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If you can't afford any of that, stick to what you start with until you can afford one better. What I just explained is the best course of action in the long run, trust me, I have more than 10 million in cash, and I hire people just to drive my Hummers :P
Check out the walkthroughs in the forums, SevenofSpades made a really good one.
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Please note, all of the previous weapons cost a shoot-load of money, so here's the poor-man's arsenal:
M4s: Although they are a pale shadow of the CETME machine-gun damage-wise, and have nowhere near the durability of the sniper rifle, early in the game, these weapons are worth their weight in gold. The accuracy boost is the highest in the game up until you get the sniper rifle.
M1 Garand: For a one-off cost of a little, you can pack some heat with the usually horrifically poor damage of the Springfield rounds. Only use these if you don't have the cash for an M4.
Shotguns: Inefficient weapons, but if you're caught flat-footed right-next to enemies, these babies pack a whallop to nearby victims. (also a guaranteed 1 damage hit from any range)
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Will everyone shut it with the M4s already? They suck ass. Giving sniper rifles only to your best snipers is sheer idiocy.
The sniper skill on the gun IMPROVES the sniper skill of the person wielding the weapon. Therefore making the person more accurate.
Here's the set-up:
RPGs first and foremost, if they have the strength to hold 2 rounds and a secondary weapon. They need high(ish) sniper skill also, missing is costly.
Secondly, Sniper rifles. GOD GAVE THE CARAVANEER SNIPER RIFLES!!! These things are godly in the way they improve your entire group. They have fantastic accuracy and deadly damage.
Thirdly, grenades! If someone doesn't have high-powered explosives, they're reduced to picking off individuals, which hurts you later in the game.
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i agree with the Gman there's nothing about H2H combat being able to increase your strength, it really is a last resort sorta thing, when ya run outta bullets and all.
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nilloc, you use rifles to kill the robbers at the start to train up your sniper skill. You train in strength just by walking around. The best kill method at the beginning is rifles. H2H is a) dangerous, and b) costly in medication.
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Well mardek2 deserves to be in the top 5, but other than that one I think the rest rated high in here are overrated. Especially feudalism (UGH!) and Sonny. Sonny is ok but I don't understand why everyone thinks it's so great.
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I love this game. The government mission is too short though. I started a new game so I could see what it's like if you do the evil way, and it's just one simple mission, and then the whole story is over. I find it hard to believe that all Raff needed to destroy the resistance was a taxi ride to Platz. Hehe... anyway I give this 6/5 if I could. The games in this category that are rated higher than it are crap compared to this one.
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darealgman i reccomend H2H wepons at the START to train str later on yes things like m4s rigs9s hand grenades are the only way to go but if you are going to fight the tiny robbers by popa cosa and stuff use H2H wepons
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Close combat weapons are utterly pointless, and pistols are nearly as bad. Always use rifles/snipers/RPGs, with grenades as a backup if you have spare room.
Equip with RPGs if you can, with snipers as a secondary weapon. If the weight's too high, use snipers, an if the weight's still too high, use rifles/M4s.
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Thats news to me that carrying a katana will increase strength. Is it hitting enemies with katana or just carrying it which increases strength? I've never used katanas and my people gained more strength very slowly over time. At most 3 points to strength in 3 and half months of game time. That's when I completed the DP campaign when I played it last time. At the same time some of my guys got 7-8 APs more.
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nilloc: I know that "shoot and hide behind cars" tactic, but you can hardly do that with a katana guy, cause he must engage in melee combat. Before he can do that, he will probably be exposed to a few hits, cause he's the guy in front. In that case low hitpoints are a real disadvantage. Anyway I'm sure that you've done well with your style and I've done well with a little different style. That's one of the good aspects of Caravaneer that you can play it in many successfull ways.
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richie give him a katana nad he will get more STR means mroe carrying i got him to carry 30 KGS af crap and he had 20 AP HP does not man much since you can jsut have your guys hide behind your vehicles or animals and let them taake the hits then pop out on your turn, shoot, and go back in
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Al Habash trains the fastest out of the rest cos he has more AP, which means he shoots more than the rest. He's a fine addition to an army.
And boombox, I have 25 guys, and most of them are just drivers for my hummers, I have a core of 15 troops that are good at killing.
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There are many ways to build a good squad and plenty of npc's to choose from. I didn't mean that taking that Al Habash guy is a mistake, no way.
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Well he's ok for the early stages, but I don't use him, cause he's got low hitpoints, low accuracy (that can be improved) and low carrying capacity. Besides he's got 12 APs, not 14. That's his only good ability. APs are important, but they can be improved quite easily running around the battlefield. I'd rather take guys who have otherwise good stats, but necessarily not so many APs and then train them.
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boombox: I agree that 10-13 well trained guys is enough to defeat any enemy squad, but usually have ~20 guys, cause then I can have 20 cars too and more cargo space.
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Did anyone defeat the army guys at the and of the mission were you going to fight qubba? they simply have t much hp 120-130 and they have 30 man with granades and a few with rifles a try-d everything grenades rpg-s but simply can't do it
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monkeyassassin: I always hire Baranauskas from Poca Cosa as early as I can. Besides him there aren't any useful guys in the first three towns, but you need to take somebody else to your party anyway. With three guys you can go a little further. Next towns where you can find useful people are Verdammter Platz and Nirgendwo, but going there is a little bit risky. Maybe you need 5 guys to do that. Best people can be found in the northwestern part of the map, especially Fort Goks and Qubba. I think that 15-20 guys is optimal amount to complete the game. Make sure you have the best ones! If you hire more than 20, they only hinder each others movement.
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Flish: First of all when you battle the army regiments, you need guys with 15+ APs armed with rpgs so they can take out most of the enemy squad before they get to shoot at your guys. If your guys don't have that much APs, fight some ordinary police squads to get more experience and APs before you launch the final attack on Qubba. When you are ready to battle the army, you need to leave all animals from your caravan so that you can move quickly. You can fight the regiments one at a time near Qubba and between the battles you should heal your troops in Qubba.
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For all of you guys who are asking for tips how to play: I really suggest that you take a look at the tutorials. There's one at sugar-free-games.com which is written by the author of this game, but even better tutorial can be found here at Kongregate:
http://www.kongregate.com/forums/3/topics/1328
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omg i love this game!!!
i havent completed it but i found a good money source, just run between fort goks and smerd selling alcohol and shoes, i had like loads of donkeys and mules and now i've got cars
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Gooood, how in the world do you beat the army regiments, they're effin impossible without someone dying. Anyone who finished the game, can ya share yer secrets?
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one thing this game or caravaneer 2 needs is shops to buy mroe stuff i have like 7 bazookas and 14 rpgs and about 200 guns and NO ONE will buy them i have gone to evry city lol
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oh yes and another thing the best place to recruit new units is at fork goks (duh its a millitary base) they all have 70+ sniping and are fairly handy.....they just cost 2.5k- 3.3k
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NF9NARUTO whats hard about it? its soo odd that me and soo many others find it easy yet others find it hard mabye you should read the TUTORIAL at SFG and talk to the sherrif bout EVRYTHING
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this game would be better if it wasnt for all the robbers with no intelligence. Even when you outgun and outman them they keep attacking. Giant waste of time that ruins the game. Very Tiresome after the 500th time being attack with 2 guys with knifes when i have 5 with rifles