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grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
April 07 2011 11:18 GMT
#41
I don't know if i'm being stupid right now, just woke up. But i can't seem to create any Starjeweled games anymore? it just automatically hosts the game with two medium AI opponents inside, can't remove them and i can't even change the difficulty.
We make signature, then defense it.
LaiShin
Profile Joined November 2005
Australia978 Posts
April 07 2011 11:34 GMT
#42
Ignore the medium AI and add another. They're there as some sort of fodder or to execute some commands.
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
April 07 2011 12:36 GMT
#43
On April 07 2011 20:34 LaiShin wrote:
Ignore the medium AI and add another. They're there as some sort of fodder or to execute some commands.


Yeah, they control the units.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
Dorpan
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden2 Posts
April 07 2011 13:01 GMT
#44
If you're failing, don't worry. This game is based on luck. Just keep trying and go for 8 siege tanks and massing hydra and you'll do it eventually.
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
April 07 2011 13:18 GMT
#45
My problem is I just cant make the matches fast enough. I work at the speed of a medium AI :-(
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
MrArarat
Profile Joined September 2010
Argentina132 Posts
April 07 2011 13:23 GMT
#46
Mass tanks all the way!
Resting on the mountain side...
Canola
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada159 Posts
April 07 2011 13:29 GMT
#47
On April 07 2011 22:18 Sanguinarius wrote:
My problem is I just cant make the matches fast enough. I work at the speed of a medium AI :-(


Don't worry about matching the AI for energy (well, maybe med/hard you should beat in that), idk if it's bloody possible to match very hard/insane in terms of energy you just have to count on them spamming units and not using skills.

That being said, if you spam your jewels hard enough you can start a move before the previous move is done. It can mess with your combos but it'll allow you to get matches fast. Don't watch the jewels do their animation, as pretty as it is, start looking for the next move as soon as you're done clicking.

Also don't spam too hard make sure it's an actual move because clicking a wrong move slows you down a lot.

It's all about APM still!
leungwk01
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1260 Posts
April 07 2011 14:09 GMT
#48
On April 07 2011 22:29 Canola wrote:
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On April 07 2011 22:18 Sanguinarius wrote:
My problem is I just cant make the matches fast enough. I work at the speed of a medium AI :-(


Don't worry about matching the AI for energy (well, maybe med/hard you should beat in that), idk if it's bloody possible to match very hard/insane in terms of energy you just have to count on them spamming units and not using skills.

That being said, if you spam your jewels hard enough you can start a move before the previous move is done. It can mess with your combos but it'll allow you to get matches fast. Don't watch the jewels do their animation, as pretty as it is, start looking for the next move as soon as you're done clicking.

Also don't spam too hard make sure it's an actual move because clicking a wrong move slows you down a lot.

It's all about APM still!

It is very possible to outmatch very hard AI in terms of energy and insane as well but just that you don't see it that often.

Here's an example;
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HappyCakes
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden76 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-07 14:16:09
April 07 2011 14:10 GMT
#49
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Just started the game, computer floods me whilst I only got 3 tanks.
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Decided to try again, had a good start. - Then I get owned.
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RobiTL
Profile Joined July 2010
France55 Posts
April 07 2011 14:26 GMT
#50
I just did a 23minutes game to beat a very hard computer.
I had 32k energy VS 45k at the end.
My strat was mutas waves (when you have 1000 energy, you spam muta, then you remax) unless the computer spawned a mass of hydra or a mass of ghosts, in which case you do 1 storm to almost kill them all.
Born to be Zerg
Ultrasonicc
Profile Joined March 2011
41 Posts
April 07 2011 15:09 GMT
#51
that's hillarious. I thought i wasnt that bad in this but vs insane i can hold off for like 2-3 mins...lol
TimWeer
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands65 Posts
April 07 2011 15:24 GMT
#52
Just managed to beat it quite easily after a few attempts of getting horribly slaughtered. It all depends on how you start. You have to get a decent amount of energy fast so you can get a wall of tanks moving. Once you have over 6 it starts to get really easy. Start adding in hydra's to protect them and you'll steamroll to victory.
Mawi
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden4365 Posts
April 07 2011 16:07 GMT
#53
After reading this thread i tried the Saveup all your energy did not work out for me so i just made tanks everytime i had 300 energy to make one BUT i was so lucky on my board seriously i got so many " FANTASTIC" and my energy kept piling up so i made more and more tanks

and later i just made a few hydras and won.

1. Mass tank
2. Make hydras when your tanks are blocking marines/hydras
3. WIN
Forever Mirin Zyzz Son of Zeus Brother of Hercules Father of the Aesthetics
TehForce
Profile Joined July 2010
1072 Posts
April 07 2011 16:40 GMT
#54
insane is pretty easy once you are so good that you generate the same amount of marines as the AI. then just build the right counter units to his and you are good to go.
NesTea <3
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
April 07 2011 17:04 GMT
#55
On April 08 2011 01:40 TehForce wrote:
insane is pretty easy once you are so good that you generate the same amount of marines as the AI. then just build the right counter units to his and you are good to go.


Yeah I bet it is, but I just cant get the matches fast enough. Its so frustrating. I feel like I am just banging my head against the wall. I'll get a run of good combos, but then just dont make the matches fast enough.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
Cofo
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1388 Posts
April 07 2011 18:16 GMT
#56
Question: If you beat insane, do you also get the achievements for everything below it?
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novabossa
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States350 Posts
April 07 2011 18:19 GMT
#57
On April 08 2011 03:16 Cofo wrote:
Question: If you beat insane, do you also get the achievements for everything below it?


Yes.
Rachel: First game. oGsMC: Yea. Rachel: Dark Templar. oGsMC: Yea. Rachel: Countered. oGsMC: Yea. Rachel: Were you worried? oGsMC: What?
Tschis
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil1511 Posts
April 07 2011 18:37 GMT
#58
Aff I tried playing starjeweled today, and I got owned by AI Hard.

I'm not even that bad at Bejeweled, it's just that I don't really know how it works I guess.
My maximum mana is 1k? Always? I think I'm so focused on spending the mana as soon as I can that I sometimes let go of the jewels. I also don't know which units to make, sometimes I just have to waste my mana on Storms to kill the enemy marines, so I don't even have any mana left for summons.

I guess I'm doing something wrong or am I just bad and need to train more?

//tx
"A coward is not someone that runs from a battle knowing he will lose. A coward is someone who challenges a weak knowing he will win."
KoalaZerg
Profile Joined January 2011
14 Posts
April 07 2011 19:46 GMT
#59
Tried the 6 tanks then mass hydra strategy vs the insane, and it worked rather well. Thanks for the advice It seems as though you need to get a tad lucky in the beginning so that you can quickly get 6 tanks, and then just mass hydras. Seemed to snowball from there once I could get the 6 tanks out early.
For Uniden!
Dis(ease)
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany19 Posts
April 07 2011 22:56 GMT
#60
On April 08 2011 04:46 KoalaZerg wrote:
Tried the 6 tanks then mass hydra strategy vs the insane, and it worked rather well. Thanks for the advice It seems as though you need to get a tad lucky in the beginning so that you can quickly get 6 tanks, and then just mass hydras. Seemed to snowball from there once I could get the 6 tanks out early.


This worked for me too, but i needed 50 tries. This is very luck dependent, with the combos and enemy counters (Energy was 8000me/9000AI).
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