To me, power is the best choice but barraks is the next improtant. I base that on the fact that so many times over a team has only a barraks defend itself well enough against vehicls and infantry.

Base defenses dont have to go first, I have destroyed 3 buildings on City as the GDI before I took out their obalisk. First I went for the Hand ( a team without a hand 5 min in the game is screwed over), then got their airfeld and then their tiberium refinery. Must I stress WITH THEIR POWER AND OBALISK STILL WORKING.

but it doesnt realy matter.. asl long as you win in the end

2- If the map has no "D", then for GDI it is the Nod barracks, you want to eliminate that Black Hand ASAP, if you don't, you're screwed, especially when they start running around with nukes.

But if you take out the power plant, the cost is 800$ plus 1000$ for a beacon, so power plant 1st is still the best choice.

With base defenses:

1. PowerPlant
2. Airstrip
3. Hand of Nod
4. Refinery
5. Obelisk

Without Base defenses:

1. Hand of Nod
2. Airstrip
3. Refinery
4. Power Plant

Nod:

With base defenses:

1. Power Plant
2. Weapons Factory
3. Barracks
4. Refinery
5. AGT

Without base defenses:

1. Weapons Factory
2. Barracks
3. Refinery
4. Power Plant

That's my personal preference in general, but with certain maps it changes.

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Originally posted by Ultron10:
The building i would take out first would be the airstrip/weapons factory to stop those deadly tank rushes.

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I agree. I think if you take out the armor asap, you have a big advantage. APC's can run over most $1000 characters AND they get engs to a base to destroy a building fast. Plus, since you have armor and they don't, their harvester is toast the rest of the game.

Then it would be time to go for the Power Plant. Make characters cost more and doesn't it also knock out the AGT/Obelisk if they don't have power? Kill two birds with one stone.

I also think a big part depends on the map you are playing and how it is laid out.

non defensive structors I'd say tiberium refinary or hand of nod.

For Nod, the Refinery/Hand is usualy my first target.

I think of it this way when I choose which to destroy:
With Barraks= advanced infantry and techies to repair building faster
No barraks= no advanced infantry, no pestry little people who can kill your tank easily
With Factory= vehicles "better than infantry" most ALOT EASIER TO SEE AND SHOOT AT!!!!!
No Factory= you get overwhelmed with little infantry that can dish out some good damage

then their ore ref
so the only way to get fund now is to kill some or something (and that will be alot doing to everything costing double)

barracks
they cant get any good guys to do alot of damage to get any funds (why not war fac u ask ...well b/c there humvee already costs 700 and the rest higher)

war fac
of course to end the game ...
and if there is a gdi or oblisk ...
(if the powers cut) save it for last b/c its useless

In map without base defenses:
1)Power Plant (Increases cost of units)
2)Hand of Nod / Infantry Barracks
3)Airstrip / Weapons Factory

Remember that the power plant is the most vulnerable building in those maps but hourglass. Then, it might be destroyed first to increase enemy units' cost and turn its base power off-line then the base defenses will also be offline.

If oyu plan to place a beacon, place it outside the structure VERY near of it, then the enemy will loose time searching for it inside and might not have time to disable it in time.

Another good way to destroy the enemy structure is infiltrating a Hotwire or Technician and plant all C4 explosives on it. After explode the remote C4, plant the timed ones and use the proximity one to cover the time ones, then the enemy will be forced to disable the proximity ones first, loosing time; then the timed C4 explodes and the structure is down.

Hope you enjoy my tips!

But when i'm nod i always try to take their weapons-factory first and then dedstroy their harvester -> they are not able to build a new one.

IMHO are the powerplant(makes the defenses useless) and the weapons-factory/airstrip(makes the rafinery useless) the best buildings to destroy.

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Originally posted by StarHawk:
I agree. I think if you take out the armor asap, you have a big advantage. APC's can run over most $1000 characters AND they get engs to a base to destroy a building fast. Plus, since you have armor and they don't, their harvester is toast the rest of the game.

Then it would be time to go for the Power Plant. Make characters cost more and doesn't it also knock out the AGT/Obelisk if they don't have power? Kill two birds with one stone.

I also think a big part depends on the map you are playing and how it is laid out.

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I also agree. I think it's wise to take out the main production facilities first (weapons factory/airstrip). It helps defense and offense greatly when you don't have mammoths or flame tanks, etc. to worry about, and most of the time, the enemy won't have it easy getting to your base with infantry.

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I'd like to amend my first post. In all honesty what I said makes sense but I usually go for whatever I can hit and remain out of range.

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i agree, especially on maps with defense. some maps allow you to attack a building outside of defense range and doing that keeps them busy repairing. i'm not much of a rusher and have yet to take out a building as a tech or hotwire with c4, and only once with a beacon. but for those of you that do, i can't think of a building that won't hurt the enemy if they lose it. can you??

[ April 05, 2002: Message edited by: bigbeanx ]