Original RTS units/elements

[Apollyon]

What units do you really like from various RTS's. Please explan what they do and why you like them. They can be simple units or more complex ones, it doesn't matter.

For instance I like Laser Tanks because they give me a sense of power due to their good speed.

[exatreide]

Arcilite Tanks

Becouse they are good tanks, decently fast and can have the ability to be come long range artilery.

[Apollyon]

What game are they from?

Do they kinda deploy into artillery?

[exatreide]

Starcraft. Yes they do.

[Apollyon]

Are they in Brood Wars cos I don't remember them...

[exatreide]

Yes, Terren unit. Between vulture and Gol on the build menu for the war factory.

My other fav unit is the ghost, cause they kill inf like mad!

[Jack Leaf]

German tanks truly r0x! ;)

They are so powerfull, Yankees' "tupakansytyttimet" ( was it M something... :P ::) ) are nothing in front of German tanks!

[Apollyon]

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[exatreide]

yup thats them, in large groups they are very tough to destroy.

[DukeLeto]

I like the Battlecruiser. 5000 HP of pure death and destruction. Hoorah! ;D

[thomas]

I like the dirible from TA:Kingdoms, they are useless and weak alone but good in big groups, they are blimps that shoot arrows and drop explosive pots ;D

[Terror]

The knight in Total Annihilation Kingdoms. Fastest land unit in the game, among the strongest as well and can deal a lot of damage. Besides.. he looks great

Mammoth tank in Command and Conquer (Red Alert) it is a simple tank, but has great armor, weak speed and can fight off both tanks and infantry effectively

Starcraft... I like the marine, ghost, goliath, wraith, hydralisk, lurker, mutalisk, guardian, queen, defiler, zealot, dragoon, high templar, dark templar, corsair, scout, carrier and the reaver (damn that's almost all units in the game) :) i know... i can't help it.

I love the assault frigates, destroyers and heavy cruisers in Homeworld. Not only do they look massive and impressive.... the ARE massive and impressive.

Starfleet's Sovereign class starship in Star Trek Armada because it has great looks, and a nice special ability

The samurai in Battle Realms are also awsome, as they fight both with sword and bow, have great animations, look cool and say wise things. ;)

[IxianMace]

From Dune 2000, I like the "Devastator" because although it is very slow and vulnerable to attack, it has a powerful attack of it's own, and can self destruct, resulting in a massive explosion, which is very effective when properly placed.

From Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun, I like the GDI "Disruptor" tank, due to the nice 'beam' it fires, which doesn't damage friendly Disruptor units, and produces a constant stream of energy that damages every enemy unit/structure in the line of fire.

From Earth 2150, the "ThundererM2 HS" unit comes to mind. This is a large aircraft that packs heavy sonic cannons. The sonic cannons pulse sound waves out in a blast radius, with lesser damage the further away the target is from the center of the blast. Although the sound waves are absorbed by shields, and the unit has no defences against aircraft (other than to fly away, and its' heavy armour), a group of these units can level whole sections of enemy bases or destroy columns of enemy units in the absence of good shielding and anti-aircraft defences.

From Command & Conquer Generals, I like the GLA "SCUD Launcher". This is basically a large lumbering truck with a big missile on top, mounted on a firing rack, which is raised vertically when the missile is fired. This unit has good range, and inflicts heavy damage. The SCUD Launcher is also made more interesting by the fact that it can be equipped with high explosive warheads, or Anthrax warheads. ^-^

Another unit I like in particular and find interesting from this game, is the Chinese MiG. Although it's just a simple aircraft that fires two missiles, the MiGs are unique in the fact that the missiles they use to attack produce fire when they explode, and 4 MiGs firing both of their missiles (for a total of 8 missiles) on the same location can produce a large firestorm, which will continue to damage anything that it touches. Can be very entertaining at times. ;D

I think that's about it for now. ;)

[thomas]

aaah damn now because of you two I have to list all my favorite units. . . :( ok here it goes

TA:Kingdoms the dirigble, it looks cool and I like massing them, the executioner looks so damn cooler than the other basic infantry, the skeleton archer, again looks badass, really weak but good if you have executioners up front, and the black knight, not as good as knight but ranged, looks like a samurai on a yak with a long bow and the mage archer, he is awesome shoots tracking arrows fire arrows and paralyzing arrows. . .ooooh :O

Emperor:BFD the minotaurus look awesome is awesome, the ornithopter looks cool has cool animations and is good for hit and hun on harvesters, the ADP is really fun to use when setting them in spice fields ;D and last but not least my fav emp unit is the fremen warrior and sniper both good fremen can cloak and sniper can reload slow but sniper has laser sight that kicks ass. 8)

Battlerealms the samurai is awesome and super good, the bandit looks cool, the kabuki warrior does really cool giant leaps :D

WC3 the wryvern is cool and pretty good, the Blade Master is cool and funny, the archer weak but hot ;D :)

CnC: Generals the pathfinder like sniper from Emp but has cool ghille suit like the real marine snipers (BTW the US militarys snippers make their own ghille suits but camolflauges REALLY good), the cammanche is cool and when the sip to the ground destroyed I yell "BLACK HAWK DOWN" ;D oh and i also like the mig I usually make four-eight .

I think thats all.

