Some great ideas: Getting sick of those people who think that tank rushing is the only tactic? Me too. The funny thing is... it's easily defeated! There are many ways to slow or even stop a tank rush. The key is to deprive your oppponent of resources early in the game. And DON'T let up or give your opponent time to recover completely.
How?
Allies: Build a squad of "Ore Truck Bashers" consisting of about 8-12 Light Tanks. Light Tanks are better for this job because they're just so darn fast! Constantly harrass and destroy the enemy ore trucks using quick strikes... get in, strike, get out. Simple. Keep them all in the same group. 8 Light Tanks will make quick work of an ore truck. Even if your opponent manages to bring his ore truck back in before it gets killed, he'll either: a)repair it(which costs valuable resources) or b) send it back out(which makes for a slower, weaker, and even easier target).
Is there a usable amount of water on the map? Build at least 2 naval yards early on. Get the tech center up and running quickly also and build 2 cruisers, and about 4 destroyers. Now build a transport. Group all these units together and put them into formation ('F' key). Now, whenever you move the entire group, the cruisers and destroyer will move at the same rate as the transport, allowing for devastating offensive power from your armada of ships. You may want to put a Tanya or two into the transport also, for added destruction. Unless your opponent has a TON of subs his base is going to get trashed very quickly. The Destroyers are also able to attack at a healthy distance, just watch out for those pesky subs. Destroyers are excellent escorts... the more you have, the safer your cruisers are.
What if there's no water? Use a combination of about 2 Medium Tanks for every Light Tank. Build a lot of tanks, but DO NOT rush. Use small quick strikes against vital targets. Send the Light Tanks directly to the target to destroy it, but let the Medium Tanks hang back to offer protection from enemy units. Also a good idea: include several Rocket Infantry to give any air opposition a really bad day; if there are no enemy air units, sick them on teslas or the main target... they do a surprising amount of damage when in groups. Always keep adequate base defense consisting of clusters of 2 turrets and a camo pillbox at major choke points or entrances to your base. Build them in this pattern:
P
T T
p=camo pillbox, T=turret
In the space between the 2 turrets, you can put 5 rocket infantry to discourage air attacks on that particular array of defense. If your enemy insists on coming this way, build 2 or even 3 of these clusters in good spots. Keep your main tank force behind this line; let the turrets do as much work as they can. Another very effective Anti-Tank strategy for the Allies is the Anti-Tank minelayer... many a would-be tank rusher has fallen victim to the literally dozens mines that I place at major access points around the perimeter of my base. Mining their ore fields ia also a VERYresource draining tactic if you can sneak a minelayer in there. Not
only will it trash their ore trucks it will destroy the ore in that space, even if your opponent shoots the mine to destroy it. USE the AT Minelayer. It is a very useful unit, even if you only have 1 or 2 of them, they are worth building... By the time your enemy realizes that his tanks are running over a mine field, Half of his tanks will be gone and the other half will have already been damaged.
I know this is long winded and I apologize, but I just wanted to prove that Tank Rushes are not impossible to defeat. Try these tactics out,
and if you don't like them or find them useful, throw them away and e-mail me a better solution! I'd like to hear them. I love the
strategy! Don't forget to blanket your base with gap generators EARLY! Very useful to slow down enemy air assaults. If they can't see a
target, they can't hit it. Tactic from Frizzlefried at frizzlefried@geocities.com.
Tactic of the week
June 23-June 30
New tactic:
in skirmish mode ally with the com and send 2 tanks into its base. force fire on thier cons yard until red then send chinook with 5 engineers into base unload, break aliance,rush them in ,and re-ally.whenits the other guy(sov,allys) you get thier buildings . build them in your base and then break the alliance. works pretty good for me Tactic from Judith Triplett at jtriplet@concentric.net
Tactic of the day
June 22
Bye bye Radar!: If you are Allies, build a Chrnoshift and a Radar Jammer. Then when your Chrnoshift is ready, send the Radar Jammer RIGHT next to the Radar dome (right under is fine). This will cause your enemy's radar screen to blank out for a few minutes! (great for an attack!). Tactic from DBest2222 at DBest2222@aol.com.
