I'm disappointed by the lack of strategy tips here. Some simple ones I've found are:
1. Even though artillery is best against large numbers of weak enemies, building it at the start is usually a bad idea.
2. You should try to defend "depth-first", i.e. level up your towers before building new ones, and start out with a big clump of them all in one spot, even if you have to leave a great strategic spot empty. In particular, the level 4 towers' special abilities are OP.
3. Don't put your archer towers in the "best" spot, nestled right inside a bend. Place them one spot further in, because they'll cover the bend anyway once they're lvl 3.
4. If you have a decent amount of gold, be generous with mage towers. They may be *intended* specifically for armored enemies, but they get really strong at high levels.
Just amazing. I managed to beat the first mission without losing ANY units, for the first time, and I get less than half the maximum possible score, less than half what I got last time after losing TWO Scorpions.
Hiya, I'm just here to remind you all that, yes, this game still sucks. I like how the instituted the "create a class" feature from CoD. Did it just so you could add that to the list of games you ripped off, didn't you?
If you make a stab at a cluster of enemy stars, try making the first two you get fighter and rocket bases. The rockets will bomb the enemy down and the fighters will capture the neutral stars.
On mission 4, Durand's mines only produce enough for a Spider Tank every other round. Place your artillery in the lower center of the map. Durand should get stuck in a rut of sending his spiders due east immediately after building. You should be able to kill them with the artillery as they come. Move up your Scorpions and Annihilator (The Flak Tank will probably perish beforehand) and wait until Durand's initial funds run out and he can only build one Spider Tank every other turn. Then, using the Annihilator as a shield, occupy his spiders with your tanks while you move your artillery along the road to finish off his last Scorpion and Spider Tanks.