Ix Projectors?

[SonicXP5]

Everyone talks about the projector-tank as some sort of god. However I never see them to be of any use.

Is there anyone that can please help me out in how to use them effectively

Big thanx to all who reply

[Timenn]

When you deploy your projector. And select it then 'attack' a unit. You make a duplication of that unit. A duplication shoots at full power. But dissappears when:

- It is hit one time(even by a pistol of the Harkonnen Engineer)

- After some time (see the damage circle)

- When the projector that projected the duplication is destroyed.

- When you come to close to an enemy unit

You can select multiple projectors to multiple project...

This is very handy for units with strong firepower. But not so much armour. Like Launchers. Or Fedaykin

Or project an unit with a laser. And use it against shielded units...

Note: The enemy can see if an unit is a real one or a projection

[SonicXP5]

Thanx Timenn :D

You seem to anwser almost every question ask.

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[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Projected long-range units are good to destroy turrets. E. g. two projected missile tanks can take out turret. Even when first will be destroy, second end this.

Projected units can go before real attacking units and make some damages before they come. And long-range can support defence standing after real units.

[SonicXP5]

Thanx a lot Gunseng! 8)

Any more strats

[firefly]

There're a couple other uses that've been mentioned on the boards:

• Instant triple-A: project Ordos APCs or missile tanks to swat those pesky fliers;
• Free Leeches!: project some leeches, loose them on that enemy column making for your defense line.  Because projections do real damage, you'll soon have some real Leeches.  Now go camp them on someone's spice field.

[eciuj]

    KEW!  U can also make a bunch of fremen, and invade or take out harvesters....also works with sarduaker ;)

[eciuj]

   If u really want that to work.....build like 5 profection tanks..go's a lot faster! 8)

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

This rock usually with comp: Projest some units is not important with when you are against Atreides (it work in campaign preety good). Put other ones far from themselves and put projected unit in group. When Hawk Strike will come it will be put on the biggest group, so on projected units and you won`t lose money.

[SonicXP5]

That was a great strat. Finally I know how to defend against that d*** hawk 8)

[Dante]

The hawk is annoying isn't it? I just try to destroy palace and conyard. That shows 'em.

But back to the Ix. I have mentioned before, and others have before me, the projected Deviators are VERY useful. In theory even more so if you aren't Ordos....but I always am, so that doesn't apply to me.

And Firefly, GREAT idea with the leeches,  :D I can't BELIEVE I never thought of that!

[Egregius]

Whoa...projected deviators! Hadnt even thought of that! :)

Nor of projected fedaykin..cloak, shoot kill :) :) :)

[Dante]

I like projecting the enemy's units as well as my own. It's rather ironic. I just love to think what goes on inside their little head as another Harkonnan missile tank rolls forward and starts shooting at them....hee hee....

But yes, and, why can't projectors project air units? That would be really useful. But, I suppose, a bit impractical....oh well....never  mind then.

Projected guild makers....how useful are they? It's never occured to me.....

[AWACS]

I like projecting fast units

1. They make quicker

2. They can get away without disapearing

I mostly use Buzzsaws and Infiltators as

invisable scouts

Guild makers arn't very good as they take

time to shoot giving time to be revealed

[JN]

Projecting half a dozen Sonic Tanks and using them to invade the enemy base is kinda fun. You can shoot THROUGH several enemy buildings at once and destroy them in a few shots. ;D

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

When I`m Hark or Atreides and I`m fight against Hark or Atreides, I like make projections of sonic/missiles/minos ans send this all to enemy base. I go with mino and sonics first ans eliminate infantry that is sent and then I move with missiles.

[AWACS]

This is may be a quirk but sometimes CPU players on skirm. sell up all their buildings but when they sell their con yard you can project their MCV ;D this is the weird bit though it allowed me to deploy and build all of Ordoses stuff ;D ;D

(I am a Hark player ;D)

[Mr_Hangman]

What would be the use of projecting an MCV? I thought projections can't deploy.

[Timenn]

They can't. I don't know what he means

[ken124578]

he's 1. joking

        2. lying...

which one...

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Maybe he just heard about it from somebody who was lying or trick. Besides, every projection desapears. Shouldn`t the MCV desapeares too?

[AWACS]

No seiriously it happened not lying I thinkit must be a quirk i was playing atreides on street fight map. Easy difficulty.

[Sly1]

You can also steal other units....lets say you are the harkonnen and you are fighting the ordos....if you want a laser tank rush just find an ordos laser tank and click on it with the projector targeting thingy.....you can have ANY unit on the field of battle..bang you have a laser tanks to use against those annoyong spped deamon ordos...they also look like the enemy unit to....probably useful in multiplayer fights against other humans.

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

In multiplayer, if Ordos player see a lot of laser tanks going from enemy base, he knows that they are only projections and sends scouts: the most annoying weapon against projected lasers.

[ken124578]

warriors are even worse :O

or think about it FEDAYKIN!!!

their shot just rips apart 3 lasertanks at once.

or better an permanate cloaked unit with off guard, if a holo touches it it wil not decloak so he wil never know where his holo's r.