Infecting Canada, Iceland, Greenland

[Ceepo]

Why is it so difficult to spread infection in these 3 countries (Canada, Iceland, Greenland)? Even with cold resist, pneumonia, air/water travel and sweating, they take forever to increase past like 100 infected. Almost every game I play (not counting the other annoying islands) these are the 3 countries that make me lose the game. I have every other country in the world fully infected but these ones are just sitting there with only a handful of infected. Which of course causes the cure to be complete before I can infect them or I make my disease lethal and it kills these few infected before the disease spreads. Most of the disease types this isn't a problem because I can make the disease go undetected until even these 3 are fully infected, but, not possible on nano-virus. And even these ability to infect faster temporarily barely does anything. Anyone have any tips or ideas?

[ZMMX]

Are you picking up any form of antibiotic/drug resistance? I find that helps for Canada.

As for the other two, I think Cold Resistance 2 is a must. They don't have any other factors that help in transmission (things like rural or urban), so you pretty much have to take what you can get.

The last thing I might be able to recommend is for you to try to increase your infectivity without spiking your lethality too high.

Are there any particular pathogens that are giving you trouble here?

[Emmote]

I always get cold resist 2. It really does make a huge difference over cold resist 1.

[Cat]

Necrosis.

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Originally posted by Ceepo:

Why is it so difficult to spread infection in these 3 countries (Canada, Iceland, Greenland)? Even with cold resist, pneumonia, air/water travel and sweating, they take forever to increase past like 100 infected. Almost every game I play (not counting the other annoying islands) these are the 3 countries that make me lose the game. I have every other country in the world fully infected but these ones are just sitting there with only a handful of infected. Which of course causes the cure to be complete before I can infect them or I make my disease lethal and it kills these few infected before the disease spreads. Most of the disease types this isn't a problem because I can make the disease go undetected until even these 3 are fully infected, but, not possible on nano-virus. And even these ability to infect faster temporarily barely does anything. Anyone have any tips or ideas?

Think what these countries have in common and evolve your Plague accordingly - both for Transmissions and Abilities. Will help you a lot :)

[Kotli]

Really only Cold resist helps with all of them. I find its far easier to get them if you start in a cold country that is Canada, Greenland, Europe or Russia (bonus starting cold resist).
Hot countries are easy they are all weak to insects blood or air transmittions.

[Flocton]

Canada: We are all heathly
*cough*
Canada:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING
Iceland: No disease can get us
*cough*
Iceland:EVACUATE EVERYONE TO UK!! AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON!!!!
Greenland: We are all invincible
*cough*
Greenland:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING EVEN OUR PORTS AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON BEFORE IT SPREADS!!!!!!!

[damnusername]

Originally posted by TriyD:

Canada: We are all heathly
*cough*
Canada:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING
Iceland: No disease can get us
*cough*
Iceland:EVACUATE EVERYONE TO UK!! AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON!!!!
Greenland: We are all invincible
*cough*
Greenland:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING EVEN OUR PORTS AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON BEFORE IT SPREADS!!!!!!!

Playing the moble version, iceland likes to bomb infected cities a lot.

[Shake Like E]

I only have slow infection rates in central African areas. I genearlly dont have heat 1 and 2 though, sometimes I do end up with heat 1 but I am usually saving my points for symptoms at that point so I can go for the complete wipe quickly.

[Blurfester]

Use cold resist 2. Great for those damned isles Greenland and Iceland.

[pokerchamp/Cbbo]

Originally posted by TriyD:

Canada: We are all heathly
*cough*
Canada:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING
Iceland: No disease can get us
*cough*
Iceland:EVACUATE EVERYONE TO UK!! AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON!!!!
Greenland: We are all invincible
*cough*
Greenland:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING EVEN OUR PORTS AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON BEFORE IT SPREADS!!!!!!!

You spelt deseased wrong....

[Nitro]

You need cold 1 and 2, get drug res., and transmissions through air and water. I always infect those countries. They just take a wee longer to fully infect.

[Blurfester]

Originally posted by GeoMelon:

Originally posted by TriyD:

Canada: We are all heathly
*cough*
Canada:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING
Iceland: No disease can get us
*cough*
Iceland:EVACUATE EVERYONE TO UK!! AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON!!!!
Greenland: We are all invincible
*cough*
Greenland:SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING EVEN OUR PORTS AND KILL THAT DISEASED PERSON BEFORE IT SPREADS!!!!!!!

You spelt deseased wrong....

No he didn't. Actually Geo, you're the one who is wrong.

[Beefsquatch]

i like to start in greenland and it spreads to russia and norway pretty fast.

[Goat]

I need help. I'm on Nano Virus, and Greenland closed its ports (Mobile) And nothing is working. Greenland kills birds and rodents, distributes insect repellant, and bans the movement of livestock before i even EVOLVE those transmissions.

[OverLordGoldDragon]

Cytopathic Reanimation symptom evolved.