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Thanks Tuo for the idea. I tried your version (to the point where I'm ready to leave the three towns). Minus that I would ordinarily shoot the bandits a couple times first, the rest of the battle was how I normally play it (because I saved ammo and liked walking my character anyways), so it wasn't a whole lot different than my standard. It did take a bit of coaxing starting right out of the first town to attack enough bandits to get a healthy supply of money, but once I did that, it was easy sailing. In fact, besides that start, with just taking my normal two turns around, I easily have the amount of money that I ordinarily would. I just don't know that I would prefer to never have a storyline. I usually avoid visiting the guy in Drushlak until I am ready to complete the entire game, but this may be tooooo long a delay.... lol. So odds are, that even if I start Caravaneer like this again, that I will eventually start the storyline.
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So you don't play the storyline at all.… I had never thought of avoiding doing such. Though one of my favorite parts is making lots of money, so when reading your comment, I initially thought, why not take the money.... But indeed, sometimes I'll try harder things similar to that ilk. The last ones I can remember accomplishing was playing Enchanted Cave without using any Wings and also not using experienced players on Rebuild 2's Impossible mode. Of course, all the TD games I have played, I have never allowed anything through, or I would immediately start over. So maybe I'll try skipping the storyline on Caravaneer one day, as that sounds interesting. (But I will not recommend that for a novice player, lol.) [Incidentally, just because you play a game harder than necessary, doesn't make you crazy … and you are certainly not alone. :)]
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I go for a 10/10/4/1 start myself... but then again I'm one of the crazies who plays the game without visiting the sheriff at all (fight robbers bare-handed at the beginning to make your money ;) )
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Well I realized that Health is the most important as you can't raise during gamplay so that's 10 to start. Intelligence doesn't matter at all so I set that to 1. Then I have to decide between accuracy and Agility and I always choose the latter because one if your AP raises at a steady rate so if you start lower it's more difficult to get to higher. I also noticed that pistols, swords and fists raise your accuracy faster than other weapons so i use those for the most part especially when training new characters.
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Wow, that is lower accuracy than I have ever tried. Since I leave those towns after only two trips around, 5 is the lowest I've done, and that is definitely harder than 6 when I start my trip out of that area. Kudos. I may have to try using 4 one day, but I just can't imagine it being my preference. You obviously learned which skills ones are the most important to start with (most people seem to start with high accuracy instead). In answer to your question, sorry, I have personally never kept track of my maximum AP, but I am sure that the average person finishes this game with a far lower score. Odds are though, that if your wealth high score is no where near the top, that those with much higher wealth had a higher AP. But it is quite obvious that you are another who likes to play a good game, build your strength, and are in no rush to end the fun. Nice to meet you. :)
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I'm asking the highest cause my character is currently at 39 AP and I started at 15 AP, I went 10 agility, 10 physical shape 4 accuracy and 1 intelligence
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I don't recommend using the cart where you can get pinned down, and get attacked by two at a time, until you can kill each of them. Imagine having multiple groups of bandits attack you like that before you can get healed.... I prefer to not get hurt at all. Against those early guys it is much better to attack, then back-step to a safe distance of at least eight steps away from them. I try to do it in a large square formation, so that I am always safe. My having high AP, this back-stepping works wonderfully, with no danger of getting hurt. Meanwhile, all that walking increases my AP, which helps all the more, so that I am better prepared when I go to fight harder opponents. As for the water situation, simply buy a Water Jerry Can. That will get you around each of the three towns individually, easily, (assuming you are using either a donkey, a mule, or perhaps no animal, which are the only options I believe that you can afford at the start).
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SilverSpeedy, groups of 2-3 bandits are very easily handled. You just have to keep kiting them around with a gun or use your cart as a chokepoint (4v1 means nothing if only two can attack me for 3 pts of damage each.). My annoyance is the fact that the store doesn't sell enough water containers to make it to the next town... Hence grinding by killing bandits...
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I am not sure if you're asking either what people start with, or people end with. But those of us who are in no rush to end a game, and like to get strong, can make those numbers huge. So it is probably more important what we start with. Since Strength (Carrying) is by far the hardest to increase, I start with that number being the highest (but the more Agility (AP), the easier it is to battle, and moreover this makes it easier to improve Accuracy (Sniper)). So my character start numbers are either: 10 8 6 1, or 10 9 5 1, depending if I mind starting with only a 5 on Accuracy. For a new player, however, I recommend starting with 9 8 7 1, or perhaps if they are a strong strategy player, and can understand the concept of back-stepping to a safer distance while in battle, the 10 8 6 1. Alternatively, very poor strategy players might have the need to start with 8 8 8 1. (Of course, if they are just here for that quick badge, they can simply max their Agility and Accuracy instead.)
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Actually, Silverspeedy, this is one of best games out there. You just didn't understand how it is to be played. I know that there can be a learning curve, but that is the most extreme case I've heard. Likely that is because the regular Tutorial is no longer working. :( I travel at the start by myself, fighting those early bandits with no problems at all. (One clue, don't be afraid to run away to a safer distance while in the middle of battle, (having ample Agility helps with this).) Maybe, now having a tad experience, you could try it again? (Read the Sheriff's advice, but instead of clothes, buy Medicine in Drushlak. In addition, if you buy a cart, make sure to connect it to your animal.) If you could have arrived at town and sold your wares and what you won from all those bandits, you would likely have nearly earned your badge. Your difficulty seems to be in not knowing how to travel the correct way. I will explain how to use the map to travel in the following paragraph.
