Ford (retired)

This guide will be the base to cost effectiveness where Mammoth Tanks are significantly worse cost efficiency than the other 3 tanks. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15qOSzmrSstHXPvnVWkZV_244EhqzsPqET8XpbuXsHN0/pubhtml

Will be a legend in my books, and basically got me into Red Alert 1. Much respect to you and your future endeavors.

Ok, some very valid points that I appreciate you taking the time to explain your thought process. A glaring Issue i still have is With the Tesla Tank, giving them light armor actually makes them more effective against Tanks. Armor piercing does 25% less damage to light armor than heavy. Sure they take more from anti-infantry weapons than Tank Shells, but Tesla Tanks are supposed to be weaker against the latter.

Theres alot of changes that i disagree with and have no actual backing to. I'll sum it up. Tesla Tanks: Too good against Tanks, and they are good vs infantry too so that makes them OP. Grand Cannon: Why nerf HP, its already easy to counter in any competitive or meta environment. Grizz/ Lasher Price: They shouldn't be cost effective to Rhino Tanks, because that's not their Strength. Tank Destroyer: You nerf their HP? Magnetron: You defeat their purpose entirely. They do no damage, require Radar, and 1000$. Gattling Tank: They're fine, they are better than IFV and Flak Trak because they have no transport. Why are you nerfing Yuri, no one even plays them. They have an easily abusable economy, and need synergy from all their units to succeed. They also have the worst Superweapons.

Not yet, just a work in progress. I'm hoping to just have some maps with those changes inside them so people on CnCNet will be able to play them without any downloading, and it would be easier to test.

Since you have a problem with certain units, check the link out, and maybe we can discuss over the balance of a game. http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:AndrewFord/RA2:_YR_-_AndrewFord_Changes?cb=2768 As far as Chaos Drones go, they soft counter Desolators and if you put them on a Ctrl Group, you can sneak one into a fight and turn the tides of the battle without it being harmed.

Yea ZiGZaG, i seen your vids; you only used Rhinos, Dogs, Desos and Cons, you're telling me that all those "Bad units" are useful when you never used them in a competitive environment. Very reliable source.

Good tank control i suppose, they are tough to beat. But remember it costs 4000$ for a full fortress, so its costly to replace. In general: keep your tanks moving to avoid the rockets, if you can flank the Fortress, it will die before it can retreat. Soviets: Don't build apocalypse vs them, they will just get kited. Instead use Rhino Tanks, with good tank control (just practice) Maybe a few terror drones. If you lose 4 rhinos to take a full fortress out, thats 3600$ lost from you but 4000$+ lost from the enemy. Allies: Another Battle Fortress maybe? Nah just use some Mirage Tanks or a Chrono Legionaire + IFV Combo/Fortress

Soviets: Reactor, Barracks, Ore Refinery, War Factory, Ore Refinery. (sell 1 refinery) Most basic and common soviet build. Basically you have to try and build your buildings as fast as possible. Once you get War Factory, build 1 to 2 Miners, and then build Rhino Tanks. Tips: Build a few attack dogs at the start of the game, and use them to scout. Build Ore Refinery as close to the Gold/Gems as you can. Press N and then D to quickly deploy your MCV (given you dont have unit count on) Use Q,W,E,R to quickly switch between building tabs.

Crazy Ivans can actually do quite well. In YR where they 1 shot warfactors, you can force players to sell their WF and hinder they production. They good for Derricks, and Bridge Bombing, which shouldn't be underestimated. V3's are used in high level play, they are good vs soviet mirror as building aa early is almost a waste. Or cracking open defended areas. Flak boats good vs air that try to get your Dreadnaughts, that shoulda been obvious. Especially in Water Dominate Maps.

I'm just curious I looked, but only found the original coop maps in the sticky post. So basically, I want some new user made coop maps to play online with my friends. Any help will be much appreciated!

You have to take into consideration Rhino Tanks have a 1.3 build coefficient while the other 2 factions have a 1.5 build coefficient, therefore in the early game you can build a stronger army with the soviets. (Rhinos build around same speed as grizzly's and lashers) I'm not that good at YR but people are clueless.

Btw SteeL stop making guest accounts and pm'ing in in CnCNet client, frankly you need a life.

