Tips for destroying the base in annihilation?

[alex]

Hello!

I like annihilation games for some reason even though everyone tells me victory points are better and I usually play as USF and in ai skirmish.

I am having trouble destroying the base at the end of the game though. I usually just play unitl I get bored instead of actually finishing the game.

Could you guys please give me some tips for actually destroying the base so I can finish games?

[dogg]

It takes heavy weapons and armor to do much damage. Destroy the command bldg(s) until you see a skull icon in the mini map. You can't completely eliminate the command bldg but they can be repaired and restored until reduced to a skull.

All other bldgs can be killed outright, tho the AI will try to rebuild them.
You need to eliminate all production buildings and skull the command bldg(s) to win an annihilation map.

[alex]

Originally posted by dogg:

It takes heavy weapons and armor to do much damage. Destroy the command bldg(s) until you see a skull icon in the mini map. You can't completely eliminate the command bldg but they can be repaired and restored until reduced to a skull.

All other bldgs can be killed outright, tho the AI will try to rebuild them.
You need to eliminate all production buildings and skull the command bldg(s) to win an annihilation map.

Okay thank you! So should I target production buildings first or command buildings first? Or does it not matter?

[mustachewarfare]

Originally posted by bendy:

Originally posted by dogg:

It takes heavy weapons and armor to do much damage. Destroy the command bldg(s) until you see a skull icon in the mini map. You can't completely eliminate the command bldg but they can be repaired and restored until reduced to a skull.

All other bldgs can be killed outright, tho the AI will try to rebuild them.
You need to eliminate all production buildings and skull the command bldg(s) to win an annihilation map.

Okay thank you! So should I target production buildings first or command buildings first? Or does it not matter?

if you don't like destroying base then may be annihlation is not your cup of tea. If you want longer matches then you can set your VP at 1000 as well.

And most of times from PVP annihilation, annihilation generally end if the skill gap between two sides is considerable and/or team mates quit the game. It is rare for base to be actually annihilated to cue the game is over.

Having base to defend is a very strong advantage and at equal skill level would be quite hard to pull off

FOr your specific concern, I generally remove bunker first then AT gun producing building as 2nd priority.

At that point enemy would have very insignificant fuel income so most of his high tier buildings would not really pump out anything. Thus, the only thing that can damage your armour in reasonable manner would be AT gun so destroying that would be better.

[Marceline "Marchy"]

You usually want to move through it starting at the machine gun nests. If you want to do damage then know you're enemies buildings and take out tank production first.

I also suggest bringing up infantry along with tanks after youve created an entry point along the bases defensive lines.

[ShodaN]

Originally posted by bendy:

Hello!

I like annihilation games for some reason even though everyone tells me victory points are better and I usually play as USF and in ai skirmish.

I am having trouble destroying the base at the end of the game though. I usually just play unitl I get bored instead of actually finishing the game.

Could you guys please give me some tips for actually destroying the base so I can finish games?

If you get to the vehicle phase against AI and you finished off important counter units to those vehicles recently, then you should be able to just dive their base. Take the defenses out first so your infantry can move up too. After that kill production buildings that allow for vehicle counters, then get the rest. The AI is generally pretty stupid, so you wont have to worry about mines or ambushes.

[alex]

Thank you everyone! I think I am going to try out VP too and see how much I like it!