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[Omen]

Ok i am going to tell info on what melons is good on what melons.

This is based on my own experience.

Snipers = good on long range. works good like a defense and attacking other basses.

Light Fighters = Thy are good when thy are many. you can kill snipers with them if you have many of them. and you can always spam attack there bases.

Fighter = Thy are good if u have 7 or more of them like machine guns but there shoot slower and aim better. Use them against Machine Gun or cannons.

Cannons = Thy are good on big masses of melons so use for defense or heavy attacks. Just be careful thy do damage your melons and do heavy damage when thy explode. so do not have them close to other weak melons when thy explode. Snipers or fighters can easily hurt them.

Machine Gun = Good AA and ground attack. there aim is bad so use them on bigger group of melons.

Bombs = Ok these melons are not that good if u don't know how to use them. Bombs only explode when thy die. that mean a enemy need to kill them for them to do any effect.
the problem is getting them close to the enemy.
So use them on Light melons or do air drops with them. Build a defense around them works to.

Flack cannons = These are for AA (Anti Air) only thy do not attack ground units. what thy do is disable the flying melons and thy will crash down to the ground again and be disable for 10sec or some thing like that. Remember the melons maybe cant move but thy can still fire. Flack cannons works good with normal cannons to shoot on the disabled melons on the ground. Any ground unit can take these out.

Melon Strike = Ok this is not a melon you do but its a canister with melons in that will come down from the sky and make huge damage around it when it impact. After it make a impact there will be 6 light fighter (Can't fly) coming out of it. Use this Melon strike to get rid of big melons army that your enemy have or its defenses(Thy will not like it). Disable the Melon Strike by taking there community uplink.

Plasma cannon's = Ok i don't use them so much but thy can do good in defense. Thy fire a projectile that explode after 2sec or some thing like that. So use them against small units. Or put one on you big battle ship. Just remember thy Explode.

Strikers = Thy are like air bombers so thy need to be moving so thy can fire. thy can take pretty much damage so thy are good on damaging enemy's tops. Make them fly over the target you want them to fire. AA work best on them or snipers.

Laser = Ok laser can't move so thy works good like defense and on constructions. Thy work best in large numbers. thy can penetrate shields so it great for base attacks. Thy pouch the enemy melons and make damage on them. take them out with sniper or fighter spam.

[Sikgamer]

This is my personal lowdown, in alphabetical order:

Bombs - Great for ambushing swarms of melons, but be careful with using swarms of bombs because if one explodes the entire group goes down with it.

Cannons - Work wonders for defence, especially if welded to walls or ceilings. Good at taking out swarms (not flying as they don't target those) if placed in said spots. However cannons do not fire if they are too close to an enemy for safety reasons so do not try rushing melons or bases with them. Cannons also do not fire at flying units so don't forget to add some anti-air such as Flak Cannons or Machine Guns.

Fighters - Move extremely fast when flying, powerful in numbers and can wreck bases if used strategically. Only downfall is it's expensive.

Flak Cannon - Should only really be used for defence support. Used to stop flying melons in their tracks as they temporary stop them from moving and makes them fall to the ground. Do NOT use only these as defence for they do little damage and are expensive. They are also very heavy so vehicles may struggle with them.

Laser - Immobile melon that shoots a small, un-movable beam. One thing many people do not know about the Laser is that the laser does damage when the beam hits the enemy, not just when it fires. This is why Lasers devastate spawn points, because they cannot dodge the beam, and also why flying Fighters or Light Fighters counter them pretty well. Attach large amounts of Lasers to a vehicle to tear apart defence and spawns.

Light Fighters - Weak, cheap melons that attack in close range. For this melon, quantity is key. in a fight with 5 Light melons versus 5 Machine guns, the machine guns will most likely win, but in mass numbers Light Fighters can do decent damage for an affordable price. Best used flying and to capture nodes as they are cheap.

Machine Gun - Another cheap melon which shoots a fast gun which is highly inaccurate but can do some average damage per second (dps). Useful at close range and also most effective at large immobile things such as Flak cannons or props.

