Command & Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars - GDI Mission 9 - Part 2

[WazigeWotse]

I did this mission in reverse: Held off the waves of NOD troops, built up a small taskforce of predators to take out part of the base to the north east. Destroyed factories and barracks, but kept the rest. Send engineers to capture the NOD Construction Yard and the surrounding power plants, rebuild factories, upgrade and activate all the defenses and build some extra. Literally the last thing I did was picking up the GDI MCV, surrounded by my then elite army of Flame Tanks.

[alcrd]

I can't complete this shitty mission no matter how hard i try, i just get spammed with about 15 flame tanks and crap loads of suicide bombers..

[ksingh66]

If that's how good the Predator is on the PC, imagine how tough the Mammoth must be!

[fxjdghd]

i just cant get past the fuckin bit where you get the mcv and then i loos it!

[cncguides]

@fxjdghd no hurry to get the mcv...no time limit! Wait until after you totally destroy the base to the southwest.

[WarWo1f]

No way is that possible. Taking out a NOD base with three maxed out predator tanks. That cant be done on an Xbox.

[cncguides]

@WarWo1f I'm glad I didn't play this on Xbox...

[JamesMackenzieee]

scratch that last comment if you want 15 to 20 predators and a load of abc s build 3 harvestors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[JamesMackenzieee]

no way i'm playing it on xbox and i would never be able to destroy their base with 3 predators

[TheManWhoSpoke]

Actually, this mission is a lot of fun. It is very satisfying when you are able to finish it. It is all about controling what you have, and making the most of a small force. Rotate vehicles, keep them alive, get veterancy.

[thealmightyawesomene]

@cncguides oh i thought your MCV would get destroyed if you left it too long lmao now i will take my time and destroy all NOD forces that i can lol

[thealmightyawesomene]

i'm not joking i've been trying this mission for hours and i still can't do it. the furthest i got was just setting up the MCV in the base then a shit ton of NOD come out of nowhere and fuck me up big time, i find the best combo is putting missile squds in the acp's because then you have anti-infintry, air, structure and ground vehicle and when you get to your MCV guard it with your APC's to kill the fanatics till they level up to the max which takes about 2 mins

[cncguides]

@thealmightyawesomene hmmmm. Haven't played this in a while, but remember there is no hurry to rescue the MCV. You can even "take out" the base to the northeast first. Maybe that will get you better situated. Good luck!

[somethinsomethin100]

@cncguides WOW TAKING OUT THE BASE i realy didnt think of that THANKS ALOT :D

[garbes1997]

is this the hardest mission in the game?Im stuck on this part and want to know.

[cncguides]

@garbes1997 yes!!!!!

[collisionoverdue]

save as you go along, helps loads

[ArmorTalons310]

I beat this by spamming endless predator tanks one by one, took like four hours to finish.

[specialed322]

man-oh-man did that take me forever

about 5 tries playing on hard,

i mostly followed this strategy, except when i went to take over the enemy base up on top, i ONLY destroied the vehicle factories and turrents, and caped the rest with engineers, this allowed me to build up a base using thier building, one you get birds in the air, its pretty easy

[ScornDemon]

This level is so damn hard, I must have just went thru it 10 times and failed everytime, I tried tactics you guys were talking about on here, seemed like it was working, but they just keep coming when you think you have the upper hand...so what now I cant play the rest of the game? BS!

[MrBoffybox]

yu make it look easy

[sandmbmx]

It took me 5 fucking hours to complete the mission and bonus objectives, i dont even want to think about what the next level is going to be like.

[jamsy00]

I'm so glad, I am not the only one having problems with this mission. And when I read some pro-gamer's walkthrough on gamefaqs, they always say its easy. Because if it is easy for them, it must be easy for everyone.

[CommanderZAR]

God, I've played this a million times and this still is the hardest mission that I've encountered!!!

Even Nod's Northern Italy mission is a breeze!

The first part of this mission is a piece of cake, but when I get my MCV to the base Nod starts to go nuts by spamming stealth tanks and flame tanks and venoms! (I'm playing the easy difficulty but it doesn't seem like it...)