Get mad kid, plz stop talking to me, i know im your idol but this is getting stale and mundane. Nice trolling there breh. Ignorant = unlearned, i know what im talking about. You obviously dunno what your talking about nor can give a single fact so your a hypocrite for calling me that XD. Quit starting beef because you have nothing better to do man, what you say about me reflects your own self more than it reflects me. That's a cool story, ur claim that u vs'd me on troll accounts is clearly a lie. 0 evidence. No screenshots or video. Ignorant. Still like starting beef, dont ya? Grow up

Nice trolling there breh. Ignorant = unlearned, i know what im talking about. You obviously dunno what your talking about nor can give a single fact so your a hypocrite for calling me that XD. Quit starting beef because you have nothing better to do man, what you say about me reflects your own self more than it reflects me. That's a cool story, ur claim that u vs'd me on troll accounts is clearly a lie. 0 evidence. No screenshots or video. Ignorant. Still like starting beef, dont ya? Grow up

Nice trolling there breh. Ignorant = unlearned, i know what im talking about. You obviously dunno what your talking about nor can give a single fact so your a hypocrite for calling me that XD. Quit starting beef because you have nothing better to do man, what you say about me reflects your own self more than it reflects me.

So RC beats me in the past (when i first started playing lmao) a couple times, and then now i beat him 2-1 in a set and he cant own up to that. That's why you guys keep up this fake front, hence why you guys need to use arbitrary facts while I'm being the mature and grown up here. XD Also I know im a newer player and my trash talk got outta hand prior but I've surpassed your guys attitude and skill level in a shorter period of time. I'm glad you guys wanna ignore me, vs'ing you guys henceforth doesnt benefit me. Good day!

Funny thing is I actually did beat you so my claim is valid, It'd be nice to be gracious in defeat as I was humble in my victory. People love being hypocrites and try to troll me even though I'm the one who learned from my mistakes. Steel, I seriously have no idea what you are talking about. On hidden accounts...your medal would still show up because its the same ip. It's not hard to get recording software, so you could've (if it was true) easily uploaded those said games. Stop trying to feed off my attention, maybe one day you can become as good as me XD

Basically how it sounds, I challenged RC_2g2g to a few 1v1 games, he beat me a few times and I beat him a few times. He got really salty and called me a "pussy" and a "piece of shit" just because I was getting off (since it was past 1:00 am where I live) The only reason I posted this here is to show his poor sportsmanship and how this is not the actions that pro players or anybody should display towards other members. I've learned my lesson, 100% and just because you have a gold medal doesn't give you the right to belittle other members. The video has screenshots of his trash talk, and also a 1v1 match gameplay i call a classic. I don't expect any actions done to RC_2g2g but just wanted to show bad sportsmanship from a long time player, and my experience with it. My message to RC; "You are a good player, I'd love to play you again but I just cannot after the way you acted. I am humbled to be able to beat you at least once and never thought I could have done it"

I found a use for Dogs. On small maps where infantry are prevalent (KotG), dogs hard counter grenadiers, which people do alot of mass grenadier rushes. Kennel also can be built for max build speed grenadiers/rockets. The video link is not a pro game, but just a demonstration of dogs vs grenadiers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPebWxuiuc4

It's been a month, it still shows that I am banned (same as the first post image) so I'm just curious where my standing is currently

lol thats cute, you should try and at least not be a hypocrite admin trying to offend the users and set an example. As for my ban, I said "ORA is easy to beat" and then im like "lol right JazZ?", and i asked someone how much they bought their medal for cuz other people were joking about the same thing. What kind of bias / favoritism is this? People catch feelings too easily and can't take a joke. So if you need politics and unfairness to ban me then at least you've accepted it.

All the things you've said are speculation and have no evidence thus no point in saying anything. All I'm saying is there is no proof and all evidence is anecdotal

What does that have to do with anything? You're just ranting about something that could be saved for another topic, this topic is about disputing my ban because theres ABSOLUTELY NO evidence I done anything.

That wasn't me on the wikia I swear, someone probably overheard my conversations on cncnet and then posted whomever i had beef with. I'd love to see some proof of my "defamation of character" because all I say in chat is "I'm too legend" and "im a legend" or post links of my matches to dispute any claims (because people can't admit they lost). The last thing I said was "the ORA clan is easy to beat". It's a fact. im not saying stuff like "oh theyre shit and should uninstall." If proper moderation in in effect, why did you let ORA-Break harass me all the time. Why did you not ban [The-1] way back when I screenshotted him saying the N word in chat? Seems like a hypocrisy to me. (http://cnc-comm.com/community/index.php?topic=3384.msg23891#msg23891