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Newtons to push jacks is unreliable in many circumstances, but mainly because you cannot push jumpjet units while they are jumping. They just completely ignore all impulse applied to them and will land exactly where they are told to. That's why recon commanders can break free of a jugglenaut.
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Newtons to push jacks is unreliable in many circumstances, but mainly because you cannot push jumpjet units while they are jumping. They just completely ignore all impulse applied to them and will land exactly where they are told to. That's why recon commanders can break free of a jugglenaut.
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If the building is raised and the jacks have to jump to reach it, then newtons can push the jack away after it jumped. Odds are the jack will get a couple of hits in while jumping and then land on the ground, getting pushed.
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If the building is raised and the jacks have to jump to reach it, then newtons can push the jack away after it jumped. Odds are the jack will get a couple of hits in while jumping and then land on the ground, getting pushed.
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If
the
building
is
not
raised
the
jack
can
jump
near
the
building
and
the
newtons
will
only
push
the
jack
into
the
building,
doing
nothing.
If
the
newtons
are
set
to
pull,
then
the
jack
will
destroy
the
newton
and
then
go
to
the
building
anyway.
It's
even
worse
if
the
building
is
against
the
side
of
the
map
because
the
jack
can
jump
just
behind
the
building,
slightly
outside
the
border
of
the
map
and
then
no
land
units
can
reach
it.
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5 |
If
the
building
is
not
raised
the
jack
can
jump
near
the
building
and
the
newtons
will
only
push
the
jack
into
the
building,
doing
nothing.
If
the
newtons
are
set
to
pull,
then
the
jack
will
destroy
the
newton
and
then
go
to
the
building
anyway.
It's
worse
if
the
building
is
against
the
side
of
the
map
because
the
jack
can
jump
just
behind
the
building,
slightly
outside
the
border
of
the
map
and
then
no
land
units
can
reach
it.
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If the building is sunk, it's even worse. The jack will just jump into the pit ignoring the newtons completely, fall into the pit and destory the building.
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If the building is sunk, it's even worse. The jack will just jump into the pit ignoring the newtons completely, fall into the pit and destory the building.
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Gnats work. Racketeers work. Enough towers that have a cylinder targeting system work (pickets and gauss) because they have infinite vertical range, so they can shoot at the jack while it's so high in the air nothing else could hit it.
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Gnats work. Racketeers work. Enough towers that have a cylinder targeting system work (pickets and gauss) because they have infinite vertical range, so they can shoot at the jack while it's so high in the air nothing else could hit it.
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That doesn't work very well, but you can also build charons and give them a pick up command on repeat over the singus. When a jack gets near, the charons will try to pick it up automatically. It can work, but it's a bit unreliable because the jack can attack the charon or just be ordered to move around the building. If the jack stays in motion, it is likely the charons will just never be able to grab it.
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That doesn't work very well, but you can also build charons and give them a pick up command on repeat over the singus. When a jack gets near, the charons will try to pick it up automatically. It can work, but it's a bit unreliable because the jack can attack the charon or just be ordered to move around the building. If the jack stays in motion, it is likely the charons will just never be able to grab it.
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I find racketeers to work best. They'll just disarm the jacks while in flight and then you can dipose of them in whichever way you happen to have at the time. If you think that's costly, well, consider that you won't lose anything at all that way since the jacks won't be able to attack and also that odds are whatever you need to spend in racketeers, the newton ramp probably cost as much or more.
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I find racketeers to work best. They'll just disarm the jacks while in flight and then you can dipose of them in whichever way you happen to have at the time. If you think that's costly, well, consider that you won't lose anything at all that way since the jacks won't be able to attack and also that odds are whatever you need to spend in racketeers, the newton ramp probably cost as much or more.
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can't deal consistently with airjacks