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Article #26644Re: Chinese listening outpost ZH
From: Lee Hardy
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:32
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:32
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Thanks for all of this info, i will be able to finally use this unit effectively in-game. Thanks again Lee Hardy "HeXetic" <hexemail@hottic.com> wrote in message news:aBhkb.13106$PM2.1508057@news20.bellglobal.com... > Also note that it can serve a similar role as the USA Sentry Drone - park them > near likely avenues of attack and you can get a sense of what your opponent is > doing with the opportunity to do a little damage if it looks like an asssault > force. > > -- > - Tim G. > > "HeXetic" <hexemail@hottic.com> wrote in message > news:kuhkb.13101$PM2.1506976@news20.bellglobal.com > > It's a detector unit, like the radar van, but you can also stick 2 infantry > > inside (or 5 if you are Shin Fai) who can fire out the windows. Unlike the > > radar van, the listening outpost also cloaks when it "sets up" (about 2 > > seconds after stopping). I'm not entirely sure if the outpost detects when it > > is moving, seeing as how the radar thingy on the top folds down, but it > > probably does. > > > > Use this unit if you are afraid of stealthed units or have to target artillery > > or air against stealthed defenses (i.e. against GLA). It has a pretty long > > range, but remember that other units such as the troop crawler and the > > chaingun on the overlord can also detect stuff. > > > > -- > > - Tim G. > > > > "John Hardy" <lee15@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:SQbkb.1266$rL5.364@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk > >> Hi > >> > >> Could someone tell me wat it is that this unit exactly does (Listening > >> Outpost)- i have rarely used it and when i have it does'nt appear to do that > >> much. I know its a rader van but wat is the range of it. Could someone > >> please tell me how best to use this unit. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Lee Hardy >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!text1.nnrp.aus1!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news2.euro.net!amsnews01.chello.com!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Lee Hardy" <lee15@blueyonder.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer References: <SQbkb.1266$rL5.364@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk> <kuhkb.13101$PM2.1506976@news20.bellglobal.com> <aBhkb.13106$PM2.1508057@news20.bellglobal.com> Subject: Re: Chinese listening outpost ZH Lines: 58 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <L4kkb.697$hA6.194@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:32:56 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.38.233.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1066519979 82.38.233.98 (Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:32:59 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:32:59 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit