The bug front is not kind to bot mains, nor to solo players. Good showing regardless, but remember, airstrikes and clusters go perpendicular to the angle of the toss - and when in doubt, you're too close. A few potential builds - one of my friends uses the crossbow, autopistol, and either flamethrower or HMG on bugs, usually flamethrower. They use the flamethrower as their primary, use the crossbow to pop bug holes, and use the autopistol as a backup and for loose chaff clear. I've given it a go once or twice, it was surprisingly viable. For bile titans, of course, the 500 or precision strike are necessary (and I can't recommend the precision strike nearly enough, its call-in time is practically nothing - perfect for nailing bile titans), and for spore spewers or shrieker nests they call in an HMG emplacement and give it both barrels. One of their favorite tactics with the new stim booster is to pop a stim at the edge of a bug nest, sprint inside, ignore every bug in the nest while running around popping bug holes like a madman, and then leave. I gave that a go as well and didn't see nearly as much success, so I suppose it requires practice. This same friend swears by the grenade launcher on the bot front - two shots kills a devastator, and two shots into a cluster kills the cluster of them. I don't believe shield devastators have much of a defense against it either, and if they do I assume the first shot staggers them and the third kills. The scorcher would be all but required to have something on hand for gunships, but you may enjoy the pairing.
True, just thought i was far enough, i'm pretty sure i got killed right at the edge. Oh well, lesson learned. Thanks for the really detailed suggestions! I'll give the first one a go next time they send me to the bug front. Just unlocked the new booster and i feel like it's an extremely strong pair for the medic armor. Regarding the second build: are you a mind reader or something? 😉
Great gameplay. Your grenade pistol can 2 shot the spewers. Just something to keep in mind on future runs. I mention it because you had it and didn't use it a ton on them.
@@Sarge94yeah they are vulnerable to explosion damage. When they group up you can land a grenade in the middle of them and do some real damage. You had the supply pack so you wouldn't need to worry about having enough ammo for bug holes.
@@EdwardLewisIV i'd probably do that if they were marked on the map. Supply pods are somewhat visible, but the fact that enemies can destroy them and leave barely visible supply packs on the ground makes them a nightmare to be found sometimes.
You should perhaps try the Orbital Gatling Barrage in place of the Eagle Cluster. Clusters give you the advantage of spacing them out, but since you were mostly chucking them on the same location anyway while repeatedly struggling with having 500kg on cooldown, I'd say it's worth the tradeoff.
15 to 20 meters. Just imagine to run away from a single 380mm Orbital Bombardment shells. iirc, 500kg bomb is equal to 380mm shells or SEAF shell in terms of AoE.
Just an off episode, we're going back to the bot front tomorrow. Already got a video ready to go :) Either the 380mm, which didn't really do much this game, or the eagle cluster.
Saw today that the eagles drop from the left unless your 275-360 then it drops from the right. Also heard today that if strat bounces then its whatever.... The other eagles come from behind if im not mistaken
The flamethrower isnt working the same for me the past 2 days. Chargers were going down in a few seconds but now its taking a full canister. Hope its just a bug
I hate playing against bugs to the point that it hurts to even watch someone else do it XD No, but seriously, I hate it, there's no fun in that. I've no idea why people say bots are harder. With bots everything in the game makes sense, bugs on the other hand are just OP, it's like playing against a cheating player.
