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- A few hints obtained via Internet Mail.
-
- 1) LC's, TH's etc. are completely useless unless
- (a) The map is very convoluted with few clear fields of fire, or
- (b) There is a possibility of ambushes
- I would not recommend taking these into most other missions.
-
- 2) AC's are useless unless
- (a) You are going to have to shoot away some bulkheads, or
- (b) You know there are only going to be a limited number of
- Genestealers, or
- (c) You know there are going to be ammo reloads available in the
- mission
-
- For most missions you will want to equip your Terminators with Storm
- Bolters and Power Gloves. Take one or two flamers if you know you
- will have to flame an area: put the flamer in the fourth position in
- the squad.
-
- Tactics:
-
- - Use the Pause feature intelligently. You need to get familiar with
- the controls so that you can issue orders to your squad in the
- shortest possible time. If you run out of freeze time and have to
- control a squad in realtime you are dead.
-
- - Always assume that a Terminator in hand-to-hand combat is going to
- die. Avoid this: take on all Genestealers at a distance. The
- further, the better!
-
- - Always have your Terminators covering each other. If you are
- marching up a corridor then have at least a one square gap between
- the point Terminator and the rest. In fact, the best marching order
- is:
-
- X..X..XXX
- ^
- point
-
- That way, if the point gets eaten the second has enough clear space
- that he won't be forced into hand-to-hand.
-
- - You are a better shot than the computer is. If one of your
- Terminators is in a firefight then control him manually: you have a
- far smaller chance of weapon jams. NOTE: this is not true for AC's.
- Never fire an AC manually, since you will tend to waste far too
- much ammo.
-
- - Cover all possible Genestealer entry points, if possible. Set up
- overlapping fields of fire and have backup for the Terminators in
- dangerous positions if possible. Once you have a Genestealer or two
- in the middle of your formation you're going to start losing
- Terminators fast...
-
-
- Make sure you can handle the Basic and Advanced training missions
- before moving on to the tougher ones: you'll need a lot of skill for
- some of the Deathwing missions.
-
-