What is the best house to play as and why?

Muad dib · January 15, 2003

I know that most of y'all will argue that the house that you are confortable with is the best. Just tell me why. And if someone knows all of them very well, talk about the disadvanages for all the houses.

emprworm · January 15, 2003

"What is the best house to play as and why?"

none of them, because if you play only one house, you will be an unbalanced player.

Harkdawg · January 15, 2003

lol, u hoping u get answer how to win every game bu choosing godlike houses ? lol

Again, there aint such thing as best house acctually, its all relative. I think it comes down to the player. Players favour one house over other, and say " oh i got this i kill ure that" and other guy says " oh no i got this and i kill ure that" lol.

If u know ure way around houses, and handle em good, u can easily beat ppl who got no clue. As u get matched with somone more equal with ure skill it gets harder and harder.

Someone plays Ordos and wins a lot, then comes someone and beats him with harks, its relative. Would u say now Harkonnen are best? Hell no, lol

Itś the player and how good is he.

Every person has hes favourites and will stick to them.

Mad Rhetoric · January 15, 2003

As I said in you Best Subhouse thread,there is no best house or sub-house.

I prefer Atreides or Ordos,the Harkonnen are just too slow for my likings,although they have some nice turrets.

I like Atreides because they are good at turtling,and their infantry veterancy.They also have some nice turrets,and their Air Drones are death to air units.

Ordos.....hmmm...Awesome Rushers!

GhostHunter · January 16, 2003

This is one of these stupid threads like does god exist or relegions........

This cant be proven which house is best to play as, quote me anytime on this "The House does not make the player, but the player makes the House"

rigel6669 · January 16, 2003

EBFD is well balanced and i agree that there is no best house. A good way to become a better player is to change houses/subhouses regulary.

ken124578 · January 16, 2003

Wel, if you really want to be a good player, play with harkonen AND ordos, i wont give any explanations, just DO IT.

sycplayer · January 29, 2003

just find a team thats suits how u play (agressive ect.)i am ordos

lowzeewee · January 30, 2003

all houses are good dAMMIT

die4honr · January 30, 2003

It really jus depends how the person is like. If he/she likes fast units that are effective then they should choose ordos. If they like tough units that have big armor then theyshould use hark. If a person likes powerful well balanced house then atredies is the way to go. I prefer ordos because they are quick and can cause a lot of damage.

sycplayer · January 31, 2003

same here die ;)

Timenn · January 31, 2003

My favorite House is Ordos. But I can understand that other people like other Houses more. That's quite logical ofcourse :)

krabicka3 · February 9, 2003

Ordos r very effective with posibillity to fire while moving.But AIR DEFENCE is their's BIGGEST WEAKNESS!!!

Inoculator9 · February 9, 2003

Well, I won the Atreides campaign faster then the others. It's just the house who's tactics suit you the best. There is a best house or subhouse, but it's on an individual basis.

ken124578 · February 9, 2003

all houses are good dAMMIT

All houses are good if they're in the right hands, an ordos player for example will easily be killed with atreides since House ordos is build for rushing purposes, and Atreides is not.

Scy · February 9, 2003

Yeah Guys! ;D! But they are few things may u recommend each house!like Ordos in Desert maps with many spice places!!

I thing to play all house that make win easy, because u will learn many things about all unit's in emperor!

ken124578 · February 9, 2003

Ordos = small maps with alot of open spaces (knife fight)

harkonen = same i guess.

Atreides = big map.

Navaros · February 10, 2003

The best house is Hark. The best Hark player will always beat the best player of either other House. Hark has the strongest and most powerful units (for the most part). Starting Hark units can beat starting Ordos units. In the late game, Ordos is dead by gunships vs. Hark but chances are a good Hark will beat a good Ordos faster than that anyhow.

Atreides has no good chance against the other 2 Houses in the early game . The best Hark player will also know the unstoppable strat to beat any Atreides, no matter what - in mid-late game, too.

Atreides will beat neither house in the early game, so Atreides is therefore the worst house. That's the easiest part to the equation. Atreides needs a lot of time to Win. Muddle him up before he has that time, and Atreides loses. The only remaining question is which is better between Hark and Ordos, both of which are strong at all stages of the game.

Ordos will likewise beat Atreides in the early game - but not Hark - if the Hark player knows what he's doing. Certainly not in the late game vs. Gunships tho, unless the Ordos is reallllly slick, but for the sake of simplicity we can put it in terms that; it is a lot easier for Hark to beat the other 2 houses than it is for the other Houses to beat Hark. Then again, Ordos does have a very under-used strat which is definitely one of the most very powerful in the game, and if that strat was taken into consideration then indeed the toss-up between if Hark is better than Ordos would be almost impossible to distinguish.

But, based on how most people play Emperor, Hark is the best House.

ken124578 · February 10, 2003

Lol, if you really do want my opinion.

Ordos rules, mortar infantry combined with dustscouts easily destroy an harkonen army, assault tanks? no problem, lasertanks will get them.

More harkonen junk? no problem, some kobra's combined with lasers will do the job perfectly.

Gunships? awh... i must've been too slow with destroying you, doesn't matter, you can't destroy ALL my kobra's with a few gunships.

It really does depend on which house you like, just because Atreides needs some time doesn't mean that they're weak and cannot win, just because harkonen units are stronger then the average emperor unit doesn't mean that harkonen will victor in every situation.

Harkdawg · February 10, 2003

ummm if ure both that sure, id be happy to play u both on any map with any settings, ill be atreides.

ken124578 · February 10, 2003

You already played against me :P Anyway, all houses are good in the right hands, it's not that hard to remember.

NetWerx1 · February 20, 2003

Best Atr Horde: Air drones, minos, gooses, snipers and kindjal

Best Hark Horde:Flamers, Assaults, Missiles, Devas, Inkvine

Best Ordos Horde: Mortar Inf, AA inf, Kobras, laser, dusties

ken124578 · February 21, 2003

Best Ordos Horde: Mortar Inf, AA inf, Kobras, laser, dusties

Kobra's, lasertanks, fedaykins, sardaukar elite's, this should be more then enough to win, if you have weakened your opponent instead of camping in your base.

Muad dib · February 21, 2003

After all these posts I realized that each house balances out the other. If one house is stronger in one way their weaker in the other.

ken124578 · February 21, 2003

E:BFD(emperor battle for dune) is IMO one of the most balanced games out there.

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