thoughts on roads?

[Daan-B]

roads are actually pretty good, didn't realise it at first but it reduces the amount of time it takes for units to move around and grants a combat boost. If you need to chase the enemy around with a low amount of troops to prevent them from taking over areas then getting one of the three road upgrades is a massive boon. i've been winning more often and easier when getting one of the three road upgrades. It also increases intel gathering speed. sometimes local militia's are needed to keep things secure long enough but roads are genuinely good.

[Magni]

Yeah, I always try to get at least main roads and highways up to level 1 relatively early (after first wave of nationals or so), even moreso if I play the Tank Commander, given a main road or highway upgrade will open up forest and mountain sectors with those for tanks.

[thebadman]

Only main roads need upgrade before they let tanks thru mountains, highways are good for that right away.

[Daan-B]

Originally posted by Magni:

Yeah, I always try to get at least main roads and highways up to level 1 relatively early (after first wave of nationals or so), even moreso if I play the Tank Commander, given a main road or highway upgrade will open up forest and mountain sectors with those for tanks.

oh i didn't know that, that sounds really good actually. i often pick main roads or highways early. get the other somewhere in the midgame and get dirt roads late game for mountains and forest fights

[Malkiah]

Originally posted by Daan-B:

Originally posted by Magni:

Yeah, I always try to get at least main roads and highways up to level 1 relatively early (after first wave of nationals or so), even moreso if I play the Tank Commander, given a main road or highway upgrade will open up forest and mountain sectors with those for tanks.

oh i didn't know that, that sounds really good actually. i often pick main roads or highways early. get the other somewhere in the midgame and get dirt roads late game for mountains and forest fights

Dirt roads can be really good, depends on the map though and which governor you are playing as. Like the new opium map can be beaten relatively easily by just buying all 3 roads at the start and buy max rural outreach office for an early stabilization of the areas that can produce opium.

[Daan-B]

Originally posted by Raz:

Originally posted by Daan-B:

oh i didn't know that, that sounds really good actually. i often pick main roads or highways early. get the other somewhere in the midgame and get dirt roads late game for mountains and forest fights

Dirt roads can be really good, depends on the map though and which governor you are playing as. Like the new opium map can be beaten relatively easily by just buying all 3 roads at the start and buy max rural outreach office for an early stabilization of the areas that can produce opium.

oh i know, i found out roads were good just before the map got released, main roads and highways combined with drill sergeant made for an easy game. especially with the smuggler cuz soldier strength is not important for destroying opium fields and you can get some free funds in exchange for weaker units, cutting costs initiative plus sergeant also gets you the units really quickly. And farmer as advisor is just a given on that map. honeslty the new map is pretty tame as far as difficulty goes. i have more trouble with black caves, or pistachio forest. which seem like the hardest maps to me.

any tips for HQ starting spots?

[Magni]

Originally posted by Daan-B:

any tips for HQ starting spots?

Generally as central as possible and on a main road or highway IMO. About the only potential exception of a kind I can think of to that is Azure Dam, where it can be sensible to put your HQ right into the big city in the corner.

[Malkiah]

The main city of any given map is usually the most obvious option unless you are going with armchair architect for higher funds or prefer to spread intel quicker

[Shin Navideño]

It also increases construction speed right¡