Favorite RTS factions?
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DoW 1/2- Eldar
Sins Of a Solar Empire - Advent
M2 TW- France
E TW/ N TW - Prussia
Battle For Middle Earth - Rohan (gotta love elves)
Empire At War - Pirates (forget their name) or the Empire
DoW 1/2- Eldar
Sins Of a Solar Empire - Advent
M2 TW- France
E TW/ N TW - Prussia
Battle For Middle Earth - Rohan (gotta love elves)
Empire At War - Pirates (forget their name) or the Empire
rome total war: seluceds (oh, you killed my giant armoured elephants? well here come my uber pikemen)
empire total war: spain for the most powerful early game ship in the gallion
warcraft 3: undead for shear weight of numbers through rase dead spell
starcraft 1: zerg for the shear fun of it
age of empires 1: i always went with egypt.
age 2: England, those longbowmen were so over powered
age 3: england again cause there was a card that gave you shitloads of food realy quicky, which then leads to huge amounts of musketmen
endwar: Europe for their nice mobile army.
Halo wars: covernent under truth. there are few things more fun than teleporting 20 building destroyers into the enemy base.
supreme commander: aion, cause they get the giant flying mothership which you can fill with strategic bombers
dawn of war 1: i never realy had a favorite faction, though i did have a soft spot for the necrons and the tau.
thats all the rts's i can think of that have factions.
empire total war: spain for the most powerful early game ship in the gallion
warcraft 3: undead for shear weight of numbers through rase dead spell
starcraft 1: zerg for the shear fun of it
age of empires 1: i always went with egypt.
age 2: England, those longbowmen were so over powered
age 3: england again cause there was a card that gave you shitloads of food realy quicky, which then leads to huge amounts of musketmen
endwar: Europe for their nice mobile army.
Halo wars: covernent under truth. there are few things more fun than teleporting 20 building destroyers into the enemy base.
supreme commander: aion, cause they get the giant flying mothership which you can fill with strategic bombers
dawn of war 1: i never realy had a favorite faction, though i did have a soft spot for the necrons and the tau.
thats all the rts's i can think of that have factions.
mjc0961 said:
The forum ate my post so I'll keep it short because I can't be arsed retyping it. So I will just answer your points in sequence.
"I did not consider that you may have anti-air defences! I may have to not fly straight into them like a retard. Or, say, cracking a single whole in your defences in order which will allow to effectively cripple your entire base. For as long as I want."
"Dude. Magnetrons. Solves both those problems."
"Apparently you are ignoring my actual point, which is that Gatling Turrets are far more cost efficient than anything the Allies or Soviets have for defence. Certainly they can take down far, far more missles or air-units than Flak Cannons or Patriot Missles could, and neither of those could chew through infantry as well. And have you forgotten that gatling turrets increase in speed over time, allowing them to tear through Kirovs as well?"
You seem to be working under some assumption that you can build up as much as you want before going after Yuri, whereas naturally he will not undertake any action towards you before you're ready. Did you only play against the AI or something?
Classy.
Red Alert 3? Whats that?Robert2812 said:
Oh you are joking of course, Red Alert 3 never happened.
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WC3: I hated melee, so I choose the cake race.
SC & 2: Zerg all the way!
C&C - NOD (C&C4 never happened)
C&C Generals: GDI
C&C Red Alert: Soviet (some times Yuri, but most often Soviet)
Age of Mythology: Set (Sometimes Isis)
Team Fortress 2: BLU (..Oh wait)
Populous - Blue Shaman (Everyone was the same really.)
Dawn of War - OOOOOOOORKS!
Company of Heroes - Germans.
Emperor: Battle for dune - I seriously do not remember anything else than the name from this, but it was worth writing because its such a great game.
I guess thats.. For now.
Cybrans of both Supreme Commander games and the Germans in Civ games. Give me a choice between them with no extras, or another faction with resource/gold bonuses, and I'll drop the bonuses.
Every good faction.
Artreides in the Dune games,
Terran in SC1/2,
GDI / US / Allies in Command and Conquer (Tiberium/Generals/Red Alert)
Americans in Comapny of Heroes, specifically Airborne commander.
And Britain in any total war game.
Oh I forgot BFME Games! Gondor for BFME1, Dwarves for BFME2.
Artreides in the Dune games,
Terran in SC1/2,
GDI / US / Allies in Command and Conquer (Tiberium/Generals/Red Alert)
Americans in Comapny of Heroes, specifically Airborne commander.
And Britain in any total war game.
Oh I forgot BFME Games! Gondor for BFME1, Dwarves for BFME2.
Dawn Of War: What's better than the Emperors finest Space Marines (grey knights led by chaplain anyone)?
Total War: hmm tough choice between The Brits naval power in Empire and Rome's House of Julli cohorts.
Supreme Commander: The unstopable Seraphim, have you ever seen a fleet of Ahwassa comming your way?
Always loved playing as the Protoss in SC2 simply because carriers own nearly everything.
C&C Series: Hmmmm im torn between the USA in Generals for the Commanche and the Soviets in RA1 for the mammoth tank.
Age of Mythology: Norse, which ever God (i think Odin) let you have both fire and frost giants.
Hmm what else...
oh yes..
Total War: hmm tough choice between The Brits naval power in Empire and Rome's House of Julli cohorts.
Supreme Commander: The unstopable Seraphim, have you ever seen a fleet of Ahwassa comming your way?
