Transformers: Earth Wars
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| Developer | Space Ape Games | ||||||
| Publisher | Backflip Studios | ||||||
| Platform | Android, iOS | ||||||
| Release date | June 2, 2016 | ||||||
Transformers: Earth Wars is a mobile game by Space Ape Games/Backflip Studios with a storyline written by Simon Furman, which means plenty of Furmanisms. The aim of the game is to assemble an army and build a fortress, then try to defend your base while destroying the enemy's. Essentially, Transformers meets Clash of Clans, without Hog Riders. The setting is Generation 1.
Plot
The Autobots and Decepticons return to Earth to battle over resources. Furman promises that while it "appears to be about the same old stuff" initially, "as we progress through the game, more is revealed about Megatron’s master plan and what he’s looking for on Earth."[1]
Campaigns
- Get Optimus / Get Megatron!
Jefire and Starscream arrive on Earth and set up their base of operations. Soon, Ironhide and Bludgeon arrive through their Space Bridges, and after raiding a few bases, both factions find a Quantum Crystal powerful enough to power their spacebridges and bring their leaders to Earth.
- The Lost Map
With the arrival of Optimus Prime and Megatron, the Autobots and/or Decepticons set out to find the Fractal Map pieces with the help of their human allies. Both sides find a Gunner Crystal and recruit Sunstreaker and Swindle.
- Power Play
After collecting three of the map pieces, both factions try putting the pieces they collected together, only to find out they need a Codex Key to break the encryption.
- The Codex Showdown
With the help of the recently recruited medics, Ratchet and Hook, both sides fight over the Codex Key, and find the location of a legendary artifact.
- Combiner Wars
With the Enigma of Combination, the Autobots and Decepticons harness the power of Combiners. The gestalts prove unstable, however, and require Ore-13 and high-ranking bots to be useful.
Gameplay
Classes
- Warriors are armored front line melee fighters that rush into enemy defenses to open up the attack and protect other bots, but they have the lowest Damage per second (DPS). Warriors generally have a speed of 1.7, but some are slightly faster.
- Aerial units deal the highest DPS at a short range and can perform powerful airstrikes on single targets from great distances, but have low health. All air units have a speed of 2.
- Gunners shoot over walls and bombard large areas with their abilities from long range. like the Air units, they're deadly but vulnerable. All gunners have a speed of 1.8.
- Medics heal and support other bots in battle. They are only a few medics in the game, and they aren't durable themselves, so keep them in the back. Medics have a speed of 2.6.
- Special bots are highly individualized fighters with unique capabilities. This class incorporates leaders, scouts, and deployers.
- Combiners are a special class that must be summoned individually. They deal massive amounts of damage, but can only stay on the battlefield for so long. Their three abilities do not use ability points, but have cooldown times.
Alliances
Alliances are the primary way to gain access to bots firsthand via events. Your alliance can also compete in Alliance Wars to determine who is better, and to see who comes up top! Compete in Alliance wars to gain resources, league promotions, and bragging rights!
You can join with other players in an alliance, or you can create your own for 15,000 Alloy! There are many notable alliances within the community! The most notable, Top 5 alliances are:
- Always Hostile
- Primus / Primus Command (Is #1 in Leaderboard events and going)
- Mayhem Attack Squad
- TF Psy-Ops
- Synergy
Resources
- Alloy- A metal substance used to upgrade buildings and walls.
- Energon- Energon is used to upgrade buildings, upgrade Bots' special abilities, and to perform research on Bots to make them stronger.
- Ore-13- A potent substance used to activate Combiners.
- Spark- Obtained from holographic summons in the Space bridge and Event rewards, Spark is used to upgrade Bots' abilities. Special Spark can be received from Combiner team bots.
- Crystal Shards- Also the result of Holographic summons and events, shards are use to create powerful crystals to summon high star rating Bots.
- Cybercoin- Premium currency used for instantly obtaining resources and crystals.
Currencies and Resources at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Battle Boosts
Battle Boosts are like Spells in Clash of Clans. They can only be used once in a battle, but provide extra offense or defense for your team.
- Incendiary Barrage MK. 1, II, and III Rain down an artillery battery of Incendiary shells on the battlefield dealing medium damage
- Orbital Strike MK. I, II, and III summon a powerful Orbital Strike from above dealing massive damage.
- Forcefield MK. I, II, and III Provides a forcefield that blocks 45% to 75% of damage taken and makes them immune to knockbacks for 6 seconds.
