Amur is pain...

[shake307]

I have decided to return to Amur. I was able to get the Zikz 605 a while ago. I then went and got better trucks and upgrades from the other maps for a time. I decided it was time to return to "The Beast". Nothing prepares one to conquer Amur. Nothing works well in Amur. I want to beat Amur, but I know I am in for one hell of a fight. Wish me luck in my future endeavor. Amur is pain...

[deckerdave1973]

I have done amur 3 times now(once on hard mode) I have found the best tool for that job is patience. Planning comes second.

!st time....I am never going back!!
3rd time...This is my favorite season!!

[Alpenwolf]

I feel you. I also did in hard mode. It ... well, it took a while

[Beast of War]

Amur is accepting some routes are just to be avoided ( especially when they appear to be attractive shortcuts ) and use dark blue shiny ( solid ) ice as road where you can.

It is one of the maps you should only use roads if you can actually drive on them comfortably. Which is rather rare on those maps, as the roads are "trapped" with roots and flexible one-way trees that cannot be destroyed and hook into trucks and especially trailers, tilt angles that make you roll over and snow or mud sinkholes.

Try to look for open area's in forests and rock formations on the map. There always is a way through that is almost as good as a road, except there isn't any road or track.

It is difficult to find those routes yes.....but staying on the roads gives you most frustration.

This can be confusing as at the start of the game in Michigan and Alaska and in the more recent DLC roads are relatively decent and you can just follow them most of the time.

[Nite69]

amur will be easier if ya just wait until you get upgrades and more trucks unlocked, just work on other seasons and come back to it later, there is several more trucks available now that is about as good as the zik 605r, me I actually like the derry special from season 9, been using it alot

[BurakZG]

I'm finishing Amur right now. It is boring, boring, boring. I wonder why people say it is difficult. The only difficulty is, that there's "deficit" of fuel. When you start you need to bring at least one fuel carrier full to get things unlocked. Later most of the time is spend to move fuel to vehicles that are busy with doing missions and contracts. Also distances to drive are long and the speed is low, and you need to make the same route many times. Poor game design. Especially Urska and Aegis are badly designed. You really need to spend hours to finish each mission/contract (boring).
Chernokamensk is actually nice. Once you get there, you can really start doing contracts, earn some money and missions do not take that long time. Cosmodrome is decent, but you need vehicle that can perform good on mud. I wouldn't buy this season if I knew it. Especially that later seasons are much more interesting.

[Private]

"Amur is pain..."

Correct, and it is intended to be (we need more regions like Amur, but sadly, they don't do it anymore). The fact nothing works well there, is not true. There are several trucks there that work well, including the best (most OP) truck in the game, the 605, which you obtain there.

If you are playing in order, by the time you get to Amur, you should have obtained enough experience with the game to be able to navigate that map with a far amount of ease.

[Beast of War]

I think Northern Aegis is the most difficult map of the 4 maps. Of all i spent the least time in it, usually only replaying it in different difficulty modes to grab the upgrades there.

Could be because it is remote from everything and the "roads" are highly traitorous.

I never fully explored possible routes on the ice though. Could be there is an easy path that negates much of the difficulty of ridiculous road routes. Maybe players that really spend time there know of such things.

[deckerdave1973]

Originally posted by Beast of War:

Could be because it is remote from everything and the "roads" are highly traitorous.

It is because the cargo needed all has to be hauled in from a long ways away(exception of 4 wooden planks) The fuel depot is in an awkward spot, and expensive in hard mode, so fuel is also a consideration.

Playing by myself, it takes me 2 weeks(of evenings) of of slow grinding to get everything stacked at the gateway. At least one repair truck and 4 fuel trucks. After that, I can start on a sunday morning, and have everything done that day.

For me the scout loop that starts above the power station and ends at the old town is one of the best routes in the game.

[shake307]

Okay, I think I need to clarify some things. First, my post was light hearted and I am not complaining. Amur is challenging, as it really should be. Also, I am not sure why some missed it but I do have the 605R. Thay was during my first bit in Amur. I am actually in Amur now trying to get the rest of the Watch Towers and Upgrades. I also understand that roads are traps and cannot be trusted.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by shake307:

Okay, I think I need to clarify some things. First, my post was light hearted and I am not complaining. Amur is challenging, as it really should be. Also, I am not sure why some missed it but I do have the 605R. Thay was during my first bit in Amur. I am actually in Amur now trying to get the rest of the Watch Towers and Upgrades. I also understand that roads are traps and cannot be trusted.

yea you will have to find your own paths for some parts of amur, also you can drive onto the ice if you want to stay on the dark blue sections as they are more solid

[shake307]

Could be because it is remote from everything and the "roads" are highly traitorous.

I love this Beast of War. Yes, the roads are indeed highly traitorous!

[Nightwolf]

if i had a place in amur and a place in hell i would live in hell and rent out amur

[Beryll Argent]

I wish we had more maps like that. Especially the combination of different difficulties in the same region is nice, like how Northern Aegis Installation is the harshest and most remote, being abandoned and decayed, while the area around the large chemical factory and town, Chernokamensk, is pretty easy.

Season 9 and 11, Ontario and "Scandinavia" are really too trivial, and I hope that the developers did not just decide to make everything easy so people would stop complaining. Barely any other maps granted that feeling of satisfaction on finishing as the Amur region does.

[BurakZG]

Clearly I have opposite opinion to yours (which is fine).
I'm just finishing Amur and the only feeling I have, is a feeling of time wasted. I still don't see what is difficult in riding the same long route, very slowly, multiple times. More than this, the views on Amur are very poor.
In opposite Scandinavia has easy and difficult parts, but you are not stuck in an ugly map for a week. And the views are beautiful.