Let Bosco repair the drilldozer

[Turbo.DCS]

I say this again.

Let Bosco repair the drilldozer, i can't repair and deal with preatorians, acid spitters, oppresors, menaces and shellbacks at the same time.

It's by far the worst type of mission to do solo, and involves stupid RNG or an specific class to be barely doable at haz 5.

[Cress]

I agree that Bosco should be able to repair the dozer... staring at it for extended periods trying to repair is just not fun.

It is still 100% consistently doable on Haz 5, even with double mutators using scout. Git gud.

[Turbo.DCS]

Originally posted by Cress:

I agree that Bosco should be able to repair the dozer... staring at it for extended periods trying to repair is just not fun.

It is still 100% consistently doable on Haz 5, even with double mutators using scout. Git gud.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2797729067

It's a poorly designed mission, "giting gud" has nothing to do with it.

[Cress]

Yes, it is a poorly-designed mission. It is not "barely doable". You are exaggerating and/or lacking in the "gud" department, sorry to break it to ya pal.

[Jack left town]

never play dildozer unless you have to, it's dildos
especially on haz 5
especially solo, WTF man

[RemyXIII®]

Anyone that can do this solo on Haz 5 is a god.

[Erin the Angry]

Electric bullets and ice rockets.

[zverozvero]

Yep, would love to see drone repairs when it guards dozer. It cant hit grunts half the time when they hide in tracks and absolutely lacks firepower to peel bigger threats or catch up to menace (double menace mid second rock phase...). Repairs would make tincan usefull.

[ITS YOHANE]

Originally posted by Remy XIII®:

Anyone that can do this solo on Haz 5 is a god.

I'd say do it on solo Haz 5 without losing armor would be god tier. You can just ignore Dotty until shes down to a low health at her 2nd armor plate, and even then shes pretty tanky at her main health bar, only being endangered by extreme burst damage such as floating rocks or bulks.

Personally solo'ing Haz 5 escort isnt too bad as it seems, but I **ALWAYS** end up losing an armor plate or 2.

[Cress]

Originally posted by ITS YOHANE:

I'd say do it on solo Haz 5 without losing armor would be god tier. You can just ignore Dotty until shes down to a low health at her 2nd armor plate, and even then shes pretty tanky at her main health bar, only being endangered by extreme burst damage such as floating rocks or bulks.

Personally solo'ing Haz 5 escort isnt too bad as it seems, but I **ALWAYS** end up losing an armor plate or 2.

Knowing when to give up a plating can save a run, because if you are stuck repairing then nothing will die and you will get overrun/sniped. They are an expendable resource, other than style points there is no reason to keep the dozer fully intact.

There is nothing in the base game that could be considered "god-tier", at least not when taking all other games into consideration.

[Barser]

It is frustrating thats for sure.

[skibidi groilet]

Originally posted by Remy XIII®:

Anyone that can do this solo on Haz 5 is a god.

hazard 5 solo is very, very easy

the problem with escort missions is the RNG factor going into different rooms
haz5 will be a cakewalk solo 99% of the time and then 1% you have doretta barging into a room with 3 spitballers, triggering a prospector, while the horde is spawning, while also deciding to fly causing you to fall off her as a detonator spawns

but you could just play gunner and completely crush even the harshest spikes

Originally posted by Turbo.DCS:

I say this again.

Let Bosco repair the drilldozer, i can't repair and deal with preatorians, acid spitters, oppresors, menaces and shellbacks at the same time.

It's by far the worst type of mission to do solo, and involves stupid RNG or an specific class to be barely doable at haz 5.

you don't need a specific class, they each have their strengths. scout can give himself near infinite breathing room to repair by spamming cryo and resupplying (solo resupply economy really rocks)

if you know you have spitters in the enemy pool prioritize them 100% and repair during freeze breaks

if you get to the end with at least 2 armor parts it should be breezy
keep in mind you repair the last part much, much slower than the other 2

make sure to give bosco electric rounds + faster digging + cryo missiles for maximum efficiency, he'll be able to get oil shale from the ceiling for you ezpz

[ImaginaryDragon]

In terms of experience, the ease of handling escort mission solo on haz 5 varies with classes

In most cases, it follows this flow in my experiences: Gunner > Engineer > Driller > Scout

Not losing armor isn't difficult, but sometimes it just happens that you lose 1 or 2 to RNG. I've had 3 menace spawn and all taking pot shots at Dottie while I am playing Driller.

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For those who like to give my solo builds a shot see below:

Gunner: Leadstorm Minigun with Lead Storm OC at 21112, Bulldog with magic bullet at 13212, shield with 221 and cluster grenade

Engineer: Warthog with mini shell and 12321, breach cutter with stronger plasma current at 21112, platform gun with bug repellent and proximity mine

Driller: cryocannon with ice spear at 31132, EPC with energy rerouting at 21222, satchel charge with 1123(last tier can change) and impact axe

Scout: m1000 with hipster at 13211, zukov with embedded detonator at 13232, flare gun with 212 and cryo grenade

[Tsaryu]

Can confirm. Escort Duty alltogether, while a nice idea, is a very low-rewarding time-consuming mission. I only play it when I have no. Never because I am in the mood for it.

And mineral hoarding dwarves avoid this mission type at all costs. The minerals per real world time invested is abysmal.