EPTWhat I need is just a good unit mix to use, or some building strategy because as of now, im getting nowhere
The Dig - Brutal
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
What I need is just a good unit mix to use, or some building strategy because as of now, im getting nowhere | ||
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milk[mouse]
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
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kodancer
United States89 Posts
Probably the only problem I was to face was collossi, but they were the only units I attacked with the laser. | ||
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Crahptacular
United States295 Posts
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yesitsrob
United Kingdom43 Posts
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HobbitGotGame
Canada178 Posts
That second base gives you the econ necessary to sustain tank production until you get a critical mass, then just focus fire down immortals, colossus and templar with that laser. | ||
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
If you got far enough try getting science vessels - they are mechanical medics (so mech becomes RIDDICOLOUSLY overpowered). but yeah, I only did the whole mission on hard so far - and I havent failed yet. Gonna be fun to this this mission on brutal <3 | ||
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Excellence
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I've tried mass tank + goliath to push down bases = doesnt work, the aerial strike + archon rapes em. I've tried mass barrack and fly them in to provide vision to use the laser drill thing = doesnt work, even with 4-5 barracks they die almost instant, I've tried using MMM to provide vision and mass tanks = doesnt work, once the attacking group comes your offense party get wiped. The thing is you will sustain 2 much casualty b4 u can pushdown any bases really, so if ANYBODY have this particular achievement please share some experience. And I tried coming back to this mission after i unlocked some air units = doesnt work the starport construction is disabled. WHOEVER HAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT HALP! "Destroy 50 Protoss structures in "The Dig" mission on Hard difficulty." | ||
monk
United States8476 Posts
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tyreek
United States141 Posts
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sikyon
Canada1045 Posts
It was slightly dicey getting into midgame, but I just built extra CC's. I eventually walled off with 2 Planetary fortresses at each choke, with tank overwatch and a few marines on the ground. I built 5 racks and walled with those too. You can get so many extra minerals that I just spammed turrets to defend against air pushes, used the laser to kill carriers/void rays. I used the extra minerals to build marines, and also rally additional SCV's outside the fortresses. Even with SCV's dying the whole time because I had 6 command centers I could just pump them out indefinatly for repair. I spent the rest of the time spamming tanks... I think by the end of the mission I had something like 14 at each choke. I didn't even need the laser when late game rolled around (except for carriers). To push out to the minerals I just made a handful of Marines + medics and did it. Killed the cannons, laser provided clutch support, and capped them. I'm not sure how I would have done it if I hadn't unlocked the fortresses yet though. Racks wall with mass tank lines behind it sounds enticing though (making full use of the range 13 on the tanks to prevent them from being hit by the stalkers) and SCV's repairing + medics healing the SCV's sounds smart to me. | ||
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keV.
United States3214 Posts
Just make sure you drill Colo first, they give sight to the ground. At a certain mass of tanks, collosi are the only threat because they allow HT storms. You really can win with just tanks turrets. Infantry is a waste IMO, they make it hard for SCVs to repair and you'd be better off spending on turrets. | ||
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4Servy
Netherlands1542 Posts
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LionsFist
Australia164 Posts
On July 28 2010 20:13 Excellence wrote: Okay the Effing Yippee-ki-yay achievement is impossible to get. I've tried mass tank + goliath to push down bases = doesnt work, the aerial strike + archon rapes em. I've tried mass barrack and fly them in to provide vision to use the laser drill thing = doesnt work, even with 4-5 barracks they die almost instant, I've tried using MMM to provide vision and mass tanks = doesnt work, once the attacking group comes your offense party get wiped. The thing is you will sustain 2 much casualty b4 u can pushdown any bases really, so if ANYBODY have this particular achievement please share some experience. And I tried coming back to this mission after i unlocked some air units = doesnt work the starport construction is disabled. WHOEVER HAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT HALP! "Destroy 50 Protoss structures in "The Dig" mission on Hard difficulty." I completely agree with you, but one thing... You can get Wraiths before doing the map. They still don't help though, cannons all around every edge of each base won't even let you in for a second stealthed... Your starport will be disabled if you've achieved the map on a different difficulty setting on that run through of the campaign. If you leave that map completely untouched until you do everything else except for the artifact chain, you'll be able to get a few air units. Not that it helps. Only thing that possible could do it is floating a few command centres into the bottom edge of the eastern base, sniping out the cannons and then using stealthed Wraiths, combined with the cannon. Other than that, the only thing I can think of is a combination of 13 tanks + barracks for sight on cliffs + wraiths to take out VR's when they hassle... Still think you'd lose on air superiority though. | ||
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bulge
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Nihilnovi
Sweden696 Posts
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captainwaffles
United States1050 Posts
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LionsFist
Australia164 Posts
 Start a new campaign, run through everything on casual and leave out the siege tank one. Buy the mule/scan upgrade. Get 2 plantetary fortresses + tanks on each side, spam 11 command centres, scan constantly and queue up buildings for the laser to kill. Easy. | ||
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