[CSIM47]

Okay, I'm the crappiest RTS player ever and I beat it on easy. During the first four minutes, build preadators while defending. In the last minute, send predators to destroy the northeast base. Then keep defending, raising credits and building more troops. Sandbag soldiers at the southern entrance to back-up the towers. Your MCV is hiding behind a building and will be fine. Take all the time you need. Don't ask me what medium or hard are, I'm not that good.

[kombatmaster12]

Alright I got through the 5 min with ease with the predator switching and tried to rank 4 up in hopes but (pardon the expression) I end up having them getting raped and have to wait to build more and then more and more things come in and ruin the idea! I had one of the nod vehicles left and they spammed me shtiless! I can't do it! I just tried 4 times and I still lose! And those damn fanatics rape my harvester no matter how much defense I give it! Fuck why did they put this into the game!

[cncguides]

@kombatmaster12 I have had more feedback on this mission 9 than any other because of the Xbox situation. It's hard enough on the PC.

[kombatmaster12]

@cncguides agreed, I tried it on PC as well, same issues. lol

[ktusk15]

@kombatmaster12 SAme here dude...i manage to survive for 4 minutes till they spam the fanatics and they manage to rape my MCV with it...and the flamers get to me!

[sunrealzerox]

wooow really its much MUCH harder on xbox than pc!!!!! u buy sometimes >1< predator and after 1min u buy the next... on xbox u must buy all 10 seconds more than 5 infantry and 2 predators u only buy new units u have no time for repairing or anything....

[Fudgieownz322]

mmmmm.. promo

[koroni234]

Don't bother building infantry except for apcs if you want to make them. The thing is that vehicles repair quickly so if you use them to defend your base and micro them so the damaged one is healing while the others fight then it's like a renewable resource. Having trouble with fanatics then focus on taking out the southwest base before the rescue. It only deploys infantry so a predator apc combo will take it out with ease.

[Gamethroughs]

You can beat it. Just get some music to get you through it like I did and turn it up! Without a doubt you'll win.

[MrGlibble]

God my tactic failed horribly. I forgot you could reroute power, so I sold all of my base defenses and ran out of resources because I was constantly repairing and y harvester was getting gangraped nonstop. Plus those goddamn Fanatics...oh I swear to god if you touch my MCV- MISSION FAILED

FFFFFUUUUUUU

[cncguides]

@MrGlibble lol...people have been bitching about this mission for years now...good luck!!!!!

[galas5678]

wow 3 predators take out the entire base :D

[King0fBananas]

Ok so i take down both bases first i only found one base though, the one behind me at my base

[peacelandroc]

THX!! this really helps!!!!

[peacelandroc]

this really helps! THX!!!

[19UnitedForce87bane]

al ih je lik isevaoo :D ja ovu misiju ne mogu da predjem nikako :)

[rainesboy]

@Chrisleung424 the reason he done it with 3 predator ranks is because they were fully promoted which they can re-heal them self

[cport1327]

U no I like ur tatic I'm gonna try tht

[013Remco]

Try to built 10 predator tanks on hard.

Then destroy the vehicle plants in the Nod base to the north.

Capture the construction yard in the Nod base with a engineer(drive him there with an apc)

Now you can built schredders in your primary Gdi base to hold Nod infantry down(especially the black hand) that is coming in great numbers now.

Now you have time to built a large force for rescuing the convoy,and easily destroy the airfield base in the southeast...

[mike6230]

i always lose this one i dont know why

[buggie002]

wow who would think upgraded tanks were THAT more effective, gonna try that tactic now

[hamzashadow]

how long did it take u to finish this mission because u are jus fab :) ill even suscribe to your account

[codenamesolidsnake]

tahnks i i ddint know there was a nod base

[mdogboy0]

the suicide bombers always get my MCV =[

[cncguides]

easy way to solve that....destroy both bases before rescuing the MCV. There is absolutely no time limit on the escort.

Good luck!

[kombatmaster12]

I get hear and get raped.

[Mihnea90Teo]

am terminat misiunea in 12 ore :)))) la hard

[Masterdustin101]

Well my dumbass never knew about that fuc.... that base so I always just took ALL my forces and saved the MCV but lost most from the people in buildings and eventually suicides got to my MCV and boom I lost.

