03-15-2006, 02:36 AM
I didn't install the xfire thing myself. Didn't feel it was necessary really, at least at the moment. Might be later, not sure though.
I'd get it, especially if you and I try out MP. I've got the latest updates for it, so you'd have to have'em before we could play.
Some pointers: diversify your forces and get as much as possible. You go through infantry units a little faster than armor though, so try to have more of them vs the others. But still diversify and have several of each type that you can get.
Second, focus all fire upon individual targets. Say you've got 10 stormies (or rather, something like 2 squads roughly) vs 3 T2B tanks. Have all your stormies fire at one tank at a time. Your whole force over time will take damage, but you'll destroy theirs before they destroy you. In space, do the same thing if it's a smaller force. If it's a larger or more powerful force, fighters vs bombers, capital ships and bombers vs stations. Destroy the station's hanger first, and then work on the rest of it. Once it's destroyed, go for their ships. If it's just ship vs ship, go for their strongest ship and take'em out one by one. If you don't have bombers to deal with, send everything after one target at a time.
Also make use of special abilities on occasion. Rebel ships can recharge shields really quickly..provided they have some shield strength to recharge. Tinker with each ship and troop type, see how they work.
I'm sure there's other pointers I can give, but try that out first before we go from there.
I'd get it, especially if you and I try out MP. I've got the latest updates for it, so you'd have to have'em before we could play.
Some pointers: diversify your forces and get as much as possible. You go through infantry units a little faster than armor though, so try to have more of them vs the others. But still diversify and have several of each type that you can get.
Second, focus all fire upon individual targets. Say you've got 10 stormies (or rather, something like 2 squads roughly) vs 3 T2B tanks. Have all your stormies fire at one tank at a time. Your whole force over time will take damage, but you'll destroy theirs before they destroy you. In space, do the same thing if it's a smaller force. If it's a larger or more powerful force, fighters vs bombers, capital ships and bombers vs stations. Destroy the station's hanger first, and then work on the rest of it. Once it's destroyed, go for their ships. If it's just ship vs ship, go for their strongest ship and take'em out one by one. If you don't have bombers to deal with, send everything after one target at a time.
Also make use of special abilities on occasion. Rebel ships can recharge shields really quickly..provided they have some shield strength to recharge. Tinker with each ship and troop type, see how they work.
I'm sure there's other pointers I can give, but try that out first before we go from there.
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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do all day.
Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, crusty, grease-covered, dirty, sweaty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, haircut-needing, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, underpaid, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do all day.