BATTLESHIP – Hit or Miss Badge
Sink 19 Carrier ships this week!
Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Leaf Boat Badge
Clear 25 suited sets this week!
If you’d like to meet up to earn these badges, play in game rooms under the Topics or Pogo tab that start with either B or H, or Temporary Members Room 50030. Wear a badge that looks like a “B” to identify yourself and don’t forget to say hi!
Share your thoughts, hints, and tips on these badges in a comment below. Good luck with your badges this week!
connie says
What does “suited set” mean?
Lura says
Connie: a suited set is King through Ace in the same suit.
mumson: we can play on easy. :). The cards are all the same suit.
mumson45 says
HIi all
Really hope we can do the rainy day solly on the easy level
loz
Faith says
I just played a complete game on easy and received 8/25 towards the badge. That means we can play on easy and only have to win 4 games.
Jason says
Hey all, I’m double browsing on the Battleships games, thought that would be quickest. Seems I am only getting a carrier credit every other games.
Anyone else having this.
Jason
mmklima says
For Battleship, I’m playing myself. (Using another browser with another account on it.) That way my club pogo account will know where the carrier is and sink it.
Not that bad of challenges this week.
Susie says
You also do not have to complete the fourth game. Just get one set and hit new game and you will get credit for the 25th.
Geri says
Jason, i am having the same problem?
Krista says
In battleship, after I sink the carrier will I get credit if I start a new game? I just think this would make it faster. Thanks!
Krista says
Well, I just found out the hard way that you cannot restart the game after you sink the carrier. You have to play through the whole game. 🙁
Ed says
These both sound so easy! Each should not take more than 30 minutes, would have been a good week for a marathon 🙂
Not sure why Battleship would not be counting each time a carrier is sunk. Maybe the server is slow to catch up due to the badge-related traffic in the game today?
If you only want to sink your 5 carriers and are double browing, you should be able to literally win the badge in about 10-15 minutes unless you want to get all 83 misses to help in ranking up. I always prefer to play no powerups in Battleship- they take too long and have long animations which slow down the proceedings quite a bit.
Kali says
Both challenges look pretty easy this week.
Rainy Day: Play on easy, and use the free column (a lot) and of course the free cells.
Battleship: Double browse. Play on classic with the option ‘Target Plus One’ checked. This option means if you hit, you get to fire again (and again) until you miss. Well, since you’re double browsing, you shouldn’t miss.
I also am assuming if you wanted it to go even quicker you could probably just sink the carrier ship, then click new game. I haven’t checked this out yet, and won’t be able too until I get home much later though.
Trenda says
I’m not getting all my credits in Battleship either and I’m double browsing with 2 accounts.
gjb1443 says
I think I found the solution to the double browse not getting credit on both problem.
It won’t give you credit under the speedy tab but will under classic.
Not sure about the other tabs but try to switch tabs and see if that helps.
minty222 says
im playing with a buddy so we know where all the ships are… and we are also not getting credit unless we get a spin with our win. according to how i understand the scoring in the “how to play” … to get a spin all you have to do is win the game, but i dont get a spin each time i win, and am only credited for the carriers that accompany the wins. sometimes on my win, even if i dont get a spin, my buddy will get credit, so who knows. LOL. im blonde, this hurts my head.
midnightblue says
I played Battleship with another person, and that happened that we didn’t get credit for sinking the carrier even when we won the game. Pogo should fix the game before it went to a challenge.
HoneyImHome116 says
I just read this in chat. When you play Battleship, do NOT play on Speedy, only the winner will get credit for the carrier. Play on Classic, I haven’t tried it yet but that is what someone else said.
Cheryl
Alan says
battleship, you cant just sink carrier and start a new game, you must complete game
the spliff
Jan the third says
I’m not getting credit either for the Battleship Badge just every other game…It will just take a little longer …only have to sink 19 carriers not 200 lol…gl everyone
Jeannie says
BATTLESHIP – anyone having problem about not getting credit after each game – on set-up – make sure you are playing basic, 4 hits each, speedy game
You can also deselect the other features (power-ups, etc.). This will resolve the problem and you will get credit for each game.