[invalide014]

That mission was hard until you take out the north east base. Get some predators to stick together and defend. Then when you get about 10-15 of them, pick a time after a wave and charge their base. After that it should be pretty easy going. Focus on air and infantry defense and you should be ok. The last two bases are soutwest and south east (watch out for does upgraded venoms and bombers).

[Chrisleung424]

omg, i tried so many times to eliminate the north east base. I send out about 6 tanks for 3 times and still I couldn't destory the north east base. I mean, this guy in the vid used THREE tanks. WTF. i even tried it on easy and still failed. And theres always vehicles coming out of their war factory no matter how fast I kill them. WTF do i do? please help

[Invalide01]

save all your tanks and rank them up to about 3 max veteran then take some 5 tanks with them and destroy the north base. then everything should be easy

[Jokerer5]

do an extra harvester for the upper tib res and make about 15 tanks and go for it thats what i did

[Lostemporer0]

what?! O.o my tanks even fucked up on the entrance of the nod base -.-

[spongyproductions]

liek i said back in part 1 he shoulda captured the notheast base construction yard and as many other parts as he could have instead of destroying it.....

[lcox72]

whenever i trie to destroy the base i get destroyed

[moiphx2]

Does the PC version have different Nod attack patterns? Cos on the 360 fanatics attacking from the south cause me the most grief. The turrets take care of the first 2-3 waves but after that they soon overwhelm my tanks, riflemen and missile squads and get to the refinery.

Also, despite putting a couple of predators in the tiberium field to protect my harvester, it's usually one of the first vehicles to go. Am I just shit or do I have a legitimate point?

[kombatmaster12]

no there both the same. I have both. The only difference is the way the player makes things go faster. Theres no real differences.

[Stijnvanmele]

You shouldn't destroy the base to the North-East. It gives you the unique ability to build before your MCV has even moved! I reinforced my entire camp right after I raided to N-E base with engineers :)

[projectraven1]

well i went in and took out the base defences, and retreated my forces quickly for repair....then my sneaky reinforcements waiting round the corner rushed in to finish off the war factory. then i took over several of the buildings with engineers as you say, and left a few missile guys to deal with the pesky air attacks from the southern base. then i rolled over the southern base surprisingly easily with my armor no problem :-) strange how that northern base was harder to take for me

[Stijnvanmele]

But you did it! I'm glad to hear you applied my tactics :) If you have any other trouble just let me know and I'll give you some more advice.

Grtz

[projectraven1]

well....i did it not long after i first posted...a week ago lol i figured it meself :-)

[Stijnvanmele]

aaaaah :) allright, even better!

Great game, isn't it?

[projectraven1]

CNC4 next year :-)

[Stijnvanmele]

can't wait :)

[davekilla83]

got any tips for the next level i watched the guide and still couldnt do it

[cncguidespart2]

Yeah, they're vicious. That's why I built a repair base up on the plateau and suckered their units to come toward my own turrets. Good luck!

[projectraven1]

this mission is a fucking joke...seriously lol. i go on the offensive with at least 4 or 5 tanks exactly where you do in this video and get owned by their base defence. i take out the turrets, get inside the base and all hell breaks loose, they have a zillion missile units and demolish my tanks inside thirty seconds. this is literally a minute after the reinforcements 'arrive' i cant beat the bastards in that tiny little base...

[Stijnvanmele]

When I raided the camp to the North-East I took over everything, built some airports and bombarded the shit out of the camp to the South-West. Works like a charm :)

[speiser23]

:O

OMFG this helps so freaking much!!!

i thought those tanks and stuff spawned randomly didnt know about the base.

[spagetti001]

this mission is so gay...you have to save your own reinforcement convoy??!?!didnt THEY come to help you??daaaaammnn...btw I think the best weapon at this mission are APCs with rocket squads.they can also crush venoms,enemy tanks,buggys,bikes,and they can also take out those fckin fanatics...

[Gamer977]

worst misii. i got stuck here

[cncguides]

Try to read all the feedback and hopefully that will help.

