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@Micro102: They will *vaguely* work together against a big threat, but it's balanced against them wanting to take opportunities wherever they can. There's never a complete peace. I agree they start to take more risks if they run out of other opportunities.
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@Muffimonkey: You could consider that to be part of the "rivals surrender" option, where they've given up hope of challenging you. If it makes you feel any better, you can simply pass turns until your former ally inevitably decides it's time to attack.
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It would be awesome if you could have the option to offer a peace contract instead of killing off the last remaining cities of entire circled opponents. It makes me feel bad and treacherous if i have to wipe out a bot that fought along we me through the entire game and never made a step to attack me.
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This game is soooo good. I have however noticed that the AI:
1) Don't really work together to fight the main threat. They WILL murder you and each other if it gives them a few more tiles.
2) The AI can be suicidal at times. It can figure out if someone can kill it and go on the defensive, but the moment it can't expand anymore it will do things like send it's entire army out to be cut off.
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My computer shutdown as I was about to win a level and I thought I had lost all progress on that level. When I came back my progress was auto-saved and I was able to continue from turn 40, that's just awesome. It's stuff like this that elevate a game to a whole other level.
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There seems to be a bug: when you have played on computer 1 and then continue on computer 2 the game warns you about this and it asks if you want to reset the current save data. I confirmed this and now all levels are marked as won on hard.
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Best tip. As long as you have good profits - Don't neglect building castles and stationing troops there.. vs zombies, let them build ladders and come in, then take back, but be aware not to let the deathknight take your castle.
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after that its a lot of defensive play, just remember that since the enemy can only get to you and adjacent enemies starting on one side and work your way to the other is often easier
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get the connection to the area with the mine and all the bandit camps quickly, once you have the mine leave 1 person on it unless there are no bandits or camps adjacent, clear that entire are use only as much around your own town to make sure you dont die or get disconnected from your money maker
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@Albimonte Start off by stalling and letting the AI fight each other. You can place a knight up/right of your town to protect your town from enemy knights whilst also protecting your access to the gold mine. That knight will keep you alive for a long time. Meanwhile you can clear out all the bandits and then start fighting back.
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1st level of the undead campaign(arrival) can be done in 3 turns, but does not show results of 3 in the compare to other players
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Also, spending is done from the closest town you own... you can't always help where you spend from when buying something like a castle, but you can always place a footman on a territory you control from the town you want the $ to come from. This is key on a map like backstabbed, where you have 6 towns in close proximity.
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Outside of the basics, one major strategic aspect of achieving the fastest time is figuring out where bandit camps will be placed and how bandit money will be distributed. Bandit camps can only go on neutral, uncolored territory. If there are no neutral territories, new bandit camps cannot form... so it may be best not to claim a spot sometimes so you can harvest the "taxes" from the bandits on the map.
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Wonderful game, hoping it gets the attention it deserves. Question about the achievements: why not make 80 gold medals an impossible badge since completing 80 islands is already a hard badge? Seriously though, great game!
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If you go to Conquest on the main menu and enter the name ("Hopelaw") as well as the other parameters, you get a specific map / scenario - that I liked :)
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My dear sir, @embair, you got it what games are all about! Had more fun with this game than any AAA title since the Withcher 3! Each aspect of the game is amazing, 5 stars from my, oh you divine maker!
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Just beat China 1937 by letting the Orange/Green fight in the West and the Red and Light Brown fight in the East. After Green (Japanese) beat Orange (Nationalists) I split Green, triggered a rebellion, and made sure never to let Green get enough for a Hero.
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@EndyDune - pusz to the right relatively fast. One you connect to that forest, use one spearman to take the grey city on the left. When you do that you are safe. Utilize the forests to take towns and split territories.
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@Nespi on Okinawa you'll have to split the enemy territory in such a way in which that they can't build better troops than you. For example if the northern section has less than 40 income you can hold them back with just a pikeman.
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Found this good conquest mission. I can confirm it is winnable on Hard. https://www.konkr.io/#conquest/gl5-LT12-Pikeburn
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Imagine going through 30 moves, nearly capturing a castle, then boom, the enemy turns the troops to bandits, and you have to do it all again.
Man, I wish for a walkthrough
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@Jaxrim4: As the help says in the "Rivals" section, every rival looks after their own interests first, no matter how much they like you. They play to win, they'll take revenge if you've hurt them before, and they'll team up against a dominant force (including you if you're playing on hard mode).
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One thing that annoys me is that even if one of your enemies is good friends with you and has a green happy face, they will still attack you and try to take your land. Tried as an experiment to end the level with one enemy becoming an ally, with me not taking any of their territory but it didn't work. Bro smiled and showed hearts while taking my land.
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https://www.konkr.io/#conquest/gl5-MTZ22-Breezeington
Can anyone try and win this one? I can't really make heads or tails of it.
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The for botd focus on tons of smaller dudes and make your way towards the right side of the map. Then get a couple fighters and attack (all at once) the necromancer. You'll get it easier that way.