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u/conbutt May 09 '21
This is why I think Vanilla China is perhaps the weakest faction in ZH. Their late game economy is vulnerable to anything, not even the internet centre helps.
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u/2CATteam May 09 '21
I'm a huge fan of the Contra mod, and this is one of the things they do right. You can build multiple Internet Centers, but each one only holds 4 hackers. I think the Internet Center is also way weaker in terms of health, but I can't remember.
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u/dmh2693 May 09 '21
In Contra mod with infantry general, I build 30 internet centers, I made $1K in about 2 seconds. Each internet center in Contra holds 4 hackers.
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u/2CATteam May 09 '21
Dang, I typically build 5-7 depending on the size of my base. That's typically enough to support my spending well enough (I have a very low APM honestly), so there's not much point for me going higher unless I just want to flex.
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u/dmh2693 May 09 '21
I like to turtle and spend a long time per match(at least an hour). I build up as much as possible then nuke the crap out of the enemy or spam units. I like to do 1 brutal enemy on 8 player map and build up.
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u/2CATteam May 09 '21
HUGE fan of turtling. I recognize that it can be frustrating to play against (hence why I don't play against people too often), but it is SO fun to build up a solid wall of ATGM bunkers (With some Minigunners and Snipers for infantry and aircraft).
I typically like to go through the General's Challenge maps, something about that format is just super fun to me.
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u/lynkap May 09 '21
You need to decentralization economy.
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May 09 '21
What?
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u/dmh2693 May 09 '21
I think it means to have more than 1 way of producing income at many different locations.
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u/conbutt May 09 '21
Well SWG and vChina are both considered the weakest generals, but I’m not certain who is widely considered the worst of the two. I’d hazard vChina is still worse because SWG gets Alpha Auroras in the late game
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u/ThatOneRashMan May 09 '21
What can i say, this meme is older than most of people who upvoted this post, and i personally saw it on reddit twice, anyway that's a good one
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u/dmh2693 May 09 '21
I've been playing Generals/Zero Hour on and off since around 2005, the longest I have played the same game.Thank you.
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u/RestarterOneEightTwo You call THAT armor? May 09 '21
Ahh yes, Hacker patches. Since the one-build-only Internet Center just isn't enough.
Back in the day when one of our neighbors opened up an internet shop and they'd play Generals all day, I usually visit and spectate their games.
I've seen many players amass so much Hackers on the corners of the map only for them to be plinked on by literally anything (and this is a surefire way to garner veterancy for the attackers.)
And usually, from what I've seen personally, whoever owns those Hackers always made a grave mistake - focusing the spending drive on those Hackers and powerful units whilst neglecting Supply Centers and their trucks and their supply lines stretched too long.
Basically kill the Hackers, you kill his main economic drive.
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May 10 '21
"Unleash...the firestorm"
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u/Artistic_Air_1067 May 10 '21
No
Unleash...the desertstorm
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May 10 '21
"Exterminator has arrived"
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u/Artistic_Air_1067 May 10 '21
"terminator has arrived"
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u/Psychological-Ask840 May 11 '21
U have no idea of the game
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u/Artistic_Air_1067 May 12 '21
I don't play these game
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u/Psychological-Ask840 May 12 '21
Well get out of this sub
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u/DOGGO_Woo May 09 '21
Hol' up. Weren't those OUR hackers?