Rise of the Reds – or ROTR for short – improves upon the C&C Generals formula while also adding its own distinct elements to it. Most notably, the mod adds two completely new factions, the tank-heavy Russian Federation and the defence-oriented European Continental Alliance. In addition, the three original factions China, USA and GLA have been greatly expanded and redesigned in a variety of ways, with several new units, buildings, powers and abilities to explore and combine in your in-game tactics.
Honed by a lifetime full of war and bloodshed, these Mercenaries form the elite cadre of Sulaymaan's army. Due to their fierce reputation, they tend to enjoy an air of awe and privilege among the GLA, as they are only ones who can ask their leaders for noticeably higher rewards and walk away with their heads still on their shoulders. Unlike the common rabble, Mercenaries have exclusive access to the GLA's special arsenal of looted local weapons from South Africa, including the Vektor R4 assault rifle, the SS-77 machine gun and the Milkor 40mm grenade launcher. In addition, every Mercenary is armed with the single most common weapon on the African continent: A lethal machete that can kill a person with only a single, well executed swipe. In combat, the Mercenaries are not only feared for their superior weapons and raw brutality, but also for their resilience and fearlessness: It has been reported that these men fire themselves up macabre ceremonies before the battle, putting them in a permanent state of blood-crazed frenzy in which their perception of pain - and morality - is numbed.
Nice job! Btw that last sentence in the description 0o...
Simply put, these guys are supposed to form a contrast with the Partisans, which is why we placed them in the same update: Mercs are among the most violent people in the GLA and their primary motivations are money and adrenaline, whereas the Partisans are seasoned, experienced fighters that make do with minimal equipment and largely fight to protect their homelands. One could go as far as argue that the Partisans are supposed to be sympathetic by GLA standards.
The last phrase rather sounds like the Mercenaries won't slow down upon being low on health, but reather keep on fighting normally.. also does their armament sounds like they could easily take on SEALs ..
My bet is that it is either a
A: buff that reduces the damage they take for a small moment
B: buff that no matter how much damage they received they can't go under 1 hp for a few seconds.
Just like Dazzle's shallow grave from dota 2 :P
Oh **** i missed the part where it says
‘‘putting them in a permanent state of blood-crazed frenzy’’ ....
just ignore my previous post
take on seals with merc looks bad, but who knows i saw a seal killed by a chinees soldier once :P
So in other words, GLA mercenaries are the modern day equivalent to berserkers.
Awesome!
Is the GLA excavator/transformer truck gonna be in 1.85?
Yeah i am like 99.9% sure it is going to be in 1.85
I wanna see that too
No. GLA Workers are still remain in 1.85.
He's talking about the salvager, which will be in 1.85
Reminded me about this old update: Moddb.com
They are GP units right?
good work
Hohoho, these and Partisans will make a very nice combination. Stealth/Infiltration/Commando Ops are always more fun with GLA infantry.
I wonder if these guys will have rapping voices...Yo! |m| >o< |m|
Excuse me my idiotic question, but will this guys be some kind of GLA special forces?
I'm pretty sure that they will be general Sulaymaan's replacement for the Rebel.
Not a replacement; both the Mercs and the Partisans are entirely new units that don't replace anything. Mercs will later be exclusive to Sulaymaan while Partisans are currently planned to be available to all GLA Generals.
*shudders* Mercs as basic infantry...The horror...The horror...
ok thanks for clearing that up!
Finally some modern tech for the GLA. Also a machete eh?
"Ol' chop chop!"
Just curious: will the GLA consist of more nationalities other than Arabs and Africans? Since IIRC Sulaymaan already has a large influence outside Africa and one of the other generals, Ibrahim, is a cheese ea- I mean French.
Arab and French units seem like a given and there -might- even be some Western-accented units for Ibrahiim.
^ How the hell did 'French' slip in there? Of course I meant to say 'Arab and African', since that's where the GLA draws most of its powerbase from. But still, I personally wish for Ibrahiim to have a few Western turncoats among his ranks to convey his anti-corporate/anti-globalist theme.
Ever thought about some Redneck rising?
Ie: Either pulling Drafts into replacement for casual infantry (upgrade, replaces the normal unit, with SUPER cheap but really HARD SUCKING infantry;
Or as an Ambush-like ability, targetting enemy structures only OR An GP called Hostile Rank Recruit (swaps the enemy units (units only) into your army, got an rather low AoE (incrasing with Level))
where are their East Asian troops? That is suppose to be one of their 3 main power bases (the others being the Middle East and Africa)
Updates for GLA?
Hell yeah!
It is logical that the GLA will have elite troops to compliment the stereotypical 'freedom fighter' rabble.
Nice!
PLS ROTR TEAM dont say thats all for GLA PLS
GLA NEED MORE UPDATEs against the bloody infedels
(buried)
And yeah COULD SOME KIND SOUL DO SOME ADDON THAT PUT ALL THE INFATRY FROM ALL FACTIONS AND SIDES INSIDE THE "SHOCKWAVE" mode THX
if you want to play ROTR like shockwave why not playshockwav instead of continuously raging here?
Ah! That is one unit you love to hate! Despite of how macabre this might sound I always though that this game deserved a True Villain!
Story-wise, Aleksandr and his Shock Divisions are kinda supposed to be the True Villains whereas most people could also regard the GLA as secondary villains even though their political agenda is still -slightly- justifiable whereas Aleks is simply a sociopath.
Why am I not suprised that Russians are more hated then Arabs ?!?!
In a 'murica logic
Actually a good number of the dev team are Europeans...
You might want to see which nationalities they are: Moddb.com
never knew there is not one russian in team :) i'm surprised 'bout such good attention to this fraction.
The fact that Alexander and his Shock Divisions are Russian has nothing to do with why they are villains, they are simply bad people.
If anything, the way you immidiately came to this conclusion plus how you classified all the GLA as "Arabs" sounds worse than whatever you were implying.
Common everyone take GLA as "arabs" and I am the last one who will ever have something against them.
Right. Aleksandr and his bunch aren't villains because they're Russians. They're villains because they're violent, mass-murdering psychos. Beyond that, even the GLA isn't simply branded as the 'evil' faction because of their nationality, but because they have been and will always be a non-state terrorist army, unlike the other factions which represent actual countries.
YEAH! SA weapons
They're using American weapons, I don't like that.
**** you muricaa..
So they have close combat weaponry?