Brutal Equipment

[lvl 10 mage]

I don't play brutal difficulty alot, mostly because I can't stand being stuck on one mission for an hour, which is what usually happens in the public games. I'd like to get better at the higher difficulties, so what equipment would you guys recommend or normally use playing on brutal or higher.

[Garavar]

I use the same load out everytime....

PDW + Ammo for me and team + Electric Charged Armor (or freeze grenades if not a parasite heavy map)

[Pawnstar]

Electric Armor when unsure of parasite spawn points. Flamer and tesla will slow the Swarm, but you will need to kill them. Try completing Jacob's Ladder and Operation Cleansweep, they are both rather easy compared to some of the others.

[YOJIMBO]

ASBI players are the most hardcore players and have the most optimal equipment layouts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/563560/discussions/0/1327844097114301267/#c1327844097114801855

[Tavajigen]

Officer: vindicator, launcher or ammo, firemines or freezenades or electric armor, depends from mission.

SpecialWeapon: auto or minigun, ammo, freezenades or electric armor.

Tech: Vegas with chainsaw, tesla (or ammo for the team), freezenades or electric armor. Crash with tech rifle or launcher.

Medic: tesla, medic gun (or kit if there are a lot of players in game), freezenades (or adrenaline expecially if Bastille).

No flamer (or only in missions with a lot of parasites and biomass) and don't run like a noob, just go on slow killing all and covering like a good team.

You'll enjoy brutal a lot. ;-)

[Tavajigen]

Originally posted by YOJIMBO:

ASBI players are the most hardcore players and have the most optimal equipment layouts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/563560/discussions/0/1327844097114301267/#c1327844097114801855

You beated me: faster and easier by linking. :-D

[YOJIMBO]

Originally posted by Tavajigen:

You beated me: faster and easier by linking. :-D

I'm sorry

[小十五]

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[Master Chief]

Originally posted by SEVENTEEN:

so what equipment would you guys recommend...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD4lhn-uv3Y&gl=US

just trolling, don't mind me... xD

[bobes sponja]

Originally posted by YOJIMBO:

ASBI players are the most hardcore players and have the most optimal equipment layouts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/563560/discussions/0/1327844097114301267/#c1327844097114801855

What's that link ? Tablet is giving me warnings

[YOJIMBO]

Originally posted by TheFαɳƈყ27:

Originally posted by YOJIMBO:

ASBI players are the most hardcore players and have the most optimal equipment layouts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/563560/discussions/0/1327844097114301267/#c1327844097114801855

What's that link ? Tablet is giving me warnings

Backdoor to pentagons darkest secrets

[lvl 10 mage]

Originally posted by TheFαɳƈყ27:

Originally posted by YOJIMBO:

ASBI players are the most hardcore players and have the most optimal equipment layouts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/563560/discussions/0/1327844097114301267/#c1327844097114801855

What's that link ? Tablet is giving me warnings

It links to different discussion showing equipment used by ASBI players in a comment

[Luongzy]

Focusing on equipment/loadout, I find these 2 points to be very important when playing on any difficulty and mission.

1. What you're using
2. How you use it

Let's say you're a master at Dual Pistols, but whenever you play on really high difficulties with them you die due to low damage output and a heavily limited ammo supply. Then perhaps you should change to a better weapon.

Your use of the Dual Pistols is great, you know how to use it to the best of its abilities, but the weapon itself is just not suited or too weak for that high of a difficulty and/or that type of mission; WHAT you're using isn't good enough.

Here's another problem. Let's say you're using the perfect equipment for Brutal, for example the Vindicator + Grenade Launcher loadout, on the perfect mission where they can be used to their full extent. However you keep dying because you're just spraying that Vindicator, or you're firing your Grenade Launcher at every alien you see, even if they're in your face and you're receiving crazy splash damage, and then not even 15 seconds into the mission you're out of ammo. Then perhaps you should practice using these weapons on lower difficulties first to get the feel, knowledge, experience, and confidence in using them before taking them into higher difficulties.

The equipment you're using suits the difficulty and mission perfectly, but you yourself don't know how to use them properly; HOW you're using it isn't good enough.

Originally posted by YOJIMBO:

ASBI players are the most hardcore players and have the most optimal equipment layouts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/563560/discussions/0/1327844097114301267/#c1327844097114801855

Definitely look at the loadouts mentioned in that link and try them out on easy difficulties first. It has everything from front/rear guard clearing (Officer/Special Weapons), crowd control and stunning (Medic/Tech), bombardment (Officer/Tech), and holdout defense (Special Weapons/Officer).

NOTE: The loadout maintains maximum damage dealt without sacrificing movement speed. NOTE: The Flamer is not part of the ideal loadout, unless a mission REQUIRES a flamer to proceed, then the Flamer would be used as support rather than a main weapon to kill.

Apologies for the long comment. I hope I was able to shed new light on this. Good luck and have fun!

[bobes sponja]

is asbi a mod?

[Luongzy]

ASBI is a Challenge option.

[Pawnstar]

There are places where Freeze Grenades are good options, especially on maps where you gotta keep moving.

Of course, keep a balance of what your team is using. If you are playing 8-player lobbies and 7 other players are somehow using Freeze Grenades, maybe you could use something else like Incendiary Mines with Yaeger.