Plays as Imperial side?

[Emperor_of_Dune]

Can you somehow play as the imperial side in Dune 2000?

[IxianMace]

No, as far as I'm concerned, you can only play as 1 of the 3 houses in the campaigns or skirmish.

[Black_Emperor]

you  could take over the imperial sardaukar barracks, Kinda looks like a pyramid. And produce large groups of sardaukar. But thats the most that you can do

[IxianMace]

There is no Imperial Sarduakar barracks. What the yellow pyramid is, is the Emperor's Palace. To train Sarduakar, you need the Emperor's Palace, and any barracks. Unfortunately, capturing the Emperor's construction yard will not allow you to build his palace, even though it works with all the other houses. You always have to capture it.

[Timenn]

Imperial is just Harkonnen without Devastator and with Sardaukar...

[Dunenewt]

The houses are all basically the same.

Edit: Wow I posted on my birthday? Must have been a boring day!

[Timenn]

The building styles and the combat tanks and the special tanks (and the trikes) are the only difference

[burseg_candor]

hallluah for emperor!

now there are differences for each house

[gunner154]

In the new patch you can train Sardaukars if you have a hi-tech factory and a barracks if you play as House Harkonnen.

[rheo]

well, i think it's funny how the harkonnen's sardaukars are more expensive but weaker than the emperor's ones.

[Boba Fett]

I think its coz Sardaukars are alien tech for the Harks.

[Timenn]

Harkonnen won't spend so much time and resources in troops. While they can have good tanks

[Boba Fett]

Mebbe coz they might need some escorts for their Devas(tators). I know ur thinking I'm presently the biggest ass who ever mailed any crap on this site, but what if the AI wanted the Devas to be able to attack in tip top shape, huh? I mean, If they send 5 devas, a couple of missile tanks will prove quite a nuisance, if they get attacked on the way. Sure, the Devas will win, but at the cost of probably half their armour. And since regenerating takes time, they'll probably reach half dead to the enemy base, where they'll be blown up by more Missile tanks. (Thats why I always keep squads of missile and seige tanx halfway between their base and mine).

BTW, since this topic is about the emperor and his sardaukar, I wanted to know- why do sardaukar damage tanx when they are run over. In mass sard attax, I Sometimes lose a combat tank or two this way.

[Timenn]

Why should I think that?

I don't know about the Sardaukar. I only build them once when I captured the Imperial Palace. I never built them with the patch. I never got the patch

[Boba Fett]

I dont know, mebbe I thought you'd think that coz, well, u seem to be quite good at Dune and I thought , probably, u'd be thinking what I mentioned on top. I mean, nowadays, If u ask people something silly, U'd get ur ass licked. Not that there's any danger of that happening, we're on the net, and I don't think ur that sort of guy anyway, ( I read all those three pages of "OMG, U are all such Newbies"-DRFSimmsy), but it always pays to be cautious. Anyway, I like Sards. I've never worked with a patch, but when I do produce sards, they seem quite OK. Oh, btw, its said that sards choose the right weapon when told to attack. Well, why do they use guns against buildings? I mean, rockets are more effective.

Cheerio

[drahgoon]

why do sardaukar damage tanx when they are run over. In mass sard attax, I Sometimes lose a combat tank or two this way.

thats because they have mines on them and when you run them over, the mines detonate.

[Boba Fett]

What about fremen? Why do they cause damage to the tank that runs them over?

[drahgoon]

i dont know about fremen

[Boba Fett]

What, you don't know what fremen are?

[drahgoon]

i know about fremen but i dont know if they damage tanks if they get run over

*Drahgoon is puzzled and laughing*

dont you remember in dune 2k tactics i had beaten the game on atreides and now harkonnen

[Boba Fett]

Play as atreides,train 3 squads of Fremen, and run over them using a m-tank.

[drahgoon]

why ???

[Boba Fett]

Do it. You'll see that I don't speak sooth (atleast, not always)

Use a missile tanks coz its got low armour. You could also use a seige tank.

[drahgoon]

Imperial is just Harkonnen without Devastator and with Sardaukar...

they have the devastator dont they (havent played the game since i beat it 5 or 6 months ago)

[Boba Fett]

Damn, you are bad at Dune. Have you EVER seen an Imperial Devastator?