User:Mecha

2006-04-28T21:46:11Z

Mecha:

Mechanical engineer, Electronics and controls engineer

Transports and setting up supply Lines

2006-04-28T21:42:10Z

Mecha:

Talking about transports, its a good time to mention a tactic using transports with the repeat button.

Lets say you notice that player X has left the back wall of his base in a map such as castles relatively undefended, believing that you cannot mount an airbased assault easily. (Often this is thought to be so, esp if you only use air)

To pull this off you will need a cover force of 20 odd brawlers, a similar number of air transports, -heavy transports if you wish to be serious as well as a similar number of assault units, pref heavily armoured since the first wave will have to weather most of the players fire power at least initially. Assign each of these groups numbers for quick control.

(It'd also be a good idea to consider which would be the best units for the job since you can't get down from the walls of the bases in castles easily and the assault needs to be very effective very quickly to work.)

Also make sure that you have sufficient manufacturing capacity on hand with all factories sending units to one specific area.

Select your transports make sure they all pick up their first load. the difficult part comes when you coordinate the brawler assault so that they arrive first and draw most of the flak. Fortunately they are usually faster than air transports so there shouldn't be a problem there. Your transports should arrive next but make sure that they unload to a sufficiently wide area (press u and click and drag) to avoid them trying to unload on top of each other. As soon as they have started unloading queue up the order to load from the area your new units are waiting at back in your base then go back and set the unload area again,.. If you hit the repeat button now these transports will continue to shuttle units from your base into the back of theirs.

Why this strategy is good:
-Allows ground assault in late game where you would otherwise be hampered by metal wreckage everywhere
-player X's long range artillery effect on your assault force is effectively bypassed since you can get closer that much more quickly
-also allows you to move forces past your own fortifications easily. For example press repeat then set the load and unload areas as well as a 'wait' position where your transports can go and wait safely while not transporting. This is advantageous when the ground outside your base is completely deformed and covered in wreckage. You can set up a couple of different supply routes to different areas and move forces into the different loading areas where they will automatically be shipped out.
-Once the supply routes are set up, it allows you to concentrate on the assault itself without worrying about how to get reinforcements out from your base again.

Problems with this strategy:
-Takes a fair bit of preparation and micro-management
--[[User:Mecha|Mecha]] 23:42, 28 Apr 2006 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

Strategy and Tactics

2006-04-28T21:39:33Z

Mecha: /* Common tactics */

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