Another unit that can be very useful is a "commando"
What he does is using a pure black skin, no armor, and either a bow or a iron/diamond sword infiltrates an enemy base or camp, and slaughters as many enemies as he can before he must escape. He should need very little food, and should carry only his weaponry with him. Optional: He may also take a bucket of lava with him, or a flint and steel, so that if he is trapped, or sure he will die, he can destroy what he has with him to make sure the enemy gains no resources. He can also use this flint and steel/lava to sabotage enemy facilities, or ruin enemy lakes/rivers, or other water works.
This landmines warn the base about attacking enemy. -snip-
I like the warning system idea... I'll try and incorporate it into the OP.
@Doctor
I'll be interested in seeing that video once you complete it.
@Aninimouse
The mine idea is actually not my own, hopefully this still works once snow comes back:
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I believe it'd be much more effective if it triggered a whole field of tnt. Sure it would blow up the entire field, leaving a crater, but it would also prevent an army from only triggering one, and avoiding the field. I like the pitfall trap though. I made a few of my own. You can make one by making a 4x1 hole downwards and following this design.
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Just thought of another way to sabotage a minecraft track, and cause large damage to the enemy. Remove a track in a subtle location, such as the top of a hill, or possibly the bottom, place a pressure plate, and some tnt under it. Once a cart runs over it, BOOM! blows the cart, whatever/whoever was in it, and the track. You can either hide the TNT, or leave it bare. If it's left bare, than enemies will have to worry about accidently triggering it.
I believe it'd be much more effective if it triggered a whole field of tnt. Sure it would blow up the entire field, leaving a crater, but it would also prevent an army from only triggering one, and avoiding the field. I like the pitfall trap though. I made a few of my own. You can make one by making a 4x1 hole downwards and following this design.
= pressureplate
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Just thought of another way to sabotage a minecraft track, and cause large damage to the enemy. Remove a track in a subtle location, such as the top of a hill, or possibly the bottom, place a pressure plate, and some tnt under it. Once a cart runs over it, BOOM! blows the cart, whatever/whoever was in it, and the track. You can either hide the TNT, or leave it bare. If it's left bare, than enemies will have to worry about accidently triggering it.
Pitfalls without snow are just way too obvious, that's why I prefer the snow method. Also... I don't like the idea of wasting tnt to blow up a whole field if they step in one place...
But... that minecart sabotaging idea... is one of your finest yet! I'll include an example in the OP and credit you. It's the first thing going in the "Sabotage" section. Keep up the great work! I'd like to extend an offer to you as Head of Ground Operations in the War Department of the MSF. You'd be working alongside Head of Naval Operations Joe51498 and Assistant General Tactician Aninimouse. (I myself am General Tactician).
I believe it'd be much more effective if it triggered a whole field of tnt. Sure it would blow up the entire field, leaving a crater, but it would also prevent an army from only triggering one, and avoiding the field.
But then what if it's just a scout, while the enemy is behind, waiting for some intel on what's up ahead, and the scout falls into one of the landmines and BOOM! The whole field goes sky high, only, you just wasted a LOT of TNT on killing one person.
@Aninimouse
True, the only downside to that is that if the scout lands in the field, and lives, he'll most likely be able to disable the majority of the traps, or he'll warn his army.
@Valerius_Maximus
I just remembered that scouts could possibly carry torches, or lava, and melt nearby snow, barring your traps. It wouldn't be too tedious for a small biome, but it could be a threat to the traps. Not only would lava reveal the traps, but it could also detonate them. I'd be honored to join your Department.
Just had an idea to counteract the snow trap. (video still rendering)
Dirt is plentiful. Enter the battlefield with a ton of dirt. Place the dirt on the snow as you enter. If you can't, then there must be a mine. Disable it by building dirt OVER it.
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So torches melting the snow... or using Doctor's dirt test could in theory compromise the landmines... but that shouldn't deter you from putting a random one here and there just to catch people off guard. Perhaps having a whole field dedicated to mines is a bad idea because then they can all be disabled after one goes off... people will be a lot more wary about a snow covered field after a mine goes off in one...
@Kromeh
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Heh heh, It would probably be pretty amusing to "Rewire" some of the enemy's Redstone Contraptions, and redirect them to some TNT. You'd need a pretty Stealthy Spy/Saboteur to pull that one off though.
