Chaos_Storm Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 No I'm not talking about having 4 fleets of 8 Ornithopters and 16 or 24 Landing pads.I'm talking about using Air Drones to hit ground units using the Advanced Carryall. I know using Advanced Carryalls to pick up enemy units can let any AA weapon shoot it but only the Air Drone can match Adv. Carryall speed and shoot whilst moving. You could use Air Drones to destroy enemy Carryalls, then pick up their Harvesters and kill them off too before they can react. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IxianMace Posted April 6, 2002 Share Posted April 6, 2002 Before they can react? Usually, an experienced player will set up a defence around their spice fields (including strong AA defences) so you won't get much opportunity to pick up their harvesters and destroy them with Air Drones. Advanced Carryalls are expensive and take a while to build, and you'll probably be too busy with something else going on (e.g. the other players attacking your carryalls or harvesters). If you catch them off guard that may be a good tactic though. Just make sure that your own base is secure, otherwise you might be the one that gets caught off guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos_Storm Posted April 6, 2002 Author Share Posted April 6, 2002 True. Don't neglect your defence whilst you do a rush. This doesn't have to be a rush tactic though. Stray enemy vehicles can be picked up to further train your Air Drones and generally annoy the enemy. You might want to pick off key units in a battle if you judge it safe to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playerap Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 yep then bang its all over u have just been hit bye the enemy and while u were makin tons of air ur really masacured wit ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezertfish Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 I like to kidnap harvesters and put them down far enough away from the enemy base. Then the air drones kill the carryalls easy. If you can put an MCV on a piece of rock and build a wall-cage (then rescue the MCV), then you can kill the harvesters with infantry and possibly make them elite for use as drill seargants. Remember that all the advanced carryall has to do is get in and getout and that diversions can help to keep the enemy off guard. Fremen can take down whatever units are guarding the spice field in a quick suprise attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos_Storm Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 Also note - enemy carryalls will not pick up a harvester if you assign your Adv. Carryall to pick it up, even if it has to reach it from the other side of the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostHunter Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 A advanced carryall rush, dam what a great idea! ;). Until next post, Vilgent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taqwa11 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Wrong: the air drone does NOT match the advanced carryall's speed--not since the air drone was castrated way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 thats why you have to outflank the caryall or put a AD infront of it when its running home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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