They Are Billions

They Are Billions

Emperor Series - Ep 2 - Foundation of Grain
45 Comments
Icthulu  [author] 7 Sep, 2022 @ 6:34pm 
Gunslinger, the trick is to repair only the farms you need while you build soldiers then send them out to die as fast as possible. The map was designed to be practice for clearing maps. Hope this advice is useful.

I have long lost the original map so I can't bug fix any more but hopefully you will not have any stray zombies.
GunSlinger 6 Sep, 2022 @ 12:05am 
I can't make it in 30 days, it looks like there are just too many zombies to clear and it takes too long with an army of mostly rangers. Any advice?
CPU 2 May, 2022 @ 12:34am 
老外给力哦
:steamfacepalm:
308848676 24 Jul, 2021 @ 6:59am 
。。。。。。。。。。。
Kerensky 2 Dec, 2019 @ 4:40am 
Excelent scenario! Nice roleplaying and a good challenge, it's good to see anything new over the usual defensive gameplay. Congratulations.
redrobby99 2 Feb, 2019 @ 9:30pm 
maps broken. instant victory bug.
strange builder 30 Jan, 2019 @ 4:41pm 
i'v never won a game in half a second before....
Baldrick 21 Jan, 2019 @ 5:55am 
Same bugg, instant victory
victorz 21 Jan, 2019 @ 1:20am 
I'm also getting the victory upon opening the level bug
yllofsova 20 Jan, 2019 @ 9:55pm 
Um it's bugged for me and declaring victory as soon as the game starts.
svlin 20 Jan, 2019 @ 5:46am 
why did I win in the first place?
Franc 17 Jan, 2019 @ 5:31am 
Puting units on chase and they do nothing meaning there is no zombies on map but stil I get massige LOSS anybody know why
teppic_mf 13 Jan, 2019 @ 2:49am 
I like this map. There are some issues though. As has been mentioned earlier, some of the quarries do not work. A bit annoying, although you can sell them giving much needed iron (and oil to repair the ones that do work). The bigger problem is that the 'win' was not awarded. I have beaten this map twice now, but no win. The first time I had one day left. Built lookout towers everywhere I had energy, sent my rangers all around in the bottom left corner looking for a straggler. No win. Replayed it, got the wonder that shows the whole world, all zombies killed by day 28. No win. What?
NachoMan 8 Jan, 2019 @ 7:31am 
@wastelandscholar_4 those quarries don't work because they sit on top of stone. If you demolish them you can't rebuild them because of this. There are about 4 of them I think?
2146699564 1 Jan, 2019 @ 12:29am 
这图这图倒地倒地如何如何玩玩
一挝大屌丝 24 Dec, 2018 @ 9:27am 
装个chrome谷歌浏览器,右键,翻译成中文,立马英语从0升到8级。
HongEn 22 Dec, 2018 @ 7:54pm 
@42号码农你可以选择用百度翻译,或者好好去学英语。
Arthur 21 Dec, 2018 @ 9:49pm 
你们就没有一个会说中文的吗??
Catbert7 5 Dec, 2018 @ 9:51pm 
@Latios
Actually, if you pause right at the start of the map you can see all the zombies. It's pretty much just the road that has specials, with a fair bit to the right of the road, but the fields are almost entirely basics. Also, why would you need "special" (I assume you mean tier 3 tech?) units? Snipers alone can handle anything and are the best at it for cost.
Lost Latios 5 Dec, 2018 @ 6:19pm 
Reached all the units...lost by litteraly half a day. I'm calling it quiets after 3 attempts... The map is litteraly made of special zombies, and without more special units of your own it's just a painful slog, and isn't much fun after that first wave.
TheMadFeltcher 3 Dec, 2018 @ 12:37pm 
Really cool map, love the concept and the challenge. I encountered 2 issues.

1. The stone quarries. Half of them are placed on inaccessible terrain and therefore it's impossible to get power to/repair them.
2. There are units that you are unable to reach. The bottom right area, there's no way to reach the zombies.
Catbert7 2 Dec, 2018 @ 10:45pm 
I really enjoyed this map! xD I love the premise of reclaiming a lost city and the storyline is excellent. This feels like the campaign come early! I do feel that it drags a bit after the day 8 wave. I think it would be much more enjoyable if there were fewer zombies on the map and a few more waves instead. The bridges are such awesome defensive locations that I was very disappointed to only get to utilize them once =( And, as jk mentioned, half the quarries are placed on unbuildable terrain and, thus, unrecoverable. Thanks again for releasing this!
Catbert7 2 Dec, 2018 @ 10:39pm 
@wastelandscholar_4 and @DreamcastTV
I will be uploading my playthrough of this map sometime this week (I hope), which will show how I beat it. The gist is:

