Plague Inc. - iPhone Strategy game [Universal]

[fetagames]

Originally Posted by djflippy

Glioblastoma Capitalism-Multiforme

Glioblastoma Capitalism-Multiforme, commonly referred to as "The Plague", "The Blight", or simply "Capitalism" is generally considered to be an economic plague that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit or income by individuals or corporations. Some have also used the term as a synonym for competitive markets, voluntary exchange, wage labor, capital accumulation, or personal finance.[1][2][3]

Capitalism is variously defined by sources and there is no general consensus among scholars on the definition nor which economies can historically be properly considered capitalist.[4] The designation is applied to a variety of historical cases, varying in time, geography, politics, and culture.[5] There is, however, general agreement that capitalism became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism, a time when plague could run rampant across the land.[6]

The Capitalist Plague gradually spread throughout the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries.[7][8] In our modern world, some scientists estimate that nearly 99% of the population that reside in the afflicted territories show symptoms of the disease, but these cases are still treatable.[9] The severity of the aforementioned cases, however, are dwarfed by the other 1%.

This 1%, for all intents and purposes, are dead already. They walk the earth in zombie-like stupor, feeding on the blood and sweat of of those around them. While the physical impact on the carriers is non-obvious, the mental suffering is acute and irreversable. While they may seem like mindless drones to the untrained eye, they know exactly what they are doing; they simply have lost the ability to care.[10] Direct contact with these hyper-afflicted individuals has caused a slow but deadly process that threatens to cripple entire municipalities, large cities, and even whole countries.

The United States has been the hardest hit to date; a small but affluent New York neighborhood is believed to be the epicenter of this cruel and debilitating virus. Analysts agree that the disease laid dormant there for decades, but opinions differ on how the noxious plague spread.[11] Sources close to the denizens of the site repeatedly refer to the spread of the disease as "trading", presumably with those yet to be contaminated, but other theories abound, up to and including the transferral of sickening parasites commonly referred to as "IAPs", through a hideous and ungodly process known only as "Monetization."[12]

While small safe havens for those yet to be afflicted do exist, they occupy isolated areas in larger cities and can often be difficult to pinpoint. The Center for Disease Control has issued a statement saying, "Under no conditions should you accept one of these 'IAPs' from anyone, otherwise you could be at risk of perpetuating the deadly virus."[13] There is still hope, however, embodied by small, but developing forum communities that could in fact be the antidote to the plague. Help from neighboring residents is paramount; send food, medical supplies, clothes, anything you can spare to help their cause, lest you become part of the 1%.

yes, thats my plague too ;-)

[Maniacfive]

Originally Posted by barryweiser

I am still having a very difficult time with the fungus stage. I have infected almost the entire world, but by the time the death rate get going...the cure is there and I lose. I have tried this stage at least a dozen times...I'm starting to get a bit discouraged, honestly. As a result, I haven't been playing as much as I used to...

I got incredibly lucky with Fungus but I beat it first time on my iPad. (on normal at least. it did beat me on on my iPhone twice before the iCloud unlocks opened it up)

Started inTurkey, my tactic was to keep the symptoms low, coughing and insomnia only, and pumped loads of points into avian transmission and water resistance. It started to slowly spread to neighbouring countries, and every so often i gave it a kick with fungal spores to help it along.

Hope that helps

[barryweiser]

Originally Posted by Maniacfive

I got incredibly lucky with Fungus but I beat it first time on my iPad. (on normal at least. it did beat me on on my iPhone twice before the iCloud unlocks opened it up)

Started inTurkey, my tactic was to keep the symptoms low, coughing and insomnia only, and pumped loads of points into avian transmission and water resistance. It started to slowly spread to neighbouring countries, and every so often i gave it a kick with fungal spores to help it along.

Hope that helps

That has been my strategy, as well. At what point did you start pouring on the deadly symptoms? I feel like I have waited too long and it doesn't kill fast enough before the cure is complete...

[Emuchu]

Originally Posted by barryweiser

That has been my strategy, as well. At what point did you start pouring on the deadly symptoms? I feel like I have waited too long and it doesn't kill fast enough before the cure is complete...

That depends on how you like to play. Personally, I like to wait until all countries are infected to some degree, then add rash / inflammation / skin lesions / necrosis to start killing while simultaneously increasing infectivity, then upgrade cough / sneeze / immune supression / organ failure / coma / paralysis after the "whole world infected" message pops up.

