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COMMAND & CONQUER PART 2

*2-1-6*: Bazooka
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Ethereal ([e-mail])
     Bazookas are OK for long distance such as putting about ten of them up
on a ridge.  Putting Bazookas in a APC is not good since they usually cannot
move fast or hit as reliably as grenadiers.

Luke Duff ([e-mail])
     Bazooka guys fire on helicopters and they're much better against
vehicles. They're worth what you pay for 'em. Just make sure they don't get
run over.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     If you can afford it, try keeping 4 or 5 bazookas around your tanks
(especially flame tanks). Alot of people assume your tanks do more damage
than the bazookas and will totally ignore these guys, and they do pack a
punch in groups. Unfortunately, they're next to useless against infantry.
Bazookas are also great against Orca's. (Not Apaches!)

*2-1-7*: Flame-thrower
-------------------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     These guys are Nod's best antipersonnel weapon apart from the gun
turrets. They can take out up to 16 opponents on full energy in one shot at a
ridiculous range (much further than the flame extends, don't be fooled by
that!) Best to use in conjunction with bazooka troops, because they do not
work well against vehicles, although they are somewhat effective against
buildings. Group 3-4 flamers for maximum effect.

Mr. P / Powersource
     Flame-throwers make up an important part of your building-destruction
and infantry-halting capabilities. If you're fortunate enough, one flame-
thrower firing at a building can cause it to erupt in flame, thereby cutting
its "life" in half. Groups of these guys are also indispensable in
eliminating any type of enemy infantry.

     If you are not careful with their firing, they can burn friendly units,
as well as themselves. (ROGER'S NOTE: Didn't their mothers tell them not to
play with fire?) Trees will start to pose a hazard - if a tree ignites, say
good-bye to any units within a 1-person radius of it.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     Unbelievable firepower against infantry and buildings for their price!
Send four of these up to a group of 20 or more infantry, and watch them light
up in toast (especially if you're against other flame-throwers or grenadiers,
since they literally explode and kill everyone else around them). They're
also great against structures, having two or three tagging along with a main
assault force can really make a difference.

*2-1-8*: Commando
--------------------

     When planting demolition charges, let the computer move the commando to
a safe range on its own.  The damage the commando takes when a building blows
up is not from the explosion, but from the enemy soldiers who evacuate the
building from within.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     Only available on special missions, the Commando is pretty cool. The
Commando is also available for $1000 in high tech-level multiplayer games.
Their super-long eyesight and damaging weapon (one shot takes down any enemy
soldier) makes them a great unit for base defense, but they are worthless
against enemy vehicles. They can also plant charges on enemy structures to
blow them up instantly.

     They are great fun in multiplayer games. They can be airdropped from a
chopper right near enemy armies (or their Hand of Nod) and set to Guard.
They'll effectively kill off soldier after soldier as soon as they come
within their considerable range, until the enemy gets a clue and sends some
Cycles or Buggies after them.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     These units are good for very specialized missions, but that's about all
they're useful for. For their high price ($1000), I'd much prefer five flame-
thowers(Nod) or 6 grenadiers (GDI). However, it's real good fun to march
these guys through an enemy base, blowing everything up, when the end of the
game is near!

     If you want a cheap way of taking out guard towers, they can also do it.
Send up a decoy unit to the structure (e.g.: harvester, hummer), and while
that's distracting the guard tower's attention, send in the commando to blow
it up.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Commandos are also great fun when it comes to killing harvesters
especially those well out of the way of your base defense. Against the
computer merely shoot a harvester and run back to your own base ... the
harvester will try to run over you and follow. So long as the commando does
not die the harvester will walk right into your defenses (*grin* if you have
an Obelisk of Nod) and be happily blown away. Commandos are best because they
move much faster than ordinary troops and are unlikely to be mown down by
tanks or humvees before you reach the safety of your base.