"Ah, out of pickaxes, go better open the [iron] storage room door and grab some-" *BOOM*
A little off-topic, but I gave my Old, Black Shirt, Jean Wearing Minecraft Skin a bit of a makeover.
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I don't really read people's signatures. Although I did read yours after I saw the Forum thing, to see if there was a link. (Which, as I've found, there is. I'll sign up now.)
Heh heh, It would probably be pretty amusing to "Rewire" some of the enemy's Redstone Contraptions, and redirect them to some TNT. You'd need a pretty Stealthy Spy/Saboteur to pull that one off though.
"Ah, out of pickaxes, go better open the [iron] storage room door and grab some-" *BOOM*
A little off-topic, but I gave my Old, Black Shirt, Jean Wearing Minecraft Skin a bit of a makeover.
Heh heh, It would probably be pretty amusing to "Rewire" some of the enemy's Redstone Contraptions, and redirect them to some TNT. You'd need a pretty Stealthy Spy/Saboteur to pull that one off though.
"Ah, out of pickaxes, go better open the [iron] storage room door and grab some-" *BOOM*
A little off-topic, but I gave my Old, Black Shirt, Jean Wearing Minecraft Skin a bit of a makeover.
That just gave me an idea. Offer as a peace offering to enemy a redstone clock.
Set it to blow up the town in two hours after it starts.
Which just happens to be when the enemy mayor opens his gate welcoming his new "allies."
Well, it's not a good idea because it shows your city is not to be trusted, but it would still be funny.
If I were the mayor, I probably would have gotten suspicious of them when they started rigging it up with TNT. It's not like you can just move a giant click over into the town, you'd have to build it there. :tongue.gif:
Pigs spawn on Grass with light on it, you can actually farm pigs like that, indoors, as long as you grow some grass and have torches lying about, pigs will spawn. (Although, I believe Other Farm Animals might as well.) But that still means you wouldn't have to go out of the base to get pork, so long as you had a pig spawning room set up.
In war, either side may run low on resources. Your troops may not be able to be fully equiped with bows or arrows. There is another option for ranged combat however. Snowballs. Doing no damage, they aren't very effective for killing enemies. The one thing they are good at, is knocking people back. Since they are so cheap, you could get a small pile of them, and lob them at anyone stationed on a wall, effectively knocking them back, buying more time, or even making them fall to their deaths. You could also use them as distractions. They are a little loud when fired, but if they land in water, they make a plop. A skilled marksman could fire a snowball to plop into a water source and confuse enemies. Firing many into many different sources, could completely confuse their forces, and would make an ambush viable.
Snowballs should only be used when there is nothing else, and you're fighting to the death.
Aninimouse, Kromeh, and Joxon, I have activated your forum accounts and given you permissions to post in the War room if you like. I haven't been updating the Art of War in the MSF forums like I have these ones though. You can find it in the Tactics and Strategy section.
-snip- Also i think that pigs is an unreliable food resource since it forces people out from the fort, I would much rather assign a few persons to create a green-house and do mass-production farming.
The only unanswered question would be which way is more efficient, but i'd say farming because; Crops grow at night to torchlight and who go out at night to hunt for pigs :smile.gif: And it is aswell expandable; little more time invested lots of more food. With pigs you have to go further and further to get more food and thus investing to much time.
Growing crops
Pros: reliable, easy to expand, lots of outcome for little p-cost, bread creates instant from work-bench where pig- meat needs attention at a furnace
Cons: Spacious, easy high-priority target for enemies little outcome in the begining.
I think the best source of food is still fish... you can catch infinite fish in a 1x1 block of water... from safe within your base... It's faster than farming... and cooked fish heal more than baked bread anyway... I think you guys are underestimating fishing as a source of food.
@Kromeh
That seems like a good technique for a spy to use if they want to confuse somebody...
I like the warning system idea... I'll try and incorporate it into the OP.
@Doctor
I'll be interested in seeing that video once you complete it.
@Aninimouse
The mine idea is actually not my own, hopefully this still works once snow comes back:
What he does is using a pure black skin, no armor, and either a bow or a iron/diamond sword infiltrates an enemy base or camp, and slaughters as many enemies as he can before he must escape. He should need very little food, and should carry only his weaponry with him. Optional: He may also take a bucket of lava with him, or a flint and steel, so that if he is trapped, or sure he will die, he can destroy what he has with him to make sure the enemy gains no resources. He can also use this flint and steel/lava to sabotage enemy facilities, or ruin enemy lakes/rivers, or other water works.
