Star Wars: Empire at War Message Board  

i'll start with what to buy
empire buy: stormtroopers, at-st, spma-t, 2m-repulser tank, at-at (as many as you can afford), at-aa (not too many), tartan cruisers, victory star destroyers (but try to get normal star d's), imperial star destroyers, interdictor star destroyer (just a couple), tie scout (not too many), the death star
rebels buy:x-wings, y-wings, correllian gunship, alliance assult frigate, mon calamari star cruuiser, rebel soldier, plex soldier, infiltrators (not too many), t-4b tank, t-47 airspeeder (as many as you can get), mptl artillary

turrets are great!
get as many as you can, try to control every build pad
put aa turrets in the middle so that bombers will be destroyed if you're the empire put more aa turrets out to get t-47s
put anti infantry and anti vehicle turrets near each other
if the indigenous people are against you put anti infantry turrets near their spawn points so they die instantly
put smugglers on planets you don't want to conquer strait away

i regret the way i said this but i shoudl at least have the courtesy to update it...

ignore what i said about smugglers, they're not worth the cost, also, T-47's (land/snowspeeders) can be shot down quite easily with turbolaser towers and less easily with AT-AT's, it helps to pause so the speeders arn't whizzing round when you're trying to click on them...

I have a tip

If you build Turbo-lasers LAST then you'll get more turrets.

AND

If you are fighting someone else then you need to destroy their turrets by:
If you are rebel: Get your plex-rocket soldiers as close to it and shoot it
If you are imperial: BRING ON THE NEVER ENDING HORDES OF STORM TROOPERS

(and the people i talked to at the psychiatric hospital said infantry in Empire at War were useless)

[Edited by Dr_Bob, 7/8/2008 6:43:10 AM]