Rushing - Revision history

Seanheron: forgot to remove category

2009-08-08T16:08:12Z

forgot to remove category

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Seanheron: some of the info might be worth taking - most is outdated though ("in AA..."; "see Final Frontier..", "units can't fire through each other")

2009-08-08T16:07:44Z

some of the info might be worth taking - most is outdated though ("in AA..."; "see Final Frontier..", "units can't fire through each other")

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	A "rush" refers to pushing out an early attack, especially in a two player game. In some games, this is at heavy expense to the mid and late game or even crippling your economy in the hope of an uncontested victory; for example the "three-pool rush" (or even worker rush) in Starcraft, or a "Guardian rush" in Dawn of War, both of which will lose you the game if unsuccessful. This is not necessarily the case with TA however, though if the player on the recieving end of the rush can successfully repel it they <i>can</i> come out with an advantage.		A "rush" refers to pushing out an early attack, especially in a two player game. In some games, this is at heavy expense to the mid and late game or even crippling your economy in the hope of an uncontested victory; for example the "three-pool rush" (or even worker rush) in Starcraft, or a "Guardian rush" in Dawn of War, both of which will lose you the game if unsuccessful. This is not necessarily the case with TA however, though if the player on the recieving end of the rush can successfully repel it they <i>can</i> come out with an advantage.

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	As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.		As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.
	~~See [[Glossary]]~~

Fc14159 at 00:41, 29 February 2008

2008-02-29T00:41:01Z

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	As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.		As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.

	~~90% of all players employ this tactic!!!! If all your buildings are destroyed this way, you'll be banned and hated for life!~~

	See [[Glossary]]		See [[Glossary]]

What at 02:10, 12 January 2008

2008-01-12T02:10:24Z

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	As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.		As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.

			90% of all players employ this tactic!!!! If all your buildings are destroyed this way, you'll be banned and hated for life!

	See [[Glossary]]		See [[Glossary]]

Neddiedrow at 20:31, 2 October 2006

2006-10-02T20:31:05Z

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	In AA, a good anti-rush tactic is building a LLT near the center of your base early on, and adding others near metal extractors and energy plants as necessary. Since units in Spring can't fire through each other, this prevents your enemy from microing their rush units to keep them on the other side of your first factory (or a block of other structures) from your Commander. Keep doing this throughout the game to discourage raiders, but don't try to cover your entire base. Keeping some fast mobile units in reserve to respond to raids is a much better idea. (Cite: SwiftSpear and Lathan's discussion in [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4206 this thread].)		In AA, a good anti-rush tactic is building a LLT near the center of your base early on, and adding others near metal extractors and energy plants as necessary. Since units in Spring can't fire through each other, this prevents your enemy from microing their rush units to keep them on the other side of your first factory (or a block of other structures) from your Commander. Keep doing this throughout the game to discourage raiders, but don't try to cover your entire base. Keeping some fast mobile units in reserve to respond to raids is a much better idea. (Cite: SwiftSpear and Lathan's discussion in [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4206 this thread].)

			'''Mod Specific Notes'''

			As a Strategy, Rushing is generally effective in most balanced mods. Cases where Rushing may not be effective include Optimus Prime's Final Frontier, among others.

	See [[Glossary]]		See [[Glossary]]

Redstar at 17:33, 22 September 2006

2006-09-22T17:33:37Z

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SeanHeron: changed the category

2006-03-15T08:48:50Z

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2006-03-15T08:24:57Z

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Egarwaen: Added a blurb on anti-rush tactics in AA.

2006-03-14T17:33:17Z

Added a blurb on anti-rush tactics in AA.

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	If you are on the receiving end of a rush the way you can gain an advantage is by reclaiming the metal from the attacking units. However, one of the biggest dangers of being on the receiving end of the rush is the amount of time you spend handling it. To this end a quick thing to do is to set a constuction unit on patrol around your base to suck up the metal - this will also repair partially damaged buildings etc. If you end up microing your con-unit, any advantage you get from reclaiming metal will be gone - the next attack will arrive before you've had any advantage from the metal you reclaimed.		If you are on the receiving end of a rush the way you can gain an advantage is by reclaiming the metal from the attacking units. However, one of the biggest dangers of being on the receiving end of the rush is the amount of time you spend handling it. To this end a quick thing to do is to set a constuction unit on patrol around your base to suck up the metal - this will also repair partially damaged buildings etc. If you end up microing your con-unit, any advantage you get from reclaiming metal will be gone - the next attack will arrive before you've had any advantage from the metal you reclaimed.
	Another useful function is the reclaim area function. click reclaim hold and drag and your unit will reclaim all in that green circle! :)		Another useful function is the reclaim area function. click reclaim hold and drag and your unit will reclaim all in that green circle! :)

			In AA, a good anti-rush tactic is building a LLT near the center of your base early on, and adding others near metal extractors and energy plants as necessary. Since units in Spring can't fire through each other, this prevents your enemy from microing their rush units to keep them on the other side of your first factory (or a block of other structures) from your Commander. Keep doing this throughout the game to discourage raiders, but don't try to cover your entire base. Keeping some fast mobile units in reserve to respond to raids is a much better idea. (Cite: SwiftSpear and Lathan's discussion in [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4206 this thread].)

	See [[Glossary]]		See [[Glossary]]

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80.42.235.151 at 22:51, 15 July 2005

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	If you are on the receiving end of a rush the way you can gain an advantage is by reclaiming the metal from the attacking units. However, one of the biggest dangers of being on the receiving end of the rush is the amount of time you spend handling it. To this end a quick thing to do is to set a constuction unit on patrol around your base to suck up the metal - this will also repair partially damaged buildings etc. If you end up microing your con-unit, any advantage you get from reclaiming metal will be gone - the next attack will arrive before you've had any advantage from the metal you reclaimed.		If you are on the receiving end of a rush the way you can gain an advantage is by reclaiming the metal from the attacking units. However, one of the biggest dangers of being on the receiving end of the rush is the amount of time you spend handling it. To this end a quick thing to do is to set a constuction unit on patrol around your base to suck up the metal - this will also repair partially damaged buildings etc. If you end up microing your con-unit, any advantage you get from reclaiming metal will be gone - the next attack will arrive before you've had any advantage from the metal you reclaimed.
			Another useful function is the reclaim area function. click reclaim hold and drag and your unit will reclaim all in that green circle! :)

	See [[Glossary]]		See [[Glossary]]

	Back to [[Strategy_and_Tactics]]		Back to [[Strategy_and_Tactics]]