Final mission question

[Jevmen]

Can you move the bomb into lava? or it just dies instantly?

[Fusha]

you can, but it does die instantly
anything that doesn't have the «giant» trait can't survive in water or lava

[Brosef Iosif]

Note that the bomb being destroyed isn't a game over, they just send another bomb with a new timer. So it's bad but not game over bad. I have never bothered to see if they send a third bomb, but considering the renfield bomb mission only has two, I think it's only two, who knows, it might be worth a look.

[Timerlane]

Originally posted by Brosef Iosif:

Note that the bomb being destroyed isn't a game over, they just send another bomb with a new timer. So it's bad but not game over bad. I have never bothered to see if they send a third bomb, but considering the renfield bomb mission only has two, I think it's only two, who knows, it might be worth a look.

People have tested; there are endless bombs to go through. The only penalty is the turn-timer.

The final mission can only end in failure through the loss of all grid/mechs, or in success by a Renfield bomb detonation.

[Brosef Iosif]

Originally posted by Timerlane:

People have tested; there are endless bombs to go through. The only penalty is the turn-timer.

The final mission can only end in failure through the loss of all grid/mechs, or in success by a Renfield bomb detonation.

That's a bit silly, though it's good to know. Damn Renfield must have put the Manhattan project to shame during the cutscenes!

Then again, if you're hoping for a third or fourth bomb, you're probably pretty messed up in terms of grid or mech so...

[BustNcaps]

One time, a bomb got destroyed from enemy attack and the old hag sends another, but that one gets destroyed shortly after and made turns last for 7 rounds all on the same turn. It was a really long fight with barely one power source left, but eventually won.

[Juke Nukem]

My most memorable victory on Hard was a desperate struggle with only 2 mechs (entirely my fault as I accidentally left one of them on a "death square" at the end of round one due to an oversight) and 1 grid power. Since I didn't want to put my salvation into the finicky hands of RNGesus, I ended up sacrificing a lot of Renfield bombs (4-5 IIRC) - even deliberately putting some into enemy line of fire for blocking shots - to save my other resources. In the end I won but it was a hard earned victory indeed, the best kind.