Whats the point of infiltration missions

[Mish101]

how do you play them. ahem how do you play them normally, because i am about to just kick the front door in. Like i thought cool a stealth sneaking mission got in my locust. But all objectives are guarded so tight there is no sneaking in, makes me ask whats the point?

[Canny0ne]

Part of it is sneaking around, but it typically makes you fight a few tanks/turrets... And sometimes It makes it so you can't do all the objectives. At least not without fighting Medium and Large Mechs with your Light Mechs.

[Mish101]

Yeh the latter i got the latter on my mission.

[Mish101]

pff time to just roll out the heavy mechs.

[roy2x]

Its not all objectives that are always guarded. Scout it out and you will find holes in their detection and from my experience 1 objective is always lightly guarded or in rare cases not guarded at all. Imo its a quick and easy mission for cbills you can rush with a fast and jump capable light mech.

[Wayz]

I thought infiltration missions sounded a whole lot more fun when announced but execution was not great IMO. Would have been a good DLC to include the 65 ton exterminator https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Exterminator or 35ton Spector https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Spector and their bells and whistles CLPS & NSS to add actual stealth mechanics and a new mech or two but they elected for a half arsed bare bones mechs are shutdown until you get to close approach instead.
They could also have rounded out this edition with other mech variants that make use of NSS too but I don't think there were a whole lot equipped with CPLS.

[hilburnashua]

Is it still true that in the infiltration missions so you as you are in a light mech it doesn't matter what tonnage your mercs are piloting because they don't trigger alerts?

Last time I played I could order my guys to walk into a base from outside the base's detection range and the defenses and mechs wouldn't do anything until I ordered the guys to attack. Was so very silly.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by hilburnashua:

Is it still true that in the infiltration missions so you as you are in a light mech it doesn't matter what tonnage your mercs are piloting because they don't trigger alerts?

Last time I played I could order my guys to walk into a base from outside the base's detection range and the defenses and mechs wouldn't do anything until I ordered the guys to attack. Was so very silly.

i tend to do these solo, in a spider.

i dont know about lancemates, but if you get within range, there will be a warning. if you stay within range for a set time, then you have a set time to destroy all assets at the outpost you triggered. if you succeed, everything's fine. if you do not, the general alarm is raised, and everything on the map starts coming for you.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Thundercracker:

Originally posted by hilburnashua:

Is it still true that in the infiltration missions so you as you are in a light mech it doesn't matter what tonnage your mercs are piloting because they don't trigger alerts?

Last time I played I could order my guys to walk into a base from outside the base's detection range and the defenses and mechs wouldn't do anything until I ordered the guys to attack. Was so very silly.

i tend to do these solo,

Your better off doing them solo hell I would actually recommend mechs that have the MASC/SC like the Commando-2P to get around the map quickly.

[Mish101]

Mine requires me to retrieve some loot do i need to collect all of it because on that map most of it is guarded by like 2-4 mechs some vehicles and turrets.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Mish101:

Mine requires me to retrieve some loot do i need to collect all of it because on that map most of it is guarded by like 2-4 mechs some vehicles and turrets.

You only need to collect one of the three salvage crates before the evac unlocks, just look around all three locations and pick your battles.

[Surottoru]

Just scout it, Steiner style

[George W. Kush]

the only penalty applied to mechs in your lance in infiltration missions is applied on you(greater chance of being spotted if not in light mech). your ai can be in whatever you want to place them in. just tell them to hold their fire ive had one of my team mates in an atlas walk up into the detection warning range with me and not be spotted at all. if you do get detected icons should appear over the enemy's you need to kill within 30-60sec(ithink its 60sec i dont do infiltration very much) before alarm goes off and sets off the map and infinite waves start spawning in

[Empukris]

I use it for free money. It is when Im broke and all of my mech is either crippled or completely destroy. Most infiltration is doable with a single light mech with jumpjet.