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Nebhead 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 1:57
(Long War b13) EXALT Base Assault
Managed to do the EXALT Base Assault this evening - traced the EXALT base to it's source, in Russia no less, not far from my HQ in Germany. At least it suited the voice of the EXALT AI computer.

Actual assault was, if anything, easy than most of the EXALT missions I've done to date, including the Covert Extraction and Data Recovery missions in the last couple of months.

Although I was surprised by a Sectoid Commander (!!) and a Muton Elite (!!), there were only 24 enemies defeated (22 EXALT + 2 Aliens), which is less than most covert ops in the later months.

So - any experiences with the Exalt Base Assault in Long War to share?

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Falentir 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 2:17 
hmmmm... when did you do this mission ? I went for it late in November and it was really really tough (playing classic Ironman in my current LP). Those guys were incredibly tough, including 4 heavy elite soldiers with 32 HP, double tap, holo targeting and what else.
Oh. Forgot an elite sniper with snapsho and 26 HP, and a badass elite medic with 22 HP. All of those guys with maximum defense and gen-mods.
Crazy. Was lucky somehow and, now, really happy to have done this :)
Kelloggs 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 2:28 
Interesting...

I also had exactly 1 sectoid commander and 1 muton elite in the Exalt HQ.

I wonder if those are scripted. I just assumed they were there because of pure RNG.

The sectoid commander was on the outside, he was among the first people that I triggered right at the start of the mission.

The muton elite was by the hologlobe, so he was one of the last to die.
最后由 Kelloggs 编辑于; 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 2:28
red255 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 3:14 
the two times I've done this theres been a sectoid commander and muton elite in all my 2 attacks of the exalt base.

the placement is random.

As for easier than EXALT raids, um you get 10 men right? and its only 30 EXALT with 3 boss EXALTs (which are basically 2 EXALT) and the muton and sectoid for whatever reason.

Its easier if you bring a hover SEntinel SHIV with damage reduction and a lot of alien grenades.
happy 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 3:27 
i ve done it multiple times, the sectoid comm and muton elite are scripted
it can be fairly easy depending on where the ennemy spawn, it can be a nightmare for the same reason

last two times, i had no casualties, the time before that i got sandwiched on turn 2 by two squads(34 HP dudes and friends) and i had to retreat on turn 4 leaving 5 out of ten dead

最后由 happy 编辑于; 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 3:27
red255 2014 年 9 月 7 日 下午 4:04 
I brought Archangel armor and came in late. because all the cover is destructable and EXALT does not lack for bombs. they generally mill around down the area with the holo globe near the ground.

I took my Hover SHIV with Damage control module, core armoring, and the one thats +1 DT. WHich reduces EXALT damage to like 2 damage done to it (except the bosses, the sniper hit it for 14 or something.) and you can have it flying around taking pain and regenerating

and besides the SHIV i brought 2 engineers, 9 alien grenades maybe some ghost grenades. but mostly had the SHIV run around flanking stuff. which killed it. and snipers and gunners squadsighted what they could. But you probably could gear up enough SHIVs with damage reduction and just hike thru with those.
Nebhead 2014 年 9 月 8 日 上午 8:05 
My own EXALT Base Assault was in early April 2016 - I delayed it for a good few months as since the first country to defect was Russia (i.e. Alien Base etc) and so was the EXALT HQ stationed there, I wanted to retake Russia first, get it back into the XCOM Project and then do the EXALT Base Assault to lower Russia's panic levels.

Sometimes there is logic in my madness, but last night I just thought "Sod it - the EXALT missions are getting sillyand have been for a while now, so death to EXALT etc".

Honestly? I was just suprised at how easy the mission was, plus now I've got a huge monkey off my back when it comes to my overall strategy. And no more costly EXALT sabotage to keep scanning for!
red255 2014 年 9 月 8 日 上午 8:07 
Oddly the EXALT base is always in the first country to defect isn't it?
Kelloggs 2014 年 9 月 8 日 上午 8:10 
引用自 red255
Oddly the EXALT base is always in the first country to defect isn't it?

Is it?

In my save it definitely was....

Germany was the first country to leave the council and the Exalt base was indeed in Germany. I just assumed that was a coincidence..... I don't think they would put this sort of Mechanic in it.

Otherwise we might as well skip a lot of trouble and do the Exalt base raid a lot sooner. (I would pretty much do it as soon as I get an infantry with Sentinel and everyone has carapace + laser, which is around September or so....)
最后由 Kelloggs 编辑于; 2014 年 9 月 8 日 上午 8:11
happy 2014 年 9 月 8 日 上午 8:40 
引用自 red255
Oddly the EXALT base is always in the first country to defect isn't it?

nope it s not, definitely random
red255 2014 年 9 月 8 日 上午 10:16 
Just saying it was in the 4 games I know of.
Nebhead 2014 年 9 月 8 日 下午 12:22 
That's an interesting theory regarding the EXALT base location, one I think I might have a theory on myself:

One thing I've learned is that EXALT have modifiers for placing their individual cells (the ones that require covert ops), and some key factors are whether the country has satellite coverage and if the country has left the XCOM Project.

So heres what I think - perhaps, in a few examples here and there, it's possible that given the time when EXALT decide to "build" their HQ (i.e. it's put on the map), often only one country will have left the XCOM project, and that country will have no satellite coverage.

Therefore, the outcome of where to place their HQ is heavily influenced by that one defecting country at the start of every Long War campaign. Of course there are examples where this is not the case, as per Happy saying he's had EXALT bases not in the first defecting country, but could worth looking into.
Shining Hector 2014 年 9 月 8 日 下午 12:35 
In my latest game, I started in Asia, Argentina was the auto-defector, and China had the base. I never at any point lost China to the aliens. Game before that was a NA start, lost Australia, and base was not Australia, I think India or Canada.
Warmonger 2014 年 9 月 8 日 下午 12:55 
引用自 CasaNostra
hmmmm... when did you do this mission ? I went for it late in November and it was really really tough (playing classic Ironman in my current LP). Those guys were incredibly tough, including 4 heavy elite soldiers with 32 HP, double tap, holo targeting and what else.
Oh. Forgot an elite sniper with snapsho and 26 HP, and a badass elite medic with 22 HP. All of those guys with maximum defense and gen-mods.
Crazy. Was lucky somehow and, now, really happy to have done this :)

Same here.

I found it quite challenging, playing Classic. Those Exalt "bosses" are really strong, I even got a rocket strike from beyond LoS....
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