARD]
Completion:
• Ch1 - T2 Class Spark Crystal x 2, T1 Mod Spark Crystal x 1, T1 Alpha Spark x 1
• Ch2 - T2 Class Spark Crystal x 2, T1 Mod Spark Crystal x 1, T1 Alpha Spark x 1
• Ch3 - T2 Class Spark Crystal x 2, Premium Bot Crystal x 1, T1 Alpha Spark x 1
Act - Premium Bot Crystal x 5, T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 5000, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 1000

Mastery:
• Ch1 - T3 Bot Shards x 400, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 1000, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 2750
• Ch2 - T3 Bot Shards x 600, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 1500, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 3250
• Ch3 - T3 Bot Shards x 1000, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 2500, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 4000
• Act - Relic Ticket x 3, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 5000, T3 Basic Spark x 1, 4 Star Bot Crystal Shards x 1000, 3 Star Bot Crystal x 1, Bot Chips x 10 000

[EXPERT]
Completion:
• Ch1 - T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 3500, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 1250, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 1250
• Ch2 - T1 Alpha Spark Essence x 6500, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 1750, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 1500
• Ch3 - T1 Alpha Spark x 1, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 2000, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 1750
• Act - T4 Basic Spark Essence x 1000, Premium Bot Crystal x 5, T2 Alpha Essence x 3000, T3 Basic Spark x 1

Mastery:
• Ch1 - T3 Basic Spark Essence x 4000, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 1750, Bot Chips x 6000
• Ch2 - T3 Basic Spark Essence x 5000, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 2250, Bot Chips x 10 000
• Ch3 - T3 Basic Spark Essence x 6000, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 3500, Bot Chips x 16 000
• Act - Relic Ticket x 4, T4 Basic Spark Essence x 4000, T3 Class Spark Crystal x 1, T2 Alpha Spark Essence x 5000, Superior Crystal x 1, 4 Star Bot Crystal x 1

[MASTER]
Completion:
• Ch1 - 4 Star Bot Crystal Shards x 500, T2 Alpha Spark x 1, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 5500
• Ch2 - 4 Star Bot Crystal Shards x 700, T2 Alpha Spark x 1, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 6500
• Ch3 - 4 Star Bot Crystal Shards x 800, T2 Alpha Spark x 1, T3 Basic Spark Essence x 8000
• Act - 5 Star Bot Crystal Shard x 500, 4 Star Bot Crystal x 1, T3 Basic Spark x 2, T2 Mod Class Spark x 1

Mastery:
• Ch1 - T3 Class Spark Crystal Shard x 2000, T4 Basic Spark Essence x 2500, Bot Chips x 10 000
• Ch2 - T3 Class Spark Crystal Shard x 3000, T4 Basic Spark Essence x 5000, Bot Chips x 16 000
• Ch3 - T3 Class Spark Crystal Shard x 5000, T4 Basic Spark Essence x 7500, Bot Chips x 24 000
• Act - Relic Ticket x 5, 5 Star Bot Crystal Shards x 1500, T3 Alpha Spark x 1, T3 Class Spark Crystal x 1
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Comments

  • Down_UnderDown_Under Posts: 149
    @Kabam Miike the featured bots you've mentioned Mirage twice (not Prowl I'm guessing? and the link the Mirage re balance didn't hyperlink
  • That means will there be a new bot or the same like August, no new bot and only the spotlight mission?
  • edited August 2019
    Down_Under wrote: »
    @Kabam Miike the featured bots you've mentioned Mirage twice (not Prowl I'm guessing? and the link the Mirage re balance didn't hyperlink
    Listen, it's been a long day :p

    Fixed!
  • GeneralZ9GeneralZ9 Posts: 185
    edited August 2019
    Down_Under wrote: »
    @Kabam Miike the featured bots you've mentioned Mirage twice (not Prowl I'm guessing? and the link the Mirage re balance didn't hyperlink
    Listen, it's been a long day :p

    Fixed!

