Single-Player Maps High Scores and Strategy

[DTaeKim]

I updated my Wedding Ring walkthrough earlier on page 4. This ought to work 99.1% of the time, the 0.9% is the chance you OHKO the T-copter.

[DTaeKim]

Mountain Pass - 6 days - 375 pts

Speed - 100 pts
Power - 150 pts
Technique - 125 pts

This may be the maximum score. I didn't lose any units (though I took some damage) and I had the Infantry across as soon as possible.

[ALAKTORN]

Mountain Pass - 6 days - 375 pts

Speed - 100 pts
Power - 150 pts
Technique - 125 pts

This may be the maximum score. I didn't lose any units (though I took some damage) and I had the Infantry across as soon as possible.

i think it's the max too, i got 370 in 6 day, 1 unit died can i submit my scores?

T36 360 in 6 days
T29 330 in 16 days

[ALAKTORN]

just got 375 me too in T36, those helicopters were tough to beat

[GipFace]

How come I didn't notice the HQ

Yeah, just got 6/375 too. Baited the bomber with a missile and the rest was easy enough. Someone else can write up the D2D.

[DTaeKim]

So it's confirmed. I can write the D2D.

[Unkown1800]

T26 - Bounty River - 34 days - 351 points.

Speed - 96
Power - 107
Technique - 148 (Lost a sub ).

Massing Battleships and Seaplanes with Cruisers wins this map easily. Trying to figure out how to improve Speed now.

[DTaeKim]

I'm going to see if it's not possible to improve Whirly Peaks before I write up that guide as well.

[Biogenesis]

Can I enter the 10/379 for Pentagram?
Afraid I don't know how much of each points I got. I'll redo it sometime - but can't know, as I'm supposed to be revising for a test tomorrow. Supposed to be.

[Luceid]

7/380 on Pentagram
Speed 130
Power 110
Technique 140

Lost a single mech unit.

[ALAKTORN]

T38 - Whirl Peaks
12/445 MAX SCORE
Speed 145
Power 150
Technique 150

Rushed the HQ with a rig, a t-copter, and a bomber, while using a mech to bait an enemy mech to 7HP so that the bomber could finish it off. However, the day-to-day fails because it requires the AI to build three recons in a row, which is something I haven't been able to duplicate after the first time. Maybe I lucked out here.

The bomber gets exactly one kill and the t-copter got destroyed because it had to protect the capping infantry. Regardless, I maxed the score.

a rig? why would you built a rig? i got 14/436, doing: 1 foot soldier all west to capture airport, built bomber and t-cop, with bomber destroy the unit they have on their base, drop the soldier on the base and capturing the days after while sacrifing the other 2 units. Can you say day-to-day even if it's useless? Because i didn't understand your strategy

[DTaeKim]

He built a Rig so he can access the airport faster.

[Luceid]

Sorry about the previous post. It's for V for Victory. Got the clone sister maps confused.

[ALAKTORN]

He built a Rig so he can access the airport faster.

i didn't know that way was faster, thanks, i think i can get 445 now


edit: actually i think 450 is doable, just gotta be lucky

[DTaeKim]

I updated the first post.

[GipFace]

450 is most likely not doable because there is always a unit in vicinity of the HQ besides the one at the factory. Therefore, the bomber must block.

[ALAKTORN]

450 is most likely not doable because there is always a unit in vicinity of the HQ besides the one at the factory. Therefore, the bomber must block.

uh what do you mean? i just finish it with both bomber and t-cop destroyed, got 150 tech anyway, if you meant the bomber dies to get 450

edit: got 445, no unit lost, they built 2 recon and 1 anti-air, put bomber to block anti-air and helicopter to block the other units while capturing the HQ, killed the foot soldier they put to get my HQ with an anti-air

[GipFace]

If you want 150 power, you must destroy units in one shot (or two in some instances with the same unit). A bomber cannot destroy any unit built on a factory in one shot, and will therefore lower the power score.

It is considerably harder to clear this in 12 days than in 14. If you can't do it in 12, please don't assume that 450 is an "easy possibility."

[ALAKTORN]

If you want 150 power, you must destroy units in one shot (or two in some instances with the same unit). A bomber cannot destroy any unit built on a factory in one shot, and will therefore lower the power score.

It is considerably harder to clear this in 12 days than in 14. If you can't do it in 12, please don't assume that 450 is an "easy possibility."

see the edit, got in 12, and anyway i did my kill with an anti-air (see the edit again) and not with bomber

edit: as i said before, it's not "easy possibility", you gotta be very very lucky, i didn't say it's certanly possible, just not that impossible

[GipFace]

Hrm... well, that's interesting. It means an easier, more likely walkthrough could be made by substituting the bomber for a duster. I still don't think that 11 days could work, though. But prove me wrong.

