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- From: robj@netcom.com (Rob Jellinghaus)
- Subject: Dune II level 7--help?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.063241.23569@netcom.com>
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:32:41 GMT
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- Well, Dune II's seemed easy (but fun) so far, but now I'm stuck.
- I've just begun level 7 (the first level with ornithopters), as
- the Atreides currently fighting the Ordos, and I'm getting
- slaughtered.
-
- The level begins with two siege tanks, two regular tanks, two
- quads, and a missile launcher. I can usually manage to explore
- a moderate area and build a windtrap, a refinery, and two light
- factories. (I've also tried other combinations of initial
- buildings.)
-
- Then the computer airlifts in two squads and a quad, followed
- by a siege tank and a quad attacking from the east. And some
- ornithopters, which proceed to blow away my siege tanks with me
- unable to do a thing about it. How the hell can you kill
- ornithopters??!! Sometimes I hit one, but very rarely, and
- meanwhile they just hammer me.
-
- Assuming that a sandworm eats several enemy units, I still
- find it almost impossible to survive the first three assaults,
- and the computer's still sending siege tanks and ornithopters.
- I lose my construction yard and refinery, and have no credits
- to build more. I've restarted this level about six times, and
- can't find a way to survive. What am I doing wrong?
-
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