TGIBD!!!!!
trulyblessed/meanddp82 says
Good morning BHers..first, I would like to extend belated birthday and anniversary wishes to everyone this month. I have completed the Rainy Day Spider Challenge which was fairly easy because as many others have stated..you will clear 8 sets for each game and that does not leave many left. On the other hand, Battle Ship entire game must be completed in order to get the carrier ship count..oh well..looks like a long day. As someone mentioned..double browsing may get this done faster as it will allow you to see the other person’s set up. Another account sounds really good right about now..lol Have a wonderful day all!!
pastorpapabear says
Fantastic beautiful day here in PA.
On RDS, after 3 games, you will end up with 24/25 (if you cleared the board in the first 3 games). On the 4th game, you can clear one stack and then hit new deal and pick up the badge. That way you do not need to finish the 4th game!
For Battleship, just remember that all the misses will help you earn the special badge.
Enjoy the games, they should take less time than past weeks!
okladyplayer says
I play on classic battleship, got credit for every carrier every game, including the one that I lost.
Jody says
I also had the problem of not getting credit when i double browsed, and i think pogo has a safeguard or sumtin like they do on poppit and whackdown and chess, that if you finish too fast it doesnt credit, so i double browsed and used 30 shots and it credit everytime, worked fine with the extra wasted shots taken instead of just seventeen to finish game, goodluck
iwoz10 says
I had the same problem with no credit on Battleship while double browsing. By playing around, I found it has nothing to do with any of the settings. You have to actually have at least 5 misses with each game. I then got credit for every game instead of every other game.
It worked for me.
okladyplayer says
ooops, have to correct myself. I choose Pogo tab and click on play with robots.
minty222 says
my buddy and i went back in using the hint that kali (#12) gave about the plus one hit, and it counted every game. we just alternated wins , making sure we both hit the carrier first, and we both got credit for each game. it went fast after that. thanks kali!!
mspatmac says
Kali, #12, thanks so much for the tip for Battleships. It made the game so much faster. Unfortunately, I got the badge on my main account before I read your tip on custom plus1 and even though I was double browsing it took quite awhile.
From now on I think I’ll just wait for all the wonderful BH tips before I start my weekly badges. Hope everyone has a great day
groovabenz2 says
Ok, I just finished playing Battleship with my friend. We would only get credit for sinking a carrier boat EVERY OTHER game!!!!!! That meant it took us double the time to complete the badge. I’m definately sending customer service an e-mail. Rainy Day on the other hand only took me 20 minutes on the easy level to complete.
Have a good day everyone.
Sjaan13 says
hint for battleship when shooting mark every 5 square. Destroyers are 5 hits. If you hit a ship leave it until you get every 5th square hit or you loose a shot. then fill in all areas around the hit. you have to finish the game but does not matter who wins just getting the destroyer. enjoy this weeks badge hope this helps.
Ann says
I discovered something when playing battleship with a friend. We played a game where we just knocked out the ships (we placed our ships in the same place so we we knew where the other player’s ships were located). I lost the game and did not get credit for sinking her carrier. We discovered we were ending the game too fast and when we played longer filling in some empty spaces we both got credit, win or lose.
Janet says
I have been playing this battleship game and am not getting credit for every carrier i sink–just every other one. By my calculations this means i will have to sink 38 carriers to get credit for 19. I have contacted pogo who gave me a help sight which was of no help. All it said was you get credit for every carrier you sink even if you lose the game–duh. Any hints or tips on how to get this badge. Looks like pogo did it again!!!
Sheljin says
Janet #32 – Hopefully, you read through this thread after you posted, so you can see how to win it without playing double the games.
Thanks to everyone with the Battleship hints – sounds like Pogo is maybe trying to counteract the more obvious short-cuts where you get the badge without really playing the game. Interesting!
Sooooooo glad RDS can be done on easy and can be done with so few games (if you win them all, that is) – whew!
