Story Difficulty Still Too Hard.

[CheeseBall]

I'm playing on PS5 and my squad is getting overwhelmed by Aliens with the Huge boss type alien which one shots my entire squad.

It's just not fun being constantly overwhelmed by Aliens. Aliens should spawn in specific locations in the objectives path and once they are killed they don't spawn again at least for story difficulty.

[Incarna]

I suggest you to read some guides and watch tips and tricks videos. Maybe you are not avoiding alerting the aliens (remember you can snipe them or lure them out of the way using the sonar overload) and the aggressiveness meter is increasing too much (it increases every time you fight). If the aggressiveness increases too much you should extract the squad to reset it, because when it is high it starts spawning crushers and other high level aliens. I'm playing in medium, and that was a mistake I was making, I didn't understand why there were bosses again lol.

Don't try to clear the map from normal aliens, there are always more aliens in the hives, killing the ones you see doesn't decrease their amount.

[Togo]

Are you using supression? Placing turrets? if you think things could go bad when reaching an objective then prepare for defense. If its hostile you kill it.

[Windy Winston]

I tried story difficulty first, and now am going back through a harder difficulty. It is definitely your strategy that needs work, no offense. I didn't lose a single marine in story mode. I bet you could increase your success by spending only a few minutes reading a guide, like Incarna suggested. There is likely one crucial error you are repeating.

[CheeseBall]

Originally posted by Incarna:

I suggest you to read some guides and watch tips and tricks videos. Maybe you are not avoiding alerting the aliens (remember you can snipe them or lure them out of the way using the sonar overload) and the aggressiveness meter is increasing too much (it increases every time you fight). If the aggressiveness increases too much should extract the squad to reset it, because when it is high it starts spawning crushers and other high level aliens.

I have a sonar placed In the level and I can see white dots on my mini map. The problem is that im stuck deep inside the hive on the mine floor on Expedition one and there is only one path leading back to the armored vehicle. Alien alertness Is on medium btw.

[Mish101]

Fire works..if its what i think then doubly so. In a high danger situation like a boss fight you need to use your command points more and the tactical button where abilities are to get more command points. Creating flame walls can both damage and get some enemies to back off. Additionally you can also use your other abilities grenade launcher and such

[CheeseBall]

Originally posted by Togo:

Are you using supression? Placing turrets? if you think things could go bad when reaching an objective then prepare for defense. If its hostile you kill it.

I don't have a turret since im low on resources and one squad member is carrying an injured medic only three squad members are left.

[Windy Winston]

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

Originally posted by Togo:

Are you using supression? Placing turrets? if you think things could go bad when reaching an objective then prepare for defense. If its hostile you kill it.

I don't have a turret since im low on resources and one squad member is carrying an injured medic only three squad members are left.

Yeah you did something majorly wrong on your play if you are that bad off on story difficulty. It's a short game... look up tactics and restart.

[Togo]

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

Originally posted by Togo:

Are you using supression? Placing turrets? if you think things could go bad when reaching an objective then prepare for defense. If its hostile you kill it.

I don't have a turret since im low on resources and one squad member is carrying an injured medic only three squad members are left.

Then maybe you should retreat and come back with a fresh squad.

[GHANS]

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

Originally posted by Togo:

Are you using supression? Placing turrets? if you think things could go bad when reaching an objective then prepare for defense. If its hostile you kill it.

I don't have a turret since im low on resources and one squad member is carrying an injured medic only three squad members are left.

I'd recommend watching a few playthroughs on youtube. Maybe an episode or 2 of the more experience guys. There is a sort of pacing, movement, and marine positioning mentality that you need to succeed at this game. And that's not including all the tricks you get with command points.


When I first started playing this I always bailed whenever alien aggressiveness hit medium btw. It was only till later on that I started pushing objectives and letting it ride into hard.

This guy was a good primer for me. He just sticks to objectives and doesn't get distracted by much. I sort of absorbed a bit of that and played my own way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7-ekPXF18

[Eqqsquizitine Buble-Schwinslow]

In general, alertness should be kept as low as possible.

Even just reaching "medium" alertness can be an early game squad wipe if you're in too deep and can't extract without starting a hunt.

