Surface Tension Helicopter

[Samz]

How the hell are you supposed to destroy this thing? its way too accurate to run past and I've had it just tanks Tau Cannon ammo.

[thray]

3 shots of fully charged Tau should do the job.

[Samz]

Pretty sure I've hit more than 3 times and Its still been alive.

Seems like the hit detection for it is broken , I've been aiming dead center and my shots just haven't counted.

EDIT: managed to destroy it and yep, its got a broken hitbox because damage to the helicopter blades just doesn't count.

They really should reduce the accuracy on it.

Marines in general are screwed, they're pretty much call of duty enemies, except you don't have any regenerative health so you're constantly taking unavoidable damage.

They should really have delayed Zen so that the rest of the campaign works, the crossbow scope is completely broken and There's a weapon-less Marine in Questionable Enthics that can crash the game.

[Bona_X5]

I remember that being the most frustating part of the game when I played it. My technique was to hide in the warehouse there by, charge the Tau when the helicoper was aproaching, get out but not too much past the door, shoot, hide again and repeat until it got damaged enough that it left. But even with so much hiding it took me a bunch of tries because like you said it was too accurate, so everytime I got out to shoot it, it would manage to quickly take a significant portion of my health.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by Keep Calm:

3 shots of fully charged Tau should do the job.

Wb, please tell me your story.

But I can confirm that around 2 to 3 shots should do it:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450795467
Time code 4:14

[thray]

Lower the difficulty level.

[Samz]

Originally posted by Keep Calm:

Lower the difficulty level.

Playing on Normal.

I shouldn't have to lower the difficutly because the developers stopped play-testing their own game.

[thray]

You do reallize that you're the only person who is complaining about that boss.
Bosses are mean to be challenging. Don't know what else to tell you.

[Samz]

Originally posted by Keep Calm:

You do reallize that you're the only person who is complaining about that boss.
Bosses are mean to be challenging. Don't know what else to tell you.

Other people in the thread agreed with me.

There's a difference between challenging and unfair.

Half life 1's Helicopter actually missed and was even optional to defeat.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by Samz:

Originally posted by Keep Calm:

Lower the difficulty level.

Playing on Normal.

I shouldn't have to lower the difficutly because the developers stopped play-testing their own game.

I don't know if they changed something on that choppa since V0.0.2, but I played on hard back these days and it was easy with the Gauss Tau why do I always make that mistake? . oO

Originally posted by Samz:

Originally posted by Keep Calm:

You do reallize that you're the only person who is complaining about that boss.
Bosses are mean to be challenging. Don't know what else to tell you.

Other people in the thread agreed with me.

Please take my video as my disapproval.
Thank you.

[Mr. Pink]

Originally posted by Samz:

Originally posted by Keep Calm:

You do reallize that you're the only person who is complaining about that boss.
Bosses are mean to be challenging. Don't know what else to tell you.

Other people in the thread agreed with me.

There's a difference between challenging and unfair.

Half life 1's Helicopter actually missed and was even optional to defeat.

Not to mention how wonderful it was to get the rocket launcher and shoot him down with one shot...
 
  This is one of those points where Black Mesa makes it significantly worse than HL1.

[Mr. Pink]

Originally posted by Samz:

Pretty sure I've hit more than 3 times and Its still been alive.

Seems like the hit detection for it is broken , I've been aiming dead center and my shots just haven't counted.

EDIT: managed to destroy it and yep, its got a broken hitbox because damage to the helicopter blades just doesn't count.

They really should reduce the accuracy on it.

Marines in general are screwed, they're pretty much call of duty enemies, except you don't have any regenerative health so you're constantly taking unavoidable damage.

They should really have delayed Zen so that the rest of the campaign works, the crossbow scope is completely broken and There's a weapon-less Marine in Questionable Enthics that can crash the game.

Well, they have in their favor the excuse of early access to fix these details according to the feedback of the players.

[PXL]

If I remember right, I decided it was too tough and didn’t try to kill it

[waggly dongers]

I just 'finished' Black Mesa tonight, and this section was by far the most frustrating. I died about ~20 times before managing to pull off a miracle. Here's how I did it.

Raid warehouse, make sure you're maxed out on Tau ammo and as much health and HEV suit power you can get.
Run across bridge. Take care of the two soldiers ASAP and keep running forward. You should take minimal damage from both the soldiers and the attack copter.
Head toward the second 'silo'. Run as long as you can, and as the bridge to the 'silo' crumbles, jump toward the ladder. You might take some damage from the chopper (or the fish, if you're unlucky), but that's OK.
Inside of the silo, there's a healthkit and some radioactive ammunition. I find it incredibly easy to take out the chopper from the very narrow opening from the silo. Just wait for your shot, pop out of cover, and fire. It took me approx. 4-fully charged blasts before it buggered off.
Activate the switch, jump into the waters, and head down the pipes.

Hope this helps. I do not recall this segment being so difficult in Half-Life 1. I'm also playing on Normal difficulty, and this segment just seemed needless unfair. I didn't feel challenged, only frustrated.

[Just Chill]

@waffletit

Hm, would these two soldiers actually attack you when you run back to the warehouse and use it or the truck as cover?
In my video they simply gasped there in the distance after I shot the choppa and ate some darts. oO
Did they enhance the AI in that case? :D

I am still waiting to replay until final release, so I actually don't know.

[Anschluss]

This section is indeed not good and was better in the original HL. The original HL helo was a bit silly but the new one is way too much.