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	I tend to disagree that the GDI last mission is imballanced in comparison to the last NOD.  It took me a few mins shy of 2 hours to pound the last GDI mission.


********* SPOILER ***********

	I simply secured that first clear spot
	Built a few rocket towers
	Sent over a APC full of ENG's to the first NOD base             
	Captured: Airpad, Power, Hand of Nod.
	Build Rocket Turrets there
	Built Stealth Tanks
	Ran Tanks to his temple
	Shot Temple apart
	Used Ion Gun to pound his ADV Power to oblivion
	Paved over the rest with mamoth tanks (5) and ORCAs (5)

Tada....  I guess I found a winning combination...

Richard Sieminski
Hardware Consultant
Gateway Computer Services
Cambridge, Ontario.

On Mon, 30 Oct 1995 12:55:37 +0000, Richard Nuttall <ric...@unipalm.pipex.com>
wrote:

>Just finished the last NOD mission in about 1 hr, after taking 
>almost 5 hours on the last GDI mission. Even taking into the 
>account that the GDI mission slowed down when there were too many 
>infantry, this was a serious imbalance in the game.
>
>[SPOILERS/ Strategy hints below]
>

[NOD last mission details here...]

>The last GDI scenario was much more difficult :
>
>1. First base was protected by obelisk, obelisk protected by SAM 
>sites and power stations protected by cliffs.
>2. new obelisk and Hand get built mid game in old tiberium field.
>3. turrets all over the place made exploration difficualt until I 
>had orcas to kill the turrets.
>4. Large number of troops / vehicles attack your base until 
>stopped by sandbagging.
>
>Anyone else get the same view ?
>
>Admittedly I did the GDI scenarios first, and so the NOD missions 
>seemed easier after that, but it shouldn't have been so much.
>
>R.
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I was helped a *hell* of a lot on the last GDI mission by the fact that NOD
produced loads of vehicles/soldiers - so much so that when the two
NOD harvesters tried to get back into the base they jammed up the
entrance. They couldn't return to deliver their cargo, soldiers and
vehicles couldn't get out, so the rest of the mission was fairly easy.


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Richard Nuttall <ric...@unipalm.pipex.com> wrote:
>Just finished the last NOD mission in about 1 hr, after taking 
>almost 5 hours on the last GDI mission. Even taking into the 
>account that the GDI mission slowed down when there were too many 
>infantry, this was a serious imbalance in the game.

..


>Anyone else get the same view ?
>
>Admittedly I did the GDI scenarios first, and so the NOD missions 
>seemed easier after that, but it shouldn't have been so much.

I agree absolutely. It was waaaaaaaaay to easy to complete the NOD last mission.

Roger.

I agree.  Spoilers ahead for those who haven't played the final mission.


- GDI never uses ION beam (of course, I couldn't use NUKE, either, but...)

- GDI never really attacked me unless I attacked first.  When I got my
  second contruction yard, all of these GDI forces just sat next to me
  as I helplessly built my second base.  A huge GDI force, including engineers,
  just sat there doing NOTHING until I built an oblisk right next to them.
  Then they fought back and blew away the oblisk, but then they did nothing
  as I build a SECOND oblisk!

- After I established a second base and built up some forces, I took over
  the small GDI "base" in the middle of the map that had two silos.  Cool,
  I thought, free money (well, $500 free money).  Turns out I didn't know
  how good this deal was going to be for me.  After I sold the silos, the
  computer BUILT NEW ONES!  IN THE SAME PLACE!  Each time I was clearing
  over $2000 for these silos and the tiberium in them.  

  And the computer kept rebuilding them!

  This explains why the computer never attacked, it was giving all
  it's money to me.

- Lastly, I found another mini "base" in the SE corner with contruction yard.
  Three Medium tanks blow away the single guard tower, and now I can build GDI
  stuff.  I've got tons of money from my UNMOLESTED harvesters, not to mention
  the "donations" GDI is giving me (see above).  Guess what I build: Mammoth
  tanks and attack helicopters.

Not much of a battle after that.  The GDI bases were practically deserted.

If I had been able to use the temple's nukes, it would have been even
easier.

--kevin

In article <479a83$g...@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, Kevin Chu <k...@sun.com> writes:
|>I agree.  Spoilers ahead for those who haven't played the final mission.
|>
|>
|>- GDI never uses ION beam (of course, I couldn't use NUKE, either, but...)

Well I got nailed three times in my game, all three times it was a oblisks

|>
|>- GDI never really attacked me unless I attacked first.  When I got my
|>  second contruction yard, all of these GDI forces just sat next to me
|>  as I helplessly built my second base.  A huge GDI force, including engineers,
|>  just sat there doing NOTHING until I built an oblisk right next to them.
|>  Then they fought back and blew away the oblisk, but then they did nothing
|>  as I build a SECOND oblisk!

This is true, I watched as several rocket lanchers and such just sat next
to my base as I built the need items.. then I built a oblisk 2 squares
away from the nearest trouble.. then lured them in with infantry, easy
to trash them all. From that point on it was a cake walk.

|>
|>- After I established a second base and built up some forces, I took over
|>  the small GDI "base" in the middle of the map that had two silos.  Cool,
|>  I thought, free money (well, $500 free money).  Turns out I didn't know
|>  how good this deal was going to be for me.  After I sold the silos, the
|>  computer BUILT NEW ONES!  IN THE SAME PLACE!  Each time I was clearing
|>  over $2000 for these silos and the tiberium in them.  
|>
|>  And the computer kept rebuilding them!
|>
|>  This explains why the computer never attacked, it was giving all
|>  it's money to me.
|>
|>- Lastly, I found another mini "base" in the SE corner with contruction yard.
|>  Three Medium tanks blow away the single guard tower, and now I can build GDI
|>  stuff.  I've got tons of money from my UNMOLESTED harvesters, not to mention
|>  the "donations" GDI is giving me (see above).  Guess what I build: Mammoth
|>  tanks and attack helicopters.
|>
|>Not much of a battle after that.  The GDI bases were practically deserted.
|>
|>If I had been able to use the temple's nukes, it would have been even
|>easier.
|>


I think it was just as easy as the last GDI mission, just took lest time
but needed better planing.

John

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I can't find the crates for build Nuke. Can you explain me where 
I can find the crates?
Please...