4000 starting resources is for donkeys!

[Zangief]

So listen, sorry if you fall in this category, but if you like to start up your own custom game with 4000 resources on a lame map: I hate you.

The noobs on xbox live love to do it. Usually mordor means a witchking/fellbeast rush. So I was men and I prepared for that: lots of rangers with fire arrows and rohirrim with the ability to shoot arrow. But this donkey decided to catapult rush. He built nothing but catapults and pikemen so me rohirrim had trouble. I stayed off his first attack pretty well, but since I was on the defensive the whole time he was able to rebuild while I was fighting. I couldn't hold him off the second time.

The map was the black gate which is lame: it bottle necks in the middle. If it was an open map I would have gone right by him and glorious charged his fortress and it would have been gg.

I have also faced two different clowns how started as dwarves and rushed all three drwarven heros. And since the drarven heros are the toughest in the game, it was no contest. Plus everytime I got close to killing those heros, he used his heal magic and it started over again.

Guaranteed if we played a better map with 1000 starting resources, I would have pwned any of those guys.

[Roggie]

4000 on any RTS is retarded. Deathmatch on EE blows, WC3 has the same set every time, and one other game has an option. I like to play with a lower starting set for resources; it takes more skill.

[Zangief]

Of course it does, 1000k is the standard in the BFME2 world and it takes a lot of skill to properly manage it early game.

[lx Spooner xl]

i like rts's..but im just to lazy to get into them online..the only rts i played online that i was good at was total annialation...it eventually comes down to everybody rushes the most powerful units though

[Roggie]

No, Rory, it is whoever can get the early people to best use, then whoever can get the top tier units to rush before the enemy can get there wins. It is more of a race in most RPGs, but if you concentrate on getting top tier too much, a rush can destroy you.

[Zangief]

rushing and defending the rush is key

[Roggie]

I'm a CC player. I always counter when the enemy rushes. My strategy is let them come first, then I go.

[Zangief]

And its good because most likely they will abandon their rush partway through and come back to try and save themselves. Keeping the pressure on your opponent is always good.

[Roggie]

It's best when you are able to split your army; have enough to protect your base, and have some waiting for them to attack you. If you can do that, you have got the opponent on the ropes, if not dead.

[Hellion II]

If I could play doubles with someone in an RTS, I'd be rape. I can attack like crazy, but my defense is bad. So as long as my teammate could defend, we'd be perfect.

[XCELOR8]

i'd play with you brandon. if anyone in here playes CC: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's revenge, try me on for size.

i used to play my senior year of college (3 years ago) and my record was like 300 some odd wins and under 20 losses.

only catch: i just played the map tour of egypt but i was still pretty dang good.

[Roggie]

No offense, but I can't stand people who only play one map. You only have to be good at one thing to win, instead of being ready for anything with a random map.

[lx Spooner xl]

when i get my laptop the first thing i am going to install is my total annialation...i absolutly lovet that game

[TequilaDo]

if anybody has Age of Empires III let me know please =D sorry for off topic but i didnt want to make a new thread just for this