Universal Tactile Wars (by Ankama)

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  1. Oats

    Oats Well-Known Member

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    I'm pretty sure I have cards in that section. It seems like finding a defensive card is the only way to view it (bug?), but I haven't found one in a while.
     
  2. Duivs

    Duivs Well-Known Member

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    Guess what? Classified.
    Classified.
    I just assumed that those cards would be added in a future update, after all I can't find any unlockables that aren't related to either attack or rank cards.
    My guess is they unlock different bosses which you can select to use for defence.
     
  3. markaman

    markaman Well-Known Member

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    #323 markaman, Aug 24, 2015
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    I just got to the top spot in platinum and it's horrible. The game really punishes you for doing well because you won't be able to find any opponents. I clicked and refreshed the attack screen 50 times and not once did I find someone. The worst part is that even if I wanted to drop in rank, I couldn't because there is no one to dump trophies on. The game is pretty much unplayable for me since attacking is not an option and nobody can find be so that I can lose defenses.

    Edit: I just set my territories to level 1 and took off all defenses and I got attack 5 times in 10 minutes. The weird part is that I was attack by people in the bronze league. It seems like matchmaking is more linked to your defensive level than the league your in.
     
  4. azad720

    azad720 New Member

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    Is it just me or is Heli-minator complete garbage? I got him because of all the cheese comps I had been running into with the Heli-towers. He sprays some gas in the air and guess what? the heli-bombers fly right through it and bomb me anyway. Honestly it almost looks like he is there to confuse me instead, the way he fogs up the area with the gas. So yea.. anyone?
     
  5. dyemc16ongames

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    I feel you bro. if you're lucky,you'll get 1-3 choices..
     
  6. markaman

    markaman Well-Known Member

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    I mainly use the triangle mercinary because he can blow up any troops that are in a triangle formation, not just tracker units. This is really useful against higher level territories because they tend to have more triangle formation troops. I also use the ufo-a for weaker bases because it's an easy way to get extra gold and he collects the medals for you so you don't misclick and tap a mine. I don't have the heliminator, but I was planning on using prisms for the remaining cards. If its not that good then I might save up for another mercinary.
     
  7. dyemc16ongames

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    try inspecting a base on your league. then click attack. most of the time I get 1-2 opponents after I do that.
     
  8. azad720

    azad720 New Member

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    Yea I use triangle almost all the time, unless there are 3+ tanks then I use the tank destroyer. It just sucks because compared to them 'heliminator' sucks. I would actually rather have a normal unit, so yea believe me when I say your prisms are better spent elsewhere.
     
  9. Ankama

    Ankama Well-Known Member

    Here are some basics:

    Generally speaking, you need to aim at making combos. And to so, it's very important to otimize your formation's shape! And it requires to hone your skills and to try out various shapes to see what performs best. (Although, trying completely stupid ones is also part of the fun. Just take a quick look at YouTube ^^).

    Basically waiting a little (but not too much) to pop the maximum amount of ennemy Pigments in chain will give you medals. The more you get, the better for your end combat note.

    Later in the game (Level 4), you can also unlock via the yellow part of the Tech Tree a capacity that will make your extra soldier gauge grow up each time you grab medals. That's an upgrade you surely do not want to miss.

    There's also another one (well, the next one in the same colon of the Tech Tree, when you're Level 13) that makes the soldier gauge to rise when destroying ennemy armored units like tanks, turrets, etc. Of course, this one is also a must have.

    Some other various tips:

    - While in combat, pay attention to your formations, try out various forms in each situation and optimize best

    - Perform combos smartly. The more, the better!

    - Take a close look to the Reserve part of the Tech Tree (in yellow). This is a very interesting area to get some help to achieve better combat scores

    - Cards are collected to unlock Mercs. And Mercs are awesome units. A game changer (literally).
    By collecting cards for a Merc, you progressively reduce its cost in Prisms in the shop. When you have all the dedicated cards of a Merc, he costs nothing anymore and you can unlock him permanently.

    - Anti-tanks Merc and Anti-triangle formations Merc are also good investments to be better prepared and efficient in the battlefield

    - If you want to achieve better time scores, you need to rush as fast as possible by optimizing your moves and taking circles immediately. That means taking big risks by not cleaning immidiately sourrounding defense units. Oh, and use power-ups! That's VERY important to save time.

    - You win gold by winning battles and when your troops succesfully defend your territories. That's also true when you lose, but of course the won amount is way fewer. Unlocking achievements also grants you some gold or Prisms (depending of the achievement's difficulty). You can also convert Prisms to get some gold in the shop.
    You also automatically win some gold every hour depending on the territories you posses.

    These advice were given in older posts here, in case you want to see:

    http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3639399&postcount=188
    http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3639736&postcount=200
    http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3639793&postcount=202
    http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3642096&postcount=232
    http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3643531&postcount=271



    No. If you want new units, you should like Mercs!
     
  10. azad720

    azad720 New Member

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    BTW I don't know if anyone knows or cares but there is actually a Tactile Wars Reddit
     
  11. Ankama

    Ankama Well-Known Member


    This tab is not accessible right now. It will be dedicated for Boss content (coming in a future update, no ETA yet). So maybe you had the impression that you collected cards here but rest assured that no. It will be implemented further.
     
  12. Ankama

    Ankama Well-Known Member

    This is weird. It's not a normal behavior for the game and the matchmaking system. Maybe you had some strange stuff while we were working on the servers. Anyway, that's intersting. If the issue persists, please keep in touch by PM and give us your in-game nickname, country, language, device model an iOS version. We'll investigate further if needed.
    Thanks!
     
  13. buttski

    buttski New Member

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    Well, still got the disconnect in the tutorial so the game is still unplayable for me and some others. Looks like Ankama stopped giving a crap about people with this problem.
    Uninstalled and reviewed it in the appstore. Needless to say the review wasn't that good.
     
  14. Ankama

    Ankama Well-Known Member

    We still apply modifications server side and an update will come as soon as we're confident enough in the solutions it brings. Things take time to be fixed and we're working as fast as possible.

    Your player information sent by PM should help us to make things better.
     
  15. FeenixSA

    FeenixSA Member

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    Thanks for the good advice! :)
     
  16. Aitherios

    Aitherios Well-Known Member

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    They care, but they can't update an app just because they care. They need to find a solution for it first. It probably isn't easy either because not everyone is having this issue, which makes it hard to pinpoint what the exact issue is.
     
  17. Orionis

    Orionis Member

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    Yep, still unable to get past stockpiling point. Glad to know that the devs are working on it though. :)
     
  18. FeenixSA

    FeenixSA Member

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    #338 FeenixSA, Aug 24, 2015
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    I have all 3 cards for Gatling Merc. How do I use?

    (Edit) oh I see. The wording made me think it was a defensive item.

    Although in his first run he died in the first 4 seconds. Feh.
     
  19. markaman

    markaman Well-Known Member

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    Early on mercinaries are only as strong as any old unit, but as you level up you can upgrade their durability so they last longer in the fight. There's even an upgrade to give them a second chance if they die. The Gatling merc is good when the enemy doesn't have a lot of artillery units pointing at the circle or when they don't have helipigments because he is just a sitting duck in the circle.
     
  20. Aitherios

    Aitherios Well-Known Member

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    #340 Aitherios, Aug 25, 2015
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    I recorded a video of an attack on someone's territory... I got the SSSS rating so maybe you can use it as an example or something?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV87HsCRTHI
     

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