Base Defense tips

KrisK

Want to select all units of the same type? Find that unit and double click it quickly.  To deselect all, double click slowly.  How to properly defend against slow-firing missiles: Have machine guns and Gatling trucks in every corner of your interior.  (Elite) Valkyries may work too, but flak tanks and flak guns can't hit missiles.  As for bunkers, throw heavy gunners and stingers in them.  How to properly defend against ground units: If you are up against FAVs, use elite laser tanks, laser turrets, and suicide trucks.  If you are up against heavy researchable tanks, use either them, suicide trucks, or both.  If the enemy is using something that can't hit air, then elite Valkyries are for you, just make sure to upgrade them as you go.  Also against heavy tanks, be sure to include HF turret, plasma cannon, napalms, and mortars.  Don't bother researching the Cryo, it's a low level threat as far as defense, despite its accuracy. Rocket barrages won't work either if you are being attacked by mega tanks or heavier. I tested my mega tanks on them, rocket barrages don't do tons of damage.  How to properly defend against planes: Install flak guns and machine guns, as well as Gatling trucks and flak tanks. Their combined damage can shoot down any plane that crosses your path.

horst.duldner

hey man 

how do i unlock the drone silo

 please

Ceessie

Get enoug xp points at an event

KrisK

Horst, the price tag for the drone silo is 12,500 XP during events, which come once a month, so keep an eye out for an event timer.

chester.bell.54

how do i locate players who are targeting my base?

 

John_Mc5

Is there any way to increase the total of my Base Defense Units?

Dabest-WC

Upgrade your cc too house more units in your base... however if you upgrade your storage you can house more attacking units.. hope I could help.

Endor

KrisK said:

Also against heavy tanks, be sure to include HF turret, plasma cannon, napalms, and mortars.  

While some of your general advice is good, this is questionable.  Yes, plasma cannons are awesome.  Mortars are pretty good too.  However, I've yet to see an enemy base that uses Napalm turrets regularly, or HF turrets.  HF turrets are extremely easy to avoid, or to shoot down their missiles.  All it takes is about 5 riflemen next to whatever tanks you're attacking with, and the HF turret is rendered useless.  Napalm does great damage against infantry but only moderate damage against tanks.  Mortar turrets can be relatively easy to bait with units such as dogs or colossus because of their range, and don't do damage fast enough against mega tanks to prevent significant damage to your base.

[quote]"Don't bother researching the Cryo, it's a low level threat as far as defense, despite its accuracy. Rocket barrages won't work either if you are being attacked by mega tanks or heavier. "[/quote]

Another questionable statement.  Almost every high-level base uses Cryo turrets because they are a fantastic support turret against almost all high-damage units such as FAVs, Mega Tanks, and Behemoths.  Put a plasma turret or two on a base perimeter, and send 6 mega tanks against it.  The megas will usually be able to destroy the plasma fairly easily.  Put a cryo next to the Plasma, and now you will see many more megas die.  They're even more effective against FAVs.  No, they don't do any damage on their own, but they make up for it by making the surrounding turrets extra effective.

Regarding rocket barrages, their purpose is not to defend against mega tanks, they're to defend against either 1) mortar turret baiting by infantry units, or 2) laser tanks & hellfires, which they do significant damage to.

[quote] How to properly defend against planes: Install flak guns and machine guns, as well as Gatling trucks and flak tanks. Their combined damage can shoot down any plane that crosses your path.[/quote]

Wrong again, Flak guns & flak tanks don't do crap against planes, they're too slow.  They're good against warhawks & cobras & halcyon choppers and lower units, but not planes.  If your base was comprised entirely of flak tanks and flak turrets, I could send 5 raptors against it and just have a field day. Same with hellstorm choppers -- they outrange all flak units, and flak units also don't shoot down missiles fired by hellstorms and hellfires.  Flak turrets are good against warhawks and halcyons and cobras, but so are most other anti-air units such as stingers and gats and riflemen, so those are preferable to use because they're mult-functional.  Machine Gun Turrets are the best turret to use against planes, but are minimally effective against enemy tanks, which makes them a low priority for base defense.  Gatling trucks are very good though, and should be a staple in almost any base defense because they can outrange most air except for hellstorms, do good damage against other copters & planes, and also shoot down hellfire/hellstorm missiles very well.

Endor

chester.bell.54 said:

how do i locate players who are targeting my base?

 

Click on the "World Map" button, then on the new Satellite Recon button on the left.  Then click on "Bookmarks", then "Recent Enemies" (the middle tab).  This will show you the people who you have recently attacked, as well as the people who have recently attacked your base.

RancidWC

Endor said:

KrisK said:

Also against heavy tanks, be sure to include HF turret, plasma cannon, napalms, and mortars.  

