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[Game On]Red Alert 3: Patch 1.12. ALSO CNC4 NEWS INSIDE! ZILO TAKES OFF PANTS!

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  • KatholicKatholic Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So I am at my aunt and uncle's house and so I can now play online for the weekend. It is a blast.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It is certainly lots of fun online.

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  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I need to get back to my apartment and download this demo ASAP.

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  • KatholicKatholic Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I am 5 and 1 already. What chat room do you guys sit in/what are your account names?

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm TheBog, and I don't usually sit around any chat room. We arrange games here in this thread, or PMs. Then we get our game on.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    game on!

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Is it just me, or is Tanya pretty sucky?

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Is it just me, or is Tanya pretty sucky?

    :winky:

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Is it just me, or is Tanya pretty sucky?

    :winky:

    I wish I could say that was intentional.

    Seriously though she seems like the worst commando unit. Apart from anything else, when I used her in the campaign she only seemed to attack enemies when I targeted them manually or used attack-move, and otherwise she'd just stand there and get shot. Dunno why.

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  • APZonerunnerAPZonerunner Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I believe she has the shortest range which makes sense considering she packs dual desert eagles, but the key to Tanya is getting her in close to the front line or deep into the enemy base undetected, protected or somehow without coming under heavy fire from afar. Then she is terrifyingly effective.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Tanya totally destroys bases. I think she's the only commando to be able to take out a Super Reactor without killing herself. And the fact that paradropping her into a base is so easy because Centuries are so sturdy. Or IFV her in. Or .. that amphibious transport her in.. Or chronosphere her in.. And personally I think she's the best anti-vehicle too. There's nothing more terrifying than seeing a Tanya drop down next to your MCV. She runs fast. And she's invulnerable while inside something blowing it up. And I feel she's the best anti-infantry as well.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    Tanya totally destroys bases. I think she's the only commando to be able to take out a Super Reactor without killing herself. And the fact that paradropping her into a base is so easy because Centuries are so sturdy. Or IFV her in. Or .. that amphibious transport her in.. Or chronosphere her in.. And personally I think she's the best anti-vehicle too. There's nothing more terrifying than seeing a Tanya drop down next to your MCV. She runs fast. And she's invulnerable while inside something blowing it up. And I feel she's the best anti-infantry as well.

    the best is chrono switching a dog thats in your enemies base for tanya

    also tanya will beat natasha everytime in a duel if you use the belt at the right time

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    TheBog wrote: »
    Tanya totally destroys bases. I think she's the only commando to be able to take out a Super Reactor without killing herself. And the fact that paradropping her into a base is so easy because Centuries are so sturdy. Or IFV her in. Or .. that amphibious transport her in.. Or chronosphere her in.. And personally I think she's the best anti-vehicle too. There's nothing more terrifying than seeing a Tanya drop down next to your MCV. She runs fast. And she's invulnerable while inside something blowing it up. And I feel she's the best anti-infantry as well.

    the best is chrono switching a dog thats in your enemies base for tanya

    "Bark bark motherfucker!" BLAM BLAM

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    anyone wanna play some team games online?

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  • ZanteZante Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Hey guys, I know people say this a lot, but this was without a doubt the most entertaining/exciting replay I've ever watched. Check it out.
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Is it just me, or is Tanya pretty sucky?

    :winky:

    I wish I could say that was intentional.

    Seriously though she seems like the worst commando unit. Apart from anything else, when I used her in the campaign she only seemed to attack enemies when I targeted them manually or used attack-move, and otherwise she'd just stand there and get shot. Dunno why.

    She kind of sucks for countering lots of infantry, because she has to get in range of their weapons to fire. As a result she'll die more easily then any other commando. Like others have said I feel she is definately the best commando for completely destroying a base if you can sneak her in (and Allies have so many options for doing so)

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    New patch coming any day now.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    A real patch or "fixes fonts for online play" or some such? They've been pretty loose on what defines a patch for this game.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Unfortunately a real patch. Probably making plenty of balance changes. We'll see.

    Truth be told, the game is very well balanced as is. I would not want any major gameplay changes at all. Would you?

    The only thing I want is for automatch not to suck.