1) Head straight for the Com Center
2) Split the units up into 4-5 groups and set attack waypoints for them to clear out the main island.
3) Focus on clearing a path to the woodcutters so you can continue upgrading housing.
4) Focus on economy while maintaining constant unit production.
5) Research Spikes or Ballistae or Shocks to defend the wave.
6) If you get the mayor with Lucifers, take it!
7) Clear the farmland next.
8) Buy iron from the market as needed.
9) Get more soldier centers as you can afford them (I had 7 or so at end) but keep eco growing.
10) Grab all the non-Ranger mercs from the inn.
11) Don't worry about defenses at all after the day 8 wave, just pump out soldiers/snipers and clear.
Catbert7 2 Dec, 2018 @ 10:27pm 
@jkorath They say no energy but the actual problem is that they are placed on unbuildable terrain. Hopefully the author will fix it at some point. For now, just delete those ones and place a normal quarry on the 12 spot. Bright side is, deleting them gives the resources you need to activate the good ones ;)
Dreamcast 2 Dec, 2018 @ 6:40pm 
Any itips on how to beat this? I have tried 5 times, I get a little closer everytime but cant seem to clear fast enough.
jkorath 2 Dec, 2018 @ 2:25pm 
in the area where there are the stone quarries, about half of them say they aren't connect to energy even though they are, so I can't get them to work. I even built additional additional tesla towers to no effect. If I delete them and try to rebuild, I can't rebuid on those spots.
wastelands 2 Dec, 2018 @ 12:01am 
Hi, love your story maps, but I have been unable to beat this level.

I've managed to clear all the land in the top half of the map, or rather all the territory north of the river, and fully rebuilt the city. However my troops can barely make a dent against the Southern Horde no matter how many soldier centers I built to crank out hundreds of soldiers. They are killing the zombies sure, but their so packed in their my troops advance by inches. I then realized I needed the advanced units to go out en masse to clear the zombies in time, but they all require oil that I just dont have. Aside from a few mercenaries out of the Inn I've never been able to make advanced soldier units of any kind.

Is their an oil deposit I missed? Or have I not figured out the real secret to winning?

I'd really appreciate some tips.
Icthulu  [author] 1 Dec, 2018 @ 12:56pm 
Thank you for playing and sorry about the zombies being inaccessible in that area. I didn't notice I had blocked off the section with trees. This has been corrected, and thank you all for suffering the failure on my part.
Jubbikobbi 1 Dec, 2018 @ 11:27am 
ye had the same Problem but still anice map and well designed
Mr Bilkins 1 Dec, 2018 @ 1:36am 
broken map man. 2 losses because cant reach spot 3/4 to the bottom right please fix thoug i consider this a win with spot surounded by 200 units
NachoMan 30 Nov, 2018 @ 8:18pm 
Great map, but as Adrian said, there is an unreachable spot about 3/4 to the bottom right of the screen which makes it impossible to beat if zombies spawn there.
Icthulu  [author] 30 Nov, 2018 @ 8:19am 
Yes Toms, there's a lot of zombies on the map so it does drag CPU performance down. Something I am sure the devs are always working on. Because of the map design on map clearing I can't spawn them in as needed.
toms 30 Nov, 2018 @ 6:30am 
游戏优化有问题 很卡
HolyWack 30 Nov, 2018 @ 3:42am 
Is the random spawning zombies and soldiers intentional? had to retry the map a few times because 1 or 2 zombies spawned in the middle of my city, creating a chain reaction of doom :( Also I wish it had been clearer that the mission was to purge the map, I was expecting a final wave, and set up the two bridges as end-game chockepoints :)
Azer 29 Nov, 2018 @ 7:41pm 
Hey, great map, had a lot of fun.
I would have won, but my troops couldn't reach about a dozen zzzis close to the bottom right corner and the game counted it as a loss :/
Kittens 29 Nov, 2018 @ 3:59pm 
PURGE! PURGE THE VILE XENOS AND DESPICABLE HERETIC WHEREVER YOU FIND THEM!
DarkTemplar 29 Nov, 2018 @ 2:51pm 
BROTHERS, WE MUST PURGE THESES XENOS!!!
UnmotivatedZombie 29 Nov, 2018 @ 1:49pm 
PURGE THE INFECTED! FOR THE EMPEROR AND THE IMPERIUM OF MAN!
Icthulu  [author] 29 Nov, 2018 @ 11:53am 
Thank you Deljion! I was wondering what another posted. Yeah clearly this is wrong. So grateful you posted the comment.
Deljion 29 Nov, 2018 @ 10:26am 
Are you sure its supposed to be "Emporer" and not "Emperor" ?
Icthulu  [author] 29 Nov, 2018 @ 8:40am 
Themanole清澈ヽ(ⅴ<●), these are maps in a series that teaches skills needed to beat survival gameplay.
人死屌朝上 29 Nov, 2018 @ 7:40am 
这是啥
WyattWalker 29 Nov, 2018 @ 1:36am 
Great map.
Icthulu  [author] 28 Nov, 2018 @ 7:42am 
Thank you, that is very kind and glad you tried it out. Hope to produce more for all the fans of this game.
Garretthewarior 27 Nov, 2018 @ 1:17pm 
Dude let me tell you. This is hands down the coolest They Are Billions map I've played so far and this is the kind of quality I would expect from the Campaign when it's eventually released. The difficulty could be amped up slightly but otherwise nothing to comment on. I really enojyed the story element of the map as well as the absolutely brillian map design. Also the 30 day limit is a nice twist as the game doesn't drag on needlesly.

For those playing, I recommend going to the command centre asap. My first playthrough trying to clear with the initial units didn't end up well...

Well done!