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Aro23r
12-09-2003, 09:33 PM
Since I feel the need to help my fellow man, I shall share my strategy with you new players. (check out my stats on the GL server if you want to see if they work.)

1. Symmetry is BAD. Do not have your whole army spread out evenly in your initial formation. This is bad because you will be spread out too thin when your opponent, who is wiser, will concentrate his forces to one side. Send some serious time to think up a good formation that is both strong, and defensive with the ability to leap out and attack the enemy as he closes in on you.

2. Paralyzing is GOOD. Paralyzing with an enchantress is good (Frost Golem is better, but i guess you guys don't have one.) because it can make sure the enemy unit doesn't block, make sure he can't attack a weak unit on his next turn, or simply stall for time and wait for him to make a mistake.

3. Do not single out the enemy cleric. Go for him if and only if he is able to be killed quickly and efficiently. For example, take him out with a witch if possible, its a good sacrifice. However, if he is embedded deep within the enemy position, attacking only the cleric may not be so wise.

4. Also, just talk to the guy. It makes the game more fun for both of you. DO NOT taunt, trick, or just be a dick to your opponent, just have fun. Besides, the tricking/taunting will get your name mentioned here on the forum and from then on you will be always followed by a bad reputation, until you make a new account.

5. DO NOT EVER press a button or button combination that an opponent tells you to push. It will either, refresh the screen (F5), ending the game, causing you to lose, or just exit the game altogether (alt F4). HOWEVER is you cannot read what is written at the bottom of the screen, and an opponent tells you to press F11, DO press it, as it will help you see the game in fullscreen format.

6. Know the scout LOS. Read up on it in the here
http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1309&perpage=15&pagenumber=3

New Section about the buttons on top right of screen.

1. The arrow button is the "Move" button, and is the default button that is activated after you select a unit.

2. If, however, you want to only attack, or just attack first, you can click on the swords, the "Attack" button.

3. If you want to only change direction, click on the compass to do so. NOTE: Doing this will automatically end your turn regardless of what has been done previously on your turn.

4. To end your turn as is, click the hourglass button. This is helpful when worrying about recovery times (See the link below for information about this.)

5. Lastly, if you have given up hope and want to surrender to end the pain quickly, click and hold the flag for two seconds to do so.

Check back here every now and then because I may add some things here when I see fit to do so.

Check out this link... http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2676]Note on Recovery Times

I hope my insight has assissted any of you newbies.

Choi
12-10-2003, 11:46 AM
Good advice. New players need to be especially careful of people that move the witch to the center to try to zap your cleric. You need to get the cleric to the side or at least put defense in front to prevent a witch from taking it out in the first shot.

ZenChi
12-10-2003, 04:16 PM
these are some good ideas, I would suggest not putting any units that can be killed by the lightning ward in 1 hit near the center of the board, I have lost because of making that mistake in the beginning

** Anarki **
12-18-2003, 04:14 PM
Thank Aro for those advices , they were very usefull in my battles!!:D
One day a guy told me to push F5 i pushed it because i didnīt know for what it was and mi game reseted!!:( !!!!!
I was very silly...hahaha:rolleyes:

TKRKS
12-19-2003, 03:41 PM
Thanks for the help.

Aro23r
12-24-2003, 01:01 PM
bump

xpython
12-27-2003, 01:27 PM
wow... thats a nice guide. Thanks for posting it! :cool:

Aro23r
01-06-2004, 08:01 PM
glad to be of service to the new players of the game.

We were all noobs once, which is why i wrote this...

Joei
01-06-2004, 08:25 PM
wish is had it for the first 25 of my games ^-^

What took you so long? :P

Aro23r
01-06-2004, 09:11 PM
Been up since December ninth. Musta just missed it..lol

falcon guard
01-07-2004, 01:47 PM
thanks!!!!!!aro

kyrios24
01-07-2004, 11:04 PM
Originally posted by Aro23r
glad to be of service to the new players of the game.

We were all noobs once, which is why i wrote this...

Ha! That's what you think, Aro. Maybe you were a noob once...

I can't think of a good way to finish this off. *sigh* Time to sleep, it would seem.

I just want to say that I think this should stay bumped constantly, as it'll really help the noobs out there to get involved in the game with little or no preliminary slaughter.

Oh, and I advocate the Scout Trickshot Compendium. I mean, seriously. That or "Scout LOS"... just look at the names of the 2 threads, and you can pick the one that's five times cooler. You know what I'm talking about.

Vash
01-08-2004, 08:40 AM
hey aro not all the f combos r bad...edit ur post saying f11 is full screen, not a lose...i hate it when especially noobs keep hitting "..........." because they cant see the bottom messages and think im trying to cheat them...i mean its on the site JESUS!!!...edit ur post plz itll help a lot
thx

Aro23r
01-08-2004, 01:07 PM
It will be added right now. Thanks for reminding me.

DivineRight
01-08-2004, 08:28 PM
Good stuff Aro!

Aro23r
01-08-2004, 09:07 PM
If its possible, sticky this, as i am constantly updating it when people tell me of something i miss, or when i notice something.

It would be cool for all people ('specially noobs) to see this, help eliminate nagging asking how to play, and wha to do...

ArcPaladinZero
01-11-2004, 03:55 PM
This definatly needs to be sticky... bump lol, really helpful for newbs and just everyone in general especially about the scout's LOS

LegendsRules
01-15-2004, 04:07 PM
You could have wrote that in 5 sentances and not wasted my time

Twelve
01-16-2004, 01:22 PM
Thanx for that. I'm new as heck, and I've just tripled my knowledge.

Sometimes I can't seem to be able to get into the lobby at times...don't know why. I hope it the server's fault, and not mine.

Oh, and the witch killing the cleric right at the beginning? That move is starting to get on my nerves...but I know how to avoid it now.


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Twelve
01-17-2004, 01:49 AM
Actually my problems getting in the lobby had to do with the security systems in my computer...fixed now...

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Aro23r
01-19-2004, 01:20 AM
Bumpity bump bump, thump thump** lol.

I feel this should always be near the top, as it helps people out.

Learz
01-19-2004, 10:44 AM
thank you for the ideas!

Furious_Angel
01-19-2004, 10:48 PM
Originally posted by Aro23r
We were all noobs once, which is why i wrote this...
maybe you were... i won my first 10 games... :D

Al Caponeoni
01-28-2004, 04:19 PM
That's not what he meant. He meant that we were all new to the game once.

stab the clown
02-01-2004, 11:06 PM
thx man i needed that valuable insite on this game

Omega_Paladin
02-03-2004, 11:11 PM
Aro is probably the smartest poster around here. And he posts so much....must.......worship....(runs up to Aro and jumps up and down in a circle crossed-eyed, with my fingers in my ears wiggling them up and down, well sticking out my tongue.)

Arian
02-07-2004, 02:44 PM
To this says I; yah, phooey.

I would take this advice, if the bleecheebin' site gave me a way to set up a free (or gold, for that matter) account. In fact, I would seriously appreciate it if someone could post the answer to my problems.:confused:

White Devil
02-17-2004, 08:09 AM
uuuuummmmmm F4 dosnt doo anything