Anyone still play Total Annihilation

Indy500 · 3 Jun 2008 at 17:46

platypus said:
Too easy to tank rush, but yeah it was a helluva game.

Not really. Dragon's teeth + wall of missile towers (both quicker and cheaper to build than L1 tanks) = dead tanks. Not to mention a D-Gun will make short work of an unsupported attack.

Edit: plus the defender has the advantage of radar cover..

1kiwi · 3 Jun 2008 at 19:41

kkbigal said:
However, it's not a better game. Total Annihilation's AI was very, VERY poor in many respects; apparently the AI was able to build nuclear missile launchers but it didn't know how to build missiles INSIDE the silos

I think i played the AI for maybe a week until i found out about boneyards

The best thing about TA is the online battles. It's actually better now because everyone has the connection and machine to support it. I played a 3 vs 3 last night on John's Pass and it was pretty cool.

Kreeeee said:
You don't play strategy games against AI as it removes the strategy element.

Agreed. Here you can download maps, units and the WarZone online client. It's all free!

sr4470 said:
Not really. Dragon's teeth + wall of missile towers (both quicker and cheaper to build than L1 tanks) = dead tanks. Not to mention a D-Gun will make short work of an unsupported attack.

Your right but a well coordinated sub 3 min flash attack can be very frustrating - just like a sub 2 min bomber on a sea map! You can easily combat rushing strategies though.

Cheers for all the comments so far guys!

Indy500 · 3 Jun 2008 at 19:57

beh* said:
Your right but a well coordinated sub 3 min flash attack can be very frustrating

Flashes backed up by Samsons are very nasty things to face, but if you use samsons\slashers and keep falling back as you target you'll create a lot of wreckage for them to manuver around. Reclaim that and it'll allow commander-assisted production for a bit

1kiwi · 3 Jun 2008 at 21:14

samsons are only good in mass amounts though ...

Indy500 · 3 Jun 2008 at 21:55

beh* said:
samsons are only good in mass amounts though ...

Yeah, which kind of negates the 2 minute rush strategy

early on you're limited to using groups of 2-3 to hang around metal spots harassing construction units

Kreeeee · 3 Jun 2008 at 22:56

Mass peewee's \o/

Looked awesome!

jumpy · 3 Jun 2008 at 23:57

Krogoth.

Intimidators. By the dozen.

Legions of Crashers in an early rush attempt.

Massed squadrons of Rapiers (so many it cranked the network to a standstill) blasting acres of enemy land forces into so much scrap metal.

The 48 hour lan turtle marathon that ended with about 20 minutes of solid nuclear missile launching from all players.

Then the 2 hour search for that last little metal extractor after you've killed everything else.

TA was my first and favourite pc game. Pity I've not been able to find a copy of TA/Core contingency/Battle tactics, except for silly money. Happy days.

Indy500 · 3 Jun 2008 at 23:59

Kreeeee said:
Mass peewee's \o/

Looked awesome!

EMG lag much?

Strife212 · 4 Jun 2008 at 00:02

Turtling in TA was unreal, so funny

Littlenose · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:10

man nostalgia is great isn't it

we used to play over the uni network after hours for hours.

Gashman · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:17

Strife212 said:
Turtling in TA was unreal, so funny

me and matt had a LAN game on TA from like 1pm till 9pm or something because we just couldn't get into eachothers bases (metal isle, 5000 unit limit, CC and BT) thats the only problem with TA, sometimes theres just no way into a base, same goes for supreme commander

Indy500 · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:19

Gashman said:
me and matt had a LAN game on TA from like 1pm till 9pm or something because we just couldn't get into eachothers bases (metal isle, 5000 unit limit, CC and BT) thats the only problem with TA, sometimes theres just no way into a base, same goes for supreme commander

Just position a Bertha\Vulcan in range, and shell away

Gashman · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:24

sr4470 said:
Just position a Bertha\Vulcan in range, and shell away

you see its not that simple when your on a map where its just islands, with no land mass in bertha range

Strife212 · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:27

Build enough nukes to storm his nuke defence and level his base :>

Indy500 · 4 Jun 2008 at 15:32

Gashman said:
you see its not that simple when your on a map where its just islands, with no land mass in bertha range

Good point, unless you use addons that have floating versions

Littlenose · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:15

wow, it's the first time i'd heard of a stalemate in TA... i've always found there is some way through... nice one.

1kiwi · 4 Jun 2008 at 20:24

recently i've given up after around the 2 hour mark but in general, where there a will there a way. Nukes are always fun

Also, just got a new 22 inch samsung so that should help with some of the bigger maps !

Indy500 · 4 Jun 2008 at 21:08

beh* said:
recently i've given up after around the 2 hour mark but in general, where there a will there a way. Nukes are always fun

Also, just got a new 22 inch samsung so that should help with some of the bigger maps !

Think the game supported up to 2048x1536

mrmoose · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:27

used to play this hell of a lot on the zone, allways gods of war 2v2, building a bomber in 1min 40. i'd love to be 15 again

Gashman · 4 Jun 2008 at 23:55

anyone ever download the 'kraganoth' or something demolition mech, holy hell that thing owned everything, entire bases fell to it in matter of minutes