Comments on: UEF bomber scare on Theta Passage

By: Baddox

Baddox — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:48:45 +0000

There were several points in that game where I couldn’t believe both commanders didn’t bite it. He almost lobo’d you to death pretty early, then it looked like you had plenty of units to storm him, but you held back. Then you got lucky with the bombers, but by that time you had the map in your pocket. You definitely could and should have upgraded a mass extractor much earlier than you did (actually, I can’t remember if you ever did upgrade one). It was an interesting replay to watch though, as Theta’s my favorite small map.

By: zordon

zordon — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:37:07 +0000

UEF interceptors arnt thaaat bad, against bombers, Their static AA is crap though….

By: Maelos

Maelos — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:15:53 +0000

I went into the game thinking “alright, UEF is pretty horrible when it comes to tier one interceptors and AA so I should keep the pressure up on the ground war. I had found a few air factories, one of which I saw bombers being queued. I still have much room for improvement. I just thought this was an interesting display because it shows the need for air, and the UEF weakness in this department.

By: Coridan

Coridan — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:08:42 +0000

One thing that definitely struck me about this replay was that you didn’t build a hydrocarbon power plant at all during the game. Maybe this is just me, but among my first engineers out, I have one of them go for that hydrocarbon plant asap because it helps me get my economy chugging. You had power problems at different points during the skirmish that could have been avoided had you built more power and utilized that hydrocarbon plant. Either way, you had good scouting on most of the map except for his base. Building an air factory could have helped this a lot, sending an air scout over every once in a while to see what he’s up to (let’s face it, you were pretty much blind sided by that bomber rush.) That aside, congratulations on your victory.

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:26:57 +0000

Some feedback on your performance:

1. You need to tech up faster. You were still using T2 ground units at 15 minutes, by which time you should have already been using siege bots. At least in v3223, you shouldn’t really be using T2 units (except engineers) at all; it’s all about the siege bots.
2. You need to get an air factory earlier on and have it spam interceptors. You almost lost the game to a T1 bomber rush at 15 minutes because you didn’t have any anti-air at all. You could easily have lost at this juncture.
3. Your enemy’s army seemed to consist primarily of lobos, yet you kept your forces stationary while engaging him, thus getting torn up by the artillery shells. You should have charged through his artillery with your tanks, decimating them while taking no losses on your own.