Help with necro virus

[NordicWildheart2]

How the ♥♥♥♥ to win with necroa virus? There is always one place that seems to be impossible to destroy due to the z-com. Even if I send from all its neighbours hundreds of thousand of zombies at the same time and even if they have combat advantages and even if I have quite alot of dna put on the infect-rating, nothing helps against it. It is always one place with a z-com station, even if I can destroy multiple other z-com station during the same game, there is always one that kills all zombies that enters its area.

[rustyphaze]

You don't need to put a whole lot of focus on the infection rate (//edit: I suppose that depends a bit on how patient you are, though). Keep the severity low (if you can pick the modifier that makes mutations less frequent that helps) and save points so you quickly can increase the lethality once a majority of the world is infected. Then, when the cure reaches around 50%, trigger the zombies and start increasing their powers. Putting a lot of points into both the individual zombie powers as well as the abilities for the zombie horde should allow you to beat ZCOM.

Granted I've only really played one game yet where I encountered ZCOM. They built a base on Greenland, which had escaped infection entirely, but even then they were quite easily overrun as I sent hordes from both Canada and the UK. Can't remember how many points I had put into zombie abilities, but I had reached the bottom of the tree and branched out towards the right. I had also improved the horde quite a bit, increasing the size, making them move faster across water etc.

[NordicWildheart2]

Have to try it. Thanks. Oh, btw, trying to beat it on normal difficulty.

[Barry]

Here's a way to beat Necroa easily (even on Mega Brutal). It's not the fastest but it focuses on maximizing your DNA generation and minimizing Z-COM potential.

Genes (optional):
Catalytic Switch
Darwinist
Aerocyte
Urbophile
Spliced Activation

Start in Saudi Arabia.

Buy these transmissions:
Zoonotic Shift
Rodent 1
Blood 1
Air 1
Segmented Genome

Note: Delirium, Psychosis or Cannibalism may randomly mutate. Continue as usual if this happens because it won't be lethal enough to kill a significant percentage of infected. However, if Cytopathic Reanimation randomly mutates, stop waiting for the cure to progress and buy the symptoms listed below the screenshot. Wait until the cure progress is about 50%. If you're playing on Normal, your world should look something like this: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=264222174
Buy these symptoms (Note: Fever and Photophobia should have already mutated for free. If not, buy them first):
Delirium
Cytopathic Reanimation
Anaerobic Resuscitation
Enhanced Motor Control
Masticatory Tension
Anabolic Boost
Peptide Surge
Dermal Calcification

Buy these abilities:
Horde Instinct
Horde Mentality
Horde Vocalisation
Horde Pheremones
Structured Travel
Drifting Fermentation

Start spreading to island countries that have no zombies and also send a horde from China to Russia and from Turkey (once it has at least 20 million zombies) to Central Europe. When Z-COM pops up, send a horde to that country from a country that has at least 20 million zombies. If Z-COM spreads to another country, send a horde to that country from a country that has at least 20 million zombies. Start buying more combat symptoms to crush Z-COM:
Cranial Elephantitis
Bone Dysplasia
Enhanced Sensory Integration
Temporal Lobe Manipulation
Hyperosmia
Adrenal Surge
Lumbrical Hypertrophy
Acidic Reflux
Naja Mortis
Autothysis

[TheFantasio974]

I go through this forum very often to see if there is an update of necroa virus because it feels illogical. Most of zombies die instantly even with buffs, dead people don't become zombies without trigger and whatever will redie instantly again. And after 3 months I m totally pissed of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walkthrough copy pasted again and again in every post. I would like the game give you the feel of the disease as logical a zombie contamination should go without using a tricky combination of country and starting genes. Every abilities sounds powerfull when you read it, but zombies are weak as my grandma. My grandma is stronger

[Paura]

Originally posted by TheFantasio974:

I go through this forum very often to see if there is an update of necroa virus because it feels illogical. Most of zombies die instantly even with buffs, dead people don't become zombies without trigger and whatever will redie instantly again. And after 3 months I m totally pissed of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walkthrough copy pasted again and again in every post. I would like the game give you the feel of the disease as logical a zombie contamination should go without using a tricky combination of country and starting genes. Every abilities sounds powerfull when you read it, but zombies are weak as my grandma. My grandma is stronger

Just depend from play style.....my second plague on megabrutal was necroa, and i did it on 1st try....don't need to infect all world bacause can control zombies, and zombies can be empowered, but if u lose time the authorites and z-com will become stronger. Don't need to spend points in all symptom, just try tank combo, use gene for increase chance of turn people in zombie, use fast ability for infect everything ( priority for island) and try to wipe z-com fast, don't let em take advantage, and most important don't let em build a second base. If insect piss of yout zombies evolve insect transmission. Avoid photofobia and when cure start spend points for tasty combo. If u want hide yourself devolve symptom max 2 times. Try add some lethal symptom only after 30% cure progress and be sure to add lethality + cytophatic reanimation in same times or in shot time. Start where u want but remeber , coutry with hight density provide for more zombies. what i want to say? I don't think necroa is illogical plague, most of ppl follow the same guide because don't wanna lose time for try more times till find a brilliant tactics, that's why u see always the same guide paste in all necroa's trouble discussions.

