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Domination: How To Move Up From Two Stars To Three Stars
By Frankie1969
If you frequently hit 70ish% in Domination mode, but reaching 95% seems impossible, these straightforward tactics will get you over the hump. Take 5 minutes to read this guide.
   
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Category: Achievements, Game Modes, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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20 Dec, 2023 @ 6:05pm
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Guide Index
Overview
0: Pre-Game: pick the right settings 
1: Early Game: make metropolis fast 
2: Late Game: it's all about the giants (and bombers) 
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0: Pre-Game: pick the right settings
  • However many turns you usually take to win, divide by 10 and round up. Pick exactly that many enemies. This will guarantee 100% Speed.
  • Keeping the number low minimizes the risk of one enemy tribe killing another, which would prevent 100% Tribes Destroyed.
  • And obviously, you must pick Crazy for 100% Difficulty.
  • If the other 3 stats are 100%, you'll only need 80ish% Battle Skill to finally grab that third star.
1: Early Game: make metropolis fast
  • If anything goes wrong, exit the game and start a new one. Not enough resources in your starting block? Exit. An aggressive neighbor kills your explorer? Exit. Your explorer spent 3 turns walking down a dead end peninsula with nothing good on it, and will need another 3 to get back? Exit. One enemy tribe wipes out another? Definitely exit, because you have already lost the 3rd star.
  • Don't build more units in the first 10 turns. Put all your effort into tech and buildings. An enemy capital is too close and they're invading? Exit.
  • One possible exception: if you run into a weak enemy on turn 1 and you're certain 3 or 4 units can take their capital very quickly, maybe go for it, but if it drags into a long siege, what do you do? Exit of course.
  • Do NOT take every village site you find. Tech gets more expensive based on your number of cities. A few well-spaced size 5+ cities are way better for you than a bunch of size 4 cities without enough space to grow.
2: Late Game: it's all about the giants (and bombers)
  • Another reason to focus on fewer, bigger cities instead of many small cities: you need to pump out special units, by growing.
  • By the time you have 3 or 4 giants stomping enemy cities, ignore any unbuilt sites and keep moving. (Exception: if it's far away from all enemies and has enough resources to reach size 6 quickly, okay.)
  • As of December 2023, bombers are the f***ing bomb. Build bombers when you can afford it, plus enough small ships to defend them. Use Defenders for ships, they're cheap and high HP.
  • BTW, points don't matter to any percentage, so don't waste time on Temples (unless 1 or 2 are the only possible way to reach a final step of city size).
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TheTrufflator 17 Jul @ 6:11pm 
This is great! Thanks!
Riftibility 14 Aug, 2024 @ 11:05am 
good advice i just won my first normal game thanks!