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I finished the europe challenge in 25 turns simply because I didn't notice the two islands at the bottom right side -_-
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Fun game, but the European Vacation Badge takes hours to complete. The strategy I used was to transfer 50 armies to Norway via Scotland and airlift my first batch of 120 reinforcements to the Russians. This kept the Germans busy until I was able to build a strong foothold in central Europe.
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The title sounded cool until I realized it was just another implementation of Risk. AI seemed poor as well compared to most implementations. The UI was very good though. Copying a game like Risk isn't exactly a bad thing though, so 4/5 stars for a good game that could use a little more AI work.
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To get gold star in Europe you NEED your partner alive. Those 100 troops you have not in front, move north and pass to Norway. Also, give at least 2 airlift to your partner, in Scandinavia and Russia. If your partner can trouble the enemy to get the big Russia bonuses, you will have little resistance to get the west side of the map, other than a 110 army that starts in Sicily and comes to Southern France in turn 4. Turn 12 I had conquered France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Benelux, Switz., Austria, and most Germany. Thanks to ally, enemy had control just over West Central Russia, Poland, Romania and Turkey. Then grab a big army and march to North Russia, in case the ally fail to eliminate enemy there (but in my game he succeed). While smaller armies (like 5) take the enemy 1's, also move a medium army to Turkey, where the enemy should try a last move. Regroup the armies that conquered Spain in a big group, so you can Airlift them to where they are needed, just in case. Give it a + ;O)
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thought this was another risk clone until i got to level3. then i saw that you can see the predictions for the battles. this was realy devouted.
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Just found an instance of blatant computer cheating. Turn 1 of Crazy Challenge, I start right next to the peach player. Instead of restarting as I should, I put everything in, attack him. He attacks a territory with a few armies and wins, then I take over his home territory. Turn 2, I do the same thing, because I can kill him off this turn, right? Wrong. He reinforces his remaining territory with 18 armies out of nowhere. There's no possible way he has this many reinforcements on turn 2 with 1 territory, even with the use of a card. This explains why these later levels get so hard- we're not playing on an even field.
When the game is over, check history and you can see exactly how they got their armies. The AI plays by the same rules you do. See http://wiki.warlight.net/index.php/Cheaters
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how do you manage the first level in 6 or less moves, no matter what i try i cant do it. with one move left i split my army in two to attack the last 2 places and the computer puts all its armies in one so my army doesnt win then it takes one more turn to win. i have tried putting most of my armies against one area and only a few in the other but then the computer puts all its units in the one where the least amount of mine are attacking.
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How could it be:
Iocane Origins Badge ( easy ~ 5 points )
You acquired this badge on Dec. 13, 2011.
and Level 2 — locked.
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Ok, the third mission is extremely difficult, but I found a good strategy after failing so many times. The strategy is not to conquer the whole world as fast as possible, it is to draw out the enemies troops, while you build up your own forces. (Get at least 5 troops in every territory so the enemies can't build up 20+ troops in 1 round, while you have at least 3 different territories and you are building up those 20+ troops) This will help you ALOT, because otherwise, the enemy will wipe your troops out like their nothing. --Thumbs up so people can see this tip--
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3 quick questions:
Is the "INSANE"-map doable, or is it mathematicly impossible?
What's the gold star limit on the Crazy map? i did it in 36 and was hoping it was good enough:(
How do i make computers team up against me in custom map? Only get FFA-games that are easy :P
Insane is beatable, but it is indeed very difficult. You can see the star requirements by hovering over the star on the main menu, Crazy is 29. To create teams in custom games, right after picking the map there's a drop-down at the top where you can change it from No Teams to Manual Teams.
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@skitszo Part 2: Your airlifts will all probably end up going directly to your ally, with the first 60 armies or so put into Sweden. Your ally is much more helpful if he can keep Norway/Sweden. Later on, try to donate your airlifts accurately in Russia to surprise and devastate the big enemy armies. In general, you have to be opportunistic on this map. If you have to lose 2 bonus armies to take away 5 from the enemy, do it. But make sure to keep inching horizontally across the map so that when you do get the final advantage, you can take everything over in as few turns as possible. (Those Cyprus islands are really far away, believe me.) If all goes well, you should be able to beat the challenge without ever having to control anything in Russia. Surely somebody will have a different strategy, but I've beaten it this way a few times in as few as 18 turns. Good luck!
