Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Efficient bombing

Here's how many unupgraded bombers you need to destroy a target (no health upgrades and shields) in one run:
BASIC BUILDINGS
Mass Extractor: 17
Power Generator: 13
Research Station: 26*
Radar Installation: 5
Point Defense: 17
Anti-Air Tower: 19 (UEF), 16 (Illuminate), 13 (Cybran)
Land/Air Factory: 32*
OTHER BUILDINGS
Sea Factory: 42*
Mass Convertor: 11*
Tactical Missile Launcher: 9
Fortified Artillery: 22
Recycler: 26*
Experimental Gantry: 84*
UNITS
Commander: 84*
Engineer: 8
Tank: 7
Assault Bot: 5
Mobile Missile Launcher: 4
Mobile Artillery: 4
Mobile Anti-Air: 4
Shotja: 4
EXPERIMENTALS
Fatboy: 42*
Megalith: 40*
Cicada: 84*
Urchinow: 67*
NAVY
Mastadon: 15
Salem Class: 19
Poseidon: 42*
Executioner Class: 38*
* = Illuminate and Cybran bombers need one less bomber to destroy this target.|||Thanks. That's useful to have on hand.|||NuclearPizza|||Nephylim|||One of the main problems with the cicada is that the range is too long. It can just sit back and not get shot at all while the invisible units just murder everything.
Thx for posting nuclear.|||Its way faster than minor experimentals. Coupled with assault bot speed (15% catch up bonus!), it has speed 4. Thats all you need. Even if the other guy has multiple experimentals, you can have multiple cicadas. Your bots do all the rest.|||DaemonicKnight|||Nephylim|||Nephylim|||Soo back on topic... what about with cluster bomb or scorch bomb upgrade?|||Domenic|||NuclearPizza|||It is the AOE that is far worse for killing land. Gunships are used against anything with base shields (that aren't cybran)|||Bastilean|||Nephylim|||Although you must agree, Vulthoos with flares are a pain in the backside to take down. The only thing Broadswords have going for them is the megafortress that makes them and that they're on the way to the Terror|||Manta|||Actually against any other faction but cybran gunships are better because of the stacking shields. This means that cybran has the best gunships because they fire faster than the other 2 factions as well as doing more damage and still having the invulnerable state using stacking shields (invulnerable state does not apply against bomb bouncers/structure destruct/mass air).|||But that still doesn't mean they're used, Cybrans get the worst Air to Air abilities to protect their gunships with, and surface to air AA is generally very bad against gunships anyway. So anyone sensible who sees renegades will make an airforce to take it down with because they know it will work.|||Also, why is the intellitron never used? Common sense: Theyre only effectiver in 4v4 maps where radar doesnt reach the other bases. In what games do you see a cybran going air, AND having 7 RP to spend on the thing?
I rest my case.

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