What structure/unit do you build least?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by m1dnightmoose, February 15, 2015.

  1. m1dnightmoose

    m1dnightmoose Active Member

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    Just want to see different strategies and styles of play. I've been away from PA for a while and I gotta catch up on these new balance changes. Make sure you give a reason too, persuade others!!!

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  2. ace902902

    ace902902 Active Member

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    leveler
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  3. Tripod27

    Tripod27 Active Member

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    Commanders/s

    But seriously, pretty much any of the game enders. either the match is over at tier 1, or people can't win at tier 1 and instead of going to tier 2 just build tons of more tier 1s until the server can't take it and everyone leaves from one frame ever 30 seconds sim speed
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  4. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Wat, the meta right now for stuff that isn't 1v1 is get to t2.
  5. m1dnightmoose

    m1dnightmoose Active Member

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    I love the leveler personally, it destroys every unit easily and they're brutal in large groups. Which are easy to make because of them being so cheap :3

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  6. Tripod27

    Tripod27 Active Member

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    I've seen pretty much either T1 factory spam or going straight to orbital and spamming anchors everywhere as the main game modes of most randoms, not saying it's the meta, just that there's usually no clear reason to switch to T2 so lots of people just don't and build 30 t1 factories instead

    Srsly uber make the "each unit costs 0.1 metal per second" mod stock and add a number at the top that tells you how much your massive army is hurting your eco so people use T2 for more power per unit

    Leveler is terrible because it's turret turns at one degree per second, and it's hull turns much faster, but instead of turning it's hull at the enemy to make the turret aim faster, it usually does the opposite and just throw's it's own aim off (or gets pushed by allied units) so they almost never fire their guns because they can't get them on target
  7. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    halleys
    The only map I could use them on is styx, which so far only yielded me one usage of the annihilazer instead.
  8. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Walls and those storage things.
  9. m1dnightmoose

    m1dnightmoose Active Member

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    Yeah Halley's are pretty useless now. Its a shame that they couldn't be used like in the kickstarter trailer. They need a more map changing effect than being an overly expensive, slow and ugly mechanic (somebody do something to that smash effect please <3) I think asteroids are the saviour were waiting for but I guess well have to wait ;)

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  10. m1dnightmoose

    m1dnightmoose Active Member

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    Can't say that's an issue I've had :3 but I haven't used them in the 3 games I've played since getting back into PA so my mind might change

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  11. billthebluebot

    billthebluebot Active Member

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    grenadiers. they're slower than dox, and i like my armies to be of one type, i am a robo-racist.
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  12. emraldis

    emraldis Post Master General

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    Advanced combat fabbers. Never need them. I'll use basic combat fabbers instead...
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    energy storage
  14. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    Grenadiers, Levelers and any T2 Air
  15. trialq

    trialq Post Master General

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    @emraldis nailed it, I'd go so far as to say adv. combat fabs are the least used unit overall.
  16. Tripod27

    Tripod27 Active Member

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    I literally don't even know what they can build
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    Grenadiers and skitters. Oh, and T2 orbital radar.
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    cdrkf Post Master General

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    Are you so sure about that with the new balance changes to mines (as skitters are one of only a few units that can *see* the bloody things)?
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    bluestrike01 Active Member

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    Gunships, scout boats and t2 combat fabbers only make it on accident to my build queues.
    Structures: T1 point defence is something I only build in commander boxing and missile launcher and advanced arty are also pretty rare.
  20. kaminfreunde

    kaminfreunde Active Member

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    As I play usually on bigger team games with many planets, I quite have more or less all units and structures around. But if I have to nail it down to the least build unit it would be the Adv Combat Fabber.

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