__ __ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ _ / \ | \ | | / \ |\ | / | | /\ | / \ / \ | [_] |__| | | | | |__| | \ | | |__ | / \ | |__| |___/ |___ | | | | \ / | | | \ | | | | / \ | | | | \ | _ | | |__/ \/ | | | \| \___ |___ \/ \/ | | | \ ___|[_] __ __ ___ _____ ___ _____ ___ | \ | | / \ | | | / \ | | / | | | | | |__| | |___ | |___/ | |/ |__ | | | | | | | | | | \ | |\ | |__/ \__/ | | |___ ___| | | \ __|__ | \ |___ FAQ/Walkthrough By Pyroman93 Copyright (2005) (James Prior) ------------------ 1) Contents 000001 ------------------ If you want to skip going through the Guide just to see one section, I have Codes for getting to sections more quickly. Just hold the 'ctrl' key, and press 'F', type in the code, then press 'Find next'. To find a particular mission in The Campaign, just do the same, except type in 'Mission (mission number)' 1) Contents (000001) 2) Version History (000002) 3) Campaign Walkthrough (000003) I) How the Guide Works II) Walkthrough 4) FAQ (000004) 5) Terrain Movement Chart (000005) 6) Thanks (000006) 7) Legal Stuff (000007) 8) Contact Me (000008) 9) Authorized Websites for This Guide (000009) ------------------------- 2) Version History 000002 ------------------------- I will try to update my FAQ as much as possible, but I will only send the updated versions every Sunday evening, GMT time, if there are any. July '05 0.01: Just starting Contents Page, getting things organized, haven't even got The game yet. 0.02: Created title, expecting game to arrive in 5-7 days, decided to add in the FAQ, and added the 'How My Guide Works' section. 0.03: Expecting game to come in 1-2 days, did the legal stuff, and decided to Add the Character Guide. 0.04: Decided to add the Unit Guide. 0.05: Pretty angry because I won't get the game for another 2-3 days, a week Overdue! >_< Anyway, created the 'code' thing on the contents page, and created The Terrain Movement Chart, but haven't filled it yet. 0.06: About halfway through the movement chart, should get the game (finally!) Tomorrow, but if not, in three days. August '05 0.07: Finally getting the game tomorrow, worked on the character guide a lot, But took out the unit guide as it would be too much work. 0.2: Finally I have the game, got the Campaign Walkthrough up to Mission 6, Updated the Character Guide a lot, and finished the Terrain Movement Chart. 0.25: Took out the Character Guide due to the new CO Guide by Xenesis Xenon. Tweaked the movement chart, and added Mission 7 to the Campaign. 0.27: Added Mission 8 to the Campaign, added the 3 first questions to the FAQ, added neoseeker.com to the list of authorized websites. ------------------------------ 3) Campaign Walkthrough 000003 ------------------------------ HOW MY GUIDE WORKS My guide isn't a step-by-step walkthrough, except in the earlier levels, in the First several turns, as the AI in AW: DS is random. Instead, my guide shows the Recommended character or the character that you must use and the enemy Character, has the difficulty, states the objective (or at least what I think it is) if it is different to the usual, states the force ranks needed in the later levels, has special notes if needed, and finally, has a general strategy. Also, the 'MTR' before the strategy stands for 'My Top rank.' If you still don't understand (don't worry, I know I'm not very clear), here is an example: ------- EXAMPLE ------- Andy Enemy: Flak Difficulty: 6/10 Objective: Destroy Black Cannon FRs needed: Forest star, CO Gauge speed-up MTR: A Special Notes: Time limit of 30 turns. (Strategy) ----------- WALKTHROUGH ----------- --------- MISSION 1 --------- Jake Enemy: Rachel Difficulty: 1/10 MTR: S First, move your tank to the forest above the enemy tank, and fire. Then, move Your mech to the forest under the enemy tank, and fire. It should be destroyed. Finally, move your infantry unit to the closest neutral city, and capture it. Rachel should advance both of her infantry, one of them capturing a city. On Your second turn, attack the top infantry with your tank, and the bottom one With your mech. You can either continue capturing with your infantry or advance With it. Next turn; continue attacking until both units are down. Really, this Is too simple to even be in a guide. --------- MISSION 2 --------- Jake Enemy: Jugger Difficulty: 2/10 MTR: S Attack the tank within range of the artillery in the city, and move the other Artillery to the adjacent forest, and advance the tank. For the next few turns, Just keep attacking the tanks with the artilleries and advancing your tank. When There's one left with 4-5 HP left, your tank should be close enough to finish it Off. Do so. --------- MISSION 3 --------- Max Enemy: Lash Difficulty: 3/10 MTR: S The Black Bomb is unavoidable, but you should move all of your B-copters towards Your HQ anyway. Move the T-copter and APC within range of the two mechs, then Load. Advance the artillery to be just outside of the enemy infantry attack Ranges, on the bridges. Next turn, Move 2 B-copters to the two roads just to the Left of the bridges, clogging the tanks' path, if you know what I mean. Next, Move two other B-copters to the same areas and join them, making 2 B-copters With full health out of the 4 with 5HP each. Move the remaining B-copter across The sea towards the enemy HQ, and make the T-copter do the same. If and infantry Is in range of your artillery, attack it. If you haven't already done so, move Your APC either above or below the artillery, depending on the artillery's Position. Next turn, just keep the enemies busy with your full-health B-copters And