sonic tanks...do we need them

[gerbilpoo]

i personally dont use them but are they usefull?

[cbrick04]

They are most usefull for killing ur own units. They are also good for messing around when you already have the game in the bag. But other than that.....Maybe you can invent a new strat using gholas and sonics as a combo????

[Apollyon]

They're useful against a deployed kobra wall. As very few players use kobras these days (much to their disadvantage) or at least to any great number, the sonic tank's use is nill.

[GhostHunter]

Yeah, even with Kobra walls or Harkonnen hordes the main Atreides defense still relies on minos/sards/bikes/fremen nowadays, sonic tanks never get used. It's most likly because the very building of a Atreides starport is quite uncommon unless your facing a newb and he builds it early on.

[zilents]

Hark got a mighty Devastator Drop, nice to kill ur enemy base... Atr also got a sonic drop (rater than those lame mino drop,if enemy didn't enough space.. ur mino will just wandering around!) .. hmmm... not sure bour Ordos tho.. perhaps deviator drop?

Btw guys.. I'm back! =)

[darkd3th]

i've sonic droped b4 it kills cons in a second its pretty cool

[lowzeewee]

It is good depending on how you use it. ;)

[Terror]

it's good to kill your own units with...

no i guess it's a good unit, but needs a lot of control to use em correctly, instead of wasting your own units.

[Inoculator9]

When deployed alone, a Sonic Tank can be exceptionally damaging against a medium sized base when handled correctly.

[Apollyon]

They're armour is pathetic, they'd get murdered by turrets. Even once in the base their damage inflicted on buildings is pretty pathetic when compared to the devastator or minotarus.

[Warskum]

Not to forget 1 fremn can kill a losts of sonics (if he doesnt gets crushed)

[Mr_Hangman]

I believe it does slightly more damage than a mino (no chevrons). Obviosly a level three mino will do more damage than a sonic tank with no chevrons, and it's much easier to get minos levels than sonic tanks. But if the sonic has one, two, or especially 3 cherons it will do considerably more damage. I think a lv3 sonic can destroy a devestator in one shot.

[Inoculator9]

Of course Apollyon, that's why I specified "medium" because you can sweep a base of most of it's units with a few Sonic Tanks, while some artillary destroys buildings with impunity. Mostly only affective against the AI though.

[Apollyon]

Why not just use artillery without the sonics? 'Artillery' as it were (except for the inkvine) is pretty effective against everything and has the bonus of range. Also, these medium bases would naturally only exist in campaign missions (or possibly skirmishes), and seeing as how bad the AI is, anyone could use any units and still win, so that doesn't prove the sonic particularly effective.

[Inoculator9]

Well... I disagree. More efficient in my mind, and it requires less financial expenditures.

[Kyan - Fremen]

For me, Sonic Tanks make awsome projecting material, they can literally stop enemies in their tracks if you have other units on the front, just sneak them a little around and get the enemy by an angle.

Real Sonic Tanks are also good for stopping attacks in single player as I've experienced, I stopped 3 Devastators, and propably 3-4 Assault Tanks with only 3 Sonic Tanks. Their firepower is almost unmatched, but their speed, cost and medium armor are something to consider.

[lowzeewee]

Its good against masses of infantry grouped tightly together

[Apollyon]

"requires less financial expenditures"

Minos are cheaper and build faster than sonic tanks, and they don't require a starport.

[Atomic Mitten]

"requires less financial expenditures"

Minos are cheaper and build faster than sonic tanks, and they don't require a starport.

No but with a starport you obtain 6 in one go !

;D

[Terror]

They have one key strong point though. Good vs. armor and non armor, though much more worth the price vs. the armored units like assault tanks. However it has major problems with faster units like laser tanks, long ranged units like missile tanks and artillery like the mino and the Cobra.

It would be a powerful unit, but it has some major weaknesses that makes it a lil hard to use effectively. It is a pretty good defense at choke points though.

[lowzeewee]

Like I said,its good to counter *visible* infantry masses :)

[Warskum]

I think mino is better against infantry cuz infantry almost does notin to a mino(except for fremn and elites).

[lowzeewee]

Or maybe against laser tanks? ???

It can disarm its shield easily.

[Warskum]

loooool a sonic against a laser tank???????????? if u control ur laser tank good the sonic wil NEVER be able of hitting it.

[Terror]

agreed, the worst possible counter for laser is probably the sonic :) . The wave is just too slow.