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>Favorite RTS
>Favorite Faction
>>342854863
>C&C 95
Still my favorite after all the years, NOD/GDI and tiberium was really interesting with a gulf war era backdrop.
>NOD
At least for lore and design. I liked them the most when they were a cult with no overt mystical bits about them, just weird architecture and fringe science.
>C&C3
Played it back when it came out, never played the other C&C games before then, thought it was fucking awesome.
>NOD
Our lives for Kane!
>>342854863
>Supcom: FA
>Nod from C&C
Supcom's the tightest shit but you can't beat Nod's design.
Favorite RTS, probably C&C Tiberian Sun.
Favorite faction, NOD by a longshot, as many stated, the aestetics and methods they use are really interesting and awesome.
>>342854863
Right now,
>Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
>Imperial Navy
>Starcraft Brood War
I'd say Tiberian Sun but Brood War just gave me more fun and had more of a lasting impact.
>Nod
There's just something really charming about Nod, both in terms of unit, design and story. Also Kane.
>C&C Generals
>GLA
>>342854863
Tiberian Sun
Brotherhood of Nod
>>342854863
>Starcraft
great campaign, great multiplayer, great fun watching inhuman korean pros killing each other at 1000apm for two hours
>NOD
fucking Slavik is most bitching RTS protag ever
>>342854863
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
>>342854863
>Supreme Commander FA
>Cybran or UEF
>>342859706
Im thinking of buying it.
How is it?
>>342858576
>>342857102
>liking the game that killed RTS
Fuck off cancer
>>342860435
Command and Conquer and Starcraft put the RTS genre on the map as a popular genre. Complaining that either of those games killed RTS is like complaining games like the original Doom killed off FPS.
In short, stop being a fucking idiot
>>342860435
Games themself don't kill the whole genres, shitty developers does.
>>342860736
Saying that Star craft or C&C killed RTS is more like saying Halo killed FPS.
>>342860736
>>342860763
Fuck off blizzshills
>Warcraft III
>Humans
Siege and Mortars were just too much fun in that game.
It'd be really neat playing FA and getting the ACU into neat situations, like sniping. Where da FA at?
I played one like 10 years ago and I forgot the name. IT was a pretty good looking advanced RTS where you had to build lots of different military constructions, oilfields and whatnot. I think the time was set to around 2000. Anyone got some ideas?
>>342854863
Probably Starcraft. between the single player and the User Map settings there was endless possibilities.
Favorite faction?
Maybe the Soviets in RA1 or GDI in any of their games gameplay wise.
>>342861086
Maybe this? Other than that, only Act of War comes to mind.
>C&C Generals
GLA are fun
>Zerg
I love the idea of a swarming menace.
>>342860435
>SC killed RTS
Is that what zgens believe?
>>342861086
Anything more specific? Like factions or overall setting?
>>342860852
No it wouldnt because FPS were already popular before Halo because of things like Doom and Medal of Honor and Half Life.
Halo tried to shake things up with regenerating health.
Starcraft and C&C literally became the foundation of RTS though. Ya there were games before it but they werent great. Those two games made the genre into something people wanted to play.
So again, those games are like the Doom (and Quake?) of RTS.
>>342860854
Dont be retarded. No one is claiming Starcraft 2 is good. Its a disgrace compared to the original. Hell the other guy you replied to even claimed blizzard was a shitty developer. We just understand that a company becoming shitty doesnt retroactively mean their old games that were good are now shit and always shit.
>>342861330
>Act of War
aw man I fucking love you! I have been looking for years!
>>342861747
Cheers, enjoy, i replayed it like two years ago and it still holds up well.
>Dune 2000
>House Harkonnen
FOR THE BARON
>all these fucking noddies
ION CANNON ACTIVATED
>>342860435
Starcraft Brood War didn't kill anything.
World in Conflict
Murrica. Fuck the commies.
>>342863038
>siding with technojews
>>342863430
This is Sokol one! All battlegroup elements are now reading this in my voice!
C&C
Nod, Soviets, Yuri
Cloaking, Strong mid-sized tanks, Mind control
>>342864610
Soviets had heavy tanks, light and medium tanks are Allies.
Also soviets are so fucking broken it's not funny
>>342854863
TibSun
Nod
>>342857908
Mybrother.
>>342858576
Is this literally the best cutscene in all of RTS?
