Alright folks, here’s what went down today trying to get into this Android 18 Gears Deep thing. Heard it was cool, looked flashy, but man, figuring it out was a trip.
Just Clicking Buttons Like an Idiot
First thing after installing? Booted it up blind. Saw Android 18 lookin’ awesome, buncha fancy menus. Just started tapping anything that glowed. Clicked “Battle”, got thrown into this stage with moving gears everywhere – no clue what to do. My dudes were walking around like lost puppies while the enemy bots wrecked ’em. Game over super fast. Felt dumb.
Okay, lesson learned. Wandered back to the main screen. Spotted something called “Tutorial”. Should’ve started there. Went in, and it finally explained the absolute basics:
- Like, you gotta drag your little fighters onto these gear pads? Yeah, gear placement matters big time.
- Each color gear is linked to a special move for that spot. Put a blue dude on a blue gear, he gets his strong attack ready.
- Gotta actually connect the gears – like making a path from your guys to the enemy? Didn’t get that at all before.
Took me like three tries just to finish the simple tutorial battles. Kept putting dudes on the wrong color gear.
Getting Smashed on Easy Mode
Feeling slightly less dumb, hopped into the first real story mission. Easy mode, supposedly. Hah!
Started actually paying attention to gear colors and tried lining up my team right. Was feeling pretty clever… until the enemy team pulled out these special attacks I hadn’t seen. Boom! Wiped half my guys. Panicked, started dragging guys around like crazy trying to reconnect gears while getting punched. Barely scraped by with one dude standing. Sweaty hands, folks.
Checked the character screen properly after that disaster. Saw each dude had stats – attack, HP, speed. Whoops. Also saw you could level them up and upgrade skills using stuff you earn. Had totally ignored that loot from the tutorial! Spent 10 minutes feeding all my early junk into my main fighters. Made ’em punch harder. Essential.
Figuring Out Gear “Combos” (Sort Of)
The real headache started when I saw missions talking about “gear combos”. Tutorial mentioned it but didn’t really stick. Started experimenting in the next battle. Realized if I put, say, a red attacker dude on a red gear facing the enemy, and then put a buffer dude on a blue gear linked to him? The buffer dude’s skill popped off first, making the attacker hit way harder. Whoa! Mind blown a little bit.
Got too fancy trying this combo thing on the boss of chapter 1. Planned out this elaborate gear path… but completely forgot about the boss timer. He unleashed some ultimate special move before my combo was ready. Totally wiped out. My thumb hurt from dragging.
Fumbling Forward
After that rage quit (briefly!), went back. Way more careful now:
- Grinded early stages hard for levels and gear upgrade mats. No shame in repetition!
- Spent way more time staring at character skills before hitting battle. Tried matching team members whose abilities sounded like they might work together.
- Started paying attention to the turn order – that bar at the top showing who attacks when. Stopped placing slow tanks way ahead expecting them to attack first.
- Tried linking multiple fighters into one enemy for focus fire. Helps melt those tough ones.
Took probably two dozen tries and lots of failed experiments on that first boss. Beat him with half my team dead, but felt like winning the lottery.
Where I’m At Now
Still feel like I suck. Really suck. But I kinda get the flow now? Place the right color dude on the matching gear tile, connect the path to bash the bad guys. Check skills, level up your team, try basic combos. Don’t stand in the red flashing circles (that one cost me a few tries too).
The game throws new mechanics constantly – special gear types, assists, whatever. Still getting my head around them. Takes patience. Lots of losing. But hey, actually pulling off a proper combo and seeing the damage explode? Feels pretty sweet.
Just gotta keep plugging away, messing up, and learning. Wouldn’t call myself a guide master, but hey, if I can stumble into understanding bits of it, anyone can. Good luck out there!
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