[2-2]: Vehicles
=================

     Numerical data on all vehicles can be found in Chapter 14.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     Note that the SSM Launcher and attack helicopter can only be found in
multiplayer games.

*2-2-1*: MCV
---------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     Multipurpose construction vehicle. As you might expect from Dune 2, this
allows you to build another construction yard somewhere on the map. It is
ridiculously expensive (5000), slow, and utterly useless in combat. As yet,
in 30 multiplayer games (the only place other than level 15 it appears) it
remains unused.

Thenardier ([e-mail])
     Build it up as a back-up base. Drive it somewhere and don't deploy it
until Nod or GDI have nuked or ion cannoned your construction yard into dust.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     I played a friend the other day with an interesting and legitimate
tactic; he drove down a MCV almost next to my base (being guarded by stealth
tanks, so I couldn't do much to attack it), plonked a construction yard right
next to my base, and immediately dumped a pre-built Obelisk right there. Not
that I should have allowed this to happen in the first place, but it's a non-
cheating method of sandbagging (and judging by the distance that some people
sandbag, this may be cheaper as well!)

*2-2-2*: Harvester
---------------------

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Collects tiberium and transports it to your refinery. You get one
whenever you buy a refinery, and can have multiple harvesters working for a
single refinery. They can't attack, but can run over infantry and recon
cycles. However, occasionally the computer will get their harvesters to
attack a building of yours, or some armor, and they can do damage to it! This
only happens when it can no longer collect tiberium for refining.

Michael Stango ([e-mail])
     If the enemy destroys your harvester, your ability to wage war against
him is seriously crippled at least temporarily. If you don't have the ability
to build a new harvester, you must sell your refinery and rebuild it. If you
don't have enough credits to rebuild the harvester, you must sell the
buildings you can do without for quick cash to rebuild it. Fortunately, the
harvester is a tough vehicle. If it is attacked, you'll usually have enough
time to get some forces to it to defend it.

     Never attack the enemy harvester until you have otherwise hobbled their
efforts. Taking a potshot at their harvester early in the game, while
tempting, will bring all the force the enemy can quickly muster down upon
you. In plain English, the computer gets pissed if you attack its
harvester(s).

Jay ([e-mail])
     The harvester can also be used to run over any offending attack bikes,
those nasty little suckers with the missile launchers. Providing of course
that the opposition is slow on the uptake.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Ohhh - and don't allow more than 2 harvesters to share a Refinery ...
there will be long waiting periods for one harvester and on occasions the AI
will screw up and one harvester will just sit around and not do anything.

[2-2-3]: Gunboat
-------------------

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Provides missile support from oceans/rivers. Can be taken out with 1
blast from an obelisk, however.

*2-2-4*: Hummer
------------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     Light recon jeeps, similar to Nod buggies. Best used earlier in the game
for recon and light attack, but will die against anything more than one
minigunner. Quite useful in the base assault strategy with engineers.  Send
two hummers in first, with your APC full of engineers following. The hummers
attract all of the heavy fire from tanks, arty, obelisk, leaving you time to
rush the APC through and squash everything, then pile  the engineers out.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     This quick little scouting unit has more armor than the Nod Cycle, but
seems to do as much damage as an enemy Minigunner, albeit with longer range.
They are good for zipping around the board, luring enemies to follow them
down into a classic Warcraft Archer trap. Beware bazooka soldiers and gun
turrets. Their low cost, however, makes them unnecessary to repair.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Also an excellent support unit for tanks ... since tanks are not good at
attacking infantry moving humvees together with tanks allow the tanks to
concentrate on wiping out the armored targets while the humvees concentrate
on killing the infantry pests. This way the tanks firepower is not wasted nor
do they have to waste time moving to run infantry over. Also better than
infantry in that they can move through Tiberium. Have found that 6 Humvees
guarantee instant death to any unit of infantry (even prone). Thus 6 of them
kill infantry at the rate of one every 3 seconds.

