So, you can't beat people playing fair? You need something to give you an extra advantage? What a looser you are! Well, I'm tired of all you people writing to me, asking for cheats and stuff, so here is a little compilation of things you should not do!

The old flyin' Grenadier trick:
First you need a bunch of grenadiers that you group together, then you force them to throw their grenades at a point within reach. If the group of grenadiers is too large, the once in the back will throw their grenades on the ones in the front of the group, so be careful. You force them to throw at a target by holding down CTRL and right-click on a non-destructible area. Just when the grenadiers put their arm back to throw you can force-attack any are of the map, making the grenades fly right across the map to your enemy's base.

Mammoth Tank ala Grand Prix:
No more 20mph speed limit for your Mammoth tank? That's no problem. Build a couple of Mammoth tanks (or any other slow moving units) and one AP Mine Layer. Then you group the together by pressing CTRL+n (n equals any number from 0-9) and then press the "F" key. Your group should now be selected with a small number that equals the group number you selected and an F. The F tells the group to move in formation, now this is a bit exaggerated if you ask me. They won't move in formation and they won't arrive in formation. How ever, they all will move at the speed of the quickest unit.

Don't try to group Mammoth tanks together with MIGs, that won't work. Believe me!

Adrenaline Ore Trucks:
This trick is based on the same tactics as the last trick, however this one needs some preparations. First of all, you need a couple of Ore Trucks and a Mine Layer, either AT or AP. Select one of your Ore Trucks and harvest ONE square of ore or gems in the middle of a field, then stop the Ore Truck. Circle all your Ore Trucks around the Mine Layer and group them together, then select the Formation command (press the F key). Now you, with the Ore Truck group selected, click on the harvested square. If you have done it correctly, your Ore Trucks should move to the ore or gem field at the speed of a Mine Layer, harvest the goodies at the speed of a Mine Layer and return to your base at the speed of a Mine Layer, and then return to the field to do the same again.

A little bonus, your enemies will have a more difficult time trying to hit those high speed Ore Trucks also, making them last longer.

The global Medic/Mechanic:
This is a slight variation of the Old flyin' Grenadier trick, using Medics and Mechanics. When the Medic/Mechanic is about to heal, quickly point and click on a unit anywhere on the map, voila, you have global healing! Thanks to Sektor5 for this trick!


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