Warlords
12 Achievements
200
Xbox 360
Archduke
Score 50000 points Classic game - Normal difficulty
25
How to unlock the Archduke achievement in Warlords - Definitive Guide
keung
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Here's a video of me getting 61k. This isn't exactly a guide as you cannot simply read a guide or watch a video and become good in this game. However, since there aren't any videos of someone getting above 50,000, I decided to upload a video of myself playing this game. It might give you some pointers (or inspiration) on how to beat the waves to get enough points.
This game has some serious control lag issues, and it will screw you over at crucial moments, but stay determined and keep practicing. When you're able to consistently beat wave 1, you won't be too far off being good enough to beat wave 3 (and hopefully unlock the achievement). Just keep in mind that you should make sure you beat all the warlords to maximize scores.
The score layout:
Destroying a portion of a wall (even your own): 125 points
Killing an AI warlord: 2,500 points
Winning a wave: 5,000 x wave# points (5,000 for wave 1, 10,000 for wave 2, 15,000 for wave 3, etc)
Keep in mind that if you use the powershot and hit a wall, the ball loses its ownership to you and you won't get points for consecutive wall hits. You will only get consecutive points if you deflect a normal shot that bounces off walls.
If you beat the first three waves by killing all warlords yourself, you should have at least 52,500 points, which will be enough to get Archduke. But keep in mind that the first winner of this achievement (Ginger Kingpin) reported that he reached 50k a few times without the achievement unlocking, so it could be possible that the score requirement is just a little above it.
A good tip is to prioritize killing the green and cyan warlords before moving onto the blue. You'll only make it much harder on yourself, as you'll basically leave both sides open for attack from the green and cyan warlords. If you find all AI's to play very aggressive, try playing defensive. If they are deflecting all over the place, their AI is set to "kill". Be patient and let them dumb down before going back on offense. If the green and cyan warlords are protecting their sides adjacent to you, attack the blue, and wait till they move away so you can shoot their walls.
Anyway, this was a lot more than I was going to write. If you have any questions, please post them, and I'll try to answer them as quickly as I can. I'll also update this guide if I think of more to write.
Good luck!
This game has some serious control lag issues, and it will screw you over at crucial moments, but stay determined and keep practicing. When you're able to consistently beat wave 1, you won't be too far off being good enough to beat wave 3 (and hopefully unlock the achievement). Just keep in mind that you should make sure you beat all the warlords to maximize scores.
The score layout:
Destroying a portion of a wall (even your own): 125 points
Killing an AI warlord: 2,500 points
Winning a wave: 5,000 x wave# points (5,000 for wave 1, 10,000 for wave 2, 15,000 for wave 3, etc)
Keep in mind that if you use the powershot and hit a wall, the ball loses its ownership to you and you won't get points for consecutive wall hits. You will only get consecutive points if you deflect a normal shot that bounces off walls.
If you beat the first three waves by killing all warlords yourself, you should have at least 52,500 points, which will be enough to get Archduke. But keep in mind that the first winner of this achievement (Ginger Kingpin) reported that he reached 50k a few times without the achievement unlocking, so it could be possible that the score requirement is just a little above it.
A good tip is to prioritize killing the green and cyan warlords before moving onto the blue. You'll only make it much harder on yourself, as you'll basically leave both sides open for attack from the green and cyan warlords. If you find all AI's to play very aggressive, try playing defensive. If they are deflecting all over the place, their AI is set to "kill". Be patient and let them dumb down before going back on offense. If the green and cyan warlords are protecting their sides adjacent to you, attack the blue, and wait till they move away so you can shoot their walls.
Anyway, this was a lot more than I was going to write. If you have any questions, please post them, and I'll try to answer them as quickly as I can. I'll also update this guide if I think of more to write.
Good luck!
2 Comments
I'm surprised that you mentioned my name on your video guide. Even better, this written guide and the video gives people an idea of how to score very well in Warlords (classic mode). Just like Robotron, this takes a lot of luck and you don't get the achievement quick. The only good news is that it is a lot shorter than 'Wave 100' ach., but then again they shouldn't expect it to be quick run. At least you made a better guide than the other one by the way. +1 for large improvement.
By TsubakiCalamity on 31 Mar 2013 03:31
Hehe, thanks, man. I was inspired to play some Warlords when ArcCsc was going for Archduke. I've always wanted to do a 50k+ video as there aren't any available for it, so when I finally got it captured I made this short vid and uploaded it :)
By keung on 01 Apr 2013 07:58
jappe66
As it sais: score 50,000 points in Classic game mode and Normal difficulty.
This one is pretty hard, because Classic mode is hard anyway. You should get about 10k points after first wave. You need to reach at least wave 3 to get this.
This one is pretty hard, because Classic mode is hard anyway. You should get about 10k points after first wave. You need to reach at least wave 3 to get this.
