Getting started

[brulis2]

I purchased this game a while ago and didn't do much with it. I've decided to dive back in and I'm honestly a bit confused. Should I start with a planet or an empire? I don't know if I completed the tutorial years ago and now don't have access to it or if there wasn't a tutorial to begin with. Is there a place anyone can direct me to find this very rudimentary basic starting guide?

[BBB]

Start a small map with a single AI opponent, set to easy.

Choose Vanguard Promethean.

For your first game, just build troopers and go exploring, experiment with the firearms chain, get familiar with how research and cities work.

As you play more, up the difficulty and experiment with different mods, and try things like going heavy on Vanguard Bikers + laser mods + armour.


Also, this will help:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1828287381

[Sutekh]

There's also an official tutorial in the Vanguard section of the campaign. If you've already completed it you can do it again by starting a new campaign.

[Yoinkyz]

Originally posted by Sutekh:

There's also an official tutorial in the Vanguard section of the campaign. If you've already completed it you can do it again by starting a new campaign.

dont do the vangaurd missions just jump to the others........ you wont need the baby steps perhaps just objectives. vangaurd missions turned me off the game years back

[Erik Springelkamp]

Like the Dvar play with caricatures of Russians, the Vanguard campaigns use caricatures of Americans. Of course these are very distasteful, but they have to be, to be true to the myth.

[CrUsHeR]

I remember seeing a let's play for Age of Wonders III, on a random map. And i immediately knew that i wanted that game.

Now with combined 3000 hours of playtime in AOW3 and Planetfall, i still haven't played any of the campaigns. The random maps are just too much fun. In particular the empire mode has a strong longtime motivation factor.

So my advice is to just play random maps, read all the tooltips and look up all the keybinds (like for extra attack previews, or how to fire AOE into the air). If there is something you don't understand or cannot defeat ingame, ask in the forums.

There also is nothing against directly jumping into empire mode, though the maps there mostly have special mechanics. Like if your first map would have the extra marauder spawner mechanics or hazards, it may be too difficult to start with even with easy settings.