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"silverghost" <ch...@chris-nicky.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anybody have any tips on how to beat GLA5 please, I have been on
> this level for about 5 days now, and just can't seem to crack it
>
> Thanks

I did this last night (on easy: no rush to complete).

I built the GLA buildings (I also built the Chinese but never in fact used
them: guess I could have used it to churn out hackers but I didn't). I was
told to build a Scud Storm, but I try not to use superweapons so I might
have gone without.

Build up Triple A vehicles to protect from Comanches and rocket buggies to
help the former defeat ground forces (all coming from the US base in the
south east).

Build infantry and acquire Capture Building.

Take the force toward the US base. Capture gunsites and oil derricks as you
go, and collect UN supplies. Guard the isthmus from US forces while you
build up.

Storm the US base, taking out the Patriots and combat forces only. Use
infantry to capture everything else intact.

Churn out Paladins (along with alternate tranches of Triple A and rocket
buggies from the Arms Dealer). The Build Paladin option comes free - no
General's ability required.

I then churned out a second Arms Dealer by the US base, simply to speed up
and simplify Triple A and buggy production.

I also sent Jarmen Kell clockwise round the map to recce the northern exit
from the main US base, simply to know if / when they were moving: I had no
intention of committing him to battle.

I churned out a tranche of Comanches and parked them north of my own base as
strategic reserve.

I found that going into the main US base from either end, I got cheesed, but
if I took my entire force up the middle of the map, I was able to force my
way through and split his forces. I simply took everything northward to
clear out that half of the base, concentrating on his power (to bring down
his Patriots) and any combat troops he threw at me, then I turned on my
heels and cleaned out the southern half. I found that simply churning out
Paladins, Triple A and buggies like this gave me a force sufficiently well
balanced to win the game. Once the Patriots were down, the Comanches were
committed with everything else in a single group.

Not elegant and I doubt it would work so well on Brutal, but it's a start.
If you want to use a Scud Storm, there's a cold fusion reactor farm just
north east of the SECOND bridge into the north end of the base.

Neil A