House Atreides missle

[jason6789]

I just  started playing emporer, and this may seem like a stupid question but what does the atreided missle do attack?  I played harkonen and with them it was very straight forward.  But When I tried aiming atreides missle at a building to attack it nothinig happened.

Explanation please???

Thanx

[Desert_Eagle25]

well each house has a different "missile". atreides's is the hawk strike. whut the hawk strike does is it "scares" units in the area of space u attacked to retreat off the map.  so technicly all it does is make the enemy units shit themselves...LOL

[Alexander_Ordos]

Point well taken eagle  ;) Also Atreides Hawk Strike is the most prety but most uneficient superweapon ::)

[Anathema]

There is a situation where that is not the case. Suppose a bunch of laser tanks intends to drive between 2 ridges, a focal point. Hawk strike that and all tanks will drive through it and all will be affected, whereas lighting would only affect a few and Death Hand could not be precicely targeted at the right moment to destroy them.

But this is an unlikely scenario  :-/.

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

Hawk strike can`t do almost anything if you know enemy has palace and you have units in small group, gunships too. Its good if enemy doing infantry rush or have defence in base like wall.

[jacobdouds]

Well, if you know the deathhands timing well...

[Gunseng_Harkonnen]

You must have caclulation about death hand time and units speed and connect this, but even if, units don`t move in the same tome, sometimes they stand before others and then they slow down. In group its more difficult. Death hand put on moving units doesn`t work.

[Desert_Eagle25]

well, if u CAN time the amount of time it takes for a

Death-Hand missile to reach it's target..wich i have...it can protect u from overwhelming forces rushing u. just set the death-hand coordinants maybe a few meters ahead of the force, and the force will run straight into the missile when it reaches target. but of course you'd need to study unit speeds and the death-hand speed...(did i mention i have)

[Anathema]

Btw Desert Eagle, about your name...do you refer to the magnum called Desert Eagle?

[Desert_Eagle25]

well yes I do! Finally sum1 noticed!!

[Anathema]

Well you're welcome  ;).

[ImpSard]

Have you ever tried targeting enemy harvesters at the refinery?  If you can get a group of them, the Hawk Strike is great against them.  If the enemy puts refineries facing each other, one after another, it's even better.  Best chance scenario, you find 3 harvesters dumping at one refinery, or see a bunch on one spice sand one you kinda forced them onto.  Fear is such a great tool.

[Desert_Eagle25]

yes, but they are slow. and when they are in FEAR mode from the hawk strike carryalls wont wurk for the harvesters. they gotta get mobile. and once they DO reach it for the end of the map the effect would worn off.

[DjCiD]

VERY HARD TO DO... but if you time the ordos chaos lighting right to hit an enemy building as it is going up (notice it has to hit before its completed) but it will make the building go slow so they cant start a nother building untill that one is 100% done.  but like i said VERY HARD TO TIME.  it has to be buildings bigger than a wind trap too (figuring someone might try and flame me when it doesnt work):P i think they compleat way to fast.