"And lo', there floated,"
"A great yellow blimp!"
"It sent out small fighters,"
"and moved like a gimp."
-Dev
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| Judgement Day | | | Author: | | | IP: | cache4.iXXXX | | Date: | 12/20/99 04:12 | | Game Type: | Westwood RTS | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 6, Min: 6
Lifetime Rating for Executor: 5.5000 |  |
Hello all!!! I bring you another Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun Battle Report!
First of all I would like to say that while playing the game I took loads of screenshots but none of them were below or 50K so could someone please tell me how to make those screenshots smaller in size. Any help will be appreciated. =)
….And now on to my report…
Game Info
Map : Hextreme
Game Type : 3 player FFA
Starting Credits : 5,000
Additional Info : Fog of war is on, MCV’s redeployable
PLAYERS:
Executor – Me (NOD)
NOD_CRUSHER – Another friend (ummm GDI)
Alex (still fails to think of a decent nickname and goes by his first name)- (GDI)
For those who don’t own TS I will explain the map: Hextereme is an island map consisting of 6 islands. Here is the layout: Island 1 = top middle, island 2= middle right, island 3 = bottom right, island 4= bottom left, island 5 = middle left, island 6 = middle right in the middle of the map.
(Note: island 6 is very rich with tiberium and the person who would be able to control the island would probably win)
I start in bottom right position and after deploying my MCV and building a power plant and while waiting for my refinery to build I scout with my bike when I realize that this is an island map… DOH!
Nevertheless I continue with my build order which goes like this
Deploy MCV
Power plant
Tiberium Refinery
Hand of NOD
Power Plant
Couple of laser turrets
Start one more refinery
Warfactory
My plan was to tech to stealth generators and build banshees and using them secure the middle island and starve out other players. I also build SAM sites to discourage airstrikes and as usually cyborgs defend my harvesters (2). I was also planning to build Missile Silo and temple Of NOD to nuke my enemies but at the moment the resources didn’t allow me this luxury.
I build several Tick Tanks and put them into tower mode for increased range and firepower and soon I will have Flame Tanks as well…
Suddenly I hear: “Our base is under attack” I wonder what the hell could be attacking me so early in the game when it hits me : GDI have hover units!! DOH!!!! I look at my base and see that several Nod_Crusher’s hover APC’s full of infantry have unloaded infantry (light infantry and disk throwers) and they are attacking my Warfactory but just before it collapses Flame tank comes out… So I fry over dozen infantry and only 2 badly damaged APC’s escape my base alive…
Finally…FINALLY my stealth generator is finished and I deploy it while also putting a generous amount of sam sites around my base. So far nobody really assaulted each other and I can see why (FFA).
More time passes and several banshees are ready I also have subterranean APC with engineers to help me… While massing through middle island in the middle of the map I encounter a CY and several Vulcan towers. Unfortunately for Crusher Vulcans can’t attack air and my banshees soon destroy them he attempts do redeploy it but my banshees are a lot faster than MCV and it is soon destroyed. Knowing that I got the upper hand I send APC to crushers main (as I discovered it was middle right) and discovered that he made another mistake of not building concrete around his CY I promptly Capture his CY and banshees destroy power plants (with a few losses but even a few banshee losses can hurt you financially since they are 1500 each)
Needless to say Crusher was screwed.. I gradually destroy his base with banshees and now I can Use GDI tech tree to my advantage. But crusher isn’t dead. Its obvious he had enough resources for 1 more MCV!!! DOH! I try to scout but finally run into top middle which is Alex’s base and my APC is very quickly destroyed By RPGs (Rocket Propelled Grenade Towers) I decide to concentrate on Alex now since I got Crusher crippled and I start doing hit and run cyborg attacks on his harvesters and manage to destroy 2. Alex doesn’t decides to finally try some offense he drops MM2 on my island backed up by many infantry and 5 Titans. Since I have no Obelisks (dumb me) my main is quickly destroyed but Inside Crushers base I still Have captured MCV and I just built a Carryall I Packed up My MCV picked it up with carryall and transported it to middle island in the middle of the map. Alex doesn’t realize I have an expansion which I keep secret and tech like crazy. Before my main was destroyed I managed to fly away my banshees and build 2 helipads at my expansion.
So you can imagine Alex was very surprised when 10 banshees crushed his middle left very lightly defended expansion while at the same time I use middle as my tiberium base harvesting with 6 harvesters and 4 refineries. With this huge cash supply I rebuild My middle island into my main meanwhile Alex’s forces destroy crusher’s original main island (where I had another base) However I managed to save 3 Carryalls…
SUDDEN TURN
I suddenly discover that crusher wasn’t dead but built a rather prosperous colony on bottom left and I foolishly waste my forces of many Tanks Bikes artilleries (which were transported by my carryalls) to assault this expansion my assault is repelled with huge losses on my and Crushers side. I am down to my last units when Alex airdrops MM2 into Crusher’s softened up base an destroys it. Now its down to 2 of us …..
THE END IS NEAR…
I built more units and unload on alex’s base he tries to repair MM2 but I destroy it finally as my last men a killed I nuke his base and finish it with banshees but alex wasn’t eliminated!
Then it hits me : The middle left island: he rebuilt it !!! the attack comes: 25 Orca Bombers and I am not joking 25 BOMBERS assault my Middle island and in mere seconds it is rubble. My SAM sites take down about 10 orcas but the damage is done orcas fly back reload and trash my defenses and seconds later an ION blast destroyes my construction yard With no income no troops no power I conceed the game and Alex wins it.
Lessons Learnt :
1) Recon recon RECON !!! I would have won if I scouted properly
2) More Harvesters if you have more resources you win its that simple
3) Air Power is great on island maps or anywhere else
4) Carryalls are awesome on islands
5) Next time I will win
Thank you for reading my report, I hope you liked it. I will try to improve in the future!
Executor
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