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Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them

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Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them

#12
post #6

I don't get it. What do the numbers mean? Why do some increase every second and some stay constant? What do the symbols (crown, buildings) mean? It looks pretty cool but I don't have the time to figure out the rules by trial and error.

The numbers are the size of your army (in a fight, the bigger army wins). The size of your army increases rapidly on king tiles or city tiles, and very slowly on normal tiles.

Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them

#14
post #6

I don't get it. What do the numbers mean? Why do some increase every second and some stay constant? What do the symbols (crown, buildings) mean? It looks pretty cool but I don't have the time to figure out the rules by trial and error.

It's pretty fun but definitely the trial and error rules are kind of annoying.

The numbers are the "population" of the square. If you click a square you can then press WASD to move its population to the adjacent square. If you clicked the square once then you move all but one person, whereas if you clicked it twice before WASD then it displays "50%" and moves half the population.

If the adjacent square has numbers of its own (of a different color) then you're "attacking" that square, and if you have more people than it, then you take it over (but lose people in the process).

Ordinary squares increase population slowly, while "city" squares increase population quickly. So it's to your advantage to try to capture cities since you grow population very fast. But it's also good to spread out and capture lots of undefended ordinary squares, since each of those squares will also contribute to your population (albeit slowly).

The "king" square represents a player. If it's captured that player loses. It also increases population quickly.

Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them

#19

Fun game. Still has some bugs to work out. I lost all control about 66% through my game. None of my movements worked with the mouse or the keyboard. I could only watch as others conquered my territory.

May be that you set too many moves and so were going incredibly slowly. Press Q to clear moves and focus on short and effective routes.
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