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Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)]

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From: ach... Alex Chacha
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 00:00
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Ok, you guys have to read the manual.  Select units, then at a later time if you
press ALT and left click you will get all units in the lastselection of that
unit...


...ecaeP_Alex...


ryo....@mpgs.tiga.com.au wrote:
: DA>On 14 Apr 1997 21:50:50 GMT, "Mark Dobie" <do...@csbs.csbs.uni.edu>
: DA>wrote:

: DA>>> I think this was a consious choice on Blizzard's part. They did not want
: DA>>> you to be able to select 42 lusted ogres and just go destroy a town. They
: DA>>> purposely made it so you had to control small groups.
: DA>>>
: DA>>> --
: DA>>> Marc Fuller
: DA>>>
: DA>>
: DA>>Good point Marc, why should you be able to hit E on RA and select 100 units
: DA>>to go and attack someone.  It's stupid, instead of just using brute force
: DA>>in RA you have to  use strategy in W2.

: DA>I like Warcraft 2 better than RA also.  But I don't like the 9 units
: DA>at a time thing.  I'd rather have the ability the select all my ogres
: DA>at once because, well, I'm supposed to be the master of these guys so
: DA>if I want them all to run as one big group then I should be able to do
: DA>that.  Being able to select all your guys does not take away from
: DA>strategy and doesn't suggest "brute force" and less strategy like you
: DA>mentioned.  I think it adds to your strategy since it gives you a
: DA>greater ability to carry out your strategic idea.  A strategy game
: DA>should be a battle of minds, not hand-eye coordination.



: YEA MAN, that 9 units at a timw thing really gets up my ass.
: btw RA RULEZZZZZZZZ.
: anyway the 9 units thing is not exaclty "Stragic" attackin a ORC base
: full of towers and shit with ONLY 9 footman ain't exactly nice.
: now C&C had got that right we dhould be able to press "E" and get 100
: mother fuckin war units. HEY LOok AT REAL WARS!!! you can't expect 9
: allie soldiers to attack a the german army. It's plain stupid,
: anyway my summary "RA RULEZZ and WAR2..well doesn't suck but less better
: than the C&C serious"
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From: ach...@panix.com (Alex Chacha)
Subject: Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)]
Date: 1997/04/24
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