[nathancnc]

The 15th Question period is out. This one is about gameplay and how they will be distributing C&C4. Read Below

• If you do not have a friend to play with for the co-op campaign, can you play it alone or with an AI ally?
  There are no co-commanders in CNC4 – if you don’t have a co-op buddy, you play alone and the mission is rebalanced as appropriate.
  
  
• How can Nod counter the mighty Mastodon?
  The Mastodon is a very powerful unit and can be difficult to counter at first. Any support unit will be able to tear apart unprotected Mastodons, especially Basilisks whose chain lightning can hit multiple Mastodons at a time. As an Offense player, Widows excel at taking out Mastodons and even smaller units like Scorpion Tanks and Stealth Tanks have the firepower to knock out Mastodons. As Defense, it is very difficult to counter Mastodons since the Mastodon is primarily an anti-Defense unit, but High Confessors with their chain lightning are your best bet. The reason why most players are decimated by Mastodons is because of the Mastodon’s area of effect weapon. Most players simply right click to attack the group of Mastodons and as the units move forward and try to get in range, they are all being obliterated by the Mastodon’s volley because they are all closely clumped. The trick is to surround the Mastodons (by burrowing, stealth, or simply attacking from different areas), and then make sure as few of your units are hit by each Mastodon’s volley. Once you’ve knocked out 1 or 2, send in Engineers to capture them and use the Mastodons against your opponent.
  
  
• What brings Tiberium Crystals to the battlefield?
  That is an Idris Corporation lifter, used by the Tiberium Control Network to return (relatively) stable processed Tiberium to the battlefield or construction area where it may be of use.
  
  
• What kind of mission objectives will there be in the single player campaign?
  All of our objectives are lab based. In CNC4, you can capture a lab, destroy a lab, defend a lab and even escort a lab! =) There will be many different objective types in C&C4, stay tuned to future Q&A's for more!
  
  
• Will C&C4 be out on Steam and other download services?
  Yes, C&C 4 will be available on digital download services, such as the EA Store and Steam.

[Speedy]

"Oh no, dont worry.. EVERY SINGLE LEVEL WILL HAVE THE SAME FEATURE, so you'll get bored at the 3rd mission where you have to defend OR capture YET ANOTHER LAB."

That's what I'm reading there?

That is what it says, right? Right after "Oh dont worry, the most powerful unit in the game will be EASILY taken out by a whole bunch of the weakest."

[nathancnc]

Speedy, on 30 January 2010 - 11:27 AM, said:

"Oh no, dont worry.. EVERY SINGLE LEVEL WILL HAVE THE SAME FEATURE, so you'll get bored at the 3rd mission where you have to defend OR capture YET ANOTHER LAB."

You forgot escort But seriously, I hope the missions are well designed. That was (hopefully) just a very broad overview.

Speedy, on 30 January 2010 - 11:27 AM, said:

That is what it says, right? Right after "Oh dont worry, the most powerful unit in the game will be EASILY taken out by a whole bunch of the weakest."

C&C has always been like that. In the first C&C Nod could easily destroy a mammoth tank with a small group of minigunners... and the mammoth couldn't do much about it because it was so slow.

[Speedy]

nathancnc, on 31 January 2010 - 12:44 AM, said:

C&C has always been like that. In the first C&C Nod could easily destroy a mammoth tank with a small group of minigunners... and the mammoth couldn't do much about it because it was so slow.

Which Mammoth? The original Mammoth Tank, which'd just DRIVE OVER THEM?

Or the Mark II, the only slow Mammoth they have.. that'd need ONE SHOT to clear an entire line of minigunners?

[nathancnc]

The original.... and it couldn't run them over effectivly; especially against a player who was paying attention to move the people.