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From: egranthm@centec.UUCP (Ewan Grantham     x 103)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Populous problems
Summary: Populous strategy
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Date: 16 Nov 89 14:06:08 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.

Yes, but then considering what all it has to keep track of, I'm not surprised.
I remember one world where the sucker kept volcanoing me out of existence...

@ 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.  For the record, until this
> level, I was able to drown any knight before any damage occured.  Now the computer
> watches and rescues the knight before he goes in.  My main defense is gone.

Well, the main thing I did was to try and keep my colonies small at first to
force my folks to reproduce as fast as he did. Once I seemed to have an
equivalent number of people, I was able to use the earthquakes to keep him
off balance. I did see him knight twice, but was able to lure him out on
a promintory and sink the fellow both times, so I guess you just have to 
be a little lucky. 

@         From: {sharkey!rjf001,clip!m-net}!sno-1!sno
@         Stephen N. Opal   (313) 572-1610

Ewan Grantham		...uunet!centec!egranthm