July 2018
The Scarabs are overpowered and have no counter. Kind of rediculious that two hits take out a Sandstorm, or wolverine,or zone troopers.
July 2018
July 2018
Thanks for the tip. Ya, the issue was as you discribed they are on pads before me and destroyed anything I sent.
July 2018
Also, just send weakened/near death units into the scarabs to waste them. If you have none, sending Infantry/Militia is a cost effective way of dealing with scarabs.
July 2018
Another tip. Scarabs make a specific sound when they are created which you can hear even if you don't have vision. So you can always know if they are rushing. The sound design in this game as a whole is really good and while Scarabs are the only unit I've identified a unique sound for, there are definitely sounds when your opponents build vehicles and other units. Very helpful for determining and defending against an early rush.
July 2018
Overpowered? Only if they're on defense. Most of the time, you can eliminate them with basic infantry if they approach you, but I do agree that it's sorta ridiculous that they can hit air units.
July 2018
Just run an infantry or a unit that's about to die into them...... Problem solved
October 2018
Thing should not be able to hit land and air .they need to be weaker or more expensive . People just build them and block you from the pads. Thing are ruining the game
March 2019
I hate these things so much, that fact that the only counter is get on the pads first means that's your only strategy. You should not be able to just spam one unit and win. If they were more expensive or only had one scarab per unit or didn't leave behind fire, or couldn't also hit air then they would be fine, but they can do all of it. I have beaten them once by rushing the pads and if I run that strategy every time it's fine, but that's so boring and is bad game design to force people into specific strategy's.
March 2019
I think scarabs can be useful as a defensive strategy. I think they shouldn't target aircraft however. Seems incorrect to see a bomb fly straight to a flying aircraft. I just reached Nod and will try playing it tomorrow.