Annihilation/Commander Series v2: Aeon? Who gives a shit about the Aeon? - Games

[QUOTE=Wolfos;40565906]Agree. There's just something beautiful about a fleet of cruisers (that's the Salem's ship class, right?) bombarding a shoreline and suddenly growing legs.[/QUOTE]It's like evolution in action :v:

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40567289]What, are you assuming I'd leave a fatboy without support? Why don't I just ctrl+k it if I'm being that stupid?[/quote] Disruptor. Scathis. GG. [B][quote]At the time, the UEF (United Earth Federation) was extremely Xenophobic, destroying whatever alien life they encountered. When they learned about the Seraphim, they decided to destroy them too. [/quote][/B] Looking REAL innocent and "unitey" here, UEF. Look how it says UEF and not "Old Earth Empire"

One of the 3 major factions comes across an extremely dangerous galaxy-spanning murderous entity. How fucked are the other 2?

All three are a bit fanatical in one way or another.

[QUOTE=Angus725;40572297]All three are [b]extremely[/b] fanatical in one way or another. 'cept the UEF of course[/QUOTE] ftfy

Seraphim is best faction. Suck it down

I bought SC:FA a few days ago, but have had no luck finding a world map that works with the current version. Does anybody have one? Or am I doing something wrong installing the extant ones?

seraphim blows up, along with my commander

Here's a joke: Seraphim. You idiots really aligning with them? Enjoy them murdering you!

[QUOTE=S'Arais;40570726]Disruptor. Scathis. GG. Looking REAL innocent and "unitey" here, UEF. Look how it says UEF and not "Old Earth Empire"[/QUOTE] Hold the fuck on there, beepsky, you went to a completely unrelated Wiki for that quote. [URL]http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Seraphim[/URL] The UEF wasn't founded for another [I]400 years[/I] AFTER the Aeon Containment. Try again.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40577227]Hold the fuck on there, beepsky, you went to a completely unrelated Wiki for that quote. [URL]http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Seraphim[/URL] The UEF wasn't founded for another [I]400 years[/I] AFTER the Aeon Containment. Try again.[/QUOTE] YOU CAN'T OUTRUN A RADIO. Eat me, Bacon.

Cybrans win period. I'm sorry, my tanks have legs. Your retorts are futile.

At T2, a bunch of hoplites with 1 Deceiver, gg other races.

[QUOTE=S'Arais;40567236]And then get fucked over by 4 fire beetles.[/QUOTE] Wait, someone actually used that crappy unit?

[QUOTE=Mmrnmhrm;40644519]Wait, someone actually used that crappy unit?[/QUOTE] Perfect for ACU snipes if the players aren't paying attention. :)

And apparently perfect for killing fatboys considering that every time I mention it they're like "FIREBEETLES GG PIG". I've never seen them used. Ever.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40577227]Hold the fuck on there, beepsky, you went to a completely unrelated Wiki for that quote. [URL]http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Seraphim[/URL] The UEF wasn't founded for another [I]400 years[/I] AFTER the Aeon Containment. Try again.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Diet: Probably vegetarian due to extreme empathic powers [/QUOTE] So because Seraphim have extreme empathic powers they are vegetarian? Should I be afraid of my vegetarian neighbor?

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40649813]And apparently perfect for killing fatboys considering that every time I mention it they're like "FIREBEETLES GG PIG". I've never seen them used. Ever.[/QUOTE] Trust me, used properly, they can be more devastating than nukes.