Clicky clicky for free minecraft
[simg]http://i.min.us/ilcpc.png[/simg]
I believe it'd be much more effective if it triggered a whole field of tnt. Sure it would blow up the entire field, leaving a crater, but it would also prevent an army from only triggering one, and avoiding the field. I like the pitfall trap though. I made a few of my own. You can make one by making a 4x1 hole downwards and following this design.
= pressureplate
[]
Just thought of another way to sabotage a minecraft track, and cause large damage to the enemy. Remove a track in a subtle location, such as the top of a hill, or possibly the bottom, place a pressure plate, and some tnt under it. Once a cart runs over it, BOOM! blows the cart, whatever/whoever was in it, and the track. You can either hide the TNT, or leave it bare. If it's left bare, than enemies will have to worry about accidently triggering it.
Clicky clicky for free minecraft
[simg]http://i.min.us/ilcpc.png[/simg]
Pitfalls without snow are just way too obvious, that's why I prefer the snow method. Also... I don't like the idea of wasting tnt to blow up a whole field if they step in one place...
But... that minecart sabotaging idea... is one of your finest yet! I'll include an example in the OP and credit you. It's the first thing going in the "Sabotage" section. Keep up the great work! I'd like to extend an offer to you as Head of Ground Operations in the War Department of the MSF. You'd be working alongside Head of Naval Operations Joe51498 and Assistant General Tactician Aninimouse. (I myself am General Tactician).
But then what if it's just a scout, while the enemy is behind, waiting for some intel on what's up ahead, and the scout falls into one of the landmines and BOOM! The whole field goes sky high, only, you just wasted a LOT of TNT on killing one person.
True, the only downside to that is that if the scout lands in the field, and lives, he'll most likely be able to disable the majority of the traps, or he'll warn his army.
@Valerius_Maximus
I just remembered that scouts could possibly carry torches, or lava, and melt nearby snow, barring your traps. It wouldn't be too tedious for a small biome, but it could be a threat to the traps. Not only would lava reveal the traps, but it could also detonate them. I'd be honored to join your Department.
Clicky clicky for free minecraft
[simg]http://i.min.us/ilcpc.png[/simg]
Dirt is plentiful. Enter the battlefield with a ton of dirt. Place the dirt on the snow as you enter. If you can't, then there must be a mine. Disable it by building dirt OVER it.
@Kromeh
Welcome aboard :smile.gif:
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"Ah, out of pickaxes, go better open the [iron] storage room door and grab some-" *BOOM*
A little off-topic, but I gave my Old, Black Shirt, Jean Wearing Minecraft Skin a bit of a makeover.
http://minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=Aninimouse
Also, you have your own forums?
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Edit: Nice skin by the way. I like the beard.
Is that a cigar???
I don't really read people's signatures. Although I did read yours after I saw the Forum thing, to see if there was a link. (Which, as I've found, there is. I'll sign up now.)
Yes, it's a Cigar. XD
I would love to do this...
That just gave me an idea. Offer as a peace offering to enemy a redstone clock.
Set it to blow up the town in two hours after it starts.
Which just happens to be when the enemy mayor opens his gate welcoming his new "allies."
Well, it's not a good idea because it shows your city is not to be trusted, but it would still be funny.
If I were the mayor, I probably would have gotten suspicious of them when they started rigging it up with TNT. It's not like you can just move a giant click over into the town, you'd have to build it there. :tongue.gif:
The presdure plates accumulated snow. So put the tnt 2 blocks down wit a plate omto and its 100% invisible.
Snowballs should only be used when there is nothing else, and you're fighting to the death.
Clicky clicky for free minecraft
[simg]http://i.min.us/ilcpc.png[/simg]
I think the best source of food is still fish... you can catch infinite fish in a 1x1 block of water... from safe within your base... It's faster than farming... and cooked fish heal more than baked bread anyway... I think you guys are underestimating fishing as a source of food.
@Kromeh
That seems like a good technique for a spy to use if they want to confuse somebody...
Edit: Oh man, Ninja'd by Aninimouse XD