EDIT: Nope, 11 definitely isn't possible because the t-copter cannot block the factory. The max it can move is 12S of the airport, which lands it SE of the factory. The moment you unload, the unit from the factory attacks the infantry. It doesn't matter what unit it is.

[DTaeKim]

There's only one way to find out.

[ALAKTORN]

EDIT: Nope, 11 definitely isn't possible because the t-copter cannot block the factory. The max it can move is 12S of the airport, which lands it SE of the factory. The moment you unload, the unit from the factory attacks the infantry. It doesn't matter what unit it is.

uhm you are right, though sometimes happen that they don't built anything, but that would be so lucky that is impossible lol

[GipFace]

T6 - Clear Island
17/402
Speed 115
Power 145
Technique 142

Blah, I made three extra units. Anyway, shove Gage into an antitank and crawl forward with 3 antitanks, 3 rockets and a battleship. Near the end, send a lander with bikes in order to cover up the factories and capture the HQ. You can also make a recon as a meatshield.

A sub will be necessary to take out Greyfield's attached battleship. Always go for one-hit kills whenever possible; the only time you don't is when you attack Greyfield's battleship, and one of Greyfield's war tanks that have not attacked you yet. The antitanks will soak up the damage and allow you to one-hit kill most of his army with zoned indirects.

Allow Greyfield to take the bottom right cities, since harassing results in a lower power score. After you get your own neutral cities, sit on them and allow Greyfield to attack you.

If you crawl properly you should be able to invoke Gage's COP twice in this map. I think this is a rather good score, so try beating it if you can!

[DTaeKim]

T6 - Clear Island - 9 days - 450 pts

Speed: 150 pts
Power: 150 pts
Technique: 150 pts

Gotcha. I think this is the fastest day because you must destroy Greyfield's Infantry and Rocket on specific days. Wait one day later and he builds a B-ship, ruining your capture.

Day 1:

- Build nothing.

Day 2:

- Build B-ship in northern port.

Day 3:

- Move B-ship 1N 4E.
- Build Gunboat in northern port.
- Build Infantry in northeastern base.

Day 4:

- Save here.
- Load Infantry into Gunboat, load Gage into Gunboat, and move Gunboat 1N 6E.
- Build Cruiser in northern port.

Day 5:

- Move B-ship 3E and DESTROY enemy Infantry on bridge. If this does not
happen, you must reload.
- Move Cruiser 1N 5E.
- Move Gage/Gunboat 1N 2E.

Day 6:

- Move B-ship 1N 2E and destroy enemy Rockets.
- Move Cruiser 5E 1N.
- Move Gage/Gunboat 3E.

Greyfield Day 6:

- Greyfield must build a Sub in his southern port.

Day 7:

- Move Gage/Gunboat 2E 2S and drop Infantry south.

Greyfield Day 7:

- Greyfield must only build a Rocket unit in his northern base.

Day 8:

- Move Infantry 1E and begin capturing Greyfield's HQ.

Day 9:

- Finish capturing Greyfield's HQ.

[Dragon Fogel]

Day 6:

- Move B-ship 1N 2E and destroy enemy Rockets.

The rockets move onto a city for me at that point, and I only get 84% damage.

[DTaeKim]

Dammit Dragon Fogel. It ALWAYS happens when you test mine out.

He always moves onto a road for me. Restart and try again.

[Dragon Fogel]

I think I see the problem, he built the rockets a day later on the first try. I forget what he built on Day 4 that time, but evidently you *want* it to be rockets.

[DTaeKim]

Blah. Greyfield's build order never varied for the first three to four days, until you come along.

[Dragon Fogel]

Lucky me. >_<

Anyways, I got it to work after restarting. That was the only issue I came across.

I note the Cruiser doesn't actually *do* anything; I suppose it just scares Greyfield away from building the sub in his northern port?

[DTaeKim]

That, and for some reason, he only builds the Sub if you built that Cruiser. Otherwise, he may opt to save for a B-ship instead.

[Dragon Fogel]

Odd, you'd think building a Cruiser would be a *deterrent* to building a sub if anything.

The AI is weird.