~Shel ;>
Jen says
My sister and I were playing, knew where each others ships were. We were not getting credit every time till we added in some more shots than what it took just to sink each others ships. So it is either that you are not making enough shots or taking enough time to complete each game and therefore not getting the credit. So add in some more shots which also adds to time which solve the problem of not getting the credit every time when double-browsing or playing with a willing partner.
Tom says
Interesting comments here about the Battleship badge. I considered double-browsing to get it but since my secondary account is a non-club one I didn’t want to bother with the ads so I opted against that and I just played it legit playing against the bots on POGO rules and won all 19 games which took an hour and a half but I also reached level 8 in the process.
I’ll probably work on reaching level 10 later this week.
For RDS, I took a more leisurely approach and played 3 medium games and then 1 hard one for the last stack, but I did that just for the challenge of it (plus I only needed 1 stack for the badge).
I think it’s been mentioned before but just because there may be an easier way to do a badge that doesn’t mean you HAVE to do it that way.
Whatever way you may choose, though, good luck and, most importantly, have fun!
-Tom
Sheljin says
Some more tips:
For RDS, don’t forget that you can use the “undo” button any time you want, as often as you want. You can “undo” any number of moves also – not just the most recent one. I find it a big help in this game, when you can have so many duplicate cards to choose from for your moves.
Battleship: I am hearing more reports about people not getting credit who are playing cooperatively. Also, a friend came in near the end of my game just now. I was about to win, so I let him sink the carrier before I finished off my opponent’s ships. Even though the bot had tons of misses before my friend joined, he did not get credit for the carrier when the game ended. So…….last minute joiners to a table do *NOT* get credit.
I don’t know if it would have changed the outcome or not if he had taken a few misses before I won the game.
Good luck everyone!
~Shel ;>
Kali says
Okay just finished both badges.
RDS took exactly 20 minutes. I did however finish the fourth game for the rank progress, so it would have taken just about 16 minutes to win 3 games and then kill off one suited set and hit new game. No more tips than have already been added – I was going to mention undo but Sheljin beat me to it 😛
Battleship took 28 minutes and 24 seconds. I used my tip from up above. I played in a room under the CLASSIC tab (In fact I think it was called Strange Happenings which pretty much describes my whole life). Anyway, I got credit for EVERY carrier I sunk. So it took 19 games.
I did double browse and use target plus 1. If the other account got to go first, I would just fire somewhere that was a miss. Then I proceeded to sink all of my opponent’s ships on my first turn with no misses and got credit for all of them. So do that if you’re not getting credit. =)
Oh and yes, the room I played in is a FREE room. For those of us without two accounts, you can always play in a free room. (We didn’t even have one single intermission either which really surprised me). I didn’t feel like going through the hassle of creating another fake e-mail account to create another pogo account just for one measly weekly badge. I had already sent that account a guest pass sometime in the past, and apparently you can only use one guess pass per account if you’re a free member. Each subsequent guess pass that I tried redeeming gave me an error.
So, remember, you guys can always play in free rooms.
Indy Cindy says
Battleship – I played Speedy against a robot, decreased the time to :30 for each round, got credit for every carrier I sunk, getting the weekly badge in about 40 minutes. I was also doing the special mix/match to get “misses” at the same time and that took a bit longer but got that one also.
Rainy Day: Using the undo button also allows you to make a move, peeking at what’s under a stack, then putting the card(s) back where they were if you can’t use what you saw.
Good luck everyone.
rabbitandkitty says
i loved both challenges this wk,im glad cause i took a english city and guilds exam weds afternoon and passed so came home buzzing with excitement.so didnt wanna get home to find badges were gonna be a pain,but had no problems in battleship like some are having.i played with robot in classic mode using target plus one.
