Update to my MI challenge: Am in world 3, all in extreme mode. For both Earthwall & Firebolt, I did have to increase the shields, but besides those two levels, I have done all others with only 20 shield mods. One of the hardest aspects is that ANY collision or ANY large shot is OHKO. Am having a lot of problems with W3 City Master due to the sheer number of large shots and the giant orb (also OHKO). Monolith is also an issue with the number of lasers.
Mission Impossible: Turn on extreme mode (be in hard mode and press hidden button in café) and then only have enough shields for one laser (around 20 mods). Finally beat monolith... have died so many times :P
Anyone played this enough times that you start trying to do the entire board as if you were just level 1 the whole time, trying to clear/flag everything and then at the end click through the enemies in order, all with 10 HP? Or, am I the only crazy person here?
Easiest to use deck IMO is blue: 5x 1-cost robot, 5x 2-cost robot, 3x hive mind. With only 13 cards, you are basically guaranteed to get a good start, and with 3x hive mind in play, you have 1-cost 4 ATK/HP cards.
Updated strategy (got 8149 without trying): Settlement priority: Food > Production > Military (aka put 100% to work! I was trying to die to barbarians and did my best yet :P). Tech priority: Population > Food > Palace route (For food, do HUNTING as the last option COMBINES with the leftmost route for a whopping 400 people +5 food each option). Save any extra techs if you get them before you can use them (happens a lot to me before last age). Building priority: I do the first 3 and then wait for the Palace. At turn 60 (last age), my food production shifts into high gear (see above note), putting me at well over 500 people by turn 70. At that point, I dumped all I had into production (as I had all of my food workers full) and created the palace turn 80 ;).
DJCherry (and anyone else struggling): The core strategy I use is to focus entirely on population and food first (make sure you can always grow first, and then add to food production). Keep the defenses around 10% (the 6% is such an arbitrary cutoff... you can minimize losses 70% of the time, so the extra production is worth it). Save tech choices if you run out of food/pop options for your era. Around turn 60-70, when you have over 500 population, then go hard into actual production and get that palace made. I only research the route to palace + left stone route (population boons) + hunting route (hunting is the best return for food/tech). The only buildings are the first 3 and the palace. None others have a good enough return on investment. Good luck!
I would hope that if I was a person standing next to a pile of gold bars, instead of running away from the incoming crazy driver, I would have... you know... PICKED UP THE GOLD AND WENT HOME! :P
Here's my updated build: Max Intel & Luck, Halfway Offense. Luck increases other growths via the items and stacks nicely with Intel for super crit, and the combination trumps Offense. Ignore Agility & Defense; instead get 15/15 Engine mods and then keep pumping up shield mods.
MCShovel, it changes your starting stats. Nothing else. Personally I like to go with a 100% offense and intelligence build, with remaining in agility. If you can dodge a lot, shields provide enough protection (along with the dual shield mods) and intelligence helps all of your stats grow more quickly.
Your instructions are rare bare-bones. Took me a minute to understand how to play. That being said, it's actually a decent little game. I got to level 12 before getting board. For anyone who needs a hint, start with the largest number and figure out how you have to make the rectangle (i.e. 8 is 2x4 and 9 is 3x3) and look for what needs to be in there as you must include every number from the highest to lower (i.e. first level is two rectangles with 1 & 2 in each).
Hi, thanks for feedback. Didn't you miss the second tutorial message? It said each rectangle must contain exactly a series of numbers. Anyway, I added several tutorial messages and made them last longer.
Ah... the feeling when you are finally "done" with the game (have just had enough after getting everything) and finally use ALL of the first two one-time use bonuses at the same time and then watch the screen go white as the game tries to keep up with all of the explosions... :D
I go for a 10/10/4/1 start myself... but then again I'm one of the crazies who plays the game without visiting the sheriff at all (fight robbers bare-handed at the beginning to make your money ;) )
You all are not alone, I am also getting a black screen. I suggest using the "Bug Report" option like I just did to notify them directly. (As a dev myself [of other games, not this one], I can say that we do NOT get notified of comments so all the comments do is to let other PLAYERS know it's not just them)
For those having issues with unlocking the last two girls (Bonnibel & Fumi), Bonnibel is 10 Suave (Dancing), and Fumi is 15 Smart (University). I do think they need to be unlocked in order (so if you get the smart before suave, when you get suave, they'll both unlock).
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Hi, thanks for feedback. Didn't you miss the second tutorial message? It said each rectangle must contain exactly a series of numbers. Anyway, I added several tutorial messages and made them last longer.