[Terror]

ok then, i'll add some TA:K units as well

Blade demon: Fast, strong and looks absolutely nasty

Fire mage: A mage riding a triceratops like animal. Not one of the strongest.. but it has 3 spells and he looks awesome as well

Berserker: A warrior a la William Wallace

Mage archer: like Scytale described

Swordsman: I dunno, i just like him a lot

Barbarian: Big, slow but packs a large two handed sword

Assassin: Well this is a real assassin, as he can cloak, get close to the enemy and throw a deadly dagger at him, it's only effective versus living units though, undead are almost immune to it.

Drake: A smaller dragon, fast and agile... very cool

Sky Knight: Sort of bigger brother of the drake (it's a dragon actually) and there's a sky knight riding it

Dark Priest: An evil lord on a flying carpet

Zombie: Simple, slow but absolutely funny

Dark Hand: Undead guy wielding a scythe or another strange weapon, he can also turn corpses into liches and has a realy cool speach

Troll: Big green man with big double bladed axe

Hunter: A spear throwing bear, sounds weird but it's pretty cool

Basilisk: This beast can kill any living land unit in one hit with it's glowing stare, but it's kinda weak

Beast lord: A minotour that can summon other units and it wields a diabolo

Stone Giant: A giant guy made of stone that throws rocks at your units

Jungle Orc: A gorilla like beast, looks a bit different though (no hair for example) and it can hit realy hard

Crusader: Good walking warrior carrying a big shield and sword

Priest: Not that cool at first sight... but it can walk over water :D

Ballista: a single man pushing a big balista is funny, the arrows that come out of it are rather serious though

[thomas]

hmm you put in the crusades patch units too huh? well heres some more :D

griffon- a griffon with a guy throwing spears on it

merfolk - a frog looking with with a forked spear

amazon knight- a scantly clad warrior women that throws spears

[Avrillian_Sard01]

Favorite RTS units:

RA1-Soviet Heavy Tank, Mammoth Tank and Tesla Tank. I like the H. Tank because even if its the Soviet's basic unit, its a powerful tank. Mammoth Tank due to its size (and because it kills both infantry and vehicles, including air units), and I like the Tesla Tank because it has a longer range than the updated RA2 version (and because it kills both inf. and tanks effectively, properly used. It's speed is also good.) I also like the Allied Light Tank. Fast and perfect for squishfests. Missile subs are effective against buildings and vehicles and especially infantry, and can be used as AA defense (on guard mode).

Dune 2000-Sonic Tank...more durable than the Empy version...

RA2-Apocalypse Atomic Tank - Brute force. 'Nuff said. Prism Tanks-Long-range desruction... Oh, and I like the Giant Squid...when it wraps its tentacles on a ship...reminds me of scary sea creatures in the movies...downright cool. And from Yuri's Revenge...The Floating Disk...Who wants a "Mars Attacks" scenario? LOL! Another YR unit is the Allied Battle Fortress. You can use it not only as an assault vehicle, it is also useful when creating a better mastermind.

Emperor:Battle For Dune- Devastator and Adv. Carryall. Neither cannot live w/o the other, unless you use Devs as stationary defense... W/ that aside, Devastator=brute power + Adv. Carryall=Mobile force to be reckoned w/. I also like Minos and Kobras and Las Tanks. Minos for range and firepower, Kobras w/c are useful as base defense on high plateaus w/ space, but are also good when used offensively. I also am fond of the Atr. Repair vehicle...heck, thats the only way you can repair vehicles in the game...

I also like Sards (now, I don't wish to set the mood for another Sards vs Fremen thing), since their Miniguns look mean. And are effectively mean, if I may add...

Generals-Hmm...Nuke Cannons, Overlords, Paladins, Marauders, Crusaders, MiGs, Comanches, Jarmen Kell, Col. Burton, Black Lotus, Technicals, Rocket Buggies, Bomb Trucks (Waitaminute, that's almost all units in the game.) I like em all anyway for their abilities and uses... :P

More to come!!!

[thomas]

heres more of my favorites from TA:K

horseman- knights younger brother an guy on a horse with a flail, still stronger than Black Knight

parrot/gargoyle/spyhawk/bat- weak flying units that cant attack but are good for spying

musketeer- guy with a musket

warrior- a greek warrior that looks liek a hoplie with a short sword, weaker than swordsman but looks cool with the corinthian helmet

trebuchet ship- a three hulled boat (trimaran) that has a trebuchet mounted on it, nice for ocean shieges on islands or on bases near the water, hella-good range and damage

harpoon ship- fairly fast ship that hasa ballista mounted on it bow er front

man of war - a cannon galley like hte aramon war galley

goblin- super weak and super crappy small melee units, I like to kill em with my superior dirigibles ;D

iron beak - oversized crows that poop out (err rather lay but if they are make iron beaks?) explosive eggs

fire demon- these really piss me off, they can shoot fireballs distances just out of most defensive weapons sight >:(

[ExSPlug]

Sdune2

Fermen sandworm!

C&C

Stealth tanks, blocking the road and see the AI units jammed there is always fun ;D

C&C Tiberium Sun

Orca bomber, now that's what I call bombing...

Starcraft

Marines, never found a basic unit so useful...

AoC

Mangudai, look cool and is cool

AoM

Throwing axeman, I actually got called a lamer using them ;)

Fenris wolves, the group attack bonus is just too good.

[thomas]

SC

marine good and look cool

goliath mechs that just rock

zerglings- twenty of these may be weak compared agaisnt a few goliaths but htey look awesome in swarms . . . starship troopers anyone?

carrier- use fast build cheat and lots o money cheat in a custom game agaist the AI and make twenty of these ;D ;D ;D