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From: paulg@frith.uucp (Gregory R Paul)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Populus Question
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Date: 12 Sep 90 06:32:20 GMT
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  I've been fooling around with Populous for a while, and have gotten
stumped at a point.  I have some friend who've made it past level 500
without too much trouble, so I'm wondering if maybe I just missed 
something.

  I'm stuck on BURUING, level 137.  It is a rocky world.  The computer
is very fast reacting, but poor rating, has earthquakes, volcano, and
knights.  I have everything if I remember right.

  I can outgain the computer for the first couple minutes, until he
starts getting accumulations of power.  Earthquakes and Volcanos are
relatively useless against him since his very high speed can fix these
far quicker than I can hope to regenerate points.  By the time I can
get a knight into his territory, he can defeat it relatively easily,
and I can't keep up.  I've tried sending my people into his land,
but the distance and rocky territory put me at a serious disadvantge
by the time they get there and it's a quick slaughter.

  I'm at a loss what to do.  I can't trade disasters.  Can't beat him
militarily.  Can't accumulate enough points to flood the world before
he kicks me around.  


   Any helpful strategies?


--
Greg Paul                | Electrical/Computer Engineer in search of a job..
paulg@frith.egr.msu.edu  |
Case Center Consultant   | "So why exactly were these borogroves
sysop:  Sietch Tabr      |   so mimsy anyways?"