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How To Lose C-Bills In Fw


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#1 mrmike5234

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 12:55 PM

Just got done with a match, attacking on Boreal.

Made 236,800 c-bills.

I used 8 consumables, in this case they were artillery strikes.

The arty strikes are 40,000 c-bills each.

Multiplied by 8 is 320,000 c-bills.

If my math is correct that is a net loss of 83,200 c-bills.

I try to fill out the team in the que that needs the players.

Often they are not the most experienced.

So, feel free to flame, troll and ridicule my efforts.

Thank you for your time.

mrmike5234

#2 Deathshade

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 01:17 PM

PGI wants us to grind like the game is new. Pay for consumables or mechs like they really trying to make money. If those consumables were key to winning, I could see the price but they hardly make a difference in just a small percentage of the game.

What is worse is that changing these values is not dev work. Values in a file or db somewhere.
I think they are just sadistic or still trying to run off players.

#3 Nightbird

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 01:51 PM

I try to use 8 strikes and 8 coolshots every match. 640,000 C-bills per match. My 11 useless billion pile is not going down though...

#4 tee5

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 02:57 PM

I thought unsinged int32 was the maximum value in their database. 4,294,967,295

Edited by tee5, 08 September 2020 - 02:57 PM.


#5 Deathshade

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Posted 08 September 2020 - 03:13 PM

I think it is long. You probably get .003 cbills per component destroyed

#6 Horseman

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Posted 10 September 2020 - 12:12 PM

View Postmrmike5234, on 08 September 2020 - 12:55 PM, said:

Just got done with a match, attacking on Boreal.

Made 236,800 c-bills.

I used 8 consumables, in this case they were artillery strikes.

The arty strikes are 40,000 c-bills each.

Multiplied by 8 is 320,000 c-bills.

If my math is correct that is a net loss of 83,200 c-bills.

I try to fill out the team in the que that needs the players.

Often they are not the most experienced.

So, feel free to flame, troll and ridicule my efforts.

Thank you for your time.

mrmike5234

Be more cautious with your consumable use. If you didn't earn them back then chances are you didn't need to use them in the first place.

#7 LordNothing

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Posted 12 September 2020 - 04:55 PM

i got a mil plus last time i played. add it to the pile (more than half a billion).

View Posttee5, on 08 September 2020 - 02:57 PM, said:

I thought unsinged int32 was the maximum value in their database. 4,294,967,295


sure its not int64?

View PostDeathshade, on 08 September 2020 - 03:13 PM, said:

I think it is long. You probably get .003 cbills per component destroyed


i stopped using non-explicit data types long ago. different platforms give different sizeof(long);

of course im an embedded guy so what do i know.

Edited by LordNothing, 12 September 2020 - 04:58 PM.


#8 Willard Phule

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 07:20 AM

For what it's worth, UAVs done correctly pay for themselves. Arty/air strikes, not so much. You're better off skilling up to carry 2 uavs than 1 uav and a strike.

#9 Warning incoming Humble Dexterer

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 08:54 AM

Consumables are way too cheap, they should be worth at least 400k (but same MC cost) to attempt to provide a missing Cbill sink.

The most tricky if not frustrating part of using an arty is managing to catch a time slot for it.

#10 Horseman

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 09:01 AM

View PostWarning incoming Humble Dexterer, on 14 September 2020 - 08:54 AM, said:

Consumables are way too cheap, they should be worth at least 400k (but same MC cost) to attempt to provide a missing Cbill sink.

The most tricky if not frustrating part of using an arty is managing to catch a time slot for it.

Lolnope. Consumables already provide a Cbill sink, and there are players who manage to completely stop their progression by overspending them.

#11 Parashurama

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 09:56 AM

Would you like to buy a Hero Mech Pack?

Heros do help boost the C-bills from FP.

#12 LordNothing

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Posted 14 September 2020 - 11:35 PM

View PostParashurama, on 14 September 2020 - 09:56 AM, said:

Would you like to buy a Hero Mech Pack?

Heros do help boost the C-bills from FP.


there arent many good heros, but there are enough to run an entire deck of good heroes.

#13 Omniseed

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Posted 15 September 2020 - 02:57 AM

View PostLordNothing, on 14 September 2020 - 11:35 PM, said:


there arent many good heros, but there are enough to run an entire deck of good heroes.



Yes, three Legend Killers and a Misery

#14 LordNothing

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Posted 15 September 2020 - 03:45 AM

View PostOmniseed, on 15 September 2020 - 02:57 AM, said:

Yes, three Legend Killers and a Misery


i had a lot of luck with a black widow.

#15 fenomeno

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Posted 15 September 2020 - 08:15 PM

View PostLordNothing, on 14 September 2020 - 11:35 PM, said:


there arent many good heros, but there are enough to run an entire deck of good heroes.


3x Virago, 1x Revenant <3

#16 Ignatius Audene

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Posted 16 September 2020 - 02:45 AM

At least 3 is easy.
Sleipnir, sleipnir, k9 +55 tonner of choice (high roller is possible)
Bw,bw,bw, 55 tonner of choice
Sleipnir, bw, top dog /jester+ Vulcan /Assasin
Quickdraw IV4 times 4 ;)

Edited by Ignatius Audene, 16 September 2020 - 02:45 AM.


#17 Paul Meyers DEST

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Posted 17 September 2020 - 01:21 AM

Sleipnir, Sleipnir, IV, TDK

Edited by Paul Meyers DEST, 17 September 2020 - 01:21 AM.






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