Favourite units in an RTS?
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The Dunov was pretty fun. I had a friend who didn't bother with other combat ships until he'd reached Kodiaks and until then he relied on armies of capital ships. Works out well, imo.jng2058 said:
The standard, rank-and0file guardsmen from DoW has always held a special place in my heart, but for my favourite, I'm going to put in my vote for the Heavy Weapons Team from the same game, especially after the Autocannon upgrade.
Now I remember. Personally, when I played CORE I'd Tek-2-krog like an idiot instead of spamming tanks. A few weeks of playing Spring has ironed that out of me.The Eupho Guy said:
I'm still an ARM boy though
I only play CORE in 1v1. Which is almost never.
Hydras in AOM. Train 'em up nice on some gruntage so they've got seven heads each and heal 'em with a temple or what have you. Nothing fucks with a healthy crew of seven headed vet Hydras, Titans be damned.
Also a nice line of siege tanks for defense with some wraith/cruisers for air support. God I love the sound they make when sieging, but then starcraft has the best sound design of any game ever. A fleet of carriers with arbiter support is just too easy, and a dark archon stealing SVCs and Drones gives you the ultimate army. For all Starcraft's much touted balance, Protoss are unstoppable really. There's so many reasons why starcraft is deified, even if it lacks depth of strategy. For me its the sound design, I love listening to that game.
Also a nice line of siege tanks for defense with some wraith/cruisers for air support. God I love the sound they make when sieging, but then starcraft has the best sound design of any game ever. A fleet of carriers with arbiter support is just too easy, and a dark archon stealing SVCs and Drones gives you the ultimate army. For all Starcraft's much touted balance, Protoss are unstoppable really. There's so many reasons why starcraft is deified, even if it lacks depth of strategy. For me its the sound design, I love listening to that game.
Hmm tough choice.
The Jethro unit from Total Annihilation, an Anti-air Kbot. Mostly because Jethro is my real name, and it was pretty awesome to see it in a game. The unit was pretty good too!
The Paladin Unit from Warcraft II. Once you had these guys, you were basically unstoppable. Superb fighters.
The Jethro unit from Total Annihilation, an Anti-air Kbot. Mostly because Jethro is my real name, and it was pretty awesome to see it in a game. The unit was pretty good too!
The Paladin Unit from Warcraft II. Once you had these guys, you were basically unstoppable. Superb fighters.
Space Marines Hellfire Drednaughts and the Tau's Sky ray missile gunships from Dawn of War/Dark crusade .
The Drednoughts kick ass on thier own you can send them off into a squad and they'll tear it apart XD
Sky ray missile gunships: You use it's missle barrage on a HQ and it'll wipe it out XD Meaning you'll probably wiun the game too
I love warhammer 40k
The Drednoughts kick ass on thier own you can send them off into a squad and they'll tear it apart XD
Sky ray missile gunships: You use it's missle barrage on a HQ and it'll wipe it out XD Meaning you'll probably wiun the game too
I love warhammer 40k
On a generic level, the main battle tank. Usual tactic is to send masses of them all at once, in a blitzkrieg manoeuvre.
For specific units, either the Apocalypse Tank in RA2, the cyborg commando in C&C: TW or the Shogun Battleship in RA3. Put half a dozen of them in broadside range of the enemy base, and you win in about thirty seconds.
For specific units, either the Apocalypse Tank in RA2, the cyborg commando in C&C: TW or the Shogun Battleship in RA3. Put half a dozen of them in broadside range of the enemy base, and you win in about thirty seconds.
Those big sword-carrying eldars that can be upgraded with guns (Dawn of War 2).
TaborMallory [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.119570.2321721] Dark Archons from StarCraft HELL YES. Forget creating carriers, just create a bunch of Dark Archons with upgrades, & wait for the enemy to come with whatever giant units it has. Kinda like a in-game recreation of Homeworld: Cataclysm, from the infected point of view.
TaborMallory [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/9.119570.2321721] Dark Archons from StarCraft HELL YES. Forget creating carriers, just create a bunch of Dark Archons with upgrades, & wait for the enemy to come with whatever giant units it has. Kinda like a in-game recreation of Homeworld: Cataclysm, from the infected point of view.
Gastraphetes (Unique hades archer) from age of mythology, I mean a greek archer (strong basic unittype) with crush damage and flaming arrows is just lovely <3
Lets see...
Stealth Tanks from C&C:KW. Whats cooler than cloaked anti air/structure tank.
Frost Wyrms form Warcraft 3. They can freeze buildings and prevent them from creating new units. Plus they look badass.
Cobras from Halo Wars. Get them fully upgraded put them in stationary mode, and there able to take down a Scarab with no trouble.
Stealth Tanks from C&C:KW. Whats cooler than cloaked anti air/structure tank.
Frost Wyrms form Warcraft 3. They can freeze buildings and prevent them from creating new units. Plus they look badass.
Cobras from Halo Wars. Get them fully upgraded put them in stationary mode, and there able to take down a Scarab with no trouble.
The Desolater Troopers from RA3: Uprising. "It does the body bad"
Or the Conscripts In RA3. The may be weak, but they can kill just about anything in numbers and with some added flak troopers. Plus their molotov cocktails are a very nice touch.
Or the Conscripts In RA3. The may be weak, but they can kill just about anything in numbers and with some added flak troopers. Plus their molotov cocktails are a very nice touch.
The Apocalypse Tank from RA2, once it got its own unique voice in Yuri's Revenge. It had everything; self-healing, massively powerful main guns, anti-air rocket launchers, and an awesome voice. It had this really slow, steady, deep voice that just sounded completely unhurried but at the same time completely sure of itself.
"These will be, their last, moments"
Also, the Howling Banshees from Dawn of War (either one). They got some really impressive kill-syncs.
Oh, and Rocket Angels from RA3. Seriously, it's a badass lady who's been through training from hell, decked out in an armoured bodysuit with jetboots, a paralysis whip and cluster missiles. What's not to love?
"These will be, their last, moments"
Also, the Howling Banshees from Dawn of War (either one). They got some really impressive kill-syncs.
Oh, and Rocket Angels from RA3. Seriously, it's a badass lady who's been through training from hell, decked out in an armoured bodysuit with jetboots, a paralysis whip and cluster missiles. What's not to love?
Give me an army of M8's and a Calliope or two from Company of Heroes. Unless your enemies missile proof you should be okay.
Also, the Spartan warriors in Rome: Total War. Overpowered as hell against... nearly everything.
Also, the Spartan warriors in Rome: Total War. Overpowered as hell against... nearly everything.
Elite Samurai in Age of Empires 2.
They destroy buildings insanely easy and are practically resistant to arrows.
They destroy buildings insanely easy and are practically resistant to arrows.