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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:45 am
by Lt_Duong_
Camaro wrote:QUOTE (Camaro @ Apr 9 2008, 04:47 AM) Commanding is like playing C&C except your units talk back, yell, and generally ignore you.
Yeah. But initiative often kicks in with these games, so things can sometimes get done.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:53 pm
by guitarism
Youngmoose wrote:QUOTE (Youngmoose @ Apr 8 2008, 12:25 PM) Get someone to run their miners someone else to backseat them
so pretty much, your running their econ for them, your telling them what to do. How is that any different from you just commanding? Or right, your not taking responsibility, and letting the com take all the heat instead of you, if me makes a stupid mistake.
Just com yourself if your going to sit there running his miners, cons, D for him.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:56 pm
by spideycw
Mid Level comms are just as fun...
For mid level players
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:10 pm
by quackdamnyou
guitarism wrote:QUOTE (guitarism @ Apr 9 2008, 08:53 AM) so pretty much, your running their econ for them, your telling them what to do. How is that any different from you just commanding? Or right, your not taking responsibility, and letting the com take all the heat instead of you, if me makes a stupid mistake.
Just com yourself if your going to sit there running his miners, cons, D for him.
Back-seating is an important learning tool for mid-level comms. It allows a competent comm to focus on tactics, a job the commander is best at because of that 'bold chat' GA.
I don't know any commander who wouldn't love to have someone competent micro-manage his miners.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:38 pm
by Youngmoose
spideycw wrote:QUOTE (spideycw @ Apr 9 2008, 09:56 AM) Mid Level comms are just as fun...
For mid level players
Surprise!!!! Most of us who play are mid level players!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:42 pm
by spideycw
Youngmoose wrote:QUOTE (Youngmoose @ Apr 9 2008, 12:38 PM) Surprise!!!! Most of us who play are mid level players!!!!
No. Most people who play are idiots
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:01 pm
by Ozricosis
BURN!
When I started out commanding I had people run my miners. Even in big games today I have someone take over my miners. But, you have to learn to run them or you end up like Bacon who ALWAYS has someone run his miners. /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:32 pm
by Paradigm2
The best way to learn to run an economy is to first learn to destroy one.
If you become an accomplished miner killer, you will know their AI inside and out. With this knowledge you can avoid enemy miner hunters and keep the econ flowing.
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:12 pm
by Evincar
i think the process is the other way round: you gotta be raped a couple times by miner hunters while you manage your miners so you understand the points where you can exploit the AI
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:12 pm
by quackdamnyou
Well, I take the middle ground: Commanding has made be a better miner hunter, has made me a better commander.