2. Air harvester attacks. It doesnt shoot back, so it should be easy to attack them from the air...even if the missiles dont do much damage...land, get out...plant c4, and then get back in and fly off

3. Snipers-o-Rama. Snipers love nothing more than high places to snipe from. With the new access to rooftops, its going to be a real headshot fest for anyone on foot.

4. Kamikazee attacks? Stick a bunch of proxies/C4 on the nose of an orca and slam it into an enemy tank

5. Cool air support. An engineer could fly around, repairing units as needed all over the map (provided its safe for them to land and jump out).

These are just off the top of my head...can anyone think of any more? I'd like to hear the Beta testers theories/experiences too.

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Originally posted by Blazer:
1. Combined aircraft/APC eng rush. one APC and 2-3 aircraft penetrate the base. The oblisc/AGT wont be able to target/destroy them all. A combined effort of 3 ppl should be able to destroy any building...repeat as necessary.

2. Air harvester attacks. It doesnt shoot back, so it should be easy to attack them from the air...even if the missiles dont do much damage...land, get out...plant c4, and then get back in and fly off

3. Snipers-o-Rama. Snipers love nothing more than high places to snipe from. With the new access to rooftops, its going to be a real headshot fest for anyone on foot.

4. Kamikazee attacks? Stick a bunch of proxies/C4 on the nose of an orca and slam it into an enemy tank

5. Cool air support. An engineer could fly around, repairing units as needed all over the map (provided its safe for them to land and jump out).

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most of those tactics work great with vehicles too

1. try rushing with 4 apcs, the obelisk/agt wont be able to target all

2. humvee -> park next to harvester -> plant c4 -> shoot at it with your weapon -> drive back -> repeat | thats much quicker i think, than everytime landing and starting off

3. agree

4. try with every other quick vehicle

5. i use a humvee to drive around or get lifted by teammates

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Originally posted by ArmorAce..:
With flying theres no terrain or obstacles(rocks, light poles) so youll be able to do all those attacks faster and easier. Unless you crash into an enemy aircraft.

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Exactly! Think about it...usually what stops an APC rush is either going around that **** corner and getting one strike too many by the oblisc, or some tank or something is in your way. With the open skies, penetrating the defenses should be cake.

In the single player missions as many know, aircraft can be destroyed by any vehicle/unit you happen to be using.

This just aint right and I'm hoping westwood takes into consideration how much this would make the game suck in multiplayer.

In the golden years of CnC, only anti-air missles from certain vehicles {mammoth, recon bike, etc.} and rocket soldiers could attack aircraft in the air.

They were also vulnerable to the GDI Tower and SAM sites and eventually watercraft.

This is how it should be. Whats the point of taking to the air if every unit and vehicle is capable of bringing you down. You'd be a sitting duck{err... flapping duck}

The game should continue as it was in origin.
Aircraft have an advantage because they are an advantage. It doesnt make it unfair,it makes it real.
Lets hope Westwood feels the same.

[ March 29, 2002: Message edited by: Muffdyvah ]

[ March 29, 2002: Message edited by: Muffdyvah ]

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Originally posted by Blazer:
With the open skies, penetrating the defenses should be cake.

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you guys have to realize that the apaches are 200/200 and the chinooks are the same as the APCs in health, plus, for the chinooks to be effective, they must fly high to avoid confrontations, however, when they fly high they are taking a chance, cuz if they are shot down, EVERYONE inside is killed from the crash.

I'm sure that alot of infantry will be effective against air anyway

it wont be THAT easy

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Nothing will be on the ground. Everyone will wanna flying unit. There wont be to many tanks goin around and fighing, it will be full Air to Air combat.

SO a good force needs to be balanced. Having a few flying units along with the everyday tank and infantry force will beat ANY opponent using just air.

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Originally posted by Nuke-um:
SO a good force needs to be balanced. Having a few flying units along with the everyday tank and infantry force will beat ANY opponent using just air.

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yep,

balance is the key to this game

too many of one type of unit (infantry, tanks, or now soon-to-be aircraft) is a bad thing

BALANCE!