MCV

[Guest Vince_skz]

I think the mcv could be used as a distractor for the enemy fire... it has a great armor and if u send one near the enemy

[Gobalopper]

I agree but they are really slow plus weren't they fairly expensive? I used to use Trikes or Quads and run them through quickly a few times while the heavy tanks took out the defenses that were "occupied" :)

[gil]

I always used three rocket tanks with three siege tanks for escort to take out the defences. Plus I had a backup team like that one just a tile behind, so that any enemy foolish enough to rush my R. Tanks would be thumped to the ground. Never sacrificed units except for scouting.

I always had a 15:1 + kill ratio. ;D

[marcel]

That's about the same tactic as I used. In my opinion rocket tanks where the only way to take out defenses ;D

[gil]

Strangely enough, Sonic Tanks had more range when attacking from bellow ... but got their arse kicked from all other directions ... go figure. :)

[marcel]

I didn't even know that :)

But I guess Dune 2 has a lot of these strange things, but what would you expect from the world's first RTS :)

[XTF]

I also used Siege tanks with Rocket Launchers, but I aimed for a kill ratio of 1:0.

[Guest Tabaqui of Gidur-log]

A great tactic i used was to use the rocket.tank to attack another slower tank. I could get two shots in, and then run. After a few seconds the defender returned to his post as if nothing happened and i fired again till its dead. esp. usefulagainst devestators and siege.ts

[marcel]

Yeah, I remember that tactice. I used that too :)

[katz]

If you want to get rid of those blasted rocket turrets, make sure the turret is at the very top of the screen and you have a launcher at the very bottom in the same vertical plane. You can put another launcher one tile up and one tile left/right of the first one. All three will be out of range of the turret. This works if you have the launcher at the top of the screen and the turret at the bottom, too. I expect that this is VERY well-known, but I thought I'd pass it on, just in case...

[nemafakei]

Why do so many use the past tenses? Do you not still play DII?

That last tactic (Rocket hit and run) can be especially fun with deviators.

[quoudam72]

Ummm........Nema they might not play anymore because the last post before you posted was last year.

[nemafakei]

Oh yes...

Wasn't looking; Thankyou.

[Acriku]

*Winks at Fed* Teehee...;)

[alphabeta4000]

Dune 2 is really old

[kloball4100]

dune 2 is a classic

[Brutus]

I still play it some. (i played it today, too bad windows ME dont support old DOS games......(you dont get sound, and some games dont work at all) )

[Ligic_Tha_Master]

I still, have it. Haven't played it for a long time though.

[nemafakei]

Dune II is still worth playing (partly because you can load a game in under 2 secs, whil emp takes some time longer). And that says a lot, given its age.

[Swordmaster_Duncan]

Dune 2 is more than a classic. I think that it is better then dune 2000. And it was revolutionary. As for users of ME, get a boot disk, start in dos and play dune 2.

[quoudam72]

Playing a game in DOS, the old ways never really die do they?

[Timenn]

I played Dune II, but now Emperor.

I used always some launchers (or sonic tanks) to destroy the turrets, and so the entire base

But my turrets, when they were bored, always fired at the northwest corner. Looked pretty funny  ;D ;D ;D :D

[quoudam72]

Could have been a worm in the area.

[Timenn]

There was always only one, and when it was dead there didn't came a new one...

[Terror]

hehe yeah about that sonic range thing... that's right indeed... i found out the same problem when i was playin it with atreides...

and that rocket tank strat works indeed very easy vertically... but is harder horizontal as the screen is wider horizontal... and you can put 3 rocket tanx to attack one turret... perhaps even 5.. can't remember it too good though

x = rocket tank

y = rocket turret

                                                  x

                                                 x x

                                                x   x

                     

                                                   y