Kane's Wrath Global Conquest Tips & Strategy

[Gben 20]

So since I couldn't find any obvious collection of KW Global Conquest strategies, such as there is, for this game mode - I thought I would start one and see what else is out there.

 

I'm looking for macro (map mode) and micro (skirmish) strategies; and whether there really is any difference between how the factions play out.

 

Macro

For instance is it better to tech up or expand number of bases at the start of game?

Or if your income is tight, what is the best/quickest way to improve your income?

 

Micro/Skirmish Level

- superweapons and various support weapons are usually the only thing that will help dent the strike force rush by the enemy AI at the start of the game. any other good "less than a minute" defence strats?

- good tactic is to rebuild your base after the initial attack so that your base doesn't require repairs on the macro mode. But you can't build more than you start with. Your base may start with 3/5 refineries... but if you end the skirmish with 5 refineries, you'll still start the macro level with 3 refineries!

 

NB: Sometimes this can work in your favour. I played as Nod against a ZOCOM AI. He was whupping my butt all game, I had to kill 3 MARV's but I was never able to get on top of the economy. It had a massive base over 2/3 of the map, and after 30mins of playtime, I finally got a nuke ready to fire.

 

But I was not able to defend against a fleet of 20 hammerheads with various infantry inside. i had lost my mcv and all refineries, unit producing buildings, But I had 1 stank left. I launched the nuke and got my 30% strength stank into the back of the base before the invading enemy killed my last standing buildings.

 

After the nuke detonated, I was able to finish of the mcv with my stank, but I was only able to kill 2/3 more inconsequential buildings before the game ended. The thing was, when I went back with a tier3 ultra heavy strike force to get revenge, it only had 2 firehawks left in the strike force because I killed the mcv and all the ending units were different to the starting strike force.

 

I lost the skirmish, but I felt like I won the battle!