*2-2-5*: APC
---------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     Armored Personnel Crusher (er... surely carrier)

     This has four roles. Firstly, in can be used to carry men into battle in
relative safety and speed (especially across tiberium). To load men in, click
one at a time and click on the APC when you see the three green arrows. The
man will enter the APC. Then select the next man, etc.

     Secondly, a personnel sqauasher. Holding down alt and running over
squads of enemy troops (especially flame troops) is very useful. Thirdly, its
chaingun allows a limited antipersonnel / anti-vehicle role, but is more
suited to forming a barrier so troops do not get squashed. Fourthly, recon.
The APC has the largest recon radius in the game (four squares all around),
and is the third fastest land unit. Most useful for recon.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     The order of units exiting an APC is the reverse of their order of entry
i.e. the last unit to enter is the last unit to exit. Important that the most
powerful units (commandos or whatever) go in last so they can kickass right
from the start.

Thenardier ([e-mail])
     Combination of APC and engineer is possibly regarded as one of the best
tactics in C&C. Load your APC with engineers and give it a tanks escort. APC
is agile. And it can withstand more damage.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     Possibly one of the best-value units in the game. Can be used for
exploration (it's fast and has a high scouting range), is the most effective
Squasher Of Infantry, and transports troops, including those engineers. One
cool little tactic to try sometime: many people will send in decoys to the
enemy base (e.g.: nod buggies, hummers) and send in the APCs after it. Of
course, humans won't fall for this trick and will almost always target the
APC. Simple solution! Send in two or more APCs. Which to target? Depending on
how lucky you feel, either load one up full with engineers, or split the
number of engineers evenly between them. Watch your opponent's confusion when
he sees five APCs walking toward your base! These units are also good for
capturing flags, since they're fast and can take a fair bit of damage.

*2-2-6*: Medium Tank
-----------------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     Great against light tanks (can take 2 out in one for one combat), and
against flame tanks (can take LOTS out in one to one combat, the main gun
outranges the flamer seriously). Limited use in base attack (tends to die vs.
obelisks) Useless against enemy troops (far too slow to run them over
effectively, too inaccurate to cause firing damage). Back these up with
infantry or lose them.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     A staple in any GDI army. With a low cost ($800), these tanks pack a
punch and can be very effective in packs. You should always bring along a
squad of Minigunner or Grenadier Guards around these tanks, as they have very
big problems targeting and destroying enemy footsoldiers up close. They do
great damage for their price, and make good Guards for key installations.
Their speed makes them poor support for attacking footsoldiers, as the
soldiers must wait for them to keep up. It's easier and more effective to
make soldiers support the tanks.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     The best support for Medium Tanks are actually Hum-Vees or Nod Buggies.
These kill infantry faster, move much faster and last much longer than
supporting infantry.

Douglas Jacobs ([e-mail])
     I haven't seen my tanks automatically run over infantry in C&C (Dune2's
units were pretty smart.)  You can still force-move them using the <alt> key.
Unfortunately, unlike Dune2, enemy units don't just sit there so you can run
them over - they tend to move around.  I use one unit to fire at the
infantry, causing them to drop and start crawling, this way they're too slow
to move away from my tank.

[2-2-7]: Orca
----------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     Armament: Six missiles of a similar type to those fired by bazooka guys,
i.e. useless vs. infantry, excellent against vehicles / buildings.

     In order to get them to attack coherently, you need to group them
together on the ground. To do this effectively, DO NOT BUILD any Orcas on
their own. ALWAYS build pads, or you spend forever charging them. Once in the
air, use the unit keys to redirect them. They need to be re-fed information
about fast moving units (faster than a tank) before
they get there.

     They will get MAULED vs. SAM missiles. Expect to lose at least one if
your strike loiters near a SAM or Adv. guard tower.

