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/ 4. The Basics of Empire Mode
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What makes DW5: Empires different from regular DW5 or DW5:XL is the fact that
you need to conquer all of China to win. To do so, you must manage your
country and invade territories. The battles are different in this game in
the fact that you have to use strategy to conquer the land. You cannot just
rush out and try to kill the main person. You need to take over bases to
extend your supply line. This adds a bit of strategy to the game.
There are two phases to Empire mode. They are divided into the Strategy
Phase and the Battle Phase. I will go over each phase in this walkthrough.
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/ 4a. Strategy Phase
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The first phase is the Strategy Phase. During the strategy phase, you get a
certain amount of orders you can do. This is based on your rank, which is
based on the amount of territories you have under your control. You have
various options to choose from for every order. Remember, each policy
requires a certain amount of gold to perform, so be wary of that. Each
policy will be reviewed in Chapter 5.
Consult: Listen to your officers as they lay out their plans for the land.
This gives you the ability to use new policies laid out by your officers.
Each officer is proposing two policies an order.
Delegate: Request that one of your officers perform the tasks for this turn.
The officer will perform only one policy an order.
Assign: If you do not like the policies laid forth by your officers, you can
assign something on your own. However, you can only perform one policy
for that order.
Station: You can move officers from one territory to another territory.
Info: View info on various forces, areas, officers, and so forth.

Save: Save your game.

Proceed: Move on to the Battle Phase.
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/ 4b. Battle Phase
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The battle phase is where you invade and defend your territory. Here, there
are also various options you can perform.
Invade: Invade a neighboring neutral or hostile territory.
Defend: Defend your territory from an invading force.
Joint Attack: Invade a territory with another force. This can only be
performed if you have performed the Request policy during the Strategy
phase.
Help Ally: Help an ally defend their territory from another force.
Info: View info on various forces, areas, officers, and so forth.
Save: Save your game.
Skip Battle: Skip the Battle Phase.
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/ 4c. Before and During Battle
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After you have chosen to invade a territory, you will be asked to pick the
units which you would like to participate in the attack. You may have up to
three main generals, three lieutenants, one relief general, and one relief
lieutenants. Relief generals and lieutenants will arrive as reinforcements
during the battle.
When you have decided to choose who you would like to attack with, you will

go to a screen that allows you to prepare for battle. Here, you have many
options you can choose from before the start of the battle.
Preparation: Here, you can equip your weapon and items and view your
general. You can only equip items and weapons that you have produced in
your territory.
Conditions: Lists the victory and defeat conditions for the battle.
Unit Info: Views your units on the field. During the battle, this screen
will allow you to assign orders to your units.
Tactics: Allows you to equip two tactics. You must equip these tactics
before the battle starts if you want to use them during the battle.
Options: Allows you to adjust the map options and the music options.
Once the battle starts, you must achieve your objectives. If you are
invading, you must capture the enemy's main camp before time runs out or
defeat the ruler if the ruler is on the field. If you are defending, you
only have to defend your main camp until time runs out. You can, if you so
choose to do so, take the enemy's main camp. This will cause the enemy to
lose as well.
During the battle, you will need to focus on taking the enemy's bases. If
you look on the map when you press start, you will notice lines going from
base to base. You will need to extend your line, which is blue from your
main base to the opponent's main base. The lines are your supply lines. If
you do not extend this line to your opponent's main base, you will be unable
to take that base, no matter how many times you kill off the Guard Captains.
To take a base, all you have to do is defeat all Guard Captains and enemy
generals in that base until your guard captains arrive to claim the base.
You can tell how many generals and Guard Captains you have left to kill by
the meter at the upper right hand corner. The bubbles above the bars tell
you how many generals and Guard Captains are in the base you are at. The
color of the flag tells you which side has control of the base.
Also, on your mini map, you will notice that each section is color coded.
These colors represent the territories you control. They also represent the
chances of you capturing the enemy's officers. They are as follows:
Dark Red: A highly good chance that your officers will be captured by the
enemy and almost no chance that the opponent's officers will be captured.
Light Purple: A slight chance for any officer to be captured.
Dark Blue: Almost no chance that your officers will be captured by the enemy
and a highly good chance that the opponent's officers will be captured.
You can tell when you are able to capture an officer if they have a red halo

circling their head during battle. During the battle with a general, if you
injure them, there is a good chance that they will try to retreat. If they
retreat back into their base, they can regain health and then resume their
attack. The same holds true for your generals. If your generals are getting
beat, they will retreat back into one of your bases to heal up.
One last thing that you should note is the numbers beside the bars at the
upper right hand corner. Those numbers tell you how many times a general can
come back into the battle. If you don't capture an officer, they will return
if the number next to the red bar is higher than 0. Once they return in the
battle, the number will go down by one number. When the number next to the
red bar is 0, no more generals from the opposing side can come back onto the
field. However, the same works for your side. Once the number next to the
blue bar is 0, no more generals can come back onto your side.
When you press the start button, you can perform various functions. You can
assign orders to your units through the Unit Info menu. You can also perform
any tactics you may have in your arsenal by going to the Tactics menu. Also,
if the battle is not going well for you and it's only inevitable that you
will lose, you can Retreat and get the battle over with.
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/ 4d. After Battle
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After the battle, to the victor go the spoils. You will receive money,
attributes to your officer, and attributes to your weapon. You will also
receive points for the battle. The more points your officer has, the more
troops they are able to command.
After you have received the attributes to your person, you are able to
customize your weapon a little. After each battle, any weapon attributes you
find can be placed on the weapon you used during that battle. Each weapon
has five slots for weapon attributes. If your weapon's smiths are maxed out,
you are also able to add evolution attacks to third weapons, increase the
base power, and change the weight of your weapon. Attributes do not stack.
They override.
Points are given out based on performance in battle. Every officer who made
it through the battle alive will receive points. You receive points based on
generals you have defeated, troops you have defeated, and so forth.
Finally, you are able to recruit any generals that you have captured.
However, the number you can recruit is based upon the amount of money you

have. Each general you recruit takes money. A general can refuse to join
you, which means you will have to let them go. Finally, you can reassign
officers from place to place after the battle.