    @Kabam Miike Is there a New Bot involved in this "Special Limited Time Event"!
  • Bntyhntr3232_Bntyhntr3232_ Posts: 3,088
    Spotlight is meh...35TH anniversary event? All in!
  • HZEROHZERO Posts: 52
    While it is true that the war fog event was incredible. I don't know how much a special event covers the absence of almost 1 year without a new bot. In short, all those events that help keep the boat afloat another month are welcome, waiting to finally have a new bot to play. May you rest from your heavy day Kabam team
  • SquiddySquiddy Posts: 6
    No new bots. They started off with reforged spotlights n when everyone was fed-up with it they start off rebalancing existing bots . Just to keep things interesting they might put out some a mini event every month that’s all kabam can do for now
  • SquiddySquiddy Posts: 6
    Yeah TC & NP r repaints n hope you got them.

  • Tr_AlfaTr_Alfa Posts: 8
    :(
  • Squiddy wrote: »
    Yeah TC & NP r repaints n hope you got them.

    Stop being racist, it's more than skin colour. They've got completely different skillsets from Starscream and OG Prime.
  • TechnobotTechnobot Posts: 661
    Woo-hoo! Next Stop: Level 60!!!

    P.S. I assume the Spotlight Mission starts on Thursday, 29 August at 10 AM US PDT.
  • Technobot wrote: »
    Woo-hoo! Next Stop: Level 60!!!

    P.S. I assume the Spotlight Mission starts on Thursday, 29 August at 10 AM US PDT.
    Yes
  • HZEROHZERO Posts: 52
    I'll repeat until you give up: TC and NP are new bots.

    Ok I see that you are in confusion with this.

    We are being clear. A new bot you start with your model and animations from 0 (skills can we really consider them within a new bot? Unless it is a new one in specified, because the code for shock, exanguination, burn, fire, evasion, etc. You already have it, just implement it.)

    Let's see if with this example they are clearer.

    Suppose it's your birthday and someone (dad, mom, brother, friend, uncle, etc.) gives you a watch and says "Look, I bought you this watch (extendable in green, common alarm tone, stopwatch) it cost me 50 dollars ". Well no good, you release NEW watch.

    The next year on your next birthday that same person tells you. "I took your watch and I changed the extendable for a black because the green was very ugly, and I also changed the alarm tone but neglect the glass still has the small scratch that you had done and everything else is also the same" changing that only cost me 10 dollars.

    DO YOU THEN HAVE A NEW WATCH JUST BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THE EXTENSIBLE AND THE ALARM TONE CHANGED?

    I hope this makes it clearer that TC and NP "ARE NOT NEW BOTS".

    If they had changed the animations of the specials (example that Nemesis in special 1 fired their weapons instead of hitting with the ax, making the pattern to dodge the special different, not the same as Optimus Generation) and modeled ( Nemesis example with its machine guns as there are some designs out there) we could say that they are new bots.
  • Rodimus prime incoming in October?
  • Darm0kDarm0k Posts: 2,485
    Thanks for bumping up the spotlight exploration rewards. 😂
  • JIMMY_SABJIMMY_SAB Posts: 1,008
    HZERO wrote: »
    I'll repeat until you give up: TC and NP are new bots.

    Ok I see that you are in confusion with this.

    We are being clear. A new bot you start with your model and animations from 0 (skills can we really consider them within a new bot? Unless it is a new one in specified, because the code for shock, exanguination, burn, fire, evasion, etc. You already have it, just implement it.)

    Let's see if with this example they are clearer.

    Suppose it's your birthday and someone (dad, mom, brother, friend, uncle, etc.) gives you a watch and says "Look, I bought you this watch (extendable in green, common alarm tone, stopwatch) it cost me 50 dollars ". Well no good, you release NEW watch.

    The next year on your next birthday that same person tells you. "I took your watch and I changed the extendable for a black because the green was very ugly, and I also changed the alarm tone but neglect the glass still has the small scratch that you had done and everything else is also the same" changing that only cost me 10 dollars.

