Helldrake IQ operation.

[Calandir]

Listen... if you don't know what to do, ask, or just don't press buttons. Since because of you, we will wipe.

Why so many people fail this simple mini-game is insane.
3rd mission lost because someone don't know what to do, presses at random and ruins everything, even after being asked to please don't do it.

Brother, stop.

[Katitoff]

Everyone needs to do it for the 1st time, whole mission is teaching you that fights mechanic tho.

[Calandir]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Everyone needs to do it for the 1st time, whole mission is teaching you that fights mechanic tho.

Some people don't learn, making same mistake 3 times in row, and having no clue why everyone dies.

[ZileZu]

Everytime i've played that i felt like it didn't matter what buttons are being pressed.

I even pressed buttons randomly but i guess i always ended up pressing the correct one :O

[Medicles]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Everyone needs to do it for the 1st time, whole mission is teaching you that fights mechanic tho.

I mean, its a toddler level mechanic. Seriously, if you are in the bossfight for the first time and you dont immediately understand what they want from you, you shouldnt even play videogames (you meant as in general and not as you as individual).

[-GK- Paladin]

Key to the symbols that need to be activated are on the left side and right side of the Drake. Look at the highlighted windows. Emblems are glowing that you need to find and press on the consoles.

[Rubyeyed]

It's even worse considering there is an unskippable tutorial on what to do just before the fight.

imo the devs went too immersive with that. It should have been a fullscreen popup with a clear video what to do. Basically a version of "listen here you little sh*t".

As it is now people just spaz out because the door is locked with nothing to shoot at (although sometimes they shoot the symbol on the stained glass window) and don't even pay attention. I have done this mission so many times and it was just me pressing the buttons most of the time.

There is a similar problem with the last mission (Nova cannon shell) where people don't use consoles, like you know A1 B2 etc. because those aren't marked with objective marker.

One could say SM2 is a thinking man's game.

[Sedgendary]

Its a rubbish tutorial though should have been 3 or 4 alters with you needing to select multiple buttons with one that resets it. much easier to do that than rely on people paying attention to dialogue and see that tutorial section as just another terminal to hit

[Calandir]

Originally posted by Sedgendary:

Its a rubbish tutorial though should have been 3 or 4 alters with you needing to select multiple buttons with one that resets it. much easier to do that than rely on people paying attention to dialogue and see that tutorial section as just another terminal to hit

Agree, if the chamber before was longer and required some more things, maybe people would pick it up faster.

But man people are just scared to ask in chat, or to even read it when you ask them to let me/other resolve this mechanic.

[IvanGogh]

Tbh some people just blaze through the explanation cuz they already know what to do. Which means people who never played the level are kinda clueless. They see a console with prompt asking you to interact with it, which 90% of times doesn't really do anything bad in the game.

[The Big Z]

Originally posted by Ethram:

Originally posted by Sedgendary:

Its a rubbish tutorial though should have been 3 or 4 alters with you needing to select multiple buttons with one that resets it. much easier to do that than rely on people paying attention to dialogue and see that tutorial section as just another terminal to hit

Agree, if the chamber before was longer and required some more things, maybe people would pick it up faster.

But man people are just scared to ask in chat, or to even read it when you ask them to let me/other resolve this mechanic.

First time I did it I somehow mistakenly thought that you had to hit the terminal that matched the symbol of the "tutorial area" terminal. I immediately realized I did something wrong based on the dialog and then quickly noticed the giant panels on either side of the drake that show you exactly what you need to hit. We all have our derp moments. Luckily I was playing solo, and still managed to clear the mission anyway.

[Sedgendary]

Originally posted by The Big Z:

Originally posted by Ethram:

Agree, if the chamber before was longer and required some more things, maybe people would pick it up faster.

But man people are just scared to ask in chat, or to even read it when you ask them to let me/other resolve this mechanic.

First time I did it I somehow mistakenly thought that you had to hit the terminal that matched the symbol of the "tutorial area" terminal. I immediately realized I did something wrong based on the dialog and then quickly noticed the giant panels on either side of the drake that show you exactly what you need to hit. We all have our derp moments. Luckily I was playing solo, and still managed to clear the mission anyway.

I doubt he is angry at people like you, I have been in games where we spent every attempt at finishing the cycle end in a random hitting the wrong button

[sergantuss]

its like in mission 5 dudes trying to kill infinit waves of chaos while no one even trying to move battery :D

i swear modern players is legit insanly boo boo doo doo

[Karak Sonen]

Had a Xbox and Playstation Player with me on that mission, and neither their brains managed to compute that you had to match symbols.
Me telling them didn't help (Playstation guy only had the typical rustling of potato chip bags crankle over his mic)
The game telling them on repeat didn't help.
Me praying to the Emperor to make matchmaking work without having crossplay on didn't help.


Honestly made me support those platforms requiring you to pay for the online services as at least some form of filter.

[Pangolin]

Although my hours count in SM2 is small and only a handful of this mission behind by back, so far i've been lucky with it - people either knew what to do or simply pressing "T" to mark that Big Shiny Symbols on even Bigger Armaglass was enough for them.
I suggest "guiding" people in such way can help. If not - they're probably beyond redemption and should be executed as traitors actively sabotaging the job the moment you return to battle barge, since space marines aren't supposed to be that stupid.