Medic - OK, this is not an attack melon so it shouldn't really be listed . However, the medic is highly useful in both defence and offense as it heals any nearby melons in it's line of sight. Always complement a base with a few medics otherwise a heavy attack may leave the defence highly vulnerable, especially if the spawn is left with low HP.

Plasma Cannon - Somewhat expensive melon that is also immobile and heavy. These guys shoot flechettes that explode which makes them effective against large groups of melons or props. Only downside is they cannot move and are known for their accidental friendly fire.

Snipers - Has the longest range in the game (duh) and also does some decent damage. These guys tear up most bases and if used strategically are highly effective. These are also nice supplements for vehicles as the vehicle can sniper away at a base without any fighting back (unless the base has sniper defence)

Strikers - Very expensive melon that is generally ineffective against most things. They only attack while moving and are used as dive bombers. They shoot cannon-like guns which do decent damage but sadly the fact they must move quickly to shoot and their slow rate of fire just makes them not worth the money.

Superweapons
Superweapons all cost 50'000 NRG and are game-winners if used well. They generally give very good benefits and are immobile and heavy, meaning they must be placed on vehicles for maximum effect. Here is a list of how they work and the best use for them:

Battlefield Command - Canister-shaped SW which increases the firing rate of all melons in its radius by 25%. They are most effective when placed next to the front of a ship where all the powerful weapons should be. The effect stacks, so 3 BCs next to some snipers will result in some serious sniper ownage

Chaos Cannon - Large ball cannon which does large amounts of damage and causes any melon (including friendly melons!) in it's blast radius to go apenuts for a few seconds and attack anything in sight. Or, it will simply stop shooting and wander around. Like the cannon this does not shoot when too close to melons, plus it's slow firing rate makes it ineffective against melons rushing towards it.

Microwave Laser - This is basically a beefed up Laser with auto-targeting. Unlike the Laser, this baby always hits the target with it's laser, doing devastating damage and eliminating the Laser's primary weakness: Flying melons. Highly useful for picking off melons one at a time as the laser can kill a Fighter within a second, it is also powerful against props and spawn points (although 2 or 3 Lasers can easily do the same job)

Mind Control - A fun weapon which causes any melon it targets to be converted to your team. This weapon can be pretty hilarious, especially against vehicles if it is smart enough to target the main prop the weapons are attached to. The major downside with this SW is that it has the lowest rate of fire in the game, only shooting once every 5 seconds or so.

Mega Bomb - Basically a gigantic bomb. It has a large radius and destroys most melons in one hit, dealing around 150 damage on a direct hit. If used on a bomber vehicle this melon can wipe out a swarm of melons charging for your base, or clean away the enemy spawn's defence so your main attack can dish out the damage. Unfortunately the price can mean the bomb should be used wisely, as merely dropping a bomb on a defenceless spawn is a waste of money, as spawns can easily survive the blast.

Regenerative core - The biggest melon in the game (other than the spawn point), this SW does some decent healing to any melon in it's radius, regardless of its line of sight. This means a vehicle can have a regenerative core inside of it healing all the weapons and props regardless of whether the weapons are on the other side of the wall or not. However it's big size and somewhat slow healing can make it hard to use on small vehicles.

[Lap]

Corrections:

Bombs do explode by themselves if enemies are near, but they have a longer delay (to reduce the lag factor).

Welded bombs also function as mines.

Mind control: Takes control of enemy units, permanently. Not for "some time".

[Sikgamer]

Nov 25, 2008 14:07:05 GMT -5 Lap said:

Corrections:

Bombs do explode by themselves if enemies are near, but they have a longer delay (to reduce the lag factor).

Welded bombs also function as mines.

Mind control: Takes control of enemy units, permanently. Not for "some time".

Oh right, didn't know the mind control was permanent Edited.

[thisguy123]

I had a problem with mind control once.

It took controll of a wheel on my tank causing it to literally shoot itself inn the foot!

[crowhunter]

lol shoot itself

fail, i geuss