>KANE LIVES
Still gets me to this day.
>>342865251
>Is this literally the best cutscene in all of RTS?
most definitely
I grew up so much on RTS. LANing AoE and C&C at 8 was great but if there was a game that always has a place in my heart it has to be Dune 2.
In terms of faction, its gotta be Kane and the Nodbros.
![256px-Cc_kane_shot[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FGqqeFA.jpg "256px-Cc_kane_shot[1].jpg")
This thread is now a NOD thread.
IN THE NAME OF KANE!
>>342863430
Goodnight sweet prince ;_;7
>C&C Generals Zero Hour
Awesome campaign and the 8 player skirmish is fun as fuck
>Imperial Guard
Just because I'm a 40k fluff autist and there is nothing more satisfying than steamrolling lesser races and heretics with tanks.
>>342863430
The MP was fuckawesome. Except for the 2cool4school heli only faggots
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
TEC or Vasari Loyalists
>>342869641
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry8jbwtAWoM
great taste
Homeworldwhile it's true that the single player campaign quickly devolves into building fucktons of salvage corvettes and stealing every ship you find like some sort of space gypsy, the multi player, the lore, the soundtrack, the graphics, really do put it in a special place in my heart.
As for faction, as much as i love Homeworld, both factions play pretty much the same so i will go with the GLA from C&C Generals
>AK-47s... FOR EVERYONE
![[whzz whzz whzz whzz].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/kx67pid.jpg "[whzz whzz whzz whzz].jpg")
>>342854863
Forged Alliance,
Scrin from Kane;s Wrath
>>342860145
Not the anon that you were replying to, but I've been really enjoying it. With 5 hours of play time i'm up to the 7th mission of 13. And I'll probably fuck around in Skirmish a bit. If you're the least bit interested, now is the time to get it because I really wouldn't recommend a full price buy.
Pros:
-Aesthetic. (Everything looks great and i'm a real sucker for deserts + homeworld ship design)
-It looks pretty
-Units are resilient but not invulnerable.
-Rachel S'jet is the first female character in long time that doesn't feel like her gender is a fucking plot point, it's great.
Cons:
-It's to short, the missions are great but I know I'm going to want more after the 13th mission.
-DLC is/should be good if you can find anyone to Multiplayer with, but it's basically just Skins and Models for multiplayer. Just get the base game and the Expedition Guide if you're a lorefag.
-Occasional Crashes? Apparently it's a thing. Better than on release but It's crashed a couple of times on me. Nothing -that- critical though.
tl;dr: Buy it now when it's on sale, it's great but i'm very happy I didn't pay full price.
Earth 2150-2160
Company of heroes 1 & 2
C&C every game
PEACE THROUGH POWER
>>342854863
>Dark Crusade
>Protoss or Necrons
>>342857070
The Emperor smiles on them
>>342854863
Alright who wants to organize an FA long-play game? I so fucking love this game and I waited 9 years to finally play it a few months ago with a new pc
DoW
litteraly the best videogame in the universe of Warhammer 40k
Necrons
some voice acting wouldn't hurt (for the nightbringer adn necron Lord)
>Age of Mythology
>Loki
Egyptians are sissy fags
BFME2
Dwarves
Used to love getting King Dain early
Total annihilation
The core
>>342873978
>>342874201
I think I might still have supcom or maybe supcom 2
>>342864316
>siding with terrorists
>>342874251
>Core
worst side
>>342860435
>Starcraft killed RTS.
No the reality is RTS simply died on its own due to lack of interest from a changing market.
>>342854863
Aoe3
British
>>342857908
I'd say I'm surprised at TIME, but they did make Hitler man of the year back in 1938
>>342870901
SPARE THE PLEASANTRIES
Honestly though, Forged Alliance and Aeon
>They removed Aeon navy in SupCom2 because "dude hover units lmao"
>>342861046
play some forged alliance forever, community is still somewhat alive, though most games are played on maps with chokepoints
recently started playing again, its still a nice game and FAF is lively enough for me
i wanted to buy this because of the steam sale
is it worth $27?
