Difficulty of 'HARD' level in Single Skirmish games

[Devastator_Mech]

AI, BUT if it was human, then your dead.

[Timenn]

Yes, and we were talking about AI (skirmish)

[ken124578]

AI, BUT if it was human, then your dead.

3 newbies vs me? easy 8)

[Devastator_Mech]

hahahaha, it'll doubt that when they're all attacking at once.

[Apollyon]

yea and id love to know exactly whats the definition of a newb actually is

=)

[Devastator_Mech]

I'll assume a person who has played less than 20 game is a newbie.

[Apollyon]

hah ill assume someone whos played more than 20 games has too much time on their hands =P

[Devastator_Mech]

well of corz not 20 games a day. 20 games should be enough to learn most basic and even some advanced strategies.

[Apollyon]

ive played more than 20 games but only 3 on the internet

am i a "newb" =P

I have played many games on LAN tho =)

[Devastator_Mech]

it includes every game u play, but u'll learn faster if u play on WOL.

[Timenn]

Well, you're only a newbie, when you are NEW to the game. And that has NOT anything to do with skill

[ken124578]

no, i own 3 newbies.

they can't attack at the same time because

1. newbies don't know good rushes.

2. because they don't have good rushes i rush 1/2 of them first before they attack me ;D

3. they probably don't know how to chat so forget about teamplay ;D ;D ;D ;D ::) ::) ;D ;D

[ethan]

i've played about 40 games, but only 1 net.... lol

[Devastator_Mech]

hahahahahaha..... omg

why not play on WOL ?

[gasteren]

Hi,

Anyone noticed that the AI cheats? Try this: Play in hard mode, fight to win, but don't destroy the refinary. Whipe out the enemy including carryalls and harvesters. Lean back and wait. It doesn't take long before an extra carryall and harvester come in from the side of the map. And yes, the refinary is fully upgraded.

You may even see this happen during the game and in medium or easy mode.

Greetz, Eric

[Devastator_Mech]

Well you'll get a free harvester too if you have lost all your harvester ....... don't you know?

[Timenn]

Hehe, that's right :) That rule have been in Dune games since Dune II ;)

[ken124578]

everyone makes mistakes ;)

[ethan]

maybe hes learning. well, he is right that the AI cheats. i rushed in 30 seconds wish 5 sandbikes and 30 inf and when i got to the harks base, not far away, they had three assult tanks and 1 buzzsaw automatically. they had a projector too, but none of the assults were projections. but they did already have a buzzsaw. they steamrolled me and i quit.

[ken124578]

errm, thats called an rush, i could easily get 3 assault tanks and an buzsaw if you have 5 bikes and 30 infantry's, the projector was an crate ;)

[Devastator_Mech]

maybe hes learning. well, he is right that the AI cheats. i rushed in 30 seconds wish 5 sandbikes and 30 inf and when i got to the harks base, not far away, they had three assult tanks and 1 buzzsaw automatically. they had a projector too, but none of the assults were projections. but they did already have a buzzsaw. they steamrolled me and i quit.

Is it because you haven't scouted yet, and when your units get there, then you see the units ??

[IxianMace]

I started a topic about this in Soul Reaver's forum quite some time ago, but everyone responded to that with skepticism. I'm saying that the AI cheats because if you start a game with no pre-built base, if you scout the AI's base after you build a windtrap and a barracks, you'll find that the AI already has a refinery, windtrap, barracks, outpost, and factory!! On some occasions, by the time your scout gets to the enemy base, they're already popping up their second refinery!! :O

[Devastator_Mech]

Yeah, probably, because i saw that happen too while i only have a windtrap and barrack.

Thats why they're called in "HARD" mode, but the problem with them is they don't know how to over-produce their opponent, if they know, they'll be even better than human player.

[Timenn]

Eh, yes. He's right IxianMace. In hard mode you will build slower.

[IxianMace]

So you are saying that in 'Hard' mode, the build time for your units/structures increases, while the build time for the AI units/structures decreases, even though the price stays the same for both? :O Well that would be enough to explain it then. :D