how the hell to take out nests in single player?

[MythN7]

how do you manage to do this?
as soon as i broke the ice wall, before i could even switch to a new weapon / tool, my char was hit with spine spike dagger things to the ponit i was unconsious. and i had combat armor on, and a gunners helmet.

[Richard Mc Nutbuster]

this game isnt exactly made for SP, so practically? not.

[Zothen]

Easy. Pew-pew-pew! Then move a bit and more pew-pew-pew. Nest done. Rinse and repeat.

[[SONK] Squall]

Grenades.

[Goffik]

I've had the same problem but as Richard said, the game is hardly optimised for SP at the moment. Now I scout out nests as best I can before engaging, to decide whether or not I stand a chance of taking it out on my own. If not, I just don't bother. Not ideal, but... it's EA.

[shrekstyle]

Any 1 of these 4 stims, Anabolic Steroids, Hyperzine, Methamphetamine, Combat Stimulant + either Fentanyl or Deusizine used as you start to get attacked and you will shrug off most of the damage and stuns, then blast away with shotty/smg or stabby stabby.

I carry 2 loaded guns(don't like to waist time reloading in combat), and 2 diving knives, duel welding knives while buffed on stims wrecks creatures.

Its not that hard, just takes a bit of practice to get use to it.
I took on 6 crawlers that way and came out on top.

[MythN7]

Originally posted by shrekstyle:

Any 1 of these 4 stims, Anabolic Steroids, Hyperzine, Methamphetamine, Combat Stimulant + either Fentanyl or Deusizine used as you start to get attacked and you will shrug off most of the damage and stuns, then blast away with shotty/smg or stabby stabby.

I carry 2 loaded guns(don't like to waist time reloading in combat), and 2 diving knives, duel welding knives while buffed on stims wrecks creatures.

Its not that hard, just takes a bit of practice to get use to it.
I took on 6 crawlers that way and came out on top.

well for me it was several of those guys that zip in circles just out of your diving suits flashlight range, shooting long javalin things.
it was also about a full excelent quality o2 tank away from the cave entrance.

[FourGreenFields]

Originally posted by MythN7:

Originally posted by shrekstyle:

Any 1 of these 4 stims, Anabolic Steroids, Hyperzine, Methamphetamine, Combat Stimulant + either Fentanyl or Deusizine used as you start to get attacked and you will shrug off most of the damage and stuns, then blast away with shotty/smg or stabby stabby.

I carry 2 loaded guns(don't like to waist time reloading in combat), and 2 diving knives, duel welding knives while buffed on stims wrecks creatures.

Its not that hard, just takes a bit of practice to get use to it.
I took on 6 crawlers that way and came out on top.

well for me it was several of those guys that zip in circles just out of your diving suits flashlight range, shooting long javalin things.
it was also about a full excelent quality o2 tank away from the cave entrance.

Then you have two hints that it wasn't the cave clearing mission that killed you.

I'm quite sure spinelings don't even spawn in caves, but they're definitely not the target of such a mission.

[Greb]

Use flares and glowsticks, and try to hug your terrain so the monsters can't get a straight shot at you. Also dual wielded revolvers are pretty strong if you've got the ammo to spare, and can be used from the start of the campaign usually.

I dislike cave exploration missions especially nest cleaning. Consider buying and bringing a stack of nitroglycerine, basically contact explosives, to use as well. They do good work on nests and practically everything else.

And bring meds too of course. Plastine bandages and morphine aplenty...usual stuff.

Originally posted by FourGreenFields:

I'm quite sure spinelings don't even spawn in caves, but they're definitely not the target of such a mission.

They can, but I'm not sure if it's intentional or not. I've seen them in there a bunch of times, but never more than two at once. Depending on the cave structure though they're not very good at moving around at all and often end up swimming directly at you trying to burrow through cavern rock, rather than swimming around to reach you. In an open area though they can be incredibly annoying.

[Kangaroo Salesman]

Most enemies attack flares, i throw them in first. Also AI can follow you outside the sub. I use EK armoury which has a gun drone that i use to follow and cover me into the cave which helps.

[Fosty]

Plenty of meds

[Hexagoros]

Here's how I do it, though bear in mind I am by no means an 'expert' or anything special at this game, so others may have better or most cost effective ways of achieving this.

Regardless, here's what I do.

You need to order at least one bot to come with you, preferably a couple of high level security bots whom you have maxed out as soldiers with diving skills. You yourself should 'also' be controlling a high level security character with diving and soldier talents. Leave the captain behind in the sub with orders to maintain position.

Remember, you can switch to personally control any of your bot crew members.

Will these bots be great? Nope, but they will be tanky and provide a little bit of extra firepower.

That said, you also want to bring a bunch of flares and meds. Wear helmets under your diving suit, have SMGs with 'lots' of ammo, as well as sidearms and melee weapons. Do 'not' leave any open inventory space in your kits, you want to bring all the equipment you can.

So, it 'is' doable, as I've done it now several times, but it is 'not' fun.

EDIT: The devs have promised the next update will include improvements for bots out of the submarine, so we'll see I guess.