what i realized right away with this game is that there is a HUGE learning curve. i didn't realize how much until i was actually in the game to figure out what i needed to research and learn. with that said, i am not going to talk about my in game strategy but the strategy i went with before the game started.
i used to play risk on conquer club. i am a pretty high level player on there and this type of strategy game always interested me. this is what attracted me to this game when a friend of mine mentioned it. because it was like risk, i thought my same strategy would work with this game as well.
i heard a ton of people saying pick a large country with a diverse amount of supplies, but when looking at a map, i noticed these countries are surounded by other countries. a lot of people in risk will go for the bigger territories because they offer more points.
not me
in risk, i will ALWAYS try to get oceania for the 2 points first. one direction in and one direction out. while my territory is heavily defended collecting those 2 point per round, most everyone else is thinning out their armies and trying to defend themselves against attackers.
so i looked at the map and used that same strategy and picked nicaragua. two directions to go but panama was a computer and not a lot of resources to be of interest to anyone so basically 1 way in and out just like in risk. i knew where i wanted to originally attack to and i beat my opponent there to to arrangem my initial troups. i didn't leave any troops behind and took them all with me knowing i will need them and to apply a wall of troops just as i did in risk when i played.
this strategy worked well for me. had a bigger country(yukatan) and had spread his armies too thin where i was able to congregate my armies a lot faster. although i cut through him like butter, it was a tough war with him. we started with the same stuff and i didn't want to sleep when at war with this guy as it was my first game and was still trying to figure out everything. HUGE learning curve! more than what made me feel comfortable. i almost quit the game because of the learning curve but i am glad i didn't.
rest is history. i'm top spot for now with a better understanding and strategy. learning curve isn't as much anymore after 12 days and my strategy worked before the game even started and when i went against everything i read about the initial strategies including building up your economy first. i battled HARD first and then rested. depleted his resources and increased mine which lead me to the position i am in now. the strategies i read may be good for the bigger maps. i dunno. i will stick with mine until it fails though haha and then i can focus on learning a better one
i commend the devs for this game. awesome game once you learn it(i can understand why people quit prematurely). quitting never got me anywhere in life though so i normally don't have that in me anymore. mistakes to me are just learning experiences and when people can see those mistakes in a positive way rather than a negative way, they will welcome mistakes. everyone makes them. they are inevitable. it's how we deal with them that is most important even in games like this where it's easy to just quit. but if ya quit, you haven't learned a damn thing. just as if you aren't making mistakes, you probably aren't doing ANYTHING.
one great thing i love about games like this is i can take what i learn from the outside world and apply it in a game like this including psychology and human behavior. i can also take what i learn in game and apply it in the real world. it's not just about a game or a war. we are learning skills at the same time
so that was my first game strategy with a little philosophical mix thrown in for fun haha
i used to play risk on conquer club. i am a pretty high level player on there and this type of strategy game always interested me. this is what attracted me to this game when a friend of mine mentioned it. because it was like risk, i thought my same strategy would work with this game as well.
i heard a ton of people saying pick a large country with a diverse amount of supplies, but when looking at a map, i noticed these countries are surounded by other countries. a lot of people in risk will go for the bigger territories because they offer more points.
not me
in risk, i will ALWAYS try to get oceania for the 2 points first. one direction in and one direction out. while my territory is heavily defended collecting those 2 point per round, most everyone else is thinning out their armies and trying to defend themselves against attackers.
so i looked at the map and used that same strategy and picked nicaragua. two directions to go but panama was a computer and not a lot of resources to be of interest to anyone so basically 1 way in and out just like in risk. i knew where i wanted to originally attack to and i beat my opponent there to to arrangem my initial troups. i didn't leave any troops behind and took them all with me knowing i will need them and to apply a wall of troops just as i did in risk when i played.
this strategy worked well for me. had a bigger country(yukatan) and had spread his armies too thin where i was able to congregate my armies a lot faster. although i cut through him like butter, it was a tough war with him. we started with the same stuff and i didn't want to sleep when at war with this guy as it was my first game and was still trying to figure out everything. HUGE learning curve! more than what made me feel comfortable. i almost quit the game because of the learning curve but i am glad i didn't.
rest is history. i'm top spot for now with a better understanding and strategy. learning curve isn't as much anymore after 12 days and my strategy worked before the game even started and when i went against everything i read about the initial strategies including building up your economy first. i battled HARD first and then rested. depleted his resources and increased mine which lead me to the position i am in now. the strategies i read may be good for the bigger maps. i dunno. i will stick with mine until it fails though haha and then i can focus on learning a better one
i commend the devs for this game. awesome game once you learn it(i can understand why people quit prematurely). quitting never got me anywhere in life though so i normally don't have that in me anymore. mistakes to me are just learning experiences and when people can see those mistakes in a positive way rather than a negative way, they will welcome mistakes. everyone makes them. they are inevitable. it's how we deal with them that is most important even in games like this where it's easy to just quit. but if ya quit, you haven't learned a damn thing. just as if you aren't making mistakes, you probably aren't doing ANYTHING.
one great thing i love about games like this is i can take what i learn from the outside world and apply it in a game like this including psychology and human behavior. i can also take what i learn in game and apply it in the real world. it's not just about a game or a war. we are learning skills at the same time
so that was my first game strategy with a little philosophical mix thrown in for fun haha