Truck Convoys

[Chf. Squiggy McBooty]

Do truck convoys feel literally unbalanced to anyone else? You'll be just minding your own business, doing loud mission after loud mission with absolutely no problem, and then you do a truck convoy and WHAM, an enemy force composed entirely of dozers, shields, and tasers turns you into chunky peanut butter in the first 90 seconds. Its "where the ♥♥♥♥ did THAT come from?!" factor feels even worse than the money train.

[TheNightglow]

for the campaign the heat level in the top right will determine how hard a mission is going to be and every mission you do will increase the heat level for the day (heat resets every day)

meaning the first loud mission you do during a day will be a lot easier then the 2nd, and the 2nd one will be a lot easier then the 3rd etc

I m not sure what a dozer is, do you mean those big armored juggernauts? they only appear at heat level 4 and higher, so for you to see those within the first 90 seconds that means you started the mission on at least a heat of 4, which you probably dont want to do for loud missions in my opinion

[Chf. Squiggy McBooty]

I'm quite aware of the heat level. I'm saying I can do a loud mission on heat 5 without any significant resistance; then do a truck convoy with an absolutely ridiculous jump in enemy quantity, quality, and wave frequency; and then do a third loud mission and it's easy again. At least for me, truck convoys consistently feature a severely disproportionate response compared to other loud missions at the same difficulty/heat/day.

[Vizzy]

Originally posted by Chf. Squiggy McBooty:

I'm quite aware of the heat level. I'm saying I can do a loud mission on heat 5 without any significant resistance; then do a truck convoy with an absolutely ridiculous jump in enemy quantity, quality, and wave frequency; and then do a third loud mission and it's easy again. At least for me, truck convoys consistently feature a severely disproportionate response compared to other loud missions at the same difficulty/heat/day.

+1

[Ballistic Groove Gun]

Even when not on heat 5, truck convoys are definitely one of the more bot-murdering stages for one reason or another, except for that one map on the overpass full of wrecked cars where you get hardly a spawn at all which is the complete opposite and effectively a free win if you roll it.

[TheNightglow]

Originally posted by Ballistic Groove Gun:

Even when not on heat 5, truck convoys are definitely one of the more bot-murdering stages for one reason or another, except for that one map on the overpass full of wrecked cars where you get hardly a spawn at all which is the complete opposite and effectively a free win if you roll it.

I once had that map on the overpass without any spawns at all what so ever, I was so confused about it
no police would spawn at all

but yea I never do the truck heists on more then minimum heat (as I avoid tougher loud stuff), so I have never seen how spammy they can get there

[Flavio93Zena]

Starting convoy/truck missions on max heat is a death sentence, mostly because of the way the maps are designed - they're basically a rectangle with the objective in the middle, not so many objects and the cops spawn on all sides, with the improved path finding they just swarm you instantly.
It's by design though, would you attack a convoy/truck right alongside the main SWAT force in full swing?