You can't kill me achievement

[^Kevin^]

Been struggling to get this achievement. Anyone know of a good method to set up a skirmish that would give me this achievement. what mechs should I use? It requires you to be knocked down, flamed, and head shotted, and survive. I was using Sumo mechwarrior cause he had the most hits, making it more likely to survive.

[Indal]

Originally posted by ^Kevin^:

knocked down, flamed, and head shotted, and survive

This is called luck.

[prakkeri]

I tried to get this deliberately in the campaign, and didn't unlock for me. I dunno if they have to be done in that exact order (I first got shot in the head, then alpha striked to get shutdown, and then got knocked down), if it's bugged, or can only be obtained in skirmish mode?

edit. Ok, got this on skirmish, so I guess it's unobtainable in the campaign, or just randomly glitched.

[^Kevin^]

how did you set up the skirmish to get it?

[KarusDaedlyn]

I got this in the campaign purely by accident. Behemoth got struck in the head by the first LRM salvo that found her, then every enemy started launching LRMs at her when they could. It caused enough stability damage so she was knocked prone, which covered the next requirement.

I was mopping up the rest of the enemy with my highlander and orions, but there was still a thunderbolt and quickdraw left, and the latter was really damaged. Had her alpha strike to cause a shutdown, because I knew she could take out the quickdraw and it was safer to be dead than leave around, and she had the internals to avoid excessive damage from shutting down. Boom, achievement.

You don't need to be flamed, you just need to shutdown, receive a headshot, and be knocked prone all in one mission in any order, I assume. Oh, and survive, both mech and pilot.

[prakkeri]

Originally posted by ^Kevin^:

how did you set up the skirmish to get it?

Did as someone suggested in the guides, 4 Battlemasters vs 2 Jagermechs. Put Sumo in the leading Battlemaster, while the others stay back. Alpha strike until you shutdown from heat, then hope you get headshotted and knocked down, after that move Sumo out of harms way and mop up the Jagers with your other mechs.

[^Kevin^]

finally got it. notice that the melee cheevo is also suddenly working. count is going up.

[Marowi]

Is this achievement bugged? Had mech get Head Shot, Knocked Down, and Shutdown in a Skirmish and it survived the battle. Does the order matter? Can it only be achieved in campaign?

[your.sheepy]

I got it in skirmish in 1.0.4. What I did is make myself heavily armored, energy to to overheat, and missiles to sandpaper. Give enemies LRM and flamer but strip their armour and fill them full of ammo.

After contact, rotate your mech until one of them got headshot, before they get close. Then put him/her on the front, alpha strike to overheat, so that the enemy will focus fire to knock it down and shut it down (shut down must be done by the enemy, not you).

Once that happens, your other mechs need to dispatch the enemies before they can kill him/her, who should be severly weakened and have two wounds or more. But if you set it up correctly it should be easy to ammo explode all of them and get your cheevo.

[^Kevin^]

okay, I got this by getting head shotted and knocked down, I overheated myself to get it. this was when as dated May 21st, which was before this current version. Things might of changed, but probably not.

[your.sheepy]

Originally posted by ^Kevin^:

okay, I got this by getting head shotted and knocked down, I overheated myself to get it. this was when as dated May 21st, which was before this current version. Things might of changed, but probably not.

I remember I tried that twice in 1.0.4 and didn't get it. That changed as soon as I give enemy flamers and let them cook my unfortunate mech.

[Tyrogandio]

I cannot for the life of me get this achievement. I had multiple correct attempts today (Aug 15th), but no achievement granted. Video proof on my Twitch stream. I do suppose this is bugged at the moment.

Edit: Uploaded the stream to YouTube for a more permanent record.

Update: I have since completed the achievement on exactly the same molds as the video that I posted. This is a event registration problem. All I can advise is to "try, try again"

[Thamalandis]

I did it too in the last days. The problem with achievements in this game is the unreliable trigger.

Killed 4 infantry in melee... get 2. Hired 5 mercenaries... get 1 for the counter. Got all mech types... get the rooster achievement 5 mechs you had later.

You will have to keep trying. People got it in Skirmish and Campaign.

Hey I need it too! We can do faux multiplayers to do this. We both take a LRM boat, overheating mechs with mass weaponry and SRM boats. Hit the head, knock you down and then let you shutdown. Heck we can take 1 Firestarter with Flamers too.

[Tyrogandio]

Originally posted by Thamalandis:

Hey I need it too! We can do faux multiplayers to do this.

I'll take you up on that offer. First I'm going after "Champion of the Arena" and "Bug Stomper". After that, I'll turn to MP achievements and I'll get in touch with you.

[Thamalandis]

Originally posted by Tyrogandio:

Originally posted by Thamalandis:

Hey I need it too! We can do faux multiplayers to do this.

I'll take you up on that offer. First I'm going after "Champion of the Arena" and "Bug Stomper". After that, I'll turn to MP achievements and I'll get in touch with you.

Road to 100 here we come... we might be the only ones on the planet by then. Too many ragequitters.

Actually I offer you fair battles... no need to cheat them. Let us have fun. "You can't kill me" is the only one I plan to gimp. I didn't gimp the Skirmish challenges either after all. Was a LOT of fun... to get headshot to death by Commando Ds being lucky as an Atlas... ugh the shame.

[Cyttorak]

I finally got this achievement after trying two dozen times. I used the Battlemaster/JM6-A combo suggested. You can apparently get this in the campaign, career, or skirmish modes but the key seemed to be overheating, getting knocked down, and head shot all within 1 turn of each other.

So I overheated, then next turn the JM6-As knocked me down and headshot me. I did it in skirmish mode, and saved the game before the critical turn. I had to reload it a half dozen times to get the right conditions.