seasmoke says
I played Battleship against a robot. I went with the default settings, whatever they are. I won 17 of 19 games. I sank a carrier every game. No special strategy, just lucky I guess. I really didn’t care whether I won or lost each game, just wanted to nail the carrier. I didn’t time it closely because I took a break every 3 or 4 games. Actual play time was under 2 hours. I place my first 5 shots in a diagonal that pretty well covers corner to corner. If I get lucky and hit something, I cluster the next round of shots next to whatever hits I got, 1 above or below and 1 to a side. I find it helps to keep in mind the length of your quarry. For this badge, it’s more important to nail the carrier than to win the game. I try to place my shots so that I get rid of any 5-square spaces as quickly as I can. I like Battleship well enough that I’ll continue to play for rank and more badges. I experienced no problems getting credit for carriers sunk and no problems getting a jackpot spin. I’m rather new to Pogo and I’ve never tried double browsing for any game. Most of the time I enjoy actually playing the various games for the badge, not just rushing to get it over with.
I had never played Rainy Day Spider before. I found it a bit confusing at first. I had to end the first game because I really didn’t know what the heck I was doing. I got to a point where I seemed unable to move any cards, but that may have been because I was totally confused. Also, I had the game set for ‘Medium’ or ‘Normal’. I got the hang of it quickly with the second game and I was lucky. I set the difficulty level to ‘Easy’ and got the badge in 4 games (not counting the game I ended without finishing, not a single suited set on the ‘Medium’ level). I was able to clear all cards (8 suited sets) in each game. It took under an hour, between 30 and 45 minutes. Never used the Free Column at the far right. Used the Free Cells a couple times. Don’t be afraid to use the ‘Undo’ button so you can try out different options. ‘Easy’ was . . . easy. I don’t think I want to play the game on the more difficult levels. Not a bad game, but not my favorite solitaire game by any means.
Good luck, everyone.
Linda
Debbie10 says
Hi e1
In Battleship if you play with the robot put put your ships around the out side, The robot hits in the middle at first, Rare but sometimes I think they get smart after afew games but they seem to hit in the middle area,. Their ships to me most of the time I see that the run up and down and the next time left to right most of the time they dont put their ships on the outside line Very rare on that, I am so glad robutts as I call them cant hear me,They would think I am crazy > LOL. Good LucK and I hope I help some
Rock says
battleship was not scoring correctly, used 2 nics, sank carrier everytime on each account and only got credit for everyother one, took about 32 games to get the 19 even tho AC was sunk each time.
Brandi says
Good evening all,dont really have any more tips that weren’t already mentioned, but wanted to thank everyone for all the tips they have left, im sure they will help. But off the subject, I just wanted to let everyone who was so caring and supporting to me when my sister was sick know that i appreciate everything they said and done for me. You all really helped me get through this but unfortunately my sister lost her battle with her ovarian cancer. She died Monday, September 13th. She fought hard and strong for 2 1/2 years, my mom and I held her hand until her very last breath, then God took her by the hand and led her through Heavens gates. Rest in Peace my dear sister, I love you so much Heather and miss you already. <3
Laura says
A strange thing happened in a RDSS room this AM when several of us from BadgeHungy were getting our badges. Someone recognized my B badge ( Bada-bada- Bing from Fortune Bingo) and said something like ” Welcome, fellow BH player”.
A few other people chatted, then a lady who may or may not be a poster here said ” I thought we weren’t supposed to mention BH on Pogo”.
Chat sort of ended at that point, and since I had my badge, I left the room.
NOTHING was said about this site other than the one person who called it ” BH” in Pogo chat.
I have since found out from my husband that there is an infamous Pogo cheat sales site which ALSO goes by the initials ” BH”, and HE said that the person may well have thought the poster who used the initials ” BH” was referring to the cheater site.
I need PRECISE CLARIFICATION on what IS and IS NOT to be mentioned on Pogo.
Are we allowed to mention ” BH” in chat? Are we supposed to call it ” BadgeHungry”, since there is a cheat site which often goes by ” BH”?
Is it OK to put anything about BadgeHungy site in our Pogo profiles?
Today was the first day I played with some of the group in a room, and Murphy’s Law was at work..
None of us were being rowdy, or excessively chatty.. I thought the one person who said she thought it was against the rules might be over-reacting but my husband says that it is VERY UNWISE to say something in Pogo chat which could be reported as relating to a place where some Pogo players ( not me) buy cheat programs to play on Pogo.
