3 Factions.

[KarthikPrakashIyer]

I love Single Player Skirmishes..... But Playing Against The same boring tech tree all the time is.... Boring.... unsatisfactory..... What i am suggesting is that we make 3 factions out of existing units and structures?
1) Cyborgs and Light Vehicles + Bunkers.....(Balanced)
2) VTOL Medium Vehicles + HardPoints and Sensors...(pure air combat,Offensive)
3) Heavy Vehicles(cannons and lancers) + Those 4 Big Hardpoints(Heavy Stuff,Defensive)
..... This can be like a Warzone 2?

[NoQ]

Do you know that we have weapon-propulsion modifiers and different weapons have different functions? Do you know that some weapons have similar functions and it doesn't make sense to research all weapons in every game? If you do, then you can easily figure out that we are already having factions and you're not really playing against the same tech tree every time. For example, it's absolutely senseless to use cannons and rockets simultaneously in one team. You're using either cannons or rockets, which already makes two factions. Our tech tree already splits naturally into factions, and, moreover, you choose a faction in every game.

But if you are playing against Nexus AI all the time, you will not notice that. Your problem would be that your enemy uses the same strategy all the time, not that only one strategy exists. And it also means you haven't actually tasted the game yet.

[KarthikPrakashIyer]

Yeah... I only Play against Nexus AI...... No Good Internet Here...... And you see,Everything Looks the same! Atleast Differentiating would be a lot cooler?

[NoQ]

The easiest way to defeat Nexus AI is

Spoiler:

to make a lot of cannon cyborgs (and upgrade and repair them).
He absolutely fails to make weapons that are useful against cyborgs. And he also never attacks with his own cyborgs (did you notice?), so you would never need a defensive anti-cyborg weapon.
You may choose to switch to lancer cyborgs if you're expecting a long game, but it is usually unnecessary.

Also, if an 1x1 match against Nexus takes more than 6 game minutes, you have a lot to learn (:
But it's a different story.

Try to choose other AIs at least, they may give you more variety.

[montetank]

The easiest way to defeat Nexus AI is

Spoiler:

to make a lot of cannon cyborgs (and upgrade and repair them).
He absolutely fails to make weapons that are useful against cyborgs. And he also never attacks with his own cyborgs (did you notice?), so you would never need a defensive anti-cyborg weapon.
You may choose to switch to lancer cyborgs if you're expecting a long game, but it is usually unnecessary.

Also, if an 1x1 match against Nexus takes more than 6 game minutes, you have a lot to learn (:
But it's a different story.

Try to choose other AIs at least, they may give you more variety.

NoQ-tell him something about the extra-NullBots, you created. They are great

[NoQ]

Standard should be fine too. It chooses randomly from 5 different possible factions and on hard difficulty it also adapts to your play style. Extras are mostly good if you need to expect strictly defined behaviour, i'm not sure if it's what he wants.

[themac]

Years ago I realized that the source missile and the gauss canon are exactly the same in terms of range and strongness. No need to research them both.

[NoQ]

the source missile and the gauss canon are exactly the same in terms of range and strongness

You are right that both are not necessary, but in fact these two in particular are quite different. Penetrating damage makes rail guns very powerful. Rail guns are ultimate ground weapons that work fairly well against all three: tanks, cyborgs and defenses; yet failing against air attacks and artillery. Scourges need to be complemented with seraphs to survive against cyborgs. But scourge/seraph mix can get accidentally more powerful than railguns in places with high cliffs and narrow curved paths, where indirectness of seraphs boosts their strength dramatically. Rocket branch also provides powerful anti-air and arty weapons. With gauss you'd rather get stormbringers and howitzers (which are separate branches).

[KarthikPrakashIyer]

Hmm... How do i select other AI?

[NoQ]

Click on it.

[KarthikPrakashIyer]

Yeah,Playing the nullBots are tough... but they have hit and run strategies..... so it's easy once i swarm their bases....