[QUOTE=Senna_vh;40644528]Perfect for ACU snipes if the players aren't paying attention. :)[/QUOTE] Why are you talking about TMLs all of a sudden? EDIT: [QUOTE=S'Arais;40655312]Trust me, used properly, they can be more devastating than nukes.[/QUOTE] A firebeetle detonation does 1.2k damage, needs a huge amount of micro to actually reach its target and costs a massive amount of 300 mass EACH. This means you can get 1.5 T2 tanks for the price of a single Firebeetle, a Firebeetle that is completely unable to do anything useful alone. All the mass and micro you spend on trying to make a Firebeetle snipe could be just used to make a ton of T2 tanks and move them through the enemy army. This will be significantly more effective. If you want to quickly snipe an enemy ACU, you want to use TMLs, or if you're Aeon, Mercies. Firebeetles are a terrible unit and you should never ever build them. I honestly can't even come up with any extremely specific situation where you would want to build Firebeetles instead of anything else. EDIT EDIT: To kill a commander with nothing but Firebeetles you need at least 9, 10 for UEF commander and more if they have any veterancy or T2 engineering suite and this is assuming you manage to not lose a single Firebeetle on the way to the commander. That's at least 2.7k mass you're spending on this snipe. Other things you can make with 2.7k mass: 13.5 T2 tanks or Hoplites, 52 Mantis, upgrade three of your mexes to T2 or upgrade your T2 Land Factory into T3 and even have a little bit of mass left over. In short, Firebeetles are terrible and you should feel bad for ever building them.

[QUOTE=Mmrnmhrm;40655352]Why are you talking about TMLs all of a sudden?[/QUOTE] Well yeah that too. But if the acu has TMD nearby it's pretty useless (unless they're cybran tml)

[QUOTE=Mmrnmhrm;40655352]Why are you talking about TMLs all of a sudden? EDIT: A firebeetle detonation does 1.2k damage, needs a huge amount of micro to actually reach its target and costs a massive amount of 300 mass EACH. This means you can get 1.5 T2 tanks for the price of a single Firebeetle, a Firebeetle that is completely unable to do anything useful alone. All the mass and micro you spend on trying to make a Firebeetle snipe could be just used to make a ton of T2 tanks and move them through the enemy army. This will be significantly more effective. If you want to quickly snipe an enemy ACU, you want to use TMLs, or if you're Aeon, Mercies. Firebeetles are a terrible unit and you should never ever build them. I honestly can't even come up with any extremely specific situation where you would want to build Firebeetles instead of anything else. EDIT EDIT: To kill a commander with nothing but Firebeetles you need at least 9, 10 for UEF commander and more if they have any veterancy or T2 engineering suite and this is assuming you manage to not lose a single Firebeetle on the way to the commander. That's at least 2.7k mass you're spending on this snipe. Other things you can make with 2.7k mass: 13.5 T2 tanks or Hoplites, 52 Mantis, upgrade three of your mexes to T2 or upgrade your T2 Land Factory into T3 and even have a little bit of mass left over. In short, Firebeetles are terrible and you should feel bad for ever building them.[/QUOTE] You're not using it right.

[QUOTE=S'Arais;40666587]You're not using it right.[/QUOTE] Then how should I use them?

[QUOTE=Mmrnmhrm;40666990]Then how should I use them?[/QUOTE] I think you are supposed to tell the target to park his fatboy in the open, divert all his scouts elsewhere, disable his radar, and set the fatboy to hold fire so the little things can drive up and do their thing uninterrupted.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40667133]I think you are supposed to tell the target to park his fatboy in the open, divert all his scouts elsewhere, disable his radar, and set the fatboy to hold fire so the little things can drive up and do their thing uninterrupted.[/QUOTE] Oh, I got it! The best way to use Firebeetles is to reclaim then and then proceed to CTRL-K your comm as a punishment for building such a bad unit.

[QUOTE=Mmrnmhrm;40667952]Oh, I got it! The best way to use Firebeetles is to reclaim then and then proceed to CTRL-K your comm as a punishment for building such a bad unit.[/QUOTE] You may as well do the extra step of going into your control panel and hitting "uninstall", which enables the speed overdrive on the firebeetles and allows them to be half useful.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;40667992]You may as well do the extra step of going into your control panel and hitting "uninstall", which enables the speed overdrive on the firebeetles and allows them to be half useful.[/QUOTE] I don't think even a speed buff would be enough. Look at Mercies: they're flying, faster, do more damage and detonate at range and even then they only have a single use: snipe the enemy commander when he has no AA.