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Re: How to stop Ion Cannon/Orca 1-2 punch?

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From: cheehui
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
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bsp...@vnet.net (B&A Spaugh) wrote:
>Whenever I play against a certain friend, he uses the same tactics:
>Hit my Construction Yard with Ion Cannon then follow-up with 6 Orca 
>attack. My CY never survives this attack and then it's $5000 to get
>it back. No amount of sam sites seem to slow his Orcas down. I can
>usually hit his CY the same way by using nuke attack then 8-10 
>recon bikes but GDI has a lot of anti-vehicle stuff that can pound
>my bikes to scrap much quicker than I down his copters. Anyone
>developed a strategy for defending against this attack as Nod?

6 Orcas ! Whew.. they're a tough cookie all right.
I surrounded my CY with SAMs ( 3 squares away at least and
all round ) This allowed my SAMs to get 1st crack at the Orcas
before they shot off a missile. I also had 8 bazooka guys standing 
around the CY (they're a lot cheaper than recon bikes). And of 
course, always repair while they're attacking and keep your CY in
top condition.

My layout was :-

SAM            SAM            SAM

      BZ       BZ       BZ
SAM   BZ       CY       BZ    SAM
      BZ       BZ       BZ

SAM            SAM            SAM

Total cost : $750 * 8 + $300 * 8 = $8,400

Very expensive, as you can see. Furthermore, it's not 100%
foolproof but it usually is suffice to take out 4 Orcas without
much hassle.

Anyone has better ideas defending against Orcas ?

Regards
Chee Hui 8-)
e-mail:...@aztech.com.sg
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