[ZBrock1045]

ZOMG I can hold out the five minutes until the sissies get stuck at the NOD defense, but by then all of the units at my base get owned and I can barely get enough money to keep myself alive, let alone go help them. WTF NOD??? Leave me alone!!!

Then again I play on the 360 and the control scheme sucks.

[tehgoonster]

I don't get why you aren't being destroyed from the south. In fact you didn't once even look at the south side of your base.

[cncguidespart2]

Heck, south is easy. Set up a turret, maybe a little backup and you are set. The main problem is vehicles from the north and east, and then a bit of backup for infantry from the west. Just keep repairing the turrets.

[TheKingofnoob]

"Yeah! Reinforcements! Now let's build a base and own these bitc- WHAT?! You're stuck?! *mumble* *grumble* Fine fine.

Couple minutes later...

"There. Now move your ass! WHAT?! You want me to escort you!? I thought you were the reinforcements, like you help me and not vice versa. *Sigh* FINE.

"Hey, this is pretty easy. Just Nod infantry..couple Militia and Rockets an- WHAT!? FANATICS!? JESUS CHRIS- *MCV gets blown up* FUUUUUU-"

My thoughts during the first try -_-

[wutzke92]

dude that was awsome rofl.

btw i did this first try the key is to rush the base to the north right away. make sure you have 6-7 predators or ull get face raped...

[erikouwehand]

oh hahaha i did not kwow about that base in the nord-east!!!

[pandemonic01]

You know if you hold down both mouse buttons and click and drag you can tell units (like the those predator tanks) to go into certain formations. Makes it easier to place them in the most efficient way possible

[MidnightGrunt]

LOL one time on this i just left my base and brought a few tanks with me to get the base builder thing and when i came back to the base there was lots and lots and lots and lots of bad people there

[cncguidespart2]

lol...there's lot of bad people in this mission.

[fashionista0]

i can't do it. i've been on easy for 3 days lol and i watched you video and still i cant fuckin beat it, its pissing me off

[MidnightGrunt]

you need to take a break for a day and then try it again later

[kazuiahamischa]

how do u get so much money i dont lol i know im a noob and i play c&c a lot i got all of them

[cmister4]

an effective way to defend your base:get your rifleman squad and bulid a pillbox. either A:keep them in there for anti-infatry support or B: make them abandon the pill box and send in a missle squad in there. its an awsome anti-tank and gunship defense :D

[cncguides]

I went through the whole campaign without using pillboxes. Duh....

[EMERICA3DREW]

do you get pillboxes later in game?

[gucio142]

Still can't do it, even on easy.

[gamerkyle14]

those turrets with the beams are they only decent against infantry? cuase im planning on doing what you did with the tanks but icant get them past the beams lol nooby i know but im quite new to the c&c games so ay help would be nice

[UltreaKiller]

the MCV is pinned down by n00b forces,you need to pwn them commander <LOL<

[womba000]

so does the mcv not get damaged while ur waiting?

[cncguides]

the MCV will not be attacked until after you go rescue it...it can sit there for 5 days and they won't damage it.

[Runemon123]

i finally beat this level took a while, but was able to beat it cause i had engineers ready to capture the power plants for more energy for the air strike Nod's been sending =) thx again for the video guide

[Runemon123]

so the plan for this is to attack the Nod's base that were sending the tanks and destroy it first then rescue the reinforcements with the MCV? that's actually a good idea! never would hav thought of it, thx man! =)

[caelando]

does any1 have a stradegy 4 the Xbox 360?

[ShinRyuAmiYuniSuki]

would of been a bit easier if he'd had at least 2 harvesters in the beginning of the game or midpoint of the mission.

[PKMN1998]

I Used 21 cPreador Tanks,10 APC and 5 Pitbulls to get the MCV TEam out.

[cerebralocelot]

I still cant beat this on easy

[cncguides]

get used to the reverse command (D, I believe) and keep those tanks alive. That's the key. Once they get to heroic status...you can kick butt. Also use the hot key for turning on and off your turrets. Don't forget to turn on the northeast anti-air turret on the inside of your wall. Good luck!