artillery, but also move the T-copter and 5HP B-copter towards the enemy HQ. Next turn, do the same, except unload the mech in the T-copter onto the enemy HQ, and use the nearby B-copter to clog the enemy's path towards the HQ by going On either the nearby bridge or either of the two roads beside it. It is highly Unlikely that the enemy will figure out what you're doing and go back to their HQ, but you never know. Do the same with the B-copters and artillery for the Next two turns while capturing the HQ with the mech. --------- MISSION 4 --------- Rachel Enemy: Jugger Difficulty: 2/10 MTR: S Special Notes: There is a real-time time limit of 30 minutes. If you can't beat this in 30 minutes, then this is most definitely not your Game. This level only got 2/10 instead of 1/10 because of the time limit, but it Is very possible (and I've done it) to complete this level with more than 29 Minutes remaining. First, take out the tank with your rockets and tank. Then, Move the a-airs to attack the fighters and bomber. Lastly, take out the B-copter With your missiles. Next turn, finish the fighters and bomber off with your a- Airs and/or missiles. --------- MISSION 5 --------- Recommended Character: Jake Enemy: Koal Difficulty: 4/10 MTR: S Move the top Mech East and the lower mech west. Build a tank on the lower base. Next turn, move your tank to your city to the East, start capturing the neutral City under your lower mech, attack the Recon with your upper mech, and build a Tank in your upper base. Now, your upper mech should be dead, and that's fine, Don't worry. Advance the upper tank, and attack the enemy tank with your lower Tank. Finish capturing the city with your remaining mech. Next turn, attack the A-air with one of your tanks, depending on its location. If you haven't used your upper tank yet, attack either mech with it. For the rest of the level, you Must first capture the base two squares above your city farthest to the East, Then build tank after tank, and the occasional artillery, destroying all of the Enemy units. Do not focus on the MD tank until that is the only one remaining, Or the only other enemy unit remaining is the artillery. Towards the end of the Level, when the MD tank is down to 1-5HP, buy loads of infantry and mechs to Boost your technique rating. --------- MISSION 6 --------- Colin Enemy: Lash Difficulty: 2/10 MTR: S This is very easy. First, take out the cruiser with your rockets and battleship. Now that your B-copter is basically invincible, attack the enemy battleship with it. Advance your sub towards the enemy sub, and dive, so the enemy battleship can not attack it. Move your cruiser just out of the battleship's attack range. Then, load your infantry into the APC, then the APC into the Lander, then move the Lander to the shoal on the West coast of the island in the middle, and unload the APC. During the Lash's turn, pay close attention as to where the enemy sub dives. Move your sub next to that square, and then attack the sub with your cruiser. Continue attacking the battleship with your B-copter. Move your rockets to the shoal on the Southern coast of the island then move your APC above your rockets and unload its infantry onto the adjacent city. Move your Lander back to the south coast of the land where your HQ is, and loads your tank and artillery into it. For the rest of the level, keep attacking the battleship with your copter and sub until its dead, finish capturing the cities on the island in the middle with your infantry, finish off the sub and then the Lander, and then finally attack the rockets near the enemy HQ with your B-copter, battleship, and/or tank and artillery in your Lander. The point of capturing the cities is in the case of you being able to use Colin's SCOP, you would have enough funds to make a real impact. --------- MISSION 7 --------- Sasha Enemy: Koal Difficulty: 5/10 MTR: S I've always been bad at Fog of War, but this one is pretty easy, so don't worry. First Off, Move your recon directly east to the forest after the road turns, and then Move you infantry to the mountain adjacent to the forest above the road, so you get an overall pretty good view. Move your B-copter to the road under the forest with the artillery in it and attack. Advance the rest of your units, but be careful of the artillery's range. Next turn, if the enemy recon is in range of your rockets, attack it, and then finish it with your tank. If not, attack it with your tank, then a-air. Once it's down, finish of the artillery with your copter. Move your recon unit to the forest that the enemy tank isn't adjacent to. Move your infantry up to the mountain above it. You should see an APC and a mech after you move your recon and infantry. Advance the units you haven't used yet, but keep them out of the enemy tank's range. Next turn, if the enemy tank is next to your recon, move it to the forest one square left and two squares down, and then advance your units, excluding the infantry on the mountain and your copter, to be just out of the tank's range again. Next turn, move your recon to the forest two squares left and one square down, and again, move the other units just out of it's range. Next turn, you should have finally lured the tank into your copter is range, your tank's range, or even both! If is in both, then attack with both, which should kill the tank. Attack with your copter first, as the tank will deliver less damage to it in the counterattack than it would against your tank. Move your recon to the forest directly above to get the best view of the map. Take out the APC with your