RTS's... just cant play them. HELP!

[agnes]

ok, so ive played tons, and i mean tons of RTS's... but i was never good, actualy, come to think about it, im bloody awful lol.

ive just had a crack at company of heroes again, on the 3rd level, taking over the town. i loose 50% of my men after the first few encounters on medium difficulty! this is the same in all other RTS's, i love the idea, the concept, but im just pants at them.

so my question is, is there any sort of bible? walktrhough to the basics of RTS's? something i can read through to get the jist of them. its driveing me nuts!

sending in all my men at once is suicide, i get too fixated on the one group to concentrate on all of them if i try to take a tactical approach... too much css...

thanks, ags

 

[agnes]

I feel your pain. Sometimes I wish I could play them, after playing the.. err.. I've forgotten what it's called. The one that has DX10 support and is present day / future (and has nice smoke). The only RTSs I've ever really played have been Red Alert and Total Annihilation.

Most of the time I just live with other genres tho

world in conflict

and aye! ive been doing the exact oposite of the cover system

ty for the help ill get stuck in now

btw, what is best for cam movement? arrow keys? or mouse? i find it easier to do it with the keys

ags

 

[agnes]

alright guys, ive taken all advice in, spent several hours messing about on different games, picked up warcraft III and frozen throne for 5 quid today lol

BUT i eagerly marched foward into CoH... level 3, i did what i was told, acted like it was a real war lol, and bam! I OWNED! such a amazing game once i understood how to control units properly.

so thanks guys for everything RTS might just replace my fps addiction lol

ags