[cerebralocelot]

lol thanks i just beat it

[XmaXma6]

i did it 2 houers ago,and i needed one houer

[Tallacus]

same, even with the nod base in the northeast destroyed and their power plants captured

[grimreefer1]

This looks easy (even though ive read its set to hard) try this on the xbox 360 on medium and nod fucks you from all directions. its too hard

[cncguides]

Dumb question, but are you turning on your base defenses?? There are also air defense turrets on the inside of the wall. (Which I initially didn't notice.)

[Draco1985m]

Incredible how effective just those three heroic tanks are.

For the record: I went with a slightly different tactic and took over the northern NOD base. Gives you access to their base defenses, enough powerplants to power them and to air units, which are a great help IMO. Anyone who can't beat this mission might try that for a change. Works like a charm. ;)

[cncguides]

This mission has received more commentary than any other. Thanks for posting a different strategy. I'm all for it! Sounds like a great idea...

[needformovies1]

Ive been trying to do this for ages but when i rescue the reinforcements those stealth tanks destroy all my turrets

[kobolt0000]

thats a good strat, cause i tried to do it wth 6 tanks and 6 apcs with rockets, but they ended up getting mauled by a vast army, i guess the three tanks make the comp think up a smaller defence or something

[cncguides]

It's hard to see on the video but these tanks all have a gold-star veterancy. Keep your independent tanks alive long enough and the veterans can really kick tail.

[jasoN1000X2]

that's actually called heroic rank

[cncguides]

Yeah, I was kinda fumbling there with the terminology.

[scruffyo1]

ok this might sound stupid to some people but how the hell do u get turrets u know the ones that just stand there in the ground not moving please reply

[cncguides]

Hmmmm. If you mean turning them on, use the X key as a toggle, I believe, going by memory. There is also an icon in the upper right that you can toggle to turn on the power, next to the sell and repair button. If you are on XBOX, I don't have a clue. Does that answer your question??  If not, reask it. Thanks for watching!

[scruffyo1]

cheers for answering but i mean can u buy them if you can how :)

[cncguides]

You can't buy them until you rescue the MCV. Afterwards, use the Support Structure tab next to the Infantry tab. Cheers!

[scruffyo1]

kk ty

[dokaw]

Say, that's a really good strat. I usually mass up to 12 Predators at each entrance and then blast my way in. But using only 3 tanks and getting them all heroic never occurred to me ^^

[darklordnihlusX]

this mission is the one i cant beat on 360 but when i find these guidesi think i can beat the games.

p.s. thx for the guides i just l ike too know went u will do CNC kanes wrath.

[Celticoverlord]

at this point i just bulit an enginer and took over the nod MCV and used NOD units for the rest of the mission!

[cncguides]

interesting concept!!

[warrenrox]

I never figured out how to defend the two entranxces where the vehicles come at you, but then i saw this and tried putting just three tanks there, repairing em when need, and then attacked with about 3 or 4 tanks and destroyed the base, then it gets really easy after, you'll ony need anti air and infantry turrets powered up

[cncguides]

Thanks for the input. I have had lots of comments from frustrated Xbox players on this mission.

[warrenrox]

no problem

[warrenrox]

but still ty for vids, maybe ill alcually beat this lvl some day

[cncguides]

Are you playing PC version or Xbox??

[warrenrox]

Xbox, i beat the lvl tho, with three tanks guarding vehicle entrance, a dug in rifle squad at the bottom entrance with a tank, forgot what i used for the last entrance, i turned on all anti vehicle turrets and a anti infantry turret, unly using anti air when neccisary, i destroyed vehicle base first, then focused on the infantry dudes, then got the MCV, then build up my base, then attacked the cliff base

[warrenrox]

i think he used 3 hero tanks who defended the base the whole time, those tanks can repair em selves and do tons of damage =P

[warrenrox]

Pretty Easy once the Northeast Base is gone, nod infanty wont get past dug in rifle squads, until the flame dudes come, but otherwise after vehicle base is destroyed, defense becomes pretty easy.

[bazzdabom]

Man i can't do this mission on easy!! I attacked the base above with 5 amp's with rocket launchers inside + 3 predetors and he knocked me off easely, i mean wtf how are you suppoded to beat them at hard.

