Saving Bertha

[litanyoffear]

hhow on Gods blue ocean am i supposed to solo this boss (saving Bertha)?

[✚ ̶M̶o̶3̶g̶0praB✚]

This quest can be completed by two people, I can help you right now

[litanyoffear]

im at Nikos atm. heading to the boss now

[✚ ̶M̶o̶3̶g̶0praB✚]

add me as a friend, and invite me to the squad, and let's go kill the boss

[Судья Дредд]

Originally posted by litanyoffear:

hhow on Gods blue ocean am i supposed to solo this boss (saving Bertha)?

May I assume that you have a level 3 boat and a weapon near the same?

[Mavor]

Locking out tech reasearch NPCs (that you -already had-) behind major f**king boss fight *group* missions is a pretty lame thing to do =\

[litanyoffear]

I have a t3 boat w/t 3 cannons-7. coul;d still use an assist if anyone is over here.

[ArterialSpray1066]

I managed to solo (or cheese) every other (group) mission until this one (or the saving martha mission but i figure they are the same) ... this one I cant even figure out with a group.

I just spent ages trying. At one point two passing torpedo boats tried sink it through weight, but it was too buoyant for them, and couldn't get my corsair on at the same time. Later on we got to corsairs on with the same lack of effect.

After that two corsairs and a trawler tried to cannon barrage it into submission. Shots at very long range often don't seem to damage it at all, but they got it down to 72% at one point through concentrated pummelling, until they had to focus on the swarm for a second only to find the big one had fully healed again (at which point I think everyone gave up in frustration). Even concentrated fire doesn't seem able to disable weapons or components.

So you cant whittle it down. Cant overwhelm it. Get constantly swarmed by both its spawns, and the torpedo boats that constantly wander in. And it isn't exactly lacking in its own damage output either.
And I cant even go away and do something else because ive cleared the quests list and the only quest i've got left requires the kidnapee to turn in. lol.

I dont claim to have the perfect min/maxed deck layout and crew builds but this is a hell of a step up in challenge.... unless Im just missing something really obvious and stupid.

How big and coordinated a group are we expected to have? lol.

[Kick_McCan]

I put this quest off for a long time. Then when I'd finished all my T5s, gotten Lin, and had a glare I was able to solo it. I had 8 T5 machine guns and I stuck a big melee weapon in front, then I went right up to him and started grinding while I blasted away. It still took forever but I think being right up against him got me out of some of the barrels he throws. But then he sailed into the plastic fleet and I had to deal with that too lol. Took me a few repair kits but I got it done, same with saving Martha. Those quests are definitely easier if you wait to end game

[Kick_McCan]

I got kind of lucky on saving Martha because I died once when I was just trying to feel him out (and needed a repair job anyway lol) and when I got back there was a burdock working on him. I don't think he had the quest, I think he happened to come by while the thing was sitting there

[Mariner]

Originally posted by Kick_McCan:

I got kind of lucky on saving Martha because I died once when I was just trying to feel him out (and needed a repair job anyway lol) and when I got back there was a burdock working on him. I don't think he had the quest, I think he happened to come by while the thing was sitting there

yes this happens a lot during quests maybe because most are open world quests

[ArterialSpray1066]

Originally posted by Kick_McCan:

I got kind of lucky on saving Martha because I died once when I was just trying to feel him out (and needed a repair job anyway lol) and when I got back there was a burdock working on him. I don't think he had the quest, I think he happened to come by while the thing was sitting there

haha. Pretty much the same.
I'd been grinding to max my cannons and upgrade my power supply. Spawned him, immediately got hammered, then reversed out of range to repair and decide upon my next approach... And suddenly his hull is flying down because a passing tier 5 with all power cannons has decided he needs to melt. lol.

The problem is that you seem to need tier 5 stuff to deal with the quest, but cant get tier 5 until you have finished it. God knows how people got it done before there were maxed players milling about bored. lol.

[litanyoffear]

welp, im still stuck lol. anyone one that wants to attempt, ill stage at Nikos for the next 5hrs or so.,

[Kick_McCan]

There may be something to the idea of getting right up to his hull and using a good melee tool

[litanyoffear]

welp, Oodin, the assist is greatly appreciated. if anyone needs help with this, ever, bump this thread and if im on ill drop what im doing and come assist.

[Longbeardsuperwanker]

Originally posted by litanyoffear:

welp, Oodin, the assist is greatly appreciated. if anyone needs help with this, ever, bump this thread and if im on ill drop what im doing and come assist.

Do you have time to give a hand with Saving Martha ?