Hardest faction to fight against?

[Vhultran]

It seems everybody wants to fight the bugs but they always die and low levels are joining high difficulty missions.

I find all of them are almost equal except for the Cyborgs, they are way too easy.

[Anh]

I hate illus the most. Invisible scouts (hard to see), long range snipers and literaly the "Wall of death"....Bugs are fun, becaus of Starship troppers. Cyborgs are kinda boring.

[Lim-Dul]

Illuminates by far. They have a lot of insta-death potential with their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walls or snipers (which also negate most static defenses) and not only are their scouts invisible, they are also shielded at higher levels and have the quickest lock-on time of all the factions. On their own the Illuminates seem not that hard since they have no heavily armored units and e.g. Obsidian walkers work wonders. However, in an uncoordinated team that doesn't move quickly the missions devolve into an endless stream of enemies - more so than for the bugs, ironically - and a swift loss.

[Slinkers]

Illuminate: They have moderate firepower, mostly insta killing tech and stuff that makes your life difficult such as mind control, walls, and scouts that spot you almost instantly and cloak.

Cyborg: Ridiculous armor and firepower, easy to not get spotted by them however because their patrols are easy to kill, but if you make a mistake and a flare goes off, good luck. With tanks and heavy armored mechs raining from the sky on hell dive it becomes a nightmare that only the most coordinated team can possibly survive.

Bugs: A good balance, their patrols can spot you at a moderate speed, but when ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan it's not too bad compared to Cyborg.

Each faction has it's difficulties, don't get spotted when fighting Cyborg, be mobile when fighting Illuminate, bugs you do a bit of both.

I find Illuminate the toughest to fight because they spot you so quickly, but their firepower isn't too dangerous, a good team can survive easily, however Cyborg? Man when you're in the deep of it, it's insanely hard, the other 2 factions don't have ♥♥♥♥ on Cyborg when they call in a full assault.

This is all referencing HellDive difficulty.

[Lim-Dul]

Originally posted by Slink:

Illuminate: They have moderate firepower, mostly insta killing tech and stuff that makes your life difficult such as mind control, walls, and scouts that spot you almost instantly and cloak.

Cyborg: Ridiculous armor and firepower, easy to not get spotted by them however because their patrols are easy to kill, but if you make a mistake and a flare goes off, good luck. With tanks and heavy armored mechs raining from the sky on hell dive it becomes a nightmare that only the most coordinated team can possibly survive.

Bugs: A good balance, their patrols can spot you at a moderate speed, but when ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan it's not too bad compared to Cyborg.

Each faction has it's difficulties, don't get spotted when fighting Cyborg, be mobile when fighting Illuminate, bugs you do a bit of both.

I find Illuminate the toughest to fight because they spot you so quickly, but their firepower isn't too dangerous, a good team can survive easily, however Cyborg? Man when you're in the deep of it, it's insanely hard, the other 2 factions don't have ♥♥♥♥ on Cyborg when they call in a full assault.

This is all referencing HellDive difficulty.

Very nice breakdown of the factions.

However, I don't find cyborgs that much of a threat since I'm mostly a vehicle pilot and a big fan of the Lumberer and the Bastion. With them the Cyborgs become a non-issue. They barely have anything that scratches the Bastion, for instance. Illuminate chew them up with their foce-walls and bugs can run over them with Behemoths or even Impalers if not dealt with quickly.

[BlackjackGT]

On Vita I would've said Illuminates.

On PC, the Cyborg have been beasts depending on difficulty. And sometimes even when I'm just clowning around on "Walk in the Park" difficulty testing DLC items, a pack of Cyborg dogs will jump on me while my Guard Dog drone is reloading in the backpack and tear me up before I can ever catch my senses.

I still love battling Cyborgs because they don't really resort to much trickery. It's just, "here's our Hounds, our Captain America wannabes with massive shields and gatling guns, and our gigantic tanks spitting out weird little swarming creatures, and our frequent grenade tosses. Come get some!" :) But if I don't have the right kind of loadout for them, I'm.... dead. :)

[Lim-Dul]

Originally posted by BlackjackGT:

On Vita I would've said Illuminates.

On PC, the Cyborg have been beasts depending on difficulty. And sometimes even when I'm just clowning around on "Walk in the Park" difficulty testing DLC items, a pack of Cyborg dogs will jump on me while my Guard Dog drone is reloading in the backpack and tear me up before I can ever catch my senses.

Then you should find the Displacement Field and the Shield Pack most useful. With shields up you cannot be knocked over and the Displacement Field protects you at least once in a while. If you can see the hounds coming Cardio might be useful too. You cannot outrun the hounds but you can literally run circles around them (alternatively the lift pack for similar results). :)

[Zahriel]

Cyborg hands down the hardest enemy to fight regardless of coordination or not, never ending rain of mechs, check! tanks? check! And on top of that you can't cheese your way to victory with the toxic gun against the cyborgs like you can the heavy/medium armored bugs.

Illuminates are a bunch of pansy ass medium armored foes who's only problem is their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with your controls which is easy enough to deal with if you shoot their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ orbs! :D