I thought I would be smart, and brought the shield generator to keep out the shriekers. Yeah, that only blocks projectiles, and the shriekers flew right through it...
I tried the shield generator too and was equally bummed it didn't stop Shriekers. I feel like they should just donk off of it.
shriekers suck more than stalkers.
The meta that is appearing seems to be smoke and ems strikes to obscure and disable rather than a straight kill.
Then use the incendiary breaker to clear up the mess.
I'd say tesla towers as well but they also suck
I think I need to sit down and farm out super credits on some difficulty 1-3 missions so I can buy the Steeled Veterans war bond to get the breaker incendiary
It's so fucking good on bugs. Just don't hit your teammates
This is one of the few missions where they shine.
It was absolute chaos and I loved it. Brought a Gatling sentry by chance and it was dropping them constantly, but not fast enough. Had an incendiary breaker, but it could barely keep up with them. Constantly spraying with the exosuit dropped more until they destroyed it. It was one of the most intense swarms I’ve ever seen, 10/10.
I made the mistake of bringing a Blitzer as my primary the first time I did it. Those little lightning bolts don't do shit against Shriekers.
Tip for the Shriekers: At the extraction point, there's a huge pillar that's in the very center of the map. If your team stands right up against this pillar with their backs to it, the Shriekers will not be able to divebomb you. I don't know if this works with every wall that you can back yourself up against, but it definitely works on this tower structure in the center of the map. Everything on the ground will still reach you here, so on difficulties where you have Chargers and Bile Titans coming at you, this strat won't do any good. But at level 4 and under, this is a very easy way to get everybody onto the Pelican.
It was a fun follow up to the tunnels spawning directly under the drills!
Yeah had a couple times where a Bile Titan just spawned right on the drill, killing it immediately. It was some bullshit, but still kind of funny.
I hate Shriekers. Only takes 2-3 hits to kill you with a swarm of 50 on your ass, you can’t really take cover other than dodging, and you can’t dial the extraction without dying if they’re coming for you.
I also hate that I can’t close a bug breach with a grenade.
It’s like the devs don’t play their own game.
Being prone actually helps a lot against Shriekers. I personally thought this mission was really well done by the devs. I was only playing on level 7 though, maybe it's impossible at higher levels?
I've played it at least a half dozen times at level 7 and as long as the chargers and bile titans don't spawn in under the drills multiple times it is manageable.
If they kept chargers and bile titans from spawning into the drill and insta-killing and fixed the fliers in lower levels it would be awesome.
I played one last night for the first time. We did not manage to extract...
Extract is optional as long as you complete the mission, soldier!
