R9 Droid brain availability in other areas of the game

I hear they release packs for this occasionally. ;)

"Drathuk916;c-2360609" wrote:

"DarthGrff;c-2360474" wrote:

"Drathuk916;c-2360137" wrote:
Assuming 2 gls this year. I’d assume 3 r9s between them. I’d also assume 2-3 brains get added to conquest red crate but less convinced they’ll do that.

Until they release r9 to be more available I doubt it will be gl required. Barely any of the players would be able to get there so they wouldn’t make as much money

I disagree with this. I think the push to release r9 so quickly was because they planned on using r9 (even admitted it on release) and ran the calculations for the various gp ranges. Assuming the next gl is announced end of July then 320+ guild have had 8-9 months of farming brains. Assuming 50/50 w/l cg is going to argue that 2 r9s is completely reasonable as 32 tws min since release by that point. That’s 48 brains for a 320 guild. If, and it’s a big if, they’re generous they’ll only require 1 r9 for the first gl this year and two for the second assuming an October release date.

I think it’s possible they’ll add a second way to obtain brains but probably very few and only if the amount of r9s coming into the game aren’t enough to come anywhere close to what they want us to need for the gls.

It’s possible but I doubt it, it’s still only super high end guilds. Lower gp guilds can best crancor with the right teams/members but since r9 is based solely on gp, they couldn’t do that. Too few people would have the r9s

"DarthGrff;c-2360851" wrote:

"Drathuk916;c-2360609" wrote:

"DarthGrff;c-2360474" wrote:

"Drathuk916;c-2360137" wrote:
Assuming 2 gls this year. I’d assume 3 r9s between them. I’d also assume 2-3 brains get added to conquest red crate but less convinced they’ll do that.

Until they release r9 to be more available I doubt it will be gl required. Barely any of the players would be able to get there so they wouldn’t make as much money

I disagree with this. I think the push to release r9 so quickly was because they planned on using r9 (even admitted it on release) and ran the calculations for the various gp ranges. Assuming the next gl is announced end of July then 320+ guild have had 8-9 months of farming brains. Assuming 50/50 w/l cg is going to argue that 2 r9s is completely reasonable as 32 tws min since release by that point. That’s 48 brains for a 320 guild. If, and it’s a big if, they’re generous they’ll only require 1 r9 for the first gl this year and two for the second assuming an October release date.

I think it’s possible they’ll add a second way to obtain brains but probably very few and only if the amount of r9s coming into the game aren’t enough to come anywhere close to what they want us to need for the gls.

It’s possible but I doubt it, it’s still only super high end guilds. Lower gp guilds can best crancor with the right teams/members but since r9 is based solely on gp, they couldn’t do that. Too few people would have the r9s

But at the same time, those who do have the ability to r9 are the essentially also the same people who have all 6 current GLs. This would be exactly how they would limit the newest GLs to those folks, at least at first.

"Bladegunner;c-2359981" wrote:
Who cares they're like Aeromagnfiers.

You have way more than you can possibly need due to the cost of the Inpulse Detectors and Gyrda Pads.

Not the same IMO. Aeros stockpile fast, droid brains are 12 a month for a 380+m gp guild with .500 record. Compared to 30+ aeros a month from cpit and conquest.

In 7 months of r9 my guild has earned just over 90 droid brains, 4 r9s MAX without spending. We have less than 100 total r9s, partly because gyrda keypads stink but partly because people are making sure to save droid brains for the inevitable r9 requirements.

"Drathuk916;c-2360609" wrote:

"DarthGrff;c-2360474" wrote:

"Drathuk916;c-2360137" wrote:
Assuming 2 gls this year. I’d assume 3 r9s between them. I’d also assume 2-3 brains get added to conquest red crate but less convinced they’ll do that.

Until they release r9 to be more available I doubt it will be gl required. Barely any of the players would be able to get there so they wouldn’t make as much money

I disagree with this. I think the push to release r9 so quickly was because they planned on using r9 (even admitted it on release) and ran the calculations for the various gp ranges. Assuming the next gl is announced end of July then 320+ guild have had 8-9 months of farming brains. Assuming 50/50 w/l cg is going to argue that 2 r9s is completely reasonable as 32 tws min since release by that point. That’s 48 brains for a 320 guild. If, and it’s a big if, they’re generous they’ll only require 1 r9 for the first gl this year and two for the second assuming an October release date.

