ch0rn wrote:I just started up in the latest tournament where this map is played 10 times. I honestly do not know what I was thinking, maybe I misread the tournament description etc. it was clearly stated this map would be played 10 times , and I just had a brain fart, the problem for me is I have never even seen the map before, and it's pretty complicated.
Can anyone summarize just some basic gameplay/strategy for this map for a complete novice. To me this map is super complex like it needs it's own manual.
What are wise first moves ? Should I be looking to get all my troops off the ships onto land , or should I be protecting my ships to use for bombardment ? I see a lot of land is open to being bombarded, should I be trying to capture it anyways ? Or are those areas just there to get to other areas of the map ?
Anyone have any basic tips, explanations or strategies for this map they might be willing to share ?
We really need someone to write a strategy guide on this, but I'll throw it out some very quick and rudimentary help.
- You need to hold land. The ships are great, but you need to hold land. If your last land territory is captured, you are eliminated immediately, so you must hold on to land (literally) to survive. Also to grow, because every land territory gives +1. If you have a lot of land, you will get a lot of reinforcements.
- At the beginning, your battleship is your biggest source of troops. However, it doesn't earn any more, so once those are used up, they're gone. The other type of ships, the landing ships, produce +2 per turn. However, while the battleships are out of range of the coastal batteries, the landing ships are not, so people will try to capture coastal artillery batteries right away and start bombing your troopships. The three most powerful batteries are at Gendarmerie in the north, Gaba Tepe in the middle, and Kum Kale in the south. The early-to-mid game focuses largely on fights around those three artillery batteries.
- The little red things that look like campfires are artillery strikes. They indicate land areas that can be bombarded by the battleships. Land areas that don't have those red markers on them are safe to camp on; they are areas where because of the lay of the land the battleships can't effectively bombard.
- In Standard or even Terminator I would leave some troops on the ships for the late game, but you're playing Assassin, so I would simply get all of your troops off the ships as quickly as possible. The games will be brief. Try to figure out where your enemy is and wipe him off the land. Remember, you don't need to kill his ships. If you kill all his land squares, he's done. Leave 2s on land squares that can be bombarded, but get your largest forces as quickly as possible onto squares that can't be bombarded. Areas like Hill 60 in the north, Seri Tepe Ridge in the middle, and Halil-eli in the south.
- Some important connections:
- on the central ridge, villages on the central road connect to each other even if they are rather far apart. So Madios connects to Krithia. Look in the legend for the village symbol so you can recognise them.
- The little wooden docks along the Narrows are places where you can cross. So, Chanak Kale connects to Madios. Again, look in the legend to see what the dock symbol looks like and make sure you know where all the docks are.
- In Standard games the minesweepers (in the narrows) can be a huge source of reinforcements, but an Assassin game probably won't last long enough for that to be the case. I'm guessing that minesweepers in your game probably won't do much, but you never know. If you do bring troops off the minesweepers, remember that the minefields (M1, M2, M3) are killer neutrals. Don't leave troops on them.
Have fun!
Cairns (the mapmaker) did a magnificent job of recreating the feel of the actual battle. If you study the Gallipoli campaign at all, you will appreciate his craftsmanship. The big strategic issues, the need to get the troops off the ships quickly, the devastating power of the artillery, the sense of relief when you finally capture one of the "safe" areas that isn't getting constantly bombarded.
If you want, I'll play a 1v1 sunny game with you so you can get some practise on the map.
owenshooter wrote:WingCmdr Ginkapo wrote:Battleships can bombard over 50% of the land territories. So hide out in the land territories which are not bombardable, NE or SE of the map. Then time your moment to bombard a player out of the game. Use the log to keep track of how many land territories players have and if you can see them all.
Remember that as you need land territories to stay in the game, reinforcing your battleship only isnt going to work.
i straight up suck on this map... i think my settings prohibit a good game on this map... i don't like cards... but, i do recognize it is a super cool and fun map...-Jn
I'm glad you like it, and actually it does play well with no cards. Glad to play a game with you if you want; any settings except freestyle.
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, thanks but no thanks...I have never even played a freestyle game.