Oh my sides. Playing in a 8v8 game, i try to get away with building nothing but dropships for my team and kidnap as many enemy units as possible. There is no greater feeling than sacking 4 ships or so to grab a sumo or bulldog. and then, on occasion, bringing it to a part of your base you don't mind the enemy to see, freezing it with air drones, then converting it to your team.
And when you do a successful commander-grab with maybe 10 or so ships... Feels goodman.
Even using dropships to grab level 1 units can be worth it, i tend to go for missile trucks and whatnot.
My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
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but can your dropships comnap other dropships?
And if you have a dropship, filled with enemy combatants and the enemys base is nearby ... will it blend?
And if you have a dropship, filled with enemy combatants and the enemys base is nearby ... will it blend?
Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
ufo_jesus wrote: Even using dropships to grab level 1 units can be worth it, i tend to go for missile trucks and whatnot.

Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
wikipedia says original TA can max be played 5v5 so this thread seems but be about Spring. I assume BA because because it is the only game where you can freeze stuff with air drones. So thread goes there.
Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
Hey jesus, are you familair with repeat and area load/unload?ufo_jesus wrote:Oh my sides. Playing in a 8v8 game, i try to get away with building nothing but dropships for my team and kidnap as many enemy units as possible. There is no greater feeling than sacking 4 ships or so to grab a sumo or bulldog. and then, on occasion, bringing it to a part of your base you don't mind the enemy to see, freezing it with air drones, then converting it to your team.
And when you do a successful commander-grab with maybe 10 or so ships... Feels goodman.
Even using dropships to grab level 1 units can be worth it, i tend to go for missile trucks and whatnot.
here is a cool trick:
select transports, set them to repeat
draw a circle with ~
use area load command inside of circle
draw a second circle with ~
select trasnports
do area unload on the new second circle.
Build a few repair pads near the load circle
set factories to send units to load circle.
you now have a ferry system :)
Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
EXCELLENTsmoth wrote:Hey jesus, are you familair with repeat and area load/unload?ufo_jesus wrote:Oh my sides. Playing in a 8v8 game, i try to get away with building nothing but dropships for my team and kidnap as many enemy units as possible. There is no greater feeling than sacking 4 ships or so to grab a sumo or bulldog. and then, on occasion, bringing it to a part of your base you don't mind the enemy to see, freezing it with air drones, then converting it to your team.
And when you do a successful commander-grab with maybe 10 or so ships... Feels goodman.
Even using dropships to grab level 1 units can be worth it, i tend to go for missile trucks and whatnot.
here is a cool trick:
select transports, set them to repeat
draw a circle with ~
use area load command inside of circle
draw a second circle with ~
select trasnports
do area unload on the new second circle.
Build a few repair pads near the load circle
set factories to send units to load circle.
you now have a ferry system :)
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Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
This widget might be interesting too: http://widgets.springrts.de/index.php#85
Just place your factory's waypoint where you want your units to drop and have some idle air transports around. The rest happens automatically.
Just place your factory's waypoint where you want your units to drop and have some idle air transports around. The rest happens automatically.
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Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
Even better ferry system. Maybe I should make a video for this. It has some chili layout stuff in it but anyone can still try to implement it in BA.
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lol and I was just taking to forb about me writing that.
Re: My new favorite TA strategy: Mass dropships.
nice.Google_Frog wrote:Even better ferry system. Maybe I should make a video for this. It has some chili layout stuff in it but anyone can still try to implement it in BA.