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[Docktor_Worm]

This is one of the first games i ever got (i started playing it when i was like 6) and  its still awesome!

anyways, you can get the core contingency files and the absolute annihilation mod  online. they both add hundreds of new units to the game without ruining the gameplay or balance so i would recommend checking them out.  And if you do want to ruin the game, there's a mod that adds 1500 new units!

http://www.planetannihilation.com/aa

[PrejudiceSucks]

I can only play TA : Spring (the reasonably legal remake), due to my graphics card not playing really old games (the first X-Com and Total Annihilation are sadly victims.

It's a great game though

[Eagle of Fire]

Bah, it's just another C&C clone. Way too many units to choose from and an almost invincible commander make this game very bland.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Uh, Total Annihilation wasn't ANYTHING like C&C and the Commander is so easy to kill it isn't even funny.

[DannyMc252]

Uhm , is providing The Core Contingency free online even lega?

[PrejudiceSucks]

It might be.

And the best way to kill a commander is to fly a ridiculous amount of transports at him and pick him up, then self-destruct them/fly them over your enemy's defences for added irony.

[JimmyJ]

Another way to get an easy kill is put a few fleas on some air transports and self destruct the transports over an enemy base Flying bombs

[Blood-Pigggy]

DannyMc252, on Mar 24 2006, 07:25 PM, said:

Uhm , is providing The Core Contingency free online even lega?

No it isn't.



In fact, anything by Cavedog is illegal to download! Including Freddy Fish! Isn't that awesome!?

[Eagle of Fire]

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Uh, Total Annihilation wasn't ANYTHING like C&C and the Commander is so easy to kill it isn't even funny.

I already played this game in the past, I know what I am talking about.

Just get a (ridiculous) amount of energy, then cloak your Commander and overuse the super cannon he carries around on everything which move and you win. Or cloak him and go build a new base just at the doorstep of your ennemy base, then do a fake attack to distract him and keep replenishing your losses with the new base so he won't be able to fight all your units... Or just build a few "big bertha"'s to keep the ennemy at bay then attack him remorsely.

This is even easier on maps which are only metal, so you can build mines anywhere you wish. The Commander build so fast you can basically build new bases in minutes.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Wow, you must have been playing with idiots.

Seriously, online with good players WASN'T ANYTHING like C&C.
Transport Commander Kidnappings (using a transport to pick up an enemy commander), Cloak Luring (very popular tactic, have an enemy cloak his commander, then wait for him to attack, use your radars and jammers to pick him up then take a transport, pick up the enemy commander and use your commander to blow it up right before it lands) , Soaking (make a massive collection of metal collectors on a metal map, then keep building Pee-Wees or Fighters and put the waypoint in the enemy base, continously build units over and over) Jacking (Build a bunch of radar jammers all over the enemy's borders, then let him create a massive army while you build a ring of turrets right around his base) stuff like that, although TA newbies thought you could just win by massing units, it was a big misconception when you played online.

In fact, it isn't even like C&C if you just play it normally, C&C didn't have infinite resources, it didn't have such a high quantity of units, it didn't have ships, or airplanes, it didn't even play the same. They're such different games it doesn't make any sense.

[DannyMc252]

TA like C&C? No way. TA is much more fun. More units, more stuff to do, more ways to blow stuff up... And infinite resources is always a good thing. No limit on gameplay time!
Unless "How long you can survive" counts as a time limit ;-)

[PrejudiceSucks]

So has anyone other than me and Danny had a go at Total Annihilation : Spring yet?

It's pretty good, but it sometimes doesn't like connecting (probably a problem with my security settings more than anything else).

[Blood-Pigggy]

I would love Spring if I could figure how to actually get it working.

[Docktor_Worm]

I tried it, but gave up when i could almost never connect to a game

[JimmyJ]

i have a 56k and i am still a * player, the MAX RANK!

Hehe, i can ALWAYS kick a** in a 2v2 or higher }