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When I played this mission, i went MMM with hercules dropship+tank. MMM seems to surprisingly die quite easily and I have quite a hard time macroing them. Is it worth getting that zerg expo near the 2nd data core? ferrying units was also quite annoying because of all those mutas+spores. was also hard trying to protect my main while at the same time trying to destroy the cores
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there is always a safe landing zone near the data cores to land your m&m force. the 1st is obvious. the 2nd is on your way approaching the core. the 3rd is a lil behind the data core.
you may need to take out the zerg base on near the 2nd core.
with herc, this mission is really easy.
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Mystlord
United States10264 Posts
Really you have trouble with MMM on this mission? They feel extraordinarily powerful to me. I didn't even feel the need to get Tanks either. Just straight up MMM... I'd suggest getting upgrades earlier, and also pumping more SCVs. I'm not exactly sure what your problem is O_o
If you feel like defense is hard, just build two Bunkers, and you should be fine on that front. By the time I advanced on the final Data Core, I had like... 40 MMM or something ridiculous like that. Maybe you might want to go out to find all the Moebius survivors with a dropship?
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For this mission, I found a spot near the second data core where you can safely drop marines (I used war pigs) below the pedestal and fire at the data core without taking any damage. On brutal, I don't think it's worth taking the 2nd expo, especially since the first base is hard enough to defend. I ended up using a mass of medivac/viking loaded with siege tanks that I used to defend my base in order to kill the last data core, this time by using the vikings to tank the spore/hydra while the medivacs dropped the tanks behind the third data core (I did this because the nydus/infestors do not spawn around the area behind the last data core) I barely completed the mission, actually- time was about to run out and my last tank died right after the core did.
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I doomdropped masses MMM and some Thors with 2 Hercules and a load of Medivacs, along with as many of the mercenaries as I could be bothered to pick up along the way (I think I actually got the achievement for picking them all up as I went).
Think I was done in 10-15 minutes.
I was losing my base at that point - as in totally overrun and in a base race to destroy the last tower, floating my cc away etc. but it hardly mattered. The tower went down before the zerg were close to done munching my base.
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I actually only used the drops to get to the lowground outside the 2nd target, walked my m+m (no marauder) up the ramp, killed the base, then I just took the base and dropped my reinforcements at that expo while walking to the 3rd target and killing it.
No precision, just macro and a move.
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after the 2nd core, you can just drop them on the 3rd island, and walk your MMM and tanks/thors over the tiny road. Its just spores and roaches, i think.
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I typically put a few marine tank on the 2 rooftops just before the expansion/data core up north. You can clear out a lot of roaming zerg units on those rooftops. Bring a tank or two towards the fence to take out the spores by the minerals and land your units there. Taking the base is easy. Once you have the base, either ferry units over from your main or build more barracks. You should be able to plow through the remaining zerg defenses to the last data core without any trouble at all. Make sure you pick up any stranded mercs along the way.
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I managed to do all my ferrying with MMM and normal medivacs - no hercules. You just have to be cautious and pull back when you see spores. You should be able to find a relatively safe path through, or at the very least you can drop and kill their anti-air on your way.
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just go 3 rax mmm with medivacs and build add a bunker or two as necessary, it's very easy if you upgrade early and take care of the medivacs
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The safe way to the last core is directly after the location of the brutalisk XD, send 3-4 medivacs with MM and some tanks if you like+ a couple of vikings(broodlords come out after you kill the brutalisk) kill the damn brutalisk then drop again just in the first spot you see with put spores, clean up the spores that will be in front of your troops, siege close enough for tanks to fire the data core and start killing the building while using tanks to damage roaches+hydras...
Easy
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