Friday, October 9, 2009
New Blog Domain Name
I have purchases a full domain name for my new blog. It is now http://www.lukedude5.com
Thursday, October 8, 2009
New Blog
I am going to be starting a new blog to talk about all the things I want to talk about, like Xbox 360 Games and iPod Touch and iPhone Apps, and everything that is an electronic! Don't worry, I will still be updating this blog, but just not as regularly, mostly just for video info, and since I have no Xbox currently I have no news! Make sure to check out my new blog:
http://lukedude5.wordpress.com
http://lukedude5.wordpress.com
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Halo Wars: How to Covenant Rush
Read this post for UNSC rushing.
There are two different kinds of Covenant Rushing, Covenant Leader Rushing, and Covenant Leader Rushing with units. Rushing with just your leader will allow you to rush earlier in the game, but you wont have units to help you. Leader Rushing with units will help you take out any of their units, but will take you more time.
Covenant Rushing:
Brute Chieftain: Okay, so you want to rush with ONLY the Brute Chieftain. This is a fairly simple process. At the beginning of the game, build ONE Warehouse, then your Temple, then build two more Warehouses. You should be left with 0 supplies. Send your Chopper out to find supplies. When your Chieftain has been made, immediately send him to the nearest Rebel base, and let him take the base out with his hammer. DO NOT USE VORTEX, as this will make it so that he will not get any defense from killing units. While you are sending him to kill Rebel bases, build up a fourth Warehouse and upgrade all existing Warehouses at your base. After they are all fully upgraded, upgrade your base to a Citadel, and build TWO more Warehouses. That's right, no Shield Generator. When those are done, upgrade them both to Blessed Warehouses. You should have killed the Rebel base by now, and if you have enough supplies, upgrade your Chieftains hammer ability. If there are extra reactors on the map, take them. Just build Brutes, you don't have to build a Hall or anything to build them. At around 7 minutes 30 seconds, send your Brute Chieftain to the closest enemy base. Continue to upgrade him as you go, but save enough supplies so you can use Vortex. At their base, just start destroying shit! Good luck!
Brute Chieftain; Rushing with units: At the beginning of the game, build TWO Warehouses, then your Temple, then one more Warehouse. While doing this send your Chopper out to look for supplies. When you have enough money to build a fourth Warehouse, do it. You should have this before the first Warehouse is even done building if you are a fast supply collector. After you have build your fourth Warehouse, wait until your Temple is done and then upgrade both of your existing Warehouses. If you have enough supplies (you should) upgrade your base to Citadel. When the upgrade finishes, build two more Warehouses. After those have been selected to be built, upgrade any new Warehouses that have been built. Your final base should be: One (1) Temple, Six (6) Blessed Warehouses. If you have this, good job. Don't upgrade your Chieftain. This will slow you down. Don't upgrade anything except your Warehouses. Immediately start building Brutes after all Warehouses have been queued for upgrades. Lock your base. At 8 minutes, unlock your base and send your Brute army with your Chieftain to the closest enemy base. Good luck!
There are two different kinds of Covenant Rushing, Covenant Leader Rushing, and Covenant Leader Rushing with units. Rushing with just your leader will allow you to rush earlier in the game, but you wont have units to help you. Leader Rushing with units will help you take out any of their units, but will take you more time.
Covenant Rushing:
Brute Chieftain: Okay, so you want to rush with ONLY the Brute Chieftain. This is a fairly simple process. At the beginning of the game, build ONE Warehouse, then your Temple, then build two more Warehouses. You should be left with 0 supplies. Send your Chopper out to find supplies. When your Chieftain has been made, immediately send him to the nearest Rebel base, and let him take the base out with his hammer. DO NOT USE VORTEX, as this will make it so that he will not get any defense from killing units. While you are sending him to kill Rebel bases, build up a fourth Warehouse and upgrade all existing Warehouses at your base. After they are all fully upgraded, upgrade your base to a Citadel, and build TWO more Warehouses. That's right, no Shield Generator. When those are done, upgrade them both to Blessed Warehouses. You should have killed the Rebel base by now, and if you have enough supplies, upgrade your Chieftains hammer ability. If there are extra reactors on the map, take them. Just build Brutes, you don't have to build a Hall or anything to build them. At around 7 minutes 30 seconds, send your Brute Chieftain to the closest enemy base. Continue to upgrade him as you go, but save enough supplies so you can use Vortex. At their base, just start destroying shit! Good luck!
Brute Chieftain; Rushing with units: At the beginning of the game, build TWO Warehouses, then your Temple, then one more Warehouse. While doing this send your Chopper out to look for supplies. When you have enough money to build a fourth Warehouse, do it. You should have this before the first Warehouse is even done building if you are a fast supply collector. After you have build your fourth Warehouse, wait until your Temple is done and then upgrade both of your existing Warehouses. If you have enough supplies (you should) upgrade your base to Citadel. When the upgrade finishes, build two more Warehouses. After those have been selected to be built, upgrade any new Warehouses that have been built. Your final base should be: One (1) Temple, Six (6) Blessed Warehouses. If you have this, good job. Don't upgrade your Chieftain. This will slow you down. Don't upgrade anything except your Warehouses. Immediately start building Brutes after all Warehouses have been queued for upgrades. Lock your base. At 8 minutes, unlock your base and send your Brute army with your Chieftain to the closest enemy base. Good luck!
