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From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Jules Cisek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Populous problems
Summary: Not problems
Message-ID: <2128@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 1 Nov 89 18:49:01 GMT
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In article <10182.AA10182@sno-1>, sno@sno-1.UUCP (Stephen N. Opal) writes:
> Has  anyone  else  noticed that the computer (Evil) opponent in Populous
> will continually flood land whenever it has enough Manna to do it?  This
> has  proven  to be a really stupid tactic as the computer usually floods
> itself right out of the game, making an easy win.

When the computer gets smarter, it doesn't do that as often.

> Another  problem,  each  new  world  has  a level number +3 or so of the
> previous one.  What is happening with all the intermediate levels?

The better you do in the last game, the further along the worlds you can
go.  If you do really poorly (score is very low, like 17,000 or so), you
will only go up by one world.

> Also, has anyone successfully designed a tactic that allows you to  make
> it  past  level  82?   This  is  the  artic  environment where you get 2
> colonies while the computer gets  4.   When  the  computer  gets  enough
> manna,  (which  is  really  easy for it) it knights.  By this time, I am
> lucky if I can get enough manna to create swamps, while the computer has
> literally  tons  of  castles.   I  have  yet  to figure out a successful
> defense to the pillaging.

Try surrounding his 'un'holy symbol with water by moving your population
there as quick as you can and keeping it surrounded. This will certainly
prevent new knights from being created.
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