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[Biohazard529]

Ok, I'm trying to play Carpathia but I lose everytime.

All the frikin russians do the same thing, put tanks and transports right in front of 2 artillery units and send out gunships as spotters

Also, after doing that they spam airstrikes, i played a match and it said he sent out 15 airstrikes

How to counter this?

[pyromythical]

If a frontal assault won't work - it is time to think outside of the box.

That might seem like useless advice, but if you think about it a bit, you might just work out what I did with that map.

Use the environment to your advantage, spread out your units, USE infantry in clever ways.

If it is the map I am thinking of, you really need to get Yankee, and use it effectively.

Oh, and if it is the map I am thinking of... your choppers can fly over water... clever use of that fact can get you nice results.
One last thing... if the enemy is focusing on that frontline... I can bet they are not thinking much about the uplinks behind them
Stealth Riflemen, how I love thee.

[Biohazard529]

Stealth Riflemen do not beat UAV's + Artillery and Airstrikes from very far away

[R6ex]

When I'm really really desperate, I'll sacrifice 3 gunships to take out the 2 Arti (or if I can detect them, I may "grid smasher" them with my own Arti). Its ok in campaign (normal & expert), but you may get perma-killed in TOW.

[nebulous1982]

Originally posted by Biohazard529:
Ok, I'm trying to play Carpathia but I lose everytime.

All the frikin russians do the same thing, put tanks and transports right in front of 2 artillery units and send out gunships as spotters

Also, after doing that they spam airstrikes, i played a match and it said he sent out 15 airstrikes

How to counter this?

This strategy is hard to counter when the enemy knows how to use it. I have noticed more and more players doing the same. Just today, I played against a european player who bunched up his units and I had artillery shells raining down on me for much of the game. It's hard to take out the arty especially if you got no air support and there are tanks and transports defending the arties effectively.

I think the best solution there is, is surprise. Gather your forces and have them make a wide turning maneuver around the tanks and transports. It's more likely to work if the map is big, if your maneuver goes unnoticed by the gunships, and if the enemy units are dispersed enough for you to do some quick damage to their arty before the other enemy units can react effectively.

[aznpwnerp]

Originally posted by Biohazard529:
Ok, I'm trying to play Carpathia but I lose everytime.

All the frikin russians do the same thing, put tanks and transports right in front of 2 artillery units and send out gunships as spotters

Also, after doing that they spam airstrikes, i played a match and it said he sent out 15 airstrikes

How to counter this?

It's especially annoying when they have upgraded tanks with the bumblebee upgrade. That makes the tank devastating to Transports and Gunships . I've found the getting a level 2-3 Airstrike is the best way to kill them. If you don't have the supports, I suggest trying to finish the match as quickly as possible. But that's just my opinion.

[ArmagedonBeast1]

the key to victory aganst arty spameris emps save up so you can youse several burst the disable it and suronding enuff times for you to take it out or air strike it into submission then finish it of so he wont want to risk more

[divac7777]

why dont u just use ur artillery? its pretty easy to defend against this tactic

[ArmagedonBeast1]

why dont u just use ur artillery? its pretty easy to defend against this tactic

only works in 2 senarios
1:he dosent now where yours is and its got a transport guard
2:yours is better then his by far
both requir you knowing where its is

[WildBill1337]

Originally posted by ArmagedonBeast1:
the key to victory aganst arty spameris emps save up so you can youse several burst the disable it and suronding enuff times for you to take it out or air strike it into submission then finish it of so he wont want to risk more

yeah, but by using all your cp on emp strikes, he could just take advantage of you having no units, then just run you over.