u/Predatorydive

So after beating campaign levels on Normal and Brutal I wanted to get all three yellow population icons on each level and did one more roind on MB. I know Mega Brutal isn’t that hard after you have played for a while. Some levels I played on MB5.

Here are some tips I think that might help if you are struggling on MB. Feel free to add yours or make these better.

TIPS:

Mega Brutal is basically playing against clock aka Authority points. MB is the first difficulty lvl when you need to start speedrunning a bit.

- Best leaders are Cub Scout and Fighter depending on map you are playing. These two got me through hardest maps way easier than any other leader I tried. Scout is a great stamina saver and Fighter is obviously necessary choise when facing hordes of zombies.

- When choosing Population traits always go for Technology traits if possible. That will save a lot of time and resources. Next best thing is Building discount and then Explore discount. +1 Population is the worst since you’re immediately struggling with resources

- I always start building Well, Basic Toilet and whatever you build your city on for example Grain field. This gets you started nicely

- Population 3 is the sweet spot to get decent Stamina generation and a second fighter. You can hold on to this level for a while if there are no Goal requirements for more population.

- Sometimes I used Fighters to explore regions until they are free and click them during winter for getting scavenge bubbles. This way you won’t waste resources if Storages are almost full. It works like a bank

- Hypothermia situation. If you are near the end of winter you can ignore this and not send fuel and issue will resolve itself when winter ends

- Maintenance Required situation. This will start happening annoyingly often later on and chance of Invent Builder Hut increases accordingly. If you ”need” to build Builder Hut don’t do that. Just let it sit. There are no consequences doing so. Otherwise you will just need to build that same Hut over and over again even higher cost. Hut doesn’t also benefit you at all. Save your resources and move on.

- Logistic Posts are game changers. They saved me in many maps. They boost your resource production tremendously. Do not hesitate to place them in resource area if needed

The best tip:

- If you play with a tablet you can move all 4 fighters at the same time. Or 2 or 3. Depends how many fighters and fingers you got

- For those who missed ”daily” games and those are not available anymore you can change you device date back and they appear to play. You might not be able to hit leaderboards but who cares about those anyway.

THOUGHTS:

- Invent Pickling, Firestation and Builder Hut would be nice touch if they actually worked. Firestation works once in a while but you have to build it again.

- Maintenance Required! is getting really annoying. It appears too many times and by the time it starts popping out all the time you probably have enough wood anyway. It’s just stalling the game.

- Improved Housing is there to build but doesn’t do anything. Maybe it’s still under development but it would be nice if it prevents population from freezing, adds a little morale if build optionally since it rarely is a requirement or something like that. Sometimes I build them just for fun

WISHLIST:

After inc. is well thought and fun game that I come back to almost daily. I’m glad that devs are actively listening to players and giving us updates. I really appreciate their work and dedication.

If I could wish a one thing it would be even larger maps with lets say 20 Goals. Also option not to speedrun everything because of losing Authority.

Brutal is a good difficulty level for chill game but then zombie threat is too easy. There should be option between these two. This is a game that should not force players to speedrun.

Maybe this post will help someone or give some new ideas. Please tell if you got some tips for sharing too.