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It depends very specifically on what you want, if you want splash damage, then bear doesn't provide that. If you want a higher attack power, the bear does. I rag on him hard for the memes, he's not really that bad. I just don't like the character model. I think it's dumb

That's why your name is familiar to me in the L4! I seen you in the comments section. Well, this is embarrassing, as I'm doing exceptionally poorly

@@TheSmokingCheddar nothing to be embarrassed about, we are having problems with the same alliance. boys are good and never sleep.

For us, it's case of we have an average of 2 capped units per base, and when we're up against 5 enemy bases with 5 capped units, we need 12 active players at a minimum. It's embarrassing, because i make videos and we're not winning. But mostly, because I make videos and people recognise me xD

Oh dear lord! This is embarrassing, I'm going to have to up my game hard now I've been spotted in the L4 and recognised. xD I'm doing so, so, so badly lol

We normally find out a few days prior to the community post, we have no such information at this time regarding new officers. I suspect we'll see a new officer in January/February and we'll likely get 1 of those as a navy officer

Depends on if you're scaling for crit, intensity, utility or skill damage, I'd recommend just trial and error here, use the arena, swap around officers and compare battle reports and see what works Vs what. Then start using them in formations in L4s, mix and compare again. For example, you could swap eagle with havoc for example. This would allow you to scale Vs armour in skill and utilise crit on the MBT, which you get bonuses from in the advanced tree. Simultaneously, your heli would be focusing on utility and skill damage by utilising debuff and buff stacking mechanics for hitting targets with medium to hi health. The MBT in contrast would be an excellent sniper, with a good chance of a crit in a single shot, giving it a good one punch snipe. Down side is it's speed.

It's also key to remember, 1) I don't know everything and 2) I don't know how you play specifically. Both of these factors should be kept in mind whenever taking my advice. I am just a dude on the internet. I get things wrong alot.

To quote a famous actor "do it! Do it NAO!"

@ get to da choppa?

It'll be a while before I revisit this specific thing, but if you can send me multiple screenshots via discord, when I get round to it, I'll do a comparison test and I'll share the results in a video. I'll need multiple screenshots for each setup for me to replicate. But it'll be a while before I get there

Why you do this? This thought is giving me heartburn. Please stop. Please just use them. Please. Bro....

It's actually a pretty common buff, I've been adjusting the scoring of it in more recent videos to accommodate it. It became more common after the update back in the summer.

Unless you're online, he's going to be a trouble to defeat. You'll need a tactic card to deal mass damage on entering combat. Assuming they don't wait until the first 12 seconds pass and they pop the 10k shield.

Great job by the way

Thank you Alex, a pleasure as always to see you down in the comments. At least I know I'm not alone in my pain for infantry investment xD

@@TheSmokingCheddar thank you for all the good content 🙏

Actually a very sensible and comprehensive approach to the current issue. I'd highly recommend popping that in the official discord "suggestions" box with additional context.

I agree, alas the Devs thought otherwise.

No video I make is good. We don't do that here lol

It’s freezing and just has sound for me

@@jaysond40 yup same . wanted to see defense in action

@@TheSmokingCheddar great content my friend keep it up

Sketchy mobile recording, my bad, it probably dipped recording as my WiFi at work skipped in and out while I was working. I waited 4 weeks for PvP, I just had to record what I could.

I was going to, but I flipped for offence. Reasons I'll go into in a different video.

Because I was at work and working at the same time.

It is unfortunate, because I see dedicated players, people logging in every day, just suffering from this. I tried helping them, alas, in the end. I had to give up. Like you say, can lead a horse to water.

@@TheSmokingCheddar I send them to this video when I cant get through to them. Thanks for making these detailed breakdowns they are a great resource.

Yes. More cheese for more glory!

I did, yes. I don't anymore. I was using her in that slot so I didn't have to keep fudging officers around when exiting the the base. I did have 2 captains with trained skills preset but it became too irritating to keep swapping out every time I get a attacked, logged in, needed to exit my base or logged out. The goal, was, originally to have my infantry support other players using an SH, using both the skills and the bunker to increase damage resistance, paired alongside tactic cards and first set of skills, I'd need her skill to deploy second. This over time eveloved into my pushing infantry to attack, resulting in the changes I made a few days ago, removing her from rotation in favour of angel. I may awaken her at a later date regardless, as she's a useful support officer to have. But as things stand currently for me, I haven't much use for her. A lot changes from one conquest to the next, I won't need her defensive abilities anytime soon

It's incredibly frustrating when your opponent gives up in week 1. It's something I have found to be all too common

I did a deep dive on the MBT in the summer, towards the end of the video I briefly covered officers and skills. Is there a specific set-up you were looking for?

@ I have 2 attack officers Rapier & Havoc and I’m looking to apply the best skill set possible to further enhance the offensive capabilities.

These two are really good together, you have 2 main stats you'd want to train in, critical strike and damage intensity. Secondary stats probably hp and then damage resistance

Yeah, I took would have thought that the centre would have been more navy based. But if they use this style going forwards in map design, at some point we'll have a navy middle. Which I think would be cool. I know a lot of people haven't received the navy well, and to a point I agree. But as far as map design and map mechanics go, I really like this.

You will kill the game if you do that. The Navy is for big spenders. The game already has a problem between players who spend a lot and the low and mid spenders - the Navy update has only exasperated the problem. We have one Whale in our Alliance who dominates every other player in our city 4's - and he had maxxed his Navy in a couple of days - great for us - bad for the game.

