Challenges - Advanced Combat

[Baelfyr]

So, I have shot, thrown, laid, and otherwise done everything I can think of with friendly mines and environmental ones to complete "Destroy two drones with a single mine."

Is this challenge just bugged, or is there a very stupidly specific way to complete it? The challenge does not specify what type of mine to use or any other extra factor. Just kill two drones with a single mine.

[Pappy]

Probably be easier to accomplish with a corrosion mine after you strip them of a little health or find a couple of rather low level drones that 1 well placed corrosion mine might take out both at the same time.

[Mr. Cranky]

Yup, there is a very stupidly specific easy way to do it:

Drone Carriers.

Just keep playing, you'll see them soon enough and when you do, you'll know exactly what i'm talking about. Launch normal mines right at them. Cheers.

[Soüp]

Originally posted by Pappy:

Probably be easier to accomplish with a corrosion mine after you strip them of a little health or find a couple of rather low level drones that 1 well placed corrosion mine might take out both at the same time.

I've actually been wondering if corrosion mines don't count, because I've that's what I currently have equipped and the challenge refuses to complete even when it's very clear that I destroy two drones with the initial explosion.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Soüp:

Originally posted by Pappy:

Probably be easier to accomplish with a corrosion mine after you strip them of a little health or find a couple of rather low level drones that 1 well placed corrosion mine might take out both at the same time.

I've actually been wondering if corrosion mines don't count, because I've that's what I currently have equipped and the challenge refuses to complete even when it's very clear that I destroy two drones with the initial explosion.

Hmm....could be.

[Veritas]

corrosion mines don't count

[Seether]

I pulled it off with normal mines against a couple of rando standard drones buzzing in my face during a high risk mission.

Thing is though I'd tried it a ton of times before with standard or corrosion mines doing exactly what I had been and it just refused to pop.. all of a sudden one time it just worked.
I Spent a good half hour reloading a mission that had a drone carrier present and any time I flung the mines, I'd see drones popping but it just didn't wanna work.

No idea what was any different this time than the previous attempts, I think its just very picky about the timing.. I had a similar thing with the shoot a missile down with the flak cannon one refusing to work countless times then just one time it decided OK I'LL COOPERATE!

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Snazzy Dragon:

corrosion mines don't count

Well that it explains it and....that seems a bit unnecessary.

[Soüp]

Originally posted by Pappy:

Originally posted by Snazzy Dragon:

corrosion mines don't count

Well that it explains it and....that seems a bit unnecessary.

Yeah I understand it not triggering from the corrosion effect, but the initial explosion is the same as any other mine.

[Army of Optimists]

The other option you have is to grab one of the enemy mines and launch it at a group of drones. Enemy mines seem to do way more damage than the player ones and will easily get you the completion.

[Evo Nexus]

wait for link drone and throw normal mine between the drones.

[madPav3L]

I did this relatively easily with a standard explosive mine. I found 3 drones, then backed up a bit to get them close and fired the mine.
Now I am stuck trying to kill an enemy with 3 debuffs.
I am not really sure what a debuff is, I think it is not mentioned in the game. I am assuming that rockets that have an effect duration (usually 8 seconds) debuff the target, for example Corrosion, Emp, Destabiliser, Web Missiles, etc... so I fire one of each at the target and then destroy it immediately, but the challenge is not complete.
What am I doing wrong?

[Sanzor]

Originally posted by madPav3L:

Now I am stuck trying to kill an enemy with 3 debuffs.
I am not really sure what a debuff is, I think it is not mentioned in the game. I am assuming that rockets that have an effect duration (usually 8 seconds) debuff the target, for example Corrosion, Emp, Destabiliser, Web Missiles, etc... so I fire one of each at the target and then destroy it immediately, but the challenge is not complete.
What am I doing wrong?

I would understand this to be the objective, but I have no idea as mine triggered on it's own. How and why it did it I have no idea, as I vaguely only remember shooting an enemy that was affected by a Corrosion Missile due to the "20%" free shot from crits, while I was peppering it with a Blaster.

Some checkmarks might be a bit odd. For example I triggered the "Bend it like Roslin" achievement with a Thermogun by shooting at an enemy that passed by me and it died somewhere in the "back" while I was flying in opposite direction :P

[TSRC]

Originally posted by madPav3L:

What am I doing wrong?

If I recall, you can get it relatively easily using devices: EMP, virus, and corrosion (from a missile or mine) should do it.

[madPav3L]

OK, I finally got it. I always tried it on the big enemies like drone carriers or final bosses, now I just killed a normal elite enemy and it worked, maybe the big ships are immune to defbuffs...

[Baelfyr]

Has anyone managed to earn the kill a sniper drone at 3000m or an enemy at 4000m yet? I've tried using cruise missiles to achieve it but it's like the game forgets I own the missile if it travels far enough and doesn't credit the kill to me for the challenge.