Plague Inc. [Help & Strategies]

[Emuchu]

Does having a second and third wave actually give you more DNA to spend overall than it would have avoid the cure in the first place? 'Cause playing like that sounds pretty cool; the second wave could be Genetic Hardening/Reshuffling, and the third wave could be Coma/Insanity/Paralysis.

[Emuchu]

Originally Posted by arney217

Does anyone have any strategies on how to beat NANO VIRUS on BRUTAL??
I have been trying now for a couple days and just cannot beat it..

Nano Virus is pretty tough, but still doable. The most important thing, for me, is to get the Nano ability that slows the broadcast as soon as you can, since that gives you the time you need to do everything else.

It's also pretty compulsory to get Necrosis. With the speed at which you'll want to be killing, you'll want a way to infect after your victims die.

[DonJacobo]

Originally Posted by Emuchu

Does having a second and third wave actually give you more DNA to spend overall than it would have avoid the cure in the first place? 'Cause playing like that sounds pretty cool; the second wave could be Genetic Hardening/Reshuffling, and the third wave could be Coma/Insanity/Paralysis.

This a great strategy for three waves! The extra DNA during re-infection is still a mystery to me. The first time I tried this tactic I got over 100 new DNA, but in my repeated attemts I got almost no new DNA. A friend also got the DNA boost once. Lets keeps looking for the link between infectation and DNA-points.

[TheMightyJMo]

It is frustrating to get the headlines "historic space mission planned" and "new round of nuclear tests considered" and not know how to capitalize on them!

[Emuchu]

I was always of the opinion that you received DNA points as some linear(?) function based on the number of people you infected or killed, as DNA income is always highest for me while countries are turning red. This would mean you would need a substantial population to become cured in order to observe any increase in DNA points overall, and this is still assuming that you receive extra DNA at all for infect-cure-infects. But if this is true, you could allow the cure to cure the world half-way, and reap the benefits of a second-round of exponential infection.

[afsplat]

I'm having problems getting three achievements, swine flu, blood transfusion and public defecation. Any suggestions?

[xhnhx]

I just completed brutal parasite by only using blood but didn't get the achievement? Also I know I have achieved some of the combos on both normal and brutal but haven't got the acheviements, any ideas...?
Public defecation you need diarrhoea and insanity, I have done it a few times but still do not have the achievement!

[TheMightyJMo]

I know for me, since I updated to 1.2, Openfeint is nowhere to be found on the app...the achievements button doesn't do anything on the high score screen. Can't figure it out, so I don't even know what the new achievements are.

[fonebone]

Originally Posted by Zyzoxing

You don't need Cold but to spread thru Greenland fast you do. Here's a Bio Weapon strat for brutal. It works about 90% of the time. And more when mutations go in your favor.

Bio Weapon Revised: Start in Saudi Arabia. Get Air 1/2 Cold 1/2 Water 1 Blood 1 Drug 1/2 Blood 2 When Iceland infects Rash/Sweating. Gen Hard 1/2 Skin Lesions. If Lucky Necrosis mutate. If not save for it. Greenland should be infected by now. Get Anamea and Insomnia then use rest unless access to get to Paranoia/Reshuffle. Should end with 50-90 cure%

It's not as Detailed as my Virus but it will get there.

Thanks for this. I wasn't able to get it with this alone, but a simple tweak resulted in 3 wins in a row. Before any other points, I put into Coughing, then Sneezing. (I reset if given news that urban population has been reduced)

When I have spare points after finishing your layout, I follow other advice and unlock Seizures and then Insanity, followed by devolving Seizures to reduce lethality.

I'd tried to win SO MANY times. Your framework did it for me.

[carlisimo]

I often get an out of memory message on my iPad2. The game is kind enough to save the game before quitting, but it happens even after I've rebooted and haven't opened many apps at all.

Other programs that appear to be more memory-intensive run fine, so I have to wonder if something's wrong with the way Plague Inc. uses memory.