Dune 2000 Tutorial - Harkonnen Mission 9 (Part 1)
1Dune 2000 Tutorial (1998, PC)
Harkonnen Mission 9 (Part 1)
How to get started?
The 9th Mission of the Harkonnen is notorious for its insane difficulty. Enemy is attacking you nonstop with everything they have - tanks, saboteurs, airstrikes. Even before you have built your first factory or barracks, they are there.
I am going to show you a way to succeed every time you play it. Enjoy the video and don't forget to hit the like button!
So what I usually do, I extract my construction yard somewhere in the middle and build 2 wind traps close to it. It is very important to keep your energy levels high all the times.
I also like to upgrade my construction yard in the beginning.
Then you should build 2 refineries for the economy and 1 heavy factory to build 2-3 harvesters extra. While you are doing it, also build barracks which is required for turrets. Then it's good idea to build few more wind traps to keep energy high all the time.
Once it's done, you need to start building Turrets like there is no tomorrow. I like to create two clusters, one to the west and one to the north. Western area should have 7-9 turrets and northern area should have 5-6 turrets.
First you can only build gun turrets, which are weak but take less energy. Build 2-3 to get started. To get better turrets, you will need to build outpost.
Meanwhile, you may build tanks if you have sufficient funds. And also keep your energy levels high. If you run out of power, turrets will shut down and you can't allow it.
If you place your turrets like I did, all the enemies get slaughtered in the middle. Always repair your building, most important is to keep an eye on wind traps and turrets.
Besides that, you will experience frequent airstrikes which you need to react immediately. Repair all building in the airstrike target zones. You don't want to lose buildings early on.
Once you have your first defense up, it's actually pretty relaxed. Keep building wind traps and keep an eye on your turrets. Repair as much as you can.
Next I like to build High Tech for Air Carriers. Extremely helpful to have 2-3 Air Carriers for faster cash flow and they can also save some of your harvesters if under enemy fire.
Once all that is done, you can build Star port to start ordering units and Repair Pad to fix your tanks.
You should not forget that your base is still not protected from the South, so as you are done with other stuff, build 4-5 turrets to defend the southern entrance.
That's it, this is the way you will almost never fail in this mission!
In the next episode I will show you how to proceed.
Enemy must be destroyed!
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed!