Battle Academy by slitherine Ltd.

[perricoach]

Ok folks after reading this thread and the combat mission touch one, it prompted me to A) sign up for the forums here and join the community, plus B) buy Battle Academy.

I'm a WWII history nut but never played much rts at all growing up. I spent the 20 bucks because it sounded like this game would be up my alley and a good place to start learning.

My problem so far is that the tutorial in this game barely teaches me anything, and now that I'm in the first mission Im really not sure what to even do. Ive got two tanks and two new vehicles that I think are carrying troops but with no obvious way to deploy them. My tanks shots routinely miss the mark and I have no idea what type of strategy is necessary to be successful.

Any tips for learning how to play from the vets out there? Thanks for any help and I'm looking forward to joining up on this and other forum discussions. I spent a lot of time when I was younger on console gaming sites but my gaming time these days is limited to ios and this seems to be the place to be.

-mike

[PipFromSlitherine]

Originally Posted by perricoach

Ok folks after reading this thread and the combat mission touch one, it prompted me to A) sign up for the forums here and join the community, plus B) buy Battle Academy.

I'm a WWII history nut but never played much rts at all growing up. I spent the 20 bucks because it sounded like this game would be up my alley and a good place to start learning.

My problem so far is that the tutorial in this game barely teaches me anything, and now that I'm in the first mission Im really not sure what to even do. Ive got two tanks and two new vehicles that I think are carrying troops but with no obvious way to deploy them. My tanks shots routinely miss the mark and I have no idea what type of strategy is necessary to be successful.

Any tips for learning how to play from the vets out there? Thanks for any help and I'm looking forward to joining up on this and other forum discussions. I spent a lot of time when I was younger on console gaming sites but my gaming time these days is limited to ios and this seems to be the place to be.

-mike

The tooltips over your order will provide details on how likely you are to hit a target (or penetrate its armour). At this stage of the war, you're not likely to hit much from long range . You should also bear in mind that firing after moving, or at a moving target reduces the chance to hit.

To deploy troops from your Bren Carriers, simply tap on an adjacent tile and select the unload button.

In general you will need to use combined arms tactics - in this desert mission, as is mentioned in the tutorial, your tanks cannot see into cover and so you will need to screen them with infantry to flush out any hidden defenders.

Cheers

Pip

[marker1c]

Guys I created a multiplayer challenge 'armoured showdown' for anybody who wants to try mp out my password is toucharcade . Please note that I am a Novice player to this series

[PipFromSlitherine]

Originally Posted by marker1c

Guys I created a multiplayer challenge 'armoured showdown' for anybody who wants to try mp out my password is toucharcade . Please note that I am a Novice player to this series

I'd add that one doesn't need to put a password for a game unless you are (e.g.) wanting to play a specific person. Generally just leave the password field blank and you will then be making a public challenge that anyone can accept.

Just pointing it out as I had a poster on the Slitherine forums who thought that perhaps it wasn't clear what passwording a game did.

Cheers

Pip

[marker1c]

Originally Posted by PipFromSlitherine

I'd add that one doesn't need to put a password for a game unless you are (e.g.) wanting to play a specific person. Generally just leave the password field blank and you will then be making a public challenge that anyone can accept.

Just pointing it out as I had a poster on the Slitherine forums who thought that perhaps it wasn't clear what passwording a game did.

Cheers

Pip

Cool i'll look forward to playing you, it will be a learning experience

[perricoach]

Are you able to draw troops out from the rocks and buildings? They seem not to move

[djflippy]

Great work on the Retina update; looks amazing and the gameplay is still excellent. Highly recommended.

[farmboy74]

I've been following this thread for while and after reading the comments decided to take the plunge and download it. I admire the devs stand on the price as from what I can make out it's a full blown port of the pc/mac game and at more than half the price as well. Hope my time playing laser squad (back in the day that one!) and advance wars puts me in good stead for this.
One question I do have is how come none of the big IOS sites (touch arcade, touch gen, slide to play and 148apps) have not reviewed this game?
All I need now is to find the time to play this sucker!!

[Slitherine Iain]

The honest answeer is that we are new to iOS gaming and that we dont have the contacts built up that we do with the PC and Mac press. We'd love to get covered on teh right sites but are still working out what they are!

If everyone lists the sites they refer to when making iOS purchasing decisions it will help us make sure our database and contacts are updated and we build relationships with these guys.

Any cross posting to forum on these sites by you guys obviously is great in raising the awareness of the game.

[perricoach]

I still suck, I really have no idea what I'm doin wrong, but its a sweet looking game and I do look forward to figuring out what to do. Can anyone suggest a good wiki or guide? I seriously have no clue how to effectively fight these troops and forts with my troops and tanks. Thanks for any help.