What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

General discussion, queries, etc. about Deadlock and Deadlock II.

What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Hog Tied
0
No votes
Hindered
1
8%
Fair Fight
3
23%
Boosted
1
8%
Supercharged
8
62%
 
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What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by Ubergeneral Grunt »

What difficulty level do you most frequently play Deadlock I or II at and win. If you play at a custom level, choose approximately.
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

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Lol I got confused, is this the AI difficulty or mine??
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

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Oops, I forgot Deadlock II gives you the option to give yourself a handicap at the race selection screen. I mean the level chosen at the Game Options screen, sorry I wasn't clear about that.
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by Occifer Dibble »

I'm boring, I tend to play Fair Fights. I don't think I've even attempted the harder levels, though I may do so one day to encourage the AI to actually attack me for once. Though no doubt I'll regret doing that and have to beg it to stop flooding my bases with juggernauting laser squads in turn 10.

What sort of scaling algorithm does that AI use?
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by Tomgrakk »

Despite knowing the workings and such of the game, I still play against hindered opponents. Originally, I used to play against hog-tied opponents, so I've gotten better or more confident now, at least. Maybe someday I'll actually challenge myself to (gasp) a fair fight.

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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by Kapitan-Man »

Supercharged but not computers ally vs human,

use colonizer(s) to take over enemy territories of population 1, then move a colonist for 25 credits, and get free buildings!

but dont rely on doing this for too long (and build laser defense quickly), cause a colonizer dies to ANY military unit and/or 2-3+ civilians/militia
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

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Im a fair fight. But have won supercharged a few times. I like the game, and I can micromanager the balls out of my colonies for maximum efficiency and production, but I usually cant be stuffed. I like to play on my couch on my 50 inch tv and just cant be stuffed playing hard core. So fair fight for me.
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by wobombat »

I've beaten the game at 100% difficulty (7 players, 5 city center requirement, no fast production, and supercharged AIs including all provisions such as AI's allying against you) multiple times. I posted a walk through I created, under the strategies tab, detailing how I achieved this, and I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has won on 100% difficulty and how they did it.
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by quentinak »

Hi, everyone! First time posting.

I play at the supercharged level with the highest setting. I takes me a long time (up to 100 turns more or less) to beat the game. And I usually try beat the game by military conquest rather than building city centers to make it challenging. Whole bunch of Holocaust cannons on transport ships is the secret!
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Re: What difficulty level do you play Deadlock at?

Post by Tggtt »

Hi quentinak.

I like to play Deadlock with fair fight to everyone. When against AI usually lots of them. I don't think I'm really good at it, but I enjoy the higher number of AIs because it makes the make much more unpredictable, since I don't know how they will interact.
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