Hello once more... I just started playing X-com apoc again after a long break (I had overplayed it a little). For some reason, however, I can't log in to my account or request my password (the account is still there, you can click on the profile, but the forum claims otherwise when I ask for my password).
Anyway, first of all: The Queenspawn
Three things you should know about the queenspawn:
1) It is a real pain in the lower backside
2) Its meaner than anything except dimension missiles... when apporaching it, stay in cover (when I engaged it to capture it alive, I actually cut through the wall behind it but
don't try it, the damn thing is in a cage which is open only to the front and cannot be cut open. Just advance quickly towards it with a few troopers, tons of stunning equipment and always stay in cover.
You may want to try to injure it with heavy weapons first. Save, then see how much punishment it can take. Damage it as far as you dare and then stun it (all other aliens should be dead by then).
3) When / if you research a live queen you can research toxi-grenades. Basically its a stun grenade using the toxins from the toxi-guns, so its only lethal to aliens but very much so. Unfortunately I found it to be a little late in the game to deploy this improvement, the dimension gate chamber blew up before I could even field-test the first prototypes...
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Now to my list of problems. My newly started game is my first on 'superhuman' so I certainly am careful and paranoid. In fact, the game-time is 12:15 on day 1 (i.e. 15 minutes after start) and already my stats are quite impressive:
- Sirius has been hit 3 times in the first 2 minutes, at least 30 dead enemies, 1 dead agent
- Megapol has been victimised using the 'stun-only' raidmethod, marsec has been in for it twice now
- My infantry consists of 12 soldiers (no more available)
- My fleet has been upgraded with the best technology available, I own all elerium and prophet missiles in the city and I have 5 additional hoverbikes, all armed with bolters
- I captured a metric ton of infantry equipment which left me with 40.000 credits, 4 replacement weapons for sniper and heavy and light mg, all the ammo and explosives you can eat
- I was also left with several large rocket launchers, a mini launcher, a marsec armour torso and one of the famed
mindshields
Has anyone ever figured out what the mindshield is good for? When I try to call up the ufopedia-entry I always end up with the info about the stunner. It appears to be infantry equipment, has no value and seems to have no effect... is it maybe a piece of equipment the programmers didn't finish?
Also I'm having some trouble with the stun-raids. Being only 15 minutes into the game, I only own 7 stunners and can't get all of them. Since the defenders usually are about batallion-strength I just CAN'T keep them all down with seven people with stunners, so usually I just move in with the seven armed only with a stunner and carrying nothing except that stunner and their armour (I was considering to drop it but then an autocannon went off and the trooper carrying it nearly killed himself hadn't he been wearing his armour).
So what I do is I search the facility stunning and disarming guards as I pass them. This, however, can be very annoying as I not only have to rearm troopers to work as stun-troopers for one of these mission. Also, I have to let them drop all the equipment once I return to my homebase, which can be quite time consuming. Also I have to check every room if there is no equipment laying about which needs stealing. So usually I probably miss a good deal of equipment just because the guards keep running off, hiding etc. I'd prefer it if I could just stun the whole lot to win the mission and get all the equipment (and more) that way... much easier.
Is there any advice on how you can stun an entire factory full of people without them waking up all the time? Note: I'm pressed for manpower, 12 soldiers, 7 stunners.
Finally, something I haven't tried ... ever... for some reason:
Raids with multiple vehicles. I'm trying to put together a large (!) squad since I'm on superhuman. However, they won't fit into one vehicle or, if they do, I don't have any cargo modules available. Can I actually send several vehicles (A cargo Wolfhound, an PC wolfhound etc.) and tell both of them to raid the building / UFO? I.e., when it comes to select which soldiers to send in, can I select both vehicles so that the cargo holds and bio-modules on both vehicles will be used for the loot? If that doesn't work I might be in trouble but at least I can save the money for a second ACP.