Always loved playing as the Protoss in SC2 simply because carriers own nearly everything.
C&C Series: Hmmmm im torn between the USA in Generals for the Commanche and the Soviets in RA1 for the mammoth tank.
Age of Mythology: Norse, which ever God (i think Odin) let you have both fire and frost giants.
Hmm what else...
oh yes..
Necrons from Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War is my absolute favorite faction. They're a race of living machines that obliterated all life in the galaxy once before, and they'll do it all again. Why? Because the C'Tan demand it. They're like a virus- No, more of a galactic plague that can never be cured. I think Sovereign said it best: "You progress because we allow it. You fall because we demand it."
Outside of Necrons, I'd have to say any of the three factions from Metal Fatigue. Rimtech, Mil Agro, and Neuropa all have their own advantages, and I enjoy them all equally.
Outside of Necrons, I'd have to say any of the three factions from Metal Fatigue. Rimtech, Mil Agro, and Neuropa all have their own advantages, and I enjoy them all equally.
I am really just a person who takes a while to do something, and then rushes with hundreds of units.
Or, in Company of Heroes, I play as USA, or, if I'm playing the Eastern Front mod, Soviets.
Or, in Company of Heroes, I play as USA, or, if I'm playing the Eastern Front mod, Soviets.
And when the Mongols come screeching down? When it's teutonic knights vs manguadai, there is only one winner.LoFr3Eq said:
C&C 3 Kane's Wrath: GDI Faction with da Mechs (Steel Talon, was it?)
Dawn of War: TAU (Because they have Mechs, COOL LOOKING MECHS (the other races lack class ... and little doggy dawgs)
Starcraft 2: Terran (MEEEEECHS!)
C&C Red Alert Triiii: Japan .... they have Mechs toooo
Supreme Commander: That's hard. Everyone had Mechs. I hate Robots, so ... suck it, Cybran Nation.
Dawn of War: TAU (Because they have Mechs, COOL LOOKING MECHS (the other races lack class ... and little doggy dawgs)
Starcraft 2: Terran (MEEEEECHS!)
C&C Red Alert Triiii: Japan .... they have Mechs toooo
Supreme Commander: That's hard. Everyone had Mechs. I hate Robots, so ... suck it, Cybran Nation.
Loved it. Damn you EA for destroying Westwood. Hold on, did it has MECHS? because it's been so long.raistlin36 said:
Long live the Arm! The CORE has no right to turn everyone into robots and such! Wreak Total Annihilation!
I was more a fan of throwing tons of Flayed Ones in their base, then teleporting my Lord and activating his Resurrection Orb. SUDDENLY CANNIBALS.dancinginfernal said:
for the sequel I'd have to go with the Chaos campaign because of Neroth. Doombolts. Doombolts all the time.
Age of Empires II- Teutons, the Teutonic knights are walking tanks.
Rome: Total War- House of Julii, with some of the best Infantry and Artillery in the game. Actually, any of the Roman factions will do.
Empire: total War: Britain. I have no idea why I like this faction, but I do.
Rome: Total War- House of Julii, with some of the best Infantry and Artillery in the game. Actually, any of the Roman factions will do.
Empire: total War: Britain. I have no idea why I like this faction, but I do.
My favorite overall may actually be the Green Army from Army Men RTS, simply for the nostalgia value of having an army of little green plastic army men.
Favorites from other games include:
Command & Conquer: GDI
Red Alert: Soviets
Tiberian Sun: Nod
Yuri's Revenge: Yuri
Tiberium Wars: GDI(Marked of Kane if you include Kane's Wrath)
Red Alert 3: Soviets probably, though I do like the Empire's advanced base defense looking like a big gun instead of a weird tower design.
Dawn of War: Orks, though its close between them and the Sisters of Battle.
KKND(1 & 2): Probably the Survivors.
Command & Destroy: Probably the Aliens.
Starcraft(1 & 2): Terrans.
Rise of Nations: Rome in the original version, US when it was added.
Generals: USA. I love all their intel gathering options.
Battle for Middle Earth: Mordor.
Warcraft(All): Orcs.
Empire at War: Consortium, though the Empire is very close.
Galactic Battlegrounds: Though they are all the same, I liked playing as Naboo just for the different look from regular SW factions(and I sure as heck wasnt going to pick Gungans very often).
War Front: Turning Point: Soviets, though all the factions are pretty cool. If only the gameplay was a little smoother.
Favorites from other games include:
Command & Conquer: GDI
Red Alert: Soviets
Tiberian Sun: Nod
Yuri's Revenge: Yuri
Tiberium Wars: GDI(Marked of Kane if you include Kane's Wrath)
Red Alert 3: Soviets probably, though I do like the Empire's advanced base defense looking like a big gun instead of a weird tower design.
Dawn of War: Orks, though its close between them and the Sisters of Battle.
KKND(1 & 2): Probably the Survivors.
Command & Destroy: Probably the Aliens.
Starcraft(1 & 2): Terrans.
Rise of Nations: Rome in the original version, US when it was added.
Generals: USA. I love all their intel gathering options.
Battle for Middle Earth: Mordor.
Warcraft(All): Orcs.
Empire at War: Consortium, though the Empire is very close.
Galactic Battlegrounds: Though they are all the same, I liked playing as Naboo just for the different look from regular SW factions(and I sure as heck wasnt going to pick Gungans very often).
War Front: Turning Point: Soviets, though all the factions are pretty cool. If only the gameplay was a little smoother.