It is the most used Russian Tactic, however not so good against UK.
Once again seige would have done the job. Seige is a better choice against UK, since most UK players start off fast and end up hunkering down in defense mode for the majority of the match building up their economy. Russian Seige factories produce three units that could counter a variety of UK units. In this match Russian AT's could have countered UK tanks and AT's are cheap. Russian AA's would obviously counter UK air and Russian Artillery would be able to pound UK buildings and infantry while mass conscripts backed by a commisar (to counter commando threat) builds morale. a few cossacks and or snipers could have ended this match for Russia. I do not know if this game was on very fast speed or not but if it was all the more reason for seige to be used. Fast air IMO is only effective against USA and or France, backed up with mass AC's. Players should learn the basics of countering, instead of just making the most popular build order per civ. sCa^time obviously is pretty damn good at countering his opponents. Good Job!
Elder_King (id: elder_king)
Posted on 11/14/06 @ 10:40 PM
Come on. That Russian guy had absolutely no micro. He played terribly, putting so many people on one gold mine that there were idle villagers waiting to mine. And also he did not try any kind of raiding, rushing, or anything Russia is good at. Plus he built a seige factory that produced... 0 units??? What was he thinking? He must not have been.