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When ready to travel, click Map. Then press your mouse on the Poca Cosa dot, and while holding down, move it until it hovers over Caganel. There will be a red line to show the direction (and if you don't keep track of how long it takes to journey, it also registers distances, to help give you have some idea of the quantity of resources you will need). Keep in mind, that because many towns do not line up perfectly, regarding traveling by a full degree number, and since you will not want to pass by the town, you may want to click on the town you are journeying to when it finally comes into view (or anywhere which would make a direct line to the town). To give you a starting idea, if you buy a Mule (5 mph), it will take 1 1/2 days for this first travel. A donkey will take longer. You can not ride animals, they are solely pack animals. Absolutely have enough water and forage for your journey. If anyone has any questions regarding this game, feel free to PM me.
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This game to me is poorly made, keep getting over ran from bandits in the begin. 5+ encounters gets stupid and not be able to flee. groups from 2-4 bandits. 3 groups at once is total stupid. On the map you need something to show where you are at. I got lost, ended up at the bottom of the map with endless groups of bandits came after me. At least in Fallout games you can run away and pick what fights you want to do.
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sometimes the game IS buggy. If it thinks you started out Poca Cosa with too much advantage it may give fifteen armed robbers. I've died before from none of the criteria flameroran77 supplied. but ty. This is one of the best free flash game concepts out there. It can easily be done better. Better than Caravaneer 2. Yeah. Thats right. I said it.
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Anyone who needs help with this game should look up the "Slightly Unofficial Guide To Caravaneer". It's the best guide I know of out there.
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@Urdonar: Actually, your horses are carrying all your crap.You aren't riding them. You're going at about 5 kilometers per hour, because you're on foot, and your horses are loaded with all the cargo. The only time you'll be going faster than that is when you get gas-powered vehicles.
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I love the concept, but I'm really turned off after finding that spending all of my money on a horse still does not allow me to outrun the goddamned ninjas. Fighting is a chore this early on, and it's not as if the little dorks seem to actually have any money on them or anything. Not here, at any rate. I came here to do business, not fight ninjas. Ninjas that run faster than horses.
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Oscaleb, you either starved to death, died of dehydration, or died of wounds. Starving and dehydration are pretty self-explanatory, wounds means your health went low enough to be considered "gravely wounded". If you're gravely wounded, you need to get some medicine, or see a doctor. Otherwise, your health will slowly decrease until you just drop dead.
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What the hell? I nearly got to Caganel without any robbers showing up, and when I was just about to get there, the 'YOU ARE DEAD' screen showed up.
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I recommend playing caravaneer 2, here I end up with lots of stuff I can't sell anywhere, no pause to save so water and forage depletes for no reason, even while planning the angle to walk the route, lots of things that are improved in #2. I'm sorry to say this because I really enjoyed #2 and wanted to play this regardless, but now even the beginner's route only costs me money because the economy of the towns has changed...I want to play for fun, not to learn about the hardships of life...
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Infinite Money Glitch:
Step 1: Enter a shop
Step 2: Sell an item from your inventory
Step 3: Click the up arrow in the shop inventory
Step 4: Purchase the item called xundefined
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This game is entirely based off luck. I feel like it just sort of throws you in and yells "figure it out" The tutorial tells you to buy leather and to "make sure you have enough food and water" but tells you nothing about how much you need. Hint: The bottles it gives you are not enough.
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So I assault a robber bunker, and I blow it up, but I manage to get my main character critically wounded. Hey, I'd never tried to crack a bunker before! Immediately groups of robbers start swarming like mosquitoes and attacking constantly. "Hey guys, I don't think they're happy about what we just did!" I thought, I can do this, just fight through 100 km to the nearest doctor and I can save my character. 10-20 fights later without losing a single additional hitpoint from my main character, she spawned in a fight 30 meters from the Jeeps. An enemy grenade and a machine gun burst and it was over. The town was in sight too.
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The fastest way to get started -- get only the lightest cart, head to Caganel. Load up on shoes. Make dangerous route to Verdammter Plaz. Takes a few tries to get there without dying to robbers, but if you can, sell all your shoes. Then go to Diep Gat and buy all Medicine. Go back to VP and sell it all. Sell donkey, gun, everything. Should have about 5.5K, buy an ATV and gas. Jetty your way up to the capitol. Go to Fort Goks, buy medicine, sell in Qubba. Repeat 3-4 times, suddenly you have $10K. Then sell your ATV and buy the Raptor. Now you go to Sekhir Bashka and Abu Kirdyk and buy gold, then sell it back in Qubba. Wait around for a few minutes, and now Qubba will have 400 pieces of Jewelery. Buy as much as you can, sell it in the neighboring 4 towns. You will easily get to 1 Million dollars within 45 minutes of starting the game.
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After watching my people and animals starve,thirst,bleed and exploding using few takes of bomb I think I like the game!
10\10
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Ummmm.... I`m stuck in the last desert patrol mission. Everytime i try to fight them they just wreck me on the first round with the granades and rpgs. Any tips other than guns usage or armor?