Other people like to lay low for even longer, waiting for the "whole world infected" prompt before unleashing death, and going for something like cough / sneeze / immune supression / organ failure / coma / paralysis / something-something all the way to insanity, since necrosis doesn't help much if the infecting is done.

Also, how is the coughing / insomnia thing working out? I always thought that getting any symptoms besides coughing would get you noticed, so I usually don't bother with symptoms until I'm ready to get the ball rolling.

[Maniacfive]

Originally Posted by Emuchu

That depends on how you like to play. Personally, I like to wait until all countries are infected to some degree, then add rash / inflammation / skin lesions / necrosis to start killing while simultaneously increasing infectivity, then upgrade cough / sneeze / immune supression / organ failure / coma / paralysis after the "whole world infected" message pops up.

Other people like to lay low for even longer, waiting for the "whole world infected" prompt before unleashing death, and going for something like cough / sneeze / immune supression / organ failure / coma / paralysis / something-something all the way to insanity, since necrosis doesn't help much if the infecting is done.

Also, how is the coughing / insomnia thing working out? I always thought that getting any symptoms besides coughing would get you noticed, so I usually don't bother with symptoms until I'm ready to get the ball rolling.

Doesn't seem to get noticed, definitely flies under the radar like coughing.

Not sure exactly how well it helps infection. But the very idea that everyone is already completely exhausted and tired before even knowing they have to work on a cure. It pleases me. BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! DIE YOU PUNY TIRED HUMANS, DIE DIE DIE!

ahem. Sorry, got a bit carried away.

[Emuchu]

If anyone is still having trouble with Fungus, let me throw in an observation. In fungus, we've already established that waiting is key. One of the top reasons people lose at the fungus level is because they run out of DNA points and get overrun by the cure.

If you're the patient sort, though, you can save a lot of DNA points by cutting out things you won't need. For instance, I always start in Saudi Arabia. I find that I can usually avoid spending points on Heat Resist and Blood/Livestock Transmit (maybe 1 in Blood), since whether or not I spend anything there, the slowest-to-infect country is still going to be Greenland.

I tend to take a minimalist approach to transmission when playing fungus, just getting:
Air Transmit 2
Water Transmit 2
Drug Resist 1
Cold Resist 2
Genetic Harden 2

Which is enough to get a modest infection pace going. Then I hit fast forward twice and just wait, poking bubbles as they come and devolving any symptoms besides coughing (and apparently insomnia doesn't get caught either, I hear?). Once the last country is infected, I start throwing my deadliness around, since fungus is the same as any other plague once the countries are all infected, prioritizing the Necrosis and Immune Suppression lines. Without Blood 2, Drug Resist 2, Livestock, and Heat Resist, I usually have 100-ish DNA points and can get 2/3 high-level symptoms:

Rash
Inflammation
Skin Lesions
Necrosis
Anemia
Hemophilia (bleeding skin combo)
Cough
Sneeze
Immune Suppress
Organ Failure
Coma
Paralysis

Just sort of working my way around and making sure I don't get too deadly too fast. There's room for the DNA re-sequencing one, too, if you want.

Once you get used to the idea that fungus is going to take a long time no matter what you do, you can cut back on the rush-y abilities.

[ktern]

Every tip that works for Fungus also helps for Prion, BTW. It's similar, at least on Brutal. The innate abilities for Prion don't seem terribly effective (either at slowing the cure or preventing detection), so you just play it ultra slow.

If you infect the entire world first (every person, not just every country), you can usually kill people fast enough if you just get to Total Organ Failure. That means if you're impatient you can be a little spendier on transmission methods. Again, it's up to you, but when you're gonna be waiting around for a long time, it's better not to take chances IMO.

[nijikai]

I'm actually struggling a little with bioweapon, since it's such a fine balancing line. Tips?

[BeefJerky]

Gah. I can't do it. The fungus stage has officially beaten me. I don't seem to be making any progress whatsoever - always left with uninfected countries while the cure builds up. Tried it so many different ways and it pretty much always plays out the same.

[ZorakZoran]

Originally Posted by BeefJerky

Gah. I can't do it. The fungus stage has officially beaten me. I don't seem to be making any progress whatsoever - always left with uninfected countries while the cure builds up. Tried it so many different ways and it pretty much always plays out the same.

Same here. Blocked at fungus. Excellent game anyway, but the difficulty is weird. First game, bacteria. I had to play four times to pass. Then virus, easy, first try. Then fungus, and I'm nowhere near the solution after five times, I just can't spread in enough countries.