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Re: Challenge - General Leang

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From: Jez
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 10:31
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Cheers for that........
will give it a go.....

> "Jez IAnson" <jez@ianson54.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bnvurs$haj$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Hi
> > Has anyone beat this General on the hard setting?
> > I have tried & tried & tried every different tactic i can think of.....
> > Any help much apprieciated.
> > cheers
> >
> >
>
> Jez, this was a post put up a couple of weeks back, it may have been
deleted
> from your server so I've pasted it back for you. Tactic works pretty good,
> enjoy.
>
> Doc
>
>
> (snipped stuff from earlier post)
>
>  Level 7 super-b**ch was a pussy ;-)  I've beat her on hard with 4
Generals
> so far, Air Force / Super Weapons / Stealth & Tank. Pretty much the same
> tactic works for all, as follows :
>
> - Defend the bridge with a couple of Patriots / Gattling or Stingers, but
> have 3 or 4 Rocket Infantry to run out if she sends GLA buggies (my
> favourite attack vehicle ;-)
> - Make sure you have some static defence at the back of your base next to
> the supply pile, she will send GLA sneak attack in (the tunnel) which you
> really need to waste quick before she pumps Overlords and stuff out.
> - If USA, chinook a dozer up to the little village just above your base
and
> build Patriots between the houses, timing is essential, wait for the
couple
> of Dragon Tanks to move past on their circuit before you build. Ideally
you
> want to build around the bridge to the north as thats where the enemy will
> come from. Defend up this area, capture the oil well and fixed cannon and
> your away. GLA, put a worker on a motorbike and drive up, China will need
to
> Helix up a dozer.
> (If GLA a couple or 5 Rocket Buggies with Quad support will help
> you edge across the bridge and secure the East supply pile and well.
China,
> Gattling tanks and Emperor tanks will help you punch through (beware of
the
> 2 bunkers on the road top with Rocket troops in though, skirt round them
> till your ready to wipe em out), ideally you need to secure the bridge
into
> the town as described for USA, this will give you a choke point to kill
just
> about everything she sends).
> - Move your forces out across the East bridge from this new base, Rocket
> troops will pick off tanks and Dragons ok.
> - You can then secure acrossto the right of the bridge and once you've got
> some defence there you can move out and capture the supply pile on the
east
> side and the oil well.
> - This is the tricky bit...you should have enough Generals points to use
on
> A10 / Artillery for US and China, only destroy one of the superweapon
silos
> just before the count down to zero, they will all reset to 12 minutes. If
> you are the GLA try a rebel ambush on the Scudstorm silo, you may get it,
> you may not. You will be able to sneak in a bomb truck though to reset the
> supers.
> - Your pretty much good to go from here, I super'd up and particle
cannon'd
> her base and troops coming out, don't knock out her superweapons till your
> really ahead, if you knock out the 3 silos but only 1 at a time just
before
> they get down to launch then they keep re-setting to 12 mins. If you
destroy
> a super too early she will have cash to rebuild and the rebuilt one will
> have a much shorter launch time (normal build wait).
> - Finish her off by building a defence line across your side of the bridge
> in front of her base and the rest of the map / cash / wells etc is yours.
> Super weapon her command centres to stop her Generals attacks (especially
> Artillery) then finish her off however you please.
>
>  Have a good one !
>
>
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Subject: Re: Challenge - General Leang
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