    <edit> And yeah, Zante. That is indeed a very entertaining replay. Some vicious flak trooper drops. Some vicious cryocopter/vindi collector sniping. God I hate the allies haha. I was cheering for the soviets that whole time. I bet that naval yard was JUST out of range of that V4. And like somebody in the comments said, mistakes made by both sides. Dolphins were away from the 2 naval buildings, and the sov player should've brought 2 engies when he had the chance.

    Also the Allied player could've easily juggled enemy Akula fire by alternating black hole armor ADs. Instead he lost one or two. And he didn't care to fix some of his aircraft.

    And the whole thing in the beginning where everybody builds like 10 dogs/bears.. I don't fucking understand that.. Why do they bother doing it? It certainly wasn't to get the oil. Nobody even made an attempt to get the oil (the Sov should've gotten it easily with his chopper drops and momentary air-superiority). But no. They just smash wave after wave of bears/infantry into eachother. I dunno. Maybe I'm missing something. Why not do a standard Hammer/Flak army? Hammers can take out garrisoned structures with the leech beam without being in range, and flaks will punish any Vindis that want to take out the Hammers. And Hammers can run over any infantry or blow away any vehicles that tries to take out the flaks.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Empire anti-air?

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Well, yes, they could SLIGHTLY tweak some Empire things. Their turrets need to deploy a little faster. Their power plant/refinery needs to be cheaper or give a little more power. Their Tengus need a very slight buff in anti-air. Their VXs need a very slight buff in hp perhaps.. I don't know about messing with that. Changing it from 2 Vindis to take out a VX to 3 Vindis.. that's a pretty big change. You're essentially giving them +50%hp. Might make Vindis useless once they have 2 or more VXs. It's a very touchy subject.

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  • KatholicKatholic Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    Unfortunately a real patch. Probably making plenty of balance changes. We'll see.

    Truth be told, the game is very well balanced as is. I would not want any major gameplay changes at all. Would you?

    The only thing I want is for automatch not to suck.

    <edit> And yeah, Zante. That is indeed a very entertaining replay. Some vicious flak trooper drops. Some vicious cryocopter/vindi collector sniping. God I hate the allies haha. I was cheering for the soviets that whole time. I bet that naval yard was JUST out of range of that V4. And like somebody in the comments said, mistakes made by both sides. Dolphins were away from the 2 naval buildings, and the sov player should've brought 2 engies when he had the chance.

    Also the Allied player could've easily juggled enemy Akula fire by alternating black hole armor ADs. Instead he lost one or two. And he didn't care to fix some of his aircraft.

    And the whole thing in the beginning where everybody builds like 10 dogs/bears.. I don't fucking understand that.. Why do they bother doing it? It certainly wasn't to get the oil. Nobody even made an attempt to get the oil (the Sov should've gotten it easily with his chopper drops and momentary air-superiority). But no. They just smash wave after wave of bears/infantry into eachother. I dunno. Maybe I'm missing something. Why not do a standard Hammer/Flak army? Hammers can take out garrisoned structures with the leech beam without being in range, and flaks will punish any Vindis that want to take out the Hammers. And Hammers can run over any infantry or blow away any vehicles that tries to take out the flaks.

    The reason to have bear wars is simply to deny scouting opportunities. Allies are a bit op right now because neither empire/sov have an effective counter to peacekeepers+vindis. Vindicators just have too much health + incredible speed. One or the other needs to be nerfed. Plus bear are so important for soviets to take out infantry which enemies almost always have.

    edit:check out gamereplays to see more indepth discussion.

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I don't know exactly why it is, but the Tengu and the Striker VX are my favourite units. Probably the transformation action.

    "MIGs? In my airspace? Screw that, TRANSFORM!" *vreet vroot vreet* "Eat missile!"

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    I got the 360 demo and was completely justified for thinking that RTS games can not work on consoles.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I got the 360 demo and was completely justified for thinking that RTS games can not work on consoles.

    lol console rts

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I didn't realize this game had released

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I got the 360 demo and was completely justified for thinking that RTS games can not work on consoles.

    I wanna hear why. Out of curiosity.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I got the 360 demo and was completely justified for thinking that RTS games can not work on consoles.

    I wanna hear why. Out of curiosity.
    The controls are just too hard to use. There was no way to make groups of units that I could tell unless it was a very hidden feature not listed in the controls. If I wanted to select a group of units and have them attack one target while another groups attacks a different target it took so long that both targets were usually dead by that time anyways. Moving long distances around the map was pretty difficult, there is probably some way to bring up the map and move around using that but I couldn't find out how.

