I don't remember how many pieces the reinforcement card is split up into, but if it's 3 pieces, then each AI team is going to get a full card every turn. That's how the AI is able to deploy so many so early.

Impaller, I see your point on 3 thirds of a bonus card for all the AI's in one team getting the bonus 6 armies. But them sw1nes STARTED with 13 in round one before a ball was kicked, not after and on round 2.....?????

George, after you lose check the history of the game and see exactly what they did. That might help you out a bit.

Woohoo, artic69, good startegy and waya great advice to watch the drones scrap after i had surrendered...thanks guys, challenge 2, gonna hava a good look at this one first before charging in, All you other people new to this, it is pretty frustrating getting your @rse kicked time after time, but as a Leeds United FAN it has been a GREAT WEEKEND....M.O.T. ( You have to be a Leeds fan to know what that means).......P.S. Thanks Randy for a bl00dy good challenge !!!!!!

I managed to beat challenge 1 but challenge 2 is insane, it just doesnt seem possible to get enough whole regions quickly enough to be able to defend anywhere.

Cant do single player number 4 either, any tips?

DAVE - For level 4 stuff, check out: http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=312

As for Challenge 1, my absolute number 1 thing to do in this one is BALANCE. BALANCE BALANCE BALANCE! I cannot stress that enough. In order to keep both teams in check, you have to knock them out 1 at a time, alternating teams. You also have to remember, that the AIs fight each other and you can use that to your advantage. One thing I've found is that starting in the middle (africa, Scandinavia) you have the AI's fighting each other already, and they're pretty split right down the middle. The reason you're seeing such big troops randomly is because that AI team has pretty much taken out the other AI team and they have a lot of income.

Things you should do; Always keep a good defense, even if the AI has only one in their territory because they will test your open spots all game, and if you notice they aren't protecting, go ahead and nab that territory. Getting and keeping bonuses are very key and so slow BALANCED expansion will lead you to victory.

Like Randy said, practice! It helps a lot. Also look at the history and learn from your mistakes. The AI still does the same strategy every game and you can use that to your advantage. The AI also will usually go after Neutral spots before attacking you.

Hope this helps everyone.

Man, these are freaking ridiculous. I had 15, he had 10. They were attackers, I was defenders. I lost & they had 6 armies left. WOW. Just wow.

YAY I FINALLY BEAT IT!! hahaha it only took me a million times of trying tho :p

It wouldn't be so fucking gay if you could see what the damn bots were doing.

After you lose, go back and look through the history to get an idea for what the AIs are doing and how they work. Once you understand how the AIs work, you'll have a lot more success I think.

What are people's best results in challenge 1? I just did it in 27. guess i got lucky with where the AIs started

I believe Mor has the record at 20 turns.

I beat Challenge 1 in 20 turns.

But I have yet to beat Challenge 2, so Mor's definitely got that on me. Any tips, Mor? :)

http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=136

Check out that thread for Challenge 2. I think (could be wrong) that I have the current challenge 2 record. I also think it can be beaten in 20 turns or at least very close to 20 turns if you're looking for even more of a challenge. Good luck.

"http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=136 "

Yeah, I've read that thread. Not much help in it, really. No strategy, just people that have done it bragging about it. To be fair, there is some strategy advice, but it's few and far between, and not really helpful.

I thought I gave some fairly helpful advice. The key to beating the challenge is to exploit the AI's tendencies and use the Abandon card well, and I gave information on how to do both of those. I would also restart the challenge if you don't control all 3 of your starting bonuses by the end of the 2nd turn, because how fast you expand early game creates a snowball effect.

I know, and yours was the best advice, but I already understand how to exploit the AI tendencies. What I'm interested in is where to engage the AI on his home world first. I've tried going in from Australia against the AI that starts in Anadyr S. Sometimes this seems to work because he's only getting 5, but sometimes he's got West China and Canada and crushes me. Even when he's only getting 5, the other AI's seem to feed him so many armies I can't beat him. Was thinking maybe there was a better entry point.

In my best game yet of Challenge 2, I was getting 87 armies per turn. I beat the AI that came in through Canada, the one that came in through Norway, and the one that came in through Australia. And I was counterattacking out of those areas. Thought I was doing pretty good.

Then another AI dropped into East Russia N with 120 armies. At the same time, an AI blew through my 100 army Abandon in Svalsbard S with 150 armies. I had no answers for this.

I guess since this is a Challenge 1 thread I should post some advice about that.

I tried the Africa strategy mentioned earlier. While I ended up winning, it was excruciating, took like 55 turns. I had to go hide in Antarctica and let the AI teams fight.

The two best times I've had are 27 and 20 turns. Both started in Asia. Luck is a huge factor, of course. On the 20 turn game, I started in West China, an AI team was in East China. I drove the AI team out of Asia, and then started expanding like crazy. By the time I met another AI it was in Europe, and I was strong enough to take them head on. The AIs had been fighting with each other, too, and neither had gotten the upper hand. Think that's key. If you start out in between 2 AIs, restart. If 1 whole AI team gets eliminated and you aren't already killing the other team, restart. There's a lot of luck involved, but it can be done.