I would obviously be very upset if there was trouble over a very innocent and NICE thing that was said to me– It was a welcome, not an advert. for the other site, which is bad.
I think this may have implications for others here, that’s why I am asking, and that’s why I am only mentioning the bad site by its initials, which happen to be the same as Badge Hungry’s initials..
Thanks to the site owne, Lura, I believe your name is, :), in advance for giving her advice/ opinion on the mentioning of Badge Hungry in regular Pogo chat, and also in our profiles.
_3bichons4Amanda
Lura says
Laura: you can mention BadgeHungry in chat, profiles, wherever…Pogo has no problem with us. You can also mention “BH” but it might help to make sure that people know what site you’re talking about (I can think of 3 sites off-hand that have these initials). I wouldn’t let a cheat site bother you, though. Saying “BH” in this context is not going to get you banned.
If you’d like to discuss this more, feel free to bring it up on the next weekend open thread (every Friday through Sunday). I usually save/hold off-topic comments for then and move them over when the thread starts, but I wanted to let this one through since you’re new and so you would know how things work around here. I’ve got another comment of yours saved and it’ll show up there when the thread is posted, FYI. With that said, welcome! 🙂
Laura says
Thank you very much. Lura. I’m sorry I was slightly O/T. 🙂
Alan says
BATTLESHIP
i took kali’s advice #12 and 37 and indeed it worked, thanks kali it certainly made the game time considerably shorter. thats great if you dont care about ranking up.
however, im a fan of getting ranks, i play under the custom tab, with a salvo mission type and powerups. i was able to fill the grid, without losing any of my fleet whle sinking the opponents fleet, ok the game was longer(but lets face it, we do have a week to complete)but was also more beneficial tokens wise and more important, more ranking points.
the spliff
Janet says
Brandi (#43)
Through my tears of sadness, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. It is such a very sad time for you, and missing her is so painful. May God give you much comfort.
Janet
KathySNJ says
I am double browsing for battleship and each account has 1/19. I just wanted to say something I just realized about myself. When I normally play I like to fill the whole board with misses. I think this helps rank up.
I am now forcing myself to play this way. Since there is a badge, that is all I want!!!!! All I want to do is sink the carriers and move on! I don’t know maybe it is because I spent so much time last week playing the “right” way?
It is only Wed and there is plenty of time.
wheatonmom44 says
Brandi #43 I also shed some tears for you and your family at the loss of your precious sister Heather. It is so hard to lose a loved one. I am sure you and your mother being there at the end was very comforting for her. My prayers will be with you and I hope God can ease your pain in due time.
wheat
Mamabear says
Got my badges in no time at all thanks to the tips here at BH 🙂 Met up with a lot of fellow BH’ers at RDS and we had a good time laughing about this and that.
#43 Brandi~my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this very sad time. Heather put up a good fight I’m sure, but she’s not in pain anymore and you all have an angel to keep watch over you till you meet again. My deepest and most sincere sympathy is with you and your family. {{{Brandi}}}
~Linda
KathySNJ says
ok – I got my just sink the carrier under control. I am playing slavo – what does that mean? All I can figure is it gives me 5 hits. ????
Sheljin says
Back one more time. lol I finished my Battleship with the help of a friend (thanks Ellen!), but I did play some games on my own too. I agree with Debbie #41 that the bots rarely shoot for the outside “frame” of the battleground. I won each of my games against them and for most of them they never found my carrier. So, if you are playing on your own, I would advise placing your ships on the borders.
seasmoke #40 – Thank you for sharing your tips for finding the carrier – I liked reading a different take on how to play the game. I, too, like the game and don’t mind playing it, for badges or ranks. One of my tips for playing the game is to spread my shots out to try to get multiple power-ups in a turn. If you hit two (or more) power-up locations in one turn, this changes your power-up to heat-seeking missiles. This gives you direct hits on your next turn which is a really great way to get a head-start over the bots or your live opponent.