I think it’s possible they’ll add a second way to obtain brains but probably very few and only if the amount of r9s coming into the game aren’t enough to come anywhere close to what they want us to need for the gls.

R9 was released and is still throttled heavily to make money. They have sold tons and tons of r9 bundles. Some folks have 10+ r9 toons.

But the time to releas the throttle on droid brains is here, imo.

If they are selling tons of R9 bundles still, then wouldn't you say their strategy is working?

How long were Aero's out before they "released the throttle" on them?

Seems like it was longer than 7 months.

"MaruMaru;c-2360017" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2359985" wrote:

"Bladegunner;c-2359981" wrote:
Who cares they're like Aeromagnfiers.

You have way more than you can possibly need due to the cost of the Inpulse Detectors and Gyrda Pads.

You'll start caring when the next GL reqs require 3 or more r9s

That's way overboard. My guess is 1 r9 per gl if any. i.e. I've got 46 brainz in a top 10 guild as f2p since the release of r9. Any more than this would make the new gls strictly pay only.

I’m not in a top10 guild and I have 76 droid brains??‍♂️ With the sharp increase in relic requirements we saw with LV I wouldn’t be surprised if we need more than one r9 for the next GL.

"Rokaryn_Mazel;c-2360868" wrote:

"Drathuk916;c-2360609" wrote:

"DarthGrff;c-2360474" wrote:

"Drathuk916;c-2360137" wrote:
Assuming 2 gls this year. I’d assume 3 r9s between them. I’d also assume 2-3 brains get added to conquest red crate but less convinced they’ll do that.

Until they release r9 to be more available I doubt it will be gl required. Barely any of the players would be able to get there so they wouldn’t make as much money

I disagree with this. I think the push to release r9 so quickly was because they planned on using r9 (even admitted it on release) and ran the calculations for the various gp ranges. Assuming the next gl is announced end of July then 320+ guild have had 8-9 months of farming brains. Assuming 50/50 w/l cg is going to argue that 2 r9s is completely reasonable as 32 tws min since release by that point. That’s 48 brains for a 320 guild. If, and it’s a big if, they’re generous they’ll only require 1 r9 for the first gl this year and two for the second assuming an October release date.

I think it’s possible they’ll add a second way to obtain brains but probably very few and only if the amount of r9s coming into the game aren’t enough to come anywhere close to what they want us to need for the gls.

R9 was released and is still throttled heavily to make money. They have sold tons and tons of r9 bundles. Some folks have 10+ r9 toons.

But the time to releas the throttle on droid brains is here, imo.

I certainly agree with this. I’m just not confident cg sees things the same way. If they add brains to a different mode, I don’t see getting more than five a month. I think 3 r9s needed this year is the minimum. I could see as many as six. I also don’t see them adding it to anywhere until they announce a requirement. Assuming the first gl is announced for the next set of conquests that’d be 25 brains the rest of the year from wherever they add it. If you need six in total that leaves 95 brains. There will be approximately 30 more tws this year, so 45 brains for a 50/50 320-340 guild. So I wouldn’t be confident about my brain stash unless I was sitting on 50 or more which I’m not.

"Schwartzring;c-2360875" wrote:
If they are selling tons of R9 bundles still, then wouldn't you say their strategy is working?

How long were Aero's out before they "released the throttle" on them?

Seems like it was longer than 7 months.

Looks like CPit was December of 2020 and conquest started March of 2021, and I think hard conquest was the second source (outside cash) for Aeros. So 4 months to release second source of r8 materials.

TW changes were October in 2021 and we are here 7.5 months later without a second way to get get r9 mats.

"Rokaryn_Mazel;c-2360907" wrote:

"Schwartzring;c-2360875" wrote:
If they are selling tons of R9 bundles still, then wouldn't you say their strategy is working?

How long were Aero's out before they "released the throttle" on them?

Seems like it was longer than 7 months.

Looks like CPit was December of 2020 and conquest started March of 2021, and I think hard conquest was the second source (outside cash) for Aeros. So 4 months to release second source of r8 materials.

TW changes were October in 2021 and we are here 7.5 months later without a second way to get get r9 mats.

2nd source still wasn't massively available like the way the T-War changes & the Raid itself being revamped made them.

I was getting way more from C-Pit performance at 4x a month in Top 50% than I was from Conquest at 1x a month & not getting Crate-6.

That, more significant change, didn't occur till nearly a year after release.

Meh, I'll keep banking my 2 Brains a TW & see what happens if Keypads are ever available outside of conversion for a decent price.