So what is everyone's conquest strategy? I'm only 15 games in to it and don't feel like I really know what to do yet. I'm 12-3 and have about 17m fans, but they are all spread out across the Central in groups of 1 and 2. Mostly been playing Rockies and Twins for all my games with a few Royals. I guess I'm not sure what the strategy should be here. Should I be trying to give my outer fanbase more fans? I don't even have a stronghold, really. My middle is only 1 like everything else. I guess I'm just playing and not really knowing what to do, so I'm looking for strategies other people are using.
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I captured as many empty spaces as possible when I began. I didn't capture, simply reinforced outer territories, and took empty spaces again. Once I built up a sizable fan base, I started attacking other strongholds on veteran or all star difficulty.MLB: Cincinnati Reds
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The basic strategy isn't too complicated. This is my own strategy and I had little issue taking over the map in 30 turns. But my way may not be the best for you.
+You start by claiming open space. There is a giant field of open spaces around you and between Seattle. Take them, as you get an extra fan each turn for every 3 spots you own.
+Use Conquest phase (yellow) to whittle down the next stronghold you plan to take.
+You never have to play games unless you are taking over a stronghold. Everything else can be simmed. At the beginning, you will need to play Conquest phase games to help give you make a enemy stronghold vunerable. But eventually you will get to the point where you can even skip conquest phase.
+Don't spread your fans out. I think this is the worst mistake newbies make. Stack every single fan you have one space and then during attack phase, take that stack and take over every single 1 fan or empy space you can take. Once you get to 3 fans left, stop (because you won't be able to sim on high anymore).
+To further the point above, never sim a game on medium or low difficulty. Only sim High chance games. Only attack enemy strongholds when you have enough of a fan advantage to attack them on Rookie or Veteran difficulty.
+When you have many more fans stacked on a space than the enemy does in their stronghold, it's time to defeat them. Make a direct beeline towards their stronghold by going through their 1 fan spaces and then attack their stronghold with superior numbers. Even if you lose, the attack phase won't end. So you can continue to play them until you win or your fan stack gets too low (do not let your fan stack get low to the point where it is equal or less to any fan stack they own. Or they will attack your stack and take it. Strongholds can attack as well so remember that).
+Don't let any team near you get too powerful. If a team near you is more powerful or getting close to your numbers, that is your warning to focus on them. Do not neglect to put fans in your main base. If it gets attacked, you will lose the entire game. Put enough fans in there to at least match how many fans are in your opposing team's bases.
+The West coast is a good place to attack first. All the teams there are weak and there is tons of empty space to take. If you can take the entire west coast, it's very easy to roll over the rest of the county with fan advantageLast edited by takki; 04-09-2016, 04:54 PM.Comment
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Is there a reward difference when you use higher difficulties? Or is it better to just play on veteran and get all the territories?Comment
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The difference is just related to the mechanics of conquest mode itself - you get higher numbers of fans captured in the capture phase for playing tougher levels, and difficulty levels themselves are the bonus/penalty for playing the board game well - that is, when you attack with an overwhelming force you might have the option of playing on Rookie/Vet, but if you're really undermanned you might only be able to choose HOF/Legend.
Plus, the potential of a better end game drop as mentioned above.Comment
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So after reading this I feel like I might want to start over. Will I still have the missions unlocked on the strong hold I've captured?
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I use the capture phase early in the game on legend to take 5 fans from teams like the A's, Twins, Padres, Phillies. Those extra fans you get to reinforce with are significant early. Start building a diagonal wall and take over like a virus.
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So here's pretty much what I learned. Early game just take as much open space as you can, maybe take the Rockies stronghold if that helps out. Then slowly expand your area until you have a pretty sizable base.
I didn't find a need to spread out my troops evenly, you can tell if another team is loading up in one particular area. Since you get to move last you can counter and place enough troops near them that you can take them out during the attack phase.
Once you're getting enough reinforcements every turn you can pretty much just going straight for all the other settlements. At a certain point it seemed the CPU was avoiding me because I had so many troops.
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Just when I got to feeling good about my skills in this game, cause I was consistently winning on All-Star on every mode (Franchise, Conquest, exhibition), this game takes me down a notch.
I tried to take Detroit's stronghold last night with an even fan match up (forcing All Star or higher difficulty). Game went 11 innings and I lost 2-1. CPU had K-Rod in for 3+ innings, he had over 45 pitches, and I still could not get a run home. I had my last reliever in since the 9th and he was exhausted, finally gave up back to back doubles in the bottom of the 11th to lose the game. On top of that, I notice after the game that the Diamondbacks had come up and completely taken most of the southern and western territories I had only 1 million fans on. I rage quit and started over.
So yeah, definitely not an option for my skills to take on Conquest mode on Legend difficulty..
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