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Tomasdk
Slovakia10 Posts
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kaztah
Norway1221 Posts
It's better keeping the ones that are hitting the enemy in meele alive over spawning new ones, since they get hit a lot on the way to the army. This works wonder vs any AI and was pretty easy versus random players in the teamgames too. | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3974 Posts
Muta are only countered by 2 AI spawns: hydra and ghost. As long as you manage to storm both of those consistently, your mutas should be able to take out the rest. So save 250 energy for those waves. Enemy muta only come in small numbers.Took a while, at the end I had 36k and he had 40k but at least the build was not so random as with the others. GL! | ||
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Pwere
Canada1556 Posts
And getting a 9-chain in the first 30 seconds of a game is hilarious. And apparently getting between very hard and insane level of energy is sustainable. | ||
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Rehehelly
United Kingdom18 Posts
So frustrating.. | ||
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Meborg
Netherlands50 Posts
However, I found out that after some practice, I am able to get the same amount of income as an insane CPU. And now it's super easy to defeat the AI, you just roll him over with any composition that makes a little bit of sense. The most dangerous thing is when you have an army killing the computer, and your army gets broken when you nearly defeated the CPU. When this happens, the CPU will generally have a critical mass that will keep growing all the way towards your base. it'll get progressively harder to kill the army, and once it reaches your base it'll be so strong that your base gets leveled within seconds. This applies the other way around too though, when the computer is killing your cannons, you can get a bit army without losing any units (since his units are killing your base). Once you clean up the units killing your base, your army will probably be pretty big depending on your income. A big army kills more stuff while losing less stuff, and if you have a steady stream of reinforcements, the computer cant do anything anymore. the easiest way to win is to get a lot of units while the cpu is killing your first 2 cannons (A big clump of siege tanks with some AA works very well). Once you have about 8-10 siege tanks, spawn a good bunch of ghosts (as ghosts do a lot of damage against air and weak units), and get some zealots to soak up the damage. Also do not be afraid to storm if your opponent has a clump of weak units or siege tanks himself. 1 storm can kill siegetanks. Another thing, be very careful to scout the computer for what units he is making. If he's getting banshees, you IMMEDIATELY want to save up for a storm or make a bunch of ghosts. Once banshees reach your siege tanks, your army can get decimated within seconds. As siege tanks are expensive, you do not want this to happen So basically, just practice, if you think you're good at the game and cant beat insane AI, you're not good enough at the game, and especially NOT FAST ENOUGH. Do not learn yourself to think about the moves, learn yourself to recognize patterns unconsciously. So just click a lot, and notice what patterns earn you most in the least time. Another eye opener for me was when I stopped waiting for combo's to finish before making my next move. Right now, while I'm making a move, I'm already thinking about where the next move is going to be. This made me like 50% quicker. And 50% quicker means 50% more income in general :D | ||
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Regretful
Sweden91 Posts
Have to play on battlenet which makes the combos go slower. Edit: (Tried and tested myself) | ||
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EtohEtoh
Canada669 Posts
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Nakama
Germany584 Posts
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ReiKo
Croatia1023 Posts
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ReiKo
Croatia1023 Posts
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SeerSarah
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1. Do not stop matching jewels. If you are waiting for a stack to fall down, look elsewhere on your screen to keep matching while they fall. Falling takes a lot of your precious time. By being very speedy with the matches you will hopefully keep your energy count comparable to the AI's. 2. Learn the hotkeys. My first couple tries I was using the mouse to click on the units and spells, and it just takes away from time you could spend making more matches and getting more energy. I think my unit composition was tanks and some ghosts and some hydras, and maybe banshees. I was just spamming all the hotkeys and not watching the battle for most of the time, but I did use storm when I saw the AI had lots and lots of marines/other stuff. Good luck! | ||
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ReiKo
Croatia1023 Posts
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leungwk01
United Kingdom1260 Posts
With how you're playing you could easily mass 4 tanks and the rest ghost. Also having that many tanks (10 or w.e) you make your marines dance around at the back.. | ||
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IamaGrapeMan
Canada165 Posts
On May 11 2011 09:55 aseq wrote: This was frustrating to me, as I thought I was decent at Bejeweled but couldn't get this. Turns out a lot of it is 'luck'. Your cannons buffering is huge, but so are his random spawns. The first time, and probably easiest time, I beat this was with muta only. Tank/hydra was the second. Muta are only countered by 2 AI spawns: hydra and ghost. As long as you manage to storm both of those consistently, your mutas should be able to take out the rest. So save 250 energy for those waves. Enemy muta only come in small numbers.Took a while, at the end I had 36k and he had 40k but at least the build was not so random as with the others. GL! they aren't random spawns, they are produced to some degree according to what best counters what units your producing. and the luck involved in starjeweled isn't significant here, as i know someone who can beat insane ai 9/10 times and i can beat it 50% of the time; and i'm just now on a streak of beating it 4 out of 5 times. | ||
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IamaGrapeMan
Canada165 Posts
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TDC
United States197 Posts
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
On May 16 2011 09:12 IamaGrapeMan wrote: they aren't random spawns, they are produced to some degree according to what best counters what units your producing. and the luck involved in starjeweled isn't significant here, as i know someone who can beat insane ai 9/10 times and i can beat it 50% of the time; and i'm just now on a streak of beating it 4 out of 5 times. I'm calling BS on this post lol... 90% and 50%? No way, this is so hugely dependent on luck it's not even funny. I don't care how good you are at this game, if you don't score some lucky combos or if the computer doesn't spam the right composition, you are done. It's funny you are saying it's so easy since your first post in the thread was this: On April 06 2011 08:18 IamaGrapeMan wrote: ^ i don't think you've played insane ai and are just bullshitting i've played it a lot and matched jewels at really fast speed my conclusion is that you gotta be really lucky, or that it's impossible Anyways, I finally beat insane today using tank/ghost after about 10 tries lol... I got lucky with a "for the swarm" and a few other combos. You gotta focus on the bottom for matching, and switch from left to right so you don't have to wait for blocks to drop. Others have said this as well. ![[image loading]](http://www.gamereplays.org/community/uploads/repimgs/repimg-33-209449.jpg) | ||
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TDC
United States197 Posts
On May 17 2011 03:11 jdseemoreglass wrote: I'm calling BS on this post lol... 90% and 50%? No way, this is so hugely dependent on luck it's not even funny. I don't care how good you are at this game, if you don't score some lucky combos or if the computer doesn't spam the right composition, you are done. It's funny you are saying it's so easy since your first post in the thread was this: Anyways, I finally beat insane today using tank/ghost after about 10 tries lol... I got lucky with a "for the swarm" and a few other combos. You gotta focus on the bottom for matching, and switch from left to right so you don't have to wait for blocks to drop. Others have said this as well. I agree. I played about 15 games after reading through the thread, and still haven't gotten the achievement yet | ||
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leungwk01
United Kingdom1260 Posts
On May 17 2011 03:11 jdseemoreglass wrote: I'm calling BS on this post lol... 90% and 50%? No way, this is so hugely dependent on luck it's not even funny. I don't care how good you are at this game, if you don't score some lucky combos or if the computer doesn't spam the right composition, you are done. You can definitely beat the AI 100% of the time. It's even easier now than before, you can see the huge nerf in the insane AI Good players will average 2k per minute every game and will beat the AI without a problem and they don't need to rely on 'for the swarm'. Basically match faster = higher chance of getting combo = not really luck or match slow = less chance of getting combo = need to rely on luck | ||
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