C&C 3 predator tank

sounds pretty darn overpowered. does it subtract from the game's fun?

rofl thats really funny. "screw the army, i've got a predator tank!" there has GOT to be some kind of caveat. there has to be. is the mammoth tank (fully ranked up) more powerful? is it difficult to rank the thing up? there HAS to be a catch.

You ever see what a Commando can do fully upgraded?
Flame tanks aren't even a threat to them. They can take down any vehicle one on one, and most vehicles several at a time. They also will tear down a base in no time.

I think just in general, they made the star level experience on a unit absurdly badass. Like more than 4 times as powerful as a fresh unit badass.

the caveat for the predator tank is air units. unlike the mammoth tank which has a rocket system for air defense the predator has none. The backside of every tank is the weak point so adjust your air units to attack from the rear and they go down pretty quickly.

although the power emphasis for the GDI is their ground units, they are intentionally supposed to be bad ass on the ground.

the other caveat to the predator is the long wait until it gets the rail gun capability. most rounds shouldnt last long enough for this to happen, at least in online play. 5-6 minute rounds usually arent long enough to utilize the advanced features of the tech center.

you can either kick up the AI level in single player or for online play fight someone with a higher rank.

as for the starred units, it comes down to the defense platform they are up against. the guardian cannon and sonic defense platform are extremely effective against just about anything and on the nod side there is obviously the obelisk. unfortunately i think the obelisk has somehow been underempasized in this C&C edition. The obelisk should be able to destroy lower tanks like the predator in a shot or two but it seems grossly underpowered in this version than in the past.

Yes, if you enjoyed the kind of gameplay in Red Alert 2, then I suspect you would enjoy C&C3.

It is a worthy successor to the C&C name.

well hey, i may have to get it when i rebuild later on

My only complaint so far is that the superweapons are a bit too super.

In RA2 they would do a good number on your base, but there was a defense against them and they wouldn't take out most critical structures.

In C&C3 there is no defense against them and they pretty much destroy everything except for your construction yard and super weapon. Everything else, including units, harvesters, refineries, and base defenses are toast. And they have a huge radius that covers the vast majority of a fully developed base.

If you get hit once, it is pretty much game over for you. You can't weather through a shot or two of one like in RA2 or any of the previous C&Cs.

It brings back unpleasant memories of Dark Reign.

Other than that I really enjoy this game.

HAHA! its TOO LATE! i've taken my notes, and sandmawn, I'MA GONNA COME AT YOU LIKE A SPIDERMONKEY!

I've been playin C&C3 and it is a very nice game, havn't played it online yet tho but anyone got any recommendations on how to cope with the Scrin?

There airforce pwns...

i agree with the superweapons, athough once you start to spread out they arnt really a problem, ive survived 3-4 shots before, as did the brutal AI. the waypoint system on this game, im not sure i like it, i think the old way of specifiying a path that you could use over and over was better than left click - orders -left click to carry out.

btw

if your nod you can take out the other persons superweapon by just using your superweapon and a tiberium bomb, and the tiberium plant thing. gotta do it in the right order though

I'll not comment on Supreme Commander as i've never played it

The AI is really easy in the first two Act's of each set of missions i find, but i do find the game alot harder towards the end than i have any of the previous C&C's.

I personally thought Tiberian Sun sucked as does C&C Generals in my opinion although Zero Hour was a big improvement.

If you enjoyed RA then i can say with pretty much 100% confidence you'll really enjoy C&C3.

I've played TA, Generals, C&C 3, and Supreme Commander (demo).

In general, C&C 3 is much much faster than Supreme Commander. Usually, matches (even 2v2 with brutal AIs) end under 15 minute tops. For me, the superweapon goes up around 3 mins into the game, but usually when I get the chance to use it, the battle has already a clear winner. Matches are very much action-focused, with less strategy and more quick witt and click-frenzy. Big battles occur 5-10minutes into the game, and beyond 10minutes most/all of the resource fields are used up, and resource regeneration rate in the game is painfully slow.

On the other hand, Supreme Commander is slower to start and much more focused on strategy. Complicated orders can be executed, such as ferrying, flanking, coordinating, patrolling/waypointing, etc. There are also much more units and the scale is much larger. It actually takes time to get to an enemy's base while in C&C, you're about 1-2 screens away. Once you get your resource going, SupCom also picks up the pace better, and battles get more and more frenzied as time goes on. Also, radar, shields, experimental units, nukes gives SupCom much more strategical options.

All in all, play C&C if you want a quick game of limited thinking. All you gotta do is pump out units quick and send them over to the enemy. The storyline is good, but skirmish has limited replay value. Play SupCom if you have at least 1-2hrs to devote to a good game, and be prepared to use real strategy. In my humble opinion, it takes a lot more skill to ace at SupCom than C&C, and SupCom is the better game, but C&C works on lesser comps and is a fairly good dumbed down RTS in it's own right.


About the predator tank strategy though... I'm a little doubtful that it would work, as brutal AI sends a mix of APC/missile squads/predator tanks to your base at around the 2-3minute mark. 1 predator tank defending probably isn't going to cut it... I find that a few missile squads, snipers, and mammoths work decent as a defense line, with maybe some zone troopers thrown in. However, if the AI sends in his 16+ orcas.....