Overengineered.

[zel]

Playing on normal.
Its the mission where BOT starts with 2 cannons, and has to shoot itself through bunch of armor.

At the same time there is 2nd base up top, which i usually manage to contain with mortars, but i can not defend vs cannons too when they start chewing up my base.

Any tips?

[ComplexGame]

Set up a bnch of metal with two snipers inside
Snipe the cannons.

[S-Array 03]

for this one I went for a tech rush and obliterated the top base with canons protected by 3 layers of doors, then once the bottom guy is done shooting the armor you destroy him with the canons

[Denks]

I still haven't figured out how to destroy the top base before the bottom one hits me with a canon shot (normal difficulty). However, rushing factory and getting 2-3 cannons/lasers wipes both bases out in short order once built. To survive that long, I rely on one sniper and a trio of machine gunners, all behind single doors. I really need to master placing machine gunners better like I see the AI do: those wood constructs with an angle that protects the gunner but still lets him shoot up. Very cost efficient.
Also, just before the canons breakthrough, I make sure that the core is protected by energy shields or double armor.

[Horus Heresy]

Get 3 mortars up, fire between 65% and 90% and you should be able to hit the top base / the bottom base power supply.

Once the mortars are up, rush to Laser, armor up 2-3 thick and you should be fine.

If you want I could upload a video of it tomorrow.

[zel]

Would be fun to watch :)

[[DEV] Noze]

Thanks for the tips guys! Moving to strategies.

[Rigs In Rags]

For me, I got a few mortars firing at them near the start, then soon upgrading them, and finishing them off with a Warhead. Don't focus much on the cannons as they will take time until they punch through all the armour, though in my playthrough I created 2 layers of armour to withstand the cannon attacks, and I made a laser to destroy them. You have to be fast though with the base on the cave as if you let them progress too much, they will bombard you with missiles and warheads.

[zel]

2 layers of armor arent helping unfoftunately.
Last night i managed to build a cannon, but shields and repairs drain all the energy, so i cant fire :)

[Horus Heresy]

Just recorded it an now processing it. Upload should be starting in ~10 minutes, meaning the video should be online when the clock hits the full hour. Didnt get hit once that run and the one that almost hit me would have just disabled my shield thats protecting my energysupply.

The level requires a bit of luck aswell as practice. You'll see that in the video very easily. For aiming up the laser that well I clicked on it, hold it and dragged the mouse. Gave me an indicator on where to fire and fortunally i got it just right.

EDIT: Uploads slower than expected, my internet is moody at times.... will be available at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p8SZDFj18g&feature=youtu.be

[Ysthrall]

I'm trying to play this on hard and it's doing my head in....

I tried spamming mortars. The top fort cheerfully repairs 6 mortar shots as fast as I can throw them in. Maybe I make a little headway, but then the bottom fort cannons start in. Usually first shot takes out all my turbines.

I tried rushing to laser or cannon. Then I take massive damage from mortars and missiles from top, get maybe 1 shot with whatever, then die to cannon shots.

I tried swarm missiles, but the sniper dies to armour piercing sniper very quickly.

I tried a heavy armoured fortress. First shot from the cannons takes out all my turbines, and then top fort missiles burn away any gundecks I could build.

I tried a layer of shields, but the shield upkeep and the repairs from top forts attacks eat all my energy.

Is there a way to do this on hard that is not a massive gamble and hoping to hit lucky with that one shot? Because I must have tried this level about 20 timnes, and it's not fun anymore...

[Horus Heresy]

With the new update I am playing through the campaign on hard again to check if my strategies are still valid.

[Denks]

This is now the only map on hard that I haven't beaten yet. The Motherlode map took me 10 tries until I found an AP sniper + 2x cannon rush method that led to a swift 6 min victory.

My failed tactics for hard Overengineered:
1) 9x mortar rush. Fired all of them at the top part of the base. Out repaired. Even upgrading them doesn't help.
2) 9x mortar now aimed at the bottom of the top base hoping to cause a collapse. Nope.
3) 7x upgraded minigunner, all aimed at the bottom of the top base, hoping to punch trough the struts. Nope. Might be that my aim wasn't tight enough.
4) Cannon rush: complete fail. No way to get that built in time before getting pounded by mortars and missiles. Repairs are so expensive you lose all resources.
5) 5x mortar rush, 3x on the windmills and 2x on the enemy mortars. Never managed to slow down enemy canons enough to get my own factory built. Ugh.

[Dragonborn]

Yeah, 3 mortars, rush to laser, rekt both bases. Man, also, if you are trying to beat Hydra, you'll never believe how valuable an AP Sniper can be. I took out all three bases with one AP Sniper, using mortars to distract.

[Connorses]

SO I beat it by following that video and speedrunning mortar -> cannons, thanks for that... Also I got really lucky, the first cannon shot at me missed and then I quickly blew up the top fort. I think if it weren't for that I would be another guy attempting this mission like 20 more times.