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Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness Hints
Mission 4: Attack on Zul'Dare
Mission Objectives:
- Destroy Orc Base
Simple enough. Start off by making more Peasants, mainly to mine gold (at least 4 total). Build a Lumber Mill, then start to chop wood. Make a Barracks as well. Take your Destroyers to scout the shoreline for ships. Then, take a Peasant down in between the trees to build a Shipyard. Note that two towers should be placed: one near the trees inside your town (not blocking anything) and one outside the tree passage (by the shipyard). Have at least two Footmen guarding outside the trees as well, to help attack guys that are sent in Transports (which WILL happen). Upgrade them to Guard Towers as well. Now, build an Oil Tanker, and build an Oil Platform on the closest Oil Patch. Position your ships right in front of here. Make sure to keep a few Archers in town, just in case a Transport goes around the other way (i.e., not by your shipyard) and attacks you.
When you need to, build a Foundry. Upgrade the cannon and armor. While on the topic of upgrading, upgrade arrows too. Now, build about 6 Destroyers, and kill the Oil Platform to the southeast. Head south and fend off the attacking ships. Clear EVERY ship from the area before going for the Platform. Now, take out the structures on the shoreline, killing any Troll that will try and attack you. Also, destroy the Transports hanging around. With the Shipyard and Transports gone, you won't have to worry about any attacks on your village, so you won't need Archers and Footmen to defend anymore.
Now, there are two good ways to destroy the enemy base. First, make 3 transports, and put in about 12 Footmen, and 6 Archers, and attack on the west shore of the isle. Simply destroy everything. However, a slightly better strategy follows. Make 2 Transports, with about 8 Footmen and 4 Archers. Position the Destroyers in the inlet way at the south of the map, beneath the island, where the enemy Shipyard used to be. Now, take your guys over to the island, and lure all of the enemies near the shore. Your ships should attack them, just try to make sure that your guys aren't hit by friendly ship fire. Once those guys are taken out, kill the other guys in the village, take out the Barracks and Great Hall, and finally, destroy everything else.
