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GeekNights 080205 - Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the newest installment in the Advance Wars franchise: Days of Ruin for the DS. In the news, 4 Edition is coming, as is Bionic Commando Re-armed.
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It has hot seat, PBEM, a scenario editor and the price can't be beat.
Used bugmenot.com to log in and see comments (Imagine youtube if occupied entirely by pubescent males.) but no-one posted the name of the track; Much to my disappointment.
Oh, and that reminds me, I saw something recently in a magazine about how much some neo-geo products go for these days.
When I get pushed back to the HQ area all I can do is hold the north and south entrances until he comes in with 3 of the war tanks and takes me out. I have a good strategy to counter his air assault but by the time he pushes through (targeting my air defenses) it is near turn 50 and he has a massive fleet of planes just waiting to jump down my throat.
I have come very close to pulling off the quick win by using my copters to carry troops to his HQ with a fighter and bomber escort but he seems to have no problem building a fighter by the time I get close to his HQ. I don't even have a single factory up and running at this point so I still get creamed. The one thing I can say is that this strategy does destroy his air force as I take out his bombers along the way, everything else runs in fear of my bombers because I make it a point to knock out all but one of his missile launchers in the opening of the game.
I have no doubt this mission is winnable, I just have not hit on the right mix of units to pull it off. The best I can do is create a stalemate that lasts until I just turn the game off.
I've taken down one laser and I outnumber his units 35 to 16. I've got a pretty good system going on where missile units cover for my bombers (that AI just will not send in planes if a missile unit is nearby!)
Take for instance 'Ridge Island' in the War Room, with a single CO, just one opponent, and skills set to 'off' so that experience will be increased by a factor of 2.5. The enemy CO is Grit - and he creams me every time.
Asking all the Advance Wars veterans here: what affects your choice of CO, and in this particular example, how would you proceed? What is your result, i.e. how many days do you need for this particular map and setup, and what rank do you get? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
You would also want to choose a CO who can make the most of the terrain and the starting conditions. In the example, you start with less cities than the opponent. So would you therefore consider Colin, a CO who can buy new units cheaper? Or is this going to hurt later-on, as these units will be a bit weaker?
Then there are only three passages through those mountains which separate you and the enemy. Does that mean that you should not use tanks (and a CO with strong tanks), because they would have to filter through well defendable bottlenecks?
Has anyone played that mission yet with perfect scores?
Also, I highly suggest starting with the GBA Advance Wars games. There is a progression of complexity.
What confused me in the final battle (and some of the others) was the fact that if I attacked his Unit A with my Unit B it would leave him with 3HP. Yet, when he attacked my Unit A with his Unit B it would kill me. Caulder has a sick CO power too. It's like Brenner but it's always on!!!
If a free play game has a time limit is the winner the one with the most units?
Does that mean that without the "skills" that come with increasing CO rank, you cannot finish the war room levels with the maximum score? But then again, there is that option to specifically play without 'skills'. It would seem kinda unfair if you could not beat the level S-ranked under these conditions. I would very much like to know an experts score for this level under the conditions I mentioned earlier - anyone up for this?
I'll find my copy and tell you the best score I ever got. I can tell you that the key is mechs, combining units that are damaged, tanks, and patience.
How does the game calculate those ratings?
Power is the damage you do. The more units you kill and the more damage you do to the other team, the more power you have. If you beat a mission with a quick transport copter HQ capture, you won't have a very good power rating. If you blow up some of their expensive units, then send in the chopper, power will be quite good. A good way to get a high power rating is to use artillery to hit their most expensive units. If you get a low power score, consider waiting a few turns before finishing the enemy off. Just sit at their base destroying every unit they build for a few turns.
Technique is a more general measure of efficiency. If you build twice as many guys as the opponent, that's not very efficient. Getting as much done with as few units as possible is the key to getting a high technique score. If you find that during the course of the mission you have a lot of extraneous units that don't do much, that is poor technique.