Rumble in the Jungle

[Sandremo]

I might need some help. Im supposed to destroy the scion base near the power source and then rescue shabayev But no matter what i do i cant seem to able to destroy the base fast enough to rescue shabayev before she gets killed by scions.

Am i missing something? Or do i just suck?

[Bytesmee]

Not sure if you did this in the previous mission, but you can cheese it a little bit by flying up and over the north mountains for a Scion-free route. When Shabayev calls, fly over, pick her up, then continue the mission as normal.

The alternative is to rush to her location while being chased, picking her up quickly and trying to make it back before losing your ship.

Whichever one is more entertaining for you.

[Sandremo]

Well i went the old fashioned way by destroying everything in my way. After i ordered my APC's to assault the base i got "objective complete" after which is rushed towards her and managed to rescue her before they hunter-killers came for her.

[Bytesmee]

Good on you for managing to do it all 'legit'.

There's a couple missions with 'hidden' timers like that, but they're all do-able even with some fuffing about.

[Sandremo]

Just barely though.

[isanthraxbayad]

Just fly over the wall to the East to where your base was in through the looking glass, then go get her. You can then fight the Scions at your leisure.

[Sandremo]

Side note on the counter-attack mission. How the ♥♥♥♥ am i supposed to fight the scions with no scavengers? yeah i can get 2 deployed piece of cake but the problem im having is that my scavengers turn hostile and just drive off and most frustrating thing is that scavengers are part of the few vehicle in the game from which you cant snipe the drivers out of. So im supposed to spend what little of my precious time i have hunting some yolo pilots who will with 100% certainty aim for those scavengers since they're empty vehicles.

This is really one of THE most frustrating maps in the game. Purely because the AI can steal scavengers while i can not.

[isanthraxbayad]

For Counterattack - you can hop in one scav, deploy it on the pool with the deploy key (I don't remember if it is G or C), then get in another and drive it back to base. Do this the instant you kill off the initial attack wave.

[Sandremo]

huh that's new. Didnt know you could actually drive scavengers by yourself.

[Red Spot]

The way the mission is set up makes it one of the best missions imo. It actually teaches you something more than the very basic purpose of things. After nearly 20 years I have to say I find the mission absurdly easy in BZCC where it has been nerfed considerably.

[isanthraxbayad]

Originally posted by Red Spot:

The way the mission is set up makes it one of the best missions imo. It actually teaches you something more than the very basic purpose of things. After nearly 20 years I have to say I find the mission absurdly easy in BZCC where it has been nerfed considerably.

The problem I have is that spamming APCs is my preferred way to beat that mission, and it causes horrendous lag for some reason in BZCC.

[Bytesmee]

Yeah the first few minutes of Counterattack can be annoying if something like a Scion steals a scav or you lose one early on. Like mentioned, immediately deploy one on a pool yourself after you clean up, then grab the second empty by yourself or using the tug back to base. Build a power and then smooth sailing there on. Grab the pools when you're comfortable.

There's 4 pools you can use. You start with 1, there's 2 empty scavs, and then there's the single lost scav to the east.

[db]

I'm a little late to the party but I have noticed that if you enter an unmanned scion vehicle and no scion sees you doing so they will not realize that the vehicle is not theirs and will not fire on it.

So you can just go from the starting point to SE, snipe the first Guardian (and take out the rest or just hope that they will not see running to the sniped Guardian and entering it), fly to Shabayev, take her (and be careful that the Sentinel patrolling nearby does not notice her entering the Guardian) and fly back.

[the BEST there is]

They don't have to see you doing it. Just hop in whenever and don't shoot at the enemy and you will find peace and safety. Note that if you hop out and then back in, then the AI will register you as a foe and your safety will be ruined ;(