- Smart Bomb MK. I, II, and III Deals a set amount of damage to a single target.
- EMP blast MK. I, II, and III Stun all targets in a large radius for a set amount of time depending on the level.
- Field Repairs MK. I, II, and III Heal all friendly bots for a set amount of HP over 5 seconds.
- Shark Attack MK I, II, and III Call for 3 vicious 2-star Sharkticons (level 14, 30, and 40, respectively) to attack a target.Warning: Fallen Sharkticons are highly explosive.
- Nanofrost MK. I, II, and III Freeze a building for 8-12 seconds, then destroy it to freeze and slow down all buildings around the Bomb radius by 40% for 10 seconds.
Battle Boosts at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Buildings
Main
- Headquarters - The heart of your Autobot/Decepticon outpost, protect yours at all costs, and destroy opponents' Headquarters to win a battle! Level up to upgrade it to unlock more upgrades and buildings!
Defense
- Auto Cannon - Provides a decent amount of damage and has medium range. Cannot target flying units.
- Laser Turret - Shoots off 4 smaller lasers that deal constant damage at shorter range, but deals double damage to flying unit's!
- Mortar - Long range defense that targets ground units and deals explosive damage from far away.
- Outpost - Assign an Autobot or Deception with a fraction of their normal stats to defend against attacks on your base.
- Beam Laser - Shoots off a long range Photon laser to deal the Highest DPS on a single ground unit.
- Shock Tower - Delivers a nasty jolt of electricity to nearby bots and knocks them back, and is immune to EMP effects! (Except for shockfire)
- Missile Launcher - Shoots off a barrage of rockets over a very long range at both ground and air units. Cannot target troops within its blind spot.
- Stasis Mine - Doesn't deal damage, but freezes enemies in place for 2-5 seconds.
- Wall - Used to shield defenses and slow down invaders. Upgrading each wall post gives it more health to better defend against opponent bots.
Utility
- Energon Harvester - Harvests precious Energon for research and upgrading buildings. Upgrade with Alloy to increase production rate.
- Energon Storage - Stores Energon for later usage. Upgrade with Alloy to increase maximum storage capacity.
- Alloy Harvester - Harvests Alloy to upgrade buildings. Upgrade with Energon to increase production rate.
- Alloy Storage - Stores Alloy for later usage. Upgrade with Energon to increase maximum storage capacity.
- Ore-13 Harvester - Harvests the rare mineral Ore-13 for sending out Combiners to battle.
- Ore-13 Storage - A storage device strong enough to contain the power of Ore-13.
- Spacebridge - The Spacebridge is used to activate Quantum Crystals to bring in bots and resources!
- Research Lab - Upgrade your bots and their abilities with Energon and Spark to make them more powerful! Upgrade the lab to increase the max level that bots can be upgraded to.
- Combiner Lab - Used to activate Combiners and upgrade their abilities using combiner Spark.
- Build Bot - Build Bots will build and upgrade buildings, but the bots themselves cannot be upgraded and have very low health. The number of buildings than can be upgraded at a time depends on the number of Build Bots on base. More Build Bots can be bought at 2000 Cybercoins each.
- Scanner - Provides locations of rivals' bases so you can raid them. Upgrading it will give access to tougher battle zones.
Buildings at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Featured Characters
(Characters are paired in each row as in-game counterparts.)
Events
Every weekend, for three days, events are held. The events always alternates between solo events and Alliance events each week. The amount of points earned per event battle depends on the battle zone, but some events give the same amount of points in all battle zones.
The types of event also varies: A single totaliser with a grand prize at over 200,000 points, events with many prestiges to collect prizes multiple times, and a totaliser and leaderboard event, with the top alliances receiving the newest 4 or 3 star character crystal and Premium Crystals.
Notes
- Furman has said that early in production, "we had to base it in the IDW continuity as it turned out". He also revealed it was him who pushed for Bludgeon to make it into the game as well.[2]
- Character models are mostly based on each character's most-recent toy release. In many cases, this means Combiner Wars and Titans Return. There are also some appearances from Thrilling 30, Legends, Universe, movieverse namesakes, and 'original' Generation 1.
- Apparantly, the Mastermind Creations toys of the Predacons inspired the staff so much, that the in-game models of the Predacons are based off of these third party toys.
- The only Furmanisms actually in the game are "It is over - finished!" (said by Optimus or Megatron after a victory) and "Now - Reap the whirlwind!" (said by Optimus Prime when deploying troops)
