Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:11 pm
As concerns the White factions, building a tankodrome is a waste of money. The West is delivering you enough tanks for free.
Since that is rather obvious, I assume that you are playing as Communist. Here it is a tough choice. Money and (to a lesser extend) war supplies are the limiting factors. Here are my five cents:
Building a tankodrome early:
- considerably depletes your income in money and war supplies without immediate return at a time when you need to build up your army as fast as possible.
- IMO, these ressources are better invested in artillery early on (sufficient artillery is more essential to winning battles than tanks).
- I tend to buy armoured cars instead of tanks (they give you the armoured support ability as well, are cheaper, faster and not that much weaker; they lack however the disrupter ability which is significant against entrenched enemies)
- Overall, I think it pays off: save the money for a tankodrome and buy artillery and some armoured cars instead.
Building a tankodrome once the balance has started to shift towards the Communists:
Why not. But do you really need it at that point? And isn't it still wiser to invest in artillery and armoured cars?