Which boss are you referring to?
Queen, Crusher, Praetorian?

I've honestly never been one-shotted throughout my entire campaign, so I have to ask, are your marines still armored, or have you taken enough damage to strip all of their armor?

Do you mix sprinting with walking as needed? Walking allows you to keep shooting, but you're going to get overwhelmed if you don't sprint when the opportunity arises.

If you're trying to kill every alien you encounter, you're unfortunately playing the game wrong.

You don't even get any XP for the regular ones, only bosses and I think onslaughts.
Your main and secondary objectives are your main source of XP. Complete as many as you can in one deployment, leave BEFORE ♥♥♥♥ really hits the fan, rinse and repeat.

You're fighting superhuman murder machines, and your troops are essentially college dropouts high on their own farts. A level 1 squad is going to have a really tough time against 3 drones in a fair fight, you need to keep distance, utilize everything you've got, your equipment, your squad's skills, stealth, distractions, etc.


Just to make this clear, I assume you know this but I'll state it anyways:

You aren't supposed to clear a level in one deployment.

You're meant to extract once things are getting tough, once awareness is getting high, and then you can come back with all your level/mission progress saved, awareness reset to 0, and a new, fresh squad, preferably with bigger guns and higher levels.

[Incarna]

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

I have a sonar placed In the level and I can see white dots on my mini map.

Place more. I did this in two expeditions, one explored the map (though maybe you can unlock it if you go to the 2nd floor), placed some sonars and got all the stress, the other one avoided aliens. Another option is to use the same squad but retreat to the 1st floor to rest before fighting the boss, the problem is that the aggressiveness won't be reduced unless you let a day pass.

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

The problem is that im stuck deep inside the hive on the mine floor on Expedition one and there is only one path leading back to the armored vehicle

Well, that is the problem, there are two paths, the queen chamber has another door. Find it, send the xenos to the other side of the map, and it you won't meet any.

Also, remember you can change the slow-mo to pause, it feels like cheating, but I just can't play with slow-mo, I freak out and forget basic stuff like walking backwards while shooting.

[Jhea]

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

I'm playing on PS5 and my squad is getting overwhelmed by Aliens with the Huge boss type alien which one shots my entire squad.

It's just not fun being constantly overwhelmed by Aliens. Aliens should spawn in specific locations in the objectives path and once they are killed they don't spawn again at least for story difficulty.

what?
i played it on story mode and went thru
to defeat a boss alien you pretty much have to be afk
it's that simple

if you prepare the slightest bit, it goes down before it even has a chance to get near you.

you really have to sabotage your team on story mode to actually get killed by boss aliens...
how do you manage that?

that's amazing

[PizzaKrydder]

You should be able to get a turret for free from one of the objectives on floor 1, or overworld/same floor your ARC is on. If you already have a marine down, and don't have a turret available, I'd suggest pulling out instead of engaging the queen. You don't need a turret, but it helps a ton, and not having a full squad will also severely hamper your success rate.

[DACNINJA]

Originally posted by CheeseBall:

Originally posted by Togo:

Are you using supression? Placing turrets? if you think things could go bad when reaching an objective then prepare for defense. If its hostile you kill it.

I don't have a turret since im low on resources and one squad member is carrying an injured medic only three squad members are left.

This is the reason, its auto reload or extract for me. You cant fight with only 2 1/4 people.

I got my ass handed to me at the end 3rd mission in my first playthrough. Started from scratch and moved the hp modifier 1 step down. I was in better shape overall breezed through mission 3 in no time.

I hate to say it but I suggest you reload the whole mission and apply what you learned from your first venture.

TIP: GL can stagger the queen, keep slow mode on at ALL TIMES or just keep on pausing every 0.5 sec. Make sure you have enough CP or spam tactical analysis during the queen encounter. If possible use the abilities the will hit the queen AND other enemies but just nuking her with GL is much better. You can kite the aliens in slow mode, just dont run keep on firing. You will have these types of encounters in the future too, make sure to bring 1 RPG so you can nuke bosses.

[xelakerley]

I played poorly and the game isn't just letting me win anyways