First Alien Battleship

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJS-lMWvwy4

Well, I've had my first alien battleship of my playthrough. Only on normal difficulty (Ironman), after the Alien Base Mission. I haven't ignored any smaller ships, I have stealth satellites, yet still it came.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJS-lMWvwy4

[Barawin]

happens. rare, but happens.

[Poor Dick]

I find them easier to clear out than supply barges for some reason

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Originally posted by Poor ♥♥♥♥:

I find them easier to clear out than supply barges for some reason

I agree. I find the layout of the Battleship fairly linear. While there are some side rooms, they are normally empty. Providing you clear each room as you move forward, there are few opportunities for the aliens to flank you - there also no "outside" to worry about either.

Supply barges have too many external door - far too easy for the aliens to sneak out and around behind you - or just play hide and seek. Failing that, as there is an "outside", they can always teleport behind you.

[Optima]

The aliens can send any ship except the Overseer to "Scout Target", so you might occasionally encounter a Battleship this way. The other way is to let them scout the region for your satellite, after which they'll send a Battleship to shoot it down.

With 29 enemies in there, including way too many Muton Elites and Sectopods, I find Battleship raids the most difficult mission on Impossible, but it helps a lot that the ship layout never changes and the enemy spawn patterns don't differ much.

[Poor Dick]

Originally posted by UnstableVoltage:

I agree. I find the layout of the Battleship fairly linear. While there are some side rooms, they are normally empty. Providing you clear each room as you move forward, there are few opportunities for the aliens to flank you - there also no "outside" to worry about either.

Supply barges have too many external door - far too easy for the aliens to sneak out and around behind you - or just play hide and seek. Failing that, as there is an "outside", they can always teleport behind you.

It also helps that each section of the battleship seems isolated from another (much like the alien base and temple ship). You never have to worry about encountering all the enemies at once, unlike some unlucky encounters I've had on supply barges. Additionally, the battleship is built like a sniper's wet-dream, unlike the supply barge with its four open cargo holds and no good vantage points (no real good cover either).

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I only currently use one sniper. He's a Colonel now. Archangel Armor, Plasma Sniper Rifle with scope. He has squad sight, double tap, damn good ground and opportunist - he is so over-powered right now. Almost tempting to try an all sniper squad and see what happens.

I'll upload the 2nd part of my Battleship video tomorrow. I think from memory I had 23 aliens in there.