Scrin 1st mission Options

[Pixcell]

i really cant do it. ive tried everything from rushing there base after destroying the buildings to setting my base up near Buckingham palace and they just always destroy my harvester and then overwhelm me.

[Sir Modsalot]

Sorry I'm late to this, but I only just finished all 3 campaigns (yeah, I'm that lazy, though I was sort of quick with them, I started with Nod 4 days ago, went to GDI, then finished Scrin about 4 hours ago ). Assuming you haven't gotten help already, here's how I did it;

After you complete the first objective, deploy the Droneship where it is, destroy ONE wall hub around the field, the left-most one, creating 2 choke points for GDI's forces that attack later on, and send your Gun Walkers to toast the GDI infantry protecting Buckingham Palace (take out the Missile Squads first, the Riflemen can barely scratch your vehicles). Then send in the Disintegrators to trash the palace and gain some money, pulling your other forces back to base as you go. A side note on the Ichor field (let's just call it that since you're playing as the Scrin), DO NOT build a Growth Accelerator unless you keep forces on the eastern side of the field. GDI will use Pitbulls and Missile Squads to shoot over the walls and destroy it every time if you don't. Of course, if you want to complete the secondary objective relating to this, you'll have to dump G.A.s in each field anyway (sell the 2 that you deploy outside your base, GDI will destroy them quickly if you don't). At this point, you should have all your necessary production structures, as well as a Nerve Center. If you have your Ichor field sufficiently defended, go ahead and grab a second harvester, and start massing Seekers and Gun Walkers. Take whatever Gun Walkers survived from the attack on Buckingham Palace, repair them at the Warp Sphere, and slaughter the infantry guarding the Parliament/Big Ben, again killing Missile Squads first, then Riflemen, then taking your Disintegrators (this time send your Seekers with them for protection, GDI frequently sends vehicles across the bridges around Parliament) and destroying the Parliament with them for more funds. Attack GDI's bases one at a time; I recommend about 30 Seekers and 10 Gun Walkers for each base. This may seem like a bit much, but you'll need them, Pitbulls can be a royal pain... xP. Whichever base you attack first, when you've completely destroyed it (everything except for base defenses), group up the survivors, clump them with the second attack force, and level the other base.

Helpful tip; if you have the funds, build a Gravity Stabilizer and load it with Stormriders; these make clearing GDI's units that much easier, especially since they have unlimited ammo.

Note that if you choose the Hard difficulty I'd highly recommend getting a second harvester asap, since you'll start with fewer funds.

Hope this got you through, PM me if you need assistance for the other 3 missions.

This post has been edited by Sir Modsalot: Jul 21 2007, 12:06 PM