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 ====== Turtling ======
 ===== Meaning =====
-This term is mostly used in context of [[real time strategy]] games. It refers to a play style, that is characterized as very passive or defensive. For example instead of using [[..:games:harassment]] tactics the player tends to build defensive structures (sometimes referred to as walling one's self in, or bunkering). Usually this is done with the goal to lose as few as possible units and structures while fending off the opponent. The metaphor is the turtle, hiding behind its carapace.
+This term is mostly used in context of [[real time strategy]] games. It refers to a play style, that is characterized as very passive or defensive. For example instead of using [[harassment]] tactics the player tends to build defensive structures (sometimes referred to as walling one's self in, or bunkering). Usually this is done with the goal to lose as few as possible units and structures while fending off the opponent. The metaphor is the turtle, hiding behind its carapace.
-Very often it is also marked by a strategy of slowly building up a big force or improving it by [[..:games:buffing]] it with research items or aiming for higher [[..:games:tier|tiers]] of units. Another aspect is using weapons that are distance weapons with great offensive potential (e.g. nukes or long range artillery). Also it usually requires a lot less [[..:games:micro_management]], as automated defenses to the job mostly without any effort by the player, once they are in place. This is one of the reasons this kind of strategy is usually favored by less experiences players.
+Very often it is also marked by a strategy of slowly building up a big force or improving it by [[buffing]] it with research items or aiming for higher [[tier|tiers]] of units. Another aspect is using weapons that are distance weapons with great offensive potential (e.g. nukes or long range artillery). Also it usually requires a lot less [[micro management]], as automated defenses to the job mostly without any effort by the player, once they are in place. This is one of the reasons this kind of strategy is usually favored by less experiences players.
 ===== Advantages =====
 The advantage of this strategy is, if it pays off (the opponent is annihilated time after time by the defenses without doing enough damage himself), the player can then use his eventually overwhelming force to deal the final blow.
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 As there is no real need for good micro management skills for this strategy, it looks appealing to novice players. It makes the game more manageable for them.
 ===== Disadvantages =====
-On the other hand, there are some major draw backs, especially in games, where [[..:games:map_control]] is important: A mobile force in conjunction with proper scouting out the opponent is far more effective, cost-wise. While a big >>fence<< of defensive structures will most likely cost a lot more, to be tight enough to not let anything pass, the mobile force for defending structures may be smaller cost-wise and still achieve the same level of defense (although requiring more active management in comparison with a static defense).
+On the other hand, there are some major draw backs, especially in games, where [[map control]] is important: A mobile force in conjunction with proper scouting out the opponent is far more effective, cost-wise. While a big >>fence<< of defensive structures will most likely cost a lot more, to be tight enough to not let anything pass, the mobile force for defending structures may be smaller cost-wise and still achieve the same level of defense (although requiring more active management in comparison with a static defense).
 Also gathering resources is a key element in most RTS, which usually can only be improved upon by expanding onto the map. If one player manages to cut off the opponent from valuable resources, his stronger economy will very likely give him a decisive advantage. However, with stationary forces it is usually a lot more expensive to do that thoroughly/effectively, than with a mobile force and therefore unlikely to succeed.
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 Simply put, it is too expensive to use this strategy against a player, that knows how to properly handle the available units to circumvent the wall-in.
 ===== Situational Dependencies =====
-In general there are some situations, that favor turtling more than others, or limitations, that make it less feasible up to impossible to turtle. E.g. the Terran faction of [[..:games:starcraft_broodwar]] is specifically better suited for a defensive strategy, than the Zerg faction. Especially maps with single-point access to bases make it a lot easier to defend ones base, compared to bases widely open for attacks from any direction.
+In general there are some situations, that favor turtling more than others, or limitations, that make it less feasible up to impossible to turtle. E.g. the Terran faction of [[..:games:Starcraft Broodwar]] is specifically better suited for a defensive strategy, than the Zerg faction. Especially maps with single-point access to bases make it a lot easier to defend ones base, compared to bases widely open for attacks from any direction.
 Also mixtures of strategies, supplemented with turtling aspects can still be very powerful, e.g. defending very valuable resources with powerful defenses, once the economy is strong enough to support such a fortification.
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