Alan #47 & Kathy #49 – It really is curious how we push to get these badges SO FAST and RIGHT AWAY, even if we might want to work on ranks or even other badges. I totally forgot, for instance, that I had wanted to buy the Limited Edition badge. lollllll This really wouldn’t have been a bad badge to simply play the game to earn.
I was also playing in the BH room and noticed that nearly everyone just sits themselves down at a private table and that’s it. I do always say “Is anyone Badge Hungry in here” after I’ve said hello and did get to chat for awhile with Ellen and vicvic (fun as always!). I noticed a few other “B’s” but they weren’t chatting. And several times I announced in the lobby that my table was open if anyone wanted to work together on the badge – no takers. Obviously, everyone should play the way they want to, but it made me kind of sad that so many people would rather just sit and play bots.
Brandi #43 – My heart and prayers go out to you and your family during this very sad time.
~Shel
Debbie10 says
Laura #44
Don’t feel alone. Did we not add each other to friends list?
I was in the room with you. I was the one that said Hi ,I forgot to wear my B
when that one person had said that and it was wrong ,we were not to mention BH in a room.
I said I never heard about that we were not to say anything about BH .That made me upset too being new to this. Made me think I did something wrong. Thanks you for asking about that and — Lura, Thank you for clearing things up for us newbies.
Deb– awifeofatrucker4
ruff says
RDS was quite easy..played 4 games,that was it.i played the bots in a speedy room for battle ship,won 18/19 games,but got credit for all 19 ships sunk.i’d say maybe 2 hours total for both badges combined was all it took.seems to me(and this has always been,if im not mistaken)that the badges are easier to work on either wednesdays or tuesdays.
MsTish5720 says
Hello all BHers, Happy Birthdays and Aniversarys to all celebrating.
Brandi, #43 ~ I am just so very sorry about your sister, my deepest condolences, but know she’s in a better place.
TYVM all for all the awesome tips, I am just starting my badges today, as I’ve worked all week and the day off today.
TYVM, too again, Lura for all you do, much appreciated.
Also, haven’t been to this site in quite a while. No advice from MomsB??
Hmmm…….Hope she’s on vaca or something and that she’s ok.
OK, off I go, starting with BattleShip. Have a good rest of the week and a wonderful weekend, all. God bless you all ‘n GL with whichever badges you’re working on. Carol C. 😀
Lura says
MsTish5720: Moms is fine, not on vacation. She’s just hooked on Pogo on Facebook.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Had to break a few of my own rules on that one! 🙂
Shel: you never know the circumstances under which people joined that table with bots and in the table games, it’s really hard to see the main chat if you’re playing at a table and have a few windows open. I wouldn’t think twice about people not answering in the lobby of a multi-table chat room.
Shelly says
KathySNJ #52.
Salvo means you have same amount of hits as you have boats afloat. So if you have 3 boats afloat you have 3 hits. Same goes for the bots, you take out 4 of his 5 boats and he only has 1 shot.
MomsBassetHound says
Actually I stopped earning rewards long enough to do the weekly badges on both accounts, and do Holly’s personal. I can’t believe that after next week she will be caught up with her 2010 album.
I really didn’t have anything to add…did Rainy Day on easy….and played Battleship with my 2 accounts part of the time and against the bots to finish them off. I took out the carriers for both and then played without looking to finish off the games. It took longer, but was fun.
Good Luck to everyone still working on their badges!!
Suz
seasmoke says
Sheljin #53
You’re welcome! Anytime you want a buddy to play with, feel free to Pogo message me. S/N seasmoke1414. I’ll play almost any game if you can put up with a sometimes steep learning curve for me.
Brandi #43
I am so sorry for the loss of your sister. This can only be a sad and painful time for you. Wonderful memories of the good times and God’s goodness will help you through this. The missing won’t go away, but the pain will ease with time. {{{{ hugs }}}}
Kali #12 (or anyone)
I’d like to try the Target Plus 1 option. I don’t double browse. I prefer to play against a bot, although I’d play against a live opponent if someone wants to ‘nursemaid’ me through this. I’ve tried and tried to set up for Target Plus 1 and play against a bot. If there’s a way, I sure haven’t figured it out.
