Unit Notes, GDI and Nod - Tiberian Sun: Two Weeks In

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UNIT NOTES: GDI AND NOD
APPENDIX TO: Tiberian Sun: Two Weeks In
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What every unit and defense I've used is for, and what I think of it after two weeks. No exact numbers. I don't have them, and anybody quoting you exact numbers in week two is guessing. These are notes from about sixteen online games and most of the GDI campaign.

Both sides also get the basics: Light Infantry, Engineers (they capture enemy buildings, which is the whole engineer rush problem), Harvesters, and the MCV that unpacks into your Construction Yard.

>> GDI

UNIT	WHAT IT IS	MY NOTES
Disc Thrower	Infantry that lobs exploding discs	Wrecks infantry in groups and hurts buildings. The best infantry in the game. Three of them at home stop most engineer rushes.
Medic	Heals infantry	Put one or two behind your Disc Throwers and they last twice as long.
Jump Jet Infantry	Infantry that flies	Fun, and great for going over walls. Anything that shoots at aircraft shoots at them too, so don't fly them over SAM Sites.
Wolverine	Small, fast walker with machine guns	Eats infantry. Paper armor, so keep it away from anything with a real gun.
Titan	GDI's main battle walker, big cannon	The backbone. Build lots. Babysit their pathfinding.
Amphibious APC	Carries infantry, crosses water	GDI's answer to "how do I get Engineers over there." Water maps only, mostly.
Disruptor	Sonic beam that hits everything in a line	EVERYTHING in a line, including your own guys. Strong. Park it where your army isn't standing in front of it.
Mammoth Mk. II	Giant four-legged walker	Huge, slow, expensive, and it can shoot at aircraft too. If one shows up and you don't have a plan, you lose. Ask me how I know.
Orca Fighter	Fast attack aircraft with missiles	Hit and run. Flies home to the Helipad to reload. My favorite harvester hunter on GDI.
Orca Bomber	Heavy bomber	Slow, hits hard, dies to SAMs. Later in the game when they're busy elsewhere.
Component Tower	Defense tower you finish with an add-on	Vulcan for infantry, RPG for vehicles, SAM for aircraft. I mix all three around the Refinery.
Firestorm Generator	Powers an energy wall around your base	Nothing gets through while it's on. It can't stay on forever. Turtle players love it. I hate playing against it.
Ion Cannon	The superweapon	Same as the first game: the sky opens and something stops existing. Most of my games are over before it's ready.

>> NOD

UNIT	WHAT IT IS	MY NOTES
Cyborg	Half man, half machine gun	Tough, and Tiberium doesn't hurt it, so it can fight in the fields where your normal infantry would melt.
Cyborg Commando	Big cyborg with a plasma cannon	Scary on paper. Haven't seen enough of him yet to say more.
Attack Buggy	Fast car with a machine gun	For running down infantry and scouting. Don't let it near tanks.
Attack Cycle	Motorcycle with rockets	Fastest thing I've seen on the ground. Born to kill harvesters. Send four, lose two, cost them a fortune.
Tick Tank	Light tank that can dig itself in	Deployed, it turns into a little bunker with a gun and gets a lot tougher. Dug in at a bridge, it's a wall.
Artillery	Long-range gun that deploys to fire	Out-ranges almost everything once it's set up. Helpless up close. Always behind something.
Stealth Tank	Rocket tank you can't see	Cloaked until it fires. Perfect for hitting harvesters and leaving.
Subterranean APC	Carries infantry underground	Drives under the map and comes up wherever it wants. With a load of Engineers inside, it's the most annoying thing in the game. Respect it.
Devil's Tongue	Flame tank that travels underground	Pops up in the middle of your infantry and cooks them. Mean.
Banshee	Fast attack aircraft	Quick strikes on power plants. Knock out the power and the whole base sits there blinking.
Obelisk of Light	Giant laser tower	Still the scariest building in Command & Conquer. Needs a lot of power. Kill the power and it's a statue.
Laser Turret	Smaller laser defense	Cheaper than the Obelisk. A couple by the Refinery keep the cheap stuff out.
SAM Site	Anti-aircraft	Build them before the Orcas come, not after.
Stealth Generator	Cloaks everything around it	Hides your base. GDI has to come find you. Very Nod.

The short version: GDI is armor and firepower. Nod is speed, stealth and tunnels. GDI wants a straight fight. Nod wants to be somewhere else when the fight starts.

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