Challenges

[Shankapottamus]

Has anyone beaten the challenges? I can't get past the first one after a dozen attempts. I either don't have the icons to travel to the spaces I need when I need or the space I need is controlled by a bot.

Any tips would be appreciated.

[dunkin' idaho]

I scrolled all the way to the end and started there. The Kwisatz Haderach challenge was fun and I beat it the first time through then tried the heroic challenge and barely beat it. I've only been playing Dune: Imperium for a couple of months and, before Steam, only ever as Solo so I'm no expert.

[hogany]

I got like last 3 of heroic ones left. But yes, one you mentioned is quite hard, especially its heroic variant- probably the hardest of all. You need good coordination of your moves, push for swordmaster ASAP and take Helena. On heroic you also need luck for imperium row cards and to plan many moves ahead, its really puzzly/solitaire. Challenges is also a great way to master game mechanics, so if you beat em youre ready to kick asses on PVP heheh. Good luck!

[Attackmack]

I started with the first and it took me 10+ attempts before i beat it.
Im a beginner in Imperium and only played paul and leto, got close several times and lost a win on tiebreaker once.
Then i tried memnon (i think his name is) and i guess cards just fell my way because i beat it fairly easily on that first attempt :)

Ive beaten a few more, none so far felt as difficult as the first. And i dread attempting it on heroic.

[The Selfish Meme]

I got that first one on the second attempt (abandoned the first after a couple of rounds).

My recommendation is to try and take Ariana because that extra water from the ring gives you the ability to visit multiple costly places without going to Stillsuits or Sietch Tabr all the time.

Also note which cards you acquire, you need the ones which give more access icons.

Maybe visit Foldspace earlier to have more flexibility.

Good luck :)

[BANE0010]

I have completed all the challenges

Which ones are giving you trouble?

Some you can just play normally - others you have to lean into. Like the one where you pay solari to get another agent turn. You should be doing turns until you run out of spaces, just keep drawing cards and getting the solari.

If the bot is giving you trouble choose the leader that cant be blocked on blue and green spaces

[andreas]

My suggestion to the game developers: Please reorder the challenges. The first one seems very hard, while several others just change the rules without making it harder to win. From a psychological point of view, that would make starting with the challenges much more pleasant. I just started the first one without having a look at the other ones - also because other games won't let you choose the second challenge when you didn't finish the first one. It is called "campaign" after all which implies that there is a suggested order.

[MattR47]

I really like the rule variations introduced in the Challenges. Would love to be able to play these games online rather than just solo vs. AI. For now, I suspect these are a good experimental way for the devs to learn more about what people like and how each variation affects the gameplay -- and perhaps limiting these games to a single human user improves the signal-to-noise ratio of that data. But I sure hope they wind up keeping these (maybe turning them into a set of configurable per-game options available at game setup time) and making them available for online play as well.

[jasontanner]

I've done most of the Normal ones and the first one is among the more difficult. It's easier if you use Helena and prioritize quick Swordmaster so you can get more actions which lets you pick up the easy spaces later in the game. Staring Stillsuits>Great Flat>Sell Melange is strong because SellMel is kind of a terrible space at any other time. So getting it out of the way round 2 on the way to Swordmaster is helpful. Generating enough spice for Highligner and Conspire and Selective Breeding late game is probably the next biggest challenge. Prioritize cards or combats that generate extra spice to help with this.

Alternately, just skip around and come back to that one later.

[Zaptagious]

I am really struggling with the first Heroic one, but I've since learned you can get 10 vp BEFORE you have sent agents to every space, so that's good to know.

Speaking of challenges, maybe the layout could get revamped a bit, so instead of having to scroll through one single row, they are placed on multiple rows for easier oversight.

[GrozBul]

Originally posted by andreas:

My suggestion to the game developers: Please reorder the challenges. The first one seems very hard, while several others just change the rules without making it harder to win. From a psychological point of view, that would make starting with the challenges much more pleasant. I just started the first one without having a look at the other ones - also because other games won't let you choose the second challenge when you didn't finish the first one. It is called "campaign" after all which implies that there is a suggested order.

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[fleshskies]

Originally posted by GrozBul:

Originally posted by andreas:

My suggestion to the game developers: Please reorder the challenges. The first one seems very hard, while several others just change the rules without making it harder to win. From a psychological point of view, that would make starting with the challenges much more pleasant. I just started the first one without having a look at the other ones - also because other games won't let you choose the second challenge when you didn't finish the first one. It is called "campaign" after all which implies that there is a suggested order.

this.+1

logged your feedback for the team! thanks!

[earthpunch]

I lost the first challenge in the first try, cause i had no chance to get to all 17 Points. AI was blocking them constantly in the last rounds. So ahead in points did nothing for me
As the description said, you cant win if you dont follow the special rules

[Bremen]

The challenges are fun. The basic ones are all pretty easy, and the heroics are a fun challenge so far.

Not sure why people are having trouble on the first one, it's one of the easier ones. AI doesn't get a huge advantage like with some others.

[MattyRasker]

I have completed them all and the one you mention is in my view the most difficult. Here's a thread I started that has some useful tips https://steamcommunity.com/app/1689500/discussions/0/4136061060750218534/

[warfair]

Any advice for the final challenge in heroic mode? Usually, I use Leto, but I wonder if it is the right choice, being two agents behind...