In this post I’m going to cover sixteen different tips and tricks for playing They Are Billions. If you’re looking for a review of the game, or some other info on getting started you can check out some of my other posts, and (coming soon) my Let’s Play series on YouTube. These tips & tricks are mostly information about gameplay mechanics that’s not obvious to the new player. I don’t cover strategy here; again, for that, look to other posts.
How many snipers is a ballista worth? They Are Billions Econ
When playing a game like They Are Billions it helps to know the relative advantage and cost of each troop and each building. How quickly will upgrading a tent to a cottage take to pay off? Cuz surely it’s a profitable upgrade, but if I do it just two days before the final wave, will I actually get money out of it? Should be easy! Let’s just take all the units and shove it in a spreadsheet and convert everything to gold. But… there’s a problem.
How Hard is They Are Billions?
I mean there’s guys out there that play at 500% difficulty without pausing and win, how hard can it be? Being good at a game is a combination of intelligence, memorization, planning, focus, situational awareness, and reflexes. It’s hard to plan well if you don’t understand mechanics, and there’s nothing to memorize if you’ve never seen something before. You can’t change your intelligence (and no I won’t make a cheap-shot at pot users here), and reflexes are also hard to tweak (but luckily there’s not much of that in TAB), and the rest is trainable. Which means that you have to play TAB for a while before you can even beat…