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Article #26676Re: China ( Overlord Tank )
From: Fisk
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:28
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:28
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Sovs med neger ost "Dr.Seuss" <dr.seuss@thecatinthehat99.freeserve.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse news:bnn643$u6c$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk... > > "MrJaRgOn" <mrjargon@hotail.com> wrote in message > news:bnm34b$h94$1@sparta.btinternet.com... > > to all General Players. > > > > can anyone please help with fighting China with them overlords. They seam > > unbeatable. playing as USA with humvees, with rocket men inside. and they > > don't stand a chance. If you have 5 overlord tanks coming towards you > that's > > it your screwed. How can this be, such a disadvantage. I am sure this can > > not be, and there is some kind of strategy but. PLEASE HELP as I have > tried > > everything. > > > > Kind Regards > > > > Colin Yates > > > > > > I presume you mean the Emperor Overlord with the gattling gun and the > speaker tower, if so, they are tough but not unbeatable. Pretty good chance > if you are playing against a China Tank General they will send these in as > soon as they can build them and there lies the answer. I'm pretty sure > (correct me if I'm not) but they have to build a Propaganda Centre to get > the Emperor, the build sequence is the same for China's Emperors as it is > for USA Tomahawk Launchers, both sides have to build Power then Barracks > then War Factory then their specific upgrade building, Propaganda or > Strategy. I would suggest that you build asap the Strategy Centre as fast as > they will be doing, pump out Tomahawks as soon as you can, you should match > them unit for unit. The advice on Rocket Men with Laser is sound, as is the > case for a rear Humvee attack once the Emperors get in. The Tomahawks move > faster than the Emperors so you should be able to launch and move and stay > out of harm. You can build the Humvees and Rocket Men while waiting for the > Strategy Centre, if you build Patriots then there is a chance they will have > the edge in tank numbers, your choice when you start. > > While your waiting for the Strategy Centre to build it would be worth > pumping out a few tanks as Tank Generals will generally send in an ECM unit > to throw missiles off course. Hold them out of harms way till the ECM's are > attackable, dont head rush the Emperors as they will drive right over your > smaller tanks if they haven't destroyed them already, send the ordinary > tanks in against the ECM's to knock them out and then concentrate on the > Emperors. > > If you've cleared the first rush then get the Patriots going for choke > points. You didnt say what General you were playing as, if your super > weapons then a couple of the EMP Patriots will work wonders on the Emperors, > make sure you target all the Emperors one after the other to slow them down, > let the Rocket Men and Tomahawks do their stuff then. > > Doc > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!news5.aus1.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.freenet.de!eusc.inter.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed101.telia.com!nf01.dk.telia.net!news104.dk.telia.net!not-for-mail From: "Fisk" <fis@fis.fis> Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer References: <bnm34b$h94$1@sparta.btinternet.com> <bnn643$u6c$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> Subject: Re: China ( Overlord Tank ) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:28:55 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 84 Message-ID: <3faa68a8$0$7849$ba624c82@nntp04.dk.telia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.107.108.147 X-Trace: 1068132521 news.stofanet.dk 7849 62.107.108.147 X-Complaints-To: Telia Stofa Abuse <abuse@stofa.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit