Nano Virus strategy?

[tvmk]

I've played Plague Inc on the phone and I have completed all the existing plague types (haven't completed the darn Nano Virus on Brutal though).
Now, I noticed that the game became significally harder. Btw, I have completed everything except the Nano Virus...even on Normal.
Who can give me any hints to beat the game with this f##ker?
My strategy is just like it was on the phone: pick China at first, then evolve water and air transmission methods. After that, evolve everything that slows cure. And then evolve symptoms.
BUT. This doesn't work anymore.

[Circenn]

Trial and error. Don't fall victim to letting others do the work for you. You've gotten that far, you can get beat it.

[tvmk]

引用自 Ankarus：

Trial and error. Don't fall victim to letting others do the work for you. You've gotten that far, you can get beat it.

I have retried about 8-10 times. And I still don't see a result.
My problem is that when it comes to the end there still is the country (Canada, f##k you) which is infected WAAAAY too slowly. And even if I upgrade the cold resistanse and drug resistance it doesn't help. The people in Canada are dying faster then they are infected.

[Circenn]

So de-evolve a symptom that kills? I don't know *shrug* Trial and error buddy.

[tvmk]

引用自 Ankarus：

So de-evolve a symptom that kills? I don't know *shrug* Trial and error buddy.

I did. It refunds just a little, so I can't evolve them back after that.

[Monomyth]

I wouldn't spend too many points on slowing the cure. You should focus on preventing symtoms, which will delay the search for the cure event until you manage to infect the entire planet.

[tvmk]

Up, still can't beat this.

[beez-one]

I speak from personal experience. Done it on Normal.
I started in Kazakstan. Evolved 4 personal Nano abilities to slower cure research. Also you need cattle and blood transmission at first.
They already know about you so you can spread with as many symptoms as you like just make sure you devolve everything with high lethality or borders, ports and airpots will close in a blink of an eye. Picking Darwinist gene will help you to get deadlier symptoms for free in a late game (I also picked one which helps you spread across land mass).
Concentrate on transmissions, you need at least 1 lvl in everything except maybe water and air (I recommend to use it only if you need to bypass filters) and preferrably lvl 2 in birds. Lvl 1 cold and Heat is also recommended.
Use genetic reshuffle, it cost very low to nano virus.
I highly recommend to upgrade Drug Resistance to max, it'll certainly help you.
After you infected every country and only after that - use Replicator overload.
It's a bit of a gamble but you'll make it. Took me 5 tries and it was first hard playthorugh since default bacteria. :)

[tvmk]

引用自 beez-one：

I speak from personal experience. Done it on Normal.

Wow, thank you Hope this'll help.

[FakeGhostPirate]

I was just trying to do this myself, I'd beaten Brutal with every type of plague except Nano Virus, and was DETERMINED to have it start in USA (because I'd decided to name it Frontier DSL, a joke only unfortunate Frontier DSL customers would understand). So I spent a good portion of today working out a strategy and FINALLY like JUST now did it!

First of all I used ATP Boost, Darwinist, Native Biome, and Urbophile.

The ATP Boost is so I can buy Drug Resistance 1 right away, because the nanos won't spread without it on brutal (not fast enough anyway). Next I started purchasing Code Fragment Interception, Radical Elements Stabilised, and Genetic Hardening (as well as Coughing to help spread through USA a little better, and eventually sneezing for its low cost). You'll also want to get Cysts pretty quickly because that unlocks Hyper Sensitivity which is very useful in America and Canada. I also picked up Air 1 and Water 1 to help spread a bit better and generate more DNA. Also you're going to want to pick up abilities like Insanity and Seizures and Paralysis to further slow research (these types of Symptoms are CRUCIAL to survival using Nano Virus on Brutal). It wasn't easy, and it took over 5 years to win, but I was able to get it in the end. Here are pictures of the end result and the genetic codes I selected:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjDLT3fCEAAPnsT.jpg:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjDLZxuCIAA3H43.jpg:large

As you can see after 8 months I had barely even infected much of the USA since I was so focused on slowing down the cure, which again is critical for success. There are probably MUCH easier ways to do this, but I just wanted to share my experience.

[Totally Sane Swedish]

引用自 Beargod：

I wouldn't spend too many points on slowing the cure. You should focus on preventing symtoms, which will delay the search for the cure event until you manage to infect the entire planet.

The cure is automatically being funded at the start of game as a nano-virus.

[SlackerBoe]

I start with the cure slowers and the free symptoms.. Then water/air 1, then antibiotics. Water/air 2 then bioaresol. Cold 1 ans 2. Rash, sweating, skin lesions then insanity. Once every coutnry has been infected hit necrosis. Antibiotic 2 to keep the infection rate in the positives and then TOF/genetic shuffles. Wait to use the special cure reducing abiities until the cure is in a high % because they are very potent.

[Rox]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/672228-plague-inc/64169827

I followed this guide and it worked for me both times I've done Nano-Virus on Brutal.

[The Americanadian]

Anyone beat this on Mega Brutal? I'm finding that I don't get enough points fast enough to spend them on anything but abilities/cure prevention. If I'm lucky, I can slow the cure down to a crawl at around 95% but with only 1/3 of the world infected. Still, even then, the infection rate is too slow to infect everyone before the cure, even with whatever points left over for infection and transmition.

I was watching one particular infected country that went over 4 weeks without the infection spreading to a single other person. I noticed this on several other infected countries as well.

I really don't get how you're suposed to spread the infection without using all your time on cure prevention.

Not only that, but even with transmition mutation gene, only my symptoms mutate.

[SlackerBoe]

The strategy I suggested before is what I got through mega brutal with.

[Super Shaggy Sus]

引用自 Timkinut：

I've played Plague Inc on the phone and I have completed all the existing plague types (haven't completed the darn Nano Virus on Brutal though).
Now, I noticed that the game became significally harder. Btw, I have completed everything except the Nano Virus...even on Normal.
Who can give me any hints to beat the game with this f##ker?
My strategy is just like it was on the phone: pick China at first, then evolve water and air transmission methods. After that, evolve everything that slows cure. And then evolve symptoms.
BUT. This doesn't work anymore.

Well seeing as they start with the cure in progress what i did was try and slow the cure before spreading out or do both at once so to speak add one to the slowing of the cure then the next would be to air etc -3-