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utterly useless units that need to be patched

Navaros

By Navaros
in Emperor: Battle for Dune

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Mozared

Mozared

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Block of your base entrances with contaminators very early. i know a good player always gets his scouts in, but this will stop him some time. haven't tryed, could work though. only problem then is that you lose fremen/sards because of holding of enemy scouts 5 minutes... not worth it.

Mozared

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JulesG

JulesG

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:O

I tested out my Conflict of the Landsraad mod where the contaminators are slightly faster and are almost invincible with most infantry unable to kill them.

Unfortunately even with mortars I was unable to stem the tide when I played the "Save the Duke" mission! I have never been wiped out so quickly!

I have now increased damage for all types of weapon (heavy weapons more than light) and can now get through that mission (just - good job you get some Minos later on to help out) - of course this may mean that the rest of the time the contaminator sucks again...

So I am wondering whether to have two versions - a weaker one for campaign and a real b*****d for skirmish!

JulesG

JulesG

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The point I was making was that making them tougher to kill (using the Invincible armour and setting individual damage levels in all warheads for each type of weapon) for infantry/units so that the contaminator is useful in skirmish conflicts with the missions, so I am not surprised Westwood copped out.

I was thus thinking that two versions might be the answer (like in Dune2k you got some extra tougher units only in skirmish eg Sard, Grenade thrower etc). However I cant be bothered to mess around that much.

As it is I have done enough to survive in missions and make it tougher in skirmish, but I expect when my mod comes out people will still say it is a useless unit!

DelugeD

DelugeD

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Chris Longpre

Are you or do you know of anyone that is thinking of making another RTS

Based on Dune. maybe an expansion pack or something to breathe a new life into this game and bring in more players.

nemafakei

nemafakei

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Dune Editing has lots of mods if you've never come across them. As to new Dune games, nothing is being done professionally, but again, Dune Editing has a few projects going.

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Chris Longpre

Chris Longpre

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DelugeD,

  I do not know of any professional game company doing a 'Dune' RTS game... but I've been out of the industry nearly 3 years now.  It's always possible.  Personally, I really like the ideas for mods of Emp & other games, Like Battlezone2000, for Dune.  Some good stuff. :)

--Chris

DjCiD

DjCiD

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Correct me if I'm wrong, which I know they will, but didn't Mahdi post an interview with B Anderson and Franks Sons in which they mentioned discussion with a game company to make a Dune game and an animation movie/series? I wonder how things are shaping up.

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KALONY

KALONY

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i didnt read the whole thread, but do any1 use the ordos saboteur? (i dont mean the saboteur in the EYE od the SKY). so imo this is a useless unit 2. im playing now since round abaut 1 year, and i never saw any1 using it.

KALONY

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