Mishony
13 Feb 2008, 12:11
Hello everyone,
Here are some quick tips on the PvE. I hope you will find these useful :)
General PvE tips
It is generally a good idea to use units with high armor and hit points to take the enemy fire instead of your weaker units. Some units have active actions (like Lord Commander's Confuse action) or passive abilities (like Brute's Growl ability) which enforce enemies to concentrate fire on them.
Especially against tough enemies (like bosses) the units taking damage will need healing in order to survive. There are many ways to heal other units (or self), few examples are High Priest's Holy shock action and his Holy Aura, Shaman's Renew action and Drain Life ability, Surgeons have several ways to heal others, Manipulators have Dark Vortex and life draining attack, etc.
Many challenges (not just boss fights) require some special strategy, straight heads-on attack will not work.
Often there are groups of enemies, it is usually a good idea to try to fight these groups one by one, to make your life easier.
In many cases you will have the "Reinforce" action, which would restore all your dead units. It is indeed a very powerful utility - do not hesitate to use it when you need it.
Your unit's psi is an important resource, try not to waste it unnecessary. Stone Ghosts and Overseers can be used to replenish psi.
Missions (single player campaign)
You are not supposed to kill everything that moves. Actually in many ocasions trying to do so will most likely result in miserable death :) Sometimes avoiding the fight is the key to success.
Your main characters will speak from time to time - paying attention to what they say can be helpful sometimes :) It is easy to miss these right now, since the voiceover sounds are not in yet.
There are objectives on the upper right of the screen, telling you what you're supposed to achieve next.
Currently it is easy to get lost during the missions, not knowing where to go next. We are planning to add some features to adress this issue, but for now you just have to explore and learn the hard way :)
Special locations (cooperative multiplayer)
More special locations can be unlocked by completing single player missions or other special locations. Here is a list of the special locations and how to unlock them:
"Deadly Safari" - Available from the start. Designed for three players.
"Dunetown Base" - Unlocked when you complete the "Retribution" mission. Two players only.
"Bloodsport Arena" - Unlocked when you complete the "Sneaking In" mission. Two or three players.
"R.O.M. Base" - Unlocked when you complete the "Following the crumbs" mission. Designed for three players.
"Ancient corridors" - Unlocked when you complete the "Labyrinth" mission. Designed for three players.
"Kharum" - Unlocked when you complete the "Caught in the web" mission. Designed for three players.
"Junkyard" - Unlocked when you complete the special location "Kharum". Designed for three players.
"Corrupted Fields" - Unlocked when you complete the "Chaos" mission. Designed for three players.
Also, two more special locations are in the works at the moment, one of them will be unlocked after you complete the "Dunetown Base" location, the other one will be unlocked after you complete the last mission of the campaign ("A battle of minds").
Some of the special locations have "hard mode" for some encounters, which means there is a way to make the fight harder, but also get better rewards if you succeed. For example, in Deadly Safari if The Queen or Mech 0 (or both) are alive when you engage Bill, the fight will be harder and the rewards will be better.
Good luck! :)
Here are some quick tips on the PvE. I hope you will find these useful :)
General PvE tips
It is generally a good idea to use units with high armor and hit points to take the enemy fire instead of your weaker units. Some units have active actions (like Lord Commander's Confuse action) or passive abilities (like Brute's Growl ability) which enforce enemies to concentrate fire on them.
Especially against tough enemies (like bosses) the units taking damage will need healing in order to survive. There are many ways to heal other units (or self), few examples are High Priest's Holy shock action and his Holy Aura, Shaman's Renew action and Drain Life ability, Surgeons have several ways to heal others, Manipulators have Dark Vortex and life draining attack, etc.
Many challenges (not just boss fights) require some special strategy, straight heads-on attack will not work.
Often there are groups of enemies, it is usually a good idea to try to fight these groups one by one, to make your life easier.
In many cases you will have the "Reinforce" action, which would restore all your dead units. It is indeed a very powerful utility - do not hesitate to use it when you need it.
Your unit's psi is an important resource, try not to waste it unnecessary. Stone Ghosts and Overseers can be used to replenish psi.
Missions (single player campaign)
You are not supposed to kill everything that moves. Actually in many ocasions trying to do so will most likely result in miserable death :) Sometimes avoiding the fight is the key to success.
Your main characters will speak from time to time - paying attention to what they say can be helpful sometimes :) It is easy to miss these right now, since the voiceover sounds are not in yet.
There are objectives on the upper right of the screen, telling you what you're supposed to achieve next.
Currently it is easy to get lost during the missions, not knowing where to go next. We are planning to add some features to adress this issue, but for now you just have to explore and learn the hard way :)
Special locations (cooperative multiplayer)
More special locations can be unlocked by completing single player missions or other special locations. Here is a list of the special locations and how to unlock them:
"Deadly Safari" - Available from the start. Designed for three players.
"Dunetown Base" - Unlocked when you complete the "Retribution" mission. Two players only.
"Bloodsport Arena" - Unlocked when you complete the "Sneaking In" mission. Two or three players.
"R.O.M. Base" - Unlocked when you complete the "Following the crumbs" mission. Designed for three players.
"Ancient corridors" - Unlocked when you complete the "Labyrinth" mission. Designed for three players.
"Kharum" - Unlocked when you complete the "Caught in the web" mission. Designed for three players.
"Junkyard" - Unlocked when you complete the special location "Kharum". Designed for three players.
"Corrupted Fields" - Unlocked when you complete the "Chaos" mission. Designed for three players.
Also, two more special locations are in the works at the moment, one of them will be unlocked after you complete the "Dunetown Base" location, the other one will be unlocked after you complete the last mission of the campaign ("A battle of minds").
Some of the special locations have "hard mode" for some encounters, which means there is a way to make the fight harder, but also get better rewards if you succeed. For example, in Deadly Safari if The Queen or Mech 0 (or both) are alive when you engage Bill, the fight will be harder and the rewards will be better.
Good luck! :)