Monday, October 5, 2009
What to expect from "Halo Wars: A Strategy Guide"
For those of you who dont want to wait the 1-3 weeks for me to get my Xbox 360 back and make my Halo Wars Strategy Guide video, I will post all the details of how to "rush" here.
This guide is how to rush the other side as both UNSC and Covenant. Always rush BEFORE 9 minutes, I always try to rush at 8 minutes. Many a time have I rushed at 12 minutes only to find they have a HUGE army and I have been crushed. Also, DO NOT upgrade your units if you are going to rush, UNLESS you are going to Warthog rush. Upgrading units first takes too much time, and that is not what you want in rushing. Some people may say you dont get any points if you rush, but that is not true. You receive 2000 points for winning the game, on top of the points you receive for killing them, with the multiplier, and you are looking at a pretty good score.
Rushing as UNSC:
Captain Cutter: Captain Cutter is not always the best rusher, the only thing that he helps with is he saves you 400 supplies at the beginning of the game with a fully upgraded base. If you really want to rush with him, I recommend building either Scorpions or Hornets. If you are building Scorpions, upgrade to Canister Shell. If you are building Hornets upgrade to the Marines on the side seat. It also depends if you are doing 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3, and who the other side has for leaders. If they are all Covenant, do not even attempt to rush, just build up and hopefully you will win. At about 7 minutes 30 seconds into the game, send all of your units to the CLOSEST BASE. I say closest because you want reinforcements to be able to arrive quickly. CONTINUE TO BUILD WHILE YOU ARE RUSHING!!! If you don't you will find that his/her teammates (if any) send backup and quickly destroy you, or he/she will destroy you herself. Hopefully the other person will have been tricked into building anti-infantry, A.K.A. Flamethrowers or Jackals, and quickly you Canister Shell to wipe these out. If you have built Hornets, well, if you are building Hornets you should have no problem at all against these stupid units who can't attack you. If you are fighting a Covenant leader, make sure you have at least 450 supplies and a disruption bomb ready at your fingertips. I also recommend MAC Blasting to get rid of some of their units if they have any, or just to help with their base.
Sergeant Forge: I DO NOT recommend rushing with Sergeant Forge, he isn't very good. If you insist on rushing with him though, follow the above rules.
Professor Anders; Warthog Rushing: Warthog Rushing is the most effective way of rushing IN MY OPIONION. What you will do here is fully upgrade your Warthogs BEFORE you build them. I have found that this is the most effective way to do it. If you are playing on a map with extra reactors, DO NOT take these. By the time you have wasted valuable money and time building a reactor you could have already gotten the equivalent and probably even better without the extra reactor. OK, now the moment of truth, how to do this and what to build when and where and what! When you get into the game, immediately build 2 Supply Pads on any rectangle EXCEPT the one in the back. This will help your reactor(s) be protected better. After you have selected 2 Supply Pads to be built, build a Reactor and another Supply Pad at your base. Build the Reactor at the BACK. While you are doing all this send your Warthog out to find supplies. These supplies WILL make the difference between your rush working or not. They are invaluable. When you have enough supplies, build a fourth Supply Pad at your base, and upgrade your base to Fortress. When your FIRST Reactor is complete, upgrade your Warthogs to Gunner. When your base has been upgraded to Fortress, build a second and third Reactor, and when each respective Reactor is done upgrade your Warthogs to Grenadier and then Gauss Cannon. Right when you start the Gauss Cannon upgrade, self destruct ONE Reactor and build a Supply Pad there. While you are researching Gauss Cannon, build as many Warthogs at your base as possible. Lock your base so they don't know that you are Warthog rushing. While your Warthogs are building, ask a teammate to destroy a Rebel Base so you can take it. If you are playing 1v1 and you need to destroy a Rebel Base on your own, let 2 or 3 Warthogs come out of your base and then lock it again. 2-3 Warthogs with Gauss Cannon will be able to take a Rebel Base. You will have more supplies than you need, and likely you will be building 10+ Warthogs. Build a second base, and start building half your Warthogs there. Your second base can be used to build Spartans and upgrade technology, but it is doubtful that you will have time for any of that before your rush. At 7 minutes, unlock your base and move all your Warthogs to someplace around your base. Set your Global Rally Point there by double clicking the Left Stick. At 7 minutes 45 seconds, if you have 10+ Warthogs with Gauss Cannon, send all of your Warthogs to the nearest enemy base, and set your Global Rally Point out front of their base. With luck they wont have very many units (if any), and you should be able to destroy their base. Good luck soldier!
Covenant Rushing Guide coming tomorrow, don't have enough time tonight.
