Picture of gameplay:
Tips:
- Your units will not fire while moving- Iron Marines have iron firing discipline. No accidental shots in this game. Try to leap frog your units so covering fire is provided.
- Swap your troop types in combat to counter your foes- Since I’ve been playing blind it took me some time to realize your units aren’t attacked when they’re standing around in their underwear. This gives you flexibility with your tactics. If you’re facing flying units, swap your Flamewalkers into Shellstorms. And vice versa. The game encourages this.
- Get the Quantum Mechanics upgrade ASAP- Etherwatts are your blood. They let you buy troops, upgrades, and give you a better chance to reinforce in case of disaster. If you’d rather be aggressive, get the Dropgun upgrade.
- Dropguns act like meteors combined with reinforcements from Kingdom Rush – You can literally drop this thing from orbit onto your enemies for some damage! It then contributes firepower to the battle. The Dropgun is a marvelous tank as well on Spec Ops missions. Just remember, it’s got a cooldown.
- Your hero’s abilities won’t get upgrades until you hit the chevrons- This isn’t super well explained but the game does try to make it obvious. Putting upgrade points into an ability doesn’t appear to affect a hero in any way until you hit the chevron/next rank in it. It takes 5 points to do so, or about 2 levels. Another quick tip, don’t exit out of the game client after finishing an ad for 60 credits. It won’t register your 60 credits.
I hope these 5 tips help you out, dear reader! Time to defend the galaxy from the Fellplague!
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by Brian Petrilli AKA Jalinon