Somehow, when you put all of these units together, you begin to lose sight of them. From peons to Dreadnaughts, every unit has a specific purpose. Archers handle long-range (even outside of visual range) missile tactics. Brutes spawn six at a time, but they are more of a smokescreen than a workhorse unit. The Nemesis sniper cruisers can do massive damage, but only to a single unit. Units are balanced, at their most primitive, at short, medium, and long range. When I say disposal, there are times where it feels like I tossed hundreds of them directly into a grinder. How large, you might ask? While I never saw the dizzying numbers demonstrated when I watched a developer play the game with nearly 10,000 units under their command, I did find myself with several thousand units at my disposal fairly often. Combining them with all of the smaller units unifies them as an Army. The Dreadnaughts do have a little added longevity as they earn experience, gaining a choice of three powerful upgrades at the culmination of each level. From there, you’ll begin building the larger Dreadnaught-class craft that eventually bring those sergeants, as well as their accompanying troops, into their fold. Eventually you’ll begin building Cruiser-class units, and you’ll lump those individuals under that larger vessel’s command.
In early missions you’ll point individual units at objectives and they’ll dutifully march to your orders. When you are fighting at the scale that Ashes eventually pushes to, your focus has to change. Here, players are challenged to make constant modifications to their tactics, and many of them will push “old school” RTS players way out of their comfort zone. Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak’s heavily-restricted resources and slow builds are the polar opposite of the agility needed to play Ashes. If you try to zerg rush the enemy with basic units like you can in StarCraft 2, you will die even faster. What I mean by this is, if you follow conventional “turtle” tactics like you might have employed in Grey Goo, you will die - often. There are still bases to be built in any RTS.
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