Strategies and Reviews

[Gobalopper]

What more could you ask for? The last day of Tips & Tricks week has come to a close with Cliff (Devinoch) sharing some of his and a whole lot of reviews to check out.

* You'll be surprised how many people still fall for an APC full of engineers being airlifted in by an advanced carryall. A good addition to this is to have a turret of some kind ready (generally the one that takes longer to build -- Popup for Ordos, Missile for Atreides, Gun for Harkonnen) and the minute you have stolen a building, put the turret down next to it. Taking someone's base this way is a lot of fun.

* Be sure to keep some infantry and some anti-air near your spice fields, to prevent enemies hunting your carryalls.

* Speaking of hunting carryalls, place an anti-air unit (the Atreides Air Drones are especially useful) over spice fields to shoot down your opponent's carryalls and slow his production rate.

* Go for the "Fremen sneak." Use a small force of troops to lure your opponent's forces into an open area and then sneak Fremen Feydakin up behind to catch your opponent in a crossfire.

* Keep some long-range artillery units (Ordos Kobras, Atreides Minotauruses, Harkonnen Inkvines, Ordos Mortar infantry) on high ground overlooking spice fields with a few scouts next to them. This will keep opponents out of your spice field.

* To give your enemy some serious cash flow problems, watch for any harvesters of his that aren't guarded by air defense. Then fly an advanced carryall over and pick it up. Once up, cart it back to your base and drop it down by your front door, where your troops can obliterate it.

* The best place to use the Atreides Hawk Strike is on fast moving units (Ordos Laser Tanks, Harkonnen Gunships, Atreides Ornithopters). Watching someone's entire air army fly off the map is hysterical.

* If you're airdropping a heavy artillery in (Devastator, Kobra, Minotaurus) -- go for the power stations first. Cutting off his power means you can usually airlift in a lot more reinforcements.

* By far the meanest tactic in my arsenal, however, is the harvester steal. Hunt down all of your enemies harvesters but one, and pick up that last one with an Advanced Carryall. Then fly the Advanced Carryall to the most obscure corner of the map -- do not destroy the harvester. As long as you have his harvester in the air, but not destroyed, he won't get a new free one, and his economy is at a dead stop.

And now for the reviews there are a number today; FHM (5/5), Entertainment Depot (6/10), Gamers Pulse (80/100), Gamezilla (72/100), Action Trip (89/100), FRAGtopia (n/a), and GamePower (3/4). I think that is enough reviews for tonight. :)