Re: GDI aircraft: Three times the same?

Orcas are hunter-killers and Mohawks are brawlers. Orcas cant go toe to toe with tougher targets because of their reload time but can quickly finish off or badly damage a target that needs killing. Mohawks are great at holding points though and can back hand tanks like puppies as long as they are defending.

Hm. I guess, roughly, Orcas are for attacking and Mohawks are for defending.

10 Replies

BattaIia
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
On paper you got it. But when you lose an orca, you are down 70 tib. When you lose a mohawk you are down 50 tib. So lose 2 orcas and you are at the same point as having lost 3 mohawks. =/

And like you said, mohawks can hold a point, orcas are quite poor at it. And at the end of the day, whoever holds the pads wins.
thealcani
7 years ago
to bad the talon is almost useless on antiair and anti infanterie otherwise u could try playing air but sadly banshees just destroy gdi air and vehicles
BattaIia
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Talon (Air) Damage 293 HP 909
Banshee Damage 345 HP 1210

1 talon almost cripples a banshee and costs half as much. So 2 talons will take out any laser squad or banshee and lose nothing. Talon is pretty damn good at it's job, and infantry and banshees are not among the things it fears.
xrmiao4
7 years ago
I experienced that someone spanned banshee and I spanned talon it seems like he runs out of tib first
Talon works even better than hammerhead when fighting against banshees
Mister_Crac
7 years ago
@BattaIia wrote:
Talon (Air) Damage 293 HP 909
Banshee Damage 345 HP 1210

1 talon almost cripples a banshee and costs half as much. So 2 talons will take out any laser squad or banshee and lose nothing. Talon is pretty damn good at it's job, and infantry and banshees are not among the things it fears.
Yeah, but when the missile is firing soon and you badly need to contest a pad where a Banshee is sitting, you just can't wait for that second Talon to arrive.
xrmiao4
7 years ago
Pitbull instead and buff with jackson
BattaIia
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Yup, @xrmiao4 has it. If you are playing GDI without pitbull, you are making a grave mistake. pitbull is quick and with raider gets those last min steals, and together with a talon can reliably earn their keep against banshee spam. Not to mention, talon BLOCKS banshee. So if the missile is going critical, the banshee has to fly AROUND the talon taking shots the whole time and actually loses the contest.

Again, talon isn't a must pick, but writing them off against NOD because of banshee is a huge mistake.
thealcani
7 years ago
if he just spams banshees against talons he is a idiot because every nod runs mod and mods are as fast as planes and hardcounter talons...
BattaIia
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
@thealcani wrote:
if he just spams banshees against talons he is a idiot because every nod runs mod and mods are as fast as planes and hardcounter talons...
First off, what the heck is a mod? Secondly, are the only players you can beat people who run just 1 unit at a time and then when it dies, they build 1 new unit and just micro that? lol. Of course there are things that hard counter other things. That is LITERALLY the game. So make the thing that hard counters your other thing and make sure they cover one another, lol. Why do I need to explain this to you?
Mister_Crac
7 years ago
@BattaIia wrote:
First off, what the heck is a mod?
I'm thinking it is probably a Mighty Nod bike. ;-)