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Article #1006Re: HELP: Act 4, Destroying the Great Portal
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4dbg0v$s...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, leon...@aol.com (LeonSlack) writes: >I was able to knock out the original towers with my ships by using a hit >and run tactic. First I used my destroyers, then battleships. I also >knocked out the catapults (first) by drawing them to beach and hitting >them with ships and run. >All my ships were destroyed but then there was only one burning tower and >ogres to take care of with ground units. worked for me! I used a very similar strategy. The only difference was that I used one destroyer to lure the catapults to the NE corner, so it can't be covered (or only covered by one tower) by the towers. Destroyers are faster then the catapults, but they are not effective if you use them to attack the catapults or the towers. An alternative is to use the two destroyers you have in the beginning to attack one catapult that's out of cover by the towers. Usually I use battleship to take out the two catapults and the three towers using the hit and run tactic. If there is a dragon attacking your transports, use the transport to lure the dragon to the destroyers. A pair of destroyers can get rid of a dragon with minimal amount of damage. That's why usually I saved the destroyers for the dragons. The battleship is useless anyway once you've landed. Move it directly toward one tower at a time (avoid crossfire from the towers) and the tower will miss it's first shot. Place the battleship at a distance from the tower so it will automatically attack the tower once it stops. Then run after firing the first shot. If used carefully, the only battleship you have is possible to take out the three towers before it got wasted. Wei Chao
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From: A4....@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU Subject: Re: HELP: Act 4, Destroying the Great Portal Date: 1996/01/18 Message-ID: <4dl2n4$58i@news.iastate.edu> X-Deja-AN: 136412477 distribution: usa references: <4dbg0v$s9a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> organization: Iowa State University newsgroups: alt.games.warcraft MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit