This game is a money pit on which you cannot advance. Each map is controlled by one of several very powerful alliances. They cheat, using dummy accounts to take "newbie" bases, they prevent you from even establishing a base on a brand new map by arriving before you (they move massive forces from the previous map), and ambushing you when you take your first base... and continue to do so until they own the entire map. And it is absolutely impossible to play this game for free and have even minor success. The precious "titanium" needed for upgrades of things as simple as base defense is costly to purchase, and virtually impossible to build in the game free of charge. When the more advanced "helicopter" bases finally arrive on the map, they come all at once, and create a mad scramble to get them... but ultimately the commanding alliance will take them all since they can over power any base and build hundred of units to defeat you. Honestly, I strongly suspect that these mega alliances are run by the owners of the game, who use them to keep players buying titanium and filling their wallets.
If you are not interested in spending hundreds of dollars to play this game, avoid this game. Just stop now and don't even start. If you ARE interested in spending that kind of money, buy a more conventional video game that costs $60 which does not require constant outlays of cash in order to survive.
After spending about $150 on this game, I am really no further along than when I started. Yes, I have a few token bases, but it is just a matter of time before the leading Alliance wipes us all off of the map. (I am speaking of the LIONS alliance on Server 1 of the uk.alphawars1.com, in case the owners and developers are paying attention.)
And, btw, is this game still in beta a year and a half later? There are virtually no instructions or ways to get basic information on this game. You kind of have to learn as you go and hope you find a team that can actually help you. Some of the text is in German.