     First strike capabilities:
     (2) will take out a flame tank/buggy
     (3) is best for gun turrets, although two will work on earlier levels:
Send one up to attack first, then when he comes in, send them both out. After
the first one, the turret will not have suffered enough damage to warrant a
repair early on, to the second two will kill him!
     (4) will kill a light tank
     (5) will take down a medium tank or an obelisk
     (7) will get gun turrets/spice silos/power plants
     (8) is a reasonable building assault force, may have to come up to 10 or
     (12) to get SAM sites, construction yards and other big buggers

     They work best in multiplayer for air support of harvesters!

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     As soon as these become available, they should be a staple of any
mission. I create many of them, and assign them permanently to Group 1 so I
can quickly receive air support. Though powerful, they are a pest to use
correctly. Their missiles do as much damage as a bazooka solder, and they
will return to base A) After all their missiles are expended attacking one
target, or B) When their target is destroyed. If you send five Orcas against
a single footsoldier, they'll shoot until they kill him, and then they'll
return to reload regardless of how many rockets were fired. They also must
`track' enemy units which are moving, and usually fly over them and then
return to attack. Keep this in mind if you are attacking swiftly moving
units, as they can move closer to the Nod SAM sites before your Orcas can
`draw a bead' on them and fire missiles.

     They also zip around a target after firing some missiles, and this may
also bring them closer into SAM range. It is HIGHLY advisable that you Group
these units before sending them out, as it is impossible to select them while
they are in the air to change their mission orders. When grouped, you can
simply select the number group and redirect them elsewhere. It takes three
SAM missiles to kill an Orca, and they are targets for enemy Bazooka
soldiers, Cycles, Rocket Launchers, and Stealth Tanks. Note that you can also
land these units in remote locations for quick use later. They cannot target
or land in areas which ground units have not explored, although you can
exploit their mobility by landing them right on the corner of an explored
area (such as the top of a cliff), and then `leapfrog' them to adjacent areas
to uncover ground quickly.

     It takes three full Orcas to take out an enemy gun turret, and four full
Orcas to take out an enemy SAM site or Obelisk. They're also great to attack
the lone enemy harvester, but it will take repeated runs to destroy one.

[2-2-8]: Rocket Launcher
---------------------------
Requires: Advanced comm. center, Weapons Factory

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Mobile rocket launcher, a good weapon, hampered by the ease with which
it can be killed. Great anti-aircraft weapon, two can usually take out a
transport helicopter. Also, their excellent range means they can take out
turrets without being hit. The ammo has a largish explosion radius, so can
take out multiple infantry units. Very poor aim, however.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     Fragile and powerful. They can only take a few rounds from a bazooka
solder or tank, but their dual rockets are faster and more deadly than
bazooka rockets. They have a longer range, and the exhaust from the rockets
appear to do damage to targets underneath them, making them effective for
shooting into packs of enemies. They need support from other  units as
defense only, as they are quick enough to get out of the way. Their range
makes them perfect for destroying the remote gun turret or SAM site.

[2-2-9]: Mammoth Tank
------------------------

([e-mail])
     Mammoth tanks are the biggest and most expensive of all tanks. They are
worth buying/making large numbers of, for four main reasons:
     They squish troops. (though a bit too slow if their scattering.)
     They squish walls.  (only tanks that can, and walls take ages to shoot
down)
     They squish helicopters. (four shots with their missile packs.)
     They self heal right back up to 50%.

Basically, if you're planning on building up your forces, Mammoth tanks are a
good choice. One tip though: infantry support from grenadiers will go a long
way to clear the pesky enemy infantry.

*2-2-10*: Nod Buggy
----------------------

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Faster than Hummers, its good for taking them out, and hiding Nod
infantry behind.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Also an excellent support unit for tanks ... since tanks are not good at
attacking infantry moving buggies together with tanks allow the tanks to
concentrate on wiping out the armored targets while the buggies concentrate
on killing the infantry pests. This way the tanks firepower is not wasted nor
do they have to waste time moving to run infantry over. Also better than
infantry in that they can move through Tiberium. Have found that 6 buggies
guarantee instant death to any unit of infantry (even prone). Thus 6 of them
kill infantry at the rate of one every 3 seconds.