I’ve really enjoyed Battleship and decided to continue playing for a while . . . just for ‘kicks’ and to rank up a little. I’m almost to Rank 10. Will I live long enough to make 50,000 misfires? LOL ( I even caved and bought the Special Edition badge last night. Easy enough to earn the badge. Since I couldn’t figure out how to fill the grid with misfires, I just played as usual, but played less aggressively (i.e., I didn’t try to blow a ship out of the water the minute I located it). I didn’t keep exact count; but playing mainly for enjoyment, I got the badge in 8-10 games. I’d also be very pleased if someone could tell me how you work on two badges simultaneously.
I play against a robot and have been trying out how to alter the game options. Just doesn’t seem to be a possibility. The options are always grayed out. I think Pogo expects too many issues to be user intuitive and this is often not the case. I have a technical background and Pogo could do a lot to make games more user-friendly. Not necessarily easier to play, but certainly easier to figure out how to play. Too many ‘stone walls.’
I use Auto Deploy and then relocate some of the ships so the placement is more to my liking. Does it matter? I can’t decide. I’ve tried leaving the ships as placed by Auto Deploy. I’ve tried placing ships close to or at the outer grids. I’ve also tried pulling them in closer to the center. Not a tight cluster, but none placed on any part of the outer grid squares. The bot does seem to get smarter; at least mine does. (They’re supposed to; that’s what Artificial Intelligence is about.) So I can’t stay with a particular placement pattern. My bot also places as many ships on outer grid squares as it does closer to the center. So I can’t count on the bot behaving in a particular way consistently. The best I can do I hope to keep the bot guessing.
I can usually tell when I’m about to sink the last ship (assuming I’m winning); so for my final round, I place my shot(s) carefully to ensure that the last ship will sink. Then I place any extra shots on open power-up pod squares in the hope I might end the game with an unused power-up and earn a few extra tokens. Most of the time this works.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
Linda
Shelly says
Seasmoke #60.
To be able to play the target plus one option you need to play under the classic tab. When your table options come up the target plus one option is underneath the mission type which is under the turn timer.
To fill the grid with misfires is quite easy but it helps to play in Salvo mode (under the Pogo tab) as you get alot of shots to be able to fill the grid with….well if the bot doesn’t sink your ships you do…lol
At the start of a game I try to get heat seeking missiles to help me find the bots boats. To do this I use my 5 shots on the power ups so click on 1 green dot of 5 powerups and mostly I get lucky and 2 of the dots I choose release the power up. As soon as I find a bots boat I sink it because then he loses a shot. I sink all the bots boats except for 1 then while he is trying to find and sink my boats I fill the grid with misfires. I usually win the game having filled the entire grid with misfires which gives the maximum of 100 rank points.
Hope that helps!
Cyrabi says
Hi all. For Rainy Day I played on Easy. Not done with Battleship yet, I’m playing the bot and winning alot. I go after the power-ups to help me sink the bot’s ships. Good Luck All.
Kat F. says
Hi Everyone….Thanks so much for all the tips on Battleship. Know they will help me get the badge faster.
But my main reason for stopping in was to leave a note for someone….Lura, please forgive and let this in, I do know this is a tips page.
Brandi #43: I am truly sorry for the loss of your sister…I know how you feel, having lost one of my own sisters. That big hole in your heart right now will get a little smaller when you start to fill it up with memories!! Remember that!! She sure sounded like quite a fighter and I know you were proud of her. So glad you were there with her. I know she’s looking down on you and smiling. She will ALWAYS be with you!
Take care of yourself Brandi. I’m sending you and your family healing thoughts and prayers, and when you are really missing her, just take a moment and remember those good times and she will be with you again. 🙂
Take care everyone, have a safe week. 🙂
((((Hugs to ALL))) Kat F.
ButterflyladynMs says
Brandi (#43) I am so sorry for the loss of your sister. I will keep the family in my prayers!