    DO YOU THEN HAVE A NEW WATCH JUST BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THE EXTENSIBLE AND THE ALARM TONE CHANGED?

    I hope this makes it clearer that TC and NP "ARE NOT NEW BOTS".

    If they had changed the animations of the specials (example that Nemesis in special 1 fired their weapons instead of hitting with the ax, making the pattern to dodge the special different, not the same as Optimus Generation) and modeled ( Nemesis example with its machine guns as there are some designs out there) we could say that they are new bots.

    New names, new abilities, new base stats, new factions, and new bot class (TC). Sounds new enough for me.

    Using your watch example, if I changed the band, clock face, clock hands, changed from alarm to timer, and went from analog to digital, I would consider it a new watch.
  • Bntyhntr3232_Bntyhntr3232_ Posts: 3,088
    They are new but they're reskins at the same time...in transformers toys that would be called a retool
  • KillMasterCKillMasterC Posts: 3,105
    That's your opinion @HZERO but to me, your example is wrong and inconsistent in these ways:
    * if I need a new watch for diving while my current watch doesn't have water resistance, I'll be glad to have one even it's the same color, same model. I need the new feature that's all. It's like TC, he fights like no Starscream.
    * the fact this watch is made and branded, is to prove the watch maker has made something new no matter what people may think.
    * I'll be glad for such gift on my birthday. Be it a water resistant watch, or a 5* TC or NP because maybe I have lower expectations in life or am easily pleased.
  • HZEROHZERO Posts: 52
    JIMMY_SAB wrote: »
    HZERO wrote: »
    I'll repeat until you give up: TC and NP are new bots.

    Ok I see that you are in confusion with this.

    We are being clear. A new bot you start with your model and animations from 0 (skills can we really consider them within a new bot? Unless it is a new one in specified, because the code for shock, exanguination, burn, fire, evasion, etc. You already have it, just implement it.)

    Let's see if with this example they are clearer.

    Suppose it's your birthday and someone (dad, mom, brother, friend, uncle, etc.) gives you a watch and says "Look, I bought you this watch (extendable in green, common alarm tone, stopwatch) it cost me 50 dollars ". Well no good, you release NEW watch.

    The next year on your next birthday that same person tells you. "I took your watch and I changed the extendable for a black because the green was very ugly, and I also changed the alarm tone but neglect the glass still has the small scratch that you had done and everything else is also the same" changing that only cost me 10 dollars.

    DO YOU THEN HAVE A NEW WATCH JUST BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THE EXTENSIBLE AND THE ALARM TONE CHANGED?

    I hope this makes it clearer that TC and NP "ARE NOT NEW BOTS".

    If they had changed the animations of the specials (example that Nemesis in special 1 fired their weapons instead of hitting with the ax, making the pattern to dodge the special different, not the same as Optimus Generation) and modeled ( Nemesis example with its machine guns as there are some designs out there) we could say that they are new bots.

    New names, new abilities, new base stats, new factions, and new bot class (TC). Sounds new enough for me.

    Using your watch example, if I changed the band, clock face, clock hands, changed from alarm to timer, and went from analog to digital, I would consider it a new watch.

    You just said it yourself by changing the clock MODEL from analog to digital. So I would consider it something new.

    If you change the model of the mentioned bots a little, if you change their specials (which implies different mechanics to avoid it), their mobility (that Nemesis moves a little faster or slower than Optimus Generation) added to the changes of ability, color and class . We would be talking about a completely new bot (just a "little" different in the model, as I mentioned submachine guns in Nemesis).
  • SkBirdmanSkBirdman Posts: 391
    The fact that theres a new tie in to a milestone in the brand is really promising for the future if you ask me :) Loving where we are heading :)
  • KillMasterCKillMasterC Posts: 3,105
    Well that's related to the percentage of change, the tipping point if you like, beyond which we think a bot can be called new. That may vary.
  • JIMMY_SABJIMMY_SAB Posts: 1,008
    HZERO wrote: »
    JIMMY_SAB wrote: »
    HZERO wrote: »
    I'll repeat until you give up: TC and NP are new bots.