[2-2-11]: Recon Bike
-------------------------

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Fastest ground unit, but very lightly armored. Equipped with rockets, a
great unit in packs, especially against hummers and APCs. Can be squashed by
tanks and harvesters.

Michael Brenner ([e-mail])
     Recon bikes are best used in groups of 4-10. Use them to take out enemy
harvesters. Be aware that they can be run over, so don't let the harvester
get too close to them. If you're attacked you can retreat to your own base
faster than any GDI unit can pursue you. A group of 6 bikes can take out a
mammoth tank with losing only 1 bike. They're also great for defending your
own harvesters esp. against Orca attacks. Since they're so fast usually one
large group is enough to protect all your harvesters. Vs. the computer drive
one bike close to the enemy base (the computer uses his Orcas mainly to
defend his base), let the computer launch his Orcas, drive your bike back to
your SAM sites. As long as you keep your bike on the move the Orcas won't be
able to hit. Let your SAM sites do their work.

*2-2-12*: Light Tank
-----------------------

see also [2-2-6] MEDIUM TANK

Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])
     These are smaller than medium tanks (Surprise, surprise) but is also
Nod's heaviest tank. One on one against a GDI medium tank is a sad contest,
but two on one is as well, the other way. They should be backed up by
infantry and possibly artillery as well, never work alone. They cannot handle
infantry except by running over it, and cannot handle tanks, because armor-
wise they are at the bottom of the tank food chain.

[2-2-13]: Artillery
-----------------------

Ethereal ([e-mail])
     These make INCREDIBLE offensive weapons when they are firing at close
range, at long range even if it appears that they hit the target, often it
doesn't do full damage. They aren't that good a resource since they cannot
take much damage, but if you plan to use them remember that they function
VERY well at close range.

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Slow moving, this unit can take very little punishment. It does have a
very long range, and the blast radius from its shots are very large. Can take
out multiple infantry with a single hit. Tends to be inaccurate though. Also
good for attacking buildings from a distance.

Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])
     The first and biggest tip is, never attack with them. I do not mean, do
not use them in an attack, just NEVER ORDER THEM TO ATTACK. Against enemy
rocket turrets, for instance, if you order it to attack, it will move within
a comfortable range, and then open fire. The problem, of course, is that
'comfortable range' means the rocket turret eats it up first. Move it towards
the turret one square at a time, and when it starts firing, just leave it
alone. The artillery has better range than any other unit. Remember that, use
it, and the artillery units is Nod's best weapon. Cheap, too... but
vulnerable. To take them out? Attack it. All you need to do.. it's slow, it's
weak, it's pathetic when someone fires back at it... so it needs backup.

*2-2-14*: Flame Tank
----------------------

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Awesome anti-infantry weapon. Fires twin flame jets. Especially
devastating against closely-packed infantry. Also good for taking out
buildings. Nod only. You get access to these after a few missions.

Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])
     These are great fun against infantry. A single flame tank can waste
heaps and heaps of infantry. They are weak against armor, though, so back
them up with bazooka units to keep things balanced. It's a paper-scissors-
stone thing where you have both a paper and a stone. If he uses infantry
(which is good against bazookas) the flame tank wastes it. If he uses armor,
which the flame tank is powerless against, the bazookas wastes it. This works
nicely, but the flame tank is not strong enough to fight sustained battles.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     I took out 60+ infantry with one flame tank once. Nothing else to say
about them, really :).