[Barry]

Originally posted by TheFantasio974:

I would like the game give you the feel of the disease as logical a zombie contamination should go without using a tricky combination of country and starting genes. Every abilities sounds powerfull when you read it, but zombies are weak...

You can still win using plenty of other strategies, but Saudi Arabia is just a prime starting location for spreading potential. The genes don't matter too much either, they're just optimal for Mega Brutal. Catalytic Switch is the best because you have the potential to generate WAY more DNA than you normally would. Darwinist is nice for getting more free symptoms. Aerocyte is nice for spreading around a little faster before all airports are shutdown. Urbophile is nice for infecting China and Mexico slighlty faster. Anyway, no symptom is that powerful by itself. You need a lot of them to handle Z-COM. My strategy makes it so that you'll have plenty of DNA to afford A LOT of symptoms.

[意気消沈]

Originally posted by Barry McCockinner:

You can still win using plenty of other strategies

Very true. I for one go for Creationist instead of Darwinist (on Mega Brutal though, Normal is easily doable without a single gene unlocked - yes they do help of course, but still). I also tend to start in Norway because I hate cold countries. Still works.
Anyway as a general advice... "hundreds of thousand of zombies" won't usually be enough to tear down even a stage 1 Z-COM. On Casual maybe, wouldn't know. But on Mega Brutal (or even normal for that matter) you want to hit them hard (millions, not hundred of thousands) and fast (don't let them expand and reinforce). Once you're discovered balance between combat-enhancing symptoms and horde movement & regeneration abilities is key.

[Barry]

Originally posted by Count Bleck:

Originally posted by Barry McCockinner:

You can still win using plenty of other strategies

Very true. I for one go for Creationist instead of Darwinist (on Mega Brutal though, Normal is easily doable without a single gene unlocked - yes they do help of course, but still).

My strategy is designed primarly for Mega Brutal. It's aggressive and that's why I perfer Darwinist over Creationist: I start mutating symptoms earlier for more severity and thus more DNA over time. It's designed to spead quickly and generate the most amount of DNA possible.

[意気消沈]

Originally posted by Barry McCockinner:

My strategy is designed primarly for Mega Brutal. It's aggressive and that's why I perfer Darwinist over Creationist: I start mutating symptoms earlier for more severity and thus more DNA over time. It's designed to spead quickly and generate the most amount of DNA possible.

...not sure where you're getting at, I didn't question your strategy's effectiveness.

[Barry]

Originally posted by Count Bleck:

...not sure where you're getting at, I didn't question your strategy's effectiveness.

I didn't mean to imply that you did. I was just elaborating on why I chose what I chose and what my overall intent was.

[himeroid]

и че я сюда полез ?

[Ryan Gosling (literally me)]

dude...you can use planes...lmao

[Baalistyx]

Thanks, this strat worked like a charm.

Originally posted by Barry McCockinner:

Here's a way to beat Necroa easily (even on Mega Brutal). It's not the fastest but it focuses on maximizing your DNA generation and minimizing Z-COM potential.

Genes (optional):
Catalytic Switch
Darwinist
Aerocyte
Urbophile
Spliced Activation

Start in Saudi Arabia.

Buy these transmissions:
Zoonotic Shift
Rodent 1
Blood 1
Air 1
Segmented Genome

Note: Delirium, Psychosis or Cannibalism may randomly mutate. Continue as usual if this happens because it won't be lethal enough to kill a significant percentage of infected. However, if Cytopathic Reanimation randomly mutates, stop waiting for the cure to progress and buy the symptoms listed below the screenshot. Wait until the cure progress is about 50%. If you're playing on Normal, your world should look something like this: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=264222174
Buy these symptoms (Note: Fever and Photophobia should have already mutated for free. If not, buy them first):
Delirium
Cytopathic Reanimation
Anaerobic Resuscitation
Enhanced Motor Control
Masticatory Tension
Anabolic Boost
Peptide Surge
Dermal Calcification

Buy these abilities:
Horde Instinct
Horde Mentality
Horde Vocalisation
Horde Pheremones
Structured Travel
Drifting Fermentation

Start spreading to island countries that have no zombies and also send a horde from China to Russia and from Turkey (once it has at least 20 million zombies) to Central Europe. When Z-COM pops up, send a horde to that country from a country that has at least 20 million zombies. If Z-COM spreads to another country, send a horde to that country from a country that has at least 20 million zombies. Start buying more combat symptoms to crush Z-COM:
Cranial Elephantitis
Bone Dysplasia
Enhanced Sensory Integration
Temporal Lobe Manipulation
Hyperosmia
Adrenal Surge
Lumbrical Hypertrophy
Acidic Reflux
Naja Mortis
Autothysis

[Sir Sprinkles]

Try to kill as many people as possible before getting Cytopathic reanimation. If you can kill a large enough part of the world, the rest shouldn't be hard to get. Also transmissions increase the likelihood of mutation, so if you want to stay incognito, evolve few transmissions.

[Leng Spider]

Bumping for great justice, and because I agree with Fantasio about the way the virus feels...wrong. I went through this scenario 20 times before giving up and searching for this guide, because no matter where I started, what I did, my best runs would hit 96% fatality and be stopped short by a combination of ZCOM and zero DNA accumulation. Now I have no idea how you get the achievment for winning without zombies, which just seems impossible with the low lethality potential of the symptoms and the insanely fast cure speed.