Zero hour stratigies help

[saddlers 0]

I am new to playing Zero hour online and would like some help on how to get more money online.

 

I have played 20 games now and have won 1 lost 19 i try to gather more resorces by sending 1 of my dozzers / workers out to other supply dumps only to find the other players have got there first and have them realy well defended so i am left with what i started with and by the time i get enough cash from it to start building units thay are attacking in force with like 20 tanks and all i have is 1 or 2 tanks.

 

i have also noticed that some players have stats of won 150 lost 5 somtimes even higher stats so how is it possible to beat some one as good as these players.

 

 

this is what i do when starting the game.

 

first dozzer build power

 

make 2 more dozzers in comand centre

 

second dozzer go to new supply dump

 

first dozzer build baracks

 

third dozzer build supply centre at base

 

second dozzer build supply centre at new supply dump ( if it isnt already taken )

 

first dozzer look for new supplys ( vary rarly find any that are not taken )

 

by this time money is tight

 

third dozzer build war factory ( now money is all gone and i am under attack )

 

at this point i have to just sit back and watch mu base get destroyed.

 

so any help would be well apreciated.

[GeneralZ 0]

build 3 dozers. send 2 out to build at other supply docks. keep 1 in build supply in main base. then use that dozer to build bar, pp, airf, strat, wf.

 

whats ur ZH nickname?? I want to play u online...i can show u some tactics

[chickendippers 1]

Save the replays from these matches and watch what the other players do.

[Mina Synd 0]

this might sound like a dumb question, but why a supply centre in the main base? at that early in the game it's just a waste of money i find... i mean if you need the one in the base that early, you're not gonna win the game anyway so it shouldn't matter about building it til a lil later when you're not so financially fixed ^^;

would someone please explain why the supply centre is being built in the base and at the collection point this early on please? o.o thankies

[GeneralZ 0]

common sense. u want to get as much money as possible, and having lotta money in the beggining gives u a head start to build importantbuildings and units.

[Mina Synd 0]

yeah but what's the point in building a supply depot in the base if there's nothing there? fair enough if there is a cash dump there...

[GeneralZ 0]

u still need to build it in order to build power plants, is the prerequisites.

 

just build 1 next to any supply dock u find

[Mina Synd 0]

yeah but surely in the time it takes to drive a dozer to the cash bit the one in your base could be building a barracks? n.n;

[sorce 0]

Yeah I have so much trouble with economy in this game too. I just use 2 dozers though. They are way too expensive to me to build en masse right at the start. I usually just start with 2 supply dumps and you have to take them both immediately before ur enemy can send something there to protect it.

[GeneralZ 0]

i'll be able to play online 5 hrs from now. How do u say a to game of G or ZH online, sorce?

[Cygnus X-1 12]

The problem with taking other supply dumps early on is defending them. I have always found money to be extremely tight in Generals until I have Hackers and/or supply drop zones and like 50+ tanks scattered around guarding everything. Course I usually dont get that far in online play. Some tips from the masters would really be appreciated by us dummies.

[GeneralZ 0]

heres a tip if ur GLA

 

after u build a stash next to a dock far away from ur base, have a worker build a tunnel right next to it immediately afterwards. That way, u can defend ur stashes with onl a few units popping out.

 

for other sides, build a 1 gattling + 1 bunker or 1 patriot...create a little base around it..like build 1 wf and bar around it. and use them as a jump off point for future offensives. always expand out as soon as possible. build Wfs and bars as close to ur enemy base as long as they saty out of harm's way. Its easy to say, but another thing to actually do it. it would be easier if i could play u online. just name ur time and i'll be available tommorow, and monday cause i have no school these days. On weekends, i can play at nights at GMT -5

[saddlers 0]

Thanks GeneralZ for your advice and to all others who replyed to my post I would like to give you a game GeneralZ.

 

im from the uk and if you would like a game on saturday i will proberbly be on zero hour in room 1v1 at about 2pm GMT which is about 9am GMT -5 for you but if you want to arrange a time just reply to post

 

my login name in zerohour is doom

[GeneralZ 0]

how bout right now?

[saddlers 0]

ok generalz im online now in 1v1 do

[sorce 0]

Personally I never defend the supply dumps in the first place, if ur enemy goes through the trouble of finding and destroying it, it will have taken too long and u will have already earned more than 1500(cost of supply center) and therefore made a profit. And generalZ what do u mean by that question u asked me???? i dont understand it at all.

[GeneralZ 0]

its kinda late...i mean 2 hrs after my reply..

not now...busy...bu i can play 4 hs from now

[Cygnus X-1 12]

If you dont defend it then you'll lose it faster.

 

This is when you say "but the cost of defending it over rides the extra money gained"

 

Then I say-Well, once the supply dump is used up, you can use the defenders to attack somewhere or incorperate them into a larger group.

[Acerz492 1]

Spoken like a true General. 8) Besides, if your smart you'd worry about expanding after you've secured your starting depot first, so you won't have to worry about cash as much.

[Yuri_Copy 0]

Hmm thats a very good strategy you have there.

 

I realy like it.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Spoken like a true General. 8) Besides, if your smart you'd worry about expanding after you've secured your starting depot first, so you won't have to worry about cash as much.

 

Exactly! With out a garunteed money supply, youre gettin nowhere. OF course it helps that there usually a supply depot pretty much in your starting spot.