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- From: zlg1409@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Zhenhai Li )
- Subject: Re: Dune II level 7--help?
- References: <1993Jan4.063241.23569@netcom.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 06:59:16 GMT
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- robj@netcom.com (Rob Jellinghaus) writes:
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- >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.)
-
- LIGHT Factories? Why? do you think a trike or a quad can do
- anything against a siege tank? Sometimes after I build enough
- heavy factories, I destroy the light factory to get more power on
- the grid.
- You do, in this order,
- Power plant,
- refinery,
- refinery,
- power plant,
- radar,
- light factory,
- heavy factory, : produce more harvestors as soon as possible
- rocket turret. :Used for GREAT defense, even against ornithopters.
-
- >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
-
- Run over the squads, delay the tanks if your doing that bad and let the
- turrets take care of them, you should have at least one up by the time
- the computer discovers you. DON'T explore, just find the nearest patch
- of spice and let your multiple harvestors rake in the cash. ignore your
- light factory, build nothing but siege tanks, and later when you
- want to attack, rocket launchers. (HORRIBLE at defense, they will hit
- your own buildings when enemy units go right up to your base)
-
-
- >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?
-
- You have no defense, you have no income, other than that, you did,
- well, interesting, tactics.
- good luck on level 9,
- Z
- P.S. Conqured it in one sitting. :-) I LOVE stragedy.
-