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@skitszo Part 1: Here's how I've started the times that I've beaten it. On the very first turn, don't attack. Instead, retreat your big armies evenly to Midlands and Wales. Transfer them back to SE and SW England on the second turn. This should eliminate the first two big enemy armies. For the first half dozen turns or so, put all of your new armies on N Scotland and transfer them to your ally once he is about to lose the Norway bonus (And probably for a few more turns after that.) With your two big armies, send one along the France/Germany/Switz border and the other south towards Spain (watch out for the big army!). Your goal is to cost the enemy some armies and generally cause chaos until you can see an advantage and start taking bonuses of your own. (Benelux) After the second turn, try not to take on any of his big armies directly; wait until he splits them up. Continued....
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This is a great game, Its fun to play, and with the custom maps, you can easily adjust it to you standered difficulty. I was wondering if you could add another 'You' player to the custom teams, allowing you to play with a friend, or against yourself(testing different stratigies)
5/5
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An in-depth review brought to you by insomnia:
Concept: You've taken risk, streamlined it, and added your own twists. Nothing shockingly new though. 0.5/1
Mechanics: A few minor hiccoughs which can be blaimed more on my braindumb than anything else. 1/1
Visuals: Certainly nothing to write home about but also not hidious. 0.5/1
Audio: Simple, elegant music. Sound effects are pleasant and used sparingly. 1/1
Fun: May not have had me grinning ear to ear, but it also didn't make me hate playing. Which is more than I can say for many of casual games. 1/1
Overview: Not exactly mind boggling awesome, though I admit this is hardly my typical style of game. No bugs, no obnoxious cutscenes, nothing negitive about the game in general. My only real suggestion would be to consider collaborating with someone for more striking visuals. At a total of 4/5 this ranks higher than all but a select few in my books. Congrats on a well rounded game.
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great game, but if i was to suggest one thing, it would be a unit cap. on the Europe level I keep getting destroyed when the enemy makes a stack of almost 300 units and not only kills my ally, but hits me from behind. Not a major cap, understand, just maybe, 150? because from my experience, every time I manage a stack of about 200+ It becomes unstoppable. Other than that, It is a fun, addicting game. (I just don't know which is harder: baby-sitting a friendly AI or fighting 2 teams of 2 at once, I have yet to finish either.)
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Just too stupid hard to care about. It's a great game when you are playing risk. It's retarded playing against enemy computers in unshakeable alliances.
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insane is not (only) about what you do but is about what they do.
I tried many times, in one game i had an income of 71 tank per turn at turn 7 but the AIS attacked me in 50 from 5 sides at turn 9.
So the key to beat insane is simple : try until they blocks each others bonuses.
The only time i Had a chance ( but forget to abandon northern svambald) was because they attached in small amount
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anyone have tips for insane? I have a gold star on the other 5...but I keep getting invaded from the north on insane, and its just way too much to stop.
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@helltank I disagree. Speed and chaos are often quite effective in this game. In the Europe Challenge, for example, your first goal should be to disrupt your enemy as much as possible by racing through and killing his army bonuses. Not only will he get less armies, but he'll spend more of them trying to get the bonuses back instead of taking over your ally.
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The key to this game is to not bite off more than you can chew. Quickly conquer your first continent and heavily fortify the territories that the continent you control can be attacked from. Keep doing this until you have a crazy amount of armies at the attack point territories, then slowly, very slowly, start to spread. Make sure that at any given point of time you can defend all your territories well.
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At last! the hard badge is mine <3 I completed the crazy challenge aswell... but insane earns his title, wave after wave of 100 armies :/
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It's very possible to beat level 3 and even get a gold star. You just have to take time to understand the game mechanics and some basic strategy. The insane challenge, on the other hand, is very difficult.