Jh316 Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I was playing on Beginner, and a Sectoid battle ship attacked my base on January 25. And I hadn't even downed many UFOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 That's not too bad -- at least you got time to bulk up security. I think my top record for a base attack in a new campaign on superhuman was right after the first UFO I shot down (it was shot down far too close to my base). I can tell you I scrapped that campaign immediately and started a new one. I didn't have enough firepower (HC-AP/HE) to go around to take on the cyberdiscs. I get the feeling that the first ufo spawned in the game was out on a retaliation mission... which is rather uncommon. Just bad luck I suppose. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I think that earliest I have been attacked was late Feb. Something else that I have noticed is that the aliens tend to find your bases in the order that they are placed. One time I just let the aliens take my bases. They got the first 6 in order. :dontgetit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 I forget, if you get your base attacked, and you just have HWPs guarding it, you get a chance to defend the base, right? Because I always man new bases with 8 HWPs (4 T/RL and 4 T/C), but I've never actually been attacked at these new bases, before I get squads there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Yes, I've had a few missions where I only had tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Demi-Godly One Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 I did too, I had 8 tanks in reserve and when the aliens attacked, I couldn't use my elite soldiers. 1 tank survived, and then I realised how much tanks suck, I never used tanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Well they can't be MC'ed.But that one tank just isn't the same as 4 guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 They're also the only large unit that cannot be stunned. You have a limit to the number of soldiers that can enter a battle. Each tank takes up 4 unit slots. So if you have 8 tanks, that's 32 unit slots used up already. If you want to stuff a lot of tanks into a base for base defence -- do it with hover tanks rather the plain tracked tanks. The fusion/hovertank in particular excels at base defence. Why? 8x HWP blaster bombs -- which you won't even have to produce. A few very well placed hits at the very start of the defence mission, and you've pretty much crippled the raiders' army. If there's any rockets left after the battle, you get to keep them too. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Demi-Godly One Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Speaking of tanks using up unit slots... How many units can you have in one battle? (What's the maximum?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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