*2-2-15*: Apache Attack Helicopter
-----------------------------
Bonczkowski ([e-mail])
     Nod gets them in later scenarios if you capture a GDI construction
center and build the heli pad, that lets you build heli pads with attack
copters

Seth Hutchins ([e-mail])
     The Nod attack chopper is basically a flying Guard Tower, and as such is
a DELIGHTFUL weapon to kill lowly GDI infantry. If your opponent doesn't have
any bazooka/missile support, the chopper also does well to weaken armored
vehicles (harvesters, and the like). It can also destroy a re-arming Orca on
the platform. Watch out for Advanced Guard Towers, Bazooka Infantry, Mammoth
Tanks, and Rocket Launchers, who can all make short work of the chopper.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Apache attack helicopters differ from Orcas in that they use Chaingun
ammunition instead of Rockets. The payload is the same i.e. an Apache will do
the same amount of damage as an Orca so long as it expends all its
ammunition.
     The difference between the two lie in that:
     a) Apaches can make short work of infantry. Orcas well, merely waste
rockets on infantry.
     b) Apaches are slower to deliver their full payload ... while this means
you can keep them in the air longer, it also means that they take much longer
to destroy an armored target. The total amount of damage done by both is the
same, but against armoured targets the Orca has the edge because its faster
delivery means it stays in the area a shorter time, reducing its
vulnerability to SAM sites, Advanced Guard Towers etc. Orcas also kill
structures faster as again, the faster delivery allows the structure less
time to repair.
     c) Apaches take twice as long to reload as Orcas.

*2-2-16*: Stealth Tank
-------------------------

Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])
     Keep at least one square away from his units and you can launch an
effective attack. Even with enemy units and guard towers present, four of
these could take out the opponent's building facility. And the next batch can
take out the tiberium facility, and then he's done for. It's too weak to
operate alone, and rather costly to use in large numbers, so it's not the
best units as such, but it has its uses when you fight an opponent that is
too well defended for an open assault.

Seth Hutchins ([e-mail])
     Purchase LOTS of Stealth Tanks and group them into "Wolf Packs" of 5 or
more. Attack your enemy's harvesters. It never fails to be annoying. These
Wolf-packs also make short work of Mammoth Tanks. You can also toast grouped
infantry, simply run over them. You'll become visible for a moment, so stay
clear of any evil tanks.

Michael Brenner ([e-mail])
     Against a human player it's also a neat trick to let stealth tanks
protect your harvesters. Many human GDI players will launch an Orca attack
against a single harvester outside the reach of visible air defenses, not
follow the attack too carefully if they've got other things to do and be very
surprised if their Orcas don't come back. Like most multiplayer tricks this
only works once or twice though.

Eric ([e-mail])
     Here's an AI strategy I exploited like no tomorrow while playing NOD.
Use Stealth tanks as walls.  As long as they're stealthed, the computer won't
advance or attack.  AND you can position artillery or other ranged units a
few squares behind them so they can just pick off anything at a distance.
     Then when the moment is right, move in, de-cloak, and destroy!

Jeremy Butcher ([e-mail])
     There any good ways of hiding them so in a multiplayer base so that they
can't be found. Almost all buildings have a few squares under them where you
can't place a building. Place them on those things, then when your enemy
tries to place a building there, everything's normal because you never can
place a building there. (I know that that was very hard to understand, but I
did my best)

Stan Ragan ([e-mail])
     You CAN sneak by advanced guard towers with stealth tanks, you just have
to make sure that you are at least one 'space' away from them.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     If the computer (or player's) refinery is fairly far away from any
units, drive a stealth tank directly in front of his refinery, cutting off
the entrance for the harvester to get through. It can take quite a long time
for your opponent to realize something is dreadfully wrong.
And it's not really cheating either :).

James Hindman ([e-mail])
     Here is another one of my strategies. It is to place 5-6 Stealth tanks
in your enemies favorite Tiberium field. When his harvester shows up, have
your tanks unstealth and annihilate his harvester. It will be dead before he
even knows what's going on. Then take your tanks and run away so he doesn't