[GipFace]

Ho hum, it turned into another HQ rush map

I never did explore the sea rush route. Good job. I think I'll try something where an HQ rush isn't possible... >_>;

[Kireato]

:O

Well, I managed the high score on Star Islands(T11) and Fire and Water (T37). (Wasn't exactly hard...) On V for Victory (T13) I got 410 in 9 days. And that's beaten... (It can be beat in 6 days? Woah.) On T12 Intricate Map, I got 385 in 15 days, but the high score has already been obtained there...

My only contribution for now is a 350 on Metro Island (T4) in 14 days. (130/110/110) And I assume that'll be beaten... Anyhow, a 150 speed score involves a 10 day victory, and if someone can think of some way to HQ capture...

[Unkown1800]

So I ran through T17 (Coast Assault) again, and I believe I have a strong idea of how Power is calculated:

There are three things that I think is what determines the Power score:

1) The unit type attacking
2) The defending unit's weakness
3) The number of units attacking a unit in the same day

We know that in DoR the description of the unit includes what kind of units said unit is weak against and that there are two types of weaknesses: those that are strong against it (yellow warning), and those that are very strong against it (red warning). As I was playing on the map, I noticed something:

1) My Bomber had to destroy one of the Artillery (red warning) in one hit
2) My Battleship had to destroy one of the other Artillery (yellow warning) in two hits

I believe that attacking units with a unit that doesn't appear on either the red or yellow warning is fine, but when I used a Battleship and a Medium Tank on the same turn to destroy the Wartank, my Power score wasn't 150.

So from all of this, my new theory is that in order to get max score in Power, the following rules apply:

1) If you're using a unit that's very strong (red warning) against the defending unit, you must take it out in one hit (example: A Bomber must take out an Artillery on the day it attacks)
2) If you're using a unit that's strong (yellow warning) against the defending unit, you must take it out in two hits (example: A Bship attacks an Artillery but doesn't destroy it. Next day the Bship must destroy the Artillery).
3) Only one unit can attack an enemy unit in one turn at a time. It doesn't have to be the same one if the enemy unit isn't destroyed. Be careful on the enemy's turn, for if the unit you attacked goes and attacks another unit, that counts as 2 of yours attacking it and will drop the score. (example: A Medium Tank attacks a Tank and doesn't destroy it. No other units should attack the Tank and the Tank shouldn't attack any other unit than the Medium Tank until the next day. On the next day, any unit can attack the Tank.)

Currently my theory supports both the 100% theory and the one-to-one basis theory, and I believe that the number of units destroyed is irrelevant so long as the rules above are followed. Yet, there are still some factors that need to be taken into account, such as whether or not rank status of units attacking applies. So if anyone can help test out, that would be nice.

Oh yeah, following my theory gave me a better score (372 in 6 days).

[Dragon Fogel]

This theory might be correct on the first point, but it doesn't seem to hold up for the second. If the second point were true, I'd get 150 by letting only the tank attack on C1, but I only get 126 that way.

It seems one-hit kills help raise it, while counterattacks have no effect on it. Details are still fuzzy.

[Crono]

Hello =) nice job everyone in this Trial Maps o_O you have some crazy scores there.
T16: 381 - 9 days
C4: 356, just for fun =P
That's all for now, i'm sure T16 can be improved by a lot, i just remember i got 150 on Tech

[Crono]

T16: 387 - 8 days
I think there must be a way to make it in 7 days

[Unkown1800]

This theory might be correct on the first point, but it doesn't seem to hold up for the second. If the second point were true, I'd get 150 by letting only the tank attack on C1, but I only get 126 that way.

Yea, I noticed that too, so the second point might not be the case (and possibly the third).

Something else that also might need testing is when a unit attacks a strong unit (i.e. Medium Tank attacking a Wartank) and destroys it. Maybe that will also raise the Power score?

[Xagor]

Might as well add my scores now I have them all done. Most can be improved since were the first time I did them. Won't include ones where max score has been made. (might be some I missed since I was working from the first post mainly)

T2- Shade Coast 337 17 days
T4- Metro Island 342 15 days
T5- Eerie Lake 345 16 days
T7 Tatter River 380 34 days
T8 D-Island 319 15 days
T9 Hourglass 311 11 days
Can't be bothered to put names from now on
T10 333 15 days
T13 386 8 days
T14 370 34 days
T15 347 56 days
T16 360 9 daya
T17 326 6 days
T19 342 12 days
T21 343 11 days
T22 301 41 days
T23 319 26 days
T25 331 22 days
T26 331 28 days
T27 383 7 Days
T28 360 25 days
T29 252 15 days
T31 359 37 days
T32 375 7 days
T33 402 5 days
T34 282 60 days

[DTaeKim]

Updated the first post.