Newbie question

[Krautman]

Hi all,

i liked SCI a lot and would buy SCII at any time. Though there was one thing that annoyed me about SCI: Upgrading your tanks would not raise their anti-infantry-capabilities, so in the course of the game, tanks became more and more useless against infantry due to the inf.'s increasing AT capabilities. Is this problem (as i feel it is) being taken care of in SCII?

[pzgndr]

Yes, heavy tanks research will advance both hard and soft values. Infantry, on the other hand, will have to research two different techs: infantry weapons for the soft values and anti-tank for the hard ones. So tanks will have a slight advantage in SC2 that was lacking in SC1.

[Curry]

Wonder if it will lead to a return to tank warfare. Sounds fun.

[Krautman]

That's good to know! Then SC2 will be a priority item on my shopping list. BFC, hurry and get that thing done

Did other players also feel SCI tank units grew more + more useless in the course of the game?

[Edwin P.]

I find armor units to be extremely useful in cutting off pockets of enemy units so they are pinned in place. This allows my armies and air units to destroy them.

[SeaMonkey]

Exactly how I use them Edwin, and I never research heavy tanks, prefering to keep them cheap and numerous. One other noteworthy parameter is their defensive value gives them "staying" power. I'm hoping the new SC2 armored/mech. units exhibit that realistic property(defensive strength) when researched into the upper tech levels.