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Ok, I have not played the scenario through yet. Also, one thing to note is that I have not played RRT3 much in general as I received it together with C3C a few weeks ago and I have split my time between the two and work (my poor wife 
). So some of the things happening might be the way new mechanics of the game (as opposed to RRT2).
First, I cannot imagine to win a medal in this scenario as the reqs even for Bronze are very high. I have played up until 1870 and I cannot bring my company out of its infancy. I chose Scranton - Wilkes Barre (both 2 star) as the start and I have expanded to some nearby cities like Sunbury and Berwick, this seemed the best route to establish a base of operations from which to expand. At the moment I am stuck in with a bad Credit Rating and no cash and the routes are now bringing in some money after a period of economic downturn. If I went to the mountainous regions that are full of iron and coal mines it would be very hard to find two good sized cities that you can service in order to establish a base of operations. In my current route(s) I have not been able to haul any significant amount of the required cargo. In order to do so I have to expand and lay track dedicated to coal and iron mines that are scattered around but I cannot raise the capital to finance such projects. Oil sources are very far away and by the time I reach them the game might be over. This is a big map with vast areas with nothing but lonely rural industries and that is the challenge but it is also the one thing that makes this very hard to finish successful. This is not to say that I am not enjoying the game, especially since I know PA pretty well and some of the areas do bring some memories back J. I will restart the game and play again over the weekend and I may fare better next time, I will let you know.
The AI seems to have a problem dealing with the requirements of the scenario as it finds two cities anywhere connects them and then stays there without expanding. They do not seem to go after the cargo requirements. I do not know if the AI is so smart as to play the PNW requirement later on but it seems that it is content with playing small.
Has anybody finished this scenario successfully?
So long….
). So some of the things happening might be the way new mechanics of the game (as opposed to RRT2).First, I cannot imagine to win a medal in this scenario as the reqs even for Bronze are very high. I have played up until 1870 and I cannot bring my company out of its infancy. I chose Scranton - Wilkes Barre (both 2 star) as the start and I have expanded to some nearby cities like Sunbury and Berwick, this seemed the best route to establish a base of operations from which to expand. At the moment I am stuck in with a bad Credit Rating and no cash and the routes are now bringing in some money after a period of economic downturn. If I went to the mountainous regions that are full of iron and coal mines it would be very hard to find two good sized cities that you can service in order to establish a base of operations. In my current route(s) I have not been able to haul any significant amount of the required cargo. In order to do so I have to expand and lay track dedicated to coal and iron mines that are scattered around but I cannot raise the capital to finance such projects. Oil sources are very far away and by the time I reach them the game might be over. This is a big map with vast areas with nothing but lonely rural industries and that is the challenge but it is also the one thing that makes this very hard to finish successful. This is not to say that I am not enjoying the game, especially since I know PA pretty well and some of the areas do bring some memories back J. I will restart the game and play again over the weekend and I may fare better next time, I will let you know.
The AI seems to have a problem dealing with the requirements of the scenario as it finds two cities anywhere connects them and then stays there without expanding. They do not seem to go after the cargo requirements. I do not know if the AI is so smart as to play the PNW requirement later on but it seems that it is content with playing small.
Has anybody finished this scenario successfully?
So long….
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