I wish the game was more clear when you're being timed

[ShepherdOfCats]

I hate the timed missions. They distract you with all the side objectives and then you look up in the corner and--oh by the way--you only have 30 seconds left to stop the train.

Is there any setting in the options that affects the time given to complete these objectives? I'm seeing these timed missions are becoming more frequent and if this is what I can expect for the rest of the game, it's a bit of a blight.

I'm guess I'm not that great at the RTS multi-tasking. I'm busy trying to command my troops in a firefight because someone was 2 inches outside of a bush and got spotted. I keep missing these critical notifications.

[Hassohappa]

IDK man, when the big timer appears you're being timed. I don't think there are any points you're being timed when there isn't a big honking timer telling you that is happening.

[BajMic]

There are timed missions without a timer. E.g. deserters. It just surprises you all of a sudden with a failure.

[ShepherdOfCats]

Originally posted by Hassohappa:

IDK man, when the big timer appears you're being timed. I don't think there are any points you're being timed when there isn't a big honking timer telling you that is happening.

At least an auto-pause would be nice. It seems like a pretty critical notification/situation update to just slip it in there amidst the chaos of battle. This is the third mission I didn't realize I was being timed. Yeah I can reload the save but it kinda slaps the taste of of my mouth when a scripted event takes a cheapshot at me like that.

[Mesond]

The deserters are easy enough. It's a small group and the real side mission is the bomb on the bridge. You can use the scout car to get back after.

The game has pause for a reason. In most cases I find it's a good idea to split up two five man teams. In this mission send a squad to the deserters to clear them out while getting the other team ready to defend the main attack. Once the attack starts, provied you been fast enough (and again, you can use pause to issue orders), the other team is probably on the way back. You can use those troops to man the arty cannon for the upcoming waves.

With the overhead map it sometimes puts the player on a timer. But I've managed to search every location on the way without being pressed for time so far. It's the cold that will affect you.

The moment you see a timer, pause the game. Think. Plan. Get troops into cover overwatching each other.