[cncguidespart3]

It makes all the difference in the world to level up your tanks to gold-star veterans. Use the reverse command to move the tanks back to the War Factory for repairs. They will get blown up if they have to maneuver a wide turn while under fire. Thanks for watching!

[GETSOME126]

Dang! im finding this hard on easy!:o lmfao nicely done, plus i got it on the xbox 360 so its harder to controll :(

[masterchieff12]

thanks man i have this game n im freaking stuck on it

[GrassmanProductions]

this is the stupidest mission ever

[rscool7]

when u destroyed the north base u could have taken over the power plants so you could have more power to turn all of th e turrets on

[adYo29]

yep i'd like to know what difficulty is that too:D(looks like easy for me, correct me if i'm wrong)

[cncguides]

All cncguides videos are played on the hard setting. Thanks for watching!

[milkybark69]

what setting is this on? easy, medium or hard?

[cncguides]

Hard!!!

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

this guy must be good cause im stuck on this mission on easy

[CLimaPT]

I guess it was better to take out the northern base before escort the MCV back, nice strat. :D

I escorted it back without doing so :o

[cncguidespart2]

It's a pain trying to do 2 things at once - keeping your base safe while escorting the MCV. I was happy to fall upon this strategy.

[UltreaKiller]

dude a good strategist is made from strength,honor and knowledge.Knowing from where the horde comes from you can decoy them and surpress,or kick their butts from both sides.

[Th3Rabb1t]

Note: an easy way to do this is get about 8 apcs and fill them with rocket men let them clear the garrisoned buildings and the infantry attacks and have you own infantry follow behind and garrison as many buildings near and around the bridge as possible thsi will make the trip back a lot easier and safer.

[mp5ive]

You my friend, are a dude. I stayed up till 4am last night trying every which way to beat this mission. A). I didn't know how to hotkey reverse for vehicles, B). I didn't know I could leave the re-enforcements in the city, to go off and destroy the other two enemy bases, I kept rushing to help the unit in trouble.(obviously with a weak force). C). I didn't know one APC with rifleman was such an effective defense on the bottom, and left wall. Thanks for the insight, and better grasp of this game.

[cncguides]

thanks for the feedback...highly appreciated.

[mahsoulsonfire]

nice vid, i think the 360 version is a lot harder tho :S more attacks come from the south and its hard to keep harvester alive. also, airborne attacks are split- they come from south and north. :( any advice?

also, how come your tanks in the north are getting owned while they're defending, but when you attack the base they are like, invincible? little help here please

[cncguides]

I was able to level the tanks up to heroic status with the gold stars when attacking the northern base, and, yes, then they rule...earlier they are pretty weak... can you level up on the 360? the only suggestion I have from attacks from the air is you have anti-air defenses on the inside perimeter of your base you can turn on. They can be kind of hidden.

[warfreak1111]

like ur video it really came in handy

[warfreak1111]

hey do u have any advise for the mission on nod its the last mission i cant get past it do u have any vidoes too ?

[cncguides]

I survived the initial part by building 8 Vertigo Bombers...using 4 to destroy the Juggernauts and the other 4 to help trash the Mammoths attacking the Scrin structure. It was a bear trying to fly the Saboteurs in in time to capture the Juggernauts for the bonus. I remember I was able to stop the main GDI onslaught with like 1 millimeter of health left on one of the "generators" or whatever they were called. It will take a while to get to that video, but eventually that's the plan. Thanks

[gianttobi1993]

How are you able to kill the units of the enemy so quickly?

[cncguides]

The keys are to use the "D" reverse command to repair your units at the War Factory. If you don't lose any units, you can build up a larger force. Once your tanks get a gold star (hero status) they are pretty darn powerful. Use hotkey "C" for quick repair of your buildings and hotkey "X" to turn on and off the power to the structures. Thanks for writing!

[gianttobi1993]

thanks

[TReXX210]

lol it was sarcasm.

[Aamelron]

needz more cowbell

[cncguides]

Aamelron, your reputation preceeds you. Don't you have a famous paintball demo on youtube?