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Well, this forum has been mostly dead for awhile...
But mostly dead is different from "completely dead". Someone's gotta revive this forum... might as well be me. A man who's love of civ2 scenarios is only outclassed by his lack of strategy when playing them.
That being said, here's some strategies I've been working on for the semi-recent "Raging Dragon" scenario.
In my opinion, this scenario has a few balance problems (much too hard for China, much too easy for CIS) but... what do I know.
Playing as the CIS: Don't. It is much too easy. Not only can the AI China not conquer one of your cities, but you can take Beijing (and hold it) on the second turn! It's no fun to play this side.
Playing as China: Difficult, very difficult. But not entirely impossible...
You start out poised to attack Vladivostok and... that other city in the north-east who's name escapes me at the moment...
The best thing to attack with are the heavy artillery, take the other city before taking Vladivostok, when you take that city, all the nearby CIS military will disband. Second best thing to attack with are sappers, try to take these cities without suffering any casualties.
Next, you've got to decide where to strike next... the most obvious spots are central asia, and siberia-to-Europe.
Both are more difficult than they appear...
The CIS has a TON of tanks, the only thing separating you from oblivion is the crappy AI and your gigantic brain.
I'd recommend going for central asia first, because when you start invading Siberia-to-Europe, the game starts throwing roadblocks at you. Capture the wrong city, all of a sudden the Russians have partisans and that especially screws you up in central asia where there's a lot of mountains. Further in, and when you capture the wrong city, NATO is at war with you for the rest of the game.
Once that DOES happen, however, take Taiwan. It's surprisingly easy. You've got a few freighters and transport boats, just build a bunch of marines, send a few tanks there, and suddenly you've got control of that island.
The only problem is that the NATO forces won't disband, so suddenly you might own both the Taiwan cities, but you've also got a lot of F-15/16's sitting right next to you.
To sum up strategy, at least initially, "strike quickly, hard, and in the right order."
...yes, I know this strategy isn't all that good.
Anyone come up with anything better, or some additional parts that help?
But mostly dead is different from "completely dead". Someone's gotta revive this forum... might as well be me. A man who's love of civ2 scenarios is only outclassed by his lack of strategy when playing them.
That being said, here's some strategies I've been working on for the semi-recent "Raging Dragon" scenario.
In my opinion, this scenario has a few balance problems (much too hard for China, much too easy for CIS) but... what do I know.
Playing as the CIS: Don't. It is much too easy. Not only can the AI China not conquer one of your cities, but you can take Beijing (and hold it) on the second turn! It's no fun to play this side.
Playing as China: Difficult, very difficult. But not entirely impossible...
You start out poised to attack Vladivostok and... that other city in the north-east who's name escapes me at the moment...
The best thing to attack with are the heavy artillery, take the other city before taking Vladivostok, when you take that city, all the nearby CIS military will disband. Second best thing to attack with are sappers, try to take these cities without suffering any casualties.
Next, you've got to decide where to strike next... the most obvious spots are central asia, and siberia-to-Europe.
Both are more difficult than they appear...
The CIS has a TON of tanks, the only thing separating you from oblivion is the crappy AI and your gigantic brain.
I'd recommend going for central asia first, because when you start invading Siberia-to-Europe, the game starts throwing roadblocks at you. Capture the wrong city, all of a sudden the Russians have partisans and that especially screws you up in central asia where there's a lot of mountains. Further in, and when you capture the wrong city, NATO is at war with you for the rest of the game.
Once that DOES happen, however, take Taiwan. It's surprisingly easy. You've got a few freighters and transport boats, just build a bunch of marines, send a few tanks there, and suddenly you've got control of that island.
The only problem is that the NATO forces won't disband, so suddenly you might own both the Taiwan cities, but you've also got a lot of F-15/16's sitting right next to you.
To sum up strategy, at least initially, "strike quickly, hard, and in the right order."
...yes, I know this strategy isn't all that good.
Anyone come up with anything better, or some additional parts that help?
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