At roughly 11:30 AM EST a Content Update was pushed to Google Play; TIER 36 has arrived.
Cost for TIER 36 All Stats Increased: 19.8 Billion Diamonds.
Defense Base Upgrades Costs for "ALPHA KILO" are quite expensive;
54% Increase over TIER 35.
RAZORBLADE IX will be available 01/18/17 @ 02:00 AM EST.
Preliminary TIER 36 Upgrade Costs:
http://ggnbb.glu.com/showthread.php?169154-Should-We-Use-GOLD-or-DIAMONDS-for-UPGRADES&p=537227&viewfull=1#post537227.
Early Vault Payouts (pre-Battle Cycle) are running at
400.0M-450.0M Diamonds (and climbing).
Play It Again, Sam.
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The "TIER 36 BASE ALL STATS INCREASED" remains even after paying the 19.8B Price Tag.
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Please be careful NOT to pay twice when you start to actually upgrade the base; you can
upgrade the base, but the INCREASED STATS option remains.
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Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
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Yes ... I usually simply restart the game, which is always a good idea following a content update and increasing stats.
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Based on the above initial PvP Battle Raided Vaults and considering that the TIER 36 Battle Cycle will not officially start until Thursday, 01/19/2017 ...
... I am setting the preliminary (early) expected payouts structure as follows:
Raided Vault Minimum: 400M Diamonds.
Raided Vault Baseline: 500M Diamonds.
Raided Vault Maximum: 600M Diamonds.
Current High Vault Take: 505.9M Diamonds.
If the above projections prove to be accurate, this would represent a 42.86% increase in payouts and a 54% increase in upgrade costs; essentially a net increase in costs of roughly 12%.
I'll have a better (more accurate) payouts/costs projection once the TIER 36 Battle Cycle has started.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
Here are some estimates regarding the effort we're facing with upgrading Defense Base "ALPHA-KILO":
Vault@400.0M Diamonds = 1,062.5 PvP Victories
Vault@500.0M Diamonds = 850 PvP Victories
Contrasted to "ALPHA-JULIETT": Vault@350M Diamonds = 790 PvP Victories.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
This is what we should expect "on the other side" (when we resume) ... only better. :cool:
Current High Vault Take: 530.59M Diamonds.
I'm off to the "Salty Mines".
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
These payouts have exceeded my expectations and they're not all that difficult to find either ...
... so far CJS Version 6.1.1 is functioning 5x5. :cool:
I've had a long (late) work day, so I haven't had a chance to crunch all of the new statistics associated with CKS v6.1.1 ...
... rest assured that this will be completed over this weekend.
I have managed to fight 20 or so PvP Battles and even that low score has enabled me to RANK #120 (or thereabouts).
On a positive note raided vaults are running quite high with my current high vault take @ 593.41M Diamonds. While it appears on the surface to be quite a large increase, it is more than offset by the TIER 36 Base and substantially higher costs associated with weapons upgrades.
The age old question has reared it's evil head once again ... Diamonds OR GOLD for upgrades?
I'll further explore that concern as well; there is plenty to digest with CKS v6.1.1 but 'tis will be done.
Current Record High Vault Take: 600.5M Diamonds. Ooh Rah.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
Whoa Baby !!! :cool:
They are derived from Jr having 37.5x weapons, so far not even 25% upgraded except for the Assault.
Jr has now received maximum payouts for every PVP for 3 tiers now. When Sr played these levels, he was lucky if he got maximum payouts once every couple days. I'm sure Jr is doing these in a much shorter time period, but the brick wall is quickly approaching.
Economy Max Payout
_Entry 0 505.9M
_Level 1 569.14M
_Level 2 632.38M
_Level 3 695.62M
_Level 4 758.86M
Each economy level gives 63.24M above the last one.
Click here for Tier 35 Maximum Payouts for each Economy Level
The payout increase at each tier has been exactly 1.5 above the last one. GLU's geometric progression.
Knowing this, I can now predict the possible maximum payouts for the final 3 tiers. And looking at the very last number, 2.56B - I can confirm this was Sr's maximum payout to date, although he has not made that again even with a 40 and 40.5 power weapon for about a month. GLU has put it's thumb on the scales as usual.
Tier 37
Economy Max Payout
_Entry 0 758.86M
_Level 1 853.72M
_Level 2 948.58M
_Level 3 1.04B
_Level 4 1.14B
Tier 38
Economy Max Payout
_Entry 0 1.14B
_Level 1 1.28B
_Level 2 1.42B
_Level 3 1.57B
_Level 4 1.71B
Tier 39
Economy Max Payout
_Entry 0 1.71B
_Level 1 1.92B
_Level 2 2.13B
_Level 3 2.35B
_Level 4 2.56B