Reply With QuoteTortoise (the second upgrade) and Lyzander Z, eh? I'll try it. What's your Armor count?Originally Posted by kingoffighters
I manage to do all but 2 levels in Hardest and about 20 stages in Inferno. Hardest hitting rocket and Lyzander Z helps ALOT.I stopped playing EDF regularly awhile ago after I atrophied on Hardest and Inferno. I have completed maybe 10 levels in Hardest and 5 or so on Inferno, but it becomes an exercise in frustration very quickly. I still pick it up and try again every now and then.
Even with 5000 Armor and loads of weapons, I can't seem to do progress past my current completion. It's probably my weapon selection. I admit I don't experiment much with the weapons, having managed to go through several levels using the same combination of weapons.
Elite Gamer
Tortoise (the second upgrade) and Lyzander Z, eh? I'll try it. What's your Armor count?
WE ARE THE WEB
Your best bet for a rocket/missle launcher are the Goliaths, fast as hell once fired, respectable reload time, good overall damage output. Although, if you really plan on taking out the game solo on the Hardest/Inferno difficulties, you'll need to get used to using different weapon sets.
Turret guns(predominantly the ZEXR-GUN model) are a life saver, and in turn give you plenty of backup to deal with the incoming hordes. Also, the easiest way to farm huge amounts of high end weapons(bar none) is to play stage 40 on INFERNO. Use the best turret setup you have, and your best assault rifle. Try to keep your fellow soldiers alive, as even though they are predominantly useless, as long as they are alive you're fairly safe(once all edf soldiers are dead, every single enemy in any given stage instantly knows of your location).
A video example of how to do this is available here(although the player uses two sets of turrets, a good high damage machine gun works just as good): http://youtube.com/watch?v=2nB1CMJ0mJE
The best tip I can give for that map(stage 40) is to get ontop of the rock in the center of the river/valley as you walk in, then place your turrets. The red ants have a fairly hard time reaching you ontop of that rock, and even if they can climb up you have a great chance that they cant actually do damage to you(they're bite attacks will miss). When your turrets finally do crap out, roll towards the group of surviving soldiers while you reload. This way you have a cushion of bodies that will be attacked while you can reload in a fairly safe enviorn. Once the turrets are reloaded, place them down around you and finish out the map. Any leftover ants(and there's always a chance that a few will get lost) will eventually make their way to the valley, but if you're impatient you can fall back to under the bridge and walk up the path to the cliffside area wherein you can hunt them down on your own.
Each run(once you've got it down) takes around 10-15 minutes, but the amount of inferno-grade weapons you'll farm will up your chances immensely in the upcoming areas(the stampede grenade launcher, lysander-z, zexr-gun, etc are all only obtainable on the higher difficulties).
also: here's another youtube video of someone doing the run with the 999round machine gun(AR20-RAR) and some turrets. http://youtube.com/watch?v=wlB3pOjgO...elated&search= The assault rifle actually doesn't do dick for damage, but it does keep the ants in that "damaged" state so they cannot attack, and is a viable(albeit risky) option. I highly recommend that you just use your best assault rifle over the AR20-RAR, but if it works for you then by all means, go for it.
secondary note: while this run may seem hard at first, I did this stage on my own without any co-op help before I tackled the rest of the inferno stages. My health count was passable(it's been awhile, but I'm fairly certain it was nowhere near 2500), which did give some issues(I would spend spare time dash-rolling into health pickups), but anyone with a proper setup can tackle this stage.
Last edited by MrWhitefolks; 28 Sep 2007 at 05:32 PM.
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Armor count is around 4200 when I did these. I just played abit to get it to 4600. I want to hit 5000 by Sunday so my buddy and I can conquer it at least in Hardest.
Oops, I mean Missile Launcher.
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This game is crack on crack. A MAN'S game, at that!I'm bumping this thread so people start playing it again.
Darksider
I've been getting back into this game slowly. I'm trying to get the other achievements in the game, one or two levels a day.
Played through this one a few years ago with a friend -- it's definitely fun, but starts to get hard as shit towards the end.
They really need to make another one of these, this time, with online co-op.
And to the guy bitching about having to play on a 4:3 monitor, we not only did that, but also did it on a blurry, composite connection to a 18-inch TV from the early 1990s.
I can't do the last 2/3 difficulty solo, just too damn hard even if I farm my health to over 10k (currently around 5k).
a remote controlled dandy
Yeah, came back to this game with a friend to beat those final insane missions... and even with all the available weapons, we just can't. Boss saucer dishes out way too much damage.
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