    Ok I see that you are in confusion with this.

    We are being clear. A new bot you start with your model and animations from 0 (skills can we really consider them within a new bot? Unless it is a new one in specified, because the code for shock, exanguination, burn, fire, evasion, etc. You already have it, just implement it.)

    Let's see if with this example they are clearer.

    Suppose it's your birthday and someone (dad, mom, brother, friend, uncle, etc.) gives you a watch and says "Look, I bought you this watch (extendable in green, common alarm tone, stopwatch) it cost me 50 dollars ". Well no good, you release NEW watch.

    The next year on your next birthday that same person tells you. "I took your watch and I changed the extendable for a black because the green was very ugly, and I also changed the alarm tone but neglect the glass still has the small scratch that you had done and everything else is also the same" changing that only cost me 10 dollars.

    DO YOU THEN HAVE A NEW WATCH JUST BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THE EXTENSIBLE AND THE ALARM TONE CHANGED?

    I hope this makes it clearer that TC and NP "ARE NOT NEW BOTS".

    If they had changed the animations of the specials (example that Nemesis in special 1 fired their weapons instead of hitting with the ax, making the pattern to dodge the special different, not the same as Optimus Generation) and modeled ( Nemesis example with its machine guns as there are some designs out there) we could say that they are new bots.

    New names, new abilities, new base stats, new factions, and new bot class (TC). Sounds new enough for me.

    Using your watch example, if I changed the band, clock face, clock hands, changed from alarm to timer, and went from analog to digital, I would consider it a new watch.

    You just said it yourself by changing the clock MODEL from analog to digital. So I would consider it something new.

    If you change the model of the mentioned bots a little, if you change their specials (which implies different mechanics to avoid it), their mobility (that Nemesis moves a little faster or slower than Optimus Generation) added to the changes of ability, color and class . We would be talking about a completely new bot (just a "little" different in the model, as I mentioned submachine guns in Nemesis).

    So by your interpretation of my comment, that makes TC a new bot. Went from Tactician (Starscream) to Brawler.
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    35th anniversary event
    I’m excited and in no way suspect, hope or believe that OG hot rod is joining the roster as a new bot
  • CROSSHAIRS, hmmmmm......
  • HZEROHZERO Posts: 52
    That's your opinion @HZERO but to me, your example is wrong and inconsistent in these ways:
    * if I need a new watch for diving while my current watch doesn't have water resistance, I'll be glad to have one even it's the same color, same model. I need the new feature that's all. It's like TC, he fights like no Starscream.
    * the fact this watch is made and branded, is to prove the watch maker has made something new no matter what people may think.
    * I'll be glad for such gift on my birthday. Be it a water resistant watch, or a 5* TC or NP because maybe I have lower expectations in life or am easily pleased.

  • HZEROHZERO Posts: 52
    There are many opinions (everyone thinks differently) and they are respected.

    What you put is somewhat lacking in spesification if you buy a new watch with those characteristics or only update the one you have (which does not make it new).

    I agree with Bntyhntr3232, that they are reskins, updates, but nothing more.

    Anyway we deviate a little from the subject of this post and I apologize for that (I should have opened the discussion in a different post) in short I will leave the matter so nothing will change what there is.

    Reskins are grateful I don't say no. But waiting month after month for a new character (Crossair, Predaking, Lockdwon, Rodinus Prime ...) gave the game an extra thrill
  • NightpathNightpath Posts: 644
    edited August 2019
    Perhaps the discussion on what defines a reskin should go in its own thread.

    I am happy to see a new story in the spotlight, as well as the upcoming 35 year anniversary event. Yes, it's not a brand new bot, but at least Kabam has been slowly gaining momentum, for which I'm grateful!
  • McBusketMcBusket Posts: 174
    still NO new relics for us to spend our ever increasing pile of relic tickets.. Any chance we can get Something please!!!!! @Kabam Miike @Kabam Vydious
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