USA CQ map help
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@raesone_psn said in USA CQ map help:
Play all the steal fans on legend and you can finish the entire map on turn 17.
With all the simulations and everything? That's wild. Obviously you can get all the strongholds by turn 12 as quite a few of us did in the only redeeming quality of 18 but the entire map in 17 turns is nuts
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I’m on my third play through for 21, probably did it about 20 times last year until repeatable run it back came out.
My keys to the map are steal fans early, and use your reinforcements to pick up spots until you can’t add anymore, then start trying to pick off the strongholds. Last year it was Colorado first, then Seattle, down the west coast before coming through Arizona and Texas. Then you can kinda do whatever you want.
Also I always leave a few reinforcements on each stronghold
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@the_dragon1912 said in USA CQ map help:
@raesone_psn said in USA CQ map help:
Play all the steal fans on legend and you can finish the entire map on turn 17.
With all the simulations and everything? That's wild. Obviously you can get all the strongholds by turn 12 as quite a few of us did in the only redeeming quality of 18 but the entire map in 17 turns is nuts
Yeah I just go straight lines towards the strongholds and steal fans on legend exclusively, sim everything else. I'm pretty sure that you can even finish it on turn 16 if all your sims go in your favor.
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I'm almost done for the 2nd time. Once you get like 1/3 of the way in it gets a lot quicker and easier. I usually go west and complete that and work my way east. Once I take a strong hold I put a few reinforcements around it so it cant be taken back and move on.
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@thewrestlingbum_psn said in USA CQ map help:
Man…. I feel like I spend so much time going back and Defending my territory rather than expanding and capturing other territories.
Does anyone have any advice for this map?
Thanks!The CPU won't attack a stronghold until its completely isolated/surrounded. So easiest way is to keep a few tiles capped around it. If you're worried about the cpu actually surrounding you, throw a few extra fans in the stronghold....seems to keep them from attacking.
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@thewrestlingbum_psn said in USA CQ map help:
Man…. I feel like I spend so much time going back and Defending my territory rather than expanding and capturing other territories.
Does anyone have any advice for this map?
Thanks!It's like the board game Risk.
Shore up your borders.
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I've done the map over 20 times. Start by surrounding the Rockies. Then steal fans vs Rockies until there are none to steal. Then attack their stronghold. From there move southwest and do DBacks. Then fortify your original stronghold and attack the rest of west. After the west, move from Dbacks area to Texas strongholds along with starting to fortify around Twins. After finishing Texas move from Twins through Midwest. Then move from. Texas area and take southeast strongholds. From there all that is left is East. I always play on Rookie to beat strongholds because I try to get the maximum parallel points. It takes longer that way. To shorten the map you can play strongholds on veteran or all star.
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I’ve completed at least ten times… at beginning acquire as many empty spaces as possible while leaving spaces around your stronghold open… ie build outer perimeter wall first. First few rounds the cpu builds around theirs then expands out. Therefore do the opposite which allows you to make a larger initial boundary. Then fill in the spaces near your stronghold. If cpu breaks outer perimeter (will only attack with 3+) then next turn attack that spot.
You will acquire more territory this way early on and not fighting the cpu and wasting any fans. Then start attacking cpu territories with least number of fans and expand as far as you can in the first 15-20 rounds. Then skip a round to build up fans then attack the cpu strongholds. Rinse and repeat from this point on.
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@omegaeod_psn said in USA CQ map help:
I’ve completed at least ten times… at beginning acquire as many empty spaces as possible while leaving spaces around your stronghold open… ie build outer perimeter wall first. First few rounds the cpu builds around theirs then expands out. Therefore do the opposite which allows you to make a larger initial boundary. Then fill in the spaces near your stronghold. If cpu breaks outer perimeter (will only attack with 3+) then next turn attack that spot.
You will acquire more territory this way early on and not fighting the cpu and wasting any fans. Then start attacking cpu territories with least number of fans and expand as far as you can in the first 15-20 rounds. Then skip a round to build up fans then attack the cpu strongholds. Rinse and repeat from this point on.
I make an initial circle first three rounds that is a couple spaces wide, then next round I go south and then west. Always a straight line making an outer perimeter wall/boundary. This forces the cpu to stop going that direction because they only attack with 3+ (at least initially). Make your outer walls as wide and far as possible early on. Then fill in the middle spaces and then start to attack cpu territories.
Hope this helps… makes a huge difference. I can complete entire map in 23-30 turns and that is fighting cpu on rookie.
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My strategy is just guard the original stronghold while making my west towards the Mariners and gaining as many territories as possible early since it helps you gain reinforcements. After taking out the Mariners go down towards the Giants, A's, Dodgers, Angels,etc. and just slowly take out the whole west. Once you have the west you have enough territories to have reinforcements to be able to out anyone left. But yeah I go west to east finishing in the northwest which is usually guarded by Redsox/Blue Jays
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@nymets1987_psn said in USA CQ map help:
I know there are people who have done this map 10 times... I finally finished the map today
Lol, I just finished my 5th time last night. I'm gonna go at it again soon.
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I started on my 4th time yesterday. It’s [censored] amazing that now instead of getting one Prospect per pack, you get all five per pack. It helps make a decent bit of stubs while working your way through the map.
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@raesone_psn said in USA CQ map help:
Play all the steal fans on legend and you can finish the entire map on turn 17.
Thanks for the productive comment
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Thanks everyone!! Lots of good info here!
I can’t wait to use this info and attack this map next week after I finish whatever 4th inning map drops tomorrow!
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@bbsoli15_psn said in USA CQ map help:
@raesone_psn said in USA CQ map help:
Play all the steal fans on legend and you can finish the entire map on turn 17.
Thanks for the productive comment
You're welcome. If you're being sarcastic, it's not my fault you can't win games on legend.
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I hate this map but I need to finish it.
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@samguenther1987 said in USA CQ map help:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in USA CQ map help:
I completed it last night for the third time and did not get the 10 pack bundle. That sucked.
Probably not missing anything other then silvers though. I'm on my 5th run and have yet to even get a gold from that 10 pack.
Even silver make stubs, i Can sell all those cards on the market.
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Maybe I missed it but have another tip as I’ve done this over 15 times now and never steal but play everything on Veteran or Rookie. Take the Twins on first turn. It’s on All Star but easy. Then I build around my original base for 2 turns to build up territories. Then I take Colorado. This also gives time for the Rockies to build up a wall to the west coast. This is key because once you take over a stronghold that team will not try and retake it. So basically you can use their tiles as your outer defense. After Rockies I go south taking the Royals, Cubs, Cardinals, Rangers and Astros. Then I normally go south to north east coast before taking West.
Typically I get this done in 24-25 turns.
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I always get as many territories to the northwest in the open spaces as possible. But sometimes to switch it up I actually start with the Royals to the Twins. Then just keep going down line by line east.
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@dbarmonstar_psn said in USA CQ map help:
@samguenther1987 said in USA CQ map help:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in USA CQ map help:
I completed it last night for the third time and did not get the 10 pack bundle. That sucked.
Probably not missing anything other then silvers though. I'm on my 5th run and have yet to even get a gold from that 10 pack.
Even silver make stubs, i Can sell all those cards on the market.
Fair enough
