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also, if you ever find Caravan X early in the game, TRY not to destroy it. You'll get the world's WORST reputation for that, becomming one of the worst enemies of the state.
I did that. It was fun.
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AUGH! I just realized something. It's virtually impossible to visually tell between Caravans or Bandits. out of reflex, I always click the Fight button instead of registering there are options between Fight and Cancel when I pass over a caravan. What would be handy would be if there were different colored boxes to tell which group you were attacking, Bandits or Caravans.
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Just a thought - In a game where one big mechanic is having to throw stuff away in the desert if you cant carry it, shouldnt there be a mechanic where you can randomly find stuff others have thrown away? That'd be cool.
Also, there should be a mechanic for riding horses, otherwise the limiting factor is your people's top speed, thereby rendering horses effectively useless.
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hmm... one more thing, horses can move 15KM per hour, and yet, even if a horse is completely unburdened, you can't ride it, so your max speed is your slowest PERSON'S speed, is there a way to change that?
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Here's my results from experimenting with stats:
1. Physical Strength increases strength and HP by 10 per stat, as well as increasing carry weight by around 3
2. Agility increases movement speed and AP in battle by about 1.5
3. Accuracy increases your sniping by 10 per point with small other bonuses to doctor and mechanic
4. Intelligence increases exp gain and veterinary skills
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Joy, I had started playing this the other day. I come back today to play some more today, only I didn't save. Would be nice if that was pointed out that this game doesn't auto-save at all, unlike what would seem to be about every other game here.
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I'm walking around with over $16,000 worth of katanas stolen from robbers, but nobody wants to buy them. First world problems.
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There's no forage to be bought in town. Rats. I'll have to sell my horses. Wait, they're not buying horses? Maybe because they can't feed them. Now my horses are going to starve and there's nothing I can do.
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Very fun game, but your choice of color scheme makes much of the text very difficult to read against the background, particularly the distances between towns on the map.
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this game is Actually Vey Un realistic Studdys show that you can last a week with out water and 2 weeks with out food
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When facing a group of like 20 men: hide behind a donkey and hope they all shoot each other to death. Works quite well.
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First off, I like this game in a lot of ways. Lots of interesting trade and combat variations not always seen in similar games. However, there are a few things I'd like to see different:
1. A "skip" or "alternate order" of combat; this is primarily due to several of my characters getting stuck behind each other or a wagon, and the only option is to "end turn" for them.
2. Combat Maps -- not a fan of having to search all over the map EVERY battle for the enemies, and then scroll across the screen for EVERY attack. In general, I'd like to see more automation or a streamlining of the options here. If the battle is a foregone conclusion, why spend 10 minutes having to go through each attack?
3. Save feature IN town.
4. Friendly fire -- I know it's more "realistic," but I think it's an unnecessary complication that gums up the strategy.
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Buy leather in Poca Cosa and sell it in Caganel. Buy shoes in Caganel and sell them in Drushlak. In Drushlak buy clothes and medicine and sell them in Poca Cosa.
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Ah, this reminds me of Frontier from Armor Games. Although this one is much more realistic and interactive (with actual combat), the other one is superior artistically and in UI (seriously it's hard to see small white letters on a white map).
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what the hell is going on, i attack the caravan i see at the very start, and its me vs like 50 people. and it takes 2 minutes for the opponent to have their turn cos they have to move each unit??
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Just hit the main caravan tab to determine your traveling speed and resource consumption. Use the map to find distance to your destination town.
Distance/speed(kmh)/24(hours/day) gives you days to travel to next location. Just multiply your resource needs by that number to find out how much to buy for the trip. Once that's done, just load up on what you plan to sell and you're good to go.
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So why is it that this ninja clan with 10 people get to move all their people in one turn, but I can only use one player per turn... I rated 1 star. Note this is also after getting so close to reaching the goal, on my second run around the map... also I couldn't find the save button... it should either autosave or make the save button obvious. (yes I now see it is in options menu, but the tutorial said nothing about saving in the first place!)
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Ok Guys, We are under attack. Everyone dismount and meet up in front of the carts...except you Joe. You go 50 yards away from the rest of the caravan because you are that cool.
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You have NO idea how much water food and forage you need... theres no indicators. THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. Also, it wont let me fill all my bottles even though i can have plenty more cargo...
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I've loved this game ever since it came out and I still love it to this day over the second one. For anyone having trouble, go here http://caravaneer.wikia.com/wiki/Slightly_Unofficial_Guide_To_Caravaneers,_The
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I really wish there were a "you are here" indicator on the map because half the time I have no idea where the hell I am. It wouldn't be THAT unrealistic - you'd probably have some idea of where you've gone in real life.
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Everybody who finds it too difficult, make sure you pick a high-AP character to play with, like Lisa Mitchell. She can get off two rifle shots per round, and with that and one helper (again pick a good shooter/high AP) you can survive the first trip and get another rifle.
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Not a good game. Too easy to die from robbers. If you die within two minutes of starting the game, what's the point in continuing?
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I love how the people in the caravan end up accidentally shooting each other. Overall a pretty fun and entertaining game.
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this game is impossible I get attacked by robber after robber after robber after robber after robber before I can even get to the second town
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... I became master of killing robbers... I got the badge simply by killing robbers... so why trade if you earn more from looting? ;D
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New rule: When venturing farther than the first three towns, pray you don't get caught by bandits with GUNS GUNS GUNS!! I did. I had only two people in the group.
I got Pwn3d. Shoulda got more people, automatic weapons, and Bulletproof vests.
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okay, actually dug out the numbers- wooden carts all have a load factor of 2, so small cart=2x150(donkey)-40=260, big cart=2x150-160=140 (yes, donkey pulling big cart carries less than donkey with no cart). Now, if you were using an ox- 2x500-40=960, drops to max of 300, 2x500-160=840, a small cart on an ox has less capacity than an ox without a cart...
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I apologize, but I find this game quite unrealistic, based mainly off of the difficulty of travelling, and the pathetic effectiveness of a rifle. Especially when one only begins with $1000 dollars, you have very limited options. Then, even after deciding (after dying many times) to buy a helper, he she dies to the hoard of ninjas anyways because there isn't enough money to give him/her a weapon that can significantly help me fight off 6 ninjas. I also give this example because out of the 40 battles I was in, only 2 of them involved less than 5 people. Forget this game! (rage quit)