    I am not sure if it was my TV or the low resolution on the game but I had trouble telling units apart, most of the infantry looks the same especially the enemies. Trying to use the superweapons is pretty difficult in the middle of a fight too, since I have to open up the menu, back out of my unit menu which then brings me to the main command menu, select super weapons, select the weapon and then place it. I am sure I could get quick at doing that but it just seems so inefficient on a controller, I could get four times as much commanding done in the same amount of time with a keyboard and mouse.

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  • CohsaeCohsae Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Snofeld what you were saying about Tanya in the campaign, I think the reason she stands there is that she doesn't seem to default to the right stance. I had the same problem - just switched to defensive stance and she shot all those fools.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    also jenny mccarthy isn't all that hot

    THERE I SAID IT

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    also jenny mccarthy isn't all that hot

    THERE I SAID IT
    Big fake tits and lips on a 40 year old just don't do it for you?

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  • FoefallerFoefaller Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    also jenny mccarthy isn't all that hot

    THERE I SAID IT
    Big fake tits and lips on a 40 year old just don't do it for you?
    not with Gemma offering herself to me at the end as well, Fuck no.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I dunno... I just liked American Eva more then British Eva. Mostly because the uniform was more proper instead of low- (blouse) and high- (miniskirt) cut.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Nocren wrote: »
    I dunno... I just liked American Eva more then British Eva. Mostly because the uniform was more proper instead of low- (blouse) and high- (miniskirt) cut.

    I think it fits in more with the style of this game, which is fairly ridiculous. I think the whole mood of the game is summed up by Tim Curry saying "Do you like the pretty girls?"

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  • Grim SqueakerGrim Squeaker Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    also jenny mccarthy isn't all that hot

    THERE I SAID IT

    Tanya is actually on the low end of the list of 'hot women in RA3'

    Seriously man, ease up on the eye shadow...

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  • Grim SqueakerGrim Squeaker Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Nocren wrote: »
    I dunno... I just liked American Eva more then British Eva. Mostly because the uniform was more proper instead of low- (blouse) and high- (miniskirt) cut.

    I think it fits in more with the style of this game, which is fairly ridiculous. I think the whole mood of the game is summed up by Tim Curry saying "Do you like the pretty girls?"

    I think the only international law in RA3 is 'women are prohibited from buttoning up their jacket's top button'.

    It must be in the Geneva Convention or something...

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Nocren wrote: »
    I dunno... I just liked American Eva more then British Eva. Mostly because the uniform was more proper instead of low- (blouse) and high- (miniskirt) cut.

    I think it fits in more with the style of this game, which is fairly ridiculous. I think the whole mood of the game is summed up by Tim Curry saying "Do you like the pretty girls?"

    I think you're right. It's not distracting me that much from enjoying the over the top zaniness of the game.
    Ok, so I'm playing through the campaigns in order (sort of) and I'm at the point where the Allies (me) and Soviets team up against Japan. I finished the Soviet campaign though and... how do the Allies retain their Chrono technology? I thought that the main thing from Einstein was the Chronosphere (and the prism/spectra towers and the weather control device and the gap generators...)





    I probably shouldn't really be asking these questions or caring about these sort of things, should I?

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    In this timeline they're not invented by Einstein, but a private corporation. It's why it's not called a Prism tower (right? I can't remember) but is basically the same thing. Plus the cryocopter etc.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    heres a pretty good game i played, the allied player managed to take down my mcv, but i wasnt out of the game yet

    http://www.gamereplays.org/redalert3/replays.php?game=6&tab=upcoming&show=details&id=61444

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Personally out of all the women that were supposed to be "doing it" for me, I found Lissette to be the best of them all, and was kind of bummed that she was there only for a few missions. Would've liked to have her as my co-allied commander through all of the allied missions... then all of the Soviet and Japanese missions as well. Not only is she my kind of "hot", she also did the acting very well, without trying to hog the spotlight or make herself stand out (which would ruin it since the character was not meant for it).

    NSFW but also nothing too bad either.
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  • DodgeBlanDodgeBlan PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    she is pretty hot, you should totally ask her out


    I just executed the BEST tanya drop ever.

    century and an apollo hit the super reactor, tiny bit of health left. Surgical strike finishes off reactor, tesla coil goes offline just as tanya lands. Goodbye MCV.

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