no spoils, mang

by **mybad** on Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:07 am

yeah noob question, I know, but I've seen people throw everything they have at bonuses the first couple turns while others build a stack and wait for an opportunity. how do I decide what to do?

by **Streaker** on Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:02 am

mybad wrote:yeah noob question, I know, but I've seen people throw everything they have at bonuses the first couple turns while others build a stack and wait for an opportunity. how do I decide what to do?

Depends on your drop. If you see you have a majority of regions in a certain bonus area, and there is not much contest over it, try and grab it. Make sure you can hold it, that's important.

If you don't have a good drop for taking early bonus, find some strategic points and build a large stack or 2. Don't get in to many fights, and pick your target. Patience is key...

by **shieldgenerator7** on Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:03 am

yeah, usually the strongest player at the end is the one who hasn't had many battles with people, I won a europe game because the other players were fighting each other and ignoring my troops, allowing me to get a head start

by **DarthFrog** on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:25 pm

I don't know about others, but from my experience, the best games I have played on CC have been no spoil games where people are NOT stacking. Some of the worst, most boring games have been the stacking games. The way I see it, if you want to have a really interesting game, don't go in with the idea of stacking. Stacking in no spoil games I feel are more of a survival tactic where you are almost dead, and you just pick a spot and stack, let the other guys fight until you are strong enough to get back in the game.

by **Iron Butterfly** on Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:10 pm

DarthFrog wrote:I don't know about others, but from my experience, the best games I have played on CC have been no spoil games where people are NOT stacking. Some of the worst, most boring games have been the stacking games. The way I see it, if you want to have a really interesting game, don't go in with the idea of stacking. Stacking in no spoil games I feel are more of a survival tactic where you are almost dead, and you just pick a spot and stack, let the other guys fight until you are strong enough to get back in the game.

Play enough no spoils and you will find they all end up stacking and will be decided by the person who gets bored first.
whats even worse is that when they end up down to three folks, The game is decided by a king maker who will suicide against the person he feels has slighted him the most.