On July 31 2010 12:52 erlaiys wrote:
1. Build solid defense with tanks
2. Lift CC and fly straight to north
3. Get vision of buildings and use laser to kill (abuse cliffs and the fact that AI rebuilds a lot of buildings)

This, except I was doing it with my barracks while setting up my defense.

blah604

Canada36 Posts

August 13 2010 04:38 GMT

#62

how many barracks/cc did you guys build... i mean they get destroyed so damn fast; i mean i hope the first part of the mission pylon and 3 cannon counts... as well as the pylon and cannon near the artifacts count... and i get rushed pretty badly too.. need a vid of someone doing it T.T

sparknineone

United States52 Posts

August 13 2010 04:50 GMT

#63

I lol'd when Matt Horner gasped at the sight of Archons.

Push into the bases with Marauders/Medics. Once you have sight of the buildings, use the drill to take them down. I think I kept around six Tanks on each side when I pushed out. I had around 12 Turrets built near the drill. You also want to aim for the Colossi that are scattered around the Protoss bases (With the drill). Make sure you take down any visible Robo Bays before anything else.

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

August 13 2010 05:20 GMT

#64

Like most things in the campaign, I did this achievement with mass m&m. I used mass tank + turret to defend and then made a huge amount of m&m. Use the laser to target colossus and other large units while your marines cut down everything else. If you keep reinforcing you will slowly push into the enemy base. I started on the right side. After I cleared it out I moved across the top to the left.

blah604

Canada36 Posts

August 13 2010 05:43 GMT

#65

okay, i guess when i have time i'll try marine&medics with drill tkaing out collossus/buildings.

kathode

United States265 Posts

August 13 2010 05:48 GMT

#66

i floated barracks to the edges of their bases and used the laser to take out the buildings. they keep on rebuilding them and you can take them out over and over.

blah604

Canada36 Posts

August 13 2010 06:58 GMT

#67

theres always a cannon there along with a stalker... and my barrack gets killed so fast.. andi tried the top right... destroying that pylon and i waited.. their probes didn't rebuilt... so my guess is only left side.

humblegar

Norway883 Posts

August 13 2010 07:28 GMT

#68

On Normal and Hard you can just wall of your left side, expand to your right and push out. Take out air with the laser and everything else with the tanks. A few turrets, marines, SCVs and a medic at a wall will keep it alive as long as you have enough tanks. 3 barracks is a fine wall, no need for PF.

On brutal you will need to mass up longer before you move out. The enemy bases are weak on all difficulties though.

Whatever you can't kill with your forces, use the laser :p

I say tanks just so that people can stop this "you should get unit xxx first" trend. The tank is right there, no need for fancy tech/upgrade route to do the mission.

Sqq

Norway2023 Posts

August 13 2010 07:58 GMT

#69

MMM alone will get you killed. Tank up, build a bunch of MMM then build 4-5 barracks, fly it in to the first base (all 4) then kill off the "important" units that will kill ur MMM. Then u rush in kill pylons, wollah. First base down pretty easy. then do the same with the next. just get those pylons offline in both bases and rush in with MMM before their probes build up again

Zero.Tha.Hero

Canada155 Posts

August 13 2010 14:36 GMT

#70

I spent 1h on this mission, flying a cc up and down the highground on the right hand side of the map zotting buildings. Whenever CC started taking dmg from a VR or stalker, zot it with the giant laz0r, spit out SCVs and start repping!

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

August 13 2010 14:55 GMT

#71

How I beat this:

1) Make sure you have Vikings or Wraiths.

2) Fly one all the way to the top of the map then skirt along the top until you reach the cannon line.

3) Viking sight > Cannon range, use laser to take them out.

4) Put the vikings over the cliff at the very top of the map and use the laser to clean out all the top buildings and any stalkers that may try to poke you.

5) Let them rebuild and repeat.

Teeny

Austria885 Posts

August 13 2010 15:08 GMT

#72

Did this achievement on hard without much of a problem.
Built a rocksolid defense, took expansion below, build 200/200 MMM and marched around all bases with lasersupport. Tanks only for basedefense and some planataries.

JunZ

United States314 Posts

August 13 2010 16:15 GMT

#73

I went MM on this and it destroyed everything. Just hotkey your laser to queue the archons and colossi.

UnderWorld_Dream

Canada219 Posts

August 13 2010 16:49 GMT

#74

Float a Barracks or Factory around the edge of the map and snipe buildings with the laser. They are always re-building, making it easy to re-kill the buildings.

Meldrath

United States620 Posts

August 13 2010 16:52 GMT

#75

On July 29 2010 09:43 Sfydjklm wrote:
i just floated buildings instead of vikings but i still cant do it- i am playing on brutal however

Playing on brutal is an achievment all its own.. if you want extra achievments and special shit play on a lower setting and get it that way.. that mission on brutal is a pain in the ass due to the ever increasing waves of tank killings units that spawn.

SharkSpider

Canada606 Posts

August 13 2010 16:56 GMT

#76

Built 3 command centers and used scans to kill 50 buildings. Worked like a charm. (on Brutal, too)

Phrencys

Canada270 Posts

August 13 2010 17:36 GMT

#77

I think they key for this achievement, and sorry if it was mentionned before but I didn't read the whole thread, is to keep using the laser on units/buildings to buy more time. The more time the laser beams the door, the sooner your mission will end. If there are no important units to kill, then by all means shift+queue it on zealots/stalkers.

I had no vikings/wraiths for this, but I did it with a floating rax giving vision for the laser.

I put the rax right near the edge of the northern base, lasered any scout I saw, then buildings. The AI keeps re-building them so I eventually got it, but with only 2 minutes left.

I could've been more aggressive if I had vikings, but trying to climb these ramps even with tanks is suicide when you're using marines to snipe colossi/scouts.

blah604

Canada36 Posts

August 13 2010 22:14 GMT

#78

lol woo, finally got it, god damn wasted like 5-8 barracks ;p

streek

United States14 Posts

August 13 2010 23:29 GMT

#79

This one was easy for me to do with Marine Medic ball, just made 4 rax with reactors and spammed marines 4:1 marine to medic ratio for easy win. 200/200 for best results, just keep building as you attack. Use laser for larger enemies and to help kill buildings / cannons without endangering your units.

Reptilia

Chile913 Posts

August 14 2010 00:36 GMT

#80

i used a barrack to look his units over a cliff beside his base. A probe will rebuild each structure about 3 times.