rockets and artillery. For the rest of the level, slowly advance, taking out anything you see, and take the enemy HQ with your mech. Oh, and be sure to always move your recon into forests and nothing more. Watch out, because there is a tank on the enemy HQ, and artillery in the forest directly South-East of it. --------- MISSION 8 --------- Recommended Character: Sasha Enemies: Jugger, Lash Difficulty: 4/10 MTR: S The first thing you need to do is capture. If you can capture the base and the cities surrounding it in the north-east corner, and the airport and two cities on the island below, you're half-way towards victory. Use APCs to get to the properties more quickly. Don't forget to capture the city directly north-west of your HQ, but not the one 2 squares south of it, as it is in the pipe-runner's attack range. By the time you've captured the majority, or even better, all of the properties, you need to prevent the enemy from capturing the base next to the pipe-runner. Send an a-air if there isn't a nearby tank, or a neo-tank or an Md tank if there is. You'll need to take out the pipe-runner anyway, so you may as well buy a neo-tank no matter what. With Sasha, you should be able to afford it by now. You should capture the base, but it isn't necessary to do it now. By the time you're done with that, the enemy should now have the base at square I7 (the one under the bridge).If you can afford it, buy a bomber from the airport to take care of the enemies. If not, buy an Md tank from the base in the north- east corner (you really should be able to afford that). When the area is clear, you don't necessarily HAVE TO capture the base, but you can if you want to. You do, however, have to at least clog it (put a unit on top of it) with a unit you probably won't use again. For the rest of the level, charge at the enemy HQ with a balanced mix of neo-tanks/Md tanks and bombers. ------------------------------------------ 4) FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 000004 ------------------------------------------ Q: Is Sturm in the game? From: Charles Ferraro A: No, I'm afraid he is not. I'm sorry, but he was one of my favorites too, but he does not make an appearance in this game. Q: When are you going to finish your FAQ for AWDS? From: Mike Cote A: I have recently completed the game, but it still will be a while. I predict that I will be about half-way through the FAQ by the end of August, and I hope to complete the FAQ as soon as possible, hopefully before the 7th of September, when my school starts, so I won't be as busy and can focus on school. So far, I am writing guides for two levels every 3 days (or 2/3 of a level per day) on average. Q: When does the game come out in the US? From: Richard Burton A: It's already out in NA. I'm sorry that I couldn't answer you sooner, for you asked before it came out on the 22nd of August. -------------------------------- 5) Terrain Movement Chart 000005 -------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- |Infnrty|Mech|Tread|Tires|Air|Ship|Transport|Piperunner|Helium| |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Plain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Forest | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| City | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| HQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Base | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | 1 | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Tower | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Air Port | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Silo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Sea port | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Mountain | 2 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Sea | N/A |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Reef | N/A |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| River | 2 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Road/bridge | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Shoal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | |-------|----|-----|-----|---|----|---------|----------|------| Pipe | N/A |N/A | N/A | N/A |N/A|N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 6) Thanks 000006 ---------------- Thanks to GameFAQs for accepting my FAQ and thanks to Intelligent Systems for making such a good game! Thanks to Mike Cote, Richard Burton and Charles Ferraro for contributing questions to the FAQ. --------------------- 7) Legal Stuff 000007 --------------------- You may use this walkthrough on another website if you wish, but you MUST contact me and inform me of how to contact you and the website you wish to post the walkthrough on AT LEAST A MONTH IN ADVANCE, or else your act can and will be referred to as plagiarism. Also, your guide MUST give credit to me or any other GameFAQs users who have contributed tips for my guide. -------------------- 8) Contact Me 000008 -------------------- If you wish to contact me on suggestions for my Walkthrough, if you want to Contribute a strategy for a certain level/scenario, or if you have a question for the FAQ, you can e-mail me at either psychoboy1593@hotmail.com or mr.happy93@gmail.com. I check my hotmail account's mail more often, though. I also have AIM if you prefer. My screen name on AIM is bloodyamerican93. ---------------------------------------------- 9) Authorized Websites for This Guide (000009) ---------------------------------------------- So far, the only websites that are authorized to have this guide are: Gamefaqs.com Neoseeker.com