Part 4. NicoPez
Last but not least, the fourth winning interview of the contest, NicoPez. He prefers to stay low, focusing on quickly acquiring resources, controlling enemies, and supporting their allies.
Which faction are you playing for in Alpha 2? Please tell us about its advantages and disadvantages.
Mastermind.
Which buildings do you construct and upgrade first?
Mines (and supply depot ofc).
What is your step-by-step strategy during the game?
Well, it’s quite long, but for making it short, the main thing for me is getting a good amount of rss (Resources) in a short time. The idea is to keep all enemies controlled so they don’t grow faster than me, but also be prepared for any potential attack if they wanna come and rob. So building mines and shields. Then defensive units on a similar measure as my enemy could have on the attack. But meanwhile, I don’t use it, the rest do war here and there. That allows me to grow faster, and eventually, I’ll have a decent rss production to build my first offensive troops, but they will be just to go along with some hackers, and when I first can, I start hacking some bases, and like this, I save a lot of time of upgrading bases. First, I can hack; the better it is. The game keeps going on with balanced operations of defending, helping my team, and spreading rss. Hacking some other base, and on and on, maybe hacking the enemy for putting some pressure on, but I prefer to play defensive and quiet.
How many Starter packs have you used during Alpha 2, and which asset from the pack is your favorite?
Eight. I like rss NFTs, but also the protection dome helped a lot in critical situations.
Do you have any secret tricks that you use to solve some gameplay matters in a nonstandard way?
Yes. Settling a base for activating the dome and destroying it after, for example, it helps me to keep a permanent dome without having to wait 12 hours.
Has the game ever kept you from getting a restful sleep? Why and what happened that night?”
Yes. It happened some nights to keep attacking like crazy to my enemies. The sacrifice becomes well rewarded with hacked bases.
If you belong to any alliance, how are the roles and tasks divided among the players?
I like to support everyone, be gentle, and help grow the rest, especially the less fortunate ones.
Name a few specific situations in which one faction’s troops would perform better than the troops of others.
I like mastermind units so much because they are faster than the rest. For sending support, they are also powerful, but speed may often become a key factor.
Do you use any outside assets entered into the game to resolve some problems or increase productivity?
Lands. I brought it on this server. 3 rare lands, 3 uncommon, 3 common, and 2 more of WeCanite. Rare and common
Please recall the most massive or sophisticated attack operation you took part in and tell us a few words about it.
Hacking my enemies is always a big thing, it involves lots of fake attacks, taking his attention from one place to another, so I can do the real hit from all my hacking bases contemporaneously without giving him a hint of that. It can be useful to send from every base, a fake attack with a ram (slower unit than hacker) to every enemy base. 1 attack is enough per base, mine, and per base, theirs. So if the enemy alliance is of 50 people x 50 bases, I would need 2500 rams on each of my bases correctly, that would be the ideal hiding of a hacking attack, and if you perform it like this is impossible for your enemy figures out where you are going to hack.
Obviously, on all this, it comes to the math to calculate the times of sending so all the attacks lends at exactly the same time, everywhere.
Please tell us about the most massive attack operation aimed at your bases. How was it?
My bases are never attacked because everybody loves me. JK.
I had massive attacks with fake attacks. I got confused and lost 1 base and a half. Still recovering from that.
Do you destroy buildings if you need additional foundations? If so, which buildings do you destroy first?
I destroyed many. When I finish taking the bases to fully lvl 20 mines, I destroy silos, so I can build everything there.
What is the best way to organize an attack aimed at destroying the base?
As I told before. Fakes on all enemy bases. And sync the landing times to exactly the same for everything.
Which skills would you recommend training on the playground servers?
Hacking is the most tricky operation. Recommend you to practice this a lot, it’s useful one early, mid, and late games.
Name three features that you would like to see in the game, currently undeveloped ones.
More filters on attacks. It is impossible to play without knowing what you’re doing because there are too many attacks, and you cannot scroll enough or look for what your wanting to see correctly.
