Is it possible to win as "Massive Comet"?

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Hey all!

I'm curious if anybody's devised a winning strategy for "Massive Comet." I somehow got it in my head that I wanted to beat Trump as every single Democratic candidate--and, of course, it only counts if I play at the highest difficulty setting ("Masochistic"). I won as all of the human candidates and had only "Massive Comet" left.

On my first attempt, I lost in a landslide: 386-152. It seems the only states I could pick up were liberal states who would rather vote for a Massive Comet than Donald Trump! ;)

So, then I got curious and did an AI vs. AI game of Donald Trump vs. Massive Comet. In that game, the AI playing Massive Comet lost literally all 50 states!

This makes me wonder: is it even possible to win as Massive Comet if you're playing against Donald Trump at the highest difficulty setting ("Masochistic")?

Let me know/put me out of my misery!

broofa

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

"Massive Comet"?  What, was "Sweet Meteor of Death" already trademarked?

Reply #2 from Stardock.net Forums Top

Yes, though you kind of want to lay off the ideologies. They are universally hated.

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Reply #3 from PolMach Forums Top

Quoting SchismNavigator, reply 2

Yes, though you kind of want to lay off the ideologies. They are universally hated.
End of SchismNavigator's quote

Just to confirm: this is at the "masochistic" (hardest) difficulty setting? And against Trump?

If so, I'd be curious to hear a blueprint of your overall strategy!

I'll give it a try again later. I only tried once and I did indeed lay off of the ideologies--in fact, I didn't even touch them the entire game! I basically tried laying HQs early, then give talks and run ads in the mid-game, and buy political operatives in the mid-late game. The problem was that I ran out of money quickly and eventually would suck dry California, New York, and Texas of all its money too. Meanwhile, Trump kept buying ideologies on the cheap since I couldn't buy any--and overwhelmed the nation in his ideologies. I ended up winning only California and some New England states (I did get Pennsylvania, though!) as I lost in a landslide: 386-152.

I'll try adjusting and seeing if we can do any better...

Reply #4 from PolMach Forums Top

Never mind! I won pretty easily in my second attempt as "Massive Comet"! The key difference in my campaign strategy was to fully eliminate all ads. Only give talks. That allowed me to keep the money flow going to buy operatives.

Aside from that, my strategy was pretty vanilla. Go to blue states and some swing states, talking about local issues. That was sufficient for beating Trump on the "Masochistic" skill level.