Unfortunately, I suspect the game has already died. If you try and create a new role, and get to a point where you start building a base and an army? They've made it longer. I agree, the disparity between those that spend and those that don't, has grown over time. But to be fair, so has the gap between silver and gold

Delicious for single target damage. Seen him paired up with eagle one tap units. He's absolutely vicious

Unfortunately this doesn't work. They've already tried this approach twice. It swings the pendulum from attack to defend, forces them to penalize one player type over another, then forces a counter update and you're back to where you started. September of '23 saw the release of the wall defence, then we saw an update in infantry to counter, then we saw an increase in the damage pool to counter that with a further buff to defence. If it was only as simple as simply increasing the SH or infantry defence ratings, this issue wouldn't exist. What is needed is a way to remove the enemy bases without penalising both or either attacking or defending parties. I personally don't wish to return to the days when you could solo a base with a single SH. Lol. That sucked. Good idea though.

Inf only get dropped so fast due to the %300 fortification damage bonus from lib artillery. This can be counted with extremely high levels of damage resistance. Which is why bloom/angel is so popular.

That's not a bad idea. I may actually do a strategy video specifically for that. I have a few other videos currently needing editing, so that'll be after those

i just wanted to update you, i haven't forgotten about this suggestion, I am currently working on it.

Blast damage mitigation and damage resistance. With a side of hit points

I have warned them, as have others, of things like this. If you want to see why no new players are joining the game, go start a fresh account for a laugh, it's.... Well... It's a problem. The shooter section was always bad. But with the update.... It's waaaaaaaaaaaay worse. As for the navy, I agree you. The disparity between those who spend and those who do not will grow more with this update.. that being said. I actually really like the new L4. I haven't already recorded the video explaining why and what. I was going to edit it tonight. But I ended up playing broken arrow instead

Thanks Alex, I'm just shocked this hasn't received more dislikes tbh.

You utter mad man! Also, very good choice on cheese.

yeah, i hear bloom/angel is the best combo for that atm. but i need vox for the rotation sooner rather than later. i seen the battle reports from others with the bloom/angel combo, and its on the cards, i have others i need to get sorted as well. hopefully, it wont take too long. I havent heard anything about any skins for inf, i wouldnt mind some clown costumes though. just for the giggles

No worries, glad you liked it

Good choice tbh

Cheers Alex. Hope this very long video helps in some way.

@TheSmokingCheddar very good very helpful information thanks

that depends on what artillery unit you have and what it is you are using it for. if you, for example are using and ATG, you MIGHT want intensity over skill so you can overcome the SH defensive resistance stats. on the flip side, you MIGHT want the ATG to roll skill damage for the similar reasons. Dont forget damage resistance effects all forms of incoming damage. honestly, it would be a case of trial and error on your part. for example, I have 1 artillery gun stacking skill and 1 stacking skill+intensity with intensity being trained in. defensive/offensive/field battle reports place each gun respectively at different damage outputs. The question really is, do you need it to destroy bases, or units. and are those units attacking your units in the field or attacking your base. then you can workout what you need from there. there are a few "all rounder" options available to you, like using Argent+Vent, one def and one att. but its not efficient. it'll hit really hard at everything. but it wont be specifically good at anything.

Yeah, I guess there's no right answer with so many different scenarios. What is the purpose of rapier skill training on artillery? Critical strike/ normal attack damage seems odd ! What am I missing . Once again, thank you for your video. Keep up the good work you big stud😂

Normal attack damage booster. So, attack damage booster works the same as damage intensity. But damage intensity is applied by all sources. Attack damage booster is only for standard attacks. It's just a way for me to levy more intensity over damage resistance, giving my normal attacks a tiny bit extra punch. However, it's more likely firepower would be more effective here. I'd need to test it. But I couldn't last L4, our opponents refused to leave their bases and it was 3 alliances Vs us. So, hopefully I'll get a more active L4 this time. So I should know in about 5 weeks. I hope

two things i love, noodles and cheese

please never make me do this again. it took me all day and i think i died a little bit inside

For one of your next videos. You should do how you use your recourses wisely for battle honour, like how you strategize

critical strike is only really viable on faster hitting units like fighters and tanks/helis. i have the stats on the artillery myself, its not not great. it fairly wasted as you say. i will try and remember in future to point out that crit rating isnt very good on artillery before it gets too far into a video next time [= ty for the heads up. on the bright side, if you needed a good crit build tank, you have the skills ready to go!

i aim to please!

hello! =D

I think so, that bonus to above 50% is insane

@SmokingCheddar on which one mate?

@MW-ou7kd it would actually help if i hit the "send" button when replying to people. my bad. i put the majority of the statues onto the tactical skill and then used the remaining 30 to increase the 3 remaining skills to skill level 2. i have him on the missile destroyer so its having the hard hitting skill damage from his tactical skill comes in handy when wiping out other units or hitting bases. sorry for the late reply. i did actually write this out already but apparently didn't sent it. lol

link should be in the description box of each video. if the link fails, just let me know and i will alter it ASAP

Whiz would be great choice for Van inf, 10% crit and a 15% chance on hit to reset enemy reload time that can be triggered once every 8 seconds. Only reason why I don't really talk about him in any of my videos, is that he was an event officer and is now subsequently unobtainable for players who have or are starting after that point. He definitely would be up there for a damage set-up though. He also gets a target damage resistance debuff. All this feeds in nicely to a high rate of fire unit

@@TheSmokingCheddar awesome I’ll give it a try.