@dman: such battle is a bit harder to win, but it's possible. you have to take cover behind your horses (or even better:behind their cars if it's possible) first kill guys with most dangerous weapon (rocket launcher, grenades, machine guns, rifles, pistols) and closest one. this is an example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HckKHjfVTyU
I think survival mode is somehow boring becouse there is no real challenge and you never lose (as you told) . But earn a million and kill 'em all are nice. Best results are quite hard to achieve.
Just destroyed a new caravan with one man only with fists, no armor, no training and no car - so it is possible. Then i earned a million in 1day 7hours althuough i started with 0$ (i didnt go to Sheriff in story mode).
I just made a little video tutorial about how to play a deathmatch, you can find it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HckKHjfVTyU
ajprime2000: You can find this in official tutorial
http://www.sugar-free-games.com/caravaneertutorial.php
random123321: I think this is exactly why the game is so good. At the beginning you might loose in 1 against 4 combat, later you succed in 3 against 10, but even much more can be done. For example 1 guy with a pistol or rifle can destroy whole caravan. The point is not about training, it's about fighting strategy. Some ideas are written here here http://caravaneer.wikia.com/wiki/Tips Even 1 bare-hands guy can destroy caravan or any police unit, but i needed a little trick (maybe a cheat)- to weaken my victim by exposing it to robbers and lower their health before i attacked them.
Venometal: Not really, i finished a game before the end of March (it starts at 6th March) and didnt spend no time for training. You only need to get military armor for all and rpg7 for most of your people.
A pretty trick in deathmatch (kill 'em all, earn a million) is to destroy caravan near poca cosa at beginning. It seems like almost nobody havent discovered it yet, becouse there are very few results below 2 days in earn a million and above 300 in kill 'em all and most of them are made using some cheat(a million in less than 2 hours is clearly a cheat).
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