The Nod Buggy
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[edit] Introduction
The Buggy, a very useful yet underestimated vehicle of the Nod arsenal. Why do people use it? Very simple, it's rather cheap, but still has some armor. It is very good at killing infantry and doesn't have a problem at destroying an enemy buggy/Humvee or at taking down some armor of the GDI Medium Tank.
[edit] Buggy uses
Buggy
The buggy in most cases, is used as a first assault or defense vehicle. It is cheap and fast people will buy it until it is destroyed. After that, they usually move to another kind of vehicle. Rushes are also known to be done with this vehicle. It is faster then an APC, but still has enough armor to get to it's destination, tough do watch out when coming in front of the AGT!
Buggy's are also used to bring down the harvester. Because of the bullets it gives a huge score to whoever is shooting!
- Price: 300 credits
Cheapest of all the vehicles; it's worth its money if handled with care.
- Weapon: Machine Gun
Medium range, fires bullets 100 per clip. Infinite ammo.
- seats: 2
Very handy that extra passenger! Especially if it is an engineer or a technician.
- Health: 125 armor: 125
[edit] Strength
- Its speed is able to avoid some shells shot at the vehicle.
- The mounted anti-infantry Machine Gun is perfect for killing small groups and getting score points.
- It is a very small tank, so it can squish trough small holes and is very agile when it comes to turning 180°.
- Great rush tank
- Great unit when you want to harass that GDI harvester but you don't have enough cash.
The strength of the Buggy isn't it's firepower, but speed! There are a few good and some very good things about the Buggy some which people don't even recognize or use! It also is useful to have in the beginning of the game to destroy the enemy harvester, or even rush the enemy's base and do a hit surprise, since Buggy rushes are the least expected.
A group of these can dominate the field because of their massive bullet shower and speed. Only snipers will bring them down easy.
[edit] Weaknesses
- Lowest armor rating
- Wheeled Vehicle. Can't turn without accelerating/decelerating first.
- Weak attack vs other vehicles
- Extremely weak vs snipers (especially Havoc/Sakura)
But of course, every tank has it's weak spots. The Buggy might be fast but it's attack power vs other tanks is low, and it's armor is also on he low side making it an easy target for a small group of soldiers to kill it without suffering to much casualties.
It also the only the tank which needs to spin it's entire body in order to turn, very hateful when in small places! but since it is the smallest of tanks, it doesn't have to much problem, whilst a Humvee could have a problem or 2.
[edit] Buggies vs base defenses
A Buggy can be destroyed by a few hits of the AGT, but a good driver knows that an AGT needs to see the tank before it can hit it! And because the Buggy is small, agile and fast it can get behind a building rather fast.(Pictures will be up soon!)
On the map City/ City_Flying a Buggy can if driven by a good person, reach ANY building the driver wants. Be it the Power Plant,Refinery,AS,Barr,AGT. All of them can be targeted. And if your fellow passenger is a technician, well let's say that GDI will have a problem or two!
Of course one needs to know that the Buggy can only get there if there aren't many defenders around.
[edit] Buggies against other tanks
Do not try to engage any tank, unless you are with a small group of Buggies, or else the enemy will be able to take you down without much of a problem. A small group of Buggies can easily bypass any tank slower then them IF they are a little good at driving.
[edit] Buggy Rushes
Some players like to use a Buggy to rush the enemy base early one! This is very handy in most cases, cause GDI itself will also try a rush, and since the Buggy costs 50 credits less, they will (if both harvy's where killed) be able to perform there rush 25 sec faster (if the credits speed is 2 cred/sec) then the GDI's Humvee.
A good Buggy rush can make the difference sometimes of winning and losing! It also quite normal that some would say "Hey lets do a Buggy rush now that they don't have money"... Do note that if a Buggy rush encounters a stronger tank, that they will be destroyed if they don't avoid the other tank early on.
[edit] Possible Strategies
The Nod buggy only costs 300 credits so can be bought relatively early and can be very useful in defending infantry rushes on maps with no advanced defenses.
The buggy can also be used as a scouting unit due to it's small cost and speed, which makes it very easy for you to go around the enemy base quickly. It is also very useful for transport of a sniper from one sniping spot to another.
The buggy is a small so can dodge a few shots from Medium Tank fire. While it is distracting the Medium Tank, an allied tank will be able to destroy the enemy tank.
[edit] Overall Conclusion
The Buggy tough having it flaws is a great tank to use. If mastered one can even give the enemy a headache and with luck you'll get a flew curses towards your head in which case you mastered the Buggy perfectly. Drive safe now.
