A Light Infantry Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 I want to know why in Dune 2000 they didnt keep the Infantry types. I mean, in dune 2, you got a group of 1 or 3 infantry. That would be useful in D2k, as infantry(which I love) would live longer. They get crushed easy, and are difficult to kill with.
Anathema Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 They mainly got the infantry squad in Dune2 because you could only select one unit at a time. Now you can easily select dozens.
Timenn Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 You can now just create your own troops of 3 by building 3 of them. They will fire as 3, they will behave like 3, and they will die like 3
Boba Fett Posted February 6, 2003 Posted February 6, 2003 Yeah, think of brighter things, Timenn. Like the possibility of a 3rd world war if Bush decides to attack Iraq. Or 5 inf instead of 3 being mowed down together, run over together, having their bodies desecrated together on the harsh, dry sands of Dune.
Inoculator9 Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 Again, very grim. Think happy thoughts everyone.
shygirl4 Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 Why would anyone want to build groups of infantry men at best , they are worse than useless , forget infantry men , and build tanks , that way you might win occasionaly.
Inoculator9 Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 My opinion exactly, tanks can cover all fields of battle.
gryphon Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 On some maps infantry has some use. Think of verry rocky environments. You can make a D-tour with an army of tank, or choose a possible faster route only infantry can travel through. Combined with engeneers it might even work.
Boba Fett Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 Yeah,another adv inf have over tanx is that is that if an enemy inf manages to reach close to ur defending army, and u have seige/sonic tanks there, the possibility of other units, esp. urs getting damaged too, is very high. Trikes are useful in this case, but a squad of inf are cheaper and work faster. And, of course, this way there is always the added pleasure of hearing vehicles blow up along with hearing the inf being desecrated and having their body parts spread out on the harsh, dry sands of Dune. Sorry inoculator, but I really like this line. And, if I may say so myself, I'm quite a little, sweet sadist, thinking almost all the time of inf being desecrated and having their body parts spread out over the harsh, dry sands of Dune. The rest of the time I'm thinking of their bodies being desecrated and their body parts being spread out over some other place, like the blue, cold, clear and murky waters of Caladan. For, as the saying goes, where there is clear water, there is murky water somewhere else. Or is it where there is joy, there is sorrow somewhere else?
ijw Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 people underestimate infantry if you have 3 barracks pumping inf out as well as your other units b4 a big fight and they havn't botherd you should win everytime infantry are v cheap and build quick (more untis = more firepower meaning they die quicker = more targets for them to hit which takes them longer to kill - even if they die easy they still got to shoot them which means less shots going to your armour while theres are getting pounded-)i never used to stop building inf all game.....(having higher than standard res. helps a lot with that coz they all on screen at same time so u just click click click while your doing other bits n peices)
ken124578 Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 Hmm... *tries to move the thread* *acces denied* argh :-This topic belongs in the dune2000 strat board IMO.btw. are there hit 'n run units in dune2000 (like emp) or is it a buy-as-many-strong-units-as-possible game?
Timenn Posted February 16, 2003 Posted February 16, 2003 It is not really hit 'n run as you have in Emperor. But whole Dune2k is build up different then Emperor. So there are many more differences
Boba Fett Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 Sorry to post this in the wrong place, but I've become a desert mongoose! Whoopie!Btw- What the hell is a desert mongoose?
Andrew Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 Sorry to post this in the wrong place, but I've become a desert mongoose! Whoopie!Btw- What the hell is a desert mongoose?I beleive it is a unit in Dune Emperor game. if not then it has to do with the duniverse.
Major_Gilbear Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 The names of the post-count ranks roughly correspont to the ranks that you were awarded as you completed missions in Dune2. Higher ranks like Naib are not from the game.Also, a desert mongoose is a desert-dwelling animal in Dune. This is where the EBFD unit (the Mongoose) gets its name.Now someone lock this thread please, I reckon it's about finished... ::)
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