The primary aim of this mod is to get away from the current gameplay which for the most part involves spamming tanks. We are introducing gameplay that requires, scouting and using a variety of units to be successful. Tanks are not the do-all units anymore, instead you need artillery units to take out defenses, tanks to take out artillery units, air units to take out the tanks, and AA units to take out air units. It's basically bringing Rock-Paper-Scissors to the game which we believe makes it more challenging and interesting.

We're also making the factions' abilities exclusive. By that we mean only Nod use mines (so no APC mine drops) and they are also the only ones that use cloaking technology. The same applies for GDI who use more EMP now etc. We think this better defines the play styles of the factions so that you aren't just playing each faction more or less the same way.

The mod isn't focused on adding new units and structures. There are other mods that already do this very well. Our focus is on gameplay and making the game much more interesting, balanced, challenging and fun!

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May 2014 Update

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It’s been a while but we are looking to release a new version of the mod soon. Svein & I haven’t been able to work on it as much as we would like to because of other commitments, but we always talk about the mod on a regular basis, brain storm and play as often as possible. These long periods between releases, although longer than desired, do allow us to really analyise how the mod is playing and what still needs to be worked on.

As an insight into that, we felt that it’s currently too hard to get to Tier 3 and that Tier 3 units after that took too long to build. So we’re definitely addressing that. There also seemed to be some adjustments needed with the defenses, some seemed a little too powerful, others a little under powered.

We also noticed that missile squads were out-ranging riflemen as well as out gunning them, and overall we wanted to make regular infantry much better against missile squads. So that’s been worked on.
There has also been a lot of work done on making more upgrades work on a per unit basis instead of being a global effect.

Some lower upgrades were being reached too late in the game and therefore often ignored, so we wanted to make some upgrades available at Tier 1. This currently applies to Kevlar Vehicular armor (which is being removed from APC’s) on Predators.

Rigs have been tweaked so that they are available T1 and they deploy quicker. They aren’t cheap though and they are capped to one (rig but not battlebase).

Walls are being significantly strengthened.

Tiberium is more dangerous to (GDI & Nod) units.

Tiberium Infusion has been added as per unit upgrade to more Nod Infantry units.

All engineers are now immune to Tiberium.

GDI Infantry armor upgrades make them resistant to Tiberium but not immune.

Tiberium Vibration Scan is now available for all factions on the radar structure at Tier 1.

Some units that are designed to clear garrisoned building or shoot Air Units (Pitbulls, grenadiers etc.) have been adjusted so that they are less effective against non-primary targets.

EMP durations and counter abilities adjusted.

And there are of course several new maps, this time a lot of tweaked or re-imagined versions of several vanilla maps.

We hope to have more news for you soon, with other possible features added and an estimated release date.

Progress Report - February 2013

Progress Report - February 2013

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A preview of the features that will be in the soon to be released TALON Mod 1.3.

Progress Report - January 2013

Progress Report - January 2013

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It's been a long time but version 1.3 of the mod is close to being ready for release.

Progress Report - June 2011

Progress Report - June 2011

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It's been a while since our last news post but here's some information about where 1.03 is right now and some insight to what's being included.

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Version 1.21 Release

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BarakYisrael
BarakYisrael

Talon, dont worry you are not alone in your vision for this mod. The longer build times make everything much more tactical and also eliminating structures that much tactical as well. I get the vision. Kind of trying to bring some Company of Heroes blitzkrieg mod or spearhead mod for company of heroes 2 realism into the command and conquer universe. It also reminds me of cold war crisis mod for generals zero hour (my all time fav mod for that gamr). Honestly, this mod would be absolutely perfect if it somehow had a tiberian essence mod version of it. Ugh a man can dream :) overall great mod and idea. And hey, it's not for everybody.

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Fizzie213
Fizzie213

This mod wins my pick for "Best mod to make you fall asleep"

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DuBaas007
DuBaas007

So is this mod still alive in 2018?

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Wicker-G041
Wicker-G041

The only complain i have is that the build time of the structures is insanely long for it's cost, so my question is if you guys can release another version in the future where the build time is default? i mean 3 minutes for a crane, jebus

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Tiberium_Exposure
Tiberium_Exposure

Just wondering if its possible to code tiberium to propagate and spread across the map, much the same way vein-hole veins would steadily creep across the map back in tiberian sun? so instead of staying isolated in a single tiny regulated field (keep that for blue and red tiberium), the Green tiberium can actually follow the lore behind the deadly substance and spread like a cancer without a cure across the battlefield, into bases, up streets and over hills/mountains... it would allow for a greater need for collecting resources and perimeter control. (if the enemy troops don't kill yours, the tiberium you harvest will.....eventually.

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ToYxSoldier
ToYxSoldier

Didn't think people still played this, steam seems to make a fuss about it not working on something

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xX[Warrior250]Xx
xX[Warrior250]Xx

This mod looks interesting, will try this out and tell my opinion about it.

I hope that a vote would help a two-man team (as far as I'm aware) working on a project, good luck!

Warrior250

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Winsberg
Winsberg

I like the idea but the implementation...
Guess how much FUN it is to watch my buildings taking YEARS to build?

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TalonH4wk Creator
TalonH4wk

I think the slower build times really make a huge and positive difference to the game by dividing a round into early, mid and late game periods and that stops all the tech being available in the first few minutes of the game.

Having said that it's a balancing act and in 1.3 the build times for some structures was too long and they have been reduced.

As far as "watching" your buildings build...you could do something else with the time...like scout, harass the enemy, etc. ;)

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