 Same with hellstorm choppers -- they outrange all flak units, and flak units also don't shoot down missiles fired by hellstorms and hellfires.  Flak turrets are good against warhawks and halcyons and cobras, but so are most other anti-air units such as stingers and gats and riflemen, so those are preferable to use because they're mult-functional. 

Flak tanks out range hellstorms, and are one of the better aa defenses, other than that you are spot on.

rock_says

KrisK said:

Want to select all units of the same type? Find that unit and double click it quickly.  To deselect all, double click slowly.  How to properly defend against slow-firing missiles: Have machine guns and Gatling trucks in every corner of your interior.  (Elite) Valkyries may work too, but flak tanks and flak guns can't hit missiles.  As for bunkers, throw heavy gunners and stingers in them.  How to properly defend against ground units: If you are up against FAVs, use elite laser tanks, laser turrets, and suicide trucks.  If you are up against heavy researchable tanks, use either them, suicide trucks, or both.  If the enemy is using something that can't hit air, then elite Valkyries are for you, just make sure to upgrade them as you go.  Also against heavy tanks, be sure to include HF turret, plasma cannon, napalms, and mortars.  Don't bother researching the Cryo, it's a low level threat as far as defense, despite its accuracy. Rocket barrages won't work either if you are being attacked by mega tanks or heavier. I tested my mega tanks on them, rocket barrages don't do tons of damage.  How to properly defend against planes: Install flak guns and machine guns, as well as Gatling trucks and flak tanks. Their combined damage can shoot down any plane that crosses your path.

lolz u have 16 turrets after upgrade cc lvl 6 can u tell me which which 16 turrets can defend base like u say then i will reply ur right or wrong .

KrisK

I've seen players use a variety of turrets, while plasmas have very high damage, they take a while to reload and don't have splash, but if your enemies don't have a lot of units, you should be fine. If someone uses HS or HF against you, I'd use watchtowers full of heavy gunners and stingers.  As far as turrets, I'd use 4 plasmas, 3 lasers, 4 machine guns, 2 napalms, and 3 mortars.  For base defender platoon, I'd have a ton of elite Gatling trucks, flak tanks, and elite Valkyries. Make sure all are set to Stand Ground.

rock_says

plasma can beaten by rocket buggy machine gun as well napalm  turret can protect u from this low health unit and laser from low range unit but still 2 napalm 3 laser cant cover ur all base mortar can beat by miss target. so as my opinion ur choice not good but all have different minds. so may be ur right on ur view .sorry for poor english

GeneralCowboy

horst.duldner said:

hey man 

how do i unlock the drone silo

 please

12,500 xp for event 

GeneralCowboy

KrisK said:

Want to select all units of the same type? Find that unit and double click it quickly.  To deselect all, double click slowly.  How to properly defend against slow-firing missiles: Have machine guns and Gatling trucks in every corner of your interior.  (Elite) Valkyries may work too, but flak tanks and flak guns can't hit missiles.  As for bunkers, throw heavy gunners and stingers in them.  How to properly defend against ground units: If you are up against FAVs, use elite laser tanks, laser turrets, and suicide trucks.  If you are up against heavy researchable tanks, use either them, suicide trucks, or both.  If the enemy is using something that can't hit air, then elite Valkyries are for you, just make sure to upgrade them as you go.  Also against heavy tanks, be sure to include HF turret, plasma cannon, napalms, and mortars.  Don't bother researching the Cryo, it's a low level threat as far as defense, despite its accuracy. Rocket barrages won't work either if you are being attacked by mega tanks or heavier. I tested my mega tanks on them, rocket barrages don't do tons of damage.  How to properly defend against planes: Install flak guns and machine guns, as well as Gatling trucks and flak tanks. Their combined damage can shoot down any plane that crosses your path.

Why Hellfire turrets?

RBT_Marco

GeneralCowboy said:

KrisK said:

Want to select all units of the same type? Find that unit and double click it quickly.  To deselect all, double click slowly.  How to properly defend against slow-firing missiles: Have machine guns and Gatling trucks in every corner of your interior.  (Elite) Valkyries may work too, but flak tanks and flak guns can't hit missiles.  As for bunkers, throw heavy gunners and stingers in them.  How to properly defend against ground units: If you are up against FAVs, use elite laser tanks, laser turrets, and suicide trucks.  If you are up against heavy researchable tanks, use either them, suicide trucks, or both.  If the enemy is using something that can't hit air, then elite Valkyries are for you, just make sure to upgrade them as you go.  Also against heavy tanks, be sure to include HF turret, plasma cannon, napalms, and mortars.  Don't bother researching the Cryo, it's a low level threat as far as defense, despite its accuracy. Rocket barrages won't work either if you are being attacked by mega tanks or heavier. I tested my mega tanks on them, rocket barrages don't do tons of damage.  How to properly defend against planes: Install flak guns and machine guns, as well as Gatling trucks and flak tanks. Their combined damage can shoot down any plane that crosses your path.

Why Hellfire turrets?

good against behemoth