Advanced tactics

[swimj]

(08-20-2012 10:20 AM)connor3491 Wrote:  So counting sounds pointless then?

Not at all. It's not about counting time, but wits. Count how many wits you KNOW that your opponent has spent, then you can find the leftover. Suppose you count 6 wits spent by your opponent and you see the fog of war icon flash. If you can guess they have 1 wit left, they may have spawned a runner. Or if the spawns have already been used, they moved a unit under the fog, etc etc. Combine this what you've seen in previous turns and quite often it is possible to see through the fog.

This is harder if your opponent saves wits. However, also look for signs when your opponent has used up their wit supply. Good examples of this are not finishing an attack that they could finish, using up a lot of wits at once, leaving a unit needlessly vulnerable. Basically if there's anything that they could have done with more wits but did not actually do, that probably means they didn't have the wits to complete it (does that make sense?). So then you can be sure of your wit count.