Stupid strategy to use against AI - Tavara Rush

posted on October 18th, 2010, 11:07 pm

Personally, I like to spam Rheinns while I tech up to Tavaras

posted on October 19th, 2010, 5:59 am

1 Tavara can be produced for around the same price as 4 basic Rhienns and with less construction time - of course you could get 8 or more Rhienns out before you even can get the first Tavara built.
In terms of cost effectiveness though a Tavara would eat 4 Rhienns for breakfast.

Sure, spamming Rhienns is a better strategy, but then its not a Tavara rush. 

Next up - Dominion V-15 Rush 

posted on October 21st, 2010, 1:26 am

I could be mistaken but I thought a rush was something that took place in under 5-6 minutes from the beginning of the game

posted on October 21st, 2010, 2:15 am

Actually a rush is just teching up really fast (usually neglecting weaker ships as well)

posted on October 21st, 2010, 6:43 am

Well, just my opinion here, but I think a rush is a tactic whereby you ignore a well rounded strategy and instead focus on achieving a specific objective as soon as possible and accept the risk of being lacking in other areas.

The most effective rushes are probably those that are ready within about 5 minutes because it gives you more chance to surprise your opponent.  One of the reason why K'tinga rush is a good strat is because if you do not pay attention early to what your opponent it doing you could mistake his start BO as a standard BO.  On the other hand, a slow rush (like the Tavara rush) is bloody obvious as you have to sacrifice ships and resources to get those research stations up early.

posted on October 21st, 2010, 1:59 pm

rushing doesnt need tech.

Scube rush is possible, if u sacrifice some mining and energy nodes u can get more early dps, but u will be lacking for a while.

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posted on October 22nd, 2010, 1:44 am

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Um whats the point of a rush if you're opponent has more units and offense than you lol?

Actually a rush is just teching up really fast (usually neglecting weaker ships as well)

Name me one rushing strat from the guide that skips/neglects weak ships while you tech up?

posted on October 22nd, 2010, 6:09 am

Um whats the point of a rush if you're opponent has more units and offense than you lol?

None, but a bad rush strat is still a rush.

Name me one rushing strat from the guide that skips/neglects weak ships while you tech up?

None, because the guide isn't going to list bad rush strats. 

posted on October 22nd, 2010, 10:20 pm

None, but a bad rush strat is still a rush.

The term Rushing is most commonly applied to many video games depending on the genre or context of use. It is analogous to the blitzkrieg in real-world ground warfare, in which speed and surprise are used to overwhelm and/or cripple an enemy before they achieve effective buildups of sizable defensive and/or expansionist capabilities.

In real-time strategy (RTS), real-time tactical (RTT), squad-based tactical shooter (TS), and team-based first-person shooter (FPS) computer games, a rush is an all-in fast attack or preemptive strike intended to overwhelm an unprepared opponent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_%28video_games%29


By the time you would have a Tavara out (roughly 16 minutes into the game), the enemy would already have an effective buildup of ships and defenses.

posted on October 22nd, 2010, 10:23 pm

tavara rush is actually more of: "rush to tavara" rather than rushing with tavaras. there is no real speed involved with getting tavaras out

posted on October 24th, 2010, 5:50 am

then wouldn't it be a tech-race?

posted on October 24th, 2010, 9:50 am

then wouldn't it be a tech-race?

your opponent doesnt have to rush to high tech tho. so its not a race. if both players get tech as fast as possible then its a tech race. aka a 3 player ffa

posted on November 18th, 2010, 4:55 pm

I tried this strategy and it worked great against Feds on Hard, less so against the Doms who came in wave-after-wave from the start.

Totally mad, and also slightly brilliant idea.