>>342866058
peace through power! the technology of peace
>>342873978
>>342874201
>>342874451
just play forged alliance forever
good times
>>342854863
saucer
advent (loyalist)
>>342876556
Fuck you Sam
>>342878329
I feel im missing something here
is this a new mod server or something? I literally havent played for 9 years, and have been slowly re-learning through skirmish mode. Id love some FA online, but i get the feeling not many people like to play siege/turtle style games anymore just blitzing me after norush expires or maybe thats just my impression from playing on Supcom2 on consoles
>>342877864
Yeah
>>342879179
That's how rts are generally played. You have to rush or adapt to the rush, constantly expanding
>>342873978
Got some practice on x4.
>>342854863
i want to like supcom but goddam, there are just so many poor design decisions and subpar software development
>>342882102
nah you're just a fucking retard
>>342882102
>AoE 2, a game from 1999, has basic formations
Fucking SupCom.
Currently CoH2.
Favorite faction: OKW, especially after the balance changes. Having access to MG34s and Panzerfausts along with capable Volksgrenadiers w/STG-44s makes for some excellent gameplay compared to previous balance states. No longer do retards Volkshrekblob.
There's nothing like getting that early ambush in a 1v1/2v2 with your Sturmpioneers after circling around the map and wiping his first squad after a late retreat. Feels great to see idiots ragequit.
>>342882102
>>342882409
>>342882513
This. SupCom can't even keep units at the same pace.
>>342882102
I tend to agree, Supcom's actual unit control was subpar for the era.
>>342882513
>>342882651
>>342882727
what are you shitters talking about, supcom has formations and units move at the same speed with ctrl+move
>>342861330
>WWIII Black Gold
Oh fug, the memories. Dropped it like a rock once I got Generals but still.
>>342854863
Dark Crusade
Tau, fire warrior spam is the most satisfying shit.
>>342882513
>>342882651
>>342882727
>caring about controlling your units beyond just a-moving
If you're playing supcom right at all you'll have so many units on the field and being made so consistently you won't even have time to care about formations or if a few get stuck on some walls here and there.
and besides >>342882985
>>342854863
>Zero Hour
I'd played and enjoyed Red Alert 1&2 and Renegade before it but Generals/Zero Hour was basically the defining C&C game for me. Helps that the mod scene is still decently active.
>Spess Mehreens
It's still so satisfying to successfully execute a good steel rain while deepstriking terminators and assault marines to fuck up the rear.I also like a good bit of the lore
>>342882616
>schreckblob is gone
>cromwell gets free reign to run over krauts
Reminder that Original War is on sale on Steam right now for less than £1, there is literally no reason not to play one of the most brilliant RTS's ever made.
Sure, it's janky as hell, and the translation's off in a couple places, but it's so unusual and unique you'll forgive it. It's a blast.
Also it's -less than a quid right now-! Go for it!
>>342884506
my nigga, this game was GOAT
too bad the arabian expansion never happened
>>342884593
Mod community's made one, it's on the steam workshop. Apparently it uses some assets and things that were left in but never used. Haven't played it myself yet though, still working through the campaigns again.
>>342884393
It doesn't, the Sturmpioneers can now carry Panzershreks.
Two Sturmpioneers w/ Shreks and two Volks W/ STG-44s + supporting Racketenwerfer make short work of armor, and it's become one of my standard midgame 3v3-4v4 OKW builds.
With the reduced mine lethality I no longer feel the need to sweep in the midgame, or at least until I get a PzIV/Panther out. I'm just not scared of mined that can't squadwipe, frankly.
Anyway, I'd be more worried about emplacements as OKW desu, at least they nerfed the counter battery and land matress. It only took them nearly half a year.
Earth 2150
EuroAsian Dynasty or UCS
How can moonfags even compete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrJFMddYNb0
>>342884878
>Sturmpioneers can now carry Panzershreks
>expensive and fragile engineer squad is AT infantry now
Dunno, didn't have any difficulties dealing with schreckblobs with the crocodile, don't think I'll have any with engineer blobs, but Jagdpanzer IVs with the phasing device are the bane of my existence.
Teller mines lost all meaning tho.
>>342860435
pretty sure a lack of good singleplayer is what killed rts
>C&C Generals Zero Hour
China Nuke General. The glow, that wondrous glow! Can you feel it general?
>Age of Empires 3
Germany. I loved rushing to the fortress age and pumping out Uhlans and Needle guns. The British are a close second for those mad powerful Musketeers.
>okw
if you play okw you should kill yourself irl. literally babby mode
![latest[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/HTGnHIN.png "latest[1].png")
GOD DAMMIT BANNON, WHO LET IVAN INTO THIS THREAD!? I SWEAR IF IT WAS YOU, YOULL BE READING THIS IN MY VOICE!
>>342886749
>Someone else who fell for the 'I only play 3-3/4-4' meme
OKW was balanced before and is even more balanced after last weeks patch, dude. Get good. All of the factions are incredibly viable now.
>>342882985
>>342883264
>planes won't stay with units
>becomes a fuckfest as the planes are shredded, and the bots have no air support
>>342888321
>okw played
>"get good"
okw was unabalanced before and is even more unbalanced now
>>342888618
T. Shitter who can't into ESL
Learn to control your fuel and use indirect fire. OKW is a fuel starved faction that can easily be shut down with the proper application of artillery and fuel caches.
Try Americans, they're now hilariously fun with the .50 Cal/M36/Major/M8 buffs.
>>342888893
t. esports shitter who no arguments
>okw is a fuel starved faction
no, they removed that. okw has normal resource income. they also 'forgot' to increase the fuel price of all the okw vehicles when they did this change
this patch gave them a massive buff against vehicles which they really didn't need at all. they picked up HMGs and mines at some point as well, so they have everything. it's very bland
>try americans
I'm really not interested in smoke rifle blobs: the faction
>>342879179
FAF is how people play forged alliance now since the actual game servers don't work all that well. It's pretty active still!
>>342889337
>150 fuel for a PzIV
>Generally immobile JpzIV just asking to be flanked by the Cromwell you can get out way faster, or a T-34 that remain cost effective even when ramming
>200 fuel for a fucking Panther with no other abilities or fun gimmicks like other faction vehicles (excluding the also incredibly bland T-34-85)
The only reasonably fuel priced OKW unit is the Luchs.
>>342890175
>150 fuel for the a pziv
I dont' know much about this unit or how it compares to the proper pziv
>generally immobile jpziv
doesn't seem that immobile to me. it seems more like an invisible su-85 with extra armour and accuracy
>flanked by a t-34
literally what, I mean a T-34 probably won't even penetrate the side
>ramming
gun destroyed + immobilize means this is pretty much always stupid
>no other abilities
basically none of the ost/sov units have the gimmick shit of the other 3 factions, it's strange
CandC 3 Kanes Wrath, Scrin all the way.
>>342890871
>Sacrificial T-34 or a totally non-sacrificial Cromwell won't pen a JpzIV chassis side
Dude.
The JpIV is also objectively inferior compared to 90 fuel StUG spam, considering the StuG's gun can actually kill infantry and it gets an MG. Hell, I'd even take the doctrinal StuG E.
Wehrmacht is great.
The OKW PzIV is just the armor buffed version (Vet 2) Wehrmacht PzIV, on that note. More armor, more cost, less spam ability.
As for your Su-85 comments: the Su-85 was buffed recently, it now has a lower RoF but higher accuracy/sight/penetration. It's viable now. It also has basically the exact same armor values as the JpIV.
>>342891857
a moving t-34 I'm pretty sure will miss the jpziv most of the time. if it rams then it's dead, and the jpziv isn't necessarily dead
>stug
I'm sure it's shit in some way, other than not being able to cloak. I'll check
>same armor values
it might do. axis stuff seems to all have way better penetration though
>>342892264
Nah dude, the flanks I'm talking about are extreme close sidescraping or downright rear blocking by the T-34 and Cromwell, not ranged fighting.
As to the StuG: it's most certainly not shit, and forms the core of many a Wermacht's player late game armor formations on the cheap when vetted. No, it doesn't cloak, but it has the mobility and damage to do tank things on a budget.
>>342874243
>BFME2
Where can I buy this?
>>342893178
I know the stug isn't shit, I meant compared to the jpiv. you made it sound like the jpiv is just more expensive for no benefits but I don't think it is
I like the stug, I hardly ever use it though because pziv is gud, and
>allies in charge of tanks
>>342893673
I think the pirate bay is having a big sale atm
>>342893724
>Comet
>Cromwell
>Firefly (as an excellent support gun)
>IS-2
>Ez8 spam
>Jackson (with heavy micro)
>Pershing
>Doctrinal Churchill variants
>T-34-85 spam
>Shit
>>342894061
most of those are late game or destroyers with 0 anti inf
the p4 anti-inf is great, and having a turret is great on maps with a lot of obstacles
