Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In which we deal with a ridiculous number of Anti-Tank Snipers.
The order of actions in the first turn is meant to minimize the amount of damage sustained from sniper interception fire. (This is most importantly supposed to ensure the Shamrock survives, for its additional CP.) The deployment of Emile farther south than Marina is very important -- Marina cannot survive any Sniper bullets, so Emile absorbs the hit for her during Enemy Phase 1. Also worth noting: Knute is used in Turn 1 because he is the only Engineer with Double Action that can survive a Sniper hit from above.
Thankfully, there was enough slack with this strategy that Dallas's death during Turn 3 did not ruin the run. (I realized partway through movement that it probably would have been better to shoot outside the Trooper Elite's Range just in case...)
In a way, it almost felt right for the tactics to end with "have Alicia run from one side of the stage to the other, killing everyone as she goes, and capture the base camp". Just like in the vanilla version...
In which we deal with a ridiculous number of Anti-Tank Snipers.
The order of actions in the first turn is meant to minimize the amount of damage sustained from sniper interception fire. (This is most importantly supposed to ensure the Shamrock survives, for its additional CP.) The deployment of Emile farther south than Marina is very important -- Marina cannot survive any Sniper bullets, so Emile absorbs the hit for her during Enemy Phase 1. Also worth noting: Knute is used in Turn 1 because he is the only Engineer with Double Action that can survive a Sniper hit from above.
Thankfully, there was enough slack with this strategy that Dallas's death during Turn 3 did not ruin the run. (I realized partway through movement that it probably would have been better to shoot outside the Trooper Elite's Range just in case...)
In a way, it almost felt right for the tactics to end with "have Alicia run from one side of the stage to the other, killing everyone as she goes, and capture the base camp". Just like in the vanilla version...
