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Valeranth
Profile Joined August 2010
United States100 Posts
November 23 2016 04:12 GMT
#61
Anyone have a save at the end of mission pack 2? Blizzard QA apparently missed that people MIGHT not want to replay the whole thing if they have accidentally restarted the campaign once...
Ganseng
Profile Joined July 2011
Russian Federation473 Posts
November 23 2016 07:36 GMT
#62
really?
i thought they'd learn from the experience of the 2nd pack
Ouga
Profile Joined March 2008
Finland645 Posts
November 23 2016 18:14 GMT
#63
Did anyone happen to find the bonus objective (Ionic Force Field) on 8th mission? I couldn't find it. Ended up trying even with the cheat code (TookTheRedPill) to see the entire map at the beginning of the mission. Does it spawn later on or something?
imJealous
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1382 Posts
November 23 2016 19:24 GMT
#64
On November 24 2016 03:14 Ouga wrote:
Did anyone happen to find the bonus objective (Ionic Force Field) on 8th mission? I couldn't find it. Ended up trying even with the cheat code (TookTheRedPill) to see the entire map at the beginning of the mission. Does it spawn later on or something?

You just have to protect the science facility until the end of the mission. Its in the center right where the first enemies make contact with the defenders at the start of the game. Listen to the voice over during the mission, they will talk about it and then you'll see an icon on the minimap you have to protect.
... In life very little goes right. "Right" meaning the way one expected and the way one wanted it. One has no right to want or expect anything.
Ouga
Profile Joined March 2008
Finland645 Posts
November 23 2016 20:29 GMT
#65
OK thanks. I was busy playing wrong and losing all bases on my only attempt, only to have unkillable armada of 20 BCs sitting on top of my lifted CC killing like last 500+ units :D I guess I'll have to do it the right way again.
lastride
Profile Joined April 2014
2390 Posts
November 23 2016 22:24 GMT
#66
Are we going to keep this thread? oO
Ouga
Profile Joined March 2008
Finland645 Posts
November 23 2016 23:25 GMT
#67
IMO let's not. It hasn't really got started as #3 pack talk yet and title really doesn't propose this should be used anymore I'm out.
slit
Profile Joined March 2013
Spain212 Posts
November 24 2016 05:44 GMT
#68
And where should we talk about Covert Ops campaign-related?
Ganseng
Profile Joined July 2011
Russian Federation473 Posts
November 24 2016 11:38 GMT
#69
so how did u guys kill the xanthos?

i ended up killing it with battlecruisers and missile turrets surrounding its platform after it had made 11 runs

there must be a better way
Tuczniak
Profile Joined September 2010
1561 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-24 12:23:06
November 24 2016 11:54 GMT
#70
On November 24 2016 20:38 Ganseng wrote:
so how did u guys kill the xanthos?

i ended up killing it with battlecruisers and missile turrets surrounding its platform after it had made 11 runs

there must be a better way
Just marines. And it doesn't even have to be that many of them. It's silly that they are most effective and you shouldn't use better units.

Another thing that I didn't like that if you call down nuke while cloaked the enemy will instantly scan and attack you. Which wasn't a problem, but it's still stupid.
SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
November 24 2016 16:44 GMT
#71
Yeah, that's what I did the first time playing through. Lost all but the top right and middle gorgons or whatever. I eventually set up a bunch of turrets & some bunkers with some marines and had about 15 BCs and would yamato down two of them instantly then slowly kill the other two.

Ended up replaying it to get the achievement, nothing but marines with the occasional turret/bunker which I'd place farther up to slow the xanthos down so my army could rotate. Marines made it a cake walk. Plus, the final form...where it charges up in a straight line for like 10 seconds...you can basically solo that entirely with 1 marine if you want to.
Creator of Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Battle on the Boardwalk, Habitation Station, Honorgrounds, IPL Darkness Falls, King's Cove, Korhal Carnage Knockout & Moonlight Madness.
krlwlzn
Profile Joined July 2016
118 Posts
November 25 2016 13:01 GMT
#72
Ended up going for mass liberators to kill Xanthos. Pushed and attacked weakened Xanthos after its second activation. After activating the secret weapon I lured it out and away from the enemy base. I had half the liberators in vs ground mode split up in different sides and the other half in anti air mode. Xanthos always tried to kill the anti air liberator, which made it quite easy to dodge the ability and the rest of the liberators would basically insta kill any reinforcement.
The Bottle
Profile Joined July 2010
242 Posts
November 25 2016 15:28 GMT
#73
On November 24 2016 20:54 Tuczniak wrote:
Another thing that I didn't like that if you call down nuke while cloaked the enemy will instantly scan and attack you. Which wasn't a problem, but it's still stupid.

The shield is perfect for nuking. The one that gives you 500 temp health and only takes a max of 10 damage from each hit. I activate it every time I drop a nuke.
PolarisSpark
Profile Joined May 2016
60 Posts
November 26 2016 01:24 GMT
#74
does anyone else get poor performance on the nova ops missions? I'm on a 3570k/970/8gb system and it hovers around 50fps.
scarstream
Profile Joined October 2013
29 Posts
November 26 2016 02:39 GMT
#75
So how does one go about getting the hard achievement for the final mission?
riotjune
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States3393 Posts
November 26 2016 04:06 GMT
#76
Teleport in with 14 BCs and kamehameha in its' face a la Goku vs. Cell style
shin ken
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Germany612 Posts
November 26 2016 11:28 GMT
#77
Is there an alternative ending?
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If you bring the psychocontrol device to the last mission, is there a non-lethal option or do have to kill her?
Thezzy
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands2117 Posts
November 26 2016 11:32 GMT
#78
I wondered that as well. But I doubt Blizzard would make two videos and outcomes.
Playing Terran is like flying down a MULE drop in a marine suit, firing a Gauss Rifle
shin ken
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Germany612 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-26 11:38:39
November 26 2016 11:38 GMT
#79
BTW a bunch of fully upgraded, cloaked banshees also to the job very well in the last mission
krlwlzn
Profile Joined July 2016
118 Posts
November 27 2016 12:23 GMT
#80
On November 24 2016 20:54 Tuczniak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2016 20:38 Ganseng wrote:
so how did u guys kill the xanthos?

i ended up killing it with battlecruisers and missile turrets surrounding its platform after it had made 11 runs

there must be a better way
Just marines. And it doesn't even have to be that many of them. It's silly that they are most effective and you shouldn't use better units.

Another thing that I didn't like that if you call down nuke while cloaked the enemy will instantly scan and attack you. Which wasn't a problem, but it's still stupid.


I tried replaying it with mass marines. Quite comfortably managed to kill all the enemy bases and Xanthos in 30 minutes. Thanks for the tip! =)
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