Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn 2nd Playthrough - GDI 15EA - 'Destroy Nod Base'
12There isn't a lot to separate the three levels in terms of difficulty. I found this the hardest, however.
Tiberium control was the biggest difference between the three levels, as well as general map control.
A definitely feels the hardest of the three.
As far as I'm aware you will "only" get hit by two nukes in this level. (on all three variants) The first is at some point when attacking the secondary base (no idea what triggers it), and the second when attacking the Temple itself.
I know there is some kind of logic to AI targetting with super weapons, and I'm sure I knew it when I replayed a lot of the Covert Ops. levels, but I completely forgot it for these levels.
I think the Nuke has a priority list starting with AGTs/Obelisks to basic defences and then moving to production structures. I also think it has something to do with location i.e. the AI might scan the map from NW and read it like a book.
AGTs are actually rather helpful here, though you may want to use Medium/Mammoth tanks to draw the fire away from them.
I got rather annoyed with controlling the flow of units out of the west side, moreso because of the well placed Obelisk and the Stealth Tanks which seemingly popped out of nowhere. I abused the Silos a lot. Infantry spam and Medium Tanks combined with Ion Cannon for defense proved vital for me here.
Finding that Tiberium field to the west of the secondary base would've probably saved me 5-10 minutes to be honest, as control for Tiberium was a problem here with the three trees being near their secondary base.
Most of my base ended up being torn apart from units slipping through and attacking my base rather than my forward units.
The other two variants are quicker than this, thankfully (although still show room for improvement). This was my first time beating this level without Sandbags/cheats, after all.
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