JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #197452]
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Sat, 27 September 2008 01:10
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Balious |
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Messages:42
Registered:April 2007 Location: England! |
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First of all hello everyone. Wasnt sure exactly where to place it so sorry if it is in the wrong place.
I would first like to say Jagged Alliance is a very good game and when i first played jagged alliance 1 (i do hate to admit this) i always thought the blue guys/guards were the enemies but hey i was very young and didnt understand it back then and i have yet to actually play ja1 as i no longer have it.
Second I do love these type of games but i do suck at them badly including the fallout games and JA2 isnt much of an improvement for me doing good.
Basically i suppose i could be new to ja2 but i do know some things that happens in the game and i know the story too.
Anyway to the point I need a beginners help badly as i always end up dying.
I am one of those people that finds out theres something that improves the game (i.e 1.13 for ja2 in this case) and must try and get it and play it as i would always stop playing the normal one to play the better one.
Now i would set everything to easiest possible but i would like the queen to actually attack me along with defending so could i have a little help here?
Basically maybe a good guide to helping me get on the good start i need and actually complete one of the best games i have ever seen. I.E what mercs be best to buy for a beginner and teach me how to become a stealth master and maybe i be able to learn how to use tactics properly (mine do suck)
Thank you all for all your help. Also JA2 amazes me every time i look at it with those graphics which i wouldnt be expecting back then.
P.S is there a way to turn the cheats off cause i seem to always get tempted to turn it on and give me self more money and instant kill enemies. If not then i will try my best to force myself not to cheat.
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Corporal
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Re: JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #197669]
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Mon, 29 September 2008 15:05
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Messages:36
Registered:September 2008 Location: Galway |
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A tactic that has saved me a lot of pain and reloads is to use the look action (L) if crouched or prone behind a window or wall Etc. If you just pop up (Page UP) more often than not you get your head blown off, where as if you "look" you're Merc will pause midway giving you the advantage. It costs six AP to look but if you spot a target mid turn it will only cost you two or four depending on how far you have scanned the area. Hope this helps a bit.
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Private 1st Class
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Re: JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #200320]
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Wed, 29 October 2008 17:22
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smeagol |
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Messages:2705
Registered:June 2008 Location: Bremen, Germany |
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My first town usually is Cambria. The mine has quite a decent income, Keith provides some basic items and besides Cambria serves as the main base throughout the entire game (except for the later stages, when I start the Meduna assault, most stuff will then be taken to Estoni). It's position is just perfect, there are roads to every direction and most sites can be reached fairly easy from Cambria. Next up is usually Drassen Airport, then in no particular order the mine sectors of each town (tixa will most of the time be taken right on day 1 or right after taking Cambria). Also the Queen tends to ignore Cambria. Most heavy counterattacks in my experience occur at Grumm, even Alma tends to be forgotten quite soon...
I leave the SAM sites alone, most of the time, as I don't need/use the helicopter much.
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Re: JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #200348]
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Wed, 29 October 2008 23:53
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systemfehler |
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Messages:117
Registered:September 2007 Location: Hanover, Germany |
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SpaceVikingI almost always now go west instead of east at the start of games. I find it a whole lot easier to take and hold Chitzena than Drassen. Plus you can run guns to Tony in San Mona and sometimes stock up on ammo and such or even pick up a good gun from him if you are lucky.
Yeah, same here. Plus, I'm totally annoyed of Drassen and usually neither need Booby Ray or the Chopper until I hold three towns. Drassen now usally is that third town, I either go straight for Cambria or Chitzena as first and second, stopping by in San Mona. I mean, if I got that right, on your first arrival there you can make 40k (+ 10k) there.
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Sergeant
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Re: JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #200357]
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Thu, 30 October 2008 03:49
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systemfehler |
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Messages:117
Registered:September 2007 Location: Hanover, Germany |
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Well Cambria has four sectors while Drassen has only three and Chitzena only two, so there are more soldiers. But in the early stages of the game, most of them are as weak equipped as the dudes in Drassen and Chitzena, and in general I find most Cambria sectors easier to fight in than the Drassen ones. Easier to defend than Chitzena and Drassen, too.
San Mona is the only safe place in whole Arulco, except the mining area, there you may have some encounters with soldiers or felines. But main San Mona is great to take off duty for a few days to train, drink, and screw. I have encountered a patrol moving through once I think, but that may as well be in some mod. In my last game I was there for two weeks and nothing happened.
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Sergeant
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Re: JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #204152]
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Tue, 16 December 2008 00:02
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cougar |
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Messages:254
Registered:March 2000 |
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Did you try to play with the 100 AP on (or read the thread)?
Actions take a lot more action points to do.
So if an action took 5 action points before it takes 20 action points now, i.e 1/5 of the maximum action points.
The reason for it is so that you can now have larger differences between weapons (and items).
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Re: JA2 Noob needing starting help and advice[message #204215]
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Wed, 17 December 2008 00:39
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cougar |
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Messages:254
Registered:March 2000 |
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1. Remove them out of the box with the shift-M hot key. This should help with the problem.
2. Nothing will happen, the only places where it will do anything is Drassen and Meduna (when it is liberated).
Get Headrock's EDB and check out the guns yourself, or just check Headrock's best of the best in the general discussion forum. The best gun is the one you have, and I always end up playing games with different weapons than the one before and somehow I'm having tons of fun. So my suggestion is that you don't go for the "best gun" because that is incredibly boring.
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Master Sergeant
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