Strategies and Tactics in Planetary Annihilation Video

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by masterofroflness, June 23, 2013.

  1. masterofroflness

    masterofroflness Well-Known Member

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    ALL AIR IS SUPER OP ACTUALLY! Its crazy how the meta has changed and going mass air is now extremely viable. If you spam T2 Hornets and back them up with T1 fighters than you will dominate both the skies and the land fronts of the game. The reasoning why I say this is because theres not a whole lot you can do to counter this. T1 Anti air bots and tanks as well as missile turrets are not enough which leaves you the only viable way to defeat your opponent with mass spam t2 or t1 air units. Right now the game keeps changing, with every new patch comes a massive shift in whats OP and what isn`t which is why the game is still suffering severe problems. Orbital is good but annoying as it drags the game out for 2 hours while you circlejerk around the sun 100 times. But truth be told if you rush out an orbital and get out a quick radar + laser platform combo you`re basically set for life. (Unless your opponent spams avengers to which the game then changes into who can spam the most air fighters and orbital fighters)

    In short All air is good and they need to add in more units in order to make the game more viable for strategic gameplay.

    Also going orbital makes you a bad person
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  2. gunshin

    gunshin Well-Known Member

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    it has? 0.o i have noticed no change.
  3. Gunman006

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    I play 1-2 games everyday for the last month and I have never found Air to be OP, the problem is people do not build air defence from the get-go. Don't get me wrong I have won many times using T2 bombers combined with lots of T1 bombers but always against players who forget or neglect their fighter superiority or are just plain not good players.

    My strategy is always to build 4 air factories during the first 2-3min of the game depending on resource situation, then set the factories on defensive patrol around the area you will build your base and expansions, queue up 500+ fighters and I have seen wave after wave of T1&T2 bombers fail to breach my base, they usually get one run and destroy 1-3 buildings before being annihilated. If this building happen to be your only anti nuke system then I wouldnt say that makes air op but WP instead.
  4. masterofroflness

    masterofroflness Well-Known Member

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    Either this was the biggest form of sarcasm I have ever seen or you have not noticed the way things have changed
  5. masterofroflness

    masterofroflness Well-Known Member

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    When something that has only one known strategy only to beat I consider it OP as it forces you as a player into a difficult wall to back up to. I agree I also said that mass fighters were a counter to air but thats it..mass fighters and this is my reasoning towards the whole Air is Super OP thing because mass fighters are the only possible way to win. If you`re opponent wins one lucky air dogfight or in some cases just out produces fighters more than you then you`re basically fucked
  6. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Air sniping is in, but air supremacy?

    I am unsure if id go that far.
  7. masterofroflness

    masterofroflness Well-Known Member

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    Air supremacy is the name of the game to be honest. Its super important for Air domination. I wouldnwouldn't say air sniping because of the nerfs to air but the AOE damage of t2 hornets defs. make air supremacy something that should be sought after
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    seems 1 Op strategay is only viable per patch. i guess ill have to wait a little longer for some more variable play will be at hand and the game will be balanced.

    I cant wait for some new ground units!!
  9. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    Um yeah, first patch with orbital transports someone did it. Not possible anymore i believe.

    Also, not sure if possible anymore, but you used to be able to fly your own commander over enemy base with orbital transport, use him like a bomber, even have a gundam wing battle with your opponents commander if he does the same thing.

    ASK FOR AIR SUPREMACY, air is overpowered. It needs nerf. However, it isn't the single way to play the game. Naval is still pretty strong against air, anyone using anything but air fabricating gets a bonus economy, and anyone can just use air and produce only fighters to counter enemy air which is assanine to require but stillis an option if you know for fact enemy is going air.
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  10. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    They will add automation to as much as possible obviously.

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