Ok, let's talk about tactics... - by Wargrunt
Shadowcat on 28/5/2001 at 13:58
Oh the pain...
I tell you, if I ever manage this all-Scout World War finale, I'm never even going to *attempt* it again. Well, not seriously, at least.
The fun part is that it becomes an extremely tactical mission. The bad part is that as such, each attempt takes a long long time, as you try to make every action count.
I was doing quite well just now, but the way I got cut down also served to demonstrate how far I still had to go.
Well, I still have one or two tricks left up my sleeves. Maybe I'll get there yet.
ToxicFrog on 12/9/2003 at 19:20
Reading this thread again makes me want to try it, as well...hopefully I'll have TN working again soon, I've got a craving for it and I've never tried World War before.
I've also come up with an interesting tactic (which I used extensively last time I played) that makes an alternative to turrets...
You need something with good jumpjet capacity (preferably a scout) and mines. Fly over the enemy forces at maximum altitude and drop mines on their head. It does an impressive amount of damage, as long as one of them doesn't just off just as you drop it...
Axeface on 12/9/2003 at 22:51
My tactic... Never fails me
Place your squadmates high up on a hill with some nice cover, I like to give them particle beams and tell them to hold position. On your own, push toward the enemy, shoot a few bad guys and fall back up the hill. Jump over your squadmates and hey presto, the enemies hit a wall of fire.
Simple yet effective.
Hehe
James Sterrett on 13/9/2003 at 03:05
But that doesn't necessarily get you far in missions like the last one, where, as I recall, the enemy keeps respawning. There isn't a lot of use in drawing off endless hordes of Hogs.
But I'd certainly agree with other posters that at World War, effective use of your squadmates is a must! :)
Sigh. I'm going to have to fire this up again. Where has my free time gone? :confused:
Wargrunt on 17/9/2003 at 02:48
My first thread at TTLG revived! And how much my english has improved since then....
Shadowcat on 17/9/2003 at 23:25
Unfortunately I never got much further with my attempts at that mission, and haven't tried again since. I can't say my hopes are high for success, but I should definitely try again at some stage.
road_knight76 on 27/11/2003 at 14:27
hello i'm new here :D
haven't played Terra Nova for a good few years, mainly because i couldn't figure out how to get it to run on my machine! Might try a few of the suggestions on this forum tho...
Anyway... i seem to remember my favourite tactics being to rush the enemy, the laser was perfectly suited to this becuase you could keep a constant stream of fire at them and really wear down their armour. Great against pirates, altho the hogs seemed to like firing grenades in my face... :mad:
Canthlian on 28/11/2003 at 01:04
I pretty much use the laser the entire game. I occasionally switch to the EM grenades, or high-grade weaponry, like the grenade launcher, or MB Accelerator, but only to take out turrets. If it isn't red, singular, and there from the beginning of the game, I don't want to know about it! :p
Shadowcat on 30/11/2013 at 13:19
Ah, my old foe -- final mission on World War difficulty in a Scout suit. We meet again.
I finally continued an old save game where I'd been playing the whole campaign on World War using the scout suit exclusively (if available), and have reached the last mission.
I'm currently getting absolutely thumped :)
My main tactic throughout this campaign has been to take scout suit + dynamo + laser, and simply out-run everything. It's certainly a change not allowing myself access to any of the heavy weapons.
In the earlier missions I took a particle beam to hit things from afar, which was fine when the bad guys weren't too tough. Once available, I switched to the ionic fusion rifle, which is great for hit-and-run assaults on heavy targets.
The latter approach is currently serving me very well for taking out every single turret in that base before bringing my squad mates into play. I'd just forgotten how easy it was to get squashed in this mission regardless. I have everyone else in a heavy suit this time, and Brandt still went evac within about 10 seconds of entering combat in my last attempt...
Shadowcat on 30/11/2013 at 16:05
To quote Hannibal: "I love it when a plan comes together."
I was thinking "If I could just tell the squad what I really need each of them to do, this would be so much easier", and then I wondered "what's the best approximation of that plan, using the commands I actually have?", and what do you know... immediate success!
Well, the support team went evac, and then I couldn't convince Brandt to bug out, so he followed suit* and it was just me at the pick-up; but I'm pretty happy regardless :)
* pun not intended, but kinda awesome.