Great game! Is the ending consistent with the wizard's hint, though? I think I actually target the body inhabited by the soul who owns my current body...
Played this game before hotkeys were out, the clicking was a bit tedious at times. Hotkeys make this so much better. On a maybe-related note, I finally got the brilliant on level 14. Failed on many many tries previously, but got it in one try this time around; think I just got lucky with a Crypt freeze proc.
Kay, only did some quick testing on this one, but I think the numbers for difficulty are:
Easy: All enemies do 75% of normal damage.
Normal: All enemies do 100% of normal damage.
Hard: All enemies do 125% of normal damage.
No effect on how much damage enemies take, as far as I can see.
Cross-posting comment on Ghosts:
The big effect of the difficulty level that I can see is the damage enemies do.
Easy: All enemies do 70% of normal damage.
Normal: All enemies do 100% of normal damage.
Hard: All enemies do 140% of normal damage.
No effect on how much damage enemies take, as far as I can see.
Normally, I'd be pretty scared of 140%, since that's a pretty bad disadvantage.
Luckily, though, the enemy likes to spam Condors, which can't scratch Raptors.
140% of zero is... still zero.
Most battles are won by taking out enemy units that can hit Raptors, and then it's smooth sailing from there.
1-3: In all of these your units clearly outmatch the opponent's, and he can't produce any more, so should have no problem here.
4: Keep flak tanks alive to take out his Raptors, after that you can use them as meatshields. Shouldn't be too bad since you have an extra $3000 on him.
5: Honestly a sneak attack with the Stealth Tanks works fine here; you can completely ignore the units up north! If you care about winning the battle "fair and square", block attacks with cloaked Stealth Tanks, then pound them with indirects when they run into them. Kill the northern Turret ASAP by moving your Rockets onto the hills on the north side of the map. Also note a cloaked Stealth Tank on the other side of a barricade will block an opponent from moving through it, and attacking a barricade does not uncloak you!
6: Use Leviathans as meatshields. Not much else to say here.
7: Kill the northern War Machine ASAP by using your eastern War Machine to build a Rockets to the north. Keep your other War Machines away from the water; a full health Corvette one-shots a War Machine, oopsies (45 * 1.2 * 1.4 = 75.6)
8: Really, I think your highest priority is to kill Hunter Supports and Raptors, then Battleships, then whatever. Once that's taken care of, Raptor spam dominates. Note that one War Machine can survive two Raptor hits (25 * 1.4 = 35)
9: Easier than 8. Kill the easternmost Turret with whatever you've got, gum up the northern passage with Stealth Tanks or fliers, and then you have enough room to move around and set up an assault.
10: The War Machine on the bridge needs to be killed with Corvettes on the first turn. Winning the naval battle is not terribly important as long as you take out the Battlecruisers, so save all your Subs for that. You can keep the rest of your army away from the water.
Good game. I'm a big fan of Advance Wars. Also much better graphics than Nemesis!
The big effect of the difficulty level that I can see is the damage enemies do.
Easy: All enemies do 70% of normal damage.
Normal: All enemies do 100% of normal damage.
Hard: All enemies do 140% of normal damage.
No effect on how much damage enemies take, as far as I can see.
Normally, I'd be pretty scared of 140%, since that's a pretty bad disadvantage.
Luckily, though, the enemy likes to spam Condors, which can't scratch Raptors.
140% of zero is... still zero.
Most battles are won by taking out enemy units that can hit Raptors, and then it's smooth sailing from there.
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