Coolest RTS Game Unit

[repeating integers]

Why is this in off-topic?

Anyway. My absolute favorite might be the Teutonic Knight from Age of Empires 2, if it weren't for the Kadeshi Multi-Beam Frigates, which are absolutely wonderful, both in design and in function.

In a game where a single beam weapon requires an entire frigate, this thing has four on something midway between a frigate and a corvette (the next size down). And it spins when it fires.

You win. Everything. FOREVER.

Yeah, I agree with this guy. The Multibeam Frigate is the most badass and incredibly cool-looking RTS unit I've ever seen - and when you consider that it's from Homeworld, a game with nothing but badass and incredibly cool-looking ships, that's an achievement.

Honourable mention:

This thing looks cool, has some badass guns, is heavily armoured, is cost-effective... but my favourite thing about it is just scrolling up to it when I'm harvesting resources after a mission, and listening to the absolutely divine sound its engine makes when idling.

*Ahem*

They're great and all, but they're not Sajuuk.

Haven't yet played Homeworld 2 unfortunately, though I have it on my desk next to me now (and at long fucking last I AM GETTING A NEW PC YEEEAAAAAHHHHH... and hopefully it'll be able to run games older than Homeworld 1). That ship looks cool. I heard Homeworld 2 wasn't as good as Homeworld 1, though?

 

[debramster123]

i would have to say:

the elite nebelwerfers in comapny of heroes

 

[Azaraxzealot]

tough call beween the metal golems from Warcraft 3 and the Hydralisks from starcraft.

but the winner is the Disruptor from C&C Tiberian Sun >

 

[8bitmaster]

dark archon from starcraft. Nothing like taking a good 50 of em with full energy to your opponent's base and taking their army from them while they watch and I laugh maniacally. Good stuff.

 

[Chris^^]

Baneblade.

or the King Raptor from C&CG:ZH, absolute monster.

 

[Joshimodo]

I'VE GOT A PRESENT FO' YA!

*Construction Yard explodes*

AND THAT WAS LEFT HANDED.

 

[Lancer723]

Banelings, Banelings, Banelings OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Chris^^]

Baneblade.

Or the King Raptor from C&CG:ZH, absolute monster.

 

[Gruchul]

Total Annihilation's Peewee.

Is anything more demoralising than losing to a unit called a peewee?

 

[fanklok]

Tie between Specters and Immortals for the best line ever. "I can taste your mind... salty." "Back in my day, I had to teleport to and from school, in the snow, uphill, both dimensions" and since Specters are just Ghosts that do tons and tons of drugs Immortals win.

 

[Enkidu88]

I heard Homeworld 2 wasn't as good as Homeworld 1, though?

Story wise, it's not. The refugee armada trying to get home was unique and really made you connect with the Higaarans.

Homeworld 2 by contrast is your standard RTS-fare of gathering the magic mcguffin to thwart evil. And there are plot holes that the Mothership could fit through.

In terms of gameplay and graphics I actually liked Homeworld 2 better. It's just a shame the campaign was such rubbish.

 

[Rewdalf]

Supreme Commander definatly made the best RTS units out there.
Especially their experimental units.

My first favorite is from the original Supreme Commander, the "Fatboy" mobile factory.

Spoiler: It's huge

Four battleship cannons, anti-air placements, sheild generator, can go underwater, has two refuling stations for your air units, and can make it's own army!
Hard to kill, unless you just had more than the other guy.
Took awhile to get one built, but once that was done and you set it to work, it did everything on it's own. Simply drive it a few miles away from your enemies base to let the battleship cannons shred the first defensive line, and as that's happening you've built an army to penetrate the second line of defence as you move in...

My second favorite unit is from Supreme Commander 2.
It's the Cybrannasaurus Rex.

Spoiler: Yep, a T-Rex

A robotic dinosaur with missle pods and cannons that can breathe fire? Hell yeah!

 

[FightThePower]

Haven't yet played Homeworld 2 unfortunately, though I have it on my desk next to me now (and at long fucking last I AM GETTING A NEW PC YEEEAAAAAHHHHH... and hopefully it'll be able to run games older than Homeworld 1). That ship looks cool. I heard Homeworld 2 wasn't as good as Homeworld 1, though?

It isn't, but it's still a great game. The Story's not up to the same standard as Homeworld 1, and for some reason they removed the ability to customise the formation of your fighters (which are produced in groups by default) which kind of bugs me. Still good fun.

Oh, and good luck with Level 12 and 13 by the way, they're hard.

 

[JPArbiter]

Necron Warrior squad from Dawn of War. you only need reactors to build em, they can seriously damage buildings, vehicles, and infantry, and have that nasty tendancy of either teleporting away from danger, or putting themselves back together after you kill them

 

[quantumsoul]

Krogoth from Total Annihilation. Sure it took forever to build but once you did oh man. Mass death on 2 legs. Guns on its hands, missiles on its back and a one hit kill death lazer on its head. Once it gains enough experience it can single handedly destroy an opponents base.

Spoiler

 

[GodofCider]

Starcraft 2. The archon.

There's just something about it, a massive burning entity of pure rage(assuming the fusion went correctly), that burns out like a star in a blaze of glory.{After vanquishing it's foes in waves of destruction and hanging out for at the very least five hundred years.}

 

[Kursura]

WOLOLOOOOOOOOO!!!

Jeez, I remember them so well. They were so amazing they could beat a sports car with an instantkill missilelauncher (bigdaddy cheat code).

As for my favourite units, I have loads so here are a few....

1. 88mm cannon from company of heroes (a gun so awesome I build my army out of them)
2. My custom hero wizard from BfME2
3. Ion frigate from Homeworld
4. Monkeyload and nuclear bomber from supreme commander
5. Tau Hammerhead tank and eldar tank with prism cannon from DoW

 

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[nonl33t m4st3r]

Mine is the Mecha-Tengu from RA3. I especially liked the voice for some reason. It should be annoying...but it isn't somehow....