Wheels rewards?

[Thundercleez]

Is the reward for wheels just more wheels? It seems pretty broken, so I'm not sure if it's worth the frustration of playing it.

[bobthegopher]

Archer
Bronze Wheel
Silver Wheel
Engineer
Gold Wheel
Priest
Diamond Wheel
Assassin
Platinum Wheel
Flimsy Hammer

In that order. Also an achievement for beating the Watchmaker.

[Relative unit]

Yeah the reward is that you can do wheels better

[Gosen]

I don't touch it, until they patch it. It's impossible to win against AI if it has tripple squares and makes so many moves in one turn. Heal->Make Assassin act->He stops action of my heroes->He deals dmg+bomb and bulwark is useless, so there's no way to defend against it.

[ExWhiteWolf]

Originally posted by Gosen:

I don't touch it, until they patch it. It's impossible to win against AI if it has tripple squares and makes so many moves in one turn. Heal->Make Assassin act->He stops action of my heroes->He deals dmg+bomb and bulwark is useless, so there's no way to defend against it.

If you mean the healer and assassin combo you fight. I won with archer and knight. I just attack faster then them.

[Me555]

"It's impossible to win"
>Looks at the achievement for beating the Watchmaker unlocked on my account.
Something isn't adding up

[Army of Optimists]

I don't think he was saying it's entirely impossible to win, but there are points where the AI triggers the Assassin almost every turn and stops anything you can do. You just lose because of wild RNG swings. The best strategy against the Assassin boards I've seen is to take double offense Figures (Knight + Archer, as someone else mentioned) and try to win before the Assassin reaches Gold.

Once the Assassin reaches Gold, you're pretty much done for. It's going to push back so many attacks while chipping you down, you may as well forfeit and try again.

[Johnny Webb]

Originally posted by Gosen:

I don't touch it, until they patch it. It's impossible to win against AI if it has tripple squares and makes so many moves in one turn. Heal->Make Assassin act->He stops action of my heroes->He deals dmg+bomb and bulwark is useless, so there's no way to defend against it.

He's actually right... It like cancels out my whole turn, as I see daggers passing through my wall, and their side healing...

[Isalon]

People aren't reading the rules of the game and then whining when they can't beat it.
When the assassin activates and gets a turn, it does one of two things:
1. It attacks you directly. Walls dont stop it. The damage is paltry, but over time, it adds up. This is a DPS fight. You need to outdamage your opponent, quickly. I suggest mage and archer, that's what I used. TBH I focused mage 100% of the time and I lost 3 times, tied 1 time, and won my 5th time.
2. The other thing the assassin does *when it attacks* is if YOU have an attack, it cancels your attack by making your attacker "lose" a "notch". Notice the screws that "screw down" when you're getting ready to attack? If the enemy assassin goes first, you watch that screw, and you'll notice it pops up by 1 notch. This way, you've literally wasted a turn, because you built the wheel trying to attack and you won't attack.

So go ham, full dps, full aggro. And if you KNOW the assassin is going to attack (only 1 or 2 notches before they attack, it's likely) then abandon the idea of trying to attack that turn, and focus on upgrades instead. Or, roll the dice, and attack. It's all about probability.

I do think the enemy attacking first, every time, before we do, makes the assassin a bit OP. Randomized attack would balance it a bit.

Also, read the rules and understand the minigame before you whine on forums. C'mon people. Game's fun, dont piss in your own cheerios :-P

[seph]

Originally posted by Isalon:

People aren't reading the rules of the game and then whining when they can't beat it.

What this guy said.

If people take 5 mins to read about what the different characters do and their strengths and weaknesses, and then understand wall mechanics, Wheels is almost too easy.

Yes sometimes you're going to get a bad run of double hammers when the other guy is assassin/priest, but once you take 5 mins to read the traits of the characters you'll have like a 90% win rate.