This guide is how to rush the other side as both UNSC and Covenant. Always rush BEFORE 9 minutes, I always try to rush at 8 minutes. Many a time have I rushed at 12 minutes only to find they have a HUGE army and I have been crushed. Also, DO NOT upgrade your units if you are going to rush, UNLESS you are going to Warthog rush. Upgrading units first takes too much time, and that is not what you want in rushing. Some people may say you dont get any points if you rush, but that is not true. You receive 2000 points for winning the game, on top of the points you receive for killing them, with the multiplier, and you are looking at a pretty good score.
Rushing as UNSC:
Captain Cutter: Captain Cutter is not always the best rusher, the only thing that he helps with is he saves you 400 supplies at the beginning of the game with a fully upgraded base. If you really want to rush with him, I recommend building either Scorpions or Hornets. If you are building Scorpions, upgrade to Canister Shell. If you are building Hornets upgrade to the Marines on the side seat. It also depends if you are doing 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3, and who the other side has for leaders. If they are all Covenant, do not even attempt to rush, just build up and hopefully you will win. At about 7 minutes 30 seconds into the game, send all of your units to the CLOSEST BASE. I say closest because you want reinforcements to be able to arrive quickly. CONTINUE TO BUILD WHILE YOU ARE RUSHING!!! If you don't you will find that his/her teammates (if any) send backup and quickly destroy you, or he/she will destroy you herself. Hopefully the other person will have been tricked into building anti-infantry, A.K.A. Flamethrowers or Jackals, and quickly you Canister Shell to wipe these out. If you have built Hornets, well, if you are building Hornets you should have no problem at all against these stupid units who can't attack you. If you are fighting a Covenant leader, make sure you have at least 450 supplies and a disruption bomb ready at your fingertips. I also recommend MAC Blasting to get rid of some of their units if they have any, or just to help with their base.
Sergeant Forge: I DO NOT recommend rushing with Sergeant Forge, he isn't very good. If you insist on rushing with him though, follow the above rules.
Professor Anders; Warthog Rushing: Warthog Rushing is the most effective way of rushing IN MY OPIONION. What you will do here is fully upgrade your Warthogs BEFORE you build them. I have found that this is the most effective way to do it. If you are playing on a map with extra reactors, DO NOT take these. By the time you have wasted valuable money and time building a reactor you could have already gotten the equivalent and probably even better without the extra reactor. OK, now the moment of truth, how to do this and what to build when and where and what! When you get into the game, immediately build 2 Supply Pads on any rectangle EXCEPT the one in the back. This will help your reactor(s) be protected better. After you have selected 2 Supply Pads to be built, build a Reactor and another Supply Pad at your base. Build the Reactor at the BACK. While you are doing all this send your Warthog out to find supplies. These supplies WILL make the difference between your rush working or not. They are invaluable. When you have enough supplies, build a fourth Supply Pad at your base, and upgrade your base to Fortress. When your FIRST Reactor is complete, upgrade your Warthogs to Gunner. When your base has been upgraded to Fortress, build a second and third Reactor, and when each respective Reactor is done upgrade your Warthogs to Grenadier and then Gauss Cannon. Right when you start the Gauss Cannon upgrade, self destruct ONE Reactor and build a Supply Pad there. While you are researching Gauss Cannon, build as many Warthogs at your base as possible. Lock your base so they don't know that you are Warthog rushing. While your Warthogs are building, ask a teammate to destroy a Rebel Base so you can take it. If you are playing 1v1 and you need to destroy a Rebel Base on your own, let 2 or 3 Warthogs come out of your base and then lock it again. 2-3 Warthogs with Gauss Cannon will be able to take a Rebel Base. You will have more supplies than you need, and likely you will be building 10+ Warthogs. Build a second base, and start building half your Warthogs there. Your second base can be used to build Spartans and upgrade technology, but it is doubtful that you will have time for any of that before your rush. At 7 minutes, unlock your base and move all your Warthogs to someplace around your base. Set your Global Rally Point there by double clicking the Left Stick. At 7 minutes 45 seconds, if you have 10+ Warthogs with Gauss Cannon, send all of your Warthogs to the nearest enemy base, and set your Global Rally Point out front of their base. With luck they wont have very many units (if any), and you should be able to destroy their base. Good luck soldier!
Covenant Rushing Guide coming tomorrow, don't have enough time tonight.
First Day Without Xbox!
I dont know how I survived! I went over to my friends and we played Xbox there! Phew! Nah, just kidding, I can go a week without my Xbox lol.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Halo Wars Strategy Guides
I am going to be making a strategy guide for Halo Wars. First episode, How to Rush, published today or tomorrow.
EDIT: Not gonna make any videos, because I have one red ring, currently trying to fix it.
EDIT2: Just sent my 360 in, going to take at least a week for them to fix it and get it back, probably more. Sorry guys, maybe Ill rent an xbox or something
EDIT: Not gonna make any videos, because I have one red ring, currently trying to fix it.
EDIT2: Just sent my 360 in, going to take at least a week for them to fix it and get it back, probably more. Sorry guys, maybe Ill rent an xbox or something
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