Second harvester
Ok im a little new to it but how do I build a second harvester I don't get the option to and I'm just confused on how to do this
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I was wondering the same thing. I'm in matches with people who massively out pace me because they can build 2 harvesters while I have 1.
For those of you who have been wondering about how to get a second harvester, you cannot build a second harvester until you reach Level 6 when you gain that ability as a reward. It doesn't really make too much sense to me why they choose to make it exclusive to a level up but that was the choice they made so far and I would hope they change that as the game goes forward. Seems silly to lock an option like that behind a level up requirement.
This was the last straw for me, I am not a mobile gamer, but I'm a cnc fan. When I saw the 2 harvesters I was surprised by the lack of balance even more than getting ion cannoned(something else I didn't have). This is probably common practice in mobile games to get you to buy in game currency but for a cnc game it just isn't a good idea. I can't imagine playing Tiberian Sun(my favorite cnc title) on the pc and not have Titans or Mammoth tanks because I didn't unlock them but have to play against people that had them,
- In the old cnc games when we played the single player campaigns, we did not have higher tech units in the earlier levels if u remember... but the ai in the levels often did. We progressed the levels by often winning against higher tier units using lower tier units. And as we progressed we would eventually unlock the higher tier units. You have to think of this game like that.. a campaingn where u unlock units as u progress. Only the campaign is against real ppl. Getting beaten doesnt always mean the other player is better at the game than u. These are not 1v1 perfectly skirmishes between 2 players... but challenges for u to overcome like those single player campaigns in the old cnc games. I remember playing against a mammoth tank when i didnt have an equivalent nod high tech unit in a mission.
- if I had to guess, the reason they level gated it is because they wanted to make the gameplay slowly more complex as you level up. If this was release that wouldn't be a problem since matchmaking would have enough people to match levels together.
Only problem with that is the fact that people below lvl 6 get match made against this and skill goes to the wayside. When I see double harvesters at the start of the match I just quit. Not worth the time
I am lvl7 and still can not build second harvester or it is not player lvl need to be 6?
- @Maumas1
You need to be level 9 to gain access to the NOD faction as well as a second harvester.
To everyone complaining about double harvesters, it is the laziest strat in the game, and SUPER easy to beat.
Step 1: scout your enemy and identify they are double harvesting.
Step 2: Keep the nuke charging. If they have no pads, you only need 1 pad. If they have 1 pad, you need two. (or you can hop off your pad and let them charge it for you 😉 )
Step 3: harass their harvesters and base. Keep them building units and buildings.
Step 4: watch as their first tech unit comes out just in time to watch the 2nd nuke sail into their base.
Double harvester builds sacrifice map control to get extra income. So if you tie up their income enough through harassment, your army can easily handle a tech unit or two before the 2nd nuke gets off. In the upper tiers of the game, a 1 harvester build beats a 2 harvester build 95% of the time. That last 5% is mistakes, bad map, or you are facing a +2 or +3 player.
Just because an answer isn't obvious doesn't mean it doesn't exist 😉 There are ways to take on double harvester players!
