Wow. Screw solo escort missions.

[Gipsy Dragon]

How has this not been addressed? It's almost impossible to complete these when I have to keep running back to protect this giant turd. At least in multiplayer someone can stay behind and cover. Can we get an ability to set bosco to protect doretta? Or better yet, just stop the bugs from being able to attack doretta when she's not running, because that's an ultra un-fun mechanic in single OR multiplayer. When she's running, sure. But when stopped dead? Why do the bugs care?

Like, it's one of the biggest meme's in gaming. Escort missions suck ass.

[Vandal Savant]

Bosco can be set to protect the drilldozer if you tag it with the laser pointer.

[V0lcanF1re]

you can do it in any hazard, I did with driller on h5 past week.

[Fortytudo]

My main gripe with it is you either repair or kill the bugs. Cant do both. Maybe bosco should be able to repair dotty. Its easy to get overwhelmed solo.

[Mika gunhild]

giant turd lol

[Syncourt]

The bugs barely even attack at all when it's stopped in solo, even on haz5. Most of the time you get nothing unless a swarm is announced and even then the 'swarm' is like 2 waves of 10 enemies or something pitiful.

I get bigger random spawns on other missions than I get on announced swarms in solo escort.

You must be running very far away from doretta to be getting into trouble with this. Don't do that. Just tell Bosco to mine as the dozer goes past stuff and when theres a gap in the enemies 'dash' to collect it and run back again.

[Mr. Sweetchuck]

It's a linear mission. Things happen in a predictable sequence. Except for mining nitra and shale everything else can wait until after the heart stone.

[DJDiceZ]

Originally posted by Syncourt:

The bugs barely even attack at all when it's stopped in solo, even on haz5. Most of the time you get nothing unless a swarm is announced and even then the 'swarm' is like 2 waves of 10 enemies or something pitiful.

I get bigger random spawns on other missions than I get on announced swarms in solo escort.

You must be running very far away from doretta to be getting into trouble with this. Don't do that. Just tell Bosco to mine as the dozer goes past stuff and when theres a gap in the enemies 'dash' to collect it and run back again.

This

Even in multiplayer to some extent, people have always exaggerated the extent to which bugs will attack while you're in an another room doing something else. I've done 4P machine events before the last phase quite a few times without issue.

Escort is fine in Solo.

[RancidRevenant]

Think what may of happened was. a lot less enemies are derping out next to doretta since update(standing next to her and not attacking) and they're maybe more enemies than usual on some difficulties. Although the mactera Trijaw can straight up nuke doretta if given the chance

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Vandal Savant:

Bosco can be set to protect the drilldozer if you tag it with the laser pointer.

Oh that's something I didn't know!

Originally posted by Gipsy Dragon:

How has this not been addressed? It's almost impossible to complete these when I have to keep running back to protect this giant turd. At least in multiplayer someone can stay behind and cover. Can we get an ability to set bosco to protect doretta? Or better yet, just stop the bugs from being able to attack doretta when she's not running, because that's an ultra un-fun mechanic in single OR multiplayer. When she's running, sure. But when stopped dead? Why do the bugs care?

Like, it's one of the biggest meme's in gaming. Escort missions suck ass.

I laugh at your inability to do those missions solo because I've done those missions solo so many times and never failed once.

[Marilith]

A surprising amount of nitra spawns in the starting room and while Doretta's in her cage, she's safe so lick those walls clean and you won't have to worry as much about straying too far to mine it once she sets out. Perhaps save machine events, crates or polishing off secondary objectives until after you have the heartstone in hand.

Solo escort is a challenge for sure but doable, I've accomplished solo escort missions with all classes on haz 4. Engie's got the easiest time of it, I've used all 3 of my Engie builds successfully but if you pack a gemini hawkeye system setup and proxy mines, they'll go a long way to doing the work keeping things in hand while you fuel up canisters or deal with beamers. Steeve's a solid decoy as well and he'll chip in some damage too so consider enlisting him along the way. Try and get a guard to maximize his ability to stick around and throw the swarm off its game.

[argenex]

Hilariously, I solo these because 70% of the people who join an escort immediately start Doretta up, then when its fueling time they ignore Doretta and rush around refilling the cans.

They seem to lack the understanding of;
1. Protect & Repair Doretta.
2. Still have to mine out areas, you're a dwarf!!
3. Utterly ignore voice & text chat

In fact it reminds me of past issues in other co-op games where in their brains:
"Oh look, I have a HUD prompt telling me to push this button, I must push this button now!!"

These are the same muppets who join kinda when you're at 75% mission completion and immediately call the droppod when no one has any ammo.

[Hikkichaos]

I think Doretta got a lot less health after the update 33 - at least in solo haz 3.
Side shields are gone in seconds. Main body barely survives beemer phase.

It was totally fine before update 33.

[argenex]

Originally posted by Hikkichaos:

I think Doretta got a lot less health after the update 33 - at least in solo haz 3.
Side shields are gone in seconds. Main body barely survives beemer phase.

It was totally fine before update 33.

I just did a haz 3 solo in the new Weald area. It wasn't until phase 4 where I couldn't stop the laser + repair doretta fast enough for her to lose the left side.

Other than that I didn't even feel like there was a moment where I was in serious trouble; I also had a Bulk Detonator to deal with, which I melted pretty fast with breach cutter.

I'm playing engineer as well, if that makes a difference.

One thing I have noticed however, Oppressors can annihilate doretta insanely fast haz 3+.

[ShugoTheRipper]

Originally posted by Vandal Savant:

Bosco can be set to protect the drilldozer if you tag it with the laser pointer.

That feel when Bosco ignores the one roaming acid spitter.

[Vayde Knyght]

Originally posted by Gipsy Dragon:

Can we get an ability to set bosco to protect doretta?

Have you tried telling Bosco to protect Doretta